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A couple weeks ago I wired a switch and extended wiring to a trailer plug to the outside of the cab. Earlier this week I fabbed up a couple tabs and visirted the local hardware store for a couple bushings and longer bolts. Today it's been wrapped up except for wiring between the plug just...

When I was out mowing I saw a new neighbor down the road mowing with a zero turn. I briefly stopped to watch as he twirled around and zipped back and forth. i thought, "why in the world would he get a mower like that for a half acre property?" Then I pressed the hydro pedal on my 42HP cabbed...

Stopped in for an oil filter today on my way home, and the mulch near the store entrance had "snow" on it. There was a major kaboom at a township facility some distance North of Messick's. Building insulation from the township building fell like snow in the area. The map shows the approximate...

Sweet Pea and I were running errands this morning and one of the stops was Messick's for a filter. Found the 50th Anniversary L6006 in the showroom. Wow, what a great looking tractor. I'd love to see it out in the sunlight. Neil Messick did a short piece on it in one of his videos. He...

We have two sheds that needed cleaned for at least two years. Lots of more important things kept pushing them farther down the list. I ended up with a couple gallons of ZEP Deck and Fence Concentrate that nobody wanted, and figured I'd try it out. There were mix instructions that I almost...

Messicks has a sale on most everything this week. Yesterday I made the long (OK, not really. It took 6 minutes) trip and picked up a filter package, extra engine oil filter and a couple pails of Super UDT2. The Kubota isn't due for any service soon but they have 10% off. Can't get much more...

My iPhone7 died. I ordered a new android and it's at least a week till it arrives and gets put into service. I feel a bit like a cowboy without a horse. The iPad is used for handy internet access and FaceTime with distant relatives. It also receives my email and this morning a few new texts...

I'm almost finished with a refurb on a trailer I built back in '91. While it was stripped down, I harvested a bunch of links from a light chain. These are welded all along the inside of the trailer frame. Wires are run through them and ty-wrapped . With the rounded surfaces, abrasion...

I've always wanted but never owned a drill press. Seemed like the ones with real grunt were always a lot more than I wanted to pay. I have some projects from time to time that require drilling holes up to about 1-1/2" diameter in steel as thick as 3/8" or so. The tool for these should be an...

Picked up a Vevor mag drill and have a question on the extra Jacobs chuck. There's an adaptor that has a Weldon end for the drill and a tapered end for the chuck. Does the tapered adaptor simply get driven into the chuck? We had Hougen and Yancy annular cutters at work, but the Jacobs chucks...

When I did the service on my tractor Friday, I was having trouble seeing the fluid on the stick. Typical. I did the brown paper trick before but thought I'd try something different today. A minute or two with some sandpaper on the dipstick created a roughened surface that made it easier to...

My L4240HST started making a noise today while mowing. It has made a similar noise in the past, but today it was really loud. It happens when accelerating AND when I leave off the hydro pedal and the tractor slows itself. Previously it made a noise when there was a load on the trans, mostly...

Bad week for equipment here. Washing machine died last Saturday night. Water heater went out Monday and by Thursday the water pump on the Trailblazer was making so much noise I didn't trust driving it. Replaced water heater Tuesday. New washing machine came Wednesday. Yesterday #2 Son...

I picked up another plastic drum for fuel storage. It was used for olive oil and was drained but not washed out. Rather than fiddle with water or solvents I decided to remove as much of the olive oil as possible. The drum sat in my one shed for a couple weeks, so nearly all the residual oil...

Our situation - about 13 months ago we had an opportunity to be foster parents "for a few months" for a 10 month old baby girl. A lot has happened since then, and there are many details we can't mention. We are now moving to adopt her. This isn't the retirement we pictured, but we wouldn't...

#1 Son is working on a house and needs to get parts for his hot water baseboard heat. He hasn't been able to find any info on the brand. A few supply houses haven't been able to help. Neither has the internet so far. The end caps are about 9-1/2" tall. He needs 1 left end cap, 2 right end...

Things can get strange even in our little corner of the world: https://www.abc27.com/news/police-man-killed-father-with-crossbow-before-taking-his-own-life/

A frequent concern with tire selection is how they treat the yard. We had quite a bit of rain here on Wednesday. A nearby neighbor's rain gauge had 5.6" in it. When I was mowing yesterday afternoon it seemed like a couple photos may be of interest. Two pics are looking down our driveway...

On the l4240 there's a noise when the A/C compressor kicks off. First of all, the cooling functions just like normal. When I mowed today (hot & sunny) it cooled the cab sufficiently with the fan on medium speed. I noticed the noise today when I was out of the cab with the engine idling and...