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  1. irwin

    Prepping and building- on the cheap.

    Get the wood frame up, drill holes and 3/8" bolts+nuts secure 2x4's to pipes at welded on tabs. It's january and finally too cold to continue. we waited til the ground thawed. I got another load of gravel and a load of powdered stone and made a parking area. Had to, way too much mud!:mad2...
  2. irwin

    Prepping and building- on the cheap.

    Okay the frame arrives, well, not all the pieces, but thats another story. Having never built anything close to this in about thirty years I made several mistakes that slowed us up,but nothing serious. Puttin the pipes together, pretty easy. ........ The frame kit comes in two 2 stall...
  3. irwin

    Prepping and building- on the cheap.

    The wife and I bought this property for several good reasons, and this is one of them. My wife Stephanie has been a horse lover since girlhood (we'll just say a while;) ) . She's owned this one horse for 20 years, but hasn't been able to keep it on her own property, well now she can, but first...
  4. irwin

    It's time to ask that question! :)

    I guess this would be the place to post this. I copied it last year and just found again it today. http://www.acknowledge.com/tractor/XMasAnime.gif I don't remember who made it sorry.. HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you all....
  5. irwin

    the Ductape is HERE !

    Ductape: And another hello from New England, Good to have you here. Welcome to NTT..:Tip-Hat2:
  6. irwin

    Thnakya!

    I love reading good news, :Tip-Hat2: :applause: ......:thumb:
  7. irwin

    Hi from connecticut

    Well Dougster, any snow out your way? Nothing but some frozen rain around my area. From the weather maps it looks like Jay got some of the white stuff. You guys further north got a fer-real snow event ai'ya.:snow:
  8. irwin

    Lets see your backhoe!

    Here's a Taylor Way 766 as I unload it from the pickup ..... and at work....no thumb yet, but it's on a rather long wishlist. I had a few leaking fittings, one plug hole made on a slight angle, had a local tool and dye place fix that, only $40.00 and some $.12 copper washers..no...
  9. irwin

    Hi from connecticut

    How sweet of you to try Brandi,;)....:wave: but I know it could be better.. right now I'm just glad it works...functionality achieved.:applause:
  10. irwin

    Hi from connecticut

    hiya all Dougster, Jay, Bill, Larry, Mark, Jim, Doc, JDFANATIC. I'm just south of Plainfield, ct..(where the Dogtrack use to be) so I'm along what the New London Day newspaper said was the best route for a family road trip. Hope not too many try it out, we get light traffic, I would like it to...
  11. irwin

    Hi from connecticut

    I'm very happy, the previous owner spent a fortune insulating and up -grading. The entire roof is less than 12 years old (not just the shingles) it's not a big place (1300+ sq ft) it has a homey feel to it, although the first time I saw all the rocks that make up the foundation I wasn't so...
  12. irwin

    Hi from connecticut

    Well this is sure a nice howdo, thanks for the welcome all. I'll try to visit and post often. :Tip-Hat2: I should be working on some downed trees, 'septing I got this flu that's been plagueing lots of folks around here, so I'm wrapped up near the woodstove drinking lots of non-adult liquids...
  13. irwin

    What machine started it all for you???

    Yeah the way many people talk you'd think they are all crooks..:whistle:
  14. irwin

    Industrial Tires

    Which pic looks better? or this? Seriously though, I'm very happy with my new R4's. I don't do any farming crops. My land is very rough on rubber, lots of rocks, pot holes, and other various hidden dangers. Once after just walking around I found that something ripped a chunk loose on the...
  15. irwin

    Hi from connecticut

    I've been wondering where some of the real talent went to. Did some web browsing one day (when I was bored) I find Farmwithjunk, Dougster, MtnViewRanch, Bindian, Mark777, jbrumberg, Grrr, and other names that seem to be familiar from some other TractorP0#n site. I've spent what little time...
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