Correct. As you know they use the cold water to cool the pump which if overheated will ruin the seals.
Pumps run the gamut from cold water only, either/or (mid-temps) and dedicated hot water (very HOT temps).
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Correct. As you know they use the cold water to cool the pump which if overheated will ruin the seals.
Pumps run the gamut from cold water only, either/or (mid-temps) and dedicated hot water (very HOT temps).
The homeowner needs to have an electrician check his electrical service because the lights shouldn't go out when you broke the ground. There should be 2 hot and a neutral from the utility pole, and the water line should be his ground. The utility runs the two hots to the meter socket, and there is a third wire that the utility supplies to a ground rod at the side of the pole that is independent of the water line. In a lot of jurisdictions, the neutrals and grounds have to be separated in the electrical panel today for new homes. That is how it is done where I live.
Most drivers I know you don't want to tell them how to do it. Just tell them how heavy you want it spread. Just sayin.......
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Most drivers want to drop the load quickly as they can so they head back to get another load before their buddy picks it up. Am I wrong??
With respect, every job and road is different, there is nothing wrong telling the driver how I want/how the material dropped. I have worked over 30 truck loads of material. Guess who helps the drivers pin/un-pin the doors? Me or ranch hand.
GG you don't know my personality or friendliness inperson, and maybe I'm not as irrorgant as you think. This is not New England territory. I'm a Texan with true hospitality. All the drivers I have dealt with have been awesome.
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In New England, we give free one-way tickets to the oppressed and ignorant people to go to Texas for training on how to be polite. Please be on the lookout for one more coming your way. Possibly you can drill some
lol, not insulted a bit, I got thick skin, I'm just a detail-oriented person, retired military.
lol, I'll be up in NE area(from Boston to Bangor) soon. I do not like most folks from the inner cities of mASSachusetts to be honest. lol I'm not sure if they drink Michigans polluted water or what.
fried1765
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I hear the "most drivers thing", but that is not the way it works for me.
I would ASK the driver to do it the way I want, and have never met a driver who would not.
I AM a New Englander, and if a driver refused, I would send him home..... with his load intact!
I just don't see such a scenario occurring.
There are always other places to order stone though.
Forgot to take before pics.
There is a negative slope towards house and new concrete patio. I graded it about 1in below the concrete and left the side near the concrete with a slight bump of about 1in. to help the runoff flow in the direction that I heading in the MX.
As I grade, the ranch hand pulls excess material out so that the ground remains level during each pass with box blade. Also the L25 is used to pull excess material away from the slab by back dragging the bucket.
Its difficult to see elavation changes within pictures.
At the corner of the patio, the water either flows towards the pasture or flows down the driveway.
Just needs some sod/seed now.
This picture helps shows the grade/slope that I'm working on.
Est. 7% to 8%.
There is a negative slope towards house and new concrete patio. I graded it about 1in below the concrete and left the side near the concrete with a slight bump of about 1in. to help the runoff flow in the direction that I heading in the MX.
As I grade, the ranch hand pulls excess material out so that the ground remains level during each pass with box blade. Also the L25 is used to pull excess material away from the slab by back dragging the bucket.
Its difficult to see elavation changes within pictures.
At the corner of the patio, the water either flows towards the pasture or flows down the driveway.
Just needs some sod/seed now.
This picture helps shows the grade/slope that I'm working on.
Est. 7% to 8%.
fried1765
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Well not exactly. West TX can receive 6in and East Texas can be over 4ft. of rain a year. Tropical weather can drop 4ft in a few days near the coast to about 90miles inland.
Last couple years the avg. in our area has been slightly above 23in, supposed to closer to 29.5in, been under because of droughts.
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After doing the 1st lawn cut of year I put the chipper on and started to work on the pile of limbs from the winter storms. Still more to haul to the pole when the fields dry out.
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I mowed for the first time today with the BX2380 - I'm not sure it was any faster, nor did it seem to do a better job than my Ryobi riding mower (https://www.ryobitools.com/products/details/46396017758). It was also a lot more prep, remove the FEL, put the ROPS up, change from 2 to 4 wheel drive, etc... am I doing it wrong?
I feel the advantage of the larger machine will show itself when the grass is very long or very wet since I have a PTO driven grass catcher, versus a blade fed one on the little Ryobi, but I feel there must be an advantage in using a 60" mower on an acre, but as of now, I don't see it.
I feel the advantage of the larger machine will show itself when the grass is very long or very wet since I have a PTO driven grass catcher, versus a blade fed one on the little Ryobi, but I feel there must be an advantage in using a 60" mower on an acre, but as of now, I don't see it.
If a 60" mower will not mow the same grass a 38" mower is mowing at a faster rate you need to get it out of idle.
also, when the tech cut the old galvanized water service, the homeowners/ power went out...WTF? Power was overhead so what just happened. Then it dawned on me that we basically cut the house ground and he must have an open neutral somewhere. His power was "restored" when we bonded the ground to the new copper water service line...yikes man.
Aren't you required to report that to the power Co.?
I became the neutral once when replacing a water meter in a basement. It knocked me out a blew me across the basement. My helper thought I was dead. He did not come back to work the next day. My hands were numb for several days after that.
Aren't you required to report that to the power Co.?
I became the neutral once when replacing a water meter in a basement. It knocked me out a blew me across the basement. My helper thought I was dead. He did not come back to work the next day. My hands were numb for several days after that.
I got some seat time today after 2+ weeks. I split an old ash tree and used the bucket to carry it to the wood shed. 4 trips. After that I put the new to me rock rake on and proceeded to rake the yard of tree limbs and leaves. Saved me days worth of work in less than an hour. Then I went down to the food plot I have been clearing and used the rake to clean up limbs and knock off a few high to low spots from digging stumps with the BH77. Then I started pushing some dirt for the small pond I will be making. I will switch to the BH tomorrow so I can dig a few more stumps next week. I learned the rake is not a very good counter weight for a full bucket in the loader.
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My part of New England would love to send all of the Southern New Englanders somewhere else as they are the most rude and awful drivers in New England.