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The other recent post about what equipment to buy for land clearing got me thinking.... How big of a diameter stump can an Mini Excavator take out, with relative ease? I'll be doing 1/2 mile of driveway/trail clearing this summer with my skid steer (Case 1845c). This is for a remote hunting...

I did this refurb back in 2015, but a recent post got me thinking I should put up some pics. I bought a used Featherlight 7x16 dual axle for about $3500 I was close to buying a new steel trailer for about the same price, but I hated the idea of steel trailers around here. They seem to get...

Finishing the house and shop up and I am shopping new insurance policies. I'm not thrilled with my current company, especially when I found out I had only $3500 in tool coverage after a close call. Things I have specified so far: - Sump pump/sewer backup coverage (usually not included) -...

I have a wiper on my skid steer door. Missing the blade and maybe more. It's an older style, but i don't know what to look for in a replacement. It's a Wexco wiper motor. Can anyone tell what I need by these pictures?

I have a garage drains in both the attached garage and the workshop. Both drain to daylight, have enough slope to drain good, but the both end terminate right at grade. This will be my first winter using them, but I think they will be problematic, not having any space really for them to drain...

I've got a sewer line clean out that sticks up in my side yard that I want to protect and hide. It's a long sewer line that runs from the bathroom in my shop to my septic holding tank. I was required to have a cleanout every 75' or something, so there was no choice where this would go. It's...

I'm not sure if this thing is working. I have it temporarily plumbed until I can run the full air system in my shop. I will need to spray all the woodwork for my house here soon and decided an air dryer was in order. I did a couple hours of air grinding for my first use with the dryer and I...

I'm a pretty green welder and I'm not sure how to make this stiffer. This is just 1 of 4 racks that will be tied together with 10' long square tubing through the space between the two verticals. This is made from 14g 1-1/4 tube 48" wide, 41" tall, 3'3" between each of the 4 racks to make it...

What is best practice for flashing these 2 heater vents. First one is through vinyl siding from a Reznor ceiling mount garage heater. There is a proper clearance thimble/standoff as it passes through the wall. I just trimmed the vinyl siding around it for now, since it's now being used in...

Any have tips on best practice for hanging steel on the gables? I've got 4' of one color along the bottom and then tall pieces of another color above that. The color change will break at the bottom of the lower 4'x'6' window. Soffit is already installed with integrated J channel. I need to...

I have an apron that is 50' long on one end a 12' wide overhead door. On the other end a 3' man door. Slab on grade, no course of blocks. I think I would like to have the apron set 2" lower than the level of the slab and build up to the the slab at the overhead door. It just seems I'm asking...

I just got a bunch of this ABS pipe called "Durapipe Air-Line Xtra," for next to nothing. Not enough to do my whole shop, but it's a good start. Still trying to track down pricing to do the rest. Anyone used this stuff before? All the simplicity of PVC, without ...you know..the pipebomb...

Finishing up the plumbing on my house & shop. I'm leaning toward running all our water through the softener. We have pretty high iron in our well water and I don't want to deal with iron stains on my concrete and siding and whatever else. We aren't big on sprinkling our lawn, so I don't think...

I'm ready to buy a security camera system and the choices are dizzying. The Reolink systems looks pretty good, but it also looks like they are pretty good at marketing and don't want to fall for that if there are better products out there for same money or less. I'm willing to buy individual...

After seeing the post about the guy's buddy who shop went up in smoke... What do you guys do for fire suppression systems or smoke detectors in your shops? Particularly interested in those who have detached shops and can't tie the smoky in with your house system. Smoke alarm doesn't do much...

I'm about to pull the trigger on a Hobart 210MVP. I have several 30amp 240 outlets already installed in my new shop. No 50 amps circuits though - didn't think I needed one. Sure I can run one, and I might...or I might not. But can someone explain why a machine that draws a maximum of 24 amps...

Any suggestions on going about sizing a exhaust fan for a spray room area? I think I will do some sort of temp wall or tensioned curtain on the left side of the area. This will be for a variety spray operations but mostly for woodworking finishes like spraying laquer with my Devilbiss HVLP...

I have a set of very large Oxy Acetylene tanks I inherited. They are pretty full, but they are really too big for what I need. What the general policy is about exchanging these things for a smaller tanks. Are the gas companies open to that? From what I can tell by measuring a searching tank...

Albion Engineering Foam Backer Rod Insertion Tool. If you have any amount of backer rod to instal, you MUST use this tool. My god it saved so much time. Did the whole shop perfectly in about 20 minutes - adjustable to get the perfect depth too. Would have taken me hours doing it by hand. I...

I bought this 6" Black Vinyl Stripe for my walls but found it wouldn't stick well enough to my OSB walls. Probably would have stuck there for a couple years, but I wanted a more permanent solution, so I ended up painting the stripe. I used about 8'-10' from the 150' roll. I bought it from a...