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We went from Great Falls to Wisconsin, 20ft plus car dolly and Mercury Sable. One fuel stop a guy was pulling the largest sailboat I ever saw being towed, and of course got better milage. There was a vacuum gauge for optimal milage that was fun to make fun of - spent its life pegged in the red...

I have chains with multiple teeth missing, and cutters at multiple lengths, definitely not uniform side to side, yet they still cut straight. Whoever says all teeth need to be the same length, where does that information come from? If it's personal experience then what else is going on. Are...

And if it's not, they probably have a 20footer that just happens to be there, when you ordered a 12ft. 6mpg gas is on you, thousands in gas to get across the country. Oh but we'll give you a $100 rebate on rental.

Please explain "the bar tip blew up". Would that mean broken chain? 7teeth out of say 40-60 would definitely be less than worthy.

The previous owner here mowed 7acres, with lots of open space, and boulders trees and shrubs to go around. First time out I set a timer, 1-1/2 hrs and I'm done. It was interesting then finding ways to work the place. Boulders were moved and turned into rock gardens, prairies planted and...

This ^^ seems to sum up my experience. I have a LOTOS LTPDC2000D. 200A DC, yet the open start DC voltage has a hard time doing 1/8 7018. Dang. Need a bigger welder. I was going to do little projects, repairs, then, huh, some of the monstrosities I'm coming up with. It's fine, and doing...

We have a zero turn Deere F935, 1986, that has used fuel straight from the can it's entire life, two tanks, one or the other is always full, half full or empty, winter fuel in winter, summer fuel in summer, the previous owner knew nothing of filtering. The number of times it's been down for...

One jobsite I was going to had 23 stoplights between here and there. At first I spent the whole commute punching it at every light, until I realized milage had gone from 28mpg to 15. After I calmed down a little I could hit just about every timed light, and I was back up to 28. Like having the...

Cuts 30-40% off the gas milage too. Same as adding a buck or two to the price of fuel. Life gets so complicated sometimes.

The RVs from the 40s were masterpieces. Like ships and yachts of the day. But sales demanded fast cheap and easy. I recently restored a 58 shasta (gutted and remanufactured actually). By that time there were so many look alikes, and so many manufacturers that they soon became a study in fast...

I've ruined garden beds to the point that weeds won't grow, by spreading too much wood ash from the stove. Just saying.

In the 50s, the farm house was remodeled, with some rooms totally renovated by a local carpenter. I remember his hit/mis cement mixer, chewing tobaco, bib overalls and of course the stick ruler. Some of the salvaged old trim was used to assemble the new kitchen cabinets and closets. Elaborate...

For us, old nails and lumber used on previous projects got straightened and reused. Years ago I helped tear down an old building, and started straightening nails as we went. The one who bought the building said just throw them away. Oh the trama, so so contrary to what I grew up with. My...

It took about 3-5hrs to put the makeup on one character for planet of the apes if that's any indication.