Shortly after my sister got married she had a phone conversation with my wife about how wonderful her new husband was. "He helps with the housework. Why even as we speak, he is upstairs vacuuming."
My wife looked out the kitchen window to see me in waders, knee deep in the proverbial as I was...
A friend was advised by his landscaper to avoid darkly dyed or black mulch as it often included wood from building renovations or demolitions that was bearing lead [and other metals] from old paint.
Sounds very much like Lambic Beer, a Belgian Ale made from airborne wild yeasts. Some beer afficiandos swear by it; I will charitably say it is an aquired taste. However it is useful. When one of my homebrew batches goes awry and turns skunky. I will call it Lambic and foist it on the...
If I were genetically predisposed to Dupuytren's disease I suspect that with the amount of motorcycle, bicycle riding, chain sawing, and chipping I have done I would have a diagnosis by now. None-the-less feeding < 3" branches into the chipper on my <10hp is a palsey-inducing exercise; my 6"...
Assuredly it is the trucker (or his company, or his insurer) that is on the hook for the costs. The recovery (towing) company that will have to remove the truck probably has jacks or hoists capable of raising the bed to near level; the yard that loaded the truck obviously has a fork lift that...
A funny thing happened on the way to the woodpile.
My first chipper-shredder was a 3" capacity chipper, and I rationalized that any thing over 3" was firewood. I further discoverd that the narrow in-feed chute would not accept knotty, gnarly, or bowed branches, so many of those were considered...
Chipping and shredding are two different operations, although many manufacturers/marketeers combine them in an attempt to be all things to all people. Shredding us usually done by a drum with either fixed or swinging teeth that macerates material until it is forced out through a screen...
To the OP--Next time you change the filter in your high milage engine, decant some of the used oil into a sample jar and send it to a reputable lab like Blackstone. When you get the results, take a photo and post it here--lots of interested parties watching.
Rockbadchild--a question on rigging. Thanks for your explanation; I have no experience in rigging for live evacuations.
In a different video taken from the bridge deck it appeared that a "fall" line ran from somewhere (fixed?) on the bridge deck to a block (A) at the tip of the right rail of...
As a late step in smoothing, reversed tines are unaggressive. I will remark that my son, who is 33 years my junior and who got his experience as a groundskeeper at a golf course during school, is faster with a 36" aluminum hand rake.
A few years ago The Peoples Democratic Republic of Massachusetts began asking for the taxpayer's drivers license, but the law says that it is optional. Another instance where I have opted out; I expect creeping statism will soon make it mandatory.
In Massachusetts that's the law. The tag price trumps the shelf label that trumps the price stored by barcode in the register. The "free" is a good-will gesture by the merchant; kudos to "Big Y" and "Whole Paycheck" the two grocers closest to me.
(I'm intersted to see if the censors still...
Whatever you end up with, buy some spare tines. Murphy says having them on-hand reduces the likelihood of distorting tines, but you will "set" them at some point.
RjCarraza's advice to get gauge wheels is spot on; they make finish grading much easier. When shopping (I bought a LandPride...
A restoration carpenter who worked on my 200 YO house decades ago told me about the Rot Doctor (Rotdoctor.com), a Seattle company that sells a Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer (CPES) that I have used and recommend (no commercial interest except as a customer). There is a lot of information on...