B&S Generator Startup/shutdown procedures

From ChatGPT on 7/1/2026. Prompt – how do I shut down my Briggs & Stratton, Model VT040547 whole house generator Your Briggs & Stratton Model VT040547 is a 20 kW Fortress whole-house standby generator with an automatic transfer switch (ATS). (PartsTree) There are two common ways to shut it down, depending on what you’re trying […]

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Ordered Hoss Garden Seeder

Order #80359 placed 3/31/2020 Hoss Garden Seeder $369.99 Tehama Lettuce – Packet (250 seeds)1$3.99 Champion Radish – Packet (250 seeds) $3.99 Offset Handle Bracket 12.99 Additional Seed Plates Hoss Seed Plate #6 $6.99 Hoss Seed Plate #7 $6.99 Blank Seed Plate 1/4″ $6.99 Hoss Seed Plate #1 $6.99 Hoss Seed Plate #4 $6.99 Total:$425.91

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Progress around the Barn

As the augers were hauled away and that area cleaned up we could finally rearrange equipment, get rid of stuff and create more order. On this Halloween day, we made a lot of progress. Used Fergie and the boom to move the platform Frank built for Dad (for the back door wheelchair ramp) from the […]

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Sept. 2nd-The Lexus and TS Gordon

This week had three major purposes: to haul the Lexus from Houston; to see the gutters installed just before the patios were installed; start the patios completing the one outside the kitchen. Sunday – Arrived and unloaded putting the car in the carport for the first time. Monday – Returned the UHaul Car Transport and […]

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Memorial Day 2017

This long holiday weekend began on an almost cool Wednesday afternoon, May 24, 2017. Thursday and Friday was also cool but warming up. By Friday afternoon: Mary weeded the front beds while Tom installed the new mower deck belt and ignition switch on the JD Lawn Tractor, greased the blade arbor shafts and adjusted the mower […]

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2016 Christmas Week

Driskells have planted grass in the cotton stubble and the field is green. Mobile Gas has buried the exposed yellow gas line at the driveway into the pond field. Orange locate paint and flags locating the ATT buried cable were still in place along the fence about 12-18″ toward to pavement. Roses are blooming still […]

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Thanksgiving 2016

Very white field of cotton, a new well and cutting down all the Chinese tallow in the little pond are the high lites of this holiday. Wednesday, 11/23/16 – Moved the lumber from the grain bin to pole barn and added what we hauled in. Rearranged the grain bin and added two 4×8 sheets of […]

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The New Water Well

Dad’s shallow well pump finally quit and we have also had trouble with it loosing prime due to decay in the well tip and screen. Rather than replace it, and still have only the low capacity shallow well, we hired Edwin Williams/Bay Water Well to install a 4″ casing with a submersible 25 GPM pump. […]

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