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Last August the front of my property looked like this. It had these kind of pines and undergrowth. My house is directly behind me. The township came a long last August and asked if they could take out the dead and weak scrub pines that were near the street. My wife said yes. You can see a sample below of the stumps I had. I had 38 of them. They ranged in size from 1 inch to about 8 inches. I rented a stump grinder and my son and I ground down all 38 stumps. I used this tool here below on the back of my C-175 and turned over the soil twice in criss crossing directions. The moldboard plow yanked out all of the undergrowths root system. Next came my mid mount grader shown below. This implement has earned it's keep many times over. This section of ground was very uneven. One side was a foot higher than the other side. I had the grader on my C-85 with manual lift. I could adjust the depth of the grader with the lift and feel of the lever. I could go deep or just feather some debris off the top. I developed a good feel of the grader. Then came the trenching machine for the sprinkler system. I'm convinced you can't have a nice lawn without underground irrigation. I installed 15 stainless Hunter heads on 3 zones. After all the trenching and piping was done I came back over the trenches with the grader to fill it all in. If you keep your feet on the grader you can really move that blade left and right with ease. I then used a wooden pallet with a board attached that had dozens of nails driven through that I drug around to make seed beds.So around the middle of September I was ready for seed, lime, iron, straw and fertilizer. This is how it looks below in mid May. There is some annual blue grass in there which is in the process of dying and there is some straw growing from the seed that was in the straw. Straw is not supposed to have seed. I was hoping the winter would kill the straw but it didn't. It looks to be dying now. Straw is an annual and should die. I don't have 100 % coverage but it is pretty good. It is filling in and I bought a 25 pound sack of Kentucky Bluegrass Supreme. $120 for 25 lbs. There is 3 different kinds of premium bluegrass seed in this mixture. I'll over seed in the fall and do my other section of lawns with it. Those raised flower beds? Well they were made with my grade blade. I just kept shaping them by driving in circles and pushing dirt up on to them. This spring I aerated with my new Brinly core aerator. Works great. I'll aerate again in the fall. The only tools used to make this lawn was my C-85, C-175, Mid-mount grader, moldboard plow, trenching machine, stump grinder and trencher. No rakes. No shovels. The only hard labor was the stump grinder which I shared the duty with my son and the trencher which was done by my other son. The shovel and rakes weren't used until the shrubs and mulch was done.

Local news is saying you shouldn't let your dog eat too many of 'em...must give them the runs... didn't say anything about your rmaynards though...so, I guess...eat all you want Bob.

Don't neglect going to the Toro dealers that used to handle Wheel Horses -- I was really suprised when I asked "Do you have any of the stuff I need to hook my tiller to my 310-8" at Mueller Motors in DeSoto, MO -- They had just about everything I needed stached away in their storage area -- I got cables, hitches, the rear "rock shaft" from them -- I think they had to get the cable from Toro, but my point is there are "parts" like this setting on shelves in a lot of these places

Yes the vent is for a portable AC like this one http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/FRIEDRICH-Portable-Air-Conditioner-4HGD1?gclid=CO2vnO7ruLcCFUyY4AodJSAALA&cm_mmc=PPC:GooglePLA-_-HVAC%20and%20Refrigeration-_-Air%20Conditioners-_-4HGD1&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=4HGD1&ef_id=UaNxFQAAAX2GZCPV:20130528125244:s I found a hardly used one on Craiglist and stole it for $50. I was afraid with the lack of windows it was going to get way too toasty to try to do it without one. I plan on getting a large screen for the cargo door for days when it not so hot, but I have to much going on right now in the way of time and money to get that done before the show. As far as the power strip, it rated at 15 amps and the AC draws about 10 so I figured I'll just keep an eye on it. I'm not really going to have much more draw on the strip except for a light. Although it's not in the picture, I also have a portable toilet for it too for those "middle of the night #1 calls" so I don't have to get out and pee on Bob's tent

If you ever watch Survivor, you'd think these things were candy compared to the stuff they have to eat in some of the challenges.

Alright I ordered it. Enough with my Onan bitching and moning. Honda GX690 22Hp.

Now you see them, Now you don't.

U ship is just a broker, carriers bid for the loads and you can pick whichever carrier you want to use. I shipped a big zero turn to MN a couple of years ago, the buyer arranged the shipping through U ship and paid $350.00 to get it from northern IN to central MN. I didn't think it was a bad price and the buyer was happy so that's all that matters.

i agree with paul,in and out is ok,up and down is a worn bearing and should be fixed right away before you wreck the axle or the housing,it would take alot to wear to the housing,but not too long before axle could get torn up

My guess is another D-250?????

OK Steve...now you got me thinkin' I gotta check out my Jitterbug collection.

No kidding. My beagle Mollie has been tearing up the yard eating grubs and crickets for the last 2 years! When ice fishing, Take good care of your buns! You never know when you'll run short!

looks great Zeek all your missing is the dogie door brian

Jim they are never done!

Nice job Zeek! You gave me some great ideas to upgrade mine. I like the floor idea instead of using epoxy like I was. Also the A/C is a great feature. I just happen to know where one of those units are and is not being used so I may have to confiscate it! Really looks good.

Won't see them here until 2016......I remember the last time they were here in 1999 and it was awesome!!!!! I was 14 the first time I saw them in 1982 and I remember my dog gorging himself on them.....Dogs love Bugs!!!

Stevas...17 year old lure!!....wouldn't you like to see the big ole bass that saw what it looked like when he was a "little guy"????? PS...I think I caught him tho....broke the scales at 17 lbs!!...had a WH tatto on his back....but he got away....I think I did....I think..........

All that and still no hint of what it is......

A member here stevo4g has nos spindle assy's if you don't find a good used one, and I kinda ditto don, I went backwards from metric to standard 3/4, course they may have been gutted before, just had to add the seal up top and the bearing spacer is shorter and of course 3/4" bore. Believe main diff in metric is bearing bottom out depth over seal required housing, haven't put mine to use yet need 1 more part. If you get a complete assy I'd be interested in the bottom bearing spacer.

Just an update, I kept adjusting the spring to provide less pull and it didn't make any difference. I finally tried taking the spring off and that made a marginal differnce. I think the problem was just hard unworked clay. After a good dozen + passes there was a good layer of worked soil. My garden is planted and doing well so far. Now to add a fence to keep the ?!#% dog out!

Just got back.....17 hours gone....with a little stop over at the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial (thought it was fitting because of Memorial Day) 895 miles.... waaaaay too tired and wet to get pics now. Got 3.75" of rain today, had to dodge tornadoes and torrential downpours the last hour and a half. Going to bed......pics tomorrow (hopefully) and you guys in MO....you should tell me where you live sometime

Here we go....

Yup Raw? I have eaten them raw, but I prefer them cooked. If we have some at the show, maybe we can try a few simple recipes. YUMMY Deep fried and dipped in chocolate.

Another thing is a lot of people spend beyond their means. I needed another vehicle this spring. I easily could have gone down to the local Chevy dealer and bought a $40,000 truck. I could even make the payments. Thing is I didn't want to. I was cringing at the thought of $15000 for a nice used one. I sold my motorcycle that I didn't ride enough and sold my old truck and only had to come up with $1000 for the vehicle I have now that is a dream to drive. I didn't have to "dip" into my hobby money at all and no payments..

Be safe and waitin on pictures.

The Price of Groceries!!! Last night on my way home from Jay-in-NC's house I stopped at the local food store. Got to the first isle, looked at the price of bread and thought "THIS IS B.S. !!!" I was so angry I bought the wrong 1/2 & 1/2 (stupid fat free) and could not find the other thing I was looking for. This was of course after paying $3.65 per gallon for gas to go visit Jay.............. This Country economically is in bad shape

Nice!! Just think of the value you added to your house if you were to sell. Mike..........

I just picked up this today in a trade. I believe its a 1969. She looks ok, runs well and has a 3 point. Also has a pulley(rear pto) for the tiller. She is going to need quite a bit to make her look real good. Dash board, head lights, tail lights maybe new wheels. The tires, yup car tires, are loaded with calcium...yikes. Well here is a pic.

Hey folks, here is a brief video description of the sod cutter. Hope it helps for those of you who had some interest:

The original deck is a 36" RD, which remains unfinished in my garage. I would like to get that deck together this year, as it would make a nice finish mower for the fleet. I received the front mule drive knobs from Glen Pettit, and the deck belt guards from Duane (baerpath) (thank you both!) which I hope to get installed if this rain stops. By the way, if any of you are running around with broken mule drive adjuster knobs, why aren't you getting a NEW one from Glen? The new knob comes complete with everything you need to put it on, and is outstanding in quality as is everything that he makes.

The turncoats have replied!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it ain't red sooner or later it will be dead!!!!!

So that's what they looked like!

you r tilling clay so 3 inches first pass and dont expect much more on the second pass,ive had to put cement blocks on mine,i too have hard red clay soil,ive tilled other places and the tiller tills full depth first pass,soil conditions are evry thing

Ok I got everything back together and installed on the tractor and it works!!!! Again, all I did was relace the seals and the guts of the motor cylinder block. Thanks everyone for you help!!!!!