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Yeah, not sure I'm gonna look at that any further, it just seems to be too boxed in, and although I haven't dug into it too much further, it's got an odd zoning/land-use of RR (Rural Residential). Typically almost everything around here is zoned A2 Ag, and generally, I'm pretty familiar with that.

So, wife and I went riding around the area looking this evening. She wanted to relook at an oddball parcel (I more or less veto'd). Turned at several "for sale" and realtor signs and noted something. If you were serious, why would you literal have 2 hand written sharpie signs, with For Sale...

I donr use the term boolits, and don't normally use pills; and frankly prefer projectile, but we all 100% know what someone means when they say they shoot 168gr pills in their 308, or boolits, bullets, projectiles, or freedom seeds. Whole thing reminds me of silencer vs suppressor vs moderator...

I told my wife, I'm don't want to stretch beyond comfort, and she agrees, doesnt think it worth what they asked. I told her, I'm not heart broken, she agrees; and I told told her, that's probably a sign.

We received a counter offer today, come up $20k, $7500 in pre-closing deposit or earnest money/binder, close in 45 days, and that was about it. Real estate lady said the binder is too high, but other than that, it's way better than she expected. Call wife, tell her, and real estate agent calls...

Yes, and I wasn't saying anything negative about them; jus that they are a more significant percentage of the US population than many people consider. Just taking illegals; the estimates are between 15-30m, with the total US pop at 340M.

As a brief add to the sketching topic; I didn't realize the property appraiser GIS site included a rectangle and polygon tool. Its kinda not ideal; as when drawing a rectangle, you get the area, but then you need to place straight lines beside it to get length dimensions, or draw lines, then...

I just finished loading mine Saturday morning; CK2610; R14s; 1 gal of -20 de-icer per tire ($2.79/gal) and rest water; funnel and hose method for windshield de-icer and garden hose, and 'burping' for water. Total cost; just over $20, with water fill adapter and de-icer. No pumps, nothing else...

The MF2850M is the premium tractor, 100% the equal of Deer/Kubota, and frankly, priced like one. There is also the 2850E, with less premium features, that may or may not be a direct comparison to the Yanmar.

Berries are nearly full size, and stating to go from green to that pinkish color. Should be ready in about 3 weeks. I have very late bushes; and the actual farms have been picking for a month already.

I do know I was able to cross oil filter to a Wix for like $7.99 shipped 1 day; vs $24+ from Kioti online dealers (thats for a Chinese knock off of the Kioti); and I like Wix filters.

Shoot, I hope that stuff doesn't come off as political, not the intent at all. Just doesn't seem possible to talk about housing supply, with out talking about population and demand; and over 10% of the current pop is immigrants.

Heck, I watched a video last night about illegals going back to Mex., after realizing they lost money working here, and trying to survive here, and they actually had a better standard of living at home.

On another shooting topic, already sketched out the 300 yard rifle range on the property we threw an offer on. Possible shooting clays (informal) are at the back. Also, mentally placed a raised box blind in the NE corner, overlooking a wet, open, field/pond area, and maybe a 30x90 food plot. All...

Not specifically :) But facts are facts, if we look at 70-79 y/o; I would assume something like 10-15% of them die every year. Not trying to wish for anyone, but none of us get out of this alive. I don't think anyone can predict the macro situation more than 5 years out. I could easily see...

On a Big picture, the US is nearing a population drop trend in next 15 years or so, and even before that, once you count out undocumented folks, we might already be in a population drop over all. We 100% have whole states, and many smaller areas that are depopulating. We also have more and...

Real Estate is such a local thing; it could (and very well might) crash in midwest and north east, and boom in the southeast. I can't help but wonder what happens as the baby boomers finish dieing off? The youngest end of that gen is what, 70ish now, and the top end already 80. What does that...

I have the info, and may look into it down the road, however, i would prefer to do that as a cash only move, down the road.

We did the showing, and liked the property, and house was fine. We threw a low number at it. Highly doubt they will take it, but maybe if it sits in the market for a few months, the number will start looking better too them. It actually did have some features not shown or listed, such as a...

So, big picture; we have found it very difficult to purchase just land, over 5 acres. 95% of lenders and frankly real estate people don't know how to treat it. They know what to do with a home on small parcels, they know what to do with a future construction lot, but very few know much about...

Wife and me both Hate the whole big purchase process/shopping process. Last vehicle was her Charger, and she ordered it from Vroom, too avoid a lot of the BS (BTW, that process was less than enjoyable too). I had wanted a newer tractor for last 8 years; when everything fell into place; sold my...

ETPM, point taken, and I agree. In my house, we tend to take Forever himhawing around until we decide to do something, and then it is more of a matter of, we decided to do this, we are doing this. When we bought our current (first) house, 17 years ago, we did several unofficial visits to...

That is often referred to as a 'Pocket Listing'; they know some people to call, something isn't officially even listed, but if the numbers are right, they know certain properties are available. Around here, there are several large and several smaller forestry/mining owners; which also sell/buy...

I dont know 100%, but I assume jumping the projectile in the case refers to the possibility of a seriously compressed powder charge, pushing the projectile back out, and increasing OAL? I haven't ever loaded anything compressed enough to know if that is real or not.

If it's only an easement to my own back 3.3, and a foreign owned 0.7; that would probably be a non-issue; what kinda worries me, if that 200 acres of forestry Also has access easement, and their haul road is 50 ft from the house, that Would be an issue. Will justify additional research on...

Well, locally, I can't tell you how many homes/properties that butt upto a mud puddle pond, use stock photos of a very large, nice, lake (few thousand acres) about 10 miles away. I think their argument is, those pictures are of what's available in the area, but sure seems misleading. Stretching...

BTW, we have looked at and scouted several properties over the last 3 or 4 years, and they all had some real issues to over come. Seems all the quality properties, people aren't selling, or have already broke up into 2 acre pieces.

Yes, this property has an easement across the front, but its right down the property line.

Here is perhaps a better image. I really like how tucked back in and private the property is. Maybe I'm trying to find faults now, but at the same time; not box myself into a problem.

Here is a quick dirty, NTS, drawing kd what I mean. I'm looking at parcel D (with home) and E. Parcel C is owned by someone in Philly, so probably will never deal with or see them; but that easement would prevent any structures or anything down the center of D. The easement on side of E isn't...

Looking at it all; it Looks like it was part of a 40 acre piece, and was separated into 4 pieces; a 26, a 10, a 3.25 , and a 0.7; and the property behind is 200 acres of timber. The 10 and 3.26 are what's for sale, and both cross the 26, and then there is a weird 0.7 piece in the middle, with...

How would yall feel about the a back property having an access easement kinda right down the center of your property? Obviously not ideal, and would affect placement of permanent outbuildings. Would it bother you much, or just work around it?

Agree. I hate the whole shopping process for big purchases. It wouldn't be so bad if we could realistically move out of current house for 3 months, fix/clean/stage/sell and then throw that money at a down-payment. We did get pre-approved non-contingent on the sale of current home. Not sure I...

Gonna view another property tomorrow (started new thread); but just to wrap this up; if we are serious, I'm gonna print 3 or 4, 11x17 aerials of this new property (with the Easements across it shown) and hand draw this time probably. Might also do another run with scribblemaps, just for 'fun'...

Didn't want to drift too much from original post, so I started a generic rural real estate thread in related topics.

So, been two or three recent threads about specific real estate topics; poor quality online pictures, poor descriptions, I started one about aerial layout maps, ect; so I figured I'd just start a generic real estate thread, focused on rural properties. So, I'll go first; me and wife are doing a...

Don't those just turn into a caked up nasty turb when they get wet?

On the pto shaft greasing point; a spray grease (not WD40/PB Blaster, but actual spray grease) or a oily rag (heavy oil, like gear oil) over the shaft will keep it from siezing up.

I've got a thread about the Vevor Air grease gun, that I ended up buying. It was nearly as cheap as a manual one, and it had the locking head on it. Would but again at the price (don't remember, but maybe $29). I kinda like to vary the color of general purpose grease, red, grey, yellow, blue...

For our OP, just figure on approx $250 extra for all the fluids and filters, and doing ur yourself. Only thing I would point out, somethings like the front axle take way more gear oil than you would expect, and by the same token, there is more old fluid in it than you think. Your old 6 quart car...

I'm at 50.9 hrs, and looking at doing my 50 hr service. Book calls for hydro filter but not fluid; and change engine oil and filter. I notice a lot of the 50 hr service kits include new air filter, but that seems over the top to replace. My original plan was hydro filter and fluid, along with...

I have a mix of Lyman, Lee, and Hornady dies, 1 Lee press, 1 Hornady press, and a Lee perfectnpowder measure. Honestly, Hornady is my go to brand foe dies, mostly because that's what is in stock locally, but they are good qualify. I also like the add-on microadjust seating stem.

I filled the rear tires with approx 12 gal of water and 1 gal of -20 de-icer this morning.

If you are selling the property and the tractor, any thought on posting as a package deal?

Report back, started at 8:30am, and by started, I mean, went outside to gather the stuff, funnel, deicer, garden hose, air chuck; at 9:45am, both tires were done, jack and jack stands put away (ish, moved out of the way), and tires aired up, and ready to test. Didn't even have to wake son up.

Picked up 2 gal of -20 deicer and a water fill connector. No idea on the math of 1 gal of -20 and like 12 gal of water; but I figure it will be maybe a 25 degree mix? Either way, I dont see any harm in adding the -20 to the mix. I was gonna do it during the week, but son is gonna be off work...

I'm in a 'Redi' county, with some of the worst schools in the state, and property has gotten crazy here too. Don't get me wrong, I like the county, but don't expect much as far as gov services, typically high crime/drugs/property crimes, and property prices are skyrocketing. But, what I do like...

Aerial of property mentioned above.

We actually took a drive-by on a 13.5 acre piece with a 5/2 manufactured (2018 model) today. The ad did have good pictures of the home, and maybe the 50 ft around it, but kinda would have liked some pictures of surrounding woods, and the pond at the back. Did some G-earth work, and it does...

So, I found some 7.5x16 (maybe 16.5s) that are airless, ment foe skid steers. Probably not a direct rolling circumference replacement for 7x16 ags.

He could go to something like an 8 ply which would offer some flat protection, but not like a solid or foamed tire. Really, $500 for two to get filled is pretty good.

What I am talking about, and I think our OP is considering, is not Great Stuff foam, it's a dense rubber like, I Think butalyne material. They have different densities, ranging from fairly light to something like 12#/gal

I can't help but think, 70-85% of the people who move to rural areas, to live a 'simpler life' will be relocating back towards town in 5-10 years, when they find out rural isn't like in the movies.

Sorry, didn't see you already had a price to foam the existing tires. I would look and see if the tread is good, and if so, that $500 for both is pretty good, just in down time and frustration

Probably not your bolt pattern, but looks like a pre-foam filled 7x16 industrial type tread, on wheel, is about $450 each. That's really not that bad, an might give you some general pricing ideas.

Yes, but I feel if you don't mind the price, the benefits outweigh the down sides; Even foam filled, the fronts Will wear out and need replaced, and it will need done again, and it will cost significantly more to have the tire and foam cut off rim Rougher ride, but really, none of the tires we...

Some generic googling, seems to suggest between $150-300 per tire to have them foamed. Personally, I would probably get a new set of fronts and have them foamed, if the tread or general tire is torn up or worn much.

We used to use foam filled tires on all terrian forklifts, Lulls, 'telehandlers', reach forks, whatever you want to call it. They were great, and we ran them at upto 16 mph on asphalt. Yes, they ride rough, but we are talking about a 24,000 lbs machine, running, I think 17.5x24s, so ride was...

4.10 clearly, that 3.73 is for the grocery getters

If he's bound and determined; I could see a used cutter (disc mower, haybine, or sicklebar) and a cheap rake, and than a fabricobbled large volume bucket-basket, scoping the windrows. Won't be efficient, and I'm unsure about storing loose hay, but the cutter and rake are pretty cheap is you have...

ScribbleMap does have a distance measuring feature, and it May have an angle indicator If you knew what you were doing, but I couldn't find one. I didn't see anything where you could measure 24 ft and then go 90 degrees or anything like that. I also didn't see any layers, like landscaping...

I do like north Florida, but long term... it's getting full and expensive. When I look at NE Alabama, and see what the same money buys...

In her words, this is the worst date I've ever been on :)

We didn't really realize her credit was as bad as it was; and I'll admit some of the stuff I had 'assumed' was paid off a long time ago; stuff like a coach, bed, ect that was 6 months same as cash, Lowes card with a couple appliances. Mildly annoying part of that, was we had the cash, but we...

Well... mine isn't 'good', but wife's is Bad. Not for non payment, it's more based on percentage of usage. We share a credit card, which has a significant balance we are working on, but it isn't crazy. We are both on both vehicles. I'm solo on tractor, and she's solo on Honda SxS. What kills...

I was able to use Scribblemaps to do 80% of what I wanted. It was pretty annoying, and had trouble saving data, and all; it was enough to kinda show land use, place a block for the home, ect. I had to basically draw more or less parallel lines, and angles based on 'feel' and the property lines I...

So, figure I'd drop an update, we got denied for the loan, and dropped it. Go riding around a week or two ago, and drive past, and the buyers put the homesite right up at the road, maybe 75 ft in. That's certainly the cheaper option, less clearing/grading/shorter power service/short driveway...

The bank account. Went with wife (both had to take off work) to get taxes straightened out and get tires mounted on her car.

I recently, maybe 3 or 4 weeks ago, had a thread about a "10 acre property, or maybe 15" that was actually 3.3 acres and an almost disconnect additional 8.8 acres of distant dry lake bottom. If that same property was lised as 3.3 acres, we wouldn't have even looked into any further. We have...

Couple observations; based on our looking locally (north east north central FLa). 1) I don't see where you mention acreage, and that has Often been an issue for us, now, it's not hard to find out with the address and either property appraiser or base map, but to me, it should be Very clear the...

As the parent of an 18 y/o, that will graduate in 5 weeks, I would beg to differ. He still live with us, but I normally only see him maybe 3 or 4 hours per week, between school, work, girlfriend, and just driving around burning gas.

I did mix up some of the details between the original post and the reply, and thought he was younger than you said. For a 15 year old, I assume he has started driving with a learner permit by now. Shoot, let him do a lot of the driving into town or whatever if you need to go; let him drive...

I dont know how sheltered, or domesticated this kid is, but. When son was in cub scouts, I remember going on the first camping trip, and being dumbfounded by some of these 1st/2nd grade kids; one had a snotty nose, and asked if anyone had tissues. No, just do a farmers blow. He had no idea what...

Oh, and I'll get you the same advice I give the kids; with welder, as everything else in life; When it comes down to catching on fire or going blind, always choose catching on fire, its not that big of a deal, it happens, that's why we learned stop drop and roll in elementary school On a...

For anyone getting started, as our OP is: your gonna need a bunch of scrap metal, a good wire brush, wire wheel, flap discs, and cut off wheels. Clamps are bonus, but I would work on first just how to burn 6" in a sort straight line; followed by welding stuff together, and over all, just have...

I was sent under a single wide to rat hunt with a 22lr revolver and rat shot, at the age of 9.

OP, it sounds like it is too late really to throw this out; You don't need the best quality grass to feed hay to goats, or cattle. You can feed a pretty weedy, trashy hay to them, and not be an issue. You already disced, tilled, and I assume, planted the new grass/alfalfa mix; but did you...

In a perfect world, no break downs, if you could dedicate 5 acres of good ground, you Could, Potentially, harvest something like $5000 of hay per year (not worth that much, but in value, assuming very expensive local square bales). Figure, you would have significant expenses in replacement...

Man, your over thinking it. Do some relaxed fishing during the day, and have a fire in the evening. Maybe do some target shooting, and all that. Maybe have him do some chores, but enjoy the efforts; ie gather, cut, split wood, for that fire. Looks like Cali had open all year season, without bag...

BTW, you probably will still be over 1000 bales before it's a cheaper option than buying squares, that's without counting the tillage, seeding, lime, fertilizer, and fuel. Not saying don't do it; but... just know it's not going to be cost savings, until maybe 8 years in Seems like I see...

Something like this, but it only makes 20" Odx28" L bales, bit new, it's $6k. Claims 30-50# rounds. Can be ordered with a cute little kit, with mini disc mower, and mini rake too, for $13k. I would skip the kit, and find an old used sickle bar, and an old rake. I would go with something a bit...

Used sickle bar mower, they can be pretty cheap, and parts are replaceable, and not that complex. Rakes are extremely mechanical too, and pretty cheap. You real issue will be the baler. I'm kinda intrigued by the micro round ballers for a small operation. I think Yanmar, and several other...

Rail road yes, the other, I dont want to discuss on an open forum for professional reasons ;)

My go-to gun for small groups (my personal version of small groups; shot some 0.40s, few 0.8s, and lots between 1 and 1.5") is a Cheap TC Compass in 223/556. I think it was like $229. I've thought about swapping to a Boyd's stock, but I don't really want to mess with it if it's shooting like...

I 'think' they have some rail in Ocala? I remember widening a road down there, and dealing with the RR, and it was night and day from CSX or FEC (Florid East Coast, ie Henry Flagler's rail line, that basically founded the state).. CSX is quick to tell you, step foot in my ROW without permission...

The CSX RR that runs down Sr200/US301, you see cattle going north and Amazon trailers headed south. The RR running along SR5/US1 seems to be primarily aggregate heading south, and generic ship freight headed north. Feels like the days of 80 rail cars of citrus are gone.

I do think people are too quick general to call a shot outside the group a 'flyer'. First, odds are pretty good it could be the shooter, and that's fine; However, if it truly is mechanically a Flyer, then that's worse, and you probably should try to narrow down what is causing it. It could be a...

Yeah, but thats not realistic really either. But most rifles, you can get idea if the first shot stays with the group or not pretty easily.

Maybe? I really wanted to avoid it if possible, just for compaction in the yard/garden, ect. I was digging a bunch of lake bottom silt from a very old, very dry lake bed, and I had a pretty aggressive 'ramp' going into a 36" deep, 6 ft wide hole, and then backing out-up, the fronts dug down, and...

Got myself in a sketchy situation the other day, and decided, I need to add weight. I normally throw a heavy 6 ft frontier box blade on the back for weight, but was working in the woods where it was pretty tight. Anyway, fronts got pretty buried, and rears just didn't have the traction, so Two...

Can't tell you how many videos, guy shoots 1 group of 5, and calls one of the shots a flyer, and says this thing shoots 1 MOA "all day long". Bullcrap, it shot 1 group that you video, thats 1.47" but when you decide to delete 1 of the 5, you can call it a 1" group. In reality, you want humbled...

If a factory gun can shoot several types of factory ammo, specific to your task. at 1.5" 5 round group (not cherry picking, calling flyers, ect), that is a Great shooting gun. If that same gun can shoot 2.5" groups, repeatedly, with factory ammo (specific to task), that's 100% a whitetail rifle...

Everyone throws around the term 1 MOA rifle, and I think 90% of people don't either understand that, Or don't want to be honest. Sure, 1 MOA, with a specific brand/SKU of factory ammo is doable (less common than advertised), but is that what you are hunting with? I have 1 rifle that can pretty...

Happened to see this on way to work, along a RR to trail, where powerline was mowing. Pulled over to check, and it's about 80 LF of rail road rail, and it looks like he didn't get it with the mulcher and just pushed it out of underbrush/ground while turning his tracks.

Only thing I would differ on is the 'buy real cheap, and then buy quality later'. I would try to buy something Cost effective, in the cheaper end, but not truly the absolute cheapest made. Basically something that won't need trash canned once you out grow it; something that will still function...

Unless I'm missing something, Titanium welders from HF only have 90 day warranty, unless you buy an extended warranty though them.

It's fine to do it, just make sure it's what you want, and use caution.

I would always say dual voltage is better, however, through modern electrical trickery and magic, they really are able to do a lot more with 120V machines then they could 15 years ago.

That's how the absolute bottom of the barrel, Chicago Electric AC one worked, but 99% of them do not send current without trigger pulled.

So, sorry if this questions your intelligence, but we all do stupid stuff, so When you touched the flux wire to the ground, and got nothing, you Were pulling the trigger, right? Assuming you were, it's a problem in the welder, like something on a board isn't soldered right, and it's not going...

Yogi, I really would start the Amazon return process. You paid for more than one function; also, assuming we are talking a reasonably sized stick rod, we shouldn't need 140 amps to burn 3/32; and even with 1/8 rods, we should be able to strick and maintain an arc at 90-120 amps. Something is...

Yogi, I just thought of something. When I got my Vevor 270, I tried it at first using the included dryer style to 3 prong 20A/120v and everything worked fine. I dont have a dryer style 220v in shed, so I ordered a dryer to 25a/220v twist lock (that's what my generator has, old welder, and shed)...

So, yes, I would give turning it up a try; BUT, if that does nothing, I would contact Amazon for return info. That's the beauty of Amazon, you have 30 days to change your mind, so don't waste too much, if it looks like a DOA, get that thing shipped back.

It 'sounds' to me like there is a setting that needs changed, to the mig whip, and then possibly, the Amps read out will also turn to Volts? The picture, stock picture I assume, you see how the mig gun symbol is lit up in orange, was your similar when you tried

So, got some questions, and please don't take any offense if I ask something stupid: 1) when the mig gun is plugged in, powered up, does wire feed out the gun? if not, does the feed rollers try to feed? if the feed rollers roll, but not wire, is the gun and whip held out from the machine at a...

My Kioti Ck2610, I was really thinking about disabling seat safety. It's nice to be able to stand up, and look at pallet forks ect; However; one time. wife's German Shepard tried to hop up on the tractor deck as I was getting down, and he hit the forward peddle, trying to run himself and me...

I like a multi process set up, mig/Stick. Now, part of that is, I have like 120 lbs of rods that I got for $3.00.

Not relevant to our OP, but know a gas line welder (local gas company, former travel pipeline welder), who says his Lincoln Ranger is out preformed by a $250 inverter Stick/DC Tig machine so much, he uses the Ranger for the outlet to feed the dtick/Tig. Take that as you want. Our OP won't be...

So, your not 100% wrong; But; let's say our OP has a budget of $500-600. IMO, he's better dropping $250-300 on the welder; and spending the other $250-300 on wire, helmet, gloves. I really think a he's going to be better off with 25# of wire and a $250 machine, than a $600 machine, with the 2.2#...

The Titanium Flux 125 is a pretty primitive machine, no dinse connector on the ground, unsure is it has replacement parts for the gun, and it can't accept gas at a later date. The Mig 140 does offer the ability to grow with the machine, but its $449.99, and it's 120v only, and single process. It...

I'm not arguing they are bad (Titanium/Vulcan), just that they Are more money than equivalent imports, and that if you Need the higher end machine, in that case, go with a better machine. I would advice anyone to skip the Chicago Electric welders. They do work, but you will regret the purchase...

Let's take the Titanium Unlumited 140. It's 110v only, $599.99, and is less powerful, double the price, then a lot of the Vevor/Yeswelder/others, all with only a 90 day warranty.

Dollar for Dollar, I feel HF machines really aren't the steal they used to be. Their Cheap cheap ones are extremely primitive, their middle of the road ones aren't cheap but offer less features (without increasing quality) over the better cheap ones of Amazon/Vevor. The Vulcan line up are pretty...

I bought the Vevor 270Amp 3 in 1; Mig/Tig/Stick, 220/110v set up and I'm pretty happy with it for mig/stick (well technicality, just Flux core and stick so far, gas bottles arent cheap). Maybe the advertiser it as a 4 in 1; Mig/Flux/Tig/Stick. I think I caught it on sale for like $249 or so...

Pygmy rattlers are pretty aggressive, and also seem to really like it under the porch, around flower beds, ect, and they are small, hard to spot, and don't rattle normally. Don't forget the scorpions, they won't 'hurt' you, but it feels like a cigarette being put out on your skin. One got me...

So, was speaking to some guys at work, and #1; It varies in the US by the state, and broad statements will be wrong. In Louisiana specifically (doesn't rule out other areas) you Can own surface water In Florida, you can own the buttom of water body, However, anyone can access/use/cross, as...

170,000; 6.0 Vortec, 2wd

Some butt ugly welds, with some slag inclusions, some porosity, and some burn holes, just to rile people up a bit.

I hate when people start a thread and never check back in; so, as a check back in; I had some crap metal laying around, mostly 30" 1-1/4"x3/16" thick angle, and other red iron type stuff; and wanted to play with the mig welder. So far, I've pretty much got the frame more or less ready; need to...

Was thinking this afternoon about running up 500 124gr cast lead 9mm projectiles, and loading up some spare ammo; but, kinda dreading powder coating. Tried it multiple ways, and had some success, but not consistent success... seems what worked best, a spoon of PC, a cap full of acetone, and...

Just watched a video this afternoon about Cummins 6.7L launching in 3 versions; gas, diesel, and hydrogen. Same block, different top end. No word specifically on Cummins gas being offered with dodge/ram specifically, but targeting busses, local medium duty trucks, ect.

Was in Academy recently, and they had moved SPP and LPP out to the normal ammo area (used to be behind counter), and also saw H4350 and H110 (single pounds, like 5 of H110 and single H4350) at $35.99/lbs. Primers where $8.99/100. Powder was a lot better than what I've seen at gunshops; like...

A perfect clear, square 10 acres is still not pee in the front yard kinda privacy. That's only 660 lf x 660 lf. How you position a home/infrastructure, as well as how you buffer the property lines, has a huge effect. There is a pretty nice little 10 acre pasture for sale, no infrastructure at...

Currently, only 2 acres. Looking for a new place with min 5, preferred 10+. Growing up, had 24, then 80, then 13, then 58; so 2 seems cramped. We found 6.7 on a pond, but bank stuff didn't work out. Looked at couple more, but locally, it's very hard to find a decent ammount of property for...

Yeah, agree. I think if that was extended cab, or crew, it would be easily $7-10k. I personally don't like a reg cab, but they do absolutely serve a purpose.

It was a 2012 Silverado 4x4, 4.3l V6, reg cab, W/T, 109,000 miles, auctioned off for Clay Electric Co-Op. I didn't want to overshare while still bidding, incase anyone on here wanted to bid too...

Well, I had it bid up to $1250, before talking to wife and son, knowing I wouldn't win at that price. Wife says, looks like it's worth $7,000 to her, I said, I wouldn't go over $4,000, maybe $5000. Then talk to son about it, and at first, he was on board, and then he kinda backed off and...

Nice. Not a fan of the new grill style, but looks like a nice clean truck.

All dealers have a 'Flagship' model/package, whatever, that isn't ment to sell itself so much, as bring intrest to the brand, and sell the more affordable/tame packages. It let's them run an ad, Fastest 0-60 in class (with an asterisk saying when properly equipped). No different the Ram 3500 ad...

I know I'm gonna sound like a Fudd, and that is Not the case; I normally have a 22lr or 22wmr next to the bed, in a 16" rifle, either bolt or lever; Because 99% of the 'crap I got to go check on that' is coyote/fox/snake in chicken coop/trash/ect.

I had read the 'main' source of the eco diesel problems was the high exhaust gas temp, and the EGR stuff. I'm sure it's not the source of 100% of the failures.

Company is buying several of the Ford Maverick AWDs, to replace (as needed) a fleet of mixed Explorers, F150s, and C1500s. Guys where making fun of them, and they do look a bit silly, but sitting in one, I thought it was fairly roomy for such a small vehicle.

Once you strip the almost 200 lbs of EPA stuff; are there any other major issues with the Ecodiesel? My understanding was the source of pretty much every catastrophic problem with them originated with the EPA stuff, that can just be removed

It's been a year now; would enjoy an update? How much progress has been made? How did it turn out? Any problems?

I would go after a MF 1850M/1860M power shuttle, open station, or the 26M series. I would consider keeping the 135, if you can, just because it's not going to have very much resale value (max $4k on a good day, maybe like $2500 for a quick sale?).

I have lived in N Central and N East Florida for around 30 years now; in 4 or 5 different counties. I do like FLa, But more and more, I've thought, in the longer run, once kids graduate, I might want to move to the NE corner of Ala, between Huntsville and Chattanooga. It's almost impossible...

So, Florida is a bit of a mix of lots of parts of the country. You want high class equestrian stuff; Ocala part of the world. You want actual country, southern state, you got the north central-north west. You want 'swamp people', you got Fort Pierce and the south west. You want Cuba, we got...

We do not pay state income tax, but we do pay high property tax, atleast compared to ALA/GA. Expecr in the neighborhood of 2% of the property value per year (yes, there are homestead breaks, but for a new purchase, that's only a $50k reduction in assessed value). Point being, something like a...

Florida had half price in all licenses between like Sept and Jan 1. I thought about buying the life time sportsman gold for my son, But it's not cheap, like $600 even at half price, and I don't know that he will live in Florida 5 or 10 years from now.

I've had some limited success with taking a fresh growth, soft cutting, and putting it in some root growth product, and sticking it in moist soil in a pot, and covering the pot with plastic. It's pretty limited success.

The birds tear through ours. Good year, maybe a 3 gal bucket, but the birds really knock that down.

12% buyers premium, $125 additional fee for titled vehicles. It's a 2012, so pretty dang new. Gonna watch what happens and if it goes very high, I'll drop out of the bidding quickly. There were enough pictures to see it had very minor damage on right rear, just in front of rear axle, minor...

Well, for a couple reasons; 1) it will build some kinda credit history 2) it removes the temptation to get lazy about selling the old truck,

The intent, would be make the purchase, and then son get a bank personal loan to repay me, building his credit, and avoiding needing full coverage insurance. Then repay the bank loan when he is able to sell his truck.

Bidding started today, and I threw a $250 high bid on it, just as a place holder. No rust, and AC works (that's auctions claim), no CEL, and a pretty worn seat. May go upto to a max of $2500, but not before a discussion with wife/son

Son needs a more efficient truck, and preferable a bit newer (6.0L 2003 1500HD) for college commuting. Saw a recent auction for equipment from my local power coop, and they happen to have one that 'appears' to fit the bill, regular cab, 4x4, v6, chevy 1500, work truck package. The auction is...

I've heard 2nd hand accounts of grape sized blueberries on the IFAS experimental farms.

Didn't make it all the way through the replies; but bed them well with pine bark mulch to keep weeds and sprouts from coming up. Avoid watering too late or over night, as that can lead to mold problems.

Not to talk you out of spending your money, but even if you drop $12k on a crate motor and install, you'd be well ahead of the $60k+ your looking at on a new truck. It's not just the truck payments, it's the insurance and all to go with that $900/month payment.

A typical residential service is a 3/4" going into a 5/8" meter, back to 3/4" to the home. Even at 1", your going to have plenty of flow, unless your dealing with some very high usage situation. I dont know what type of filter we are talking about; but would it be better to run 1.25" upto a 3...

So, something not really touched on much; but the number 1 cause of work place accidents is Slip and Fall; followed by ladders, lifting, and driving accidents. Point being; in all honesty, some of the most dangerous stuff you do with a chain saw is backing away from a tree, with a running saw...

That's a better way of saying what I was trying to say.

So, one thing you do have to think about, atleast in FLa, and everywhere I've ever been; if you're excavating, you need to enter a dig ticket, with 811. That's not a big deal really, and takes about 15 minutes to enter, and 72 hour wait. Where the issue is, if they come back with a positive...

When wife got home from work, I showed her the bizarre layout. She seemed less than thrilled with it, and kinda lost a lot of 'shine'. Still gonna keep an eye on it, but probably not gonna move forward unless the price adjusts downward.

How many private property jobs require a performer bond? Professionally, "significant roadway improvements" do, but the vast majority of work doesn't. Where you can get snagged, adding "additionally insured" parties,

There's a reason I said "atleast". In theory, you should pay yourself your pay as an operator, and then take business profits on top of that. I know there was an old thread where I offended some people by saying; if your not making money on top of the idiot in the seat, your not making business...

If you didn't do anything that has some risk, you'd do nothing. It's about understanding the risk, managing those that can reasonably be managed, and being careful. That's all things in life. I'm not saying it's a bad thing to have chaps and face shield; and in general, a first aid kit around. I...

This would be a no brain-er if I could get that 2nd piece right beside it (at a very right price) which would give me 8.2 acres of upland, with 10.5 acres of bottom land, with direct-easy access to one small water hole (2.5 acres) and slightly less direct/easy access to a 17.5 acre pond. But i...

I've kinda talked by self into and out of exploring it further several times. Not a huge fan of the lay out of the main 4.1 acres; as the home, and a small pond take up the middle, and there isn't any good stretches of area to do much with. The 5.5 acres does touch a permanent water hole, of...

So, the rabbit hole... I did some reading on what specifically Ag-2 is, and it's very broad and pretty permissive. Can't go over 35 ft vertical, have set back requirements, ect, no ag ponds larger than 5 acres. Then did some reading on Wetlands; and normal agricultural (including farming and...

Yes, the entire low 5.5 is wetlands; everything is Ag A-2 zoning.

I dont know that the county would allow the 5.5 to be broken off. I know nowadays, they would never allow a parent parcel to be broken up like this; I think the min access easement is 20 ft, for a single easement, going upto 40 ft if serving more than a single parcel. In theory, they are suppost...

I was thinking the same thing; 5.5 acres of bottom land might be almost worthless, but if you could pick up some of the other people's worthless pieces of dryish bottom, that's approx 80 acres of lake bottom, that is mostly sand/grass, with several 1-5 acre wet ponds remaining.

It's all zoned Ag.

Yeah, Easements are rough. Been dealing with one at work. Guy A separates 5 or 10 acres of road frontage, keeps back 25-30. Sells, front piece to Guy B, but retains an acess easement across the front to his property. Guy B buys it, and has to build a legal residential access/drive. Then Guy A...

I 'think' what the 'intent' is with the slivers, is instead of a 4 way easement trail to the semi orphaned pieces, is each upland part as it's own, included, connection to their orphan. It doesn't appear any of the 4 'trail slivers' are fenced, and in practice, I imagine the 4 property owners...

Well, the price is pretty much in line, or better, than comparable. It's kinda the difference between, hey, that's an OK piece that works for us, but kinda small (4.1 acres), and hot damn, that awesome, (10 acres), and now, I'm not sure what I would even do with that piece. I imagine it could be...

Maybe the better question, would be, what would you value 5.5 acres of difficult to access wetlands, that is dry enough most of the year to drive on, but can not be built on. If it was swamp instead of praiere, it would be much better as a hunting area, but this looks like a mix of praire and...

I'm wondering what the reasoning for these parcel shapes is. I could 100% understand a Pie of the parcel extending into old lake bed/praiere, but its just really weird to see a piece like that, with many other parcels also having 'trails' leading to their own polygon of lake bottom.

Technically, it is contiguous, as it's an 8-10 ft wide piece of the same parcel that connects it to the lower piece, all as a single parcel. That 8-10 ft (scaling, says 8 ft wide, but probably actually a 10 feet strip) is all part of the same parcel. That would be the only access to this lowland...

So, we continue looking for properties, which I've posted several times over the last 3 years about. Wife found one that appears to tick the boxes, and more. It's got a remodeled 3/3.5, 2400 sq ft home, and 10 acres of land, with a small pond. It clearly has 10 acres, per property appraiser, and...

First: getting the job done Second: making money (or for most of us, avoiding going broke) Third: doing it as safely as possible while meeting #1 and #2.

Are yall just putting on a show or do you really 'gear up' every time you use a saw? I mean, good for you, your probably doing the smart thing, but I don't think anyone I know personally over thinks it that much. Be careful, but safety 3rd. Edit: the talk about an escape rout is probably the...

Ok, yeah, that's right. Speer does, not Hornady.

Does a 22WMR really have an advantage over a 22LR out of that short of a barrel? I know Hornady or someone made some loadings specifically for ultra short barrels in several calibers, don't know if that included 22Mag.

So, this is a 100% question, not an attack, so please keep that in mind; What actual profession beside professors, have things published? I mean, yes, book writers, but I wouldn't call that a profession, anymore than I would call a Lotto winner or a movie star, or artist a professions, as in...

What safety equipment? some old worn out camo croocs. Sometimes a pair of pants and/or a shirt; but let's not kid ourselves, I've ran a chainsaw in flip flops and boxers...

I guess that makes sense in some select professions, but by and large, its the piece of paper, and they are all equal. Doesn't make a difference if it's Manilla Community Tech or Yale; a PE is a PE; an EIT is an EIT, an RN is an RN. Now, I understand not all professions are the same story. I do...

I would say the number 1 upgrade I've done is adding power (2 110v 20 amp circuits. and a 220v 30 amp), followed by throwing an old window unit AC in the wall. I know we pretty much assume power, but I used to have to drag cords out, and was limited to 15 amps of 110v. When I add the power, it...

Don't think I'm gonna jump on this, But I will admit I was impressed enough by the price to watch a video or two on them; but $539 for a 357 mag lever gun is a tempting. It's got an aluminum receiver, which should be fine; not 100% sure, but it kinda looks like the front barrel band/mag tube...

The wealthy people I know, typically, on casually meeting them, you'd never know. They don't buy expensive clothes, most drive nice, but not special trucks, don't take flashy vacations, and many, their home is on the nicer side of average, but they really appear to be typical middle-class...

Oh yeah, 100%, but it is the students loan, the parent is not responsible. Now, what's even crazier is the Parents Plus loans or whatever they try to sell you on; and that is 100% the parents loan to repay.

The student is an adult, and can do as they see fit; but that's also one of the paradoxes. They are an adult, and can sign up for whatever loan; but the parents income counts against them until they are married, or if they get to what 25/26? Not sure why my income affects another adult?

Also, with this, you might want to run every other outlet with a 'twin' down below the bench. Say you have 4 outlets set at 52" or so; put 1 or 2 down at 32" or so, for your shop vac or other ground mounted tools. It's only gonna cost you like $2.50 in additional wire, and about $10 for another...

Got a scope question, or request for opinions... Got to out something on that Savage 93 Mininimlist better than the CV Life that was collecting dust in my closet. This is mostly a small game, fun, plinking, and garden/chicken defense gun. I found ebay auction for a Leupold 2-7×33 Rifleman...

So down here Gopher Turtles are the main one on land, and they are endangered/protected. Except, apparently, card carrying legit Seminole Indians can remove/kill/eat/whatever, and I've heard of atleast one guy offering that service :)

Set your work benches up at "bar stool" height. It's much more comfortable for standing work, and your gonna be standing a lot more then sitting; plus, you can have some bar stools in there for that.

Nope, but a friend of a friend's brother saw one out there about 10 years ago :)

So, also, should throw out there, in 6 or maybe 8 trips out to this WMA (not all to the same place, covered 4 primary areas); I only saw 1 person, and he was riding a dirt bike, and didn't appear to be hunting.

It did not, but did see fresh hog scat on the trail that led to the area. I am pretty dang sure they where in the area while the camera was up, but angle must have been wrong. Did consistently see deer, and had a couple coyotes on there as well. These WMAs, your kinda in a predicament; do you...

Landscape Rake? 5 ft would probably be $250-600; 6 ft might be $300-700. It would have to be pristine to be near the top of those ranges.

Small game ended today, and I didn't get on any hogs. I found some sign, and a really good looking area, just didn't get on any hogs. I did see a fair number of deer.

Depends entirely on the use case. For a defensive (or offensive) shotgun, I'd take a pump 100% of the time; for small game/birds; umm, I'd really like to add a proper O/U shotgun. You can have #7.5s in one barrel and #4s in the other; or an improved cylinder and a full choke, for those longer shots.

Anyone think the Ultra high price private colleges that offer Huge scholarship dollars, but well less than tuition is kinda a scam? I know my little brother had like $60k scholarship offer from Duke, but that was only like 40%. Son got an offer of $112k of scholarship from Stetson, but at...

At this point, it seems pretty cut and dry; the OP is too pay purchase the property for appraised value, and disburs 1/3 of the funds to each of the other two siblings. Our OP would have zero obligation to attempt to increase the value, which actually works directly against him

Thanks. That's not a 'short' amount of time; but if you started now, it would be out of jail by deer gun season 2024 :)

Anyone able to report on ATF Form 4 return times as of late?

No idea how well it works (which really is a major factor) but Whitt Machine Dirty 30 is only $299 plus stamp, for a compact, light, 30 cal direct thread option. I wouldn't drop the $500 based on the Lack of info on their website, like length, weight, decimel reduction, ect. I see the "package"...

For a 100% balanced view on supressors; if they where Cheap, and unregulated, I would still have several guns that I wouldn't bother with suppressing. Pistols in general, I probably wouldn't bother with, and some 22LR rifles; as well, it's nice to have a really compact/light/mobile rifle at times.

Can't remember if I bought it up on here; but I think it's the 2025 Ram 1500? that is running an optional twin turbo straight 6 cylinder, small displacement motor, with two set ups, a mild and wild tune of the same motor, with the upgraded one making like 500hp/550ft/#. Not sure that's 100%...