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They are everywhere on I-80 in Wyoming. They do work.

I think the housing problem, in 10 years, turns over due to demographic problems. In 10 years, most of the baby boomers will be gone. They, right now, capture over 50% of the housing stock between 1st and 2nd homes. The family formation rate is not high enough to absorb all those homes with...

I had my data guy run the prevalence of dementia running in families today... It came back with a 88% confidence interval for a given z score. That correlates to around a 94% chance. Not zero, but still significant. See below. "While both maternal and paternal family history can influence...

I would worry that your spouse had two parents with dementia. Really worry...

No they aren't. I am BCBS, I did actuarial stuff for years and now in charge of risk management for all of BCBS. I know this. You can't really get more benefits than those mandated by the ACA. In fact, you have pediatric dental in your 60's. Great benefit, too bad you pay for it and will...

The vertical integration was more from the standpoint of patient reporting requirements. Small dr. offices did not want to endure the burden of all the requirements. So they teamed up with hospital systems to help with the reporting requirements. Hospital systems also barred doctors that were...

All benefits are mandated to be those of obamacare. So you may not have a subsidized policy, but your benefits on that policy are the exact same as obamacare policies.

I invested in an ultrasonic cleaner. I have put in carbs that I never thought would run again. Varnish build up due to ethanol is what was killing my carbs. Savings one carb pays for the ultrasonic cleaner.

We need to break up the hospital groups. After obamacare, it incentivized all the hospitals to vertically integrate. Now we have hospital systems with college campus like amenities. The medical tend prior to obamacare was 4-6% annually. Now we are 10-12%. It doesn't take a rocket...

Why are boomers so entitled. You paid 39% of something, on a drug plan that is probably $60 per month. How much more assistance do you need?

The medical profession has been selling off data for at least 10 years now. You are 10 years too late with your outrage...

Well hospitals get to write off the difference between billed and reimbursed charges on their P&L. Why do you think all the hospitals are campus style facilities now? They used the reimbursement differential to build out facilities. So hospitals' have an incentive to have high charges and...

Because drug companies only sell to PBM's. They don't want to have inhouse sales people selling to 15K individual pharmacies. It would be a conflict of interest for insurance companies or Medicare to sell them too...

We know there is an entire body of people that will resist this just because of who it's from. They will be rejected even though it makes great sense. I want to see who big pharma aligns itself with on this issue. That will be the tell...

This is true, but the US funds the R&D for the world. For example, Humira cost the US consumer around 7K per injection, even during the patent phase. That same injection in Europe was around $200. Big pharma has deals with Pharmacy Benefit Managers to soak the US consumer with the brunt of...

That's nothing... We have people on 250K per month drugs. Anything to do with blood clotting issues is big time money.

Humira? That is the single most prescribed, high dollar drug, ever. The patent has since expired, and doctors should be prescribing bio similar drugs that cost a lot less...but guess what, doctors are still prescribing Humira specifically. They make so much money from drug reps that they...

Every once in awhile I am amazed by someone's cheapness. Damn man...I bet you steal the toilet paper, or highly considered it.

Wellness programs are a great way to incentivize early detection and prevention. However, due to the ACA, you couldn't really offer reduced premiums for the program. All that could happen is an employer would increase their contribution to your premium for participating. If you had a private...

Healthcare is primarily your diet, exercise, sleep, and lifestyle habits. What people call healthcare is actually sick care. Sick care wouldn't be so expensive if people practiced better healthcare. But, since they don't, we need to manage it for them through making healthcare more expensive...

We had high risk pools that predated the ACA for those with chronic pre-existing conditions. Those worked very well. Then the ACA comes along and changes things so drastically that the industry is moving away from it ten years out. Insurance companies have discovered obamacare will bankrupt...

We use to have a community rating approach to healthcare. Where the sick and healthy were lumped together in one pool. That only resulted in healthy people paying more in premium that did not reflect their true risk, and sick people paying less than their true risk. Now we will let the...

Well I'm using the data to make health insurance more affordable by aligning cost drivers to higher premiums and making non cost drivers have lower premiums. Neat, huh...

Doctors' offices now sell patient data to medical data brokers. Doctors offices have found a new source of revenue. Those forms you sign, well...you sign your rights away. I know because I purchased an AI platform that allows us to get medical information on anyone for rate setting...

Each state has a minimum coverage requirement to be able to sell that product. States have a reciprocity agreement to not punish people if that state has different thresholds. All your insurance is doing is subrogation recoveries for the stated medical amount on his policy. He will not pay a...

The hospital, if unsuccessful in collections, will just put a lien on your house. People think they are smarter than a hospital that has an entire department that has done this for the past 40 years.

They will not eat it...they will come for the balance after the Medicare reimbursement.

People wonder why insurance is so costly...it's because the procedures are so costly. Obamacare addressed access to healthcare, without addressing the cost of healthcare. Costs have gone parabolic since 2010.

Momma...he's coming home.

Retire as soon as comfortably able to... I have not met one person, who actually planned for retirement, that said...gosh, I wish I would have worked longer. Time>money.

Don't worry about some dude and if he's going to make it. All you can do it take care of you...

You worked your entire life to enjoy life. Enjoy it. As I have gotten older, money is less and less important, as I've made plenty. What has become more important to me is time. I can throw a $100 out the window and make it back tomorrow. I can't throw a day out the window and make it...

I've never seen a hurst towing a uhaul full of money. Damn, that is next level frugal.

I see a lot of resumes and I think around 60% are made with AI. It's getting hard to hire people that have a brain that is not tarnished with AI.

I just wanted to see if your thoughts are confirmed. Another data point. :)

What makes a small block chevy so good...bearing surface. They have huge bearing surfaces on the crank, and connecting rods relative to their size. That is true with a V based motor as there are 4 extra bearing surfaces to spread the load on to. There is more bearing surface to support more...

I was anticipating something different...

Why do you like them better, then?

What makes an inline better than a v configuration?

AI Overview Equipment group numbers on Ford vehicles, particularly Super Duty trucks, generally represent different trim levels and associated option packages . 300a is primarily associated with the XLT trim level on Ford vehicles, including the Super Duty lineup. This means when you see a...

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That's my beef with the clones. They are profiting off of someone else's work. Their entire existence is due in part to others. Given enough time, and we have the fulfilment of the ancient Chinese proverb, which most will not connect the irony of...

The only difference between a dry snow and a wet snow is temperature. As soon as the temperature rises, that dry snow turns wet. Physics is unbeaten.

My truck had this problem. I maybe drive my superduty 10 times a year. I took it to my cabin because I had to haul my side by side. I drove it up, unloaded the side by side, and parked the truck for 3 days. Get in to drive home and zero brakes. Nothing. Now where my cabin is, there is no...

That should be pretty evident to the eye before cutting. At that point if you're still uncomfortable...call for help.

Dead standing trees are not all that dangerous. It doesn't have a big lean to it it. The wood has a chance to slowly dry and get hard. Get in there, make a deep notch, and do a back cut. Don't have to pound wedges as there is really no hazards around to avoid. It's pounding of the wedges...

One could also say, why post such a topic if all he wants to do is leave a dead tree in the yard. What's the point?

I put in on my cabin, in deep snow country. It seems to be doing just fine.

You should get some form of house wrap on your wood. The sun is not being kind to it. Would hate to see you have to redo stuff.

I would just get a mity vac and suck all the fluid out that you can, then put back in the same amount. Do it twice over 5k miles and you should have 90% of the old fluid out.

We had close to 25 6.0 over the years. During the winter the workers would do fluid maintenance on them. We never had a problem, ever.

Don't flush it. Just have them drop the pan, put in a new filter, and refill. It's the flush that kills the tranny, not the fluid replacement.

I doubt it. They would want the tow vehicle to be able to handle the stated GVWR of the trailer. Otherwise liability issues would be a problem for Uhaul.

Pass. It was abused in a commercial setting.

It will kill millions of entry level jobs. A population that has no sense of purpose with a career is dangerous.

Copart has ruined the business. Now insurance companies are using arbitrage to find the relationship between what it will cost to repair vs what they can get from Copart to part out the vehicle. A car or truck that requires a lot of repair work is going to be totaled. I have seen if a...

Damn the pool table up there is dirty, full of hunting dogs hair.

From the era before cell phone pictures, circa 2003ish. The kid is a member's son. Crazy how time flies.

It would be at the bottom of my priority list too... If it's not broken, don't fix it. That place needs more attention at other places.

It wasn't your time. Some people survive horrific accidents and some people die on seemingly harmless stuff. The best of any bad situation is learning a lesson. I think you learned yours... Glad you are ok.

Some people lack impulse control and need a nanny device like the ignore function to sleep well at night.

He has me on ignore too...

Arly has you on ignore...

;)

I'll call my buddy and see if he'll snap a pic of the pic next time he's up at the hunting ranch...

My mom's just died...how much you want for it?

Those guys came out to our hunting ranch one time. They were good people. Pretty funny guy too...

I have a ranger and a Rzr at the ranch and they get beat on. I've never had a problem with either of them. I also like the parts availability with Polaris. I just want to go in and get parts. I am not a parts guy and don't want to source all my own stuff.

Put pressure on the start of that pipe and go start listening for leaks.

It helps, but the EGR does not operate at all times during operation. The SCR is what operates all the time during operation.

LOL...DPF deals with particulate matter, sequestering it and then burning it off. The SCR is what injects UREA and counteracts the high Nox buy chemically adding an extra nitrogen atom, changing it from introitus oxide to nitrous dioxide. . If your tractor does not have SCR, you have...

It's not an absolute debate, though. There are people that don't need it and there are people that need it to even step outside. There are also side effect issues that you ignore completely. Therefore, to argue it through the lens of moral shaming if something is not done...misses the point.

First off, the push to stop using sunscreen often comes from folks worried about chemicals like oxybenzone and octocrylene, which are in a lot of mainstream sunscreens. These ingredients have been flagged for potentially messing with the environment—like harming coral reefs and aquatic life...

There is absoultly no reason to get on grid anymore. There are so many cheap home battery systems that can provide any power demands needed. When I built my cabin in 2016, I was researching how to power it. At the time, the best $/KWH was a diesel generator. In 10 years that has totally...

I know of a place in Colorado that puts sacrificial anodes on metal body panels and then grounds them to the frame. Mountain towns of Colorado put tons of salt on the roads and a car will be lucky to survive 5 winters there. The rusting via salt is to due positive ions, that use the salt...

I'm thinking of selling my Stihl 090. The best milling saw ever...

Those front bumpers are what we call...damage multipliers.

My Toyota Land Cruiser calls for 0W-20. It's a 5.7 V8 engine. It's fine. The 5.7 is known for being bulletproof. It's not the oil, it's the internals. The thicker oil is just a band-aid. Again, this motor has been in GM cars and trucks for over 20 years. Roller lifter engines are...

My condolences.

Hoping you would say that...it's just too much work and money for GM. So we have Toyota with basically the same problem in their 3.5 TT motors. Their solution is to replace the entire motor, everything. GM is just putting in thicker oil. GM deserves to go out of business if their solution...

This engine design has to be 20 years old now. Why are engine flushes not part of the fix if it is debris? The only thing a higher viscosity oil does is provide greater shear resistance between bearing surfaces. It seems to me there are structural issues that thicker oil is trying to fix...

If you optimize based on coverage alone and not location, it would save 4 hydrants. I would argue those 4 additional hydrants add better value by maximizing real space than the cost savings they would produce.

That's what we do on the ranch.... My grandfather made a tank that all the old motor oil was drained into. Then the post would sit in it for a few days. Then they would be put in the ground. I have fence post that are over 80 years old and are still in great shape.

That is exactly what the mechanic we had on the ranch instilled into me from a very young age. He was a mechanic on the north slope during the 70's and 80's. He knew how to keep diesels' from gelling up.

My scale is a bit off...

Place spigots at 80-foot intervals along the 490-foot sides (left and right, at 0,80,160,240,320,400,480 and one spigot at the midpoint of each 180-foot side or 90'. This requires 16 spigots total to ensure a 100 ft hose can reach every point inside the 180' x 490' rectangle without dead spots.

One of Diggin it's finer threads...

The state is pissed I have senior water rights from a hundred years ago for it. I swear, I keep an attorney pretty much employed full time defending all the various people that want the water. It's crazy how valuable water is in the west...

My lake varies drastically between spring and fall. It also varies drastically between wet and dry years. Haven't you guys been dry lately?

Welcome to the club...

They would probably work, for awhile. What you want is this (below)...it's bomb proof and will last a very long time under heavy duty cycle. I just don't know if the chinaisium has all that much duty cycle.

A coil or magneto only provides enough current to fire a spark plug. They are not similar to an alternator that provides bulk current to charge a battery. Small lawn mower engines do not have alternators You need a new battery.

Put the tip of the bar in a bucket of Diesel or kerosene overnight. It will clean and free up the nose sprocket. Proceed on...

A coffee and two bananas for breakfast. I try to eat a bigger lunch, it's usually some business lunch meeting. Dinner is just something lite, if that.

I never go into a deal with a strategy. It's all on the fly thinking and sensing out angles. I listen to what they have to say about it. I first and foremost get whether or not they have an emotional connection to it. If they do, going to low too quick puts them in a corner. In this...

I think the #1 reason that old homes lasted longer is due to air flow. Those old homes were drafty and had very little insulation. I think new homes that are sprayed foamed up tight are going to be a problem in future years, unless done correctly. The use of open cell foam should be banned in...

This guy...the pump is on. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/bitcoin-to-hit-250000-mag-7-adopt-stablecoins-charles-hoskinson.html

I'll give up some gains in my portfolio if it means that tens of millions of Americans have a better chance of finding stable work so they can feed their families, afford a home, and benefit from lower consumer prices. The world is dependent upon the US for consumerism. The hotels in...

No... Companies are still going to defend market share. While others raise prices, it provides an avenue for companies to boost revenue, by attracting customers through margins. Like anything, successful companies will navigate this and be better on the other side. It's a reset of sorts...

Folks just don’t get it. Rates are declining, Bessent is a happy man. His North Star is the UST 10 yr yield. Not the Fed! Tariffs will eventually force the Feds hand. Let the crazies in the equity futures have their fun. The real information is in the credit markets. UST 10 yr about to...

I guess I still live in a "high trust" part of the US. I have never locked my door and my keys are always in the vehicle. I feel bad for people that don't get to experience high trust society livin...it's pleasant.

Never accept their first offer or second. You can tell them that is not enough money. Insurance covers replacement costs.

The bitcoin maxi's are undeterred. Saylor's proposition: Give me $85, I promise to pay $10 a year in dividends. Since I have no money and can't pay, I'll pay additional interest on the missed payments, all the way up to $18. If I have money, I'll redeem the $85 shares for $100 but don't hold...

Microstrategy is a ponzi...proof below.

The EPA is rolling back some emission standards, was just announced. If the official government policy at the time of purchase is "x", then you can't be punished later for adhearing to policy "x". Get those deletes now boys...

Were those taken live?

The bitcoin maxi's are really turning people off to crypto.

It was probably a good thing. Not being able to adjust prices in 5 years evenutally hits the bottom line. Let them walk, you will find replacement contracts. If they want to come back...make the price reflect the market price. People that think they are smart and just churn the market...

Yes.. .the irony. You do understand what B:20 means right? Right?

We're dealing with it with my grandma now. My mom is very accommodating and nurturing, but I see it wearing on her. That has to be one of the toughest things a caregiver can go through, it's rough. I feel for anyone in this position.

No, they are not pricing themselves out of the market. There is a ton of money in the US. A ton. So much in fact that people are having a hard time finding assets to park all this money in. High interest rates can't even contain all the demand. In fact, inflation is headed back up due to...

Fantastic. Tell all your friends.

You're not helping.

Just remember, wyoming sucks.

You spend your whole life seeing them as your protectors—strong, capable, invincible. Then, almost without warning, the roles begin to shift. Maybe the hardest part is just witnessing the gradual loss of who they used to be. But here is my reframing….this is the chance to be present, to...

My dad has less time on this earth than me, mathematically speaking. I can do those things, but it does not make him any younger. I need to seize the opportunity while it's still there and attainable. He's 73 and is finally starting to retire from a company he owned for decades. He had...

A thrill is one thing...getting wood is another. These get the wood...;)

I can throw $100 out the window and make it back tomorrow. I can't throw a day out the window and make it back tomorrow. This summer I plan on going to the Cabin a lot more with my dad. I'm going to buy a fishing licence and fish the river with him. I haven't fished in 25 years, I use to...

I wasn't. But the above was kind of a bit of paranoia about being old. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

We have some paranoid old men around here... Don't worry, most days they try to not be expressive about it.

You guys sound paranoid...

The ghost trees finally arrived...

Now that I see this, I haven't seen him post in a long time. He was a good guy. He wanted to give me some "fatherly" advice one day, and we ended up talking for a good hour on the phone. RIP old buddy...

I've been asked to be an investor in a crypto bank ran by a very smart lady named Caitlin Long, called custodia bank. It has 1:1 deposits to loans, but it ran into the buzz saw the SEC under the old administration. It can't get fed accces like all banks need. I told her, that if there is any...

Saylor is the worst thing for Bitcoin. He's running a ponzi backed by leveraged Bitcoin. I don't how else to say this, but just like SBF or the many others...things can't progress until he's gone.

This time it's different...

Have those too...and can confirm they are tough.

Some people don't realize just how massive some of these mountains are. They are huge.

No emotion, I knew exactly what the best was, and then perused it. Would not settle for anything less than the best. I did that with a woman too.

I have never seen a more overbuilt engine in my life. Everything about it was designed to go 500k. The air filter was a cyclonic filter that could hold like 15 lbs of dirt. It was ridiculous how well that thing was made. It was my first purchase in 2003 when I first started to make coin...

The 80 series had a straight six tractor motor that could be shot with a 50 cal and still run. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:. You would approve.

Why do pros make so much money in the stock market? They avoid the hype and buy boring stuff that makes lots of money. QQQ, SPR Next

I still kick myself for getting rid of my 80 series.

I'm going to keep my 200 series for awhile yet. Once I'm confident the new 300 series has all the kinks worked out, I will buy the Lx600, which is the only way to get the 300 series in the US. At that point I will remove all the Lexus badging and buy the 300 series front end from overseas...

What sucks? This is valuable time you're wasting not getting into hiding.

Does that even cover the dirt work for this shelter? But yes I agree, you should already be in hiding with your family. One must take precautions under such fascist times.

How can I help this along?

For those in the cheap seats...this is how tariffs work. They force companies to bring back manufacturing. It might be a good strategy to get back in the market to ride the wave of earnings to come.

A person will not do better than a dollar cost averaging strategy. Just keep buying a diversified portfolio. If you don't know how to do that, buy index based mutual funds. Those buy the entire S&P 500 or Nasdaq. Dollar cost averaging, coupled with buy and hold are the best ways to gain...

I'm hung up because it's what makes the low end torque. For example, on the 6.0 powerstroke, the motor that taught me. The 2003-2004 had a 10 blade compressor blade on the turbo. The 2005-2007 had a 13 blade compressor blade on the turbo. It was noticeable how much more low end torque there...

You have one mode...

My ranch truck...it goes anywhere, never gets stuck and it never breaks.

LOL... Math brah, math. If payments have gone up 88% (your number) and interest rates are up marginally by 4% (7%-3%), what is driving the other 80% of the payment? The only way it fixes itself is if the asset price decreases. We are in the middle of one of the largest asset bubbles in...

This is from a couple of years ago. It took me 3 days of plowing for me to get to my front gate. That is the most I've seen in my part of wyoming.

We had a lady get her car repossessed while it was parked on our companies parking lot. We told the tow truck driver he was not premitted to come onto our property to haul it off. He got all 5030 on us and said he was able to do anything he wanted. We didn't stop him and in the process he did...

Sometimes the trust is sent up in such a way that the bill is paid upon settlement, not upon creation. It just depends on how it designed. Ask.

The model for automakers was to get everyone into leases. It creates a never ending demand for them. Then interest rates spiked and it exposed their model's one giant flaw. Part of the model to get everyone into leases, is charging more for parts. If leases became the norm, part prices...

An AI video... People need to understand the internet better, especially old people. It's AI engagement farming for clicks.

We went over this above already...

I thought NA trucks needed RPM to generate their torque?

But doesn't more bearing surface create more heat and wear? :ROFLMAO:

There is only one thing that keeps an engine in the powerband...that is the transmission, not your foot.

You wouldn't know if you needed more because the gearing is keeping you below 2500 RPM.

Then why do transmissions not have just two gears to keep the engine in the powerband perpetually off idle?

They do. But straight 6's also make less torque at the higher end of the RPM range. I guess we have to now figure out if a wider RPM range is bad?

I think we just discovered off idle torque is a function of turbo efficiency through the RPM band.

Like I said earlier...It's the turbos that do that. Straight six's are more efficient about getting the exhaust to spool the turbo than a V8. The down side to that is a straight six is spooled out faster than a V8, meaning a straight 6 runs out of air well before a V8. The top end of a...

I bet next you'll tell me a 6.7 can produce more power than a 3.5 liter engine. Of course what you said is true. It's all obvious to anyone with a room temp IQ that has driven both a diesel and a gas engine. What I'm failing to understand is...what is off idle torque? Furthermore, your...

Maybe, just maybe...off idle torque is created based upon how fast a turbo spools up? Just spitballing here.

Have you looked at a dyno for a boosted gas engine? How is that any different than a inline 6?

I've never heard of this off idle torque or even a metric that can define it. Can you point to me how I can read up more about it?

Is this you chumming the waters?

I'm really surprised they did not fix the roller lifters. Towing is not really a power thing, it's a gearing thing. That is why cab and chassis can tow more, because they have gears set up for that. Also, capacity is dictated by the axles and suspension. It looks like they finally fixed...

Fire. That is the best way to remove sage brush. It's too bad you are where you are, that kind of prevents that. If you want to tear equipment up, than go for it. Otherwise, manual removal is the second most cost effective way. It is obviously not the best at time efficiency. We burn...

Michaël Saylor needs to be banished from Bitcoin. I will say it again. He is bad for Bitcoin.

I know. Few remember when he did his same strategy back in the dotcom era. We studied him in college about what not to do. He's back and leveraged to the max and wants more.

I don't like what Michael Saylor has done to the bitcoin market. He's turned it into a casino instead of a real functioning market.

Saylor is so leveraged that if bitcoin goes down 20%, MTSR will go down 50%. People do not understand leverage.

May I ask why does Microstrategy not buy long dated call options to ensure continued accretion in case BTC price skyrockets?

I have my signal...the top is in.

The entire thing with bitcoin is to create scarcity. Scarcity is the thing they believe will drive higher prices long term. Full disclosure, I own bitcoin. With that said, I am fully aware there is zero underlying assets supporting bitcoin. It's all a belief in something. One thing...

Tracked SS machines have zero suspension. Wheeled SS machines have zero suspension. They all ride like bricks.

Truffles go best with cream dishes.

I know. My mom always said I should be a lawyer because I would never lose a case. I just always told her there was no money in being a lawyer.

Also, what you said I don't disagree with. Anything with a computer is questionable whether it will be around in 40-50 years.

Just own it. We all saw what you said.

English is your first language, correct?

Sure...

I'm not following your argument. You correlated new saws to new tractors with a purchasing reluctance. Then you bagged on new tractors with emissions and computers. Then you came back and praised new saws for them being reliable for you, despite you saying computers decrease life span. 🤪 I...

This website is calling it the 572 mark II. But I don't think it really is, just bad verbiage. https://www.merithardwareinc.com/product-page/husqvarna-572xp-mark-ii-20-chainsaw

This theory relies upon computer controlled tractors as a gold standard of reliability...because computer controlled saw sure aren't. There is a reason the forest service forbids computer controlled saws on fires.

I had no idea Husky is labeling the current 572 as a Mark II. I didn't realize they had to put out an updated 572. I guess I'm curious why the original 572 needed a mid release update.

But stratified...

Wise man... I have some saws that are 50 years old that still fire up and work just fine. I do not think the same will be said for some of these new saws. They have planned obsolescence built into them via the parts...

The 400 will beat a 562. Now if you are really talking about a 572, and not a 562, the 572 will be very close to the 400. A 572 should be way above a 400.1. I say should be because I don't even think the 400.1 is in the US yet. I just have not warmed up yet to the modern saws with a...

Stuffing the crankshaft will essentially change the compression ratio of the lower end leading to lower pressure on the up stroke leading to more air fuel mix, in theory anyway.

Long bars require more oil. In fact, my oil tank is in need of refilling each time I fill with gas. I crank those oil pumps up to max.

I don't get hung up on what brand is better, because each has good saws and some bad. I focus on what saw of each brand are best... For this scenario...the 562 is a better saw. The stihl 362 is kind of a turd, but it's predecessor the 361...may be one of the finest saws ever made. I have a...

Were these taken live?

An economy, at its most basic level, needs confidence that money put out will bring a return on that investment. It's amazing what simple economic confidence will do. It's a metric that can't be quantified or qualified. It's a feeling. It's hard to explain to simple minds, but its there and...

Does that thing have an EGR hanging off the side? What is that big metal box.

Great job.. Fence work is hard work, but it's so worth it when it's done.

Water is a factor with any fuel source. It's not specific to #1 diesel or #2 diesel.

I was not making an absolute argument, just saying they do a decent job with a photo showing minimal salt impact over the course of a few days. I have had many times where the weather was just warm enough to make the snow wet enough to stick to everything...like the result of what your truck...

Just pour some kerosene in the tank.

I have put a water sprinkler under a truck before and let it go for a half hour to water log dried on mud to then be easilly sprayed off. I don't know why I don't do this every spring on all the vehicles to get the salt off. So simple and I just never thought to do it.

One thing I have found to actually keept he salt off is mud flaps. They do seem to do a decent job. I use this vehicle mainly in the winter, and I put mud flaps on it. It does a decent job of keeping the salt off. This picture was even after driving around on salted roads.