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Looking forward to the next 5 pages of every regular member posting their waist size. :p At least manage sandwich it into the middle of an interesting story or factoid!

You're right. If you have to buy all the parts, and then put in the time to fab, then just buying the tool isn't so bad. I think I already had everything but the NPT plug, so mine probably cost me all of $4, plus spare parts already in the bin.

Amen. I'm also a 33", and while you can find them, there are never as many options as the miles of 32's and 34's straddling that narrow grouping of 33's. So, if I go soft in the middle as I work my way thru my early 50's, and manage to work myself up to a 34" waist, I'll be solving one problem.

This almost always works, but can be varying degrees of messy, and in cases where pressure is very high or coupling large, can get more difficult. They make couplings with a screw plunger in them, designed to relieve this pressure, but I made my own for the cost of an eye bolt + NPT plug +...

Well, I guess that answers my question about whether anyone has ever accidentally consumed it. They got that data from somewhere!

That's the original intent, indeed. But folks have found many other uses for them, over the years. In the case of adding a quick hitch to an existing tractor/implement pairing, this can have the advantage of extending the driveshaft by an amount similar to that by which the quick hitch extends...

For anything that can't be easily shipped to my door, I agree. But Deere delivers. Ten minutes at your computer while you sip your favorite bourbon one evening, is all it takes to have that part on your doorstep in 2-3 days. At $40, I can understand why it's not serviceable. The part is...

The leaves look like some varieties of mint. I wonder how many have tried a taste test while the stuff is a young little 6" tall sapling, before it grows tall enough to easily identify as something else? :ROFLMAO:

Hemp!

YKYO when you realize you are older than Carroll O'Conner playing Archie Bunker. He was 47 when the series started.

It's so hard to argue with basic arithmetic. :ROFLMAO:

That makes sense. <-- has never had a tractor large enough to have hydraulic brakes! :oops:

Oh, and if you register on their site, you can probably download the WM 105 manual. I didn't want to bother, I don't have an NH tractor.

NH doesn't seem to publish the Workmaster 105 manual on their site, but looking at the manuals they have there for the other Workmaster, the closest I could find was hydraulic oil pressure warning light. The droplet symbol is always going to be a fluid, and usually oil. I'm not sure what the...

Same. I've never left my high school weight of 165 - 175 lb., but I do seem to have lost about an inch in height. The hazard of never changing size is that it's pretty easy to keep the same clothes for 35 years. That's not always a good thing, or so my wife and kids sometimes have to remind...

I guess with today's modern self-priming diesels, it's not as big a deal. But on the old ones (my 750 and 855), just remembering the procedure on how to re-prime after 10 years of never running out of fuel, was a bit of a chore. :ROFLMAO: The old Cub Cadet was great. Gravity-fed fuel tank...

My tractor has a generic <!> orange indicator light, it always catches my eye when it comes on, and the text display on the dash will scroll whatever warning had caused the <!> light to come on. One of the things that triggers the <!> is low fuel, something like 1/8th of a tank is the...

Damn... wish I'd had that idea with a few, long-since turned to rags. :ROFLMAO:

I like a gauge AND a big red flashing light, for anything as critical as oil pressure. The gauge is to spot a problem or odd behavior before it becomes critical, or to verify why the light has come on. But I still like a bright red light to catch my eye, while I'm busy focusing on something...

:oops: And they didn't want the tractor?!?

One thing that came to mind when I read the first post in this thread, was hornets, ground-dwelling or otherwise. Given the time of year the brush hog would see the most use, I always half-expected to be attacked by hornets as I was connecting the thing. It never happened, but maybe that made...

Ya’ll are a bunch of light-weights.

The sad truth of my life, which has been entirely defined by a very long series of continuous projects, is that I am forever building for the phase of life that is about to end. My current barn/shop is a perfect example. I built that in 2015, and it was perfect for my needs of perhaps 2002 -...

Yep. And full engine rebuilds every 1/2 mile. :ROFLMAO:

See Arrhenius plots of failure due to electromigration, if you're interested in this. Although not really even the primary failure mechanism in most circuits, this is most often used to predict their MTTF (mean time to failure). And yes, it's a direct 1/log(T) relation to operating junction...

I sure wish I knew about these about 6 years ago, when I upgraded everything to iMatch compatible. I spent a bunch of money, and even more hours, extending several PTO shafts, which now makes them mostly incompatable with machines not having iMatch or similar. This PTO quick connect probably...

It's only stuff. If someone gets into the shop where I keep my tractor, I have a feeling that replacing the tractor is going to be one of the easier parts of the resulting insurance claim. Tractors are easily-quantifiable items, and even more easily replaced, than things like antique machines...

So does usage. Many years after I started buying HST tractors, I was still buying all of my cars and pickup trucks with a manual transmission. I love clutches and gearboxes, but they sure slow down chores like moving mulch or clearing the driveway of snow.

Sounds like a dealer problem. I sold my 1984 JD 750 ca.2013, and there was never a part for it that I could not buy at my Deere dealer. The only reason I sold it was that I wanted to get to a machine with power steering and a removable loader. That said, I have to admit that I wasn't buying...

I had a 4wd machine with a loader a manual steering once. I developed some pretty serious elbow pain issues in the year or two I owned it, repetitive stress injury like tennis elbow. Went away as soon as I traded it in for a machine with power steering. Another bonus, the former had manual...

I'm glad you posted this, since I've been wracking my brain the last day trying to remember which is which. I knew my Briggs-powered Toro (albeit 50+ years old) mower was one that said to screw it in, but honestly, I though the Tecumseh-powered Ariens snow blower also said to screw it in. My...

The JD LT160 uses a Kohler Command CV460S, and Kohler has a nice 148 page manual for that engine. On p.49 it says to rest the dipstick on the threads, but not screw it in, when checking the oil: https://resources.kohler.com/power/kohler/enginesUS/pdf/tp_2339_d.pdf This'd be one of those...

That's pretty close to what I do, minus the flip-flops. :p

... and then another barn to store the new tractor in. Then a little more land to make room for the barn. Then...

I've had this feature on every CUT I've owned, but they were all Deere, so maybe it's just a Deere thing. I honestly thought all tractors with 3 point hitch had this feature. How does an implement like a plug aearator or even rear snowblower ride the terrain, if it's fixed to the rear axle...

There's another thread just started on this forum, a guy buys 4 acres and is fixing to buy his first tractor. There's a thousand such threads on this forum, and you know what direction it's headed before it even starts, half this forum will try convincing the guy he needs to drop 50 large on a...

That would be cool! :ROFLMAO: I guess those with top and tilt have that. I just have hydraulic top link, never had much use for tilt, for my applications.

I've owned 3 Deere's (3033r, 855, 750), and all had two different positions for the pins on the connectors between the rockshaft arms and lower link arms, one of which allowed the lower links to float or lift independently. On the 3033r, you just turn the lower link pins a quarter turn...

Most 3-point hitches have two settings for the links to the lower arms, one of which allows you to lift each one independently, maybe 4 inches higher than the other. Very useful for that scenario. That said, I avoid ever putting any implement down on anything but level concrete or asphalt...

Buying "up a size" is usually good advice, many here end up looking to upgrade after their initial purchase. But on the flip side, many here also realize how much they learned without killing themselves or their wallet on a smaller machine, before upgrading with better experience and knowledge...

Hopefully your oil pressure indicator light, brake light, and anything else critical isn't in a dead section of dash panel. Most machines will light all indicators when you first turn the key, and before rotating to "Start". Might be worth checking to see if anything important is not functioning.

This. All engines retain some oil with each change, this is why they always show a high reading when re-filled according to capacity, and never a low reading. I can't believe how many people are posting about variability in oil pan capacity or dip stick variations. Do you honestly believe...

I skipped a few pages in the middle of the thread, but what's the publication date on this one? :p Great story, and great warning. Sorry you had to get run over to get the material for it! Hopefully everything mends up without any serious lasting effects.

I'm not familiar with Kioti, but if its like every other CUT I've ever owned, the lever is manual. So, if lever is moved to 4wd position, then 4wd is engaged, no matter what the indicator shows. Failure to illuminuate could be one of many things: 1. Kioti didn't equip your machine with an...

I've sold my Woods rotary cutter (brush hog), but I don't think hookup ever took me longer than 1 minute with the quick hitch, or maybe 2-3 minutes before I changed over to QH. Are you guys taking a lunch break in between backing up to the implement and plugging the driveshaft onto the PTO...

About as much as the post you made immediately before this, about pre-mix gas for string trimmers, in a thread on credit card acceptance. :p https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/whats-the-real-cost-of-accepting-credit-cards-for-a-busniess.587333/post-7194466

The phrase, "a solution hunting for a problem," comes to mind.

I can buy miles of zip ties or tape for $40, and since I pretty much always use more than 2 straps, I'd be realistically looking at $80 or $120 for those things. I hate to rain on anyone's entrepreneurial idea, but this one seems to be more expensive and less convenient than conventional...

This... and the fact that the driver of the car didn't have the luxury of pausing at 0:09, to think about and plan their options.

My 7 kW Honda-powered Powerstroke always worked fine with the UPS's, but the AVR got damaged in the last storm, so I had to temporarily substitute a new generator from Firman. Despite being similar size and operating under similar loading, the Firman drove the UPS's nuts. I have a new...

Despite the headline, nothing in that article states whether the fire started with the truck, or with the chipper.

Well, at least the hitch didn't fall off. :ROFLMAO: Any word on whether the chipper weight was within the tow weight spec of the vehicle?

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I couldn't place the name right away, but obviously knew the face... that dude was everywhere. Oh, and Kill Bill was a fun pair of movies. She may be nutty as a sh*thouse rat, but who doesn't like watching Uma kick some butt?

Same. I run the whole house on a 7 kW portable, including 3/4 hp well pump, by shutting off breakers to things like AC compressors, air compressor, pool heater, etc. The primary trouble I have with the portables is power quality, as my Lutron low-volt lighting goes absolutely nuts (flickering...

Same. The only daily predator we have to watch out for, and only because we have a small dog, is foxes. We get a lot of foxes, and very occasional black bears and big cats... but the only ones I've ever personally seen with my own eyes are the foxes. I do find a lot of bear poop in my yard...

It'd be interesting to see how many garden tractors or even lawn tractors have gone back to belt drive, as that's where they all started. Those into older tractors will know that one of the things that differentiated Cub Cadet from the rest, making them among the most popular and desired...

One problem with shopping new mowers, is that it's something most folks only do every 20'ish years, and relatively tame inflation of just 3.5% roughly doubles the price in that time (1.035^20 = 1.99). I was pretty shocked that the replacement model for the mower I bought for $7600 in 2007 is...

How did we get from ZTR mowers to boats and outboard engines?

What's to wear out? My 1963'ish Cub Cadet 123 was still running and mowing fine, when I sold it to make room in the barn for other toys, a few years ago. I did replace all of the HST control linkage and the seat cover around 2015, and did a valve guide job on the engine a few years after that...

The linkage on the 757 Ztrak never budges. I remember setting it when I first got the gauge back around 2011 or 2012, and it hasn't budged since then. I thought I'd have to re-adjust when I removed and rebuilt the deck two winters ago, but after re-hanging I found it landed right back in its...

Got it. I have checked mine a half-dozen times in the 15 years I've owned it, even bought a special guage for measuring height under each of the three blades, and it has never needed adjustment. Kinda makes me feel like I wasted money on the tool. :ROFLMAO:

The devil is in the details. What are the two asterisks denoting? Judging by the numbers listed, that table appears to be only for a single conductor in air, and perhaps at 75C or 90C insulation rating, likely not applicable to more than one current-carrying conductor in a cable.

Not sure how Deere does it now, but mine is just a knob you turn to the desired height, marked in 0.5 inch increments and with detents roughly every 0.25 inch. Step on deck lift pedal to take some weight off the height adjustment, turn the knob to desired height, ease foot off pedal. Done!

In that case, this all makes much more sense. 6 mm2 wire (approx. AWG-9) is indeed rated 50 A for up to 3 wires in a bundle with 90C insulation and terminations. That is probably why the manufacturer rated it as such.

AWG 9 does exist, or more commonly metric approximate equivalents thereof (e.g. 6 mm2). But OP stated it was labeled AWG 10:

lol...

See Emporia Vue. I have a half dozen of these systems scattered among our 8 breaker panels in this old house. Allows independent monitoring of every circuit, if you really want to go that far, on time scales ranging from seconds to weeks.

Then I would not use that device with AWG 10 wiring. In all likelihood, any localized heating within the AWG 10 will be dissippated through the connected devices, but you really don't have the ability to easily make that determination. The 50A breaker could allow the wiring to operate beyond...

Don't confuse the NEC's "Small Conductor Rule" (SCR), with actual ampacities for wires and cabling. The SCR only applies to site wiring, not appliances, which are rated individually by their manufacturer. As @Camofurever1 showed in that nice chart (first one, not the second), the...

There's that Oaktree optimism! :ROFLMAO: I'm going to be the old man who really shouldn't be mowing anymore, but everyone is afraid to tell him to stop. :p

Parked indoors? Outdoors? A remotely-monitored home security system with a combination of door, window, and motion sensors is pretty hard to beat. I have a sensor on each door of my barn, as well as two interior motion sensors, with a monitoring contract with a company that is almost too...

Recipes without numbers are more useless than a map without street names. :p

Depends on deck size. The 25 hp Kawi V-twin has been the standard engine on 60" machines for decades. The 35 hp machines are generally on machines with 72" decks, or in more recent years, those with 72" decks available. I suppose in your climate, with at least some warm-season turf grasses...

Ditto! :D I have the chance or inclination to drink in the morning less than once per year. But if you're gonna do it, do it right! Usually, it's reserved for a special brunch.

Same, and I don't even use stabilizer in anything except our generator. But Plowboy is in FL, which is a uniquely harsh climate WRT to humidity and heat.

Yeah, that's what I want to encounter on our curvy and narrow country roads, as the soccer mom is headed around the bend in the wrong lane towards me, while yelling at a kid and texting.

That old probability vs. impact debate, of risk analysis: I don't know who Grace LaConte is, this is just the first image I pilfered off Google, but I used to have to fill out dozens of these for every government contract job.

1000 hp passenger cars and pickup trucks have never been cheap. When viewed from that perspective, Rivian's pricing really doesn't seem so absurd. The Dodge SRT-10's ran around $50k, way back in 2004, and they were only a 500 hp 2wd truck. That inflates to nearly $90k today, for a truck...

I love the Rivian numbers, but hate the cosmetics. Hey... I think I said the same thing about the CyberTruck. :ROFLMAO: It's like all of these EV truck manufacturers are trying their hardest to design vehicles no truck buyer will ever want to drive. Hasn't anyone told them it's not that...

Maybe, but the Mr. Wilson comments sure made it sound otherwise. Sorry if I reacted wrong. :ROFLMAO:

I just ran some quick numbers, in case anyone cares: White oak runs about 47 lb/ft3 at 20% MC. MC is ratio of H20 mass to dry weight mass, so that 47 lb/ft3 works out to roughly 7.8 lb. of water + 39 lb of wood. But when it arrives at the sawmill, it's usually 60 - 65 lb/ft3, meaning roughly...

For those of us a little younger, it's hard to even hear the name Sherman, without thinking of the Sherminator:

Flat sawn white oak 8" planks will usually shrink about 1/2" across their width between milling and EMC, depending on initial moisture, exact sawing orientation, etc.

You make good arguments, and there's no one "right" answer for everyone. But just to clarify a few points: We were talking about Kawi V-twin 25 hp motors only. Not 35 hp motors, and not Briggs Vanguard. The exact engine configuration for my commercial 60" Deere 757 ZTrak mower is $2400, from...

I move about 60,000 pounds of oak per year, I know the wood better than most. White oak in particular takes about 3 years just to reach 18% moisture content, and our equillibrium moisture content (EMC) for white oak in this climate is around 15%. Did I mention I use a lot of white oak...

When did I say, or even imply, that? You seem to be in the wrong thread, unless it actually is your goal to just try to ruin it for others.

Whoever told you that was an idiot, or had an agenda. Think about how many hours landscape crews put on their zero turns, easily over 1000 hours per mowing season, more are probably in the 1500+ hours per season territory. Do you think these guys are really replacing their mowers or engines...

Sometimes even just to tell us they don't drink. :rolleyes: Yeah... we care.

Yes, there's a gap down each long side, but I'm not convinced that's enough. I plan to add some stringers to the long top corners, attaching them to each end of the cross members supporting the pipe, just to gap the plastic off the oak a bit better. But if you have any advice on how to...

Carpano Antica Formula 1786 is a winner, at least in a rye Manhattan. Some feel it has too much vanilla flavor, but I suspect they're combining it with something that's already sweet, and missing out on the sweet/bitter combination that makes the rye Manhattan such a winner. Get some Luxardo...

And don't ignore the possible advantage of driving an awl or screwdriver thru the filter to drain it, before unscrewing. I unscrew most of my filters before draining, but there is one vehicle and one tractor filter, which are both easier and cleaner to puncture and drain, before unscrewing.

Yeah, I know I'm the odd-ball. Very few go as "wet" as 2:1 anymore, although that's the more standard recipe from 80 years ago. Once in awhile, I'll try 6:1 or higher (I think you said yours was 8:1?), and I might even like it if I weren't so used to the older recipe. But it does require good...

That might be true, the way some make their martini with but a whisper of vermouth. But that’s not me. I’ve made both side by side, two different gins (beefeater & sapphire), and two different vermouths (M&R & Dolin), and I could definitely tell the difference between vermouths in both gin...

Yes, that’s the rule, for natural cork. But many have been using synthetic (plastic) corks the last 10-20 years, which might be less susceptible to that problem. I notice the wines my wife drinks come with more and more twist caps every year. This used to be a sign of a cheap wine, but is now...

You're on a forum of guys with 72" fixed deck, up to 144" batwing mowers, calling your 48 incher "large". :p j/k... any time you setp up from one size to the next, they feel big, for awhile. Pull the oil plug after running, like at the end of a mowing session, when the oil is hot and...

Depends on type and how it was stored. Generally, low sugar wines stored at constant temperature do fine for many years. The higher the sugar content, and the more times it's temperature cycled or moved, the more chance of spoilage.

PA, being "The Quaker State" is one of the longest hold-outs on blue laws and state-controlled liquor, but even our State Stores (as we call our liquor stores) have both Carpano and Dolin. Carpano can be expensive, Dolin generally much cheaper, and both make a good dry vermouth. Based on our...

Boards are home, treated, stickered, and in the “kiln”! I’ll have to lift the plastic at the ends after the next rain passes, to seal the board ends with paint or wax. Today was all a rush to get them treated and covered before tonight’s rain. There’s some real nice figuring on some of...

Worst vermouth, ever.

Thanks. It's starting to rust and bubble in a few spots, and I'm debating on how to deal with that. Any place I have ever repaired via rattle can seems to not hold up, but I really hate breaking out the HVLP gear for spot repairs. Maybe I just need to do more and thicker coats when I rattle...

I've often wondered how the modern ones like the Teconsha P3 provide variable control, since I don't think they get a variable signal from the brake pedal, I think they just get an on/off signal from the tail light circuit. With everything pre-wired and connectorized on every truck I've owned...

Well, I picked up my new decking this morning. A dozen planks of 6/4 x 8" x 16' white oak, freshly rough-sawn. They'll go on stickers in a sunny spot on the driveway for a few weeks, with a clear plastic tent arranged around them as a solar kiln, to dry while I remove the old planking and do...

We see that a lot, here. A new brand hits the shelves at a great price, and then shoots up as soon as poeple realize it's actually pretty good.

The formerly-mentioned Tekonsha is all electronic, no hydraulic connection into braking system you don't have, like ultrarunner's unit. Moreover, they're cheap and everywhere, and easily replaced with a single connector. I'd not let some concern over weather exposure stop me, if I needed one...

Oh, just caught this. I agree with you, I don't drink a lot of schnappes or cordials due to them being pretty sugary, but taste preference wasn't why I had suggested dumping it. When you think about what makes food or drink spoil, it comes down to water, sugar, and acids. If the first two are...

Even whiskey is approximately 50% - 60% water!

I usually keep two bottles of bourbon on the shelf, usually Makers or Knob for Old Fashioneds (my most frequent coctail), and something better for drinking on the rocks. The "something better" usually changes each time I buy, depending on what strikes my fancy. Basil Hayden has been the one...

I remember trying one of the Angel's Envy products, way back when they first started appearing at local bars. I remember it being very good, but it was far enough back that I don't even remember which of their products it was. I've honestly always thought rye was too harsh to drink without...

I've always seen refrigerant lines punched thru the wall a foot or two above grade, never below. Even on new construction. I'd suspect the losses of having them below grade, whether direct burial or in conduit that's almost certain to end up wet, runs any other advantage of trying to put them...

I have to admit I've never really drank Jamison's. I have a bottle of it received as a gift, that's still sitting unopened after more than 20 years! :oops: I drink mostly bourbon on the rocks or Old Fashioned, highland single-malt Scotches neat or with a dash of water, and rye in...

I used to bring Cuban cigars back from Europe. Then I realized that, by the late 1990's / early 2000's, all of the best cigar makers had moved out of Cuba to the Dominican Republic, in order to keep selling to American customers despite the embargo. So, I was sticking my neck out for something...

... and if you do, post a link to the new thread here, so we can follow across.

My newest CUT has brake lights, so I'd probably just tap my old Tekonsha P3 into that circuit. God knows I'll never buy another truck without integrated OEM brake controller, so the Tekonsha is just sitting in a bin collecting dust, as so many others are.

I also often buy/use Bulliet. I never drink rye neat or on the rocks, so I'm not sure it even matters what rye is used, once it's buried in the overpowering taste of sweet vermouth. :ROFLMAO: Makers, Wild Turkey, and Jack would go into Old Fashioneds, and the Jameson is good for Banff...

Lucky guy, but you don't need to brag! :p

I'm always amazed by the interesting history some of you folks have. That's one to write down, for the great-grandkids to be telling each other! :oops:

Good recipe! But even much better if you use Carpano Antica Formula 1786 sweet vermouth. So many places cheap out on vermouth and cherries, which just ruins good rye. My recipe: 1 shake Angostura bitters 2-1/4 oz rye 3/4 oz Carpano Antica Formula 1786 sweet vermouth 2-3 Luxardo Gourmet...

Good post... but wrong thread! :ROFLMAO:

Microplastics is all the rage these days, people freaking out about how much broken-down plastic particulates are in everything from our water supplies to our own blood. It's everywhere. Engineers and scientists are smart enough to tell you exactly how much plastic is in everything, from your...

Agreed. PEX is cheap, install it now, as a separate loop. No one says you need to connect it, just install it.

I've never leased a vehicle, I always buy. But I've always felt that early EV adopters may be the one case where leasing might be justified, as new and changing tech is usually going to lose value faster than mature tech. Just imagine trying to sell a Honda Insight or Nissan Leaf, today!

Despite the tendency of people to whine, I can't imagine very many people actually doing this, can you? I've seen the stories on the news, but always took it as nothing more than the usual proclivity of our news media to pretend a few rare isolated cases is a pandemic.

Probably great for Texas, but maybe less so for those in more northern climes. I've had a few decks, as in porch decks on a house, that all get slicker than snot when they freeze over in winter with fresh deck sealer on them... Thompson's or otherwise. Wood trailer decks are never fun in the...

Does Lay's potato chips get me at least half credit?

I've long known there are big differnces in Islay or Speyside versus Highland Scotch, or even different brands and styles of bourbon, but used to think "gin is gin". Then a friend opened my eyes to that, there are actually substantial differences in something like Tanqueray (really only good...

Snap hooks are great, when they're new! But I've yet to meet one that I didn't destroy inside of a few uses. I usually end up cursing myself for buying those things, as I busy myself with a grinder, converting them to regular hooks.

Whenever people talk about classic TV, they forget how much absolute crap dominated our screens, most of the week. Sure, I Love Lucy, All in the Family, MASH, Newhart, and Cheers were great. But for every one of them, there were 20 or 50 Bobby Sherman's and Partridge Families. One great show...

Same. But in my case it's a spray bottle that I fill from the gallon can, and it's kept in the shed where I park the tractor. Give the ball joints and other linkage connections on the 3-point, the PTO stub, and both ends of the driveshaft a quick spray with WD-40, after making sure...

My mind's eye sees that thing doing a wheelie if the passengers favor sitting toward the rear of the carriage.

… or just show the bottle label to the drink. Again, not a Martini without the spice of vermouth.

Holy carp! 8:1. :oops: You might as well just wave a closed bottle of vermouth over your gin, or just whisper the word “vermouth” over your drink, at that point. :p I know that’s the style today, and I do like gin, but at some point it ain’t even a Martini anymore!

It looks nice, and I suspect a lot of schools see it as a status symbol, as I see it at a lot of private schools. "Look at us, we have an expensive astro turf installation. Don't you want to enroll here?" It seems like a good idea, until you experience it first-hand.

Price new is usually $5500 ± $200, depending on dealer and options. So 3x per year, if you assume 20 year life or resale at 10 years for half price, is roughly $92 per use to buy. That assumes free storage and zero maintenance. If we assume $100/year inspection + $500 for new decking at 10...

Maybe for some! :ROFLMAO: Would love to see the actual recipe. Came thru as this:

My son plays high school soccer, and has had several games at schools that use the plastic turf. My God does that stuff ever get hot! I dread afternoon games at some of those schools at the beginning of the season when days are still hot and long, and can't help but imagine that those who...

Good post. But also don't discount trailer maintenance if you own. Mine is getting a new deck this summer, and it's only 10 years old. It's also getting some major retrofitting, but that's more in the area of discretionary customization, than pure maintenance. I'm using mine at least a half...

Well, with that $100 worth of liquor, you should have enough ingredients to make about 30 cocktails. :) So, $3/ea. for those mixing at home. Can't remember ever trying a rusty nail... one to try!

Our collectible/antique vehicles are generally plated as such, and usually exempt from safety and emissions inspections. They also get a huge break on insurance, but with all of that comes some restrictions on yearly and weekly mileage. The intent is that these be vehicles used for weekend...

We had some living in the woods behind our house, when we moved in. Yeah, sounds just like a woman screaming. Someone clearned a 3 acre hole in the middle of the woods, built a house and moved their two dogs in. Now if we hear a woman screaming in the night, we can assume it's human.

What sort of line are you using, that it droops due to gravity? The line I buy is stiff enough to stand up like a 15 year old boy in class with a cute teacher.

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Yep. We all have to go through our own painful learning experiences. No worries, though. I have a use for this, but the need is no emergency. I will hop on the next reasonable listing that pops up.

Beautiful creatures.

I don't even want to understand that one. Nothing leaves my body involuntarily, unless I'm infirmed with a stomach bug. Even then, with a toilet no more than 10 feet from any shower, I think I can control myself well enough to make it there. :p

Leave the fixin's on the shelf, and try ordering a Bombay Sapphire martini next time you're in a good bar or restaurant. Then you know the ingredients are fresh and good. I prefer Bombay Sapphire, traditional ratio (2:1 - 3:1) with a good vermouth (again, Carpano dry), and two or three large...

Never experienced that here. They will usually try to sell you an air cleaner or oil change, but the main point of inspection is brakes and tires. They pull all four wheels, measure and report rotor and pad thickness on the inspection report, as well as average tread depth on each tire. We...

A neighbor walked out their front door two evenings ago, and almost right into a black bear who was on their deck in the dark. They'er not common here, and they avoid people as much as they can, but they're around. I find their scat many times per year, but have never personally happened upon...

Yet every time you see a fluff piece on the news of some lady's 108th birthday, it's accompanied with an interview of the old bird, who almost invariably cites "a glass of whiskey every night" for their longevity. :ROFLMAO:

Lack of shaker is fine, in fact Martini's should be stirred, James Bond was just trying to be different. But you do need a way to strain the ice from the drink. I use a shaker, but just swirl it to mix rather than shaking, because it has a convenient strainer top. But pro bartenders generaly...

Let me re-quote myself: :p I know some states don't even require yearly inspection on passenger cars, which just seems crazy dangerous given the high fraction of complete mechanical-imbeciles behind the wheel on any given highway, but there you have it! :ROFLMAO:

Yeah, I have all the hydraulic hookups needed. If I got a 375A or 385A, it'd be just a matter of mounting the brackets. They all run off the Power Beyond, which I already ordered with the machine. I'm not going to bother with any other brand, I am really not that desperate, yet. I'd rather...

The other nice thing about choosing something small and light is that you can use the tractor to pull the trailer around the yard, when doing things like tree and shrub trimming. Then if your disposal is off-site, you can hook the trailer to your truck to haul it all to the mulch facility. We...

Wow… we have very similar taste. More of the old fashioneds and manhattans in winter, vs G&T’s and Martini's in summer. I also enjoy a Hefeweizen with lemonade on a hot day, but mostly stick to the Belgian beers the last ten years. Another summer treat is a tequila martini. Let me know if...

I've also had mixed luck with the little 10 oz. bottles in recent years. I prefer the 6 oz. cans, they seem to stay good forever. I buy Schweppes first, and Canada Dry when the store is out of Schweppes. I've never tried Polar tonic, and am surprised to hear it's good, but will have to try...

Interesting! Good thing I used “apparently”. :ROFLMAO:

Similar here. We find bear poop in our yard quite frequently, and hear reports of them constantly, but I have personally never seen one on our property. That’s a surprise, since I spend more time outdoors than any other 3 or 4 neighbors combined. I’ve begun to joke that the large berry-filled...

Reminds me of some of the Burgess Meredith lines from Grumpy Old Men, referring to Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau as “kids”.

I'm wondering how much those Irwin style clamps between the ramps and rear bumper were really adding to the safety of that whole operation. :p

If they're not saying, "what the F happened to him?!?", or even more likely afraid to have an open-casket funeral, then you didn't do it right! I suspect they're more likely to say, "well, he never did anything half way", at my funeral. :ROFLMAO:

Lots of bees here, along with hornets and wasps. But no shortage of honey bees and bumble bees. The Monarch butterflies are indeed scarce, though. We have them, but not nearly so many as decades ago.

I let mine free range for all of a week, thinking they’d be safe as long as I or family were near. One was attacked by one of our countless hawks when I was no more than 30 feet away, and they destroyed our flower gardens. They’ve been kept in a coop and run, ever since. We have a half dozen...

I’ve had chickens the last ten years, mostly because my son was interested in getting them, and I figured it’d be fun. And it was for awhile. They’re actually entertaining outdoor companions, as much as any other pet. But with the startup costs and feed, I don’t think they’ll ever save us any...

Aside from Emerald Ash Borer, Spotted Lantern Fly, Stink Bugs, and Oak Wilt? Seems to be something going around that's confusing a lot of people about their gender. What are the vectors for contagion of mental disease?

It makes sense when your time is worth something. The hours I get away from my desk between projects are seldom enough that a lost weekend is infinitely more important to me than the cost of a hose or belt sitting on the shelf. Everyone has to set their own priorities.

My defense is that I've been going to Europe almost every year since the mid-1990's, way before it was popular. :p I'll be in Dublin in August! But I've also been there in Sept/Oct/Nov, and it can be quite a bit colder than here. Ireland never gets truly cold, like our northern states, but...

My son has to wear a tie to school everyday, and until this year, I had to help him with that. So, it was a nice refresher for me. Not that I ever forgot, but I had definitely gotten a little rusty. Now he's 15, and doing it himself... he's probably better at it than me, today. But kids wear...

I spend a lot of time in SolidWorks, modeling designs, and had been contemplating hiring another CAD designer to offload some of that work. But perhaps I should see if AI can handle part of it? My primary interaction with AI is as simple as asking chatGPT or Siri basic trivia or weather...

... and the doctors! One side effect of the universal healthcare act, was that doctor-patient interaction had to be reduced, to manage costs. You've seen this in the form of being asked to see an RN or NP instead of the doctor, when you schedule apointments or get on-boarded as a new patient...

I haven't been to Barcelona before, but I'd be surprised if the air quality hasn't improved in recent years. I'm so used to seeing European cities curtail or even flat-out ban car traffic, and they're also very agressive with their emissions requirements.

I'm sure it does provide some UV protection, but I think the outer layers of most tractor hoses are already UV-stabilized materials like PVC. I see them used in areas where rubbing or abrasion are likely, such as between the rockshafts on the rear, so figured they're for a little extra abrasion...

Oh, I had some real cool ones, including that backhoe! Had a grader that must have been 3 feet long, and an excavator, too! But my parents were cash poor in those days, so they were all old hand-me-downs in various states of rust. The grader was so rusty almost none of the joints would move...

I see Europeans are protesting over tourism. The evening news on Monday included a bit where residents were protesting and shooting water guns at tourists eating dinner in Barcelona, and concerns the protests could turn more aggressive. I'll be in Barcelona along with several other European...

? You're mis-quoting Carl. He never said to replace anything. He suggested getting spares as cheaply as possible now, on the assumption they'll be needed someday, so that the OP isn't hunting for an expensive emergency solution when the time comes. I also keep some spares, mostly things like...

Estimates of average household firewood use in the 18th century were nearly always in the range of 20 - 30 cords. That's initially hard to imagine, until you remember that they were mostly heating and cooking from open fireplaces until at least the late 18th century, and that most worked in...

I still have two cross-cut loggers saws from my great-grandfather's shop, a 4 ft one-man saw with holes at the tip of the blade for a helper handle, and then a true 2-man saw roughly 6 feet long. Both have wickedly agressive tooth profiles. He was born in the 1890's, so probably had a whole...

Some materials are more UV resistant than others. Not all roofs are made of the same material, some are made out of very UV-stable materials. I cited two pieces of equipment in particular, but the reality is that we have many hundreds of examples of tires left in sun versus those kept indoors.

I don't want their feet breathing near me. Put your damn boots on, before coming into the store. :p

That's an interesting trailer. I've never seen one that lifted one of the wheel trucks. I had a dump truck nearly stand up on its tailgate in my lower yard, fifteen years ago. Idiot raised the bed without unlatching the tailgate. I was waving and hollering, as I watched the front tires come...

I'd challenge that. I can have two pieces of equipment on the same property, one sitting in the sun and the other in the shade, same air. Every bit of rubber on the one in the sun looks beat after a few years, the one in the shade looks new. I also have boats (plural). The topsides take a...

Fuzzy-lined Crocs are my house slippers, and regular old-skool Crocs are my regular "run out to the garage" or "go check the pool skimmer" daily wear. I don't wear them out in public, but they're great for around the house, and I never understood all the hete-speak for them. Super comfortable...

I've honestly always wondered about their merit. I found that keeping a solar tender on my trailer batteries seems to prevent early death, when they sit outside on 0°F nights through every winter. The mower is kept in an uninsulated and unheated shed, so I figured the same rules probably apply...

Yes, I have considered the carport, but I'm trying to make the thing less of an eyesore for the neighbor along the property line where I keep it, and I think the carport would be step in the wrong direction there. A low roof in cedar shake or matte brown finish would help it disappear in the...

Nice! Only thing I was buying new in 1978 was Tonka trucks. :p But I did own a 1970's Homelite Super EZ Auto for many years.

Not to rant, but it's downright embarassing what people wear in public, these days. Even at church, I see folks in everything from ripped jeans to tank tops. It's not that hard to throw on a pair of khaki's and a shirt with an actual collar. :rolleyes: Working in the shop or yard, I'm the...

Hah... just re-read my opening paragraph, and realized it could be interpreted two ways. Let me re-phrase: My sister and my wife were both adopted, not my wife's sister. lol... But no, in the case of my sister, the birth mother likely had no knowledge of whether my parents had told my sister...

This is the current tailgate, albeit mine is mostly destroyed due to dragging hundreds (thousands?) of logs over that corrugated metal: I could cut it at the mid-length point, weld in square tubes and hinges, to make it fold back on itself after raising. The frame on mine is in good shape...

Nah... I think skids would be fine, if I go with your plan. And I think I'd do removable tailgate either way, so I can keep roof plan low. In order to clear the tailgate, I'd have to raise the roof at least 2 feet higher, which is just going to let more rain and leaves blow in between the roof...

The gearbox in my 3-point spreader will sometimes stick after sitting between uses. It doesn't take much effort to un-stick it, but it's way easier to do this before connecting it to the tractor than when you're bent over between the 3-point links trying to connect to the PTO stub. One thing...

Good point. Any factory-made hose built and stocked in bulk is going to be way cheaper than custom-made lengths, given all the costs and time involved in stocking and hand-measuring each item. If there are standard lengths and configurations, you'll definitely do better buying off the shelf...

I can't agree, trad. It's too likely to come out later, in fact it's almost certain that it will, and then the child will be hurt by having been kept in the dark all those years. My wife and sister are both adopted. Both have known since birth. My sister's birth mother did make an attempt to...

Good idea. That has the advantage of being able to be installed or removed without use of my loader, or if the loader has insufficient reach and height. I have a winch on the front of the trailer, that could easily pull a roof on skids onto the trailer, and it could be pulled off with any...

Key in the ignition is fine, but in this case I had left the ignition on after it ran dry. I've honestly never had trouble getting anything in the key hole. Most have a metal shutter that covers the hole, or at least a rubber boot around it. My shed isn't exactly the heated and air...

A buddy saw a truck lose half its bed, driving down the highway, due to a loose and trailing ratchet strap. I don't remember the exact details, I only heard the story second-hand, but my buddy saw the loose strap just a few seconds before he watched the passenger side of the bed peel off the...

We have a local hydraulics shop that just makes the hoses for us. Their inventory will spin your head, they must have 50 pieces of every item in the Parker catalog. I thought every town has at least one of these shops? These places usually maintain the local fire equipment (half their...

The irony is that I had just pressure-washed the current decking the day before I wiped out on it. :ROFLMAO: Yeah, it was probably even worse before. There's only so much you can do with 10 year old pressure treated lumber that's been sitting under trees all its life. In addition to the...

Replace. I had a loader hose fail once, around 30 years old, and it was kept indoors for a third of that time. Damn lucky I didn't get hurt, I had just walked away from the machine to grab something else with the loader up in the air when it happened, but it sprayed hydro oil all over...

I did that with my mower when it was time for the yearly maintenance over the Christmas break. I checked the drawer where I normally keep keys, and they weren't there. But I did not have to hunt for them, as I knew right away that I'd find them in the ignition with a dead mower battery. Doh...

By chance, I caught a break and was able to contact the seller over the last two days. But alas, someone has already arranged to pick it up this weekend. I was too slow. If you guys spot any more 375/385A hoes from Deere in the greater PA/NJ/DE/NY area, let me know. Shame that one was only 2...

That's always been a problem, since the beginning of time, the Internet didn't create that. The biggest differences between today and decades ago, is that with sources like YouTube, 1) bad information usually gets de-prioritized due to poor ratings pushing the better sources to the front, and...