Your Backyard Needs a Makeover. What Can You Actually Do With a Compact Tractor?

A dealer’s honest list of backyard jobs a sub-compact or compact tractor handles well, the ones it cannot touch, and when renting for a weekend beats owning one.

Thinking About Buying a Tractor This Winter? Here’s What Most First-Time Buyers Overlook.

Buying a tractor this winter? The tractor is the easy part. Here is what first-time buyers overlook: implements, loader limits, gate widths, tires, hauling, storage, service and financing.

The Rain Stopped, but Your Property Is a Mess. Where Do You Start?

The rain quit and the yard is wrecked. Here is the order to work in, from safety and insurance photos to driveways, drains, mud and ruts, and what to rent or hire out.

That Hill Behind Your House Is Eroding. What Can You Do?

Rills, gullies and slumps mean different things. How to read an eroding hillside, the cheap fixes that work, where rented machines help and the signs that mean you call an engineer.

Your Tractor Has Been Sitting for Months. Here’s What to Check Before Starting It.

Your tractor sat all summer and now it just clicks. Here is the honest pre-start checklist: rodents, battery, fuel, fluids, safety switches, and when to stop and bring it in.

Can a Compact Tractor Really Handle a Muddy Property?

A Kubota dealer’s honest take on compact tractors and wet ground: which tires and ballast help, what no tractor can do in clay, how to fix ruts and how to get unstuck safely.

Why Does Your Gravel Driveway Keep Getting Potholes?

Potholes in a gravel drive are a water problem, not a gravel problem. Here is why filling them fails, how to cut, crown and compact the drive, and who should do it.

Your Neighbor’s Yard Drains Into Yours. Now What?

Neighbor’s water flooding your yard? Prove it is really theirs, document it during rain, talk first, know when to call the HOA or an attorney, and fix your own lot safely.

That Puddle Isn’t Going Away: What to Do About Standing Water on Your Property.

A puddle that will not drain is a symptom. What to check today, how to find the source this week, cheap fixes before the next storm, and when to hire a contractor.

Your Backyard Turns Into a Swamp Every Winter. Here’s Why.

Soggy yard every winter? Clay soil, compaction, flat grading, downspouts and sprinklers are the usual causes. Here is how to find yours with a hose, a shovel and a rain walk.