If using wood, bury the legs for extra support.
I made mine from steel and cement. With just three legs (not buried), it is rock solid.
Adjustable seat heights if you plan for others to use it.
How do you know there is a leak?
Is there a frost hydrant that you use for watering? I'd bet the hydrant is leaking before the actual pipe unless it was poorly installed or in rocky ground.
Stick your ear on the hydrant pipe.
Alright, I'll tell you.
12345678
1(2)3(4)5(6)7(8)
When some asks what your password is, you can tell them 12345678, but you really mean 1-Two, 3-Fours, 5-Sixes, 7-Eights.
I hope I'm spelling it right....
Menthol Camfer is what my mother would go to for any cuts. It come in a 3" or so round tin canister. In fact, she had 2 or 3 different "treatments" in different colored containers.
You've done this since this last time it won't start?
What it sounds like to me is the battery isn't being charged. After you installed the new battery, it has had enough reserve power to work a few times. After sitting a while, the normal parasitic draws have drained the battery enough to...