Recent content by west_perf

Here's a couple pics of enjoying freedom again. We had some good storms come through, the lightning was impressive.

Then I noticed that my truck had a terrible steering wheel vibration and wanted to pull strongly to the right. This truck has always been rock solid since new, nothing has been changed not even an alignment (15 years). Being unexpected, I noticed the front left wheel felt like it had an...

Here's a picture of the stressed tree, I hope it makes it. I put 5 gals of water on her tonight.

Then I finally redid the well, with a pump I picked up at tractor supply on clearance, she pumped right up. So I had cold water in the house, as I installed a shutoff for the hot water as the line was still broken. Well that's also history, as I cut the floor open and found the stub line...

Let's pick up where I left off. When springtime came, I decided to plant a few trees and start an orchard. I planted 7 Oak trees and two peach trees. I'm pleased to say that 2 months in all the trees are putting out buds and new leaves. I noticed two at the very end of my property got a...

It wasn't all good though, I determined a pipe was split under the house, a hot water pipe. And of course there's no shutoff on the water heater, so add another task to my list of fixes. Oh well at least I have this to enjoy.

The local hardware store had the same exact pump, so I went and picked it up. Plumbed it it and was all ready to go in about an hour, it all seemed to good to be true. The manual said fill with cold water, let the pump run 3-5 minutes to prime. After 5 minutes nothing. I filled it up...

The great freeze got me. I mentioned earlier I was behind the curve in getting my well house heated, it's pretty solid and well insulated but I forgot to turn on the heat that night before I went to bed and it cost me. When I did get it going, it couldn't get it up to temp. The temps...

Darn right, the wheel popped off when I rounded a 90 degree turn at a stop light, so my speed was very low, there was no one beside me, and nothing got damaged. Just a few minutes earlier, or a few minutes later (at 55 MPH) it could have been a different story. Thank the good Lord the only...

The Cub Cadet tiller is a good workhorse! I don't think JD makes one. It took 2 hours to drive home. Was pretty peaceful evening and an experience to remember, hopefully not repeat. It's going to cost about $500 to fix the trailer hubs/wheels. The lugnuts were loose on both of the wheels...

I felt like @Boostingaz today, towing a tractor home. Unfortunately this happened and I lost a wheel 25 miles from my place in north FL. Got lucky it could have been much worse or in a further location. i unloaded the tractor on the side of the highway and limped the trailer home. this is...

Here's a few pics from my trip back home. I was lucky to get out to the main highway, my 4x4 truck just made it there. It was 6-8" deep, icy snow with some higher drifts. It exposed a hole in my preps but that is soon to be fixed. Southern TN was decimated in snow and ice. I...

Got a new front door installed. The old one leaked and ruined part of the floor decking so I replaced that at the same time. All sealed up and much more weathertight.

Snow! Real cold, well is frozen over!

Yesterday was nice so I went out and worked in the barn. I Posted earlier about the mess that is called the electrical system, there isn't a shutoff for the barn, only the main shutoff which affects the entire property. First, I started by taping up the wires which had an insulation break...