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Thread hijack - Man that takes me back. Our Army research lab, of about 300 people, was all DEC- a couple of PDP-11 (70?) and DEC Rainbows to the secretaries for word processing. I had been carrying in my personal Commodore 64 (w/ cassette:)) to get things done - Reports, guides, etc. SOMEHOW...

Interesting thread - My entry into computers was when IBM was transitioning from mag core memory. Looked like tennis rackets being strung by ladies. I was cutting chips when they first put 3 transistors on a production chip about 1972. My first Linux distro was 0.95 in about 1993 on something...

Seems a lot of the thread is on politics today :( I don't see any poll area doors, I vote by mail. Should be a good method unless/until Dejoy succeeds in shutting down the Post Office.

Training was what the cheap ones were for. I used a Mavic Mini for a lot of training. That's like asking if all the lawbreakers would raise their hand. People have been brought to the attention of the authorities for admitting misdeeds on public forums. I had a package being shipped from...

Change it as soon as convenient. Bear in mind the first oil change will: Let you find little pieces of metal all around - or hopefully not Let you put in a top notch oil - Let you "standardize" the process - do you need any special tools or techniques for removing/replacing filter(s)...

They have about the same HP as my Stihl 660's.

Good to hear you closed. And thanks for wrapping up the thread. Whereabouts in N. Alabama? I'm over near Red Bay. We bought our most recent piece in 2011 near Golden, MS from an ad I saw in the Tupelo newspaper. Just a real short ad, few details. Understated the land area as 2 acres instead...

Get a Stihl 881, then you can always get a smaller saw :)

It may depend on the tractor. The lubricity was needed in 2010 era Vw's and some american trucks that used Bosch common rail systems. from Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Provide Insufficient Lubricity - AMSOIL Authorized Dealer

As others wrote - why use additive? 1. Control algae growth - at your rate of use may not need it. 2. Keep it from gelling - shouldn't be a problem 3. Lubrication - engines such as yours (and mine) were designed with sulfur lubricating the fuel system so get a high sulfur additive I use...

But if an MBA comes in and wants to maximize $$ it's difficult to sell off employees. They can sell equipment, patents, etc. but in the US it's frowned on to sell people.

And then if you've got the skills and space: There's Ivan Miranda's stuff and

I usually just carefully lay the tip flat on a pant leg, or a glove. But I'm always wearing pants when I'm "tractoring" but not necessarily gloves.

To me baseline in this thread/context means what the oil was the first time I changed it and sent a sample in. For example on my truck (if I remember correctly) I did it it at the first change, about 5,000 miles after the first, again about 3,000, next 5,000 later, then at about another 5.

Good question - a quick google - But the real reason I came back to this thread is that I'd like to ask the TBN tool addicts - Has it become worth it to buy a 3D printer? I know they are expensive, like 100 gallons of diesel, and limited use, max print size may only be size of my hand span...

Hudsons are so adaptable. 579362,655476

What about ice? I HAD a 20'x40' metal "carport" located in Mississippi that had been standing for probably 20 years at least. In 10 years the deepest snow we had gotten was 4". Then last winter we got back to back ice storms, I now have a lot of twisted metal and a 20x40 brick paved open...

Some chargers are good with that, some are not. And I don't know which ones (other than DeWalt) do it right. From the Dewalt web site:

Maybe because they hold up banks?

F Those pics show the old tires still had the vent spews. Doesn't look like a tire that would "fall off the rim". Did they save the "old tires"? Or did they say "well they were so bad we had to charge $100 disposal fee". And the rim looks like it got the original paint worn off in places. As...

Is that quick enough to get a Remdesivir injection ? Don't take a chance please. Loss of taste was a critical factor.

Do you realize that was about 7 years ago? And the poster was last seen on here April of 2020.

Went to order rear turfs for my 2007 B7610. Was going to have them mounted by the Kubota dealer, same dealer I've been using since 2009. Was told I'd save over $100 just on the tires if I ordered them with rims through "Whole Goods" but it might take over a month. Salesperson told me the tires...

But that is not the modern American way as espoused by commercials!! Throw caution to the wind and charge as much as you can!! If you've got it flaunt it like you've got more!! 🙃

Hang on for the new Powerstack.

Yet you and I elect people that determine how it is spent. That is why they call the people at the bottom of the pile peons. And who elect the politicians? IRS does not make the policy, it's Congress that creates the policy, usually to favor their biggest donors.

That statement is like the aphorism "a rising tide lifts all boats" . That's fine if you have a boat. But for those standing in the swamp without flotation devices a rising tide may drown them. In this modern economy there is another avenue. For those employers that have jobs that can be...

Aw C'mon - it's only 2013 or so! I like the length of the grinder. I had to cut up a twisted pile of carport crashed by an ice storm. That extra length really helped. Like I wrote, I've got lots of batteries. When I first started getting into the DeWalt 20V line I focused on getting the 5Ah...

I'm addicted to cordless battery powered tools, mainly DeWalt 20V and Flexvolt, all lithium. I've been using them since 2012/2013 and am just starting to see failure in the older batteries. I had used nicads for years but they never lasted. There have been a couple of times over the years I've...

I'm expecting inflation to pop 10% or more if the $15/hr minimum wage starts to take hold. For those of us retired without a guaranteed cost of living increases it's devastating. It's one thing to have a $15/hr minimum wage where the cost of living is high, quite another in poorer areas. I live...

And with this strike I'm sure many will be taken over by robots. But it only takes a small number of robot maintainers per fleet of robots. Look at Tesla - lots of robots putting together their cars and trucks. And robot does not mean a bipedal automaton. Much of it is equipment that does...

Might want to think of upgrading the slightly older equipment to Linux. I've 3 "limping laptops", it's getting so the machines require 8 GB just to surf the net with a few windows open.

My thoughts exactly.

Maybe you should stay off FB. I was getting a "neighborhood" watch list in my email for a decade. For the longest time it was like an old fashioned physical cork bulletin board like in the office. It evolved. It went from the printed community newsletter --> digital newsletter --> neighbors...

Good thread, but I'm saddened to read that my lifestyle seems to mean I have a "hobby farm". To me a "hobby farm" had always meant something like a 5 acre plot with a couple of animals. I think rural or city living are lifestyles. You might be born into one, but in America given some gumption...

Then THEIR parents didn't do their job. I was taught "use it up, wear it out, make do or do without", collecting bottles for the deposit back, and setting aside for the future before I entered school. The whole point was work for a decent retirement so I could kick back and relax. Little did I...

If I have a task like that I used to put it off until the last minute. Now I like to get it done so I don't pile it on my "to do list" stack.

If this is your first oil change on the tractor then do it now and get a Used Oil Analysis. This will: Run you through the procedure Let you get a "baseline" on the engine, check for metal etc.

As of this writing I have an Aunt in Mississippi who has blood clots in her legs. The Doctor (my BIL) has tried to get her into a hospital but the hospitals are FULL, so he has to treat her at home. So I know there is no room at the ICU or the hospital. That's about my point of view.

Along those lines the exemption should be based on PREVIOUS and ESTABLISHED religious/medical connections/conditions. To many people can all of a sudden develop bone spurs. Describe what the situation was in Mississippi. People would go into the hospital ICU and be put on ventilators, their...

C'mon guys, 10 more posts to make this a respectable thread. Should we throw in Turfs?

Decent project but make sure you practice on similar materials first and test your welds well before you subject them to use. On the problems of thinner material - it's all about control. The only welder I bought was an Everlast PowerArc 300. Amazon had them on sale for $270 summer of 2014...

Depends on your dealer. I just bought a set of new rear Turfs for my B7610 and the Tires AND Rims were cheaper than the tires alone.

Good info. Something I need to know before it happens to me. Couple of links: https://www.google.com/search?q=flash+a+generator&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS867US867&oq=flash+a+generator&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l2j0i22i30l4j0i390l2.8336j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_401kYeHKHJnCytMPuqqDoAw15 Generator...

Hope you recover quickly! As we age gravity becomes more complicated and poor results take longer to heal. I use to be able to tear a tendon and be back operational in a week or two. Now it takes a month or two.

That may be your reason. I think my and my wife's problem is is an inherited condition. Both of our lines derive in parts from very stingy Scots and Irish. We both tend to "squeeze two pennies together until Lincoln screams" as my Father used to say, but now the saying is "Squeeze a nickel...

Drew - are you actually going to use Fluid Film? They've a thicker product more designed for undercoating called Wool Wax.

Check all the "safety" things, seat sensor, PTO (which you did), etc. My PTO lever on my B7610 has to be positioned just right. I've bumped it a couple of times getting on and off and prevented it from starting.

So you cost the system ~ $1250 vs $20

I agree, it's taking the place of politics. My view is that I've had 3 jabs for C19 and feel fairly safe. I also get jabs for Influenza, Pneumococcal, Tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis, etc. Plus all the jabs for polio, smallpox etc. If a person prefers to take the chance of dying it's...

Please leave a message with someone on TBN so IF you die from C19 we don't waste a lot of bits on "what happened to two-bit?"

Interesting thread. Seems by now most TBN'ers would just as soon have more land and fewer neighbors. Last thing I want in my rural area is another bunch of 5 acre horse farms.

Have you gotten a quote? Do you want it cut down just so it doesn't fall on the building or do you have to have it cut down, chopped up, stump removed, swept up, stacked and all pretty? I just had a large (~3' at base, maybe 40' tall) pine cut down that was leaning over my house in Mississippi...

Good luck with that one. You've basically pegged it to the rural south. Very scarce GOOD education system.

I've had wheels break off trailers twice. The first one was a trailer in front of me and I managed to get the van I was driving (at 60 mph in heavy traffic) positioned so I essentially "headed" it like a soccer ball off the frame of the windshield. Big dent, no crack. The second off a Uhaul...

A LOT depends on your terrain. I use chains if I have to drag over hard surfaces, rope if I'm not concerned. But I'm in Mississippi, only slight slopes. How many are "some"? The main things are: Your physical condition The terrain The size of your wallet in $$ The amount of time you can spend...

Congrats! First suggestion is invest in a hug machine, you can probably DIY but do it EVERY morning. She's liable to need a lot of support during present situations.

can't delete this ##$$ post only get "Report Edit" choice.

The place we bought in Ms. 10 years ago had been "staged" in reverse. It was wall to wall clothes in the house. The 5,000 sq foot of sheds, 666504 was wall to wall moderately decent miscellaneous junk and 1 shed had been a "party shed". But all buildings were in good physical shape, just...

If that's a 55 gallon barrel (about 320 pounds) he's selling it for about $0.156/lb. This seems to be the norm in the "new" economy - prices got jacked up, blamed on Covid, the non-corporate small producer gets a little bit more. The final consumer sees it jacked up almost 100%. Look at how...

It's an INDUSTRY. After I'm dead I don't think it will matter to me if I'm buried or burned. I'm pretty sure any of my children could use my backhoe to dig a suitable grave on my land and bury me when I'm gone. Based on the OP's prices that would save the family about $15K.

At least find an executor that will do what you want. And keep things updated as you age and important things change. Most of our executors my wife worked with were "family". And generally the overall family agreed with the estate distribution.

Mo, sorry for the loss. But it brings up a good thread. Death comes to all of us. Planning for it is often difficult and put off to "later". Wills are great, but they need an executor (or more) to do it right. I've mentioned before my wife being an attorney and her being an executor for many...

Probably a Nigerian who emigrated to Canada.

But it looks like the thread will make it to 100 posts and beyond!

Chain is the ideal when dealing with trees, dragging it across the forest floor doesn't damage it much, BUT it's heavy. I use a lot of rope for getting trees to fall where I want them in dense woods, and to "steer" trees near buildings. I've found a good source of rope for me is CMC . They sell...

Just like Walmart and other big companies, one should stock up on what one really needs to keep their life running smoothly and can maintain stock of. Different things for different folks. Thomas might want to stock up on good cigars. You seem to have a need for wood suitable for building...

If this is a RK policy nation wide that would be a deal killer for me.

I had been using Bifen over the years but now it seems there are many more products on the market. Some require a pesticide applicator license, so I'm assuming they may be more powerful. Even Bifen now says on the label it requires a license, although I didn't need one a few years ago if I...

Or a small trailer, or both :)

Where? 40 acres in the northern plains grows a lot slower than 40 acres in Florida. Is it flat? What type of grass? Is it a 40 acre golf course? Lot's more info needed.

I've a rather long driveway (~100 yards) with overarching trees and limbs about 10' to 12' above the pavement. I've an Echo pole pruner that goes out 17'. But I prefer to use my HF Lynxx and my M4700. I'll stand up by the seat, trim a few limbs, sometimes dropping them directly in the bucket...

But with the advent of you tube it's more entertaining. I see the same experts predicting CRASH continually. Other experts predicting BOOM continually. Then later they claim how accurate they were based on their cherry picked statistics.

Do you realize this is a 20 yr old thread?

But many of us don't count on SS checks at all. Catching a falling knife can be cutting edge.

Try browsing Cheap Sheds His plans only go up to 16x32 but there's a lot of good info on the site. In one place he recommends "A trip to Harbor Freight for a boat wench" Typo? :)

Darn, that brings back memories. In '73, right after I graduated from college at UVM, three of us hitched to California. We ended up staying at a youth hostel in Santa Cruz for maybe a week or so. Every morning, and most afternoons we would eat 2 or 3 burritos at the beach. They were like 25...

That's just bad. :)

With a strong enough magnet I doubt they will slide around unless you are in a tractor demolition derby.

Roy, Prayers for your wife. Being one footed severely limits activities.

And along with the demand for gaming chips is the demand for chips to mine digital currency.

I have seen that happen several times in my wife's family. My wife is an attorney and acted as an executor for probably half a dozen of her aunts and uncles. Her mother is one of family of a dozen children, so there were plenty of them. It always amazed me that there were a couple of the...

Just remember gov't surplus is a shot in the dark unless you can view before you buy. And the military trailers are usually under rated on weight capacity.

I'm cynical. Life insurance is to keep my lovely wife from nagging me to death because I don't have life insurance.

What axle? Looks like just a bar to keep the wheels from spreading.

On the subject of traffic flow and speed limits - I used to "drive with the flow", mostly in a VW Sportwagen, it had acceleration, brakes that would stop on a dime. Occasionally I'd "find" my self doing 90 (with the flow) on my drive form Va. to Ms. But then I got my diesel dually and long...

Darn, I was hoping this thread was about a robotic LS that could build a patio all by itself!!

Perhaps that is a big part of the problem. I'm sure my drivers ed (~55 years ago) never taught roundabout navigation.

Tell us what you are trying to do - Many of us leave our FEL and buckets on 24/7. (Note Front End Loader [FEL] does not necessarily include a bucket, many have grapples, pallet forks, hay forks etc.) Since your FEL & bucket is more likely to be hooked up it's like a pocketknife, always there...

Once you retire everyday is a weekend.

Mounting inside the ROPS with a magnet lets me reorient the light easily and partially protects it from tree branches. I tried three different neodymium magnets, one with about 90 lbs of pull ($2.70@), one with 112 lbs pull ($3.67@) and one with 405 lbs of pull ($26.35@). All 3 worked fine...

I count my self as lucky. My introduction to "traffic circles" per se was when I was about 20. In the Boston area on a road trip from rural Vermont. They were a breeze and fun. But I was on a motorcycle. It seems most of the "bad ones" I've run across in the US are either made to small or...

I would like to reliably get 1Mbps upload :( On the other hand - Ubiquiti finally has their Access Point WiFi 6 Long-Range back in stock. Maybe I can finally get to talk to my sheds wirelessly.

Not trying to act too nosy but what were your normal delivery times for orders running before?

If he can afford an airplane he probably can afford a hangar

How valid is Zillow? Their valuations seem to jump around like roller coasters. One house was "valued" at $615K in Sept 2020, then $707K in May 2021, now $617.5K, Sept 2021.

That is one of the key things to pay attention to - what is the cost of the money? I invested in T-Bills when they were paying 10% back in the '80's. Sadly they timed out. Which I resent because I've always had great credit. But have been told by loan officers that I needed more loan to show...

And the Milwaukee makes a M12 tool to compress them and it only costs about $2K. Another excuse to invest in tools!! linky and

Yes, ideally get it level, but many vehicles run butt high unloaded. You did not say COMMERCIAL in your post. And you definitely didn't say you were talking about commercial trucks over 10,000 lbs.

Like Larry wrote, no commuting cost, where we absolutely needed 2 cars (unrealistic to drive and park my dually in Washington DC traffic) , clothing (though I have not gone to Carhartt, I favor Duluth Firehose) for both of us - have not put on a suit for a decade except for the occasional...

OUCH!! From tractordata your lift capacity at the pin to full height is only 739 lbs. 306 sucks up a lot of that.

Consultants are usually under contract. Disagree - Our costs dropped greatly. It depends on your lifestyle. I would make a safe assumption that you cannot predict the future. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

This should have ended the thread back at post #76 But a LOT of misinformation gets dribbled in. I've an F350 dually. When I tow it was with either a Hudson 12K rated trailer, filled to the brim, (or my "new" 10K rated cargo trailer for the last trip), from Va. to Ms and back. Probably 15...

OP- Location matters. In Mississippi we have a pretty good extension service for forestry run by Mississippi State University. They will come out and work up a basic forest management plan and provide a list of registered foresters that work in the area. Based on my personal experiences with...

May have missed it but I did not see mention of either how much the OP wants to spend or a list of what he plans to do with it, much less how old is "used". My M4700 meets his criteria - M series with about 50HP, 4Wd. Cost me about $11.5K back in 2013. A quick look on Tractorhouse shows one...

That link is dated 1981. Back about that time the management started a push into contracting everything. By about 1990 the started contracting out research big time. I worked my 37 years in an Army Research lab. By 1995 we had our lab "seats" filled with contractors. By 2000 most of what was...

As far as labeling on drill bits - I had great difficulty reading the sizes on HF impact bits which were stamped in to each black bit. So I wiped the area with white paint, then wiped again after a few seconds. The paint stuck in the grooves very well. Before I started using reading glasses I...

Ignorant of the huskies, but on my Stihl 660's they were designed to be stingy on oil for EPA. wouldn't sling oil at all. Upgraded them both to high output oilers, can now sling oil off. Other things to check - Brand of oil - some are thicker and heavier than others Chain - some chains are...

I've had both happen. 5 ton sized truck with 3 round bales. Wife and I were driving from NE Ms to DC, early morning, nice day in my 2009 Jetta diesel Sportwagen. We were on US 72 north of Hollywood, TN, two lane, good road. Road speed normally about 60+. The truck was pulling grade. I'd...

That's about the same I was told when I tried to buy a Ford SWB Passenger Transit Connect Diesel back about 2018, but they didn't say what year and it eventually self canceled. Hope you have better luck.

For this board, where most of us use our tractors less than 200 hours/year it's probably more important to make sure it's all greased than worry about the specific brand of grease.

A lot depends on how often and for what purpose you need to use the forks. I've got a set of the clamp-ons for each of my two tractors. I rarely need them, but when I do they come in real handy. I've used a 2x4 with flat-U-bolts for the rare occasion when I didn't have a stabilizer bar handy.

I've used various sizes of power banks but my need for total unconnected to the grid power is minimal. A 10AH power bank last about 3 days IIRC.

My thoughts jump to how positive are you that the dealer actually changed the axle oil in the first place?

My work involved using expensive cameras to monitor remote sites and I was an early adopter of commercial off the shelf (COTS) systems for home use. Since about 2000 I've had (and still have) Foscam, Netgear, Reolink, several Trail cams but for the last 3 years a LOT (about 30) of Wyze cams...

<snip> Nothing wrong with multiple jobs in this "gig" economy. Good jobs have a "portable" retirement system". My wife and I both worked for separate parts of the Army Corps of Engineers for 30+ years. But the jobs paid well, gave us plenty of travel and were more like play than work. Now one...

There are a lot of the manuals for sale online.

It's always morning somewhere in the world.

Have you used this before? Does it cut easily? How do you cut it? Seems like an interesting material.

Has there been any more news on the potential "mobile" starlink?

Run it a while and look for leaks, check the level.

Looking good, how's the price and supply of lumber doing in your area?

But the main thing is - did you have fun so far? I think of life as a roller coaster ride, I enjoy the ups an downs, I just don't look forward to the end of the ride.

"Lived through" and "experienced it as a mature individual" can be far different. When my children (born after'81') complain about high interest rates I remind them we fought to get a home loan at 12% in 1984 so they could grow up in the $114K house we've lived in since then. Now valued at...

Right now it's looking like my CSRS COLA will be 5% to 6%. /edit - Civil Service Retirement System, Cost of Living Allowance

Darn man, that's a crying shame. Hope you have good luck with the insurance company.

Darn, another specialty tool I'll probably need.

What is worse is "FedEx Dumb Post". I've had so much trouble with them. Seattle AP in Seattle, uses them for their shipper. I've had packages go from Wyze--> Seattle AP-->Memphis-->back to Seattle--->Memphis-->finally to me in Fulton Ms. My last shipment spent 3 or 4 days going back and forth...

Not quite old enough to date :) OP was last on in 2009.

It's a gamble, 712006 As you can see some lumber prices are extremely volatile. Almost like toilet paper. But both have come down greatly. I was pleasantly surprised to see I made it through the last crunch. I had stocked up on 2x4's and 4x4's because of great prices in early '19 and was...

I But if you got another tractor w/ FEL then you could use that to help change your tires. Real nice dirt sifter.

May we assume you have a cell phone with picture capability? Next time you load the trailer and get it set up as you like it, snap a picture.

One of the main things only mentioned lightly so far is record for posterity with succinct notes and anything even slightly major get in writing with both parties signature. Remember - he is your neighbor NOW, might not be next month. He just moved, it might be easier for him to pull up stakes...

ROFL! I used to live on a dirt road like that in Northern Vermont. When the ice went out so did the road. Had a 196? Toyota Hilux with great springs. if used for commerce. I've been active on this forum since 2009. This come up all the time. I've read of just one poster in southern Virginia...

Until he tried to park it and keep it in a small space. My 18' Hudson barely fit in my small suburban driveway in Northern Virginia, but it came with my B7610. When I bought it: 655476 Parked at my house it consumed half of my driveway.

Be careful, these have 10% negative reviews. The Ubiquiti products mentioned above are high grade. They also have a U6 LR which claimed a 600' reach and is IP54 rated (fully protected against solid objects and splashing of water from any angle.).

Last time I hiked it (probably over a decade ago) there were 2 ways up. The short way, which involved some "chimneying" and rack scambering. The long way which was a moderate climb like a steep city street at the worst. /edit - Here is a good link: Old Rag Apparently they have opened several...

We want pictures of the Corgis!!! But back to the thread - I've been lucky, up until Covid 19. I've the place in Mississippi with 5,400 sq ft of "workshops" 653573 Had a MAJOR mouse problem to begin with (the last guy used the sheds for party and food scraps were all around). Careful...

Florida just reported 1,338 Covid FATALITIES. but apparently they have difficulty with their statistics. the Hill

One of my many first jobs in the Army was running soil tests. If you can approximate a decent laboratory (cleanliness, measuring) and spending ~ $70 for a test kit you can easily do the minimal tests yourself. And the $70 should cover quite a number of tests. I'm thinking 50 or more. linky...

Yeah, thankfully that didn't last long. 2x4x8's are back down to $2.98 at Lowes in Alexandria, Va. With my 10% Veterans discount that makes them affordable again.

I've two Alaskans, a Stihl 088 and 2 Stihl 660's. My longest bar is 42". But I've got them for milling when it's difficult to get the trees to my little Woodmizer. If you don't have the equipment to CSM (and you are still working) it would probably make more sense to hire it out. But if the...

Burning things can be FUN! and it will get the rats and snakes out.

Looks like you got about 10" of rain in your area last month. Clear around it so if and when you start a fire there is no problem. I'd wait for it to dry out a fair bit, then when it's safe (and legal, maybe contact the fire dept.) hook your blower up to a pipe, spray in an appropriate amount of...

That kit seems interesting. I'd like to something like that but adapting several of my DeWalt batteries to it.

Never thought of blowing the oil out.

How is that 3" measured? /edit - is it the flat ground contact area?

I've posted before - I put the container in my FEL and let the tractor do the lifting, the run a siphon from fuel container to tractor..

John - One thing you failed to mention in this thread is that you are just about in Barlows back yard and drive by them frequently.

Yup. So many sayings to reflect our lives. "S^it happens" just don't be underneath. -

@ning - Do you herd cats ? :)

Same here, must be timing or luck of the draw. Just before the 2008 crash I and most of my cohort at work had been heavily investing in the market. But I was suffering from a pinched sciatic nerve and the drugs were starting to affect my judgement. I pulled all my retirement funds out of the...

That's what I told my wife :)

How much do they charge per hour?

Be careful what you buy for appliances. My gas oven & range (put in in the 80's) will light with a match if the power is out. Some newer ones have a "safety" feature and require the electricity to be on.

Once one starts a thread there is no easy way to delete it.

OP - Have you looked into refurbished Hobarts? Right now they list a 210MVP for $820.

The media's job is to make money for their owners. Some reporters report the news.

I've had the mechanical linkages bind on both my B7610 and M4700. Get underneath, wiggle them around, spray a lot of garage door lubricant on them and they work again.

From the post before yours:

Never say never My second house was bought in 1984 when interest rates were over 12% for my adjustable rate loan. 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgages Since 1971 - Freddie Mac It had a "cap" of 14 or 15% MAX. When I asked the loan officer what was the bottom "cap" they laughed at me. I rode that loan...

So @TimberXX - What is the status now? Did it come in? It's been about 6 months.

(y)(y) There is no problem, just pay the extra $500, I'm sure you can afford it. As point of reference HF's "Availability" page shows 7 stores within their "search" range (?200? miles) of zip 22315 having "in stock" and 3 with limited stock. And for my other prime location -zip 38843 it shows...

Burn the stumps, bury the ashes.

This reads like the best solution if you can burn it properly without danger. Then plow the rest after it's short burned grass.

Holy Moly! That man should go buy some lottery tickets! Banks can be very dangerous.

This thread is interesting but dead.

These things change all the time. What do TBN'ers recommend for a 2 story house in Northern Virginia? I'd like to be able spray it on with a garden hose, BEING CAREFUL TO ONLY LET THE SOLUTION HIT THE HOUSE ON THE WAY DOWN!! Then rinse it off USING SIMILAR CAUTION. I know not to spray up and...

And pay close attention to the local providers. For example Rural Mississippi got a big money dump and they have been wiring up the county - both by the Telephone company (which is burying most of it) and the Electric Co-op (which is stringing it on their poles). Tremendous duplicity. With new...

Have you looked at the Lane Shark?

For those of us with older equipment and limited funds it's often easier to just check the tank. My M4700 gauge is flaky. I try and fill it every 5 or 6 hours of use.

Even worse is the situations with ICU's - From Forbes: BREAKING|Aug 19, 2021,09:41pm EDT|45,853 views These 6 States Have Almost No ICU Beds Left As Covid Hospitalizations Soar Joe Walsh Forbes Staff Business I cover breaking news for Forbes. Updated Aug 20, 2021, 04:57pm EDT TOPLINE As new...

To me the key to retirement and lessons learned is to be flexible. don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff. Plan for the worst, hope for the best. My story: She Who Must Be Obeyed (SWMBO) and I have a house in Mississippi on 75 acres (with 5,500 sq feet in 3 "workshops") in...

Also you can buy another set etc. and have 4 or more forks! When I had my tractors co-located I tried that when moving a lot of various sized limbs. When I use my forks I also USUALLY use a chain or rope also for stabilizing the load.

It's a trade off between $$ and ease of use. Ideally I'd have a separate tractor and barn for each implement, with a staff to maintain it all. But I don't have the $$. I've clamp ons for each tractor (B7610 and M4700) neither have SSQA. Have not carried any REAL heavy loads at the end of the...

You've a backhoe, land, and posts. Dig a ditch of suitable length, determine what you want for a durable liner and solution, lay it out, let them soak. Fold the liner over the ditch keeping it so the rain doesn't get in. I'd make a 2 ft deep pond either with pool liner or billboard vinyl.

I keep on getting emails from unknown sources with subject lines that consist of 4 or 5 seemingly random lowercase alphacharacters. When ever I open them up they contain a link, which I don't click on because for all I know they contain viruses. Examples: Subject: ynioa Subject: qqqdy I've...

I just bought a quart of Crossbow from DoMyOwn.com (in Texas), free shipping, $32 + tax. Real easy to find.

The thread is not "totally useless". You DO need science to see this is happening. Without science we would have never developed airplanes and satellites to view this "big picture". It is collection of the data that shows the glaciers are retreating. As far as your numbered points: 1. Yup...

My phone and plan came automatically with hotspot capability and it only uses a very little bit of data. Just remember to turn it off after your connected.

I've used (and posted about here) a $20 Wyze cam with a $13 battery for backup, latest using my phone as a hotspot. Real easy, take the cam & battery, place it on the bumper (it has a magnetic mount) connect wirelessly with the phone, adjust the camera. Also works as a FEL cam. Here's an...

Moss - you need to find a "sarcasm emojii". I also VIVIDLY remember the late '60's through the mid '70's. I lived in Vermont. There is a park, Ethan Allen, very near Burlington, Vermont. It has a little tower as shown in the link. For some reason a group (4 to 6) of us got in the habit of...

On some things you should trust us - especially us "old-timers" with lots of prior posts on the same subject. When you BUY propane LIQUID is put in the tank. 5 gallons of gaseous propane in volume weighs essentially nothing. I did the same for my son. I tested it at my home in Northern Va...

Darn! I was looking to follow this thread over the summer!! Not even 40 posts :( Didn't even discuss pallets.

HOT DOG!!

That list is only a rough guideline. In my neck of the woods in Mississippi it misses at least 3 stations and also lists several that have stopped selling ethanol free.

Most of the climate deniers have very valid claims. The earth has been much warmer, and cooler. But at no time has such a large number of people lived so close the sea surface level. There are many other "records" going back for thousands and millions of years. Tree rings, ice cores...

Have you tried changing the size of the "grip" (opening of the collet) on the old style? They are normally assembled by a gorilla so they may require two pair of plyers to twist. Adjusting a grease gun coupler /edit found a video

Thats good IF you can get the parts. On my Flexvolt DeWalt I can't get carb, fuel lines, spark plug etc. :) With 2 batteries it would wear me out, even though I don't have to pull to start.

Is that where you put the BX when your not using it?

Put some reflective tape around the shaft near the ball. I expect anything you put ON the ball itself will get wiped off.

If every quarter acre or larger lot in Temperate, non-Arid suburbia had a small vegetable garden the need for irrigation water would be drastically reduced.

I feel your loss, losing a parent is a special pain. Remember the good times and try to have more good times with your children so they can remember you.

I'm pretty sure that's a wrong assumption - Mine just runs off the same container I used for the barbeque grill The propane is LIQUID inside the tank. /edit if you are going to need it to RUN constantly a 20 gal tank might last about 5 hours. /edit 2 - sorry, meant a 20 lb tank

For an inexpensive solution ($30) for small stuff the Northern Tools angle grinder holder is on sale. https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200711894_200711894

Some states have different laws/registrations for > 10K, lots of potential tow vehicles have max towing rated at 10K, I've one rated at 9980. Do you realize that post was back in 2011?

A couple of points - Don't backup to only 1 device. Keep several hard drives and if you can't take the time to backup to all of them at least rotate them. Don't depend on Microsucks backup program - if your PC dies the backup may require THE SAME pc to restore the data.

I've two Piranha's and they are excellent - for soil, sand, gravel. I would NOT recommend them for rocky soils.

You need to think up a better way to tell when the mains are back on :) Looks great.

Critical words! "Very long tongue" "Boom Stick" Surprised they didn't flag it because of pornography :)