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It makes rubber more pliable, I don't know about hard plastic. My cv boots are rubber. Another good use is hoses, coolant etc.

We use it quite a bit. We seem to travel, a lot, these days. So if I'm on a business trip, I order stuff so I have it when I get back. It's not just amazon, i do most of my shopping on line. I get what I want and I don't settle. The reoccurring order on Amazon is sweet...set it and forget...

I don't like blue waffles...

I would spend the summer getting good ditches put in that prevent the water from running down the middle of the road. Then lay some rock and get a base built up. If you want to get fancy, lay some dupont groundgrid. The problem for you is the ground is still frozen even if the snow melts in...

We have my grandpa at a skilled nursing now. He had a stroke in January and has been in inpatient physical therapy for 100 days. He is not able to even get himself out of bed or even stand up. So he is totally dependent upon nurses 24/7. He doesn't want to live this way, but he has longevity...

Lol...what a take. I wish you would have followed up on your free market theory. Business that are in the form of corps have a mission(statement) that is carried out by a board of directors on behalf of the shareholders. Shareholders drive the ship... Ethics for a tractor company extend to...

I would figure $6-7/mile

The old parts book was much better and had more parts to offer. It's amazing they do not have those grease seals on the new site. In the new site, go to the GC1705-1720 tractors and try to type in the part number for the grease seal, al5215131 and no results come back. The old site had it.

That is what I went to, but if you notice...there is no longer a section for loaders or backhoes.

That's it. Thanks Oh how I would love the old Agco parts book back. The new site sucks.

It appears that the Agco parts book is not what it use to be. I use to be able to find this part, and I even ordered it before. Anyone know what this part's official name is, or have a part number. I poached this picture off of gofast...

When I was 16 and worked at the golf course, we would use a top dresser a lot. Golf courses are mainly grown on sand. We would aerate the greens and fairways and then take the top dressers and fill all the holes with sand and grass seed. We would fill it up a couple of times a year with...

Here are the real charts...I think even these charts are low, as they are just using prior methodologies. Those prior and current methodologies still exclude things like housing and rent as those are not viewed as consumable items. Notice on the bottom chart, how the gap between the two...

I am now good friends with every person who drives a dump truck within 50 miles of me. ;)

Thanks for being observant. And yes, I have used a battery saw. I think it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out I was not impressed.

BTW...if anyone has a Stihl 076 super...take my money.

I love the smell of two stroke in the morning... I hope this trend continues with battery, it should bring some good old powersaws to market. Then I can scoop them off you old farts.

Bill you have a giant blind spot...you talk as if all cholesterol is bad for you. It's not. Not everyone over 40 is not on statins. When you argue in absolute terms, it's like shooting ducks in a barrel to debunk you. The biggest thing American's need to do is get rid of seed oils in our...

Correlation does not mean causation, Bill.

I'll buy rare earth metals.

Your right roy, I have never added any value to a thread in my life. Now that that is out of the way, lets get back to consumerism in rare earth metals.

username checks out.

Roy, it would be a boring place if everyone thought alike. We have enough sheep in this world. Instead of trying to stop debate, just get better arguments.

I feel you're giving up on your point. You were just about to convince me, but now I have to suffer with my old reliables.

Well bill...trees continue to keep growing. Plus when you have a ranch, a cabin, and a ski chalet in the mountains...I like to have lots of saws at each place for each type of cutting.

Anything is possible if you have the time, knowledge, and access to correct parts. I don't doubt someone has replaced the cells.

My B&D stock appreciates your repeat business... Stock up on those batteries...

So warranties drive your purchase decisions on a consumable item. There is an oxymoron term for that...

My stihl and huskys come with warranties too, but I never pay attention to their length. I just aquired a Stihl 090 and a McCulloch Super Pro 125 that are older than me to cut some huge Cottonwoods along ditches. I wonder in 40 years if a guy will go out of his way to buy a 2020 dewalt battery...

I don't know if this argument changes the discussion as warranties come on both types of equipment. Most warrantee claims come in the first 2 years so does it matter if it's 5 vs 3?

The olds don't get bitcoin. I was skeptable at first too, but what else has a store of value that is not subject to a governments printing press? There is also a big difference between the shitcoins like doge and bitcoin.

You are a marketing departments dream come true...

Your post implies you had to have someone replace it for you. How many homeower joes would elect to send off a saw for a chance it's fixable rather than just buy a new one to get the limb cut up?

Just in time for Dewalt to sell you another battery saw with an even "better" battery for it.

Grandpa has a box of old, the world is moving on artifacts, to confirm consumerism is not what it's cracked up to be. While grandpa goes and fires up his farmall with an old husky saw that he bought back in 1970. Old people should know it's better to buy rebuildable equipment instead of...

Did you just pull the old my hindsight is better than your foresight argument. I think you just did...

And I am not knocking anyone either, but I have a box of old battery tools that are useless because battery tech always evolves and moves to a new thing. Why get caught up in that cycle of consumerism when there are proven longer term solutions?

In thirty years I will be able to start my small top handle stihl saw, while a battery saw will be in a box will all the other outdated battery tools.

I just can't do it. I like my two stroke and expensive gas mix. I like rebuildable pieces of equipment.

Ok...explain to me how it's a ponzi scheme? How does new pay off old money? Privately held wallets have been hacked...I have not seen any on a exchange like coin based hacked that also have a "key".

Tell us your old without telling us your old... To date nobody has been able to hack a hash rate block chain code nor could they do anything with it with out a corresponding wallet. Two factor authencation on separate networks is kind of hacker proof.

It's not a ponzi scheme. It's verified on a block chain and the payout is not dependent upon new money coming in. You have "keys" stored on a wallet held on an exchange. It's not like the gov back ponzi scheme we call SS that is dependent upon new money paying off old money.

Man...you guys sound old. Gold and silver have the same problem as bitcoin in that you have to turn it into a federal reserve backed note to use. No store is set up to accept gold or silver in exchange for goods and service. This will come as a shock for 5030 I'm sure. I own gold and silver...

Do you ever get sick of flexing in front of the mirror so much?

The past decade was...buy high and finance low. I don't know if there is a one to one correlation on buy low and sell high...but we will find out soon enough.

Such a NM thing to say and do...

The crash in housing probably will not come like people think any time soon. As long as supply remains tight, there will be no crash. As soon as supply raises again, then it can crash. I'm sure the fed has a deal with blackrock to buy up all the inventory to keep the market from crashing...

No...leverage is what is breathtaking now. People are streached so thin that it's only going to take one recession to make a lot of seemingly rich people poor.

No other generation will have the wealth the baby boomers did. Their prime purchasing years happened to be when interest rates were high, but asset prices were low. They bought homes at a low cost, but had a 15% mortgage. In the 80's when interest rates dropped, they refinanced their their...

You built up this big pitch about saving money, but you forgot to say where the money savings is here...Sizing is of little consequence when building or remodeling. Contractors make money on getting in and getting out and on to the next one.

Buy once, cry once.

NOCO smart chargers have a specific AGM mode that charges at a higher voltage.

There are an estimated 7.5 million second homes, with over 85% belonging to boomers. There is an estimated 5 million homes short of demand. The math is easy...

Boomers have a lot of second homes and they are not selling. Once they die and the heirs unload the second homes and the primary homes...the crash in home prices will be spectacular.

We'll see prices continue to raise, were just starting into summer demand. The PPI just rose to it's highest rate ever, 11.1%. The fed caused this with the printing presses. They were late to try and contain this. THey did a measly 1/4 point increase. We have a ways to go yet.

Fear chasing...

Diggin it is a fear chaser...

My sister and her new husband just got married. They want to build a house in Denver. She was hell bent on doing it, so I knew logic was not going to convince her otherwise. She got a few quotes and they were coming out to over $300/sq feet. That was just using contractor grade stuff. It...

The polaris ranger 1000 is now a base model to the Ranger 1000xp. The xp is where you get the bigger engine and better suspension.

Well, it would only subtract from the conversation to get bogged down in details. It's easier to just assume a house has adequate insulation for it's climate.

On my Blaze King, the catalyst works good. It burns the smoke, which has a lot of energy still left in it. The key is to burn very seasoned wood. If your always burning marginal quality wood and not very seasoned wood, you will struggle with it. I have reburn tubes on the stove at my cabin...

We just use ditches that run on the high side of the meadow and let gravity do the hard work. Meadow with irrigation Meadow with no irrigation

Land that is not irrigated to allow cattle a place to summer over where they don't get in the way of producing hay for the winter. Meadows is an irrigated pasture where it needs the summer to grow good grass that can then be cut for the winter. Most time we don't do the final cutting and leave...

The only profitable cattle people I'm observed have good land, and a lot of it. A mixture of both meadows and dry land. It's an economies of scale proposition. Hobby ranchers don't make it.

An anecdotal example showing a roaring economy was bragging? That's a first.

Of all things for you to go in on...this is the fight you pick?

You would laugh at how many people think I am a dentist.

Actually it stands for snowboards. Snobdds was the first part of my email address my dad gave me when I was 12 and the internet was just starting. I was really really into snowboarding back then so that is what he gave me. I have used that prefix for everything.

that is a drive. It's always been expensive, but in the last year it seems like it's gotten really really expensive. Some of our favorite restaurants have closed because rent got too much to handle. It will crash like it did in 2009.

You need to invest in the one store of value that is not subject to a central bank's money printing machine. I have been putting a lot of money into bitcoin lately. It's the best store of value that can't be subjected to a change in value due to deficit spending or quantitative easing.

Yes, I paid it. Actually I paid for 3 of them and lunch for 3. It was over 300 dollars.

https://farmpartsstore.com/short-block-ad3-152-vpb8019/?us&gclid=CjwKCAjwopWSBhB6EiwAjxmqDW9guQtk3SS_cdGZ3Xs75-MSrWRFBCQDm2aAOUpyZXDGBScAUoCPgxoCESYQAvD_BwE...

I was in Steamboat this past week and gas was $7.56 a gallon, Diesel was $8.10. The mountain was full of people...high gas was slowing no-one down. My bloody Mary was $40 on the mountain and beers were $15. The consumer is holding up...

Sometimes I think you just say big words in the hope you get their meaning right.

Beware of simple men preaching specifics with a broad brush...

I love how simple you are.

Are you calling the bean counters at truck companies idiots?

The package is more compact, meaning they have broader appeal to a wider range of vehicles.

If the V8 was simpler and cheaper to make, they would be. But as always you argue in absolutes and come back to the stellar example way too much.

I know plenty of diesel engines in a V that have huge bed plates to support the crank. That is not the reason. Inline diesels are simple and cheap to manufacture...which has been and always will be the biggest advantage over a V engine.

The more it locks up the more heat it creates and heat robs power. New trannies have better torque management and allow for closer gear spacing. It makes it more efficient by not having to wrap out an engine to shift gears.

It's the Direct Injection, VVT, CGI, and a better understanding of thermal dynamics that is driving the ship.

torque is a function of bore x stroke...not cylinder configuration. Inline motors usually have a longer stroke, which gives them an advantage in torque. However a long stoke is bad for RPM's So it's always a trade off.

We'll top out around 8%. The credit default swaps are signaling in a recession. The credit market dosen't lie. High interest rates are not a huge concern. They are a price equalizer. Remember, affordability is the goal and if there are high prices with high financing, nothing will move...

Or is anyone really interested in what engine and how much HP each one has.

I'm just glad he stopped listing every piece of equipment he owned... What is it with people tying to humble brag with posting up everything they own...There is a condition for this.

I have a blue eddie AC 200 for my cabin. They are fantastic. I can run the entire cabin for days if there is no sun. I only have one solar panel @350 watts that keeps it charged up to 80% then it floats it. I set the generator to charge up to 80% and shut off at 20%. Never seen it get to...

Oh, I think I was already successful.

Such a 5030 thing to say...

I didn't think you would then prove me right.

5030 is rubbing off on you...

I will never own another truck without turbo(s). I do see some benefits to a V configuration. The long timing chains are eliminated, but not totally as the VVT needs a chain to operate the solenoids. Coated cylinders have been around for a long time. Hell chainsaws have been running...

Tell us you don't understand insurance without telling us you don't know insurance. This couldn't be more wrong.

Obamacare really only addressed access to healthcare, not the cost of healthcare. They also put a lot of weird provisions like a 15% Medical loss ratio. If any company was making 15 cents on every premium dollar, they would have no customers as it would be so expensive. The average BCBS MLR...

The only way this changes is if government shrinks it's spending and or increases taxes. Austerity is the answer. The formula is simple. GDP = Private consumption + private investment + government investment + government spending + net exports (exports - imports). We don't want to hamper...

Most smart low income people I know, know it's better to have a deductible to cover than a hospital bill. Plus you can get some first dollar benefits like physicals without having to meet a deductible. Again, there is no excuse to have have coverage today.

Hope it works for you. I always watch your videos, I love the bloopers at the end.

I don't like liquid sealants for screw roof repairs. I use butyl tape. Just take the screw out, put a little piece of the butyl on the hole, and rescrew. Just snug it so it starts to bulge out. If you want to prevent the screw from ever coming out, put some spray foam on the under side of...

After my mother retired, she had 4 years before Medicare kicked in. Since I know this stuff inside and out, I set her up with a BCBS high deductible plan with a 20K deductible. Then we purchased a couple of aflac policies that cover the deductible for diagnosis of Cancer or if she looses 2 of...

I guess I wasn't clear, he uses both. He only puts a few wraps of tape and then a little bit of sealant. He said sometimes he sees too much tape and it prevents the fitting from fully seating in the fitting. So a little bit of tape and some lubricant to let the fitting fully seat, is the best...

I think it says more about people that can't seem to budget for their own health needs. Paying a deductible amount should not be hard, especially in this economy.

Not all Rotella is equal...you know that.

Sounds like a sensor problem. Map Cam shaft sensor Crank shaft sensor Engine temp sensor TPS sensor Oxygen sensor Sometimes the range is set pretty wide on a sensor before they throw a CEL. I had this happen on an older ranger. I eventually replaced all the sensors and sold it. There are...

Now bill...I feel this was a dishonest post.

This is my observation too...nobody has any syn. diesel oil.

The entire point of Obamacare was to get people coverage. Now Obamacare traded low premiums for high out of pocket expense, but still, people should be signing up for this coverage if they don't have any other options. Most states have high risk pool coverage that gives people subsidized...

As a plumber explained to me...you use tape to take up any gaps in the threads, and you put liquid pipe sealant to provide lubrication. With the cheap fittings today, that is how he seals up things.

Unless cops see the actual offense happening, most cops and subsequently prosecutors will decline to prosecute. Video evidence needs an experts testimony to validate identity with a 2nd party. That is why all these cameras everywhere are useless in the court of law.

Irony, in two posts.

I heard hog dogs were also down by 16 cents too...

Talk to a local attorney...and only take his advice. Then you are shielded from actions as your are taking advice of council.

The chicken tax has been in effect since the 60's. Nobody in 40 years has voted for high truck prices.

I have heard that. I also heard they will release a LC branded new design in 2024. Who knows. I just hope they keep the rock solid capability and reliability. If it can't last 40 years before a major rebuild, they're doing something wrong.

My dad had a 40 series for years, then for some reason he sold it. He still kicks himself to this day for getting rid of it. When he got rid of it, he got a 1988 toyota truck (the grey one). We have had that truck at the ranch since then. It was the UTV before anyone knew what a UTV was. In...

I prefer my beef to be grass fed from start to finish...no grain at all. The upper pastures are the cows summer range. The beef is so tender and delicate when allowed to just free range.

This is not sustainable, something is going to give. Too much, to fast.

Don't know. Just took the pic at the tire place when I got new rims and tires put on.

Toyota was suppose to come out with a new Land Cruiser this year, but it appears they are delaying. So I guess I will continue to rock my current one. You really can't kill them. I decided to put some new wheels on it to keep it fresh, just don't know if I like them. The two big trucks have...

If you don't have a clock, is there DST? Asking for a hay farmer.

It's funny you took the plight of the dairy farmer to rail against DST.

Milking started at sun up. Is that changing?

The sun is still up the same amount of time. Only our time perspective changes.

Since when do the 1% pay income taxes on salary? Many are smart enough to take stock options that are then taxed at 15%.

Well the senate, by unanimous consent, just passed keeping DST forever. It has to pass the house still...

why do you care?

The ignore function...learn it, use it.

They look good...run them.

Is it really a cost to you if you just pass it on?

I just have one question. Why are aliens always shown naked? I mean they fly through the universe at speeds that defy our physics, but yet they haven't developed a need to cover up when cold or do they just not get cold? Advanced my ass...

I see the financial side...when the EV thing dosen't work out, the losses don't extend to the mothership. Smart of Ford actually.

Holy hell you have a lot of threads going...

Use a diesel oil in what ever weight suits your climate. Don't over think this.

Stick to Permatran III. Don't over think this.

This was a stupid post that added nothing.

Speculation pumps liquidly into a market. If traders had to take physical custody of oil, there would only be oil companies trading among themselves and then they would have monopoly power over a market. They could set any price they want. Trust me, you want speculative traders in a market.

Every topic that really effects Americans will get locked.

It doesn't have anything to offer in that space. It's a decentralized store of value that central banks or governments can't devalue or take away.

I am so glad I put a sizeable chunk into bitcoin. It's not subject to the whims of the financial cartel. Bitcoin is acting like the best store of value for this crazy time.

Oil spiked again today, to almost 130/barrell. Whooo boy. Inflation will be 10% by year end. Then the fed will have to dramatically raise interest rates. Then growth will crater. Then we will have stagflation.

I feel like my leg just got pissed on and told it was raining....

Dude...you really need to get out more.

I feel sorry that you even have to ask this?

The new boss at CNN has said they want to refocus on news. Kind of says where they've been...

Pain ahead...

Haydude makes it sound like he goes through thousands of gallons, not just a few hundred per month. If the perception he gives is correct, then futures contracts will help him. Otherwise he can go the low rent method of just adding fuel surcharge to the cost. I just contracted with the guy...

I mean if ULSD was my main cost driver, I would be buying future contracts to lock in prices for 3, 6, 9, one year from now.

Why aren't you hedging against fuel prices?

It amazes me that it's still illegal. Leagalize it and watch them disappear.

Oil prices at this level are destroying demand. Remember that commodity price charts aren't just numbers on a screen, they represent the real goods we need to survive. commodities prices are inverse indices of human flourishing. down = abundance, up = misery. Oil price rises are akin to rate...

Correct. That honor lies on me.

See post #2

Simple economics is not driving this ship right now. Supply and demand did not just suddenly crater or spike. The price is being driving by a risk premium on the commodity. If the risk goes away, the price would fall like a brick.

you consider that an insult? I consider that an observation.

Oh calm down...

Such a boomer thing to say.

More or less. In the snowy range mountains on the Medicine Bow river. One of those special places still left with very few people.

Don't worry, I have trained the moose not to stomp on a corgi's skull...they come by the cabin each morning to say hello now.

I have a lot of wealthy friends that squeak when they walk. Opening up their wallet about kills them.

A scalpel requires a lot more money to avoid all the good tissue around the wound. Is the owner prepared to pay for scalpel type work?

I know but nobody is talking about chainsaw racing expect for the guy pushing super ratios of oil. Are we even talking about the same thing.

who racing chainsaws?

I don't disagree on the fact adding more oil results in higher HP. However the question becomes Why is such a rich mixture needed when nobody uses straight 30w non detergent oil anymore?

Something tells me there is no money in this job...

Not really. More west and then south of Cheyenne. My office is in Cheyenne.

I'm in Southern Wyoming right on the Wyoming/Colorado boarder west of Cheyenne.

I think mine is broken. He sees coyotes and he just watches them. He would rather chase his frisbee. Now the corgi, I have seen chase a mama moose with her calf. He backs down from nothing.

More oil is good to a point, then it creates problems. More oil means more carbon. More carbon, especially on the exhaust port, means more scoring on a piston. 50:1 with modern oils is fine. Hell, I have a couple of old mccullochs that say 32:1. I just dump in my stihl premix in the can @...

Some people can do sarcasm and some can't....

A mod will be along shortly to close it down...

She has that thing that nobody can say.

Beat me to it by a matter of seconds.

I think a 6k mini is way under powered. I have a 12k and sometimes I wish I had more. Your going to be at it for a while with that machine.

6k pound machine and bill by the hour?

I think the tree sitting on it had everything to do with it.

Cool...but as a paying customer, I just want to know what the $/acre charge is. Lawyers bill by the hour, but they also break an hour into 4 equal parts. I don't mind getting a bill for 1.25 hours of billable time by them as I know I just didn't pay double time for their martini lunch break...

Absolutely...why would anyone pay by the hour for mowing?

Only if you unlock and willingly go into the cesspool, as you call it. Otherwise I don't think any of this affects you...

Read post #1 again...

I don't get charged by the hour, I get charged by the acre. $25/acre.

In the first post, he said it siezed during cutting. ;)

Oh... Lets review A saw can get hot, but if it's still getting gas and oil...it won't seize. The saw is air cooled and the fins are still providing cooling even if it's running a dull chain. Its not like a car where coolant provides the cooling... A saw siezing is really only due to no...

Saws seize due to lack of lubrication. Did you run straight gas in it?

We bought my parents a whole life medical insurance policy that they can use at the end. The policy kicks in when they loose 2 of the 6 functions of self sufficiency. They can draw it down until their is no longer any value left. They should be good for up to around 4 years of total care. If...

I know there's a joke in there somewhere...

soft insults should be completely acceptable.

You seem new to forums...welcome.

These mods need to understand they are not moderating the normal forum. They don't really need to do anything unless there is a threat of violence. Beyond that, there really is no need for them. Watch...this will turn into a mod getting his sheriff badge thinking he has to tame the wild...

I feel like this is pretty self explanatory.

It was fine. The topics were of a nature where rough and tumble was needed.

This is funny. A cherry 1992 ford F250 came up for sale. I grew up in one of these trucks. It was bomb proof...except for the transmission, which is another story. The old lady will just stink eye me if I buy it for myself, so I think I will buy it for my dad and keep it at his house. Always...

I've been called a lot of things, but not bright is not one of them.

I'm a walking uncalled for electromagnetic wave...with a gamma ray punch.

I want to nominate the man with two first names, Jerrybob to be a moderator. @jerrybob He's awesome at everything he does.

I guess...if we ascend to the 50,000 foot level.

Using electromagnetic waves as a substitute for infrared radiation in a discussion about what energy a wood stove puts out is the definition of misleading. Lets be specific on what were talking about instead of broadening the spectrum. No pun intended.

Wood stoves produce gamma radiation. Interesting.

Damn straight...

But the question becomes, why do we need to cloud the waters with parts of the spectrum we're not even talking about?