Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / May 2005

I have tried to find information on "how to pull your own well". I
live in Florida and we have only one day a week to legally be able to
water these days and I need to get this matter solved before the micro
heat sets in.

I have a rottotiller with a leak where the tire meets the rim.  I need to
get the wheel off so I can take it to a tire place and get it fixed.  I
tried WD40 and I tried heating it with a propane torch.  It wont budge.  I'm
not sure I got it hot enough, I was afraid I'd burn the ...

I Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Me
SULLIVAN, N.Y. (AP) — Car owners around town are covering their mirrors
in an attempt to outsmart a woodpecker who apparently thinks his
reflection is an enemy.

Well, those of you who have been around awhile remember when I first bought
this farm with my husband and also about the same time I discovered that he
had looted all his mother's money.
He did make good on that money and she did get proper care for the remainder

Hey You Muggles:
Have any of you ever run Wyandottes?
I've got a bunch of Barred Rock chicks on order
from the local feed store, but really want to run

From: "Robert Cohen" <notmilk@...>
Date: Thu May 26, 2005  7:44 am
Subject: Another Phony Dairy Industry Study  notmilk2002
Offline

I have between 50 to 100 very large stumps (red cedar) I'd like to
remove from a remote parcel of land. This land is accessible only by
air, boat, or foot, making mechanical methods of removal impractical,
and hiring someone to go in and shoot the stumps would cost far more

I have an M tractor with a scoop that I want to use to dig close to
the house.  The easiest approach is over the septic tank, which is
still partly exposed.  If I cover it with a foot of dirt, will it
support the tractor?  The tractor with scoop is probably 6000 pounds.

I succumbed to the Lure of Lowe's yesterday, and bought a "Super Pro
Professional Char-Griller" with the "Texas Smoker" attachment.  It's a
little shorter than a 55 gallon drum, about the same diameter.  It has
cast iron cooking grates.  The "Texas Smoker" is a separate fire box

My generator with a Honda GX270 engine suddenly stopped running.  My first
thought was that it was low on oil.  I checked it and it seemed to be within
the acceptable level but filled it to full.  Didn't help.
I took out the spark plug and grounded it and the spark looked weak and

i have a 90 ft well with a submersible pump in a gun club that is not
occupied very often.  when we turn on the pump the pressure gage
immediatly goe to about 30lbs while the pump runs continuously.  you
can then use the sink while only losing a few lbs. of pressure but it

We have a Vermont Castings Defiant which we purchased in 1989; it was
several years old at the time.  The serial number is 024009, and the
year inside the stove is 1975.  Does anyone have any idea how we can
determine the year the stove was manufactured?  From the paperwork we

Here's something I can't find anything out about by doing web searchs, so
I'll ask here. Back in '50's we were traveling up river miles from any
populated area's. (towns or houses) In our flat bottom boat with Dad at the
outboard. My older bother and I sitting in the middle and an ...

What to do?
I have a 4 year old Craftsman 42" deck with a totally shot Briggs 19.5
HP engine.  Engine died due to lack of oil.  Broke cam and both
connecting rods and pretty much chewed up the inside of the crankcase.

I went by a neighbors organic farm today and she is installing a new
livestock fence.  She is using metal T-posts with what look like split
cedar posts at the corners and as strain relief in the middle.  Nothing
odd about it.