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How To Breath New Life Into An Old Quonset

How To Breath New Life Into An Old Quonset

Like any building, Quonset huts are subject to the wear and tear of use and harsh weather. Still, you shouldn’t let these buildings stand empty when they could be sheltering your equipment. If you have a Quonset in your yard that needs restoration, here are a few things to consider.

Winning the Battle Over Carburetor Icing…Maybe

Winning the Battle Over Carburetor Icing…Maybe

Have you ever had a gas-powered engine cold-start just fine, but then a few minutes later, the rpm drops, the engine chugs and blows black smoke from the tailpipe? Eventually, it stalls. When you can restart it, the problem has healed itself. This is called carburetor icing and is a devil to eradicate.

How to Select the Right Punches and Chisels for Your Needs

How to Select the Right Punches and Chisels for Your Needs

Striking tools, including punches and chisels, have a history that dates back hundreds of years. Today, people put them to different uses, such as removing bushings and pins and cutting or splitting steel objects. Simple in their construction, punches and chisels are highly versatile and indispensable in any tool collection on the farm or ranch.

Home & Shop: 10 Tips for Safer Generator Use

Home & Shop: 10 Tips for Safer Generator Use

Not having power when you need it is frustrating, and generators are an invaluable tool when it comes to rural living. The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute gives a simple checklist for keeping your home and family safe when using generators this winter.

Eliminating Thermal Stress From Metal

Eliminating Thermal Stress From Metal

Thermal stress is found in every engine, transmission, tillage implement, planter, sprayer, combine, clutch, brake rotor, and anything else that experiences a sharp temperature drop in use or during manufacturing. Unfortunately, we all unknowingly pay the price for thermal stress, but there is a way to eliminate it.

Getting to Know the 2022 Ford F-250 Tremor

Getting to Know the 2022 Ford F-250 Tremor

Can a rock crawler be home on the highway and in the field? There is no denying the F-250 is big, gorgeous, and high. Looks and features are subjective, but for farm and ranch work, I feel it is too high when loading the bed. If you are not rock crawling, a standard height (non-Tremor) would be much more practical.

Tips on Buying and Maintaining Your Next Ratchet

Tips on Buying and Maintaining Your Next Ratchet

Ratchets are one of the most demanded tools in your toolbox on the farm or ranch. In today’s market, you will find a variety of lengths and designs, all created to help complete repairs quickly and efficiently. Read on if you are wondering what to look for in your next ratchet.

When You Need to Be Accurate

When You Need to Be Accurate

In the early days of the automobile many concepts, skills and theories that were not applied in everyday life were essential to Detroit. It was one thing to take a young man from an agrarian lifestyle and put him on an assembly line but often there were more skills required than a good work ethic.

New IC Pump Station Model 3 from P2Flow

New IC Pump Station Model 3 from P2Flow

P2Flow are the makers of simple, reliable, and easy-to-use water pump pressure controls. They recently introduced the IC Pump Station Model 3.  The new Model 3 is a floatless tank fill control that starts on pressure and stops on time. By not dealing with the...