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Ditto here. Peart was a double whammy for me. Rush was my brother Thomas' favorite band. When Neil passed away it was like losing Tom all over again.

I just had a heated debate on another site about this. Obamacare didn't fix anything. Instead it provides a distraction which prevented us from working out a viable solution to health care costs.

Brakes are mandated here on all axles, for trailers over 3000 lbs.

^^^^ I encountered the same at Wendy's, but at least they explained it to me. I had been on my snowsled for 7 hours and was cold and tired. When they brought my order out it included an extra order of fries. I didn't catch what he said but was dressed in full riding gear except my helmet, which...

Sounds like browner to me... 🤪

^^^^^ Now if you could tell them that DD coffee may be good, but not good enough to block two lanes because you can't get out of the road. I like a good cup myself but tabernak, is it really worth sitting there for 20 minutes and blocking the main highway?

No. But it was something ge could use and it saw service for 20 years or longer.

I remember going to the landfill with my father as a kid. When we got home I asked "Did you see that desk sitting off to the side? "Yep, I did." The dump was only about a mile away and he was friends with the attendant. The next day he brought it home, cut out the center where you sit and had 2...

It's also somewhat arbitrary. I owned 2 Dakotas (91&93) which nickeled and dimed me to death. OK, add a few zeros to those coins. I hated those trucks. It got so that if I had to leave town I'd call the garage first to make sure they had time to come get me if I broke down. From there I went to...

That's a LOT of fencing! If my math is correct, about 1143 feet per side if it was a perfect rectangle.

Even that's a bit of a gimmick. The pump will stop at 20 gallons. Around here the few remaining locally owned stores try to keep competitive prices, and all things being equal I'd rather give my money to them. On the other hand the nearest Dysarts is closed on major holidays, although the pumps...

If I went through this thread and cherry picked answers I wonder which brand would come up the most. It likely would be in inverse proportion to whichever manufacturer was paying me. Having said that, I saw Jeep mentioned twice, Volkswagen, BMW, Honda each mentioned once. Hardly a...

I'm guessing that nobody on this thread is the guy I got stuck behind as he decided which scratchoff he wanted to piss his money on. "What number is that one? No, the one next to it. Oh I don't like that. How about that one over there? NO, not the red one. That's bad luck. That one over there...

I just read that. There are going to be a lot of sad people over this one.

I'll buy your house if you decide to sell it for the prices they are offering.

If I was buying a full sized truck it would be a Ram; they seem to be the only brand without multiple recalls. I don't need anything that big though, and the "small" trucks seem to be getting bigger than the '84 F150 and '98 Sierra, which were the two best trucks I ever owned.

If I buy water it's by the gallon. I keep two gallons in each truck in aimmertime, ome to fill my water bottles from and the other for emergencies. In winter I keep a gallon with a little poured odx to allow for expansion. If I ever need it I'll have time to let it thaw. Over the course of the...

You're preaching to the choir, for most of us keeping up with this thread. There is no logical explanation. They think a dog is like designer jeans or a trendy watch, just another fad to jump onto.

I found that the "pill pockets" work well. I usually only used half of one per pill. I prefer to just give it and be done with it, but Ruger sometimes was on 5 pills per day and it got tiresome.

Here are a couple which I posted in another thread a few years back. Actually the first is more of a pile which looks like it was once some type of loading dock. It's hard to imagine the work put into clearing fields, only to have them grow back in again.

^^^^ Crack *****? All things considered, the Vanna sans makeup pics aren't that bad. Along with cigarettes and sun bathing, extended use of makeup seems to result in the dried up prune look.

My father got tired of our mailbox getting hit by the town plow and built an upside down "L" from 1" pipe with the box hanging from chains. If hit it would be dented but still worked.

Good for you! You certainly are more proficient than I am...

I'm at that age when I am beginning to meet an occasional surgeon. They certainly aren't the most personable people to meet. Yet I'm not asking them to join me on a fishing excursion.

I take it one step further, ballistic nylon in the critical points. https://www.haixusa.com/haix-protector-prime-orange https://www.labonville.com/shop/nexgrip-armortex-r-chainsaw-safety-8-wood-logger-boot-2-heel-steel-toe-uninsulated-ip2011-58870#attr=21207

It certainly does. https://newenglandaviationhistory.com/northeast-of-augusta-me-may-2-1972/

For a while, truck drivers were using SMV signs to mark the end of their loads of logs. I picked up several off the side of the road that way. I haven't seen it lately, not sure if they were admonished or just stopped doing it.

Unless I'm on the woodpile, I won't even start my saw without putting chaps on. Then again if I hadn't been wearing them one day back in my R/W maintenance days they'd be calling me Stumpy.

Unless he wants to teach welding... 😎

^^^^ Could it have just frozen up? My brother's refrigerator quit last month. He unplugged it for a few days, plugged it back in and it's working fine.

^^^^ You can't say anything about weight because it's "fatshaming"... we've gone a long ways backward since JFK's All American Fitness Team. Meanwhile heart disease in younger people is increasing annually. Some blame it on something which happened about 5 years ago and that likely is part of...

Where does the money come from to support those large corporations? As industry gets more and more machine oriented (to save money on labor) it becomes harder for people to find jobs to support themselves. Imagine if George Orwell had written a sequel; 2084. At birth, everybody is issued a...

SNL? They had one skit where the Coke salesman came in and convinced him to switch. ($$$) At the beginning it was his usual "No Coke, Pepsi". It ended with a changeover... "No Pepsi, Coke!"

The "New Coke" debacle back in 1985 is viewed as a colossal failure. Yet I've always argued otherwise. They were trying to make Coke more Pepsi-like... not understanding there was a reason why we drank their product. When "Coke Classic" came out, it was purported to be the old format. Yet one...

In case nobody noticed, the OP asked his question over 3 years ago.

What year is it? If I recall correctly they have a 5 year warranty.

You would not see me doing much of you describe wearing shorts. Aside from that; yeah, sometimes every day is Monday the 13th.

Starting early with "why women live longer than men." 🙃

^^^^ If enough people do that, maybe they will get the message. The last time I was in HD was 4 weekends ago... at about noontime Saturday. They had 2 self serve islands open, and a register in the garden section. I looked at the lines, then looked at the hose repair ends I was holding- and...

I know that it's gas, and gas is well, GAS, but... Well, maybe not such a good idea in this scenario.

How does it attach? Back in the '50s several manufacturers made one and two wheel garden tractors which were simply two wheels with a small engine driving them with a belt. These had several attachments for the back including what you describe.

The general store in a local tourist town where my sister had a camp used to charge rather high prices. If somebody mentioned them he'd say "I charge that because I have it and you need it. I believe that the real reason was a bit more mundane, he had to pay extra for delivery since he was so...

It seems like a waste of a good bar, just to make a video. I don't believe it would break that easily any ways. I've seen them pretzeled pretty good, and they still didn't break.

As did mine. My mother is now in an assisted living apartment; still with the same number. Oops, I haven't called her this week. Thanks for the reminder.

I hear that up here, also. From colonial times to the middle of the last century there was an ongoing attempt to irradicate predators. It was very effective; we haven't had wolves or mountain lions in a century. Yet nature abhors a vacuum, and the coyotes have filled the niche left behind by the...

I had one of those plastic pools for my first dog but it didn't last long. I thought it was from her toenails but it's been 20+ years.

Run your thumbnail down across George's collar. It should feel rough, like corduroy. On a related note, some people don't appreciate it when you tell them that you know the bill is good because you printed it this morning.

This one dezerves more than a FB thumbsup. 😆😃😄🙃😎

Ropes, tied with the same knot I learned to use when tieing down apple crates.

Imagine that! Not just theft either. Have you ever had something not scan without realizing it? It could lead to a new episode of "My Cousin Vinnie."

When they revamped minimum wage here in Maine a while back there was talk of doing this, but the wait staff were up in arms. They make considerably more money on tips.

^^^^^ Do you have problems with their toenails punching through the pool?

This is why I don't like straps for tieing my wheeler and snowsled into the truck. This is the second time... first time I don't know how the sled stayed on. This old piece of rope is the only reason I didn't lose it.

^^^^^ Perhaps he came from a home with kids?

Have you contacted CAT about a manual? 2008 isn't that old.

Throw the clutch in?

Baking cookies was a holiday tradition at our house. Along with family and the school Christmas party we'd make packages for the mailman, milkman and the trash men. Until about 3 years ago my mother always had something in the freezer for when somebody helped her with anything, People called her...

This is my experience also. A year is about average for work clothes... and that's just because for 3-5 months of the year they are in the closet as I'm wearing winter attire. Until about 10 years ago lifespan of a pair of leather boots was measured in months. Rubber boots would last a month if...

I went to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription yesterday... or should I say yet another prescription.:mad: She remembered my name.

Why does something so obvious to us seem like a great idea to a politician? 🤷‍♂️

I don't know. I just see people doing it.

I know people who move every 2 years, to take advantage of the value increase. Couples can make up to 500k selling their home withput paying capital gains. You really are an optimist! Politicians have never met a tax they didn't like.

The OP started this thread in May 2017. Hopefully he has it resolved by now.

That airbag must have been a shock!

My neighbor's dog used to cross a busy highway, walk 700 feet down my driveway and **** in my yard. I went over to talk to him one night, and explained that my pup would go out and eat it. The look on his face was priceless, and his dog never came in my yard again.

I got tired of my logging winch not releasing the clutch. A couple of months ago I took the detentè apart and somehow managed to lose the ball bearings. Today I brought it to the auto parts store to see if they had anything which would work. The clerk took it out back, but returned after a...

I was mowing just before dusk last night when I saw a slightly larger fawn walking toward me. No idea where the mother was, although an hour earlier I saw a coyote headed in the same direction the fawn came from. I quickly shut the mower down and quit for the night. It's not uncommon for me to...

Neither have I, but the last movie I watched at a theatre was "Platoon."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/07/03/michael-madsen-death-movies-quentin-tarantino-reservoir-dogs/84461859007/

Here's an example of privatized mail service; I ordered two books last week. They are being shipped via "DHLGLOBAL". Estimated time to get here from Georgia is 11 days. Yeah, let's privatize the mail service.

Now I'm drooling... and I don't even indulge in mixed drinks.

She sounds like a wise woman. I would keep her. What are you getting for a chipper?

Do you really want some guy losing a critical sensor in the middle of a firefight? Under those circumstances, let's KISS.

This is what I was thinking of. And the question I had asked...

Tradosaurus... The Julia Childs of mixitology. 👍 👍 Because half of the fun is getting there.

To the OP; I didn't participate but want to thank you for coming back and letting us know. Too often somebody joins, asks a question and never is heard from again.

That seems like a pretty good deal to me, also. 👍👍 I can usually get them where I want to, but that'd be the one time I messed up. The OP gave a pretty good explanation of why he was going to leave it there. I think his idea likely makes the most sense.

In my case, the logging winch and backhoe. Formerly also a wood splitter, hopefully a wood chipper in the future. Yet as I mentioned before, I disabled my seat switch because I got tired of it shutting the tractor down every time I turn in the seat to watch the mower, tiller, plow or disc harrow.

All that I know about Amarillo is that you should be there by morning. ;)

I felt that way when they were Dodge, especially after owning 2 Dakotas. Yet as I said before, now they seem to have the least problems of anything out there.

I can give you that.

I was doing the math as I read your ingredients, thinking WoW!!! Then I got to the end. It's still a pretty healthy drink, when you're having more than one. Extra credit if you remember what beer commercial the italitized line was from.

Ouch! Years ago (1994+-) a coworker drove 100 miles to buy an F150 with his 4 kids in tow. He wasn't 10 miles from the dealership when the engine grenaded. I'm not sure but always suspected somebody forgot to tighten the drain plug. He had it towed back, tore up the paperwork and walked next...

I had to sit through Friday night's "The Bobby Sherman Show", which was a spinoff from "The Partridge Family."

Mine was in the back of my truck. I ran the strap across the bed, wrapping it around the rear rack. I hit a good bump but never considered the strap could stretch enough to release. Now I tie an insurance rope onto the steering assembly, just a square knot kn case something doesn't go as planned.

My older sister was big into him back then. I just sent her my condolences... gotta stir the pot once in a while!

Then step back 75 or a hundred feet with an 18" rule- preferably at least as far back as the tree is high- hold the ruler out at arm's length, note where 8 feet is as well as where the top is. Similar to Airbiscuit's example. You might even ask the same woman to do it, now that she knows how...

From the Maine IFW website... They just sent out an email last week so I thought this thread was timely. https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/living-with-wildlife/orphaned-injured-wildlife/deer-fawns.html Deer seem to be realizing that it often is safer in residential areas.

Meanwhile, you have your own Mutual of Omaha in your backyard. Enjoy!

Thank you. It was a bit over my math level anyways. I only have 9 fingers, plus the one which I use to count them.

This is what I saw. Hope that it helps.

This question is almost like asking which is better in your drink; frozen water or ice. I wouldn't hesitate to buy either one, it would come down to which was closer and cost the least. (Mine is a 1974 IH 5 foot mower)

^^^^^^ (80 +10)/10 = ?? New math?

A farm worker is injured or killed about twice per week, so there is some benefit to them.

^^^^^ I think that comes with age. Also remember though that many species thrive because of our presence and activity. I always get a kick out of "no mow May" because I know how many crows show up for dinner when I start mowing my field.

I was waiting for somebody else to ask. ;)

I wired the switch open on my Kubota because I got tired of it shutting the tractor off everytime I turned in the seat to look at the tiller, mower, harrow or whatever I was doing. I'm all about safety (which is why my first suggestion was the manual) yet they also need to be practical.

It should be covered in your operator's manual. If you don't have one it would be a good idea to get it. You probably can download it for free.

Years ago my brother and I were with my cousin on a divided 4 lane, in his D100 with a 360. A BMW pulled up beside us and I wisecracked "wanna race?" That driver stepped on it and Keith kicked in the 4 bbl and we went side by side as we couldn't pull ahead and the Beemer couldn't or wouldn't...

I passed a Superduty pulling a really nice 5th wheel camper on the interstate this morning. I confess I gave him way more room than normally needed before pulling back into the travel lane. Unless I missed something, it seems like Ram is the only full sized truck which hasn't been reft with...

Years ago I was putting in my garden and was ready to quit because the blackflies were so bad. Just as I was ready to go a flock(?) of dragonflies showed up, and the blackflies disappeared. For a while you could buy an electronic device which imitated the sound of dragonflies, allegedly to...

Talk to people who spend time with farmers; equipment salesmen, milk pickup, fuel delivery. That was the network long before the internet. Those old loaders are still out there. I drove past one with a sign on it last week but couldn't tell you where. Also, x2 on telling us roughly where you...

^^^ A woman I spent time with last year said she has never heard an owl. I can't imagine living 60 years in Maine and not hearing one.

https://inthelighturns.com/funeral-information/the-mushroom-coffin-an-eco-friendly-option-for-burial My cousin told of an American Indian friend of his, who's family really liked dogs. For several generations they had been burying their deceased pets and planted a fruit tree on the grave. The...

That's rather scary. Two things I expect when driving; the steering wheel to send me in the direction I point it, and the brakes to stop me when I step on the pedal. In the "good old days" they would simply send you a sticker to put on the dash; "Warning, sudden brake failure may occur."

We'll go with that. If every 7 YO kid...

Getting back to the original post: I don't see how anybody can tolerate the fake scents in soaps, detergents, dryer sheets and now even trash bags.

I don't really give two shakes what happens after I'm gone. It'll just be an empty carcass, and I' m doing my best to make sure it's well worn out by then. For my mother's sake I let her think I will be buried in the family plot, but I likely will have somebody spread my ashes where my dogs are...

https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/non-native-earthworms-hurting-forests/

Frost action is amazing. My Ford 101 plow has a trip, so breaks away when I hit a rock. Otherwise I would have shared your experiences.

I am hearing about the jumping worms but haven't seen any. (y) Our earthworms and night crawlers are also considered invasive. They came over on ships from England. The native species were wiped out during the last ice age.

I prefer rope to straps for a lot of applications, especially if the load is movable, or compressable like hay. You just need to know how to use it. I almost lost my snowsled when the strap came unhooked on a bump. I didn't realize and drove another 20 miles. Not sure why it stayed on, luckily...

I've been mowing around the milkweed patches on the family homestead... any butterfly which migrates thousands of miles deserves a break. My brother goes behind me and cuts it down.

My soil is typed "Telos-Chesuncook", and "Chesuncook-Telos." Translated it means "small rocks with a little soil mixed in. At one time I had picked the part I till pretty good. Then I had a brainstorm of plowing it deeper than normal to bury the weeds. Now I have to pick it again. The clue...

Rocks are our best crop. It always amazes me that they've been picking them out of the potato fields for 150 years, yet still find more each year. Then I see members like Sawyer Rob posting pictures of the soil he turns and I can understand why farmers abandoned their land here and headed west.

That would go down good right about now.

It's funny how people who grew up with chickens don't want anything to do with them, yet many enjoy raising them as an expensive hobby. I didn't buy meat for 10 years. While the price of grain more than offset any savings they were better to eat. I go into the grocery store now, pick up a...

Do you have a canopy? That sun beating down can be exhausting.

Good advice. Around here you are able to find something for around $1200. I have an old 5' IH which I will be selling for less than that because it needs blades and a stump jumper.

This is too common. How many people do you see with "support dogs"? I've always felt this makes it more difficult for those who really do need a support animal, handicap placard, or...

Facebook et.al. There have always been people with a varied sexual orientation. They were once austracized for being different. Now it's the in thing to do so kids are jumping on the bandwagon.

Possum. Turkeys. (Reintroduced about 30 years ago, I saw my first in 2000.) Emerald Ash Borer. Asian Longhorned Beetle. Spotted Lanternfly.

I see guys doing that who wear boots all day. It gives their feet a chance to breath, on the way too and from work.

This is why I moved my henhouse. Free range chickens, lawns and barefeet were a poor combination.

I have one strap cut to length for my snowsled, and another for my ATV. Then a couple more left full length.

I burned my skilsaw up using one of those.

With all due respect; that was on the guy who didn't properly prepare it for shipping. And he can't even plead ignorance because you told him exactly what he needed to do.

Like this?

^^^^^^ Somebody gave up on him just as he grew up?!?!?

Ditto here... because I was trying to think of something to write to do the same.

^^^^^^ He's trained you well!!!

I could easily move that... after bucking it up into 16 inch chunks. They would be pretty useless on the sawmill. Nice log. Is it a sugar maple, or maybe something we don't have here?

Willie still is going strong though! Or should I just say "Willie is still going"... He's doing better than I expect to at his age... he's still breathing! Speaking of the Kingston Trio, here's one for you.

In my case they included a picture... of a place I didn't recognize. I forwarded it to a couple of friends asking if they knew where it was, and was driving around looking for someplace which matched the photo when the phone rang with a strange number. It was somebody 40 miles away who jad...

I thought that some of you Waylon fans might be interested in this... https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/06/15/shooter-jennings-dad-waylon-jennings-lost-music-project-albums/84066875007/ It isn't AI, and apparently not unfinished demo tapes. It could be interesting.

I had a small boat trailer converted for utility use with a piece of light angle iron welded to the front, and a single sheet of plywood for a deck. The guy I sold it to was going to pull it behind his RV with his nice dresser Yamaha on it... it's his money but I wouldn't have. I was using my...

You've told stories about him before, sounds like a pretty smart dog. Well, he IS a GSD. ;) Is he related to the one which raised your grandson and taught him to walk?

Would you please repeat the question?

Now that I've looked it up I approve of this message. ;)

A lot of people don't but I don't mind them. That might be in part because I keep them lubed.

^^^^^ That's a lab! The only thing they like more than food is attention.

That, too. (y)

Isn't Sundee a bowl of ice cream with nuts, chocolate syrup, whipped cream and a maraschino cherry on top?

On the subject of blocking; I believe that a TBN member died several years ago when the piece of wood he was using to hold up his rotary mower split, causing it to drop on him. This got my attention as I often use a big piece of firewood for blocking. Apparently it's better to have the grain...

Pain in the A$$.

It's too bad that you don't live closer. I have a 5' BH deck which I plan to cut up to make a box blade. It's solid, but the blades and stump jumper are missing.

I texted a coworker, who is a recent college grad, about plans for the week and asked if it was raining where he was. When he answered in the affirmative I wrote back "PITA". I then had to explain what it meant.

These 3 I am quite familiar with. (y) I learned this years ago, watching "Road House." (Patrick Swazey)

As others have mentioned, keep your splines greased. I use 00 grease which has worked well over the years. I also apply some to the shaft itself, so that it expands and compresses easily. On my Kubota the PTO stub rotates freely when disengaged, making it easier to line up the splines.

I would contact the manufacturer. They are still in business, based in PA. https://forddistributing.com/pages/aticorporation-resources

That must be why they are called "Green" 💵💰💵 mowers. :cool: I know, don't give up my day job.

Don't expect to get the cherry for this one. I have seen people do it intentionally because they didn't have the proper ball. (Usually 1 7/8 ball with 2" hitch.) One person I know of was cutting cedar, loading it onto his trailer and hauling it with a Toyota SR5. The load weighed more than the...

Years ago I stopped by the local convenience store, where the local tomboy was just starting a brake job for her friend, who was working at the store. She asked if I had an allen wrench to fit the brake caliper. I looked and she just had the el cheapo car jack supporting the car so I went around...

With health insurance, "Out of Pocket" means the portion of your bill which you have to cover.

Nice find! I have a very similar Jaguar around someplace, which I also found last year. Too bad that somebody else has the several Buck knives I've lost over the years as well as my Ka-bar and the nice folding knife I got for Christmas one year.

Although it does circumvent the OP's question "If you could only have one".

My brother owns 3 acres. He plans to bring my father's L2800 home when we sell the family property. He may not use it much, but it'll be there when he needs it.

When working on my truck I will set the jackstands, shake the truck and give it a good shove. If it moves I start over.

The son of one if my parent's employees was killed when his vehicle fell on him. The cinder blocks he was using to support it failed. Yet I still see people using them. I once brought my neighbor some hemlock blocks but he declined them. "If cement blocks will hold up a mobile home they will...

I was unable to finish my test, as I couldn't get past the question mentioned.

I was thinking about getting a weekend job, so filled out an application at HD. They require a multiple choice questionaire, with the responses of previous questions prompting tbe next. I got to a question about my current fellow employees which had no right answer, or "none of the above." Since...

I have it happen often. The PTO lever is off, but the switch isn't quite in the right position. If you had read further you would see that I answered my own question.

I am going to say "no" as ethanol has the opposite effect; it cleans any sludge and varnish which might be in the fuel system. At the same time it's destroying your o-rings, gaskets, and the rubber tips on your float valves.

If the engine turned over this discussion wouldn't exist. Yet you raise a good point. We tried to lift the loader on my father's 4400 (gasser) with the Kubota bucket, bjt weren't able to raise it more than a few inches. As we dragged it around the field trying to start it though, I was able to...

I feel the same way. If there is any way to screw up, their Connecticut facility will do it. A few years ago I ordered plant material from a company somewhere past New York. It took over 2 weeks to get here; by that time it was dead. I should have asked for a full refund, but thought I could...

A DDG search to answer my own question led me back to TBN. (Go figure) with this result from 2019; https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/understanding-error-008.417219/

Would a partially engaged safety switch trip a code?

"I was talkin' to my doctor down at the hospital He said, "Son, it says here you're 27, but that's impossible" Cocaine "You look like you could be 45"

No, it means they know we will pay it. I know which stations tend to have the best prices to fill my pickup in my area. I don't have a clue what I'm paying per gallon for the E0, I just know I need it.

Now you are talking about Fedex. I've had better luck with the postal service.

If I'm not mistaken, that's a bushing from the RF portion of your picture? If so, good luck finding the original part. However, it shouldn't be hard to fashion something which will work. I'd be tempted to make it out of oak or maple, if you happen to have some lying around.

What everybody seems to be overlooking is the additional stress on the bed of strapping the load down. I carry the same sized strap to pull my snowsled out when I get stuck, and have used them to pull my pickup out of the mud on occasion.

I think you will find the same thing here. I do take the time to pick them out, because I'll be the one digging up anything I bury.

I brought my father's woodsplitter home after he passed away. It hadn't been used for a few years as he had stopped burning wood. I thought I'd have to work to get it going but I turned the fuel on and it started first pull. It wasn't until we started cleaning the house out this past winter that...

Your point is valid, until they cinched the load down with a 10,000 lb ratchet strap hooked to the fenders.

Second stop of the day, in the town where I got the tick which put me on antibiotics 2 months ago. As I sat here eating lunch and reading this thread I reached up and scratched my neck; pulling a tick off which had just started to attach itself. I haven't even gotten out of the truck!!!

Some of us know what you meant. :D:cool:

Cucumber? You can tell that I don't live in snake country. ;)

Then we'll just use one strap to hold it on. Too bad sides of the pickup bed was in the way so that we couldn't lay it flat on the floor...

Good luck! I'm an avowed skeptic except that I've seen it work too often. In 7th grade I did a talk in dowsing and brought in a pair of rods as you said. I was standing in the classroom giving my talk and as I walked across the floor, the darned rods crossed. I took another step and they...

Right now I have a nice crop of black flies, with mosquitoes coming fast. It's going to be a small garden this year, I am trying to do too many other things. If I get cucumbers and tomatoes, everything else is a bonus.

The older engines with bigger carb jets are more forgiving. I had an old JD snowblower and was almost done cleaning up after a major storm when it ran out of gas. My can was also empty but I did have a couple of quarts of last year's gas with a chunk of ice in it, which I had drained out of my...

It sounds like they have addressed the problem since the OP wrote this 20+ years ago. Hopefully this will be helpful to anybody else who encounters this issue.

Good eye!!!! (y) I imagine those of you who mow regularly keep a close watch for the little buggers.

You can do that now, no mow May is over! I always get a kick put of it. Anybody who mows fields knows how quickly crows and other predators show up to feast on snakes and rodents; the latter being a host for ticks and other parasites. So let's give them a place to live right next to the house!

According to this site https://www.heavytruckparts.net/vin_result.php?vin=1HTWNADT54J022701 the engine is an International... But still, they might actually be interested in selling.

As much as I hate texting, you are 100% right. My company truck has a dash cam. When using the phone on bluetooth I have a record I can review, as long as I do so within a couple of days before it wraps.

I had to think about this a minute, but believe that you mean additive. One letter really does make a difference! :unsure:

No. I've seen dealers post those numbers within a CL ad, which makes it easier to find the exact specs of the truck. It's not like you're a tire kicker or scammer. You've been persistent enough to demonstrate you want to buy the truck.

Pulling isn't the problem; stopping the load is. If some kid steps out in front of you the tail is going to be wagging the dog. I pulled into a coworker's driveway behind him, glanced at the crushed stone in the borrowed dump trailer he was pulling behind his company 1/2 ton Sierra and said...

Which is why I am considering one. I am not a contractor by any means, but if I have something like a Maverick I likely would upgrade my Colorado for something like a Ram 2500 with a flatbed dump body.

From the article... He has no sympathy from me.

Meanwhile, in Maine news... https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/public-safety/public-safety-community-mourns-loss-baxter-maine-first-official-comfort-dog/97-3345ef37-be55-428d-8f65-27892a651eed All that I can say is ***** H ******* *****! What kind of idiot left him in the...

^^^^^ Somebody needs to take them out into the woods and dump them with no food or water. You don't want to know what I REALLY think. :mad:

I may when I clean out my freezer...

My parents were trying to clean the property up, and gave the family still to the local historical society. I didn't even know we HAD a family still!!!!

I will say that I like alloy wheels. Because of how they are constructed, they don't fill up with mud and ice the way that steel wheels do.

Ford seems to delight in packaging one popular item such as cruise control with junk nobody wants.

Quite often it isn't that people WANT those; rather, it's what's available so you end up paying for things you didn't know you needed.

I set a utility pole about that long but likely much heavier, using my little Kubota L275 and the owner's ton dump truck. I dug the hole withy backhoe' lifted one end of the pole onto the truck, pushed it until the butt was off the ground; then he lifted the body and I nudged it into place with...