A few years ago, I started working at a company that sells safety restraints for baby car seats, school bus seats and large vehicles. At some point, I was given a tour of the product display area where there sat a trailer with ratcheting straps unlike any I had seen…
During Katriel’s spring break from Purdue, she and Tim were so anxious to plant something – anything really – they decided that it was time to get seed potatoes in the ground. Personally, I thought they were a little crazy. It had snowed the day before. And, to be honest,…
Around our garden, the Hoss Wheel Hoe is most useful during planting time. We use the wheel hoe to lay off rows where we plant our potatoes and other crops. We find this to be a quick, easy, and very effective way of planting most of our crops. If you…
We often need to move our trailer around in the yard, or put it into the shed for storage or maintenance. We have found that a front mounted hitch provides a few key benefits for these quick moves. First, using the loader to hook up means that the trailer…
A year or so ago, I received a set of adjustable pliers as a Christmas gift. At first glance, they looked like a simple pair of ‘water pump’ (tongue & groove) pliers. However, after a closer look, I realized that the joint was made differently than traditional water pump pliers.…
The standard Weed-n-Feed granular product never worked too well for me. This is likely attributable to laziness. I didn’t want to get out early enough in the morning to apply it while the grass was wet! However, another negative was the cost of the name brand Weed-n-feed products. At $50…
You’re seriously looking for a sub-compact tractor. Most likely you are excited about the potential purchase while simultaneously in shock when you consider the price of this ‘over-grown lawn mower’. This feeling of shock likely has you considering the 1023e rather than the EVEN MORE costly 1025r. This article will…
The 1-series backhoe has several bucket attachments available. This article discusses the choices I am aware of, and makes a couple of recommendations which might differ from conventional wisdom. I bought my hoe used, so I didn’t have any choice to which bucket came on it. I was ‘stuck’ with…
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We’ve already found some interesting uses of our dump trailer. When considering buying something like this, one usually thinks of soil, rock, etc. However, many other scenarios can benefit from a dumping trailer. Just like the front end loader, or backhoe on a tractor, the hoist on a trailer provides…
