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That's way more than enough for brush.

No brown recluse in CA, but we definitely have black widows. They like it dark and woody for the most part. The outside man door for our garage wasn't used for a while and one day I went through it and caught a faceful of a strong spider web. Startled the heck out of me. Luckily the spider -...

Looks like it updates fairly often, same URL - click it, wait a few seconds, refresh, watch the time stamp change.

hey if that's you, put some pants on! (jk)

Mine surges but still runs and I'm too lazy & scared to do much about it. I'm always afraid of getting those linkages taken apart and put back together right...

While it's a completely different product area, an organization I'm involved with has a need for a particular plywood, and due to circumstances that began in '22 the product's availability is sketchy. We were able to get some at local (50mi range) stores the first two years but last year I...

Similar to the rope, I use a bit of wire because it's what was on hand when I needed it. My OEM hook also is way too small. I just pull the wire through the end of the hydraulic top link and give it a quick twist at whatever length I feel like having it and it holds very well.

I bought some at HD in Auburn CA a few months ago. Stuff is heavy

> professional apple storage Nobody's expecting professional storage out of this, just a simulation of a root cellar. We do surprisingly well in the barely-cool room as it is. Reducing temperatures alone will get us a good amount more, even if the apples don't last till spring. Also, it's not...

If we had the right ground temps (see the graph on first page), I have a good hillside that would make it fairly workable, though it's by my barn about a hundred yards from the house (strangely enough it's flat around the house!)

I agree that a dug-out root cellar isn't a good match here, as much as I like the idea and aesthetics of the concept, if the project gains traction it'll end up in that storage room. I'm of the opinion that an easy-to-install package is worth spending some money on so I probably wouldn't...

I'd love to have a root cellar and have the desire and possibility the capability to dig & build one but my concern is that I don't think that the ground here (norcal, 2000' elevation in the hills, fairly hot - often 90-95 15-25% humidity but rarely 100+ desert hot in the summer, kinda freezes...

Apparently it's on dashcam and an estimated 1000# of rock came out of an unlocked gate.

Following with no suggestions... I've developed reflux issues despite barely eating any food, looks like I need to elevate my upper... meanwhile my wife needs to elevate her lower for completely different reasons.

This didn't go from "rounding out the holes" to failure in a week. You'd know better, but I'd start it on the monthly checklist - put a sample rod the same size as the attaching pins into the holes and ensure there's not "too much" play. Keep a log of hole diameter measurement. After a year of...

Without measuring things, this armchair inspector says that it probably fits the way it used to fit. You should be able to measure those wings and see if they're perpendicular to the bucket and if they're both out the same distance, parallel to the bucket horizontally, etc My bucket has about...

That's easy for us Californians to say (My truck turns 30 this year, barest hint of rust in a variety of spots where paint has gotten nicked, nothing to be concerned about here!). The body of my truck will last longer than most other parts of it with this climate and road conditions.

That 13" is probably ground clearance other than at the axles... you know how you lift a truck to get *so much more* ground clearance ;) *eyes pumpkins suspiciously*

My wife works as a nurse in the Sacramento Valley area and sees a lot of patients who have some sort of valley fever. Way too many. Cabs are good if you're doing even slightly dusty dirt work, and check your filters. I wear a mask (no cab) when I mow dry or use the tiller.

We have a robot vac that has silicone "brushes" which is just *amazing* at getting cat hair. I'm astounded at the volume of cat hair it picks up daily from four cats - and you really can't see this hair anywhere if the vac isn't running. We're 1/2 wood floor, 1/2 carpeting; future home will...

We took that route once when we were there. It was my wife and I and another couple; we had rented if I recall a mustang convertible? For me it was a nice drive, but nobody else enjoyed the road itself, though the many stops were gorgeous. You *definitely* need many stops for the passengers to...

I chose synthetic for extra margin of safety in case of line break. Still stay out of the way, but it *shouldn't* whip...

Is that what shipping containers are delivered on? I recall my 40' getting dropped by a long gooseneck that tilted up and back.

I put carlisle "Super lug" (R1-style tread) 20x10-8 on the back of my riding mower in 2017 - huge traction increase which is good for my hill, and also replaced the fronts with the same turf type that was on it then. The turf fronts balded in the next 7 years and last year I put 15x6.00-6 "R1"...

I got 2/0 copper stranded for mine. Buy once, cry once, do it right, get the lowest voltage drop you can.

I have a cheap@$$ cylinder as my top link and I see these ones with what I now know is a "double-piloted check valve". Given that my cheap cylinder is leaking a bit (but not a lot yet, and only when it's in use) and it would probably be way less time & effort for me to just replace it completely...

I'd probably take the whole thing apart and make sure it's clean inside

I'd caution against setting up kitchens for resale value - there's a really good chance that the buyer already has a certain kitchen in mind, and it won't be yours, and so they're going to budget tearing it out and putting in their own regardless of what you put into it. Plus, unless you're...

Just a note - 70% is a more effective disinfectant than higher, or lower, solutions. They don't dilute it to 70% just to make it cheaper, this is a case there it's actually better. 91% is better for cleaning (and makes a better flame!).

When we started beekeeping, we got the doc to write for an epi-pen which we keep in our bee bag. Neither of us are allergic, but a small number of people do seemingly randomly become allergic after not showing reactions previously, and there's also a chance that a visitor could get stung. IMO...

The roller is a pretty constant load, no surprises The snow cat probably has minor variations That feller buncher... yeow!

Looks like pretty decent dirt if you get rid of the rocks... kinda jealous, our red clay around here is pretty miserable and has its share of rocks as well :/

I don't think it's the teeth per se but poor dental health will impact a lot of aspects of health because it's such a ready access for attacking the immune system. You could probably pull all the teeth and not have this connection because you'd then have sealed up the entry point (primarily...

I suddenly started having BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo) about five or six or eight years ago. If I put my head in a certain position (for me, tilt far back and turn to it to the right like I'm trying to look at the ground right behind my shoulder), the world will start spinning...

Translation: "How much of the stuff do you put in a tube?"

We have granite, installed in 2000. We're very active cooks, and three kids learned to cook well here, including hot cast iron going directly to the counter. Still looks perfect and it's exactly what I'd use if I did another kitchen today (big fan of "uba tuba" granite).

I made the same choice with getting a backhoe for my tractor. Renting would be economically better overall, but the reality is that I use the backhoe a decent number of times during the year and likely wouldn't do many of those chores if I didn't have the backhoe as I previously wouldn't rent a...

I'm in somewhat the same situation in the "would like a trailer but barely have need for one" and I've decided to wait for a unicorn (mythical creature: barely used inexpensive trailer) on craigslist or other swap sheet. Considering how much a good trailer costs new, and the relatively low cost...

I've seen enough of his posts; I'm not concerned ;) Edit/addition: ok that could be taken two ways. Please read that as "he seems competent, he'll be back"!

@ptsg did something similar (not on the FEL subframe, but it's a hydraulic winch... which he made :cool:): Hydraulic winch

He's asking if you tried cutting with some overlap on the already-cut, so you've only got 7-8' actually being cut at a time.

That handle appears to be used to put the filter into bypass mode - it should be able to be turned with pressure in the system. The manual page does show the wrench being used to move the handle - are you using the wrench to turn it?

I just rabbit-holed reading about those after doing an image search, looks pretty cool & would be interested to know more about your system if you're ever bored enough to write about it lol (in a new thread)

Ok this is interesting 1. "it gets very hot after 15 minutes while cutting with the 10' mower" 2. "if I use a lower gear it doesn't overheat" 3. 2018 Branson Tractor 4520C = 42hp PTO claimed 4. Has A/C So aside from the likely (according to the above - I personally don't have a clue and came...

Is that a solar pool water heater?

More and more evidence points to high blood pressure directly increasing dementia. If you're the slightest bit high bp these days they will medicate you down and it's very likely worth it!

I get the occasional thing from TSC as there's little alternative here. I did join their "rewards", and got their credit card - which gets you into their top rewards category instantly. I've never used the credit card (which has no fee, and a reasonable limit which isn't affecting my credit...

yeah, I think a lot of CUT work is perfect for HST and HST is perfect for it, while utility tractors tend to be more in the.... tractor.... application, where HST can be a negative and there's little point of having it.

oh I recognize it well I still remember this one night in college I failed to get an invite to stay over by my gf 😭 and it was 1AM (the true "walk of shame"!), I was walking home along the drive which lead from her place to mine and as I passed over this one very low lying part of the road -...

is this the stuff "wiry" guys are made of last i checked i don't have any of that in me

I assume you're talking about the transaxle oil & filter here? I change a diesel engine's oil filter with every oil change, pretty sure that's normal.

Apparently they can regrow from root fragments, otherwise I'd say yank them. Sounds like digging time.

Someone gave me a Ryobi battery-powered trimmer they didn't need any more; that's got spools of something light. Works great around the lawn. For heavier stuff the old Echo gets used with either the 155 line or a blade. I'm sure if I was a yard care specialist I'd use the bump feeds as well but...

my take on your take is that you don't whack heavy stuff and can manage to get by on a little string

Fluorescent lighting is surprisingly efficient - typically 50-100 lumens per watt. Of course, LEDs are more like 130 lumens per watt, so they're even more efficient. One source gives 21.5W LED retrofit for T8 at 172 lumens per watt. Incandescent lighting is more like 15 (5-20 range). Personally...

What's the length of the entire piece when you start?

Do you do those jobs fixed price bid or by time? If you have a new customer with a mess like that, how do you handle the chance that you might hit hidden hazards / wire / tposts on the ground etc? I'd imagine taking over a reasonably well-kept area has low risk as someone else has already hit...

I like the zero-moving-parts (other than the entire unit spinning of course) aspect of that. Don't like the "wastes all the stuff in the middle" but similar units also have waste where you push it through and have to keep a bit on the back side for pulling it out at replacement time. The echo...

Supplemented with a portable UV disinfection unit to keep them sterile until use

For you hedgerow-for-the-generations folks out there... While difficult and a lengthy process, you can pleach osage orange and make an almost impenetrable living fence. which will be almost impenetrable but not until you're long gone. FTFY (edits in bold) ;) Still I love the idea

I'm curious about this timmer head: "Oregon Jet Fit" (manufacturer link). According to a couple forum posts I saw the orientation of the lines going into the header reduces breakage at that point, though to be honest that's not usually how I lose my lines. I kinda like how the end of the twine...

I did take an old one apart and found pretty worn teeth; it's a shame that they're not built of tougher metal... it could be an instance of planned obsolescence, but it's possible that the vibration coming back up the line to the teeth may cause friction wearing.

that was my initial impression from the bark & crazy growth and yellow stump too

I've been hoping to find something like a TYM T254 used for a second tight-areas tractor, better to get into the barn and coops and garden than my 3520, so I'm glad to hear the T254 is working out.

Arly, how long do you get out the the 3-string head itself -- not the string but the head? My wife is always complaining that the cams don't hold the string (echo crossfire .155) and she loses the entire string.

I saw this and immediately thought "welp at least he found it before the engine grenaded" then realized it was merely a mess

I'm a fan of this blade - It'll obviously dull if you run it into rocks a lot but in general use of sweeping back and forth, rock contact may not even hit the cutting edge and instead hit the back of the cutting part which just bounce it away from the rock - the only significant damage I've...

just a couple more inches to go!

hmmm didn't work

don't be this guy i mean don't be the guy in the car in front, either, but still

Is that similar to the collar in this post? Also search "removing bearing eccentric locking collar"

> What is good in trailer tires? Air :p

Oh definitely. But there's burning, and there's burning. Recently my wife asked me to torch an old raised bed area. First weedwhacked it, raked it, then used the 400k BTU propane weed torch, thoroughly. Looked great. Leaf raked it again and it looked like I hadn't even started the torching...

I'd put at least a bit of soil down; burn piles really sterilize the area and destroy the soil.

I spread some soil last spring and then a bunch of old wildflower seeds found in the garden shed. Had to put a fence around it so the chickens wouldn't use it for their dust bath like they've been doing for the past ten years... Lots of stuff grew in it but I'm going to need to throw some sort...

https://ebay.us/m/ZtTSVr These may not be long enough there are some very long nose straight ones; maybe you can use a torch to bend the tips, quench

Looking at some train videos on this thread led me down the rabbit hole of crazy train videos and I found stuff about these crazy tracks:

I have a cheapazz grease gun I got from the local napa auto parts, or maybe HF idk, and I don't have a problem using it with one hand. Lock n' Lube at the end of a short flexible hose and I manage just fine. The gun does get messy in storage, so it sits in an ancient coffee can.

realized the truck definitely needs a drop hitch, the cat should be far enough forward to be a decent weight distribution of the trailer but the hitch is too high and that's keeping the front axle off the ground.

Not sure if this qualifies. Seems like the load isn't balanced quite right as the front trailer wheels are up in the air. Good thing he's not going freeway speeds. Also probably needs a weight-distributing hitch; probably over GVWR and GCWR.

I love lever handles; our front door has a nice looking old-style loop below with a small lever above that you're supposed to use your thumb on, but I use whatever's in my arms like a box if a thumb isn't handy - or a knee or foot (somewhat more difficult as there's a step up to the door)...

Yeah I can't imagine how a hydraulic drive could "lock up". With torque converter automatics, there's basically a magic hydraulic fluid clutch - a fluid coupling - between the two mechanical drives and the lockup just takes the fluid out of the equation by using an automatic clutch. The tractor...

Note that you can increase the throttle with the hand lever above what the foot pedal-linked change does. I usually have my throttle set pretty low when just derping around the land, but if I go up my hill (moderately steep) in medium range (range 2 out of 3), I'll increase the hand throttle...

That's great! (insert "big thumbs up" meme here) I also don't have any equipment with grade 5 shear requirements, but they do exist. Not everyone's equipment is the same, and you're not the only one reading this.

Some units call for a grade 5 pin/bolt. I'd expect if the grade 2 were consistently breaking, the situation called for grade 5. Best to check the manual / manufacturer.

The door of the truck read some landscaping company depending on bumps in the road at some point that was certain to be more than 4' past the bumper... and probably dragging at other times.

I liked the occasional post-PG song but the albums definitely didn't hit the same way. Home by the Sea is a rare one, and though I generally don't like PC's vocals, Abacab is quite the banger...

Subscribed, because I've never heard of such a thing - which positively isn't to say it isn't! that's why I'm following! Is this particular to this engine, or is it supposedly an all-engines type of thing?

The kids today would say "omg so gender!"

Looks like a much-lower-tension pop rivet basically? nice not having to have the zip loop around something to hold it.

Keep in mind that turf tires aren't as tough as R4's for forest work.

$40.84 for a package of all three idler pulleys to my door; order placed 7/2 evening, got it 7/5 morning. Living in the country, it's hard to ask for more.

My '97 F350 came with autolock hubs, manual transfer case; for whatever reason the driver's side hub failed twice. Second time, I had it replaced with manual lockers. Similarly, I lock the hubs in the fall and unlock in the spring... or when I finally remember to do it. It's not so much snow...

I've heard (and used) "shotgun approach" or "shotgun method"; instead of focusing on one particular thing you do multiple at once and hope you've taken care of whatever the problem is (like a pre-OBDII mechanic replacing everything under the hood when it was actually just the one thing...)

I wouldn't characterize brake pads as "planned obsolescence" - some things wear specifically as part of their function. Bearings aren't meant to wear, but they do; the wearing isn't actually a feature (the wear in brake pads provides the friction, which is good in brakes; wear in bearings is...

I had to laugh when I first heard someone use "mice nuts" to refer to something very small

Consider your keys; they should be in your pocket (assuming they're not in the ignition...). If you can't find your keys, they're out of pocket. Evolve that to a person not being where you expect them to be; they're out of pocket. Evolve that to a person not mentally being where you expect them...

as someone who used to excel at using altavista, i have no problems with the search feature ;)

Found this: Day of the Soo Locks Disaster — 1909’s Maritime Meltdown at Sault Ste. Marie Between this and various other articles it sounds like there is some controversy about the ultimate cause of the breach.

that's what you got from this thread?

Mine has 3-range and similarly I'm 90% in M, L if I'm carrying something really heavy up a hill or I'm maneuvering in a very tight spot so I want to make sure I don't hit anything. Half of my property is a decently steep hill but the tractor does fine in M if not loaded, though I occasionally...

Out with the old In with the new The other two idlers were still moveable but I could feel they weren't doing too hot (wait a minute they probably were getting hot) too good either. Had to torch one nut to get it moving and used a cheater on another... about 30 minutes total and then a quick...

I'll keep it in mind - maybe I can get the replacements to go another 18 years!

Only advantage I can see is how trivial it is to put the lynch pin in to hold it. That brings up another disadvantage - there will potentially be some shear -- probably not much but non-zero -- on the lynch pin holding the main pin, and who knows what those are made of. Of course you can use a...

Had an idler pulley start smoking, luckily noticed before it torched the belt along with it from what I can tell, the bearings don't look serviceable - no snap ring or anything top or bottom - am I missing something? Guessing you'd have to undo the eight big rivets ... I just ordered...

1/4 mi an hour = about 4½" per second I've never used a stump grinder but I'm guessing that's still too fast for continual motion on one.

3' of motion even 100' up isn't a lot, that's like a 5-10mph breeze... If they can only handle 3' of motion (in how much time? I assume that's 3' over a few seconds) it's not going to be a good time during a decent storm. I had a T1 line for about ten years, and then the company that was...

Benadryl gel. It's amazing how good it is for this. If that's not doing it, I'd put some athletic tape on the spots so you don't get blood all over the sheets...

My guess is that a bolt is much cheaper than a "pin", and is a presumably known quantity as for shear value (grade 2/5/8 etc) vs the pin being whatever it is.

I think the Rivians look stupid from the front but it's only the headlights/grill; the overall shape is aesthetically "normal" and the SUV looks FJ50 Land Cruiser which is in my mind about the best a true SUV could look (great for usable volume, though not necessarily for aero efficiency). The...

Absolutely, it's mind-blowing how good that can feel. Nukes the itch for a couple hours. I've heard you can "cure" mosquito bites with a hot spoon.

I don't need a SxS/UTV here but I've got to say, there's a nasty road we go up, up in the mountains to some lakes to enjoy the day or go camping, and I take my F350 because it's nice having high clearance to not worry about smashing something delicate underneath... the fastest I go is in some...

More seriously though I'd be tempted to use a bow & arrow to shoot a line through a tree crotch and pull a long rope and pull down chunks of it a bit at a time, one crotch at a time Looks like you've got a nice place there and completely avoiding that space it's going to be a mess for a good...

Tannerite lots and lots of tannerite or a remotely operated MS880 on a droid idk

I suspect "bolt on" was a mistype as wouldn't using those put the load that much farther out from the pins? (besides the "ouch" to the bucket lifting that much with them!)

And you've likely given that permission... whether you realize it or not.

Isn't there a disconnect fuse right next to the condenser where you pull it out for a positive on/off?

And mountain lions sound like a woman screaming her head off. First time I heard it close by one was about 100 yards-ish from the house (estimated because binaural hearing isn't half bad), we were having dinner on the deck and one was going off and we were sure someone was getting wrecked up...

Historically they ranged the entire 48.

1-1.5' overnight? It's fine. Always drop the bucket anyways, never know when a squirrel is going to play with the joystick.

This one has R4's, I think you're referring to the other one with R3's

It's used as an excuse/reason for poor behavior in a lot of people. There are definitely people with it... but my guess is the real ones are a small fraction of those claiming to have it. Currently there's no way to get a sample and say "yeah you've got it"; to distinguish a high-functioning...

We were in Scotland for just under three weeks a while back. Heat wave - going through Heathrow they had these huge fans set up in the concourses (no A/C); once in Glasgow where we were staying a week and a half for an event many stores were having to throw out meat because their open coolers...

In case you think this was a joke: I know people who would consider suicide if they got this

There's no doubt that women's eggs get damaged over time, but men's sperm production is similarly damaged despite men producing it new all the time (think of it like the templates for making the sperm are getting damaged, so you make different sperm as you age). Of course, much damaged sperm...

My guess is the dry ones are rougher and more susceptible to friction-induced heat. Also, apparently the string does soak up some water, so perhaps that extra bit of water in them keeps them from heating too much... for a while.

I can't imagine having kids now. I'm almost 60, energetic and in good shape, now. I used to go cross-country skiing with my grandparents when I was a teenager. They weren't super fast but still hiking and skiing in the hills, it was great. Also consider that men's sperm quality degrades as...

Curious situation; it sounds like it's related to ultrasonic vibrations moving up the trimmer line into the spool and presumably the vibrating lines against each other causing heat.

From this post I found in this drive folder perhaps one of those will be helpful

In my tractor buying journey I started thinking a skidsteer was the ideal machine for a number of reasons outlined in this thread. All it took was driving one down a small incline on my land to disabuse me of that opinion - I didn't even have a load in the bucket and wasn't going fast and it...

We always had trouble with wind-up spools and ended up with this one for idk the last 15 years: You cut three pieces of line about 8" long, stick one end in from the outside and use it until it's gone. Then with pliers grab the line from the inside and yank the rest of it (if there's any left)...

That would be simple, but he'd like to avoid crossing the fence entirely, which complicates it and leads to 5+ pages... so far.

In the mountains around here, a fairly common sight is a garage-like structure at the plowed county road where people keep a sled or snowcat; they park their truck and just go in on tracks in the snow times. Cabins tend to have two front doors - one a couple steps up from the ground, and one...

Apparently the engine runs cooler this way. Better lubrication or something, idk so I've heard (jk)

My Echo straight shaft has been run WOT for more than 20 years now, pump gas cheap 2-stroke oil. I only left off the gas when there's nothing to cut; if it's light I'll feather the throttle while it's light, but I don't bounce at all. I have no idea why you guys are calling what he's doing...

This guy regularly trims next door. Is this how you do it? Rev-rev-rev non-stop? Have I been doing it wrong this whole time?

Given the other side is absentee and very unlikely to notice or care, I'd go over there and work my way back from the "top" of the tree. I don't see it standing up at all; more likely if you cut the supports out from under it it would smash the fence more unless you took the "top" off first. I...

Well no pic but I have a story A cautionary tale, some would say I was pulling a flatbed earlier today, with a bunch of wood on it (consider it lumber, mostly) Trailer popped off the ball, hit a small berm and dumped its load. Snapped 3k straps like nothing, load all over. Good: nobody hurt...

I have Eufy cams at my house, mostly so I can get a see-my-cats fix when I'm not at home. We also have Eufy cams for security at a rental. They're really good with motion detection, night or day, light or dark. Really dark. My recommendation, spending your money: Put a couple cams on a pole...

Looks like they skip M13 and go M12 -> M14

Is it sticky at all? I never get pimples except when I use sunscreen, so I usually go with hats instead, but I really should use sunscreen on my nose.

I wouldn't assume it's stabilizer arms as those often droop brand-new (I've always used a strap to hold mine up in storage; my backhoe was made by Ansung, which I know has built things for Kubota, but I'm sure this isn't particular to Ansung backhoes).

I had to replace a radiator a few years ago (not paying attention to chaff while hoggin' :rolleyes: ), Dave's Tractor in Red Bluff CA was very responsive in shipping me one. I'm sure there's other dealers who ship as well.

It was very full but pretty recently packaged; also the swarming happened easily a month later.

IMO it's all about how often you're in the bigger wood; if it's a very occasional big piece, just deal with going from both sides, or get a long bar and a skip-tooth chain and go slower, swapping the long bar just for that tree. If you're in bigger wood a lot, get a bigger saw.

Very different rope. The maasadam rope puller usually has a 1500# line, because you're typically not trying to pull a tree out by its roots and don't want to be carrying around a ship hawser. The rope puller gets a good pull in, puts a load on a tree, and has plenty of stretch so that when the...

Probably shouldn't be using a steel line at all, not enough stretch. Suggest keeps pulling even after you stop ;)

That's really close to where I'd expect a shear with the threads under the collar. I mean, I'd expect it to be right at the blue/green joint, but hey close enough. I'll bet if you found the other piece of the bolt the threads would be mashed to smithereens and strangely the fulcrum is at the...

I disagree; my guess is that the geometry is: @wirlybird can you post a pic with an unbroken bolt in going through, and one of a broken bolt in the hole? My guess is that the bolt near the cap is about the right diameter, but the hole in the shaft is larger which allows the shaft motion on the...

Looks like these are called "Titan Trac Loader II" Titan - Tires - TRAC-LOADER-II--KUBOTA

I don't see how a shear bolt like this gets "stretched and relaxed" during the use - we're not talking thousands of RPM here and the distance from the center of rotation is very small; the bolt head may have 15g outward on it, which isn't actually that much for a 1/2" steel bolt (consider, when...

I remember renting front-tine tillers way back when and it always felt like I had to lift up on the handles to get them to do anything at all. Way too much work. Still, this guy on hard ground definitely bucks you around, and if one wheel is in softer stuff than the other then you're definitely...

I think unloaded there'd be a rake with the bed higher. That's the look of a fully ballasted pickup there. The shadows are right, the lighting is right, the perspective of the block of wood matches the view of the pickup. I think what we've got is legit stooooopid. The ridiculous thing is that...

We got two nucs this spring; one is very busy in its rapidly-expanding hive, while the second has swarmed twice :rolleyes: they had plenty of room? Not sure what their issue was.

This makes sense - the source isn't pure Nitrogen, but the nn-nn-nn values state how much of the particular nutirent is present. Urea = CH₄N₂O; this roughly is 12+4+2*14+16=60 (N₂=28)/(total=60) = 46% nitrogen portion

They're "fillers"; dry (sand clay limestone) wet (water, surfactants, emulsifiers, stabilizers, thickeners) pH adjusters etc Consider that the actual fertilizing substances may be corrosive or sticky or who knows what, even a fine powder that won't stick together at all; in order to be able to...

Always have the PTO lever in neutral unless you'll shortly need to turn it on. The switch is for short-term on/off action; if you're not expecting to run the implement right away or for some time, put it in neutral - don't trust the electrical switch to keep anyone safe. When I use a 3pt...

I got my wife a battery-powered staple gun for Mother's Day Incidentally it's for putting netting up to keep swallows out of certain areas under the deck though it's kinda too late now but we'll finish the job after they leave this year and be ready for next year. She was very happy with the...

My wife wanted a couple short tilling runs that are completely unsuitable for the 2m unit I can put on the back of the tractor -- which would be much less effort overall of course as while running a tractor tiller shakes you a bit it's nothing like the full-body workout you get wrestling a...

I use my cutter about 12h/year so I'm only slightly less likely to wear mine out from a lack of skid shoes

Where do you get cheap skids? The manufacturer of my cutter wants $60 for a pair; the place they're supposed to be is pretty smooth so I'd be surprised if the skid shoes do much better job

Crotchety old man bosoms :eek: and it doesn't get much better from there either

I pull poison oak (nobody likes it) & scotch broom (invasive, flammable); I remove tree branches that are below 6' or so (fire ladder fuels); I manage blackberries (invasive but delicious) in specific areas and pull the rest; I wait for wildflowers to bloom and seed before mowing and trimming...

Looks like the pic of UP4023 being moved was from 2005.

I got stung through leather gloves this week - though I usually don't wear gloves. I was expecting angry bees so I did, and I'm glad too..

Considering towing capacity is assigned based on being able to handle it safely at highway speeds (as safely as a Samurai is at highway speeds on it's own! jk jk), 20mph vs 60mph should require like 1/9th the braking capability (kinetic energy = ½mv²) so I suspect you were reasonably safe.

I assume you're not handing funds over remotely, you're just trying to set it all up so that you show up, take a quick final once-over, and do the paperwork, and drive away?

sounds like he doesn't understand your request, restate "I'm not asking for the original yet, I just need to see a picture of the title so I can verify from a thousand miles away that everything matches"

If you don't trailer a lot, would you consider towing mirror extenders? We used them a few times when we had a cabover camper on the F350, as I didn't spec it with trailer mirrors - and considering how much use the truck got pulling anything that would need mirrors (ie, occasional, not often)...

Interesting dents on the bow there, what are those from?

Three weeks ago I got stung right behind my fingernail, left first finger. Most of the finger looked like a cooked sausage for a week! Three days ago I got stung on the pad of my right second finger and it was only somewhat swollen for two days. They both felt the same at the time but I found it...

Every jump in net performance I've had has been significant in number, and until the last one, in "feel". My previous, which was just hotspotting the LTE off my phone for a few years, I would get about 10-14Mbps down, and everything was fine... videos took a discernible amount of time to...

meanwhile, actual 2x2's look like this Have you ever noticed how except in really low traction situations, a 2wd without a locker is.... driven by two wheels? the back wheels? yes thank you everyone knows that you stick one on ice and it'll spin, reducing it to 1wd. we know. we knew before you...

"heavy towing": a UTV on an aluminum trailer ;) I'm just kidding, obviously you're not going to tow a full 14k dump trailer; the optional tow kit only gives 4k max. They're disappointed because their typical 37mpg truck only got 14, which is quite a bit below the 50% which would be 18-19. Of...

"911, what's your emergency?" "oh uh I'd like to report a murder"

I find heated seats to be really important if you have leather seats. Then, they should be cooled, too, because summer heat. Overall I prefer fabric seats, do just fine in sub-zero winter and scorching summer.

Non-lever transmission selectors typically have the same problem as modern car HVACs do - you have to look somewhere to see what you're selecting. I'm not encouraging anyone to drive with their eyes closed but it's sure nice to be able to do things while keeping your eyes on the road or traffic...

There will be regrets. Not tomorrow, but they will come... Not as bad as paint for sure but still If it were me, I'd move that down on the honey-do list until it's either completely unavoidable or she decides otherwise; those "modernized" looks are on their way out.

I can probably do without "tilt" for my rotary, but the "top" is indispensable IMO. Being able to back to a bank (like when you're on top of a dam and mowing the side) and gradually lower the mower, etc. "Tilt" is good for blades (though probably not in snow use?) & augers; for those who are...

Though I love my new grapple, the only reason I got it is that I do a lot of brush work up on a hill, and the forks lose piles easily on any side-slope - if I was on mostly flat ground I doubt I would've gotten a grapple. My most recent brushwork, I accumulated 8 grapple loads of brush on flat...

I remember as a kid being next to the tracks when the SP freight blew through and I remember feeling like it was pulling me in though I was at least 20' away. Always terrified me but the older kids said we were doing it... at least the pennies were cool when we could find them

My experience in fencing has been that digging the post holes was the toughest part; I used a three point auger with very mixed results as they just don't seem to work too well in clay unless the time is right. Running the fence wire was easy (hung the bundle from the tractor bucket with...

This quote doesn't surprise me a bit. A few years back, here in pretty-high-cost-of-living NorCal, I got a couple quotes for replacing a not dissimilar fence that was ~50 years old and mostly falling down and what I was told was about the same - at the time I was looking for just replacing 500'...

Catawba was leading my list before I found the WR Long Gladiator. I too would question that hose placement; you'd think there'd be some way to route the hoses so they're not just flapping around like that?

Since you're playing with balloons: weigh empty balloon (gram scale) fill it weigh full balloon submerge it & note the volume difference (#3 - #1) ÷ #4 = density In order to do #4, you may first want to assume that you're going to be getting your hands in the water while submerging the...

I'm cautiously going with "might not be real" for now. Not impossible, but sunrise was at ~4AM and the grounding was at 5AM. Also, the lighting in the video has the sun almost due north, which may be incorrect for that time of day - azimuth was 105° which is south of east.

check out the region! seems like some tight waterways for a 150m ship (maps link; pin is at the site) Apparently the guy steering the ship fell asleep! Investigators are checking if break & duty times regulations were followed. I'd think someone with a reasonable sleep schedule wouldn't fall...

My understanding is that since there's less air volume to provide shock absorbance, you need to treat the tire differently. Consider the degenerate case where there's just a spec of air space - virtually the entire tire is filled with fluid. Since the fluid is mostly incompressible, the tire is...

I set the inflator to 18psi, turned it on and hooked it up and ran it till it was full. Took a couple minutes but not long. I had a hose extender on it; removed it after and cleaned it; no sign of juice before it.

Is there a trick to manipulating the hydraulic connectors with a 3rd function diverter valve? I find that taking the grapple off & putting it on is iffy with the ag connectors because of the pressure in the grapple lines. Should I swap to flat faced connectors if this bugs me?

How big of a rock? I hit a lot of smaller (up to a few inches) rocks; I look behind me after and if I see a big enough rock I pick it up and put it somewhere else where hopefully I won't hit it (sometimes just chuck it into the pond). If there's big enough rocks, mow with your bucket skimming...

True, but does everyone vacuum seal the bags when using the sous vide?

my guess is that they contained small amounts of urushiol presumably larger amounts than the homeopathic product ;)

As far as I know, you only have to wash once. Any oil absorbed into the skin isn't coming out later so do a good job cleaning up. If you're very sensitive and know you've been exposed, take Benadryl asap to avert the reaction. Yes, take it before it itches! For topical, use Benadryl gel...

New phone, who dis I have a new phone and can't find the TBN app, which is a shame because it's a superior experience vs the web IMO. My old phone still has the app, installed from the play store; when I followed the app info link, play store says not found.

Well at least they've got a supply of logs to rebuild it with...

"Rare" is considered 120-130°; that's ideal for bacterial growth. Rare steak is reasonably safe to eat because there's typical little if any bacteria inside the meat, it having been chilled most of the time before the vulnerable outside is seared, which kills any surface bacteria. Let it...

I went to check my rear - filled with scrumptious beet juice - tires. I parked with the valve at the top last night. Today I figured, press the button to eject what little juice may be left in the valve, check pressure, then fill. I got about half a cup and stopped. Did they fill the tire...

Because buying the car may not be suspicious activity, but the source of the money may be... or the taxes paid on the money - or not - may be.

Funny thing happened a couple days ago I was out with the weed trimmer in high grass, using a blade - the grass is still green but starting to yellow so I'm not too concerned about fire yet I had gone out with the intention "I'll just do one tank then break and do something else" well I knew I...