What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

chim

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We put something similar in for a project where we added a small compressor room. It was to handle rain from the additional roof. The hole was lined with fabric then the stone was placed, and then the fabric was folded in over the stone. Fabric was to keep the dirt out of the stone.
 
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WI_Hedgehog

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Stihl BG 86 Leaf Blower had some air or fuel issues. No power or decent throttle response.

Turns out to be spark arrestor. On muffler outlet and turns right out.

Cleaned it up but will leave it out. Not much louder with it out. Take them out of chainsaws. Have a Stihl brush cutter that was a little off last use. Might be same deal with that.
I use STIHL oil, the guidelines are don't mix it rich and run the tools wide-open and the screens shouldn't carbon up. Leaving them out adds a bit of power and seems to be fine except in California and State Forests, mostly.
 
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Not to get this forum off track, but what are you going to use the dry well for? I was thinking of making one but don't know how big it should be. It would be to collect rainwater off a small section of roof which pools up on the ground.
Gutter drain for the house. I did 4x4x6’ it is all sandy soil drains excellent, should be good for my use case for many years. If poor drainage like clay I wouldn’t know what to recommend
 

Old_Paint

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We put something similar in for a project where we added a small compressor room. It was to handle rain from the additional roof. The hole was lined with fabric then the stone was placed, and then the fabric was folded in over the stone. Fabric was to keep the dirt out of the stone.
I did a French drain on the front apron of my shop right after I finished building, but put the French drain in the wrongest place possible and also used cheap fabric. I’m paying for those mistakes now. The perf pipe is full of mud, the fabric didn’t stop a single weed/tree root from sprouting, and the gravel is full of silt. The gutters are too small (4”) so most of the water shoots right over it in a heavy rain. That will be the next upgrade to 6” gutters and better guards to trap more water and get it away from the doors.

I’m currently digging out the gravel a shovel at a time and handpicking the shredded fabric out of the gravel and peeling it off the perforated pipe. I made a homemade trommell that I can strap to a small concrete mixer to separate the gravel and dirt before I spoil the gravel onto my trailer. Gonna move the perf pipe next to the slab, add a second pipe, lay a mulch higher quality nylon mesh fabric after spraying the hole with a 3:1 water/30% vinegar solution. I thought it was tough shoveling the gravel in that hole. I had no clue how hard it would be to get it back out. The changes should help with the maintenance factors. I hope.
 
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quick little dig this am to enlarge a camper parking space. Got the call that the RV was to be picked up on thursday so, better get'r done. Owner will throw some pavers down tomorrow.

Start:

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diggie dig

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When I first looked at the pics, I was wondering why all the buildup with the lumber. Then I saw some of the lumber was actually a concrete curb. Are they really just gonna back the RV over that? Better not be a trailer involved. That’s a homeowner claim waiting to happen when someone trips on the curb and face plants into the rail fence. Someone didn’t plan that mod very well. I get a lot of heartburn when someone asks me to do something that has obvious hazards. I guess it’s too many years of safety training for things I learned the hard way as a kid that makes me notice things like that.
 

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I bet you are using Stihl oil, it will plug up the exhaust in short order.
Haven’t had that problem. I mix pretty rich, but not so much as to foul the plug. My saw and power head for all my Trimmer Plus attachments and the Husqvarna blower thank me.