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We love our napoleon 1450. Was the most affordable, but very reputable, no frills woodstove I could find back in 2015 that would heat our 1600 sq ft home easily. Was only $1300 back then, no issues whatsoever in 7 years since. Have it pretty centrally located in our open-plan house, and it...

I mean, we all learned from your garage build thread that you have your own particular building preferences, lol. But this is kinda silly, man. You friend's disaster example only informed us that they did a sh!t job on the stucco and didn't waterproof the wall assembly. Its not like if you...

It's a gift card, that lasts forever. You can get a physical gift card mailed to you, or just get an online code emailed.

That must be the 11% sale price, right? I'm pretty sick of their false advertising and cumbersome rebate system. Pro tip : if you have a menards in your area, then your local home depot always matches the 11% sale from menards over the exact same time periods. Bonus, their online rebate...

Oh MAN, you just gave me flashbacks to my teenager days on the roads here in Michigan. I had a souped up Mitsubishi Eclipse hatchback. The rear glass sprayer nozzle could be rotated from spraying downwards onto the glass, to upwards and hitting about 20' behind you. When d-bags would...

Haha. I call it a beater because i scored it cheap last fall, primarily just to avoid driving my 2500HD in the winter on our decrepit, salty roads. But I'm kind of a long time VW nerd and immediately knew all the mods I wanted to do, even had some old performance parts on the shelf to toss on...

1 USD = 1.29 CAN, so you clearly have more than just an exchange rate surcharge going on.

well then it sounds all good. You're not wrong, we drive too fast here. But I'm used to it, and enjoy it, to be honest. Still get 32-33 mpg going 70+ in my beater VW. If I slowed down to 60 mph and tried to nudge closer to 40 mpg, I would save.... a few bucks a month? It's meaningless...

Almost affordable again, haha. $18.95 each here in michigan today. I no longer care very much, since I finished sheeting my cabin build and used up every single one of my old, saved stock, except for one odd 7 footer and some little scraps. My years of hoarding paid off pretty nicely.

Hey, you do you. You are certainly entitled to drive as calmly as you want. But the rest of us are still going to drive 70-80 mph, because we can, and we want to. So keep in mind that your slow poking, if it is making other slow-ish drivers or semi trucks have to pass you, is creating real...

That's not really my concern. I'm not down with allowing this kind of reckless, pointless, right lane passing. I don't enjoy having to follow someone closely at 75 mph to block it, but it's even less safe to let someone squeeze in front into a 3 car gap, IMO. People around here that drive...

This is it, exactly. Every single day on our highways here. But often its 80 mph and 117 f/s instead.

^ no, you misunderstand. I desire to go 75-80 mph just like everyone else on my local highways. But if you leave any safe following distance, someone will zip around you just to then go the same speed in front of you, rather than behind you. It's not because I or anyone else is going too...

^ exactly. I don't feel comfortable tailgating, I desire control of my fortunes, and options for avoidance should a panic stop or road hazard situation arise. But it really F^&(ng sucks when you get cut off repeatedly from right lane passers, so, you have to close the gap sometimes and prevent...

Just wanted to help explain the nature of Michigan highway commuting with a picture in case its helpful. Many of the cars in front of me here are in the 1.5-3 car length following range (for no good reason) and are getting a huge aerodynamic drafting benefit. Feel free to bash me for taking a...

Interesting first post, lol. Welcome. Roofing sucks, agreed. You gotta do it right the first time, so that hopefully you basically never have to do it again. On the topic of this thread, I just had a metal carport put up. All the carport company websites advertise a basic 18x21x6 carport...

I understand this sentiment, I guess, but does everyone really think all new lumber is crap? I mean, the trees are younger, that is the main problem. But it's perfectly cut and smooth, zero knots, and they do try to align the grain for least warping. All the studs I've bought recently for my...

Haha. I grew up in the northeast and never heard of eucher until we moved to Michigan. I'm still not very good at it; sure is a fun group card game though.

I just made a metal sweeper by butchering an old woofer magnet myself. Took a neglected old $5 kids rake toy and bent the metal rake fins around each side of the magnet; works great. I like the idea to throw a plastic bag over it before dragging through ash, though, thanks!

Full agree, but mainly just responding to note that it's interesting you use the term "euchered" to say the engine is blown/shot/junk LOL. I wonder if people outside of the upper midwest even have any idea what card game you are talking about. :P

Lol, no, that wasn't me. I don't ride anyone's tail just for the fun of it, or to bully anyone out of my way. Don't get the road rage boilin' up in ya! You probably haven't done rush hour highway driving in Michigan before. Aside from a few choke points, we have generally enough highway...

No, I really don't think it will. I have been thinking about this myself as I cruise around in my 14mpg 2500HD lately. If I slowed down a bit, I could probably save.... a couple dollars a month? No thanks, I guess I'd rather still save 10 minutes per day of driving and just pay the surcharge...

My home depot has been turning over lumber pretty quick this summer. When they open up a new bunk of moist lumber... it's all nice and straight. Sometimes just the drive home is enough for the warp to set in, GRRRrrr

I dunno. A perfectly dimensioned, zero-knots, clear grain 2x6x8’ with no warp or cup (yet) is well worth 6 bucks to me. If you think of all the steps that piece of wood went through before getting sold to me at home depot, mannn…. I’d charge 20 if i was making them. 🤪

If you're driving up from NC.... then yeah it's worth the extra (long) day trip. Pretty sure I86 and I390 are free. I90 going across the middle/top of NY state is toll, I believe?

Well of course the basic hike in the glen itself (state park) is pretty dang cool. You could get out on Seneca lake on a rented boat. Nearby Letchworth state park is even referred to as "the grand canyon of the east" but most laugh at that description when they see it. Nonetheless, beautiful...

Agreed, will try to. I have a small stack of used OSB sheets I will use up first before buying new ones. Lumber manager at home depot hooked me up just now. Was heading in to buy a pile of 2x6x92-5/8 studs for $5.98 each as shown in inventory on their site. But apparently carpenter ants got...

2x4 studs down to $4.73 at home depot now. OSB stuck at 22.65, hoping for a few bucks cheaper yet before I need to buy my stack soon.

Just starting to notice some price cuts on local zillow listings searching around here - haven't seen that much over the last 2 years. I do think there is a sudden cool-off in the market going on. Trendy cities/towns in Southeast Michigan with desirable neighborhoods saw absolutely STUPID...

So great. Very awesome that the kids are already bombing off the dock. Do they come out of the water with some orange tinge? What's the expected timeline for water clarity?

whoa, nice video to help understand the building assembly process. You had a lot of good helpers!!

Is that 3rd remote lever actually wrong? Looks like the metal arm is correct, just a different rubber handle slid over it? That sucks about the remote valve rust. I agree it looks horrible and it's gonna get rusty splash water all over everything else around it until you correct it. Do you...

You guys are spoiling all the fun just giving it away like that. :P

You're probably thinking that something is coming from the wrong place. But it also wouldn't even be happening at all with that car!

Couple tips I have found from extensively searching my local Home Depot inventories during this supply chain limited era. I have 3 HD stores I can choose to shop at in my region. 1) they will often list the same size and type of lumber under different SKUs/search results if they come from...

2x4 studs are under $5 each as of today! $4.98 for either 8-footers or 92-5/8". 7/16" OSB just dropped to $22.65 apiece. Now the question is, do I keep waiting or start buying?

Beautiful. So question for you and other sawyers, why not square off that 4th side before slicing the boards out? Isn't it just a lot more work for the end user to have to square those up? Or did your friend want them that way. I see a lot of home-sawed lumber on craigslist by me here in...

Looks awesome! Bet that sucker is heavy.

$25.45 a sheet for OSB at Home Depot here. I'm building a she-shack for the wife this summer, need that price to keep falling! A bit cheaper at Menards with the 11% rebate, but until they make that rebate more convenient, I'm not playing. Plus to walk a quarter mile to the "lumber desk" to...

Dang, both of those 'burbans look super nice. Tough choice. I think I would go 6.0L and quadrasteer, though. The 8.1 is likely to use 15-20% more fuel to do the same exact driving (though, as you note, tow a bit more leisurely). Those cab clearance and rear fender flare lights are boss, too...

I had the exact same problem on my property. I was a bit naïve, and somewhat dumbstruck when my township zoning and building inspector said: "no detached accessory structures before having a primary home on site". Same exact thing, I was zoned for SINGLE family residential and thus building a...

Sure don't, good point. That only removes the ROPS idea, though.

Perspicacious! Great word. There's plenty of fixed places to mount an ammo box, if that's what you meant. The stationary part of the loader frame, the rops, besides the floorboard/step, etc.

Haha, not bad! Does it... .dump itself every time you lift the loader all the way up, though? Why not mount it somewhere... fixed?

I bought my Kioti CK3510 with 103 hours on it. I have 165 now and I have never detected it regen once. I am a mech engineer who dyno tests engines daily, so I'm what you might call hyper sensitive to engine noises and modes. So either mine is doing all passive regens (likely, I keep RPMs up...

When I was determined and ready to buy my newer/better pickup truck, I looked hard and wide for a 1500HD. I really liked the configuration, capabilities, and practicality. But GM didn't make/sell all that many of them, and I couldn't find one anywhere near Michigan with low miles or no rust...

Wow! Lotta work to redo that pool. Everything is looking great, congratulations on your hard work and success. Lol at the intentional weed pit that you built in the middle of your patio (sand/sunning square). Pretty sure the sun shines just fine onto patio bricks too, but. ;)

You're saying your XR4046 regens every 4 hours? For 32 minutes each time? That's horrible.

^ agreed, good candidate there. Pretty sure it isn't the EGR valve causing extra regens..... oof.

Yeah! Lets argue on the internet! First, what are your degrees? lol I think it's pretty obvious that putting it on backwards and backing the rear tires up to the front rail of the trailer would get the center of gravity significantly further forward. (hence increasing tongue weight).