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This new UAW deal will cost Ford a lot: Gains in the deal are valued at more than 4x the gains from the 2019 contract. More in base wage increases than Ford workers have received in past 22 years. Starting wage rises by 68% to over $28/hour. Top wage will rise by 33% to over $40/hour. A 25% rise...

You could run it through a fuel polisher...

Bingo. EV's are like cellphones. Once the battery is done...it's better to just junk it.

Hybrids in transportation make so much more sense than full EV. SO MUCH MORE SENSE.

:unsure: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/25/gm-honda-scrap-plans-to-co-develop-affordable-sub-30000-evs.html

I have a ranch with thousands of big trees. They actually get used a lot.

The Husky 2100 isn't even my big saw...The Mcculloch SP125 and Stihl 090 are the big ones. Ironically, the biggest one, the Stihl 090 is pretty easy to start. I will give any man that is cocky the Husky and let them prove their man hood.

I have a husky 2100 that needs a full wrap around pull cord to start.

Best post of the thread...

Ok one comment that took the best comment... The charger has electricity to tell you it has no electricity. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

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I don't think it's hit you yet, but EV demand fell off a giant cliff. Even Tesla missed on both top and bottom line earnings, even with price cuts to increase volume. The euphoria has left the market and reality is setting in about the true structural issues facings EV's. The Big three are...

I don't know what the UAW's game plan is here...but they might just get their wish to crash the entire thing. They stopped the Ford Superduty plant, the Ram truck plant and now this...

The yield curve has been inverted for a long time. Short term rates pay out higher than long term rates. In fact, there was no buyers of 30 year t-bills last week. The fed had to come in a buy our US debt. Things are breaking out there. Get liquid and ride it out.

The japenese yen is always held stable. So it's a good currency to borrow in, and now that US interest rates are high...the convered interest arbitrage trade is in the money. A little spreadsheet I have to see if the trade is in the money or not.

You need a bigger truck.

If I would have posted that... I would have had the post removed and a timeout. Privilege.

Tesla had a huge miss on both top line and bottom line earnings. Even trying to go to volume over profit per car was not enough to overcome the falutering demand. And it's not just Tesla that is worried about EV demand dropping off... High interest rates is going to be a blood bath for the...

As I was saying...

We have so far provided charts that make everyone right and nobody wrong. Someone has failed internet 101...

Power is a zero sum game. There is no free lunch to power. Even green power is dependent upon fossil fuels for the transportation and manufacturing of it. Most people don't understand the shell game at play. They just focus on the shell right in front of them. Nuclear is the only power...

Not with 5k down.

Why would you do that on a deal, even after accepting a down payment. That is low...

He's getting so old he can't remember his stories anymore.

You were bragging how some rando offered you 35k for your "unicorn" and you sold it. Did you buy it back? Did you buy it back for more than 35K?

Like I said, higher interest rates make only the best and most profitable project get undertaken by a company. You can't do pie in the sky projects without cheap money...

obviously...

Batteries work good in situations where a long charging time is not a huge concern. Home back up with solar for example. Batteries do not work good in transportation circumstances where fast charging is key, especially when the competition can do it in 10 minutes. With interest rates so...

We are in the starting innings of it. The RE market is locked up. Nobody is buying and nobody can sell. Once that transfers into other areas of the economy, it will go. Plus the bond market is screaming at the top of their lungs, durational interest rate risk is spreading fast.

Land around cities are all in development profolios to develop when the time is right. That puts people far away from any cities with jobs. Then they either have to commute or hope for remote work. Remote work actually help fuel a land grab after covid. There is no more cheap land around...

In economics, there is a thing called the natural interest rate. It's not a fixed number, but it fluctuates with the up and downs of the economy. It's a rate that does not allow economic boom, and it's a rate that does not allow economic bust. A good rule of thumb is around 4.5-5%. We have...

Prices were not 6x income back then. Now they are. Prices were about 2.5x income in the 80's. That is a huge difference. This is why the baby boomers generated historic asset level wealth. In the 80's when interest rates spiked, people were still able to buy due to low asset prices. Once...

I have lots of elk... They come and go. They don't bother much.

It will never get solved, it will just crumble. History has showed time and time again, advanced societies get too comfortable. The attitude turns to laisse faire and vote towards ideology, instead of what is in their own best interest. We have numerous examples of cities in societal...

Lol. Telling a guy they're wrong is easy. Explaining how they're wrong takes talent. Especially with a guy, with experience. Don't take the easy route. Knock me back in my seat with your knowledge. Also, quote my entire comment next time, there's a little more to my comment than...

Interesting. I am hoping I can find the origin of this hour d overs because it is so unique. I get why people think it's gross, but it is a delicacy.

Yep, the military is the only thing keeping the dollar the reserve currency of the world. Empires don't last forever. If we keep putting Ukraine and now Israel on the credit card...it just puts the financial collapse closer. At that point, Unions will fail to matter.

Since the US is now is a debt spiral where we are on pace to add close to 5 trillion in one year to the debt, they will have to continue to inflate their way out of this mess. The dollar is actually at it's most valuable it's been for years. The fed is defending the dollar as other countries...

Radiant heats the objects in the room, not the air. Every thing inside turns into a heat sink. Once everything is to temperature, you only have to maintain it which is very economical. You aren't cycling the thermal mass very much. Convection heat needs to be above body temperature to not...

It's good. Can I ask where you learned to make it. I have not found anyone else that makes it. Just trying to understand where this came from.

I was at a fancy dinner party and one of the hors d'oeuvres was a little sandwich of and in this order... Saltine cracker Peanut butter Mayo Sharp cheder cheese tomato based salsa. I was skeptical but I tried it. It was amazing. It was all everyone could talk about. I will make it...

Keep in mind, there are three was to transfer heat. Convection, conduction, and radiation. Don't show us your blind spot. Radiant heat may take longer to warm up, but it also takes less energy to maintain that same output. I can heat my shop with 70* water all winter and have everything...

I hate dealing with relators. Hate it. Just try to tell one to submit a bid lower than asking. They get all sweaty and nervous that they will be excluded from the cool kids club. I finally figured, I will just get a license and do my own procurement of investment properties. I have...

It's like they got everyone hooked on cheap pellets and then raised the price to the point of it longer being economical. It will be interesting to see if pellet stoves are still a thing in 10 years.

Corgies are good dogs. I had to put mine down last year. It lived to be almost 15 years old. He ran the show around here. He did stuff when he was damn well ready. One time I was walking the dogs in the meadow and he did not want to go home. His stubborn little ass finally came home 3...

I have allergies too...but I like aussies. They're smart and they love to get out and do things. He loves getting out on the ranch.

That's scary You need to get a support under that floor where the joists meet.

Pick your fighters carefully...

Cringe

5030 has the least amount of self awareness ever possessed by one man. Plus, he can't read the room...

I don't wish any ill will on anyone and I hope she found some peace and rest later in life. No-one should be that busy at 90. Senate seats should not be held for life, with death being the only means of turnover.

I was just going to say...Kevin loves them.

Things are getting spicy. If having Bide n and Trum p coming to town didn't spur things along...what will.

Probably the most favorable outcome for the “D3” is to abandon. China is most definitely going to deliberately fight with the EV industry because they control ~63% of the capacity to produce batteries for EVs. It’s business 101 to increase profits via raw material monopolies. The D3 wants no...

Leading auto analyst Adam Jonas effectively says Detroit should reconsider (abandon?) EVs plans and leave the upcoming fight in that market to Tesla v China. VW CEO sounded alarm yesterday. Detroit 3 “D3” next? Fascinating times.

Tesla faces the same issue. Will anyone buy a used Tesla with a degraded battery knowing a huge expense is around the corner? Every car is a consumable item given enough time. However EV's might have changed the equation to being a consumable in a much shorter time period. Nothing about the...

I don't think Newsom understands how viscerally hated he is outside of CA. CA is in decline as a micro society. It just looks miserable there. The weather is not able to overcome that... Kids, one party rule kills democracy.

Tesla owners are all the same...

It dosen't. Just like RU banning exports to everyone but China. It's meant to shoot prices up without having to put in place production cuts.

ok...and?

Oh. Anyways...

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/volkswagen-cuts-ev-production-at-german-sites-as-demand-craters-1.1976530#:~:text=Volkswagen%20Cuts%20EV%20Production%20at%20German%20Sites%20as%20Demand%20Craters,-Monica%20Raymunt%2C%20Bloomberg&text=(Bloomberg)%20%2D%2D%20Volkswagen%20AG%20is,in%20demand%2C%20a%20sp...

There is only one plug per charger. The other charger is for the other side. He looks correct to me. Another angle

Much more to it than that...

You did. One giant blind spot you have is the technology side of oil. The US are the inventors of fracking and maximizing refining capability. Do you think it took no profits to invest in totally new drilling stuff to get oil from a single well that comes to it from miles away? That just...

Gale Gas prices have zero impact on long term viability because everyone knows, prices go up and down. People even know prices change due to seasonality circumstances. They know gas is a sunk cost and it's just a cost of ownership. Just like cost of electricity is a sunk cost to EV owners...

I just don't see mass adaption of EV's happening in the transportation world. It just dosen't make sense with todays technology. As long as there is an alternative that is mass adapted and works in todays society (ICE), EV's will need something with a giant technological leap to make the...

My bad. It was 4 chargers, not three.

A 261 is a solid saw. You won't be disappointed. My dad uses ours a lot because it's light and powerful. As someone mentioned, if you do a 2 saw plan, make the difference between the two enough it's noticeable. A ms400 is a solid choice. I have a 10 saw plan, maybe it's 12 now. I have...

There are three guarantees in this life. Death Taxes Politics on forums.

How can you ignore the biggest and most powerful Cartel in the history of the world and their impact on oil markets? If we buy heavy crude from companies that are state owned, it's not simply private industry greed driving this train.

Or maybe they'll move it to a right to work state. Michigan seems to be bad for business...

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-pauses-work-35-billion-battery-plant-michigan-2023-09-25/ :oops: This doesn't seem strike related, but a business decision forecasting no EV demand. There also might be a china angle in there too...

I'm surprised more people don't get shot at those stations. It will happen...

Go spend some time at one and just observe. It's fascinating to watch.

Well you need to come to Wyoming, then you'll see one. The giant leap backwards is the time it takes to "recharge" and go about your day. This guys had to wait at least 5 hours to continue his day. To me that is a giant leap backwards, especially considering we have these cars that can...

I was sitting at a Target waiting for the Mrs. to get a few things and there is a Supercharger facility there. There were 6 cars waiting on 3 occupied chargers. One guy thought since he was late for something, that allowed him to go first. Some sort of charging station etiquette he kept...

We like to go sit and watch the Tesla supercharges for passive aggressive fights to breakout. Good times.

Winter is coming...

I guess I should update this thread. It used JIC 1/4 fittings for the DL 95 loader.

I thought Unions sole purpose was to protect the worker and encourage safe working conditions? You couldn't have wrote a better argument for unions failing on their missions.

True, but that doesn't stop them. I mean, look no further than the student loan bail out by executive order...

In college I viewed fraternities as, having to pay to have friends. Closed shop unions are similar, having to pay to have work. It's no wonder these closed shop unions have been declining since the early 90's. In my area, non union electrician make more than union electricians. A buddy...

Your biased though...

I doubt anyone here pays attention to these things but me, but... we have entered a US debt spiral. We are adding over 5 billion to the debt everyday. There is going to be 7 trillion dollars of debt maturing at the end of this year and will need to be refinanced at much higher rates. Our debt...

Diesels have a bigger bore and longer stroke, meaning more friction. More friction = more wear. Diesels last longer due to the lubricating properties of their fuel. Diesel is an oil and it lubricates and cleans the top end of the combustion chamber while piston squinters lube and cool the...

I never asked you. You came in with incorrect info and then threw a beginners guide at me. Fuel does not vaporize, the word your looking for is atomization.

Some of us are past the a beginners guide of understanding here...

Of course it's introduced before compression, how else would it work. How does DI vaporize the fuel, in the air, before compression, before the fire...as you asserted to?

Google...Direct injection in a gas motor. Report back.

I use the right saw for the right situation. I have Stihl, Husqvarna, and Mcculloch saws that I use depending of the situation. I love running my MS151 to limb up a spruce or pine. I love my 272, or 361 to block up pine logs. If I'm cutting cottonwood, I'm using my 461, 2100, 090, or SP125...

I think you're not understanding the physics here. It's simple, if your have more air in a combustion chamber than fuel, it's going to burn hotter due to the higher percentage of a gas (oxygen) than a fluid. The opposite of supplying more fuel than air will make an engine run cooler. The...

air is a gas and gasses burn hotter than a fluid. -thermal dynamics 101

Diesels need: Air, fuel, compression, & proper cam/crank timing. Gas need: Air, fuel, spark, compression, proper cam/crank timing, & proper ignition timing. All in all...it comes down to the volatility of the fuel. Diesels need heat to help combustion. Gas engines try and shed all heat...

I have never been let down by Mobil 1 grease. No washout and it stays working after sitting for years. But if you want to tickle your engineering fancy...Redline CV-2 is probably the best.

If price is set via what a market can support...why does the market fail to capture what a buyers willingness to pay is. The market includes your company, your competitors, existing customers and potential customers. How does that market set a price? Do your competitors know something you...

The overflow looks fine. You probably have a radiator that is full of grass chafe. Blow it out really well and make sure you have airflow through it. It's good you shut it down quick.

Arly, did someone tell you your ATV sucked again? And this is how you disprove him?

winter is coming

The coincidence never occurred to me before. Now I can't unsee it.

ok Will the union employees also take a pay cut when profits shrink or give back pay when there are no profits? If they want a two way street, lets really make it a two way street.

you're right. Good luck.

No no no no no no no There is a huge difference between % change and % of. Moss did the same mistake.

The year is 2030. A new Silverado has an MSRP of $120,000. Plus an additional $50,000 internal combustion engine tax. Think that's a funny ha ha to make a point... Nope, that is what it will cost at the current price trend. Maybe the tax angle was a funny ha ha. But maybe not. :rolleyes:

If they go to a 32 week, the big 3 will have no other choice but to automate the entire making of a car. The union thinks low volume and high priced vehicles is a thing the US consumer wants. They are going to be in for a rude awakening.

I don't know how they can compete with Tesla with the albatross of huge labor costs around their neck... This is horrible timing and a it makes the big 3 not competitive with foreign automakers. It 10 years we will be able to point back to the starting point of the downfall.

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Don't forget, you work part time at a Kubota dealership to get the fantastic deals nobody else does. Along with developing a kin like relationship with the head tech that does house calls to fix your equipment. Becasue, your just and awesome guy with a humbleness about your that is endering...

The UAW is now talking about targeted strikes. Only striking at certain places. What does that accomplish. It's like they have one foot in and one foot out. Outstanding leadership at work here.

litehouse is far better. freezed dried spices don't diminish the nutritional value of the ingredients, nor the taste.

That little guy was impressive. 14 days on the lam, tying up millions of dollars of resources, and closing all schools. It looks like the Boarder Patrol's most elite tactical force was used to finally get the guy. Surprised he came out alive.

I can't believe they haven't got the guy yet. Great pictures though of just how wooded the area is.

You do know those demographics have always been accounted for in the participation rate and any change is very slight. I don't think your grasping what is driving the participation rate drop off...

Don't go dying on this hill... Unemployment rate is a crap metric... Go back and look how for the past year, they come out with a very good number, only to be revised up later on. It's a manipulated statistic.

7 trillion dollars of Covid money actually takes a long time to spend. But were almost there. Goldman sach said the last of the Covid money will be through the system by December. In otherwords...Inflation is powerful. It's the worst thing for an economy.

Mostly males between the ages of 18 & 30. Our young males in this country have been the one demographic to drop from the labor force. Fentanyl is one hell of a drug. Portland and SF should stop making it comfortable for users to continue to use.

Sure they do...a smaller pool of people drives wages up. A large pool of people decreases wages. What do you think all the migrants are doing to wage pressure?

This theory assumes no new entrants to the labor market. Only old's dropping off... Is that plausible? If not, which it isn't, why does the labor market continue to decline? Also, the millennial generation is bigger than the baby boomer generation and the millennial's are of full working...

How can you have full employment when the labor participation rate is still well below where we were before COVID? Even with boomers dropping out, the participation rate is historically low. How does that square with your claim of full employment?

One more time... If something goes from 123 to 70, how is that expressed in as a % change? Well... (123-70)/70 = 75% (I already did the x100 to express as a % for mr. bnold's hang-up). The price went down 75%. We can check that number to make sure. To check you can do it two ways: From...

Way too much trailer for your truck. We get cowboys come into town each year for Frontier days with those rigs. All of them are hooked up to at least a one ton dully, and they look too big for those. Most are hooked up to a medium duty lite semi truck. Those things are heavy, especially...

Since 10% was considered an insult. Stellantis offered up 14%. Will that too be an insult? https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/08/stellantis-offers-pay-increase-to-uaw-days-before-possible-strike.html

**** around and find out.

I'm glad you finally figured out all my solutions were in the proper percentages already. Good job.

Moss...you've always been a reflexive contrarian. If you understood post 43...I mean really understood it. You would have your ah ha moment. But again, contrarian. It dropped by 75%. I don't know how else I can make you understand that.

see post 43.

See, in post 40 I defined what I was calculating, which is the last cycle of peak to trough. Then you come along and have to redefine what I was calculating to make your point of: Trough to peak, to trough again. You change the goal posts. All that *100 at the end does is move a decimal...

I've used it on the underside of my floor at my cabin. I built it about 4 feet off the ground due to snow loads up there, so I had to lay on my back and spray upwards. First, it was the messiest job I've ever done in my life. I had the full Tyvek suit, mask, hood, etc. I still got the...

Just think about it logically and stop repeating what your website says. It obvious your confused. The price dropped from 123 to 70. You can always check math, with math. So lets check it. 70 * 1.43 = 100.10 70* 1.75 = 122.5 Damn , this is not hard. I taught math to undergrads while I...

Your V1 and V2 are backwards. Do it again reversed. ;)

Where did you learn math. But lets check your work. If you take 30.75 and add in 75% to it (add a 1 to the % and multiply), what do we get? 30.75*1.75 = 53.81. The way you subtract a percent from a whole number is...(add a 1 to the % and divide) 123/1.75 = 70.29 Check the math...

No. We have WTI for the US market. We have Brent Crude for other world markets. Then there is the Dubai/oman for other markets. Not all oil is the same.

Are you being silly or just playing a angle to be contrarian of me? There is no way you can look at a WTI price chart of the last 3 years and make that statement. So if we take the peak of 123 and the low of 70, which was March of 22-March of 23 that is a 75% decline of price...

CPI = consumer price index. It measures inflation. Otherwise I do have some index funds in the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 200

That always happens before the switch to winter fuels...It will happen again in the spring before the switch to summer fuels.

Yes, Sheet lumber change the game in building. There is no better sheer resistance than using sheet goods to create sheer walls instead of using let in bracing. The corners of pole barns are the only place anymore where I can think of where some let in bracing is still used.

How do you create shear resistance in the walls to make sure your top does not flop around? I don't like framing a wet noodle. Have you ever built something? I have never heard of such silliness.

The CPI fell from 9.1% to 3% due to a 50% decrease in oil prices. The CPI will be on the upswing again fueling another round of inflation. Get ready.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/07/gm-offers-wage-increases-hefty-bonuses-uaw.html This new UAW president is going to FOFO.

I have no idea what you just wrote, but it dosen't matter. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words....

I hate these chain tire shops. I got a carter pin stuck through the outside tire lug, it was still in the contact patch. The tire monkey at my previous favorite tire shop would not fix it. I told him, fine, I agree the tire is shot, I'll but a new one. However, they did not have the same...

The elk are back on the ranch, just passing through until winter.

I like putting sheeting on up to the top plate first, and then make the birds mouth to fit over the sheeting. To be honest, I have never seen it done another way.

Don't die on this hill... Information overload does not work...

Stop being dramatic...

Good example, but it's not supply and demand. Utilities and other large capital intensive operations defy the laws of supply and demand. It's called load factor economics. The utility would scale back the energy distribution until it satisfies demand. However you would still be billed on...

Well it was another DOE loan I was not aware of. It took 13 years to pay off 5.9B. At the same payback rate, it will take Ford 19 years to pay back 9B. A lot can happen in 19 years... I learned something today...

DOE in 2009? I thought they passed on troubled asset releif program (TARP). Are you confusing them for GM and Chrysler? Or was there another DOE loan that I'm not aware of?

This is super risky for Ford. EV's are not selling for Ford. If they take the loan and can't repay it...I don't think they have enough reserves to take that charge off. Then it's game over. EV's are going to bankrupt some long term companies due to unmaterialized hype.

Ford and GM are hemorrhaging money right now due to the EV situation. The UAW could not have picked a worst time to strike. But this is a political move. There is a new union president and he needs to set his trajectory. Naked ambition. You can't get blood out of a turnip and companies...

A bit of an exaggeration on spread, but really bad understanding of volume. Volume creates economies of scale. Where you can lower unit costs and increase profit margin through operation efficiencies. The text book goal of any manufacturer.

https://www.factorywarrantylist.com/car-sales-by-manufacturer.html I didn't realize how bad ford was doing compared to it's rivals. They have made a bad bet on the actual EV demand out there. Damn. The top 3 manufactures are non union producers. The change has happened.

Fascism!! Unions have already made Toyota #1. The big 3 will be committing suicide if they let this UAW deal go through. Greed will kill a company everytime.

You seemed surprised by the weather. This is a good example how the media now expects people to believe the weather needs to be a constant and predictable temperature with low severity from storms being the norm. Weather has always been variable and it's always had severity as a constant...

The rental business was in my blood. My dad would drop me off at a rental house in the summer since I was ten. I though I was just making some money...money was just the start of what I was getting. He would give me some tools and tell me what to do. He knew I would screw it up and it would...

I have purchased enough rental property that I have seen the ugly side of RE agents and their games. The last straw was when a sellers agent said she was not accepting bids below asking. I just kept submitting by below asking bid. She had it priced high to begin with. It sat for awhile a...

FOMO in reality is a thing. Fear of Missing Out. It creates bag holders. There are a lot of bag holders with purchases in the last 1.5 years.

Well the discussion has been housing...so. Inventory issues is a result of speculation. Speculation is fed by low rates and an anticipation of a never ending price appreciation. Inventory will come back once there is no longer cheap money fed by low rates. People don't mind paying for RE...

Wait until you find out what causes inventory issues. Your mind will be blown...

RE agents would have been better off having a nice steady appreciating market than one where it booms and then busts. They turned it into a speculative market, where bad actors like Wall Street and hedge funds got in for the easy money. When those entities exit the market, it will take the...

I wish banks had a separate pool of appraisers to view a house and advise the bank what the house is really worth. Then the bank should only lend what their non-bised appraier says the value is. The buyer then could still buy the house, but would have to pay cash for what the difference...

No offense, but there is no skill in being a RE agent. They have no maco understanding of what their advising of home price has lead to. It was a racket for a long time. Real estate agents and appraisers were locked together to get what ever price was put forth. I’ve attended open houses...

I know Jelm, I drive by there all the time in the winter going to Steamboat. I bet my grandfather knew your aunt and Uncle. My great great grandfather use to own all the land between Cheyenne and just west of Laramie.

It's been the coldest and wettest summer here I can remember. At the cabin I woke up to a hard frost in August. We have had to have a fire at the cabin every single night this summer. I love the cold though...

You can tell people that never leave their property. For those that do: Plug kit Small air compressor Jump pack Recovery gear That will get you home.

Listen to this guy^^ He knows what's up.

Get some bags of bentonite. Make a small dam around where the trench will go and drain it dry. Start trenching and laying pipe. Once it's all in, then take out the small bentonite dam.

The water table has dropped, which has a bigger impact on your well than a spring fed pond. I see two solutions: 1. Pipe in a line from the pond to fill the well. This will require power and a trench deep enough to not freeze in the winter. Then all the plumbing to make this work. 2. Drill...

This is from a gc1710 service manual. Things will be a little different for yours, but it will be very close.

Here are the pages out of the service manual for the fuel system.

How do you eat an elephant, one bite at a time.

First thing you do is separate the logs into a pile and the brush into a pile. Then decide the next step with the customer.

I got shot by this girls bother I was scheming on in Jr high. That little bastard was a possessive little thing. Shot me a few times with some BB gun and it hurt like hell. I had good sized welts. One thing I have found with dogs, Most hate loud noises. Have you ever seen a horse cracker or...

I have had more dogs dropped off at the end of my road at the ranch than I want to count. I have a camera set up to see if any get dropped off by heartless humans. It's well over 3 dozen at this point. I have an area set up in the shop to house a dog or two until I can get them into the...

Just remember, diesels need 3 things to run...Fuel, air and compression. They are simple. Most of the time it's a fuel issue. The simplest is to go to the fuel filter, unscrew it and dump it out. Put it back on and run the fuel pump, you will hear it running without having to start it. If...

We have too high of labor costs to make anything here anymore. Ford, Chevy, and Stelantis (or what every they are today) is negotiating for higher wages and a shorter work week. Don't be surprised if automation finds a way to save on labor costs for these companies. Unions actually promotes...

Usually it's a way to define territory or to attract a mate. The dog is communicating, the human is just not listening.

Here too, but that doesn't mean you do it. I bet your neighbors love you.

Don't shoot a dog with a BB. I guess it comes down to the person. Some people can't stand this type of stuff to the point of obsession and others have other more pressing things to worry about. I guess I'm glad this wouldn't even register on the worry item for me. They're animals, they...

What happened to the male drive to have maximum power in everything they do. We are getting soft.

There is not enough boxes of grease to run that fast for Mr. Dude.

A few years ago we had a fire going in September. Well it gets windy here in the fall and we had 80 mph winds come in. It consumed close to 100k acres in a period of 24 hours. It was all the FS could do just to get out from in front of it. It was a dark orange at noon, all the street lights...

That is a good deal. You did good....

Good call...This is what you want. You want to see those 3 little holes in the side of the top cover for tuning. https://www.stihlusa.com/products/chain-saws/professional-saws/ms261/

I believe all 261's will be the pro model. I think the only option you can get is to either get the M-tronic or the old tunable carbs. I still like the tunable carbs that I don't need software to diagnosis. Some like the M-tronic where they don't have to mess it tuning it. Either way it's...

You can't go wrong with a 261 if you are just cutting occasionally.

So the consensus seems to be, battery is not going to replace gas anytime soon for real work. Battery lawn tools provide some convenience and reduced weight for woman and aged men. Now extrapolate this to the bigger picture. Will batteries every truly replace gas? Unless there is a giant...

I use my 090 for stumps. It's not for your typical battery power operator. :ROFLMAO:

You'll be happy with it. Just make sure you load it and run it hard every month or so. These new diesels run hot and need a good load to get the temps up to prevent sludging up.

Try and not be so obvious next time.

The HD trucks have a stiffer suspension and chassis. When you tow, you want the stiffest chassis available. The HD trucks have torque, couple that with gearing, and you get pulling power. I have both a Powerstroke and F150. The F150 has too soft of a suspension for any real pulling. I...

You would agree the math only works for a small yard like a condo. Scale it up past what a one battery pack can do and the practicality falls flat on its face. The battery cost is never factored in. We'll assume the cost of a ICE and electric motor is the same. One $250 battery would cost...

I was using your number.

9,250 wh = 9.25kwh 9.25 * .63 = $5.83. In the example above, it would cost $5.83 to charge 38.5 4ah batteries at your cost. $5.83 > $3.89. Gas so far is cheaper and more efficient.

I can't think of a way to calculate this since dewalt or any battery company dosen't publishes their efficiency %. I know you don't get 240wh out of a 4ah battery. But exactly how much I don't know.

Hot Ground 5v reference from CPU. I don't know how you are going to get a good reading without a 5v reference from a CPU?

I was wondering one day how much battery power would I need to equal a gallon of gas. One of the simpler way to calculate this is using Brake Specific Fuel Consumption which is typically around .5 lbs/hp/hr for gasoline. 6.2 lbs per gallon. So 6.2/.5 gives 12.4 horsepower-hours per gallon...

He does not like to get out. He will lay in the freezing cold water all day.

The river was sure beautiful this past weekend.