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I'm a homeowner, so many of the projects that you will see here are improvements that I've tackled with my own home. I'm a firm believer that you can do anything as close-to, if not better than, store bought...and CHEAPER!
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Gran video , gracias por la información
My calculations were way different cause you lot still talk in dinosaurs measurements 😂😂😂😂😂😂
How much to make me a set?
The arm is actually easy to get on. Hook the the notches into the ring, and pull back, using the down pressure to align the bolt holes.
you can see the amount achieved with a hand tamp before he gave up is a good demonstration of the advantage of the plate compactor i.e. more area!
Hello, I know this is an "older" video, but let me tell you, this was very helpful. Thank you!!!!
@@NeilGunteraz thanks!
Well, that sucked. Used your instructions. Thank you.
@@joebuttas26 your welcome!
The shortcuts a lot of self-educated rural builders took in the past are frightening. My house was built in 1965 and I am having a lot of upgrades done by licensed professionals to get as much up to current standards as possible without cutting into the walls.
Instead of the factory clips to hold the rippers in place, I use 5/8" x 4" bolts and just drop them in place! No tools (channel locks) required! It also keeps the rippers from rattling around so much. I also installed a hydraulic "Trim N Tilt" kit on my tractor. Yes, it is somewhat expensive, BUT, it allows so much more adjustment and versatility with ALL of your implements. It is so easy to make quick adjustments.
Can you ground to gas line instead of box
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The ground needs to go in the meter base. Where the neutral. Is.
The ground goes where the service disconnecting means is and most times that's the main breaker in the panel. Sometimes, the main breaker is in meter enclosure and that's when the ground should be brought to the meter base.
Where is your Ground Buss ? You do not Bond the Neutral and Ground on a Sub Panel.
@@oldscuba this is not a sub panel. Its a main
You did...
The neutral buss is insulated from the panel.
My mistake if that's the main. The state I'm in you still must have a ground buss and it's bonded to the neutral buss on a main panel.. Funny how we are a little different all over the country..
Taking a shot in the dark! Just bought a 2006 dodge dakota, transfer case is bad. Truck is great otherwise, saw your video and doesn't look like something I'll be able to do. Perhaps I could hire you to work on the truck? Hope to hear back, great videos!
Wait. This is your breaker panel for the garage? If it's a sub panel, you do not bond it. You're supposed to be bonded at the main Service panel. You're not to bond both the main and the sub panels.
It's not a subpanel. It's a main panel, has its own meter.
What do I do with big divit where styrofoam is showing?
Put a conduit clamp at top of 90
what bolt did you use to hole the upper sheave on with? belt drive on the mixer side. mine had a small bolt but no washer or any thing that covered the sheave.
If you have a 400A service with 2 x 200A panels (with 200A circuit breaker on each panel), would you need two separate grounding systems, or one set of ground rods connect to both service panels?
One set serving both panels.
@@pld8993 Thank you!
Great advice, and a big help to me personally. I was just about to go rent a Bosch electric jackhammer to bust up a relatively small area of concrete walkway, but then I considered the sledgehammer option, which brought me to your video. After viewing it, I decided to buy a Husky 10-lb. sledgehammer at Home Depot... I put it to use today, and fairly easily busted up the slab (which was on average about 6" thick - thankfully with no re-bar in it). It helped that most of the slab was up-heaved due to some big, thick cedar tree roots that had worked their way underneath. I considered buying a smaller sledge while I was at Home Depot, but I'm glad I didn't: the 10-lb. sledge was just about the right fit for the job. Anything smaller would've been too wimpy, and anything heavier would not only have been overkill, but would've worn me out trying to wield the darned thing. Anyway, I now have a nice 10-lb. sledgehammer as part of my tool assortment. Not sure what I'll use it for next, but it is nice to know I've got one. Who knows, I might have use for it if the Zombie Apocalypse occurs.
@@wasserdagger Nice! I'm glad you found this video helpful.
Great instructional video. Finally able to put together my mixer after a lot of frustration and on the verge of returning it. The instructions that came bundled with the mixer are possibly the worst I've ever experienced.
DO YOU RECOMMEND RELIEF CUTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH?
@@leelunk8235 no. Just an inch or so deep
@@appalachiandiy2415 THE PREVIOUS HOUSE I HAD, 1/3 OF MY BACKYARD I DECIDED TO REMOVE GRASS AND DO CONCRETE, THE DUDES WHO I CONTRACTED, ASKED ME IF I WANT THE STRESS CUTS HALF WAY THROUGH OR ALL THE WAY THROUGH, I SAID ALL THE WAY, I WAS UNEDUCATED ON IT, THEY DID THE CUTS A FEW HRS AFTER POURING, AND A WEEK LATER I SAW CHIPPING ALL OVER IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CUTS, I ALSO NOTICED WEED AND GRASS GROWING THROUGH THE CUTS, I PAID 3,150 FOR THE JOB, I LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON AND A FEW YEARS LATER SOLD THE HOUSE. THAT'S MY STORY, WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT B.S
@@appalachiandiy2415 THE PREVIOUS HOUSE I HAD, 1/3 OF MY BACKYARD I DECIDED TO REMOVE GRASS AND DO CONCRETE, THE DUDES WHO I CONTRACTED, ASKED ME IF I WANT THE STRESS CUTS HALF WAY THROUGH OR ALL THE WAY THROUGH, I SAID ALL THE WAY, I WAS UNEDUCATED ON IT, THEY DID THE CUTS A FEW HRS AFTER POURING, AND A WEEK LATER I SAW CHIPPING ALL OVER IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CUTS, I ALSO NOTICED WEED AND GRASS GROWING THROUGH THE CUTS, I PAID 3,150 FOR THE JOB, I LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON AND A FEW YEARS LATER SOLD THE HOUSE. THAT'S MY STORY, WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT B.S
@@appalachiandiy2415 THE PREVIOUS HOUSE I HAD, 1/3 OF MY BACKYARD I DECIDED TO REMOVE GRASS AND DO CONCRETE, THE DUDES WHO I CONTRACTED, ASKED ME IF I WANT THE STRESS CUTS HALF WAY THROUGH OR ALL THE WAY THROUGH, I SAID ALL THE WAY, I WAS UNEDUCATED ON IT, THEY DID THE CUTS A FEW HRS AFTER POURING, AND A WEEK LATER I SAW CHIPPING ALL OVER IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CUTS, I ALSO NOTICED WEED AND GRASS GROWING THROUGH THE CUTS, I PAID 3,150 FOR THE JOB, I LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON AND A FEW YEARS LATER SOLD THE HOUSE. THAT'S MY STORY, WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT B.S
My sister has a two story house with four bedroom. It was once a duplex but originally built in late 1800s the foundation are literally boulders. What kind of cost and time is she looking at?
Awesome thank you
I just had my drivers side Leaf Spring Shackle break. Pretty much rusted through. Great Video.
I would like lean for you .
Superb job! Thanks for your video! Will use the link to purchase the sensor right now 🙏
Thanks!
I read in a comment that you could have installed it upsidedown, that would have prevented the 4 gauge cables from traveling through the panel box and just directly into the lug entries, would have helped to avoid working around them every time you change something, I can see the merit in that comment
Thank you
So was your bare copper grounding wire 6 or 4 gauge?
You should do 4 gauge to support 200 amp service. Even if you don't have 200 amp service now, you may upgrade to it in the future so that you can charge an electric car.
@@talosian When using 2 ground rods as your electrode system, max size needed is #6.
Can you connect to gas line instead of breaker box?
@@406j6 Not instead of. Gas lines are supposed to be bonded to your electrode system, along with metal water lines, but the gas line cannot serve as your grounding electrode.
Can you make more videos like this, please?
Was it worth it?
Good Instructional video. One question ,tho. Why not run the contaminated solvent into a container and not into the drain?
I would like to know the size of that block plz coz it's very nice
Its 8" wide block
I thought it was illegal to mess with the meter. isn't that why the electric company puts that tamper seal on the meter box?
If is just 1 grounding rod, why did you get 2? Just curious.
Code requires 2, set 6' apart I believe.
@@GotWag thanks. So it could be just one but state code requires 2. Got it.
@@joshriver7483 like most things, always check with the local code officials in your state/county, etc. Different cities/states may adopt different codes.
I wonder if its based on geology reports? Different soils have different conductivity. this area might be predominately sandy..a known poor conductor for earth ground
Thank you for doing this. I wouldn’t have got it together without your help you’re right about what bolt to use where was pulling my hair out.
Haha, thanks
Could this connection/bonding of grounding conductor to neutral be done in the meterbase ?
Building my own house and about to compact my footer down with some powdery gravel. I think I will use a cheap jackhammer with a tamper bit.
Should you wet soil before you start to compact?
how many lighs can you hook up to the same motion sensor?
I have a short chain (german Forstkette) and hook it on that kind of winch line. That way the chain gets all sliding over the ground and the winch line just runs free.
FYI. You didn’t show the bolt that holds the wheel on after placing the key way
Thank you for the tutorial video; it was helpful. However, I have a question. Can you help me with it? I own a 2006 Dodge Dakota with a manual shift transmission. Recently, I replaced my transfer case output shaft. After a test drive, the truck shifted fine initially, but suddenly, it wouldn't move forward or backward. Could this be because I failed to mark the shift? Thanks.
Excellent video. Can I use a hammer drill instead of a demo hammer?
You will never get down
I just use water
Really nice garage build. Got some inspirations from your build and feel excited about it. I am looking to do a DIY garage build like yours and will definitely come back to your videos for some ideas and inspirations. I have a question on about the boom. I'm interested in making a boom or buy one as I also have the Kubota sub compact tractor. Can I ask if you have a link to where you got the boom from or a plan for how to make that boom? Also, curious what's the HP on your tractor? My tractor is maxed out at 21 HP, it gives me a ball park on how heavy or how big I can make the boom. Thanks in advance. My children are still very young so what's really been holding me back is the additional help but that's about 7 years away before my oldest boy get bigger. For the time being, when I need an extra person to help, I have to schedule it with friends 🙂
Pour through/ knock out bond beams for first course, did you drill rebar in and knock the bond beams out add steel and pour?
We wet set some of the rebar. For the others, we drilled and epoxied them in
Why did you not install a cut off switch while the power is off from the pole for servicing?
Thanks for the video. Question, I'm in Ohio where the frost line is 32 inches below grade. If I were to build a block workshed (probably 14ft x 14ft), would my trench and footer need to be 32 inches deep, and 16 inches wide around the perimeter?
All depends. If its a shed you may be able to do just do slab on grade. If you want it to last longer, yes, put your footer at least down to the frost line. If you plan on getting a building permit your local township will tell you how deep it needs to be
Put a screw in the box to the wall