What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[Trimley]

Isn't that the old style Kubota Ballast Box - which has been replaced by the WB-10?
The old style (yours) was never intended to be QH compatible. That's why it's been replaced by the WB-10.
It's also why you have your QH tilted so far back and have a top hook-up extension on it instead of a hook.
You'd be better off just connecting that old style ballast box directly to the 3 point.

That explains why it looks odd.

Maybe weld some extended ears on the bottom.

 

[dirtydeed]

small water service repair this am with the backhoe this time. all went fine.

start

diggy/repair

backfill and done. load up and head home.

Got the google 5 star review before I even made it home.

 

[D2Cat]

Was it leaking at the first joint near the house?

 

[Jim’sMX]

Replaced washers to fix a hydro leak at the pump, added fluid, kicked a front tire, moved firewood to a stack and parked it for the day.

 

[dirtydeed]

Was it leaking at the first joint near the house?

We added the copper piece. The original poly looks like it sunk/sheared coming out of the foundation (it was almost a 90 degree bend).

here is the piece we cut out that shows the crack in the pipe where it entered the foundation.

 

[fried1765]

We added the copper piece. The original poly looks like it sunk/sheared coming out of the foundation (it was almost a 90 degree bend).

here is the piece we cut out that shows the crack in the pipe where it entered the foundation.

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Relatively new house?
Backfill settling caused poly to fracture?

 

[dirtydeed]

Relatively new house?
Backfill settling caused poly to fracture?

yep. 10 years old. I think that they likely ran the water service before the foundation was done. It was deeper than we typically see (like 5 feet). Or it was just a settling issue. Either way its still deep for a water service around here at 5 feet.

 

[MountainMeadows]

Isn't that the old style Kubota Ballast Box - which has been replaced by the WB-10?
The old style (yours) was never intended to be QH compatible. That's why it's been replaced by the WB-10.
It's also why you have your QH tilted so far back and have a top hook-up extension on it instead of a hook.
You'd be better off just connecting that old style ballast box directly to the 3 point.

The ballast box wasn't intended for a quick hitch or an L2501. It's a "get me by" for the time being and I'm not done adapting it to work better. It's a work in progress. I just slapped it on at the end of a long day.

 

[D2Cat]

Often times, around here, soft copper in ran through the concrete wall and out side 8-10 ft. then connected to usually a poly or PVC to meter. The copper is suppose to allow for flexibility with some settlement. The closer to the wall that pipe terminates the greater chance of a leak there.

 

[ajschnitzelbank]

Three tandem loads in my area would cost a fortune.
You must have a crusher nearby.
Looks nice!

Thanks!

There are a couple quarries nearby, but it still cost a lot. I think five hundred some per load. When I did other part of the drive a few years back it was $300 per load

 

[ajschnitzelbank]

Yall got serious rain up there!
Have you thought of just dropping a 12" steel pipe in that trench?

Well, I have considered putting some sort of drain in. But I’m out of my element and haven’t figured out a way. Because it was a big low spot that I put a gravel parking area in the middle of, like an island (or peninsula I guess). So I’m not sure where to locate a drain. Plus, where that trench is it drained in the yard sorta toward the house, right in to the chicken area, so that wouldn’t be a good spot. If I did a longer drain away from the house it would go through the part of my driveway with an easement, which I’m not sure about doing. I’m rambling now. Thanks for the thought yeah I have considered a pipe/drain but I’m not sure about it. I’m leaning toward one more load of gravel and a load or two of dirt. Whatever I do, I’m glad the tractor will make light work of it!

 

[The Evil Twin]

Well, I have considered putting some sort of drain in. But I’m out of my element and haven’t figured out a way. Because it was a big low spot that I put a gravel parking area in the middle of, like an island (or peninsula I guess). So I’m not sure where to locate a drain. Plus, where that trench is it drained in the yard sorta toward the house, right in to the chicken area, so that wouldn’t be a good spot. If I did a longer drain away from the house it would go through the part of my driveway with an easement, which I’m not sure about doing. I’m rambling now. Thanks for the thought yeah I have considered a pipe/drain but I’m not sure about it. I’m leaning toward one more load of gravel and a load or two of dirt. Whatever I do, I’m glad the tractor will make light work of it!

It does take careful planning. I have learned to allow water to go (sorta) where it wants to. As long as the area you lead it to is well drained. It was hard to tell from your photos what was where. Just thing though- if you fill the low spot, it will still travel beyond that to the next place. Take it one step at a time and good luck!

 

[Jim’sMX]

 

[fried1765]

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Anticipating a very COLD Winter in NC?

 

[Siesta Sundance]

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Welcome Sir, welcome to OTT!

Anticipating a very COLD Winter in NC?

assumptions; Merry Christmas Fred.

 

[Jim’sMX]

Anticipating a very COLD Winter in NC?

Haha I’m allergic to cold and heat my house with wood and sell, so I’m always making firewood.

 

[Old_Paint]

All the rain we’ve been having resulted in a small lake in my driveway/yard. So today I dug a little trench across the driveway to drain it. I think I aught to figure something out to prevent this from happening in the first place. Tractor made light work of it!

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Culvert at the deepest point.

 

[Old_Paint]

That would make an awesome MIL suite…no joke that looks like it could be a cabin… love repurpose material uses/projects. Great job.

I am not sure you have predators that dig or not, but if not considered already, this would be a good time to consider to put some fence down under the coup floor to discourage unwanted guests from popping up.

Not many that can turn back up after they start digging down. Armadillos are the worst diggers we have here, and they ain't interested in the chickens or the eggs. They might be too stupid to go around, though. Whatever digs under a cross tie is not likely going to turn back up inside. Nothing we have is that aggressive, anyway. A neighbor had a few chickens with little more than a 4 foot chainlink fence around 'em, but she also had a German Shepard in the yard with the coop. Having a nice big dog around the chickens can be beneficial, as long as the dog doesn't develop a taste for live chicken. Growing up, our chicken pen was about 10 feet from our dog pen, which just so happened to be filled with about 20 hunting dogs some of which would likely be very interested in any varmints that would consider approaching the chicken pen. If something digs in, then I'll put a floor in it, and might even have enough of the 5/4 x 6 decking left.

I know for a fact we have some fox nearby. We watched a groupt of 4 kits playing around several years ago just about where the coop is sitting now, but that was also before I obliterated a bunch of underbrush (thanks to one LX and a grapple). There isn't as much cover for predators. I'm also considering a small solar panel and battery system to run a little surprise (Electric Fence) for critters that get too close to the fence. Maybe a lethal surprise, depending on the size of the critter (rodents). I'm more worried about coyotes going THROUGH the fence than under it. So, I'm gonna put some heavier mesh under the chicken wire that's 4 feet high. Gonna do what I can to protect them, but only so much that's economically feasible. Raccoons won't likely try to dig into this, nor possums. If a fox does, then he's gonna need to be fast, because I plan on treating them or coyotes with extreme prejudice if they get in my chicken yard. An automatic sliding door is in the plans to make sure they're protected overnight by the fortress that we're going to call "Cluckingham Palace". So far, I've only got about $100 in the whole shebang, well, $200 if you want to count the cross ties.

New progress photo today. Got two sides done and the roof on. The cinder blocks behind it are the side of one of the compost pits. You can probably guess why I chose to put the coop near there.

 

[TonyinTexas]

Started interior construction

 

[g_man]

Not many that can turn back up after they start digging down. Armadillos are the worst diggers we have here, and they ain't interested in the chickens or the eggs. They might be too stupid to go around, though. Whatever digs under a cross tie is not likely going to turn back up inside. Nothing we have is that aggressive, anyway. A neighbor had a few chickens with little more than a 4 foot chainlink fence around 'em, but she also had a German Shepard in the yard with the coop. Having a nice big dog around the chickens can be beneficial, as long as the dog doesn't develop a taste for live chicken. Growing up, our chicken pen was about 10 feet from our dog pen, which just so happened to be filled with about 20 hunting dogs some of which would likely be very interested in any varmints that would consider approaching the chicken pen. If something digs in, then I'll put a floor in it, and might even have enough of the 5/4 x 6 decking left.

I know for a fact we have some fox nearby. We watched a groupt of 4 kits playing around several years ago just about where the coop is sitting now, but that was also before I obliterated a bunch of underbrush (thanks to one LX and a grapple). There isn't as much cover for predators. I'm also considering a small solar panel and battery system to run a little surprise (Electric Fence) for critters that get too close to the fence. Maybe a lethal surprise, depending on the size of the critter (rodents). I'm more worried about coyotes going THROUGH the fence than under it. So, I'm gonna put some heavier mesh under the chicken wire that's 4 feet high. Gonna do what I can to protect them, but only so much that's economically feasible. Raccoons won't likely try to dig into this, nor possums. If a fox does, then he's gonna need to be fast, because I plan on treating them or coyotes with extreme prejudice if they get in my chicken yard. An automatic sliding door is in the plans to make sure they're protected overnight by the fortress that we're going to call "Cluckingham Palace". So far, I've only got about $100 in the whole shebang, well, $200 if you want to count the cross ties.

New progress photo today. Got two sides done and the roof on. The cinder blocks behind it are the side of one of the compost pits. You can probably guess why I chose to put the coop near there.

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That's a mighty fine chicken coop !! - A lot better than a dog house if you ever need a place in times of woe.

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