Recent content by ericm979

We're doing that in the new place. An insulated room in the back corner of the walk in basement. It will get a small A/C controlled by a coolbot. Part will be wine cellar, part root cellar. Yes the ideal conditions for each are a little different so we'll have to compromise a bit. When I was a...

Alaska bears are grizzlies. They are more likely to charge when surprised than black bears. I don't know if it's still true but it used to be that if you were marking timber or doing other field work in southern Alaska you worked in groups of three. Two to do the work and one to hold the...

A drawback would be needing to have a temporary code programmed and available, as I don't want to give out the code that we use. But that can be addressed. Another would be that it would depend on the wifi cam's person or vehicle recognition and having it alert us. Where a more complete...

Thanks! I found another called Opyn that also looks good. I'll have to contact them to find out where the server is.

Hello fellow rural people. I'm looking for a better gate controller for our new place. I'd like one that has a camera, voice, and be able to be networked. It'd have a phone app. The idea is that people who come to the gate would be able to talk to us on our phones and we can use the app to let...

It's HDPE. Gas car fuel tanks can have multiple layers with some other kind of plastic that is less permerable by gas fumes in between. I don't think diesel tanks would be made that way.

I've been running .105 Gatorline for the last few years. It doesn't break as readily as smaller line and cuts as well, except on short very fine grass. Sticks and sharp rocks will eat it up. When I can avoid them it lasts a long time.

Kukje runs the DOC hot enough so the DPF doesn't need to do regens under typical use. On my Branson there's no way to do a regen. Some people had trouble with that. Mostly people in places that get cold who were using the tractor for short periods. Like if you only use it to feed a round bale...

Yea if your insurance is through a large corp they have power. We thought that since the insurance was the same, from the same insurer, that when I retired and we went onto insurance from the marketplace, it'd be the same. Not even close! Some doctors won't even accept insurance that's not...

I haven't had time to work on it. Until we move my time there will be during short trips with lots of other things competing for my time.

I had exactly the same thing happen. After being told that everyone involved was in the network.

On a societal level, the US spends twice as much of it's GDP on health care as the next most expensive rich country, yet has worse overall outcomes than any other rich country. We're also the only one where hundreds of thousands of people go bankrupt due to medical bills every year. But the...

I did that for a while when the GP I was with went with them. At one point they greatly raised the price, which I already thought was high, and I decided it was not worth it. The advantage was that I could get plenty of time with the Dr to go over my issues. More than the usual rushed 15...

My understanding is that the iHMT doesn't have a full lockup like modern torque converter automatic transmissions in cars do. HSTs are most efficient when pumping small amounts of oil, which is normally when barely moving. IHMT makes it so that most efficient range matches speed of normal use.

Maybe you could cut and weld the shift lever into a better position.