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Dumb question are you in 4wd? I assume you can lock the rear dif on your tractor. I have sandy soil and if I'm not in 4wd I'll spin r1 tires and sink with my 4150 granted I'm usually using some ground engaging implement, I also can't use the loader very well on my L2850 which also has r1s...

Whoa, I missed the part of the question where it was asked if you can mount the condenser indoors! I think there's a reason why they've been mounting condensers outdoors forever. There's even clearances to mount it outside to allow adequate ventilation. I'm not an HVAC guy but Im pretty sure...

Driving on snow and ice is completely different than driving on mud and soft ground imo.

My neighbor feeds a litter of ferrel cats last summer I saw one batting a mole around the yard I'm assuming that has something to do with the depleted mole population.

Makes me wonder how they lay these ships up for the winter? I'm assuming it's not like a seasonal cabin, boat, or rv. That Would be a lot of rv antifreeze 😂

This post reminds me of an experience I had years ago I acquired something that was underpowered, under weight No matter what I did in terms of additional addons and upgrades it was still the wrong thing for any jobs I needed to do with it, so I finally cut my losses got rid of it and acquired...

I got a pull behind spike aerator Not the plug type, supposedly it kills the grubs which moles eat. Since the mole population has went elsewhere plus the grass grows and looks better.

Unfamiliar with glass windshield's for sxs's Question on glass windshields can you get them with vents or flip up or down glass? Windshield wipers are handy I use the manual hand crank wiper haven't had much additional scratching from them. I clean the windshield with microfiber cloth using...

Your 3301 is similar in specs to my L2850 so I told you what I was able to do with it. Im unsure where a articulating wheel loader is involved? I have a 326e skid steer with steel tracks over tires with the correct attachments a larger skid steer can do a lot more work in terms of clearing land...

Is the windshield hardcoated? For me anyways it was worth spending the extra and getting hardcoated polycarbonate one.

Snow is getting deep up there.

Well I'm not a fire Marshall but it started by the exhaust can near the oil tank when I was cleaning out the mouse residue before I left there was a lot of fiberglass insulation pulled out behind the heat shield. Any mouse remains were definitely cremated. Would've, should've, could've done...

Well imo you can do it will it be hard on the tractor and slow going, yes I cleared a couple acres on a hill with my old L2850 the three point BH made it work for me plus added 1500 lbs of weight to the tractor. When everything was to a point I was happy with i definitely felt a sense of...

Late summer the bays actually get pretty warm.

Snowmobiles like a lot of things have a lot of flammable stuff, if your engines running hot due to lack of cooling snow or dirty carbs it may not blow the engine but the exhaust can and will get very hot, glowing in some cases, hence why on some they wrap the exhaust can in insulation with a...

The point of my post was to help prevent others from my experience and hopefully some may double and triple check seasonal stuff that sits for extended periods, I know I will.

Sure but not something I thought of until now it was my first snowmobile fire by the time I finally noticed the fuel tank was close to going, that goes no extinguisher would have helped and it's time to watch. There are a lot of hidden obscure areas under the cowling on one of these.

Only thing bothersome is pride and frustration with mice plus a case of would've should've could'ves. Unfortunately no insurance on my older sleds 20+ yrs old I have a small fleet of these old s chassis ski doos I used to buy as a hobby to fix up and use for cheap parts, I think the only parts I...

I understand, you can get run multiple units off one condenser I only posted to tell my experience with these and how much I like it.

Took my near vintage Ski Doo out checked it over saw a few signs of mice cleaned it up unknowingly the mice got in the insulation between the exhaust pipe and heat shield where I theorize it made a nice flammable nest I just filled up the tank so it's got 10+ gallons of gas. My lesson and...

I put a cheaper 9k btu (less than a 1ton I believe), cost less than 1k$ , for my cabin in the UP it's made by senville. Installed my self with a freinds help who's not an HVAC guy. the HE Aura model has an Arctic heat pump to -20 I believe, works amazing for cooling ok for heating I use a wood...

It sure is annoying, I remember when I first got my 2850 no Kubota dealers close by spent a half hour or so helping the parts guy thumb thru books at Napa finally finding filters made by fleet guard equivalent to Kubotas.

That's a nice work one, diesel I presume I'm not familiar with Kubotas drive system does it use a belt with clutches or a hydrostatic pump/ drive motor? The weight of it would be to much for my usage especially with 25-26" tires. I believe it's over 2k lbs. For me weight is great when I'm using...

The badger is done. https://upnorthlive.com/amp/news/local/ss-badger-returns-to-ludington-dock-after-maintenance-in-wisconsin

Problem is the bigger sxs are getting to big and heavy with all the accessories. 60" wide +- a couple " Yamaha X4 is my cutoff I prefer 50" like the 500 pioneers for my usage.

Thanks for everyone's opinions/insight, "Luxuries" that were important to me was a hardcoated flip up windshield, better tires, roof, hand crank windshield wiper and winches, power steering is also handy especially in close quarters, Being narrow enough to fit down two track trails is better...

Try Abilene machine on the web I used them buy a new one for my 4150 saved me lots of $$$ I won't disclose why it needed replacement.

Why? Just curious what folks think of these. https://www.agriculture.com/machinery/atv-utv/the-john-deere-gator-to-replace-your-car

Try db electrical on the web I have had great luck with them.

3m works good, Norton brand isn't bad either. through experience stripping barrier coat and antifouling on boat hulls, removing the dust collector on sander and hooking up the end to a shopvac hose (using tape) really helps keeping the sanding disc cleaner for longer plus it keeps the dust down.

Curious do you use the pods/tracks with the differentials locked? Also does your 6x6 have power steering?

Wonder what size engine is needed to lift it? I presume it's pretty small with all the counterweight? I heard somewhere the older swing bridges were so well counter balanced the equivalent of a lawn mower engine could swing them.

Are the lakes going to be open all winter? Coast Guard begins ice breaking on Great Lakes, St. Marys River

Reminded me of a coal barge on the Milwaukee river going up to the powerplant, all of a sudden the tugs horn started blaring, the engine was screaming in full reverse, and the bridge wasn't opening they ended up hitting the huge wooden safety bollards instead of the bridge I used to think those...

The badger again. https://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/news/local/ss-badger-nearing-return-to-home-port/article_85388d87-deb8-5bb8-8f7a-03a16c3003ae.html

Probably unless there making no headway going into the wind.

I bet the Speer and Indiana are getting a little pounding.

And a nice lightweight 380 doo shorty! I've also have a doo 440 fanner lt ran circles around a buddies newer 600 renegade in off trail powder at slower speeds.

bolted to the bumper with a "custom" L bracket

Reminds me of a guy I knew, took the backseat out of his early mid 90s Cadillac to haul wood with it. sry no pics

Is that unistrut? Well I think the truck can handle that load, but the hitch...I have and will yooper rig stuff to make it work in a pinch but that is a whole new level of scary cheapness.

Barker has quite the bark, lol

Roflmao, I totally misunderstood this post, I was talking about, and my experience is with a completely different product i.e a barrier coat. I Definitely wouldn't apply this product to my car, a frequently used steel utility trailer, however, yes.

Years ago I used a product called Ceram-Kote (I believe) on A severely blistered fiberglass hull of a boat it was a lot of prep work that I did myself and was a two part ceramic epoxy. unfortunately the boat ran aground during a storm on a sandy beach, it destroyed a lot of the gelcoat but the...

Anyone ever here of or visit the micro nation of Nirivia on the Northern Lake Superior shores? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thetravel.com/republic-of-nirivia-micronation-in-lake-superior-canada/amp/

Interesting, learned something new, thanks, I still assumed ships were still burning bunker fuel, lol

Reliving/ remembering personal experience, lol

The snow will insulate the ground from freezing also. many frozen septic and water lines when there wasn't much snow cover and the temps were extremely cold.

speaking of the Great Lakes and USCG ships anyone here of the Mesquite? lost on the Keweenaw.

grounds to warm still?

Question, do locals up there call it the Portage canal, Keweenaw waterway, or something else?

Lost my plow service up there, cabins on a hill with limited space to pile snow banks so hesitantly bought this self contained blower attachment. Can blow up to 20" deep supposedly? Was a fraction of the Ariens. Saw something very similar to that Ariens but wasn't an Ariens at an auction even...

The few I've been in have a small oil fired or coal stove for heat. Lake Michigan, several miles out, isn't that fun to pleasure boat in til later in June because of the cold water temps.

They have and can be used to break ice. The crew works inside the hull, where they are somewhat protected from the waves and weather. There's a couple neat museums in fish tugs on Washington Island Wi, and Beaver Island Mi.

The Kahlensberg diesel engines that powered the majority of the fish tugs are pretty simple but impressive and used to be made in Two Rivers WI.

Cool, did you build It? What do you pull that with?

I've never seen a recreational boat have markings for a thruster. (granted the boat and thruster are much smaller) maybe its the size of smaller thrusters and its inability to suck a rowboat through it.

Yessir, what's the mark in front of the circled x mean in this picture?

You are correct on thrusters, In any case thrusters on ships and boats are only made for brief intermittent use, they definitely will help to keep a boat aligned in close quarters especially in wind, and negate the effects of "prop walk". Here's a question for you how can you tell if a ship...

Some ports have length restrictions, so I'm assuming its probably easier to nose the bow in to a dock or wharf with limited space to unload? Good question I'm curious. If I remember reading correctly that ship has bow and stern thrusters along with a flap rudder and adjustable pitch propeller...

I will always remember a late summer storm The front was so big it changed the weather around lake Michigan for a week or more. I remember looking toward the WI shoreline and a half dozen lake freighters were hugging the lee shore of WI. Waves kept increasing along with gusts over 50knots, the...

link from the coastguard website said Mackinaw could break 1-2' ice without reversing. unsure of speed, I assume 5 knots or less, it also had ballast transfer tanks, unfortunately Ive only seen Icebreakers do there jobs on videos never in real-life (I did tour the Big Mac in Mackinaw city...

Seen the lynx at a snow show looks like a skidoo, but seems to be built a little beefier with a few extra gussets etc. has a different kind of snow flap (which looks to prevent it from folding over or under the tunnel allowing easier access to the rear bumper to pull it out) I believe they use...

Misread your question my mistake. Thought you said the opposite.

The original icebreaker Mackinaw could break 11' of ice in reverse. https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/2438524/the-long-blue-line-big-mac-attack-icebreaker-mackinaw-battles-lake-ice-75-years/

I remember a few years ago I saw huge pressure ridges formed together looking like icebergs around memorial day on Huron Bay. It was 80 degrees on land, yet you looked out on the bay and huge icebergs we're floating by. Considering some lake freighters aren't made as sturdy as ocean going...

Daniel J Morrel another lake freighter lost in November, 1966 on Lake Huron, couldn't find a video but interesting read. https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/erry-2018/04/6584b3a8243241/daniel_j_morrell.html

Ice?

Didn't "Right to work" pass less than 10 yrs ago in Indiana? Long after steel Mills made Indiana as there production hub. Imo it is pretty centrally located around manufacturing hubs that use the steel, iron ore from the northern great lakes , and the coal mines in Appalachia, for blast...

Anyone ever see or ride over the three firesteel river abandoned railway trestles in the Up? It's pretty neat site, fun ride, and it's in the Midwest. They reporpused them for snowmobile and orv use.

I've used alro and speedy metals, Then I used to get repurposed steel from a place called miller compressing in Se WI, very affordable pick your own even let me cut my own of what I needed. I believe they closed there repurposed steel sales though. I usually go to a scrapyard to get what I...

Here's a less known November wreck of another great lakes freighter. Sunk in 1958, Pretty well choreographed.

Some boat owners are the cheapest sobs and try to do stuff themselves to save a few bucks, unsure if they got the training from you-tube or read it in a book, yet sometimes they pay 500k plus for a boat. Some cheap boat yards do anything for a few bucks, old saying was you don't buy a boat...

Had a job where former boss bought the cheap Chicago electric 4.5" ones. used everyday, lasted a month or less mostly due to the gearcase stripping or exploding (have a bevel, spiral gear setup like most) he kept exchanging them unfortunately. Paying someone hourly to run to HF isn't the best...

ex wife wanted a bathroom fan in our 60yr old house. didn't have one figured a half day, three weeks later I finished it, ended up adding 1ft to the existing bathroom, along with new tub, vanity, toilet, tile, brought all the electrical and plumbing up to code with Romex including running 2 new...

I totally agree with you that they are very convenient and lot cheaper than running power to a motion light, unfortunately for me, mine haven't blasted two years so I guess I've bought the bad ones.

I have some experience with solar motion lights in my experience they don't last long, usually one led burns out, it starts a chain reaction before you know it the remaining lights are super bright for a little bit than they are all gone. The plastic and actual solar panel seems to degrade in...

Can't go without listening to the song today.

Hopefully it snows more this year in the UP, envious of your Bravo LT my 35 yr old bravo shorty is one of my favorite snowmobiles, it's amazingly light, it's pretty safe for the kids in open fields, it's so simple, and in flatter areas with deep snow it just floats even at slower speeds. If I...

Pic from 2019 storm that's a road grader used to plow the roads in the up has chains and wing plow, they needed. An excavator to get it out, after that storm the snowmobile trail groomers were stuck.

Neat map of abandoned railroads in North America the blue lines. Most are probably reporpused and or torn up. Apologize for clarity.

Your mig gun holder got me thinking so I made these to hold my cheap hvlp gun beats paying $10 for one I made 3 including a portable one for nothing. Thanks for the idea.

I use Rust-Oleum tractor implement on all my projects and equipment, for the price, durability, and selection of colors it works pretty good even if I have to rattle can it. I do prep everything pretty good with a wire wheel, blow gun and wipe it down with acetone. Good luck

Ive sprayed Rust-Oleum primer then flat black Rust-Oleum tractor implement spray on a trailer after I rebuilt it used a cheap hvlp sprayer. It's looks good for my usage and is in good shape several years later. I believe I used acetone to thin the primer and mineral spirits to thin the...

On my Kubotas a roll pin holds the throttle and shuttle shift shafts in the collar. If you get the roll pin out you still have to deal with corrosion where the shaft goes in the collar if it's older it's probably corroded together pretty bad so you'll need to carefully use heat, or that's what...

Fuel shut off solenoid? My old L 2850 has a bad one, I pull it in and out a few times always opens it why I haven't replaced it yet.

Arly you know where this is? It's kind of I'm my neck of the woods but I've ever been there or seen it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mlive.com/news/2021/10/a-remote-upper-peninsula-white-pine-has-been-crowned-michigans-tallest-tree.html%3foutputType=amp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fox11online.com/amp/news/local/launch-ceremony-held-for-new-great-lakes-carrier-ship-in-sturgeon-bay

Lots of good points made. Well if there's no provisions for a hitch it's useless for a lot of potential buyers imo. I believe it's Ridgid mounted into the receiver, with no coupler, if I read it right. Still with manufacturers upping towing capacity on 1/2 tons to what 3/4 and even older 1tons...

Wonder if it has electric brakes as an option.

For occasional towing and hauling it's cheaper than buying a 3/4 or 1ton especially if you already own a 1/2 ton plus the extra maintenance. imo.

Thought this was a neat idea if I had a 1/2 ton I might be interested. How to Make Your Half-Ton Truck Work Like a Super Duty CLDD | Home of the first Weight Distribution Trailer for your pickup truck.

New ship neat article Launch ceremony held for new Great Lakes carrier ship in Sturgeon Bay by Charlee Rubesky, FOX 11 News Thursday, October 28th 2021

Not a video but interesting. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/great-lakes-researchers-found-3-shipwrecks-this-summer-in-lake-superior-here-are-their-stories/ar-AAQ4Ied

I liked the fact it explained additives pretty well to someone who doesn't have a degree in organic chemistry like myself and gave some insight on what to look for in a additive. Totally agree newer independent tests need to be done for the hundreds of additives out there, for both gas and...

O Thanks very informative, bookmarking that page. Side note, You know have to much equipment when its a part time job maintaining and fixing all your stuff, let alone remember what engines your running lol. My truck has the LML engine not the previous LMM, If I "remember correctly" the LML...

Off ops topic but not looking forward to when my LMM cp4 pump goes, just changed the fuel filter for the 2nd time. still was very clean with no water very simple to bleed, I try to change every 50k despite the obd tells me it still has 25%+life Hardest part was reinstalling the fender liner...

Quick question On the exchange warranty, do you need to keep the receipt or can they look up the serial number?

I think I'm usually a safe aware guy of what I'm using and doing and think some safety devices are an overkill put only in place for weekend warrior, unaware, inexperienced folks to use potentially dangerous equipment but, After reading these posts and usually operating my own 3pt self...

Thanks for your clarification and insight👍

As did I So please correct me if I'm wrong the oxygen safety valve is located just below the valve and the tank needs to be fully opened in order for the safety valve to work on the tank, I fully open all my welding gas tanks except acetylene which the safety plug is on the bottom of tank and...

Well you didn't have to worry wearing loose clothing around it. 😅

Bought the cheap hf 5 speed bench top one over 10 yrs ago, it was a pile of garbage. I could stop the spinning chuck with my hand on highest torque, slowest speed. A 1/2" bit would stop the motor trying to drill in soft pine. I won't even get into accuracy and runout.

In my lifetime the only new innovations I like are the simpler ones. Heated windshield wipers are amazing if you have ever driven in icy snowy conditions and had to stop to flick the blades to knock the ice off, Mirrors that defrost are another super convenient innovation. I can actually see...

Wheels is a term for the propeller on workboats mainly.

[/MEDIA] Does the ranger have twin props? Or twin wheels for the mariner types. Handling boats and manuvering in close quarters can be tricky sometimes fighting current and wind, buts so much easier with twins . You always have to be thinking ahead and run the boat slow enough to maintain...

On top of biocide I also run a 10 micron particulate filter which was actually pretty easy to plumb into my 40 gallon tank. I'm probably more proactive than I need to be.

Learning something new today thanks! Also on a skinner uniflow the rod connecting the smaller piston to the larger piston is called a piston rod not connecting rod.

10knots.

I kind of get how triple and quadruple expansion steam engines work each cylinder is inline as steam pressure decreases cylinders and pistons get larger? So the first cylinder the steam gets to is the smallest getting larger on subsequent cylinders as steam pressure decreases? But on the...

They have pulling that ship into it's slip like a choreographed science though, using its anchor and mooring lines to sharply pivot that ship is fun to watch.

Quick question for folks that know and understand stuff on reciprocating steam engines please correct me if I'm wrong is the SS Badgers skinner uniflow considered a quadruple expansion compound steam engine? My limited understanding is it has twin four cylinder steam engines with 2 smaller...

Unsure, but don't they have to cool the boiler slowly when they take it off line and slowly heat the boiler to put back online?

I'm cheap and repurpose stuff for use on my old working tractors and lawnmowers.

The problem I initially had was tightening the nut that holds the orffice in the tank, the c, Eclip, or split washer (forgot what it had) came out of the channel in the orffice causing the regulator to fall off. Even if it would have held, you accidentally pull on your oxy acetyelene hoses to...

Article says an Extensive engine room inspection, it's a big job and I believe hard on boilers firing them up and shutting them down or maybe they had an issue with the boilers or turbines (I believe I heard early in the season they did) seemed they quit sailing early this season also. but...

For some reason I was holding on to this cheap regulator, maybe to scrap or warn friends of this cheap stuff. Anyways how and why does anyone think using an Eclip for the process of securing this acetylene regulator to a tank is safe, or acceptable. Buyers beware!

Dumb question but how far are you opening the valve on your acetylene tank? Bought a cheap regulator once broke where you screwed it on the tank. Never again.

Yes I believe they were trail legal when they were reintroduced I think they are 4' wide? I can see them making a comeback if they did a two speed chain case with high and low, smaller torquier 4 stroke, longer track with flip up rails so you can go in reverse better have to ride it like a...

Probably until you get the thing stuck. Actually may be more feasible with the newer, smaller ace fourstrokes and an articulating rear suspension so you can go backwards better. I'm hiding that pic and idea from my wife because I think they sell more now then when they were new even after...

https://unofficialnetworks.com/2021/10/22/ski-doo-made-side-by-side-snowmobiles/amp/

an awesome repurposing of boat parts id love to live in. Boat formerly owned by the infamous captain Hazelwood?

The biocide I use is 1oz for 20 gallons on a initial shock treatment if you have algae growth than 1oz for 55 gallons maintenance. I've had my current bottle about 2qts going on 5 yrs still 1/4 full never had problems when using it I'm confident it works and is cheap insurance. I've seen and...

Remember trying to take heavier duty retaining rings off. Had a drawer full of cheap retaining ring pliers. Only after my knuckles looked like raw hamburger did I dump that drawer in the trash and bought a nice rather pricey set of Knipex. My total frustration with my substandard tools...

Most three point bhs should have a Ridgid toplink with one pivot point not two. At least mine did. I used a old pair of mini vice grips to lock the lift lever on my old Kubota.

I use biocide in my 40 gallon tank.

Talk about "burning coal" lol

With my self contained US made 3pt backhoe I noticed the more you use it the hotter the fluid gets I've dug stumps out where the hydro fluid got so hot it was coming out the fill tube never any major problems with it though I also learned when trenching I was able to push the tractor along with...

What a classic great lakes freighter.

If you get the DeWalt 20 volt adapter for 18 volt tools you have to remember pull the battery or it will drain when not in use. I'm a DeWalt guy for life DeWalt had great customer service I brought a beat up broken 18 volt xrp hammer drill and a 1/4" impact driver to there factory store they...

Wow impressive, I've been on the st Clair going downriver from Lake Huron It was the fastest the sailboat I was on ever went at over 10knots sustained with bare poles, idling a little yanmar 3gm30f for steerage.

Off topic sidenote, from experience, if you use a pintle hitch get a dedicated one, not a pintle ball combo, a dedicated pintle takes a lot of the slop out of stopping and starting side to side movement, plus is much easier to hook up than a standard coupler when using heavy trailers.

Truck manufacturers will print you can tow more with a gooseneck.

Good comp.

Anything's probably better than what I had to use pushing a camp road in the Up, all I had available was top soil and boulders, I called It "Yooper Gravel" lol.

You can get a dovetail with fold flat ramps, adds 3' minimum. Don't like your how your truck is sitting get airbags easy 1hr installation, no onboard compressor needed, just use a standalone before you depart. I have a 18' deck over with 5' dovetail w/ fold flat ramps so 23' weighs 4100 lbs...

Brand New farm/ construction equipment is going up quite a bit also.

well in the age of lane departure, smart cruise control, self driving cars etc., it was nice to see something the average person who still likes to drive, uses a truck to haul stuff, and tows a trailer frequently actually utilize something like this.

Well I'm assuming it would help to let you know how much to tongue weight you have on your trailer. Ie 4 bars to much. So you could adjust the load accordingly. Some areas, scales aren't available. Didn't post this as a political government overregulation 😂. But I can see how this would be...

Thought this was a great Idea for those that haul bigger things. Taillight scales...

Once in a while they have to give you a carwash certificate.

It does have a state of the art draft control system.

They had to design and make a ash collection system implemented recently, sell the ash to a cement plant

Apologize here's the linkage

Hi getting ready to sell my 3 point backhoe, took it off four years ago, and forgot where this linkage goes or how it's attached or if it's needed pretty sure it was involved with the top link, was on a l2850? Bushhog manual says nothing about it.

Glad I have rops.

Northern tool mini excavator 15k digs down 7' I have a great bend 651 3 point (now bushhog), digs 6.5' if northern had higher gpm on the aux hydros or if I just needed to dig holes and trenches I'd own one.

Correct thanks, mighty have to see that one I was thinking of the older SS city of Milwaukee in Manistee.

good reading for those interested in coal fired boilers and steam engines this is what propels the Badger since it was launched 70 yrs ago. https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasme/who%20we%20are/engineering%20history/landmarks/191-ss-badger-carferry-1952.pdf

SS Badger is in Manitowoc to Ludington the sister ship Spartan is in Ludington which they use for parts, I've been told, Lake express is A higher speed fair weather cat running Milwaukee to Muskegon, rode both. Also watched them load huge windmill towers and blades in the badger about 10 years...

Isn't that ship a Museum in Manistee MI?

Wonder when this one's going to the scrapyard?

Never truly appreciated what my grandfathers generation was able to do with what they had available until much later in my life. I often wonder what he could have done with even a modern small subcompact tractor.

I thought that ship was just repowered then I realized that was 30+ yrs ago lol. I remember going through Sturgeon Bay Wi 2008-2009 during the "great recession" seemed like every ship on the great lakes was laid up getting refitted during the middle of the summer.

I see your point and an IR sensor for the belt or clutches would be a great add on, I remember how hot my primary clutch and belt got when I long tracked one of my old snowmobiles, a sxs is 3 times the weight but less resistance most of the time, anyways I could definitely see the importance of...

I disagree imo going up one tire size ie a 26 to a 27 requires no adjustment and won't hurt anything, go up two sizes might have to adjust the clutching if it's belt driven which is what will take the most abuse from a tire upgrade imo. Upgrading rims and tires on my pioneer 500 and wolverine...

Hi, here's what I learned from experience and have had good results or maybe luck, I use an old massey f two bottom plow and 5' forward rotation pto tiller I plow and till with an an old Kubota 4150 which does a great job much better than my old 2850. I plow what im going to plant in the fall...

Valley camp is a great museum ship did the tour twice once as a kid, much later took my kids to it. They actually have a torn apart lifeboat on display from the Fitzgerald wreck.

The Lee A Trugurtha.

Cool that was a WW2 tanker originally. There is so much floating history on the great lakes!

https://sailingmagazine.net/article-1552-not-a-pond-or-even-a-lake,-it's-really-a-sea-with-a-mean-streak.html Ted Turner has a famous quote on Display on South Manitou island at the old restored lifesaving station unfortunately i cant recall it. South Manitou Island on Northern Lake Michigan...

14 gauge rated sheet metal nibbler can't cut 18 gauge without breaking. Might cut aluminum foil but couldn't test it cause it broke first cut. I've learned not to buy hf tools unless you really need it for your current project. That way if it breaks you can easily return it.

How about aircraft carriers on the great lakes during ww2 (used for training but still) , Never knew this until this summer when I visited one of the many great lakes museums. I enjoy learning new things. View all Both USS Sable and USS Wolverine hold the distinction of being the only...

St Mary's challenger? Small size kept it around so long able to navigate rivers to cement plants. Someone told me the boiler or turbine was failing so the made it into a barge instead of scrapping it. Saw it up close a few times as it would navigate the kk river in Milwaukee to the lafarge...

[/MEDIA] Hard to believe that ship is over 70 yrs old. I believe most traditional (pilot house in the bow) great lake freighters are , or older.

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You can get hard coated poly carbonate pricey but handles scratching much better, if pandemic ever cools off there will be a surplus of polycarbonate sheets new and used.

Folks need to respect the great lakes. I've been caught on lake Michigan a few times when storms came up and learned to respect them the hard way in a 30 ft sailboat. how people will go out of protected waters without at least a handheld vhf and flares is scary. There are lots of horrible sad...

Imo get 14 inch rims minimum 6ply tires 14rims give you more tire options, probably want to go one size tire up, which shouldn't give you any problems. I run a 500 pioneer for work the stock tires were complete garbage I was always getting flats. Bought 14 rims and 26inch 6ply tires Paid...

Here's a helpful fairly easy to read link with charts personally I use moly on loader pins etc, and run of the mill red grease on wheel bearings etc, I also use two grease guns manual pistol grip for red grease and a dewalt cordless for moly, which makes greasing a loader or backhoe easy...

LoL my truck only has 18" steelies, 8' box, vinyl flooring, a floor transfer case lever and no safety mitigation crap. Wife calls it a freight train and the 6.6 pulls a trailer like one to. Only added Bilstein and air springs on the rear. A soccer mom or dad would have to park it on the back...

Thanks for your insight, thought about that. I'm not expecting to do extensive deforestation with it or even cutting steep ditchbanks, and I'll probably be slow and steady like everything else I undertake LoL the fact it's a compact 3ton machine allows me to manuever closer to what I need to do...

Saw a small boat in Milwaukee harbor got blasted into a seawall when the freighter used it's bow thruster coming into the Milwaukee river by Jones island. Most if not all great lakes freighters have them and don't use them sparingly when it's really windy.

LoL I used wheel barrows.

Is it leaking around the filter base? been my experience i had to really torque the hydro filter way more than any crank case oil filter making sure where the gasket mates is a clean surface. If its a vertical filter screwing up to the base I always fill it with hydro oil before putting it on...

Hi I like to overanalyze larger purchases and appreciate opinions. In the market for a 3 ton mini for my small xmas tree operation and property maintenance, I will be selling my wood max chipper has 30 hrs on it and 3point great bend 651 bh I completed most large clearing projects so may sell my...

Kubota L4150- named it #45, it's old, orange, and obnoxiously loud. Named my motorhome Uncle Eddie.

I have MVP 210 bought about 10 yrs ago. I like it. It is heavy but has amazing penetration for a smaller welder. Never gave me any serious issues, the Hobart has tap settings for voltage not infinite, (I prefer infinite) I used flux core and mig with it mig works good but I do replace tips...

Here's my front mount ATV small trailer mover able to move a a two place sled trailer with two snowmobiles, a 12' single axle utility trailer easy. Made it with scrap junk its simple to put on and take off much easier than using the rear hitch pulling with smaller stuff imo.

None taken what so ever. Prepping a site, grading, and actually doing footers/ pouring walls, laying block, for a foundation can be a big undertaking most cant do and shouldn't try.

I have a secret weapon, not involving firearms or poison lol. Probably doesn't matter this year.

Have grown a half acre or more successfully for three years this is the worst year due to lack of rain seems like everyone to the north, south, and east gets rain but me. My evergreens are even turning brown.

Would you allow a knowledgeable homeowner to be there own general giving them a broken down estimate, do the excavation, compaction, backfill, waterproofing, insulation and possibly help move and set those heavy a## prefab forms, help pour the walls, etc provided they take partial or full...

True there are lots of factors, I think he was looking for a rough estimate, I disagree comments don't matter how many folks on here have heard of or used a conveyer truck? Contractors can upcharge everything including concrete. it might cost a homeowner 135 a yard for a 3 bag, one contractor...

Built a 24x30 slab on grade cabin into a hillside had one 30' frostwall 54" deep connected to one 24' frostwall 54" deep the other two footers in the hill were tied into the the tops of the frostwall I then poured a 24' and 30' x 4' tall stem wall on top of the 2 footers on the high sides...

My mostly one man operation trying to reclaim 5+ acres of an overgrown Christmas tree farm. Before pictures first than after,

Nice mini, what's the specs on it? can you run a flail or rotary cutter with it?

Got passed on freeway by a newer motorhome I was going 75 in my truck It was swaying and swerving ridiculously, in comparison i own a 25' class c never go over 65 with upgraded Bilsteins. Imo Seems like folks who never drove anything bigger than a Prius suddenly decided to explore nature in...

Or don't text and dump

It happens frequently enough they actually make alarms warning the drivers the box's are up.

Saw a tandem dump truck do that once, didn't do any extensive damage like that to the overpass, truck was obviously totaled, driver got banged up pretty bad.

You ever think of chipping instead of hiding it? Makes good ground cover and decent walking trails, I spread in between tree rows.

Wonder how good it would work with all the rocks in the keewanaw?

Supposedly Bauer and DeWalt use the same battery cells I believe Samsung? To me Bauer are good hockey skates not power tools 😂. If I didn't have a good previous experience with DeWalt I'd probably try hf cordless stuff. I'm also impressed with all the DeWalt 20volt tools available not really...

But does Bauer say made in the USA (with global components) Lol. I used to use these tools to make a living. hands down The xr and older xrp line are some of the best cordless tools out there in terms of durability, customer service, and reliability imo. however I will say the DeWalt drill...

Dewalts are great. had Milwaukee's 18volt nicad tools was always replacing batteries fortunately the Milwaukee stuff was stolen 15 years ago so I started buying Dewalt they had a smarter charger. I still have 15yr old xrp nicad batteries that hold a charge, barely. Dewalt has a three year...

Well the "heavy duty" hf chop saw I bought years ago started on fire 🔥 after the first cut I attempted, I believe it was thin gauge rectangular tubing they did refund me when I returned a half melted carcass. Tried the small 5 speed bench top drill press I was surprised (well not really) a pine...