Recent content by zionview

Doc, I have a walk behind, it's what I loan out when people want their garden tilled :wink:. I built a single bottom plow and a chisel plow for primary tillage. Changing over to R1s will make a big difference. Try tilling without anything before it. Maybe your soil is better than mine. I...

Doc, I like some primary tillage before I till. It takes much less HP to run the tiller and it'll add years to the life of your tiller. It's much easier on your tractor, too. I run at half throttle on a BX2200 with a 48" TaylorWay. When I dug gardens for other people without any previous...

That has always interested me, the story behind the building. A few old heads have told me about an illiterate man in the next county who built barns for a living in the days of mortise and pin construction. A friend of the family, Tom Fox, even pointed out a handful of barns he built. Some of...

Doc, I made adapters for mounting my winch on our Gators, my truck and my larger trailer. I want to weld a 2 1/2 inch tube onto a toolbar I made years ago to move trailers around, and then the winch will be able to be used with either tractor, too.

In my previous house, I used a wall vent propane heater to heat the attached 32'X36' garage. Insurance? No problem. When I approached my agent about heating my present shop(before he saw my drawings), he said "you're not putting a stove inside the shop, are you?" Apparently, it's a touchy...

To tell the truth, I haven't tried to get it that warm. 45 or 50 is good for me. Right now I'm trying to get that heat run cleared so I can give it a good try out. I think adding the hot water heater will make it a lot more efficient, but the way I'm going, that will be next fall's project.

My MAC's being a bear, so hopefully some pics got uploaded. I cantilevered the trusses for some weather protection so I can stage wood outside the building, between it and the shop. One pic is from back when I built the thermal collector. Those are the runs I'm still using for heat and return...

Doc, I built a 12X14 shed over what was a thermal collector, which is about 10 feet from the shop. I retained the 2' deep rock bed for residual heat. I'm still working the kinks out of it, but I use it only when I'm working in the shop, usually weekends. I believe I'll burn more wood since the...

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I paid nearly $70/ft. installed for my flue. That was the most expensive item I purchased by far.

Doc, I put an outside building up for my wood burner. I ran heat and return lines underground the 10 feet to my shop. I'm still getting the bugs out of it as a system, but the main reason I went with a remote stove is insurance. The stove itself wasn't expensive. I paid more for my saws and...

I have a 4 foot rear mount on a BX2200. I would rather have a five footer, but the dealer made me a deal I couldn't refuse on the four footer. The 2200 plays with four feet.

olcowhand, we had 'coons in our silage trench, too. Our dogs kept them at bay for awhile, but we had some damage to the plastic and some feed loss. Deer also carry lepto. We vaccinated the milking herd, but had abortions in the bred heifers one year. If it's not one thing, it's two more. It...

Really nice, olcowhand! Your paint turned out great!

Nice pickup, Mith! She looks like a nice straight ol' Cub.