Recent content by ovrszd

I've never quite understood the bungee cord thing. They aren't needed to keep the chain on the tire. They aren't strong enough to keep the chain in the same place on the tire. I've only lost one chain in 35 years of use. The side link broke on the outside. Very common on the Grader to run...

I think the cheapest thing a multiple tractor owner can purchase is a building to cover them when parked. Has nothing to do with rain. Has to do with sunshine. And Eddie is in a more critical area than most of us. :)

You Sir are a true American Patriot. I distinctly remember KP duty and peeling potatoes.

Mandatory service would fix the situation of a large variety of jobs being offered in the Military. For example, quit paying a civilian contractor to run the Mess Hall. Or run the laundry. Or guard the front gate. Etc., etc. Being a "in boots to just point and shoot" Soldier I take offense...

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Yep. But I would argue with mandatory service the current military climate would change dramatically. For the better. Now the standards are based on recruiting goals....

If our goal is to sharpen our societies military awareness initiate mandatory service. Which we should have already.

04 Oct 2011. In regards to Kubota, it's like a Dictionary.

Yep. My Dad was Deployed during WWII for 42 months overseas. While not a frontline Soldier during all that time he had moments. I was Deployed over a span of 30 years for 42 months overseas. I too had moments. War is a very personal thing. An incoming round whizzing past a Soldier's head...

War is a very personal experience. A man has to survive mankind's full intent to kill him before he can fully understand. There's a profound difference between incoming and outgoing rounds.

I wonder if there is some confusion about how an expansion tank works? Mine has a rubber bladder inside a metal tank. Not sure how it can rust out? But I only have 5 years of ownership to go by.

I only have them on my floor heat circuits. My domestic heater circuit doesn't have one. But I don't store hot water either.

All good points. My hydronic floor heat uses tankless heaters as well as our domestic water supply heater. System water pressure against it all the time. Check valve to protect the system from water that's in the floor system. Expansion tank to protect the floor heat system from cyclic...

Good stuff. In the end, difference paid is the only number that's concrete. 4 years ago my Township traded for a new grader. I was running the old one on a sizeable road project smoothing behind a large scraper. The new machine showed up and I got out of the old one and in the new one to...

First military drone I saw was in Iraq 2004. Was a styrofoam fixed wing with a wingspan of about 6ft. Gas powered cox airplane engine. Carried a gopro style camera. 3 man crew. One running the drone off a laptop. Was only used for observation. They'd try to catch it upon return so it...