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Yeah I use the Echo mostly. The wife uses the electro

Taking deposits and building a lake house with them, in a sense.

Worst saw, and I own it…. GreenWorks 80v saw. Turd

No, you stated that the comments in this thread, (know your audience) about lack of towing were in some way related to a 1400lb genset. I corrected you by stating that was intellectually dishonest, that wasn’t the argument being made. And I don’t see where anyone said that an EV “cannot tow”...

A 4000 pound trailer is like towing a lawnmower 😂. My mower/trailer alone is 3000 pounds

Test was on YT, surprised you didn't see it.

I didn't say here in this thread, did I? Reading comprehension.

Got the bases closed up and started on the interior walls.

Played with the planer today, truing up some 2x6, and cutting some side bars. Wow, working with flat wood is amazing. Also, insulating and closing up hive floors. Also got to test the run out in my job site saw while doing so. After ripping a 2x6 (10) times, the scrap at the end only varied...

Just basing it on the Cyber Truck pulling a typical camper, which has already been done. That's what people refer to when they say their towing capability is poor, which is objectively true.

Because of the "climate" argument for EVs made by world governments that use that as their reasoning for pumping trillions of dollars into subsidies. Of course a person not motivated by "environmental" benefits, wouldnt see a problem using fossil fuels themselves. What is so hard to understand...

This was a thought I had too. A lot of people aren't finding this mode of transport, accessible. https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybercab-excludes-the-people-that-need-autonomous-1851670870

They can tow... About 80 miles 😂

Are they? 🤔. It still comes though the same outlet in your garage.

Which is why two years ago it made more sense to buy new, than slightly used. Slightly used in the CUT market, is typically very abused.

Yeah, it makes ones ask... How? How was it used, stored, cared for? What other issues are about to arise?

We live in a 1700+ sqft home. This was for two adults, two kids, two full baths. A lot depends on layout. When my wife designed the floorplan, every space had a purpose. Our previous home was 3000sq feet and we didn't even walk into 1000 square feet of it 😂 We love this home, because it's...

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Our Echo saws always start easy, our Stihl and Husqvarnas are more persnickety. We have several of each on our disaster relief trailer. I always choose the Echo saws.

This thread at one time hyped up this Oct. 10th reveal. I like Musk. Not the fanbois though

I love Musk... But admittedly Tesla does a lot of hype. This was the LONG awaited big reveal. Someday we will have these things. Rinse, repeat.

I meant the press release… I see TSLA is down 9% today, so I’m guessing some disappointment

How did the Cybercab go over?

It’s their protein source

DeWalt DW735X, Type 1. Cheap, so cheap.

Flipped the blades on the planer, cleaned the rollers with mineral spirits, and adjusted the table a little more. Wow, those blades were dull! Sounds and cuts so much better!

Check out this pollen

I use the GPS on my phone for spraying.

How's your hydraulic fluid level?

They seem inept if those are not signs of leaks

Going to flip the blades today and clean the rollers. I don't think the previous owner did anything aside from plug it in

Or are we talking dust sticking to areas, and no drips?

Three knife head, two feed speeds, auto carriage lock, came with a new set of blades. There is a helical available, but that is down the road

Adjusted. Just picked up this thing for a song! Previous owner didn’t have the tables adjusted correctly. Cleaned and waxed tables and adjusted them. Zero snipe.

Picked up this nice little DW735x today for $400! And, it's a type 1, not 12, so Taiwanese and not Chinese built. Like new, with the stand. This will make truing up some lumber a lot easier and thusly assembly more enjoyable, and improve quality. Cleaned and waxed the tables, and adjusted...

.7 tilling the 1/4 acre garden.

Well, the Kukje isn't comon rail for sure

Indirect? Injection? Aren't diesels in general? They are mechanical injection. The front axle on nearly every new tractor needs to be topped off, yes

Pay cash and always pay 0% interest

I think one of the biggest selling points was that it is a fully optioned 25HP unit for the cost of a stripped down legacy brand. I think it even includes rim guard ballast. If I were looking for a sub compact 25HP unit, I'd probably consider it. They were suppose to have a canned unit...

Family of three. We don't eat a lot of processed foods. This is normal weekly.

Tuned my table saw to within .001" today. Close enough.

Another $95 in groceries. That's pretty standard

Fuel tank vent solenoid on a 2003 Alero. Before that, an O2 sensor on a 2007 Saturn Vue. Most of my stuff is dead reliable, and I don't spend much time repairing anything.

Got 46 frames built today... ONLY about 100 more to go on this run 😩

That all depends on the nectar flow and the strength of the colony. We harvest in October, most harvest in June/July. We did harvest some early this year due to a strong spring flow, but typically we do not. We look in on the bees about once per month to see if they need more frames to fill...

20 frames per hive. Each frame becomes honey comb, except where they raise their young. Each frame can hold 10 pounds of honey when full. I've sold 7 of them this fall, and my time to build one start to finish is about 15 hours each, including the frames.

Yes! I have a full 4x8 workbench where several of us can assemble at the same time and not be in the way. Complete with drop cords and air hose reels for pneumatic staplers. Probably going to move all of those cut components to my racks against the wall.

I used to do this in a two car garage with one bay full 😵‍💫. This is a helluva lot more efficient

All pieces cut for 6 hives and 140 frames. Assembly is a little more enjoyable.

Our September was 1.2". August was 1.25".

Needed to move a full sheet of 3/4" MDF to the horses to cut 3/8" plywood sheets on today , and my helper was busy. Used a couple clamps and straps to lift it to the horses with the loader.

Just got orders for a couple more hives. I'll be busy into November.

Got the last of the pumpkins roadside yesterday to sell. I love walking 1/4 mile to the road to find cash in the box, or money in the venmo account, while I do other important work.

For me it comes down to weight... And the battery saws can't compete there.

If I were anywhere near the cone of uncertainly, I'd be fully prepared with fuel, food, water, and the generator ready to go

My well pump alone is 2hp... Whole house is electric to boot

I really like my Predator Inverter... Ive read a lot of positive comments regarding their generators, I'd not hesitate to buy one.

5000, T50 staples and 2000, 2.8mm brass grommets

If so, none of mine would still be running

True, my 3000psi electric unit, at that PSI, has little flow. Now, we also have a low yielding well, so that is sort of a good deal for me. Others may not agree.

All of our local LS dealers are moreso lawnmower shops/sales. That was one of several factors I took into consideration.

My TYM dealer has a full shop... But they also sell other large AG equipment. In fact, when I went to test drive the tractors, the sales lead was out of town for a large AG show, and I spoke with the head mechanic for over an hour. He got me the keys, let me drive the tractors, and was a...

I love my battery pole saw... But to be fair, it's cutting limbs, not processing trees.

The materials purchase takes half a day, it is my least favorite part. Eventually we will have a website up, but this is a pretty slow ramp up. This is all word of mouth advertising. These are for current orders, not even a stock of parts. 😭

Drilled 300 frame pieces for wiring... That took about 2.5 hours. It's going to take, my estimate, 27 hours to build 150 frames, start to finish. So, about 10 days of tinkering in the shop.

I would say your experience is unique. Most owners have hundreds of hours on TYM and LS machines without a hiccup. This is the exception

True. We built on 8 acres in 2018 for $275k. Now sitting on about $500k. That's life.

To me, that is retirement. I'm going flying next week, tutoring a new instrument pilot. I work on bee equipment that I sell, in my shop, when I want and as long as I want. I do a lot more than most people do, but I do it all on my terms.

The two things I dont like about my 80V saw... Weight, it is heavier than my 18" Echo Run time to empty. About half the run time to empty, as my Echo. So, if we are cutting downed trees for any length of time, I use the gasser. I dont use my saws to trim trees, typically we are cutting 60'...

To be fair, best selling has nothing to do with best. Look at past winners. Also, Tesla has done it with massive rebates direct to consumers. The autos of the past, didn't utilize any tax subsidy. Hardly a clear picture. Tesla continues to slip in sales, which is expected with other players...

Only 5% of active fund managers actually beat the average of the indexes. Investing doesnt have to be complex or sexy to make you wealthy over time. The issue is, most people don't want to take the time to do it. They want it now...

Probably dont want to be in the way of that when it lets go.

My wife is a realtor and her clients... Wow... Just wow. When humans enter into stressful situations, they turn into insane people.

Most people can invest in an index fund and beat an active trader, and any government retirement fund.

No. For several years prior to retirement I made regular investments in our brokerage account, from my income. This was to create a buffer between 47 and 59.5 years of age. We only have about 1/3 of our investments in pre-tax accounts. Some in a traditional 401k and some in an HSA investment...

Yes, it was already taxed money... Like my ROTH 401k and ROTH IRA monies are. It came from our income being invested in a brokerage over the past several years. The capital gains on the brokerage will be 0% however due to our new, and glorious tax bracket.

I had a pension at my first career too... Rolled that into an IRA years ago. Then invested the max in my ROTH 401k and ROTH IRAs until retirement.

I've had both insulated and one that we insulated with that foam board. Foam board is almost useless. The door gaps still don't seal, there are so many thermal breaks... When we built this last time we went insulated on all of our overhead doors. Anything else is lipstick on a pig

Bias.

He doesn't know what metric they used to constitute "issue"...

The T494 was always a TYM... Granted TYM was using the Kukje engine before the official consolidation, so who knows what else was shared.

Were they both Korean?

Indeed. Pensions were not superior... But when a guy has literally MILLIONS coming to him and the Federal Govt wiped it out a few years prior to retirement, there is a reason to become depressed.

I was told by someone here that the TYM/BRANSON filters have a different bypass volume than most aftermarket filters, so to be sure they are actually a good match... Or one could cause damage to the unit. 🤔

Generalizations, in general, are not true. It's just easier to make a blanket statement and avoid the complexities of reality

Pilots were committing suicide when they lost their pensions… sad, criminal really. Those days are long gone. Ours does not include the home and property, and we are completely debt free. I don’t plan on SS being any part of our retirement plan.

I think for most people in decent financial, debt, shape, $2M is probably a minimum target for savings. That will vary, depending on your zip code… but I sure wouldn’t want less.

I have the Greenworks Pro 3000psi. Works really well for all applications I've tried... Even with the surface cleaner attachment.

So, not the corn gas 🤣 Glad you got it fixed.

I love woodworking. I now have about 400 pieces cut for frames, and about 150 to go. Cutting the top bars for the frames required some saw tuning. I'm using 1x10s (9.25 wide), and cutting (7) 1.5" wide bars from each length. That leaves less than 1/16 of an inch of scrap. Well, if the...

Oh it will, if it passes.

Supposedly that is for the ultra wealthy... You know, the evil people that need to be punished

I used to make too much, then I retired... Problem solved. We went from $30k per month to $4k per month and I couldn't be happier.

First, ours is a buffer. If I sell, I'm taxed on the gains, as per the long term capital gains tax brackets. Since my taxable income is under $93k, that bracket is 0%. I don't pay a federal tax. Since our all-in expenses total $40k... I have zero incentive to earn much more than that, ever...

You are taxed on gains, those tables are based on long term or short term investments, and on taxable income/filing status. It’s possible to have 0% capital gains tax. It depends on tax bracket and filing status.

We got around the 59-1/2 by placing $500k in a brokerage outside of retirement. That brokerage averages 12%. With the reduction in taxable income, our long term capital gains tax is 0%. The wife is working, and she really enjoys her work, she is only 43. I have some income from my side gigs...

You can leave your 401k with the old employer plan as long as you like. Unless it's something unconventional. IRAs would have more investment options however. Retirement to me isn't sitting on my ass doing nothing. It's not being beholden to someone else dictating my days, hours, and...

All of my cars are worth less than half my tractors value. And it's open station. If I had to choose, that's an easy choice

Also, when you show restraint, you don't need to save nearly as much to retire. It lets you save more, earlier, and live longer on what you saved. Double win. We really have no intention of touching the principle until RMDs become an issue. It feels really unnatural to be retired at 47...

My uncle told me last month.... "Rob, when you retire, you'll wonder how the hell you ever fit a job into your busy schedule". He was right. I don't have time to have a job. Before I retired I thought I may get a part time job... Because I'd be bored. 🤣 It's been a month, and I cannot...

Sounds like a heck of a deal. It took me 6 hours in total to make these pieces. About 3.5 of that was shaping them. Not including the time it took to empty my 35 gallon dust collector 🤣 My guess is I'd save 2 hours by recutting those pieces in a band saw. Saving me about 30 seconds per...

No, it's not full suspension. I have the flex forks on the front and aired down rear tires.

Actually I'd love to cut them from a sheet with a laser! 😜 Finished up 264 of them tonight. I'm keeping track of all my work time at the shop now so that I make sure I'm billing accordingly. The rest of the parts are easy peasy.

Yeah, I saw Id need a pretty robust unit for those cuts. I'm trying to save myself some man hours... But at what cost? I would not cut the curve. I'd end up making the corner square. Not as eloquent as what I have now. What I do now works, it's just not very efficient.

After some YT videos I think a band saw could be a more efficient answer. The cost of a larger unit is daunting. I did install a better filter on my dust collector today. Went from 5 microns to 1. I'll do a couple hours of sawdust making this evening and see what the workbench surface looks...

In hindsight my XOne was overkill. On the plus side it was $9k new 6 years ago and with what I do with it, will last 20 years plus. I fear what I'll pay for the next one.

A Hustler X One is about 12-15k depending on deck and motor choice. BEV? $25K plus in that category

That's true. Fixing < replacing

Well, she needed a new motor, so I sourced one. It had a single scratch in the swing arm, so I found a NOS one. I went a little overboard

Do you really think a 2022 L4060 would sell for $16,900? I mean. The answer is no. But, I'd love to call and mess with the guy 🤣

Ohhh... Hmm. I don't know. It would be easier to cut a chunk of wood rather than chip away at it

Probably. The table saw works ok, but probably costs me in kerf and dust, dearly 😂

One of our girls

Does it have a dust collection port? I do have a 2hp collection system.

Agreed. The 2x6s had large humps across the surface of one side, soI really needed to true them up. I'm really particular, even when it comes to building a box for bees. I can obtain a nice, 12" wide, thickness planer for $300 USD on marketplace. The alternative is possible injury, and or...

I am looking at buying a thickness planer. The surfaces of many of these pieces is simply nowhere near flat. I had to use the table saw to plane them true, so I could get a consistent taper with the dado blade. A technique that works, but I don't feel very comfortable doing.

We have a lot of local folks interested in keeping bees in these hives. We have hosted a few already, and have another visiting today. I will admit, as much as I love talking bees with new beekeepers, I do enjoy the zen of working hives alone and in peace when I have the chance.

Actually dado blade on the table saw. The jointer won't remove that amount of material. Taper... The 3.75" at the top keeps the frames from swaying when a hive or trap is being moved, and helps to keep bee space consistent between frames (they won't lean). The taper creates bee space so bees...

Such a scam

On those days, I usually have a woodworking project to do in the shop. Or a piece of equipment that could use some preventative care. Or I could work on my Buell 1125R restoration. I also really love to cook, so I'll throw in a great meal or dessert. I spent 85 hours at work per week, for 22...

We built custom in 2018 for $114/sq foot. Best blown in insulation. Interior walls all insulated. Anderson 400 series windows. Very tight and efficient house. The 8 acres it sits on was about $50k at the time. It's been printing money ever since.

Sounds very shady.

Tapered (4) 2x6x8s in 15.5" lengths to make end bars for 120 frames. That fills up the dust collector quickly.

Definitely interested in the CF Moto UTVs for the farm/apiary. Keep us updated!

My FIL had a 240 hour 24hp Kawasaki let loose on his ZTR last month. Sort of surprised. My commercial Kohler is purring like a kitten, and he hasn't mowed in a month. Sounds like you got your moneys worth from that motor

I actually had my barn built to clear a cab... So if I change my mind, it will fit. Likely the next tractor will be a Farmall 856 open station though.

Half a hog. Freezer full. Done buying meat for 18 months

I have published plans, but I have made changes to aid in assembly and allow for the issues resulting from using pine. Ie... Imperfect lumber. One change was cutting some more critical parts thicker, and using my 1950s Rockwell jointer to true them up. That tool has been invaluable. I've...

Vented hive lid components complete

Congrats! I retired at the ripe old age of 47, this month. I’m busier now than ever! 😂. But I get to choose what I do and when. Enjoy the next chapter!

I feel like controls and electrical components are better suited to being outdoors in a car... Tractors, open stations especially, there is a lot more room for weather and critters to get into places you don't want. I built a barn so we could keep three cars, three motorcycles, the tractor and...

I will agree on that part. Some of the welds were not pretty. That is one reason I bought the Branson. The fit and finish was a bit better.

Yeah, the MT225E weighs almost 30% more than a T25. Not the same class. The 225S is the same class as a T25

Not familiar with the smaller LS, but the 3 series LS is the equivalent of my 4820 TYM. Those LS models do lift about a foot less.

This is one reason I bought new. Equipment can be heavily abused by people with no mechanical inclination. I bought my FIL a new, pro-sumer mower a few years ago. Dead now at 240 hours. Killed a Kawasaki motor in 240 hours! The rest of the mower looks 20 years old. While my XOne, purchased...

Framework for 6 hive floors complete!

Honey bees don't come over to bother you. Sweat bees are solitary bees.

Looks fine

We can't all be engineers 😜

Mine are 6 frame, extra deeps, built from 1x material. I use the SS entrance discs and install 2 small ampules that contain lemongrass oil. I'm designing a new hanging method this year. I'm not completely satisfied with my swarm pro mounts. The 6 frame extra deeps are the ideal volume and...

Starting builds on (6) more insulated hives. Recently retired, so now I can work at my own pace and enjoy the process.

Curious, why turf tires based on what your plans are for it?

Is that chewed through??

This sounds like the Korean Tractor thread 🤣

I have one from Agristore on my 4820 Branson. Great unit... I think $200 and some change with hoses. Great quality and fitment, made in Italy.

I called my dealer, said he didn't have one in stock, TYM 4820h. Asked me what options I wanted, said he would have it in two weeks. Two weeks later I had a tractor for the price we talked about. Didn't pay a dime until I pulled it into my barn. Its a pretty simple process

Maverick no. Rivian yes

Um. None?

Also, not many other offerings, right?

Car buying has never really bothered me. Like home buying. I know what I want, I know what I'll pay. They say yes or no. If yes, I hand them a check. If no, I move on. I don't ascribe a moral value to someone in sales. I also don't ask them to educate me on what I want, because they don't...

I got stung on the top of my head, while wearing a bee suit last night in the apiary. I was busy, so the stinger stayed in and kept pumping. Whew! The headache that ensued!

Your opinion is that it’s a mistake. Everyone has an opinion… If my wife thinks the car is more comfortable to drive… and wants it… is it really a mistake? Not for her.

Because different people like different things? Also, some people like seeing dealer and service network… which only one really has. This is a huge selling point with tractors, so autos would be no different...

No frunk. Battery housed there

Still have about 30 more to pick. Good yields, especially with this weather. Winter Luxury, Autumn Buckskin and Connecticut Field

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We are on week 7 with no rain and temps around 90F. This follows another stint of 4 weeks in June with no rain. Somehow we grew 100 pumpkins

Wow. My parts came from the HQ in Georgia. I find it implausible that they don't stock a common filter in the US.

Open. We built the barn to accommodate a cabbed unit, but I actually prefer the open station for what I do. It also helps with trees in apiary.

When our barn was built, the foam insulation was basically used like sheathing, and then the metal placed over top. With all the seams taped with metallic tape

Yes it's a Kukje, which many of the legacy TYM tractors also have

Are they? I guess if it ever fails me, I'll be able to speak to that fact. I just can't.

My little TYM 4820 has 30 hours on it thus far, and not even a loose bolt. You had a string of really bad luck indeed.

I use the spec'd filters. My dealer was able to get them from TYM and drop shipped to me in like three days.

True! Did the same

Actually Actually food for the week... But yeah, almost double what I paid a few short years ago

Every sheath I’ve ever seen, over the past 47 years on tractors, has been in two pieces?

The PTO sheath is torn in two?

$80 in groceries

I thought it was a tax CREDIT? CREDITS are not the same as the deduction. You can use the deduction and still use the full credit if your tax liability is large enough. Before retiring, we paid almost $100k per year in Federal taxes... Sadly that also made us ineligible for any tax credits 😔...

8' between septic and well??? 😩

If it's MFWD, there is no adjustment and HIGHLY unlikely something is bent. It appears perhaps your front axle is pivoting a little as the ground isnt level and that gives the impression one side has more toe in.

Ours is 300'... Need a big pump for that head

Planting part of the property to buckwheat also reduces mowing time and control of noxious weeds. If I can till, plant, till... It's less time consuming than mowing it 7x per year. Not to mention it's absolutely beautiful when in bloom.

I can buy an old JD self propelled combine for $3000, that's operational around here. If I were looking to harvest an acre or more, I'd look into an actual combine. Or a person with one. I simply don't have weeks to devote to hand threshing grain. The cost of an older unit for artisan...

Good nectar source during the dearth. Grows easily, fast, produces tons of organic matter, smothers weeds...

Wife just got an accepted offer on a 34 acre property, with 40x60 pole barn. Additional enclosed horse arena with stalls. 3500 square foot home, with a panic room... For $750k. Pretty good deal in these times. Place has two septics, two wells... Pretty fantastic for her buyers. RE has...

We are close to two months with no rain. Haven't seen this since I've lived here... The 100% chance for today, just dropped to 9%. I won't touch either of my fields. Wanted to get some early fall clover and oats planted, but what a waste without water to grow it. Looks like spring tillage...

Right now I don't, I till it under to self seed. One acre requires 100lbs to seed, but will produce 1000-1500 pounds per acre. Plenty of small, older combines around here that could do the work though.

I grow a couple acres of buckwheat per year. I cannot fathom the work involved in hand threshing 1/4 or 1/2 acre. 🤯. You are talking over 500 pounds of seed!

We use about $1800 in electricity per year. Will this basically supply ALL of your demand for $20k?

I'm looking at an International 82 combine to pull. We grow a couple acres of buckwheat, and have about 3000 pounds of seed we could save annually. Old equipment doesn't scare me... New complex equipment does.

I'm not saying it's impossible. My point was, doesn't that limit you to Level 1 charge? At a rate of 3-5 miles of range per hour? For many, that isn't sufficient as a charge rate... He was commenting on my post about using 100+ miles per day... Level one wouldnt work, requiring level 2, and...

I'm a bad husband? How so? Quite a declaration from someone who doesn't know me, and who claims I can't have an opinion without literally owning a certain product. 🤣. You are too funny. My wife's car is parked indoors. It's the one car that always has been. My point was, not all people have...

Even with two full months with no rain, the pumpkins did well. Made some delicious puree with some Winter Luxury pumpkins today. Delicious.

About 20 per year on the TYM 4820 and 40 hours per year on the Hustler 72" mower. Not a lot of time, but the work wouldn't get done without them.

I don't know that I believe a dealer just "absorbs" the financing cost, to charge the financed the same as cash. It's probably more like the cash buyers pay for the financing if the financed buyers. That is more believable

My wife drives about 200 miles per day when showing homes... So 60 miles of charge per night, wouldnt cut it on those days. She would need level 2. Simple math

Also, charging on 110v is almost a no go. Like 3 miles per hour of charging? People can't string extension cords to their cars and keep them charged

Well, I did the calculations. A used Model 3 would save us about $100/mo in fueling costs... But, the insurance increase would eat into that pretty readily. So, it's nearly a wash, still.

Luckily, not mine 🤓

I wasn't looking for speed. It was in LOW range and struggling up the driveway. I had doubts it would make it. No way it would pull my trail mower. I'm shocked it's so weak with the displacement it has.

Got to use this little RTV500 when working on my newest bee yard yesterday. Fun little unit, seemed awfully underpowered going up hills. Like a glorified golf cart. I was hoping for something with a little more punch. With further research it appears it is only 18hp? Well, that explains a...

Yeah, I think it's was hype. It was the hot thing at the moment. The fad passed.

Yeah I use 3/8" BCX for my bee hive exteriors.

We can't talk about what we are from the flight deck

Plywood was $30 per sheet

The older tractor didn't rely on all the wiring and sensors either. The new emissions and ECMs make the wiring a real mess.

It's called gravity... That's how he sticks to a spinning ball 🤣