The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner?

[Comancheria]

very cool Newbury.
Here in the Appalachians we get some freaky storms and there’s usually at least one out of 5 motorists with a chainsaw.
One day my wife was two cars behind a downed tree during a morning stormy commute.
She said a brawny woman got out of her truck with a chainsaw and started cutting a path and began waving people through like a boss.
Gotta love people that are prepared.

 

[Snezzy]

Lathe and Mill. Wish I had those decades ago.

Had to pass up a free lathe and mill at the home of a late friend. Would have been just too much trouble to extricate the stuff from a basement and then transport it 800 miles, and then also have nowhere to put it. Darn! Good US-made tools (Bridgeport, I believe) became steel scrap.

 

[Comancheria]

Had to pass up a free lathe and mill at the home of a late friend. Would have been just too much trouble to extricate the stuff from a basement and then transport it 800 miles, and then also have nowhere to put it. Darn! Good US-made tools (Bridgeport, I believe) became steel scrap.

That’s a lot of mileage.

 

[Comancheria]

Everyone should have a chainsaw in the pickup truck. We have noticed that after a hurricane the roads are quickly opened by the guys who always carry a chainsaw. (Not the state DPW, but the guys with chainsaws.) They probably also have a shotgun, too, but they don't need them for clearing roads, usually.

Yes…..a chainsaw and a shotgun in every vehicle at a minimum is a must.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

That’s a lot of mileage.

I would've gladly driven 4,000 miles, and paid someone whatever they wanted to extract that mill and lathe since I can't lift heavy things.

 

[Alan46]

Yes…..a chainsaw and a shotgun in every vehicle at a minimum is a must.

And don’t forget the box of shells!

 

[Comancheria]

And don’t forget the box of shells!

I have a cool bandolier with a discreet cover I use.
Blends ls in well.

 

[TractorTYMe]

A tractor I bought in June 2020. The rest is history.

 

[Alan46]

I have a cool bandolier with a wheel cover I use.

Can you post a picture of said wheel cover and where a guy might be able to get one?

 

[WinterDeere]

Fire-rated ammo storage cabinet. Two reasons:

1. Reduced likelihood of ignition in a house fire, and massively reduced probability of further fueling a fire if ignited.
2. Our house is becoming a gathering place for our kids friends, and while I fully trust my own kids to never mess around with ammo, I'm not always as sure about their friends and classmates.

I ended up using a fire rated chemical cabinet, after doing some research and watching videos of their testing with highly flammable chemicals, which is essentially what ammo is. I used to shoot trap, and probably will again when life calms down a bit, so I bought something large enough to store a dozen flats (250 rounds per flat ~3000 x 2-3/4" shells), plus all my various high power rifle, pistol, etc. The likelihood of ammo reaching ignition temperature in this safe, which is sitting on my concrete basement floor, seems pretty low. If it does manage to reach ignition temperature, it is designed to contain the fire, safely venting thru baffled vents, like a muffler on your car.



Now I sleep better at night, when the kids are having a slumber party in the basement rec. room, just adjacent to the room where I store most of our guns and ammo. If anything ever happens in this house, I can assure you the word "arsenal" will be used somewhere in the news headline, but at least they won't ever be able to accuse me of not keeping my **** locked up.

There's also a fingerprint-activated pistol safe in the bedroom, for the one or two items kept at-hand for home defense. It opens in less than 2 seconds with my wife's or my finger on the sensor.