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    20 inch chainsaw recommendation

    Husquvarna here. I had a 455 Rancher and used it to cut over 1 million lbs of timber off my ranch. I moved up to a 545 XP and then I added a 372 XP to the line up. Mostly, I used the 545. I use the BRUTUS 372 XP is truly PRO Grade but its is HEAVY! IIRC fueled and oil + chain turn into...
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    Best and worst chainsaw?

    For 15 years: I had bought an old cattle ranch of which, when the old man died the cattle business, kids wanted to have nothing to with it. So it sat unused since the early 50s and was forgotten by most of the family as they had moved to other parts of Texas to pursue their own dreams. Then...
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    Traction Using a Tractor on Mountain Property

    Steep, rough, off camber I got it in spades down here in the Texas Hill Country. I bought a JD 2520 abd while its a compact tractor its still a tractor with its HIGH center of gravity and I have 1 & 2 wheels off the ground so many times I cannot count, albeit I have never laid it over, but...
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    Giving you guys the BOOT!

    Figure most of you wear a boot just about everyday. I have all my life and since my first pair of US Army Combat boots at age 10, because my daddy wore them. Been thru a lot in over 60 years. But of all my working boots this pair of USMC issue RATS is the most comfortable and probaly, rugged...
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    Need some insight on project

    This may be the best pic I have, but now its completely covered by sheetrock, I no longer have access. To the Upper right of the central beam. They are 1 in wide, 12 in tall on 13- 17 in centers and go from the central supporting beam as shown in the pic to the outer wall, about 12 feet long
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    Need some insight on project

    Here is a look at it, I just pulled the shower pan and am breaking it up, but you can see the subfloor...
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    Need some insight on project

    Ok, stripped upstairs bathroom to the studs. Something about bright white tile from floor to the top of 12' ceiling + 2 skylights that forces you to put on a pair of Ray Bans and a pair of Foster Grants to keep from going blind when you walk in. here is the issue: Turns out there is not...
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    Akita Pool

    Perhaps, we are going into our 6th year of business, we sell on line and at shows across Texas, not available in stores albeit HEB and COSTCO have wanted us in their stores. I turned them down as I don't think I can maintain the quality at that big of a volume and the distribution challenges...
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    Akita Pool

    We were in Houston and understood the show was just over 600 dogs short in attendance this year. Many classes only had one dog, many none. It was light attendance for sure. Talking to vets and others they are optimistic that by next year it will have passed. Not all dogs get it so they are...
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    Open carry / firearm handy

    Where I live I have no worries...or words to that effect: She didn't either! July 1, 2015: 32-year-old Kathryn [Kate] Steinle was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant as her father watched. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez fired a stolen .40 caliber handgun on Pier 14 in the Embarcadero...
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    Comparison Husqvarna GT48DXLS Compared to John Deere

    LOL, FLAT LANDER! I could not use cruise control under any circumstances down here in the Texas "Hill Country": "The region is notable for its karst topography and tall rugged hills of limestone or granite.[1] Many of the hills rise to a height of 400-500 feet above the surrounding plains and...
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    New Here

    US Army retired in South Texas...a bad day on my John Deere is better than the best day in an office...
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