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When I'm not on vacation at the lake in the Adirondack Mountains, I have zero desire to leave my property and deal with people!

Thank you very much! I wanted something a little different and really like the versatility of soapstone

Here are a couple photos after a fresh coat of mineral oil

Here is one for now. I have some better ones but need to find them. The veins look like lightning and there are some spot son the island that look like a galaxy.

I just had soapstone counters installed in my kitchen. Absolutely stunning!

I was going to suggest the same thing. Symptoms are very similar to severe lyme

Highly recommend the 2620!

The holy grail of firewood and apparently bows!

Mine feed all day, but the recent crazy activity has been happening early morning and evening.

Mine have been putting on quite a show the last week or so. VERY active and a lot of kamikaze attacks at the feeders, lol

Looks amazing after your work, as always! The bald eagle was stunning as well, love to see them

Beautiful room and beautiful dogs! I've always liked Akitas

Thank you for your attention to this matter! https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/make-gas-cans-great-again-improving-flow

My lawn is completely fried. I can't remember the last steady rainfall we had. I think it's been at least a month. I mow high too because I know the mid-summer draught always happens but that only helped for so long. Kills me since I like a well kept lawn but there's nothing I can do about...

They are quite good aren't they?!

:ROFLMAO:

HA! so true!

I'm not much over 50 but easily recognize that singer. I was a Genesis fanatic growing up!

I thought giant hogweed was bad until reading this about poison hemlock

Quick search sounds like it might be poison hemlock In Missouri, a potentially poisonous vine with white flowers is poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It's a highly toxic plant, and contact with it can cause illness in both humans and animals. According to the Missouri Department of...

Hopefully you are still immune!

Looks like some poison ivy mixed in with the stuff at the bottom....

Here's a tasty gin drink to try https://robbreport.com/food-drink/spirits/best-gordons-cup-recipe-gin-cocktail-1236799418/

Hot nuff for ya?

I make a rue for bloody mary's. Bottle of Worcestershire Sauce Jar of horseradish celery salt pepper hot sauce slice up some jalapenos or habaneros and throw them in mix it all up in a mason jar and for best result let it sit in the fridge for about a week, but it can be used right away as...

Blantons is the bourbon that got me into bourbon. It is very good, but at the old price of $60 ish per bottle. Where I live it is now very hard to find, and when you do find it, it is $120 a bottle. I've even seen places selling it for $160 bottle. I only need two more letters in the bottle...

You should try the Angel's Envy Rye on the rocks. Incredible. I had always seen Wild Turkey 101 pop up on articles or bourbon Reddit threads for best budget bourbons, so I finally picked up a bottle recently and I gotta say it is pretty damn good stuff for $25! Same with Old Grand Dad 114...

Damn Dude! That is crazy. Glad you weren't seriously injured

Drank a LOT of Schaefer in college!

Excellent choice on the vermouth. These are also a great choice for cherries: My favorite rye is Angel's Envy Rye, but not for cocktails. Too pricey for that, lol.

A BBQ place turned down hickory? Some of the best wood for smoking meat and they turned it down, interesting!

Yup this is great on a hot day after mowing if you wanted to do a non-alcohol drink.

Polar here too. Regarding gin, I just discovered this gin recently and it is absolutely delicious. $25 for a bottle at the only store near me who sells it. Highly suggest giving it a try.

It looked cool but seemed strange to me that they even used it in place of the dirt. Even the pitcher's mound. Gotta be very hot on the feet for sure

CTC - I'm sure you have but wanted to ask anyway. Have you seen Duke University's baseball field? 100% turf, even the "dirt."

Amazing work and glad you solved the issue!

Yeah I mounted mine on the frame as well. I got a replacement just haven't installed it yet. "Death Rattle" is a great way to describe the shut down, lol!

Very true. I'd recommend a stand on rider that same reason. If you ever got in a hairy situation that was going south, just hop off.

I like mine too with no air seat. Gotta be a heck of a ride with an air seat!

It's a great mower, love it. Excellent cut. I use it on a side hill that I wont take my zero turn on and some other areas around the house. It also comes in handy in the spring in some areas that stay a little softer for a while.

I have a pretty old Scag Advantage 36" walk behind with a Kohler Command. Starts on the first pull every time, doesn't burn any oil.

Had the same issue. I have been aiming some very bright LED lights up toward the roof starting in early spring and leave them on overnight. Knock on wood I don't think I have any in the barn now.

Been a few weeks since we had an update. Hopefully Bravo figured out the issue and has been enjoying the car!

Mow high, mow often

You could also get a Camelback and just wear it on the front!

I love to mow and find it to be therapeutic. Also drives me nuts to see beautiful homes with sh*tty lawns full of weeds and a foot high. That's just me though!

Recently purchase the All American Sharpener. Pretty nice, simple to use and puts you are the correct angle with every pass of the wheel. Sure, it's not cheap but I have 2 sets of blades for my Ferris and a set of bladed for a Scag walk behind. At $5 a pop a couple times a summer it adds up.

I recently got a couple pairs of Truewerk shorts and I'm quite pleased with them. Probably going to give their pants a try or maybe the overalls. Their EDO werkpant looks pretty nice.

Any chance the relays eventually crap out? Mine has started acting up again. I bought another relay but wanted to ask what the chances are the first relay has issues now before I swap it out.

Good stuff and awesome way to handle things. The main issue with my current company is we are basically 80-90% project based. I'm dealing with some 16-20 week lead times but the company has built a culture of saying "Yes we can meet your 8 week deadline" knowing full well we don't have enough...

I'm a Procurement Manager as well. In my current company I only manage myself and inventory since it is a small size company. Previous employers though I had people reporting to me and absolutely hated it. Drama, drama, and more drama from a few direct reports ruined everything. I have to...

Not all vines wrapped around trees are poison ivy but it's pretty obvious when it is when the leaves are visible, lol. Anyone here familiar with the baseball reporter Buster Olney from Vermont? Years ago he had to skip a couple ESPN broadcasts because he got p.i. so bad from cutting up a tree...

Wasn't fixed for my account

I actually use poplar in my maple syrup evaporator. Works well for that and dries quickly at the smaller size splits I use for faster fires.

Yup, it's a $125 annual "administrative fee"

It's through my employer's 401k plan

Well, it's my employer 401k

That's the 2035 fund

American Funds.

I know what they are, but to say they all suck is just completely false

HA! Ok...

Simply not true. There are some very good target date funds and some are very aggressive

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Trucks is a guitar legend and his wife Susan Tedeschi is a great player as well. Blues/Allman Brothers style music. Trucks actually plays in the current Allman Brothers lineup. BHT will be great to see there!

Hopefully it's the Tedeschi-Trucks show!

What show are you going to? Red Rocks for a concert is on my bucket list but I'll never get there. LOL

I'm doing a partial kitchen remodel (new soapstone countertops, farmhouse sink and new faucet, backsplash, some new lighting). House is a saltbox style built in 1996 with a farmhouse feel to it. Vaulted ceiling with T&G pine and exposed pine beams. My sister is a designer in Texas and her...

I recently purchased these. Haven't used them a whole lot yet but they are very well built https://www.goodworkstractors.com/product/gwt-versaforks-pallet-forks/

Can you remove the doors?

Beauty!

Pics! Also, what did you pay if you dont mind me asking?

I recently bought a JVR Industries Vac100. Oil pump and all parts can be purchased from JVR should anything go wrong. Sure it was expensive, but it's built like a tank and should easily outlive me.

Just ordered 3 bottles of 4547 whiskey

Top Knotch Custom Lumber

Good Wood Custom Lumber

The base cost for the actual radios or any monthly fees? Edit: Just did a little bit of research, I'll be staying away from them, lol. Thanks Rj!

What about Rapid Radios? Apparently they are like the old Nextel two-way "phones." I'm considering getting a pair

I have Eufy cams and very happy with them. Full disclosure - I don't have them to keep track of a wandering 3 year old.

Still driving my 2008 Jeep Wrangler JKU with 6 speed manual

So is this considered global warming or climate change? Oh wait, that big scam ends today!

Damn maybe someday I'll reach the point where I turn away knotty, knarly wood. To me it all creates heat and while they make it more difficult to pack your stove tight, the odd shaped pieces work great for shoulder season or those mid-January warmer days.

You couldn't crop your feet out? 😂

Going to look at 3-4 cord of oak at a very cheap price tomorrow so hopefully I can add some pics to this thread.

Jealous!

I definitely don't need/want a fast one. 15-20 MPH would be my top general speed range

Yeah that doesn't make much sense at all. I didn't have Polaris on my list and sounds like it'll never make it on the list haha!

Good to know about the 700! How do you like the 520?

The Honda Pioneer 700 looks interesting

Great info, honest info! What year is yours? I wonder if any of your gripes have been corrected on the 2025 models? In all honesty I'd be using mine for basically the same as you. Chores around the property, hauling some firewood, using it for sap collection during maple syrup season, etc...

No need to apologize, I appreciate the info! That's great it's been a nice machine for you, exactly what I wanted to hear. I've read a lot about them and bad reviews are hard to come by.

How do you like your Mule? I'm considering getting one. Do they go basically anywhere? Climb well?

The closing on my parent's house was on New Year's Eve. I said my goodbyes the last time I was at the house in November knowing that I probably wouldn't be back. Just a very strange feeling knowing that someone else is now living in the house my Dad was born in which he then purchased in his...

I sweat my b*lls off in my lined Carhartt bibs, lol. They are that warm

Damn nice wood lot you got there!

That's pretty dang impressive!

AI.......LMAO!!!

But.....But.....HayDude that is from "Faux News!" - signed every liberal

Sure hope. It's damn near impossible to find something made in the good ole USA these days. I just purchased some Lowa shoes made in Slovakia and Haix boots made in Croatia to avoid China crap.

Nailed it. 47 has accomplished more since 11/5 and 11/6 than Uncle Bosie has in 60 years in government

and took close to 600 days of vacation

What exactly did 46 do?

Do you watch CNN and/or MSNBC?

It's mind boggling how some would rather continue down the path this country is on just due to pure hatred of a person.

I think my "pound for pound" was misinterpreted. It was like asking who is the best pound for pound boxer. Weight of the wood didn't even cross my mind.

I honestly don't think that is how the cartels are sourcing their weapons, and I don't think you can honestly believe that either

Deer vs. Kubota, too funny! I would agree if you get 3 years out and stay on a 3 year rotation the oak species would be #1. I acquired some beech over a year ago now and man it is very nice wood to split. Splits as nice as ash. Looking forward to burning it next season. I have quite some...

Beautiful pic! I frequent another website dedicated to wood burning and everyone there insists Oak needs 3 years. I guess in the right conditions you can get away with 2 years but has to be perfect conditions.

Even though Oak takes a good 3 years to season properly?

OK! The Yuasa look nice. I may grab one if the Hulkman's fail me

Love it! how much ya want for it? :ROFLMAO:

Hulkman Sigma 10 on sale as well as the Sigma 5. Amazon Amazon - Sigma 5

What would be your pound for pound best wood if you rated the following on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best? 1. BTUs 2. Dry time (shortest time length would get a score of 10) 3. Ease of splitting 4. Burn time Beech?

My point was the guns crossing into Mexico from the US are most likely illegal. A certain party thinks more laws will get illegal guns off the streets. You brought up the gun issue

I guess all these gun laws a certain side prefers doesn't really prevent criminal activity

Were you able to find the XL or XXL?

That's great to hear another positive review of the Haix. The XR26 should deliver tomorrow, can't wait to try them on. Should have the XR200 next week.

With a competent administration coming in soon that might just happen

Just checked out some of the thread. Absolutely beautiful home, well done!

Super Cedar starters are nice to have too

do you want me to give 10 more links so you feel better?

It was sarcasm, lol

NY Post

Gee Mike/Florida, you seem to know how to run a country, maybe you should throw your name in the hat in 2028...

The reflection in the stove glass looks like a very beautiful timber frame!

Dry wood

Had to replace some footwear. Got a pair of Lowa Merger GTX running style shoes. Then took advantage of some Black Friday sales on some Haix safety toe boots. Got the XR26 and the XR200. They haven't arrived yet, looking forward to trying them on. It's not easy finding things not made in...

Woke up this morning to read that the Mexican President has agreed to stop the migrants crossing into the US through her country.

As opposed to.....????

Here's a couple Kinco equivalents in XL Amazon Amazon

These are great too. Inexpensive

With "climate change" there's no such thing as winter.... 😂

No issues here with that.

I like Kinco. Get some Sno Seal to put on them and you'll be set Amazon

Sounds like you might need two different pieces of equipment. I've tried blowing out my 3 stall garage and it makes an absolute dusty mess inside so I wouldn't recommend it. For moving large amount of leaves on your property and your driveway, a backpack blower is the way to go. They allow...

Is there any way to block the message that pops up every time I click on the site telling me that I am using an ad blocker?

You can get them much cheaper than that price on the Hulkman page. There is a bundle package on Amazon for $70 now

https://www.hulkman.com/products/sigma5

Can never have too much ammo

could not agree more!

Thanks for the tip and glad to hear no issues with your Vac110!

An article from CNN....lol

JVR Industries Vac100 chamber vac sealer

from the ridgidpower.com website in regards to the lifetime service agreement. I do see on ridgid.com the wording you have in your post, which are different tools What is the Lifetime Service Agreement? We don't offer our Lifetime Service Agreement because we think our tools will fail, but...

This. I've recently had to have an 18 year old battery replaced then an 18 volt drill. No questions asked by Ridgid, both replaced. You do have to register your tools but why wouldn't you? Only takes a few minutes

That is 100% valid!

I have the MS271 Farm Boss and it now sits on a shelf because I never knew if it would start on 15 pulls or 30 pulls. My new Echo 590 starts much much easier

The Stihl MS261 is quite a bit more expensive than the Echo though, isn't it? I thought about getting the MS261 but couldn't justify the price for doing a couple cord of firewood a year.

Excellent photos!

I understand that, but they are in need and they listed specific items that are accepting for the donations

A farm across the border in VT from my small hometown is taking donations all weekend and loading up two tractor trailers from the local director chair and patio furniture company to deliver to North Carolina. We're currently in the process of cleaning out my parent's house so we will be...

It's not just snow I am trying to get away from, lol

I have been researching lakes in western North Carolina as potential retirement spots. Lake Lure was one of them. Take a look at before and after photos of the lake, it's incredible.

I always recommend this site to anyone looking to refinish/stain a deck https://www.deckstainhelp.com/ Just a few posts before this someone recommended TWP which is highly rates on this site. I chose the Armstrong Clark product when I refinished a deck on my old house and it was great stuff...

Congrats! I'm on track to retire at 58 as well. Having no kids and being cheap or "frugal" pays offs. I've always read a couple shouldn't retire at the same time, so you and the wife need to decide who goes first. lol. I've already decided my wife retires after I do. HAHHA

Forks arrived yesterday. Not bad, ordered on Sunday, arrived Wednesday. Seem very well built, will put them to use soon!

Thanks for the info! I know in my original post I mentioned a 100 gallon collection tank. I must have been anticipating purchasing one because my tanks now are 65 gallon. I'm still going to collect with the tank on the three point hitch for the reasons you and a few others have mentioned...

Update - ordered the pallet forks from Good Works yesterday. Another shout out to their customer service. I sent them an email on Sunday thinking I would get a response today, but they were responding to emails on a Sunday. I'll post more updates once I receive the forks.

Saw a commercial yesterday for the Hummer EV. You can lease one for $850 a month! LMAO!

Echo 2620 owner here. Love it. Starts much easier than my pervious Stihl trimmer, and changing the line is so much easier with the speed feed. I'm 6'3" but still added the attachment in the link below and it is a game changer...

Do you have a trailer with a gate that comes down? I drive mine up the gate so half of the mower is accessible. Remove the blades you can reach, then do the same on the other side.

Started the process of cleaning out my parent's house yesterday to prep for sale. Filled a 20 yard dumpster with ease, going to need another one. Pretty tough day

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

You said we're all salty that someone spent $100k on a truck we didn't like. I wouldn't even be salty about it if someone spent $100k on a truck I did like because it's foolish to me.

Nope, not me. $100K on any vehicle is stupid IMO

Sure hope it's an electric boat so you aren't polluting that beautiful lake.....LOL!

It's $200 to have the annual service done on my Generac. To me that is worth the expense knowing it won't void the warranty

If you never want to lose power again, buy a generator. lol

It definitely should not be $20k total.

I have a 22kw Generac, on the 4th year or so with it. No issues at all, but ever since we got it we're only lost power for a couple hours, lol. I was going to look at Kohler but in my area the dealer was pretty far away so that factored into my decision to go with Generac. I think it's one...

no

The Cyber "truck" is the most god awful vehicle ever produced

I like the Echo Black Diamond line. Cuts great but like any other trimmer line it's going to break along fences or rock walls. If it's not heavy weeds, just lay off the throttle and you'll break less line.

Absolutely beautiful!

My hummers have been nuts the last two nights! We've had some serious downpours in the late afternoon so I don't know if that riles them up or not but there is constant divebombing on the feeders and chasing one another. Fun to watch!

Damn sure is!

That's awesome! More proof that they don't build stuff like they used to!

Yup saw that right after I posted. Not sure why it didn't come up in my search a few months back when I was looking

That's a lot of "stuff!"

Interesting. I recently looked to see if they had one but didn't come up with anything. Must not have looked hard enough, lol I have some Ridgid stuff and really like it and they stand by their warranty. Recently had 18 year old batteries and a drill fail and they replaced them without question.

I'm going through this now. Mom passed in September of 2022 and Dad just passed on July 10th. Plan is to divide up what the 5 siblings want to take, then maybe a garage sale. My brother and I brought up everything from the basement this weekend and put it in the garage until we get a dumpster...

Ridgid has a hedge trimmer?

Very sorry to hear what you are going through. I just lost my Dad on July 10th, less than 2 years after losing my Mom. My Dad was adamant that he didn't need any help right up until a couple weeks before he passed. He then started to finally admit that he couldn't do everything that he used...

I do have quite a few scrap pieces but I think I am going to make some nice cedar planter boxes with them

I assume these are logs since you were cutting them up? If so, they probably aren't semi-dry to well-seasoned, especially oak.

My Echo dealer will often give me the 15% discount regardless of when the Echo Days sale is coming up. Doesn't hurt to ask!

no butt end joints. I went back n forth a bit on that decision but really didn't want all those joints.

Thank you very much for the kind words!

Thank you very much! She is quite happy with it! She's a great decorator too

Thank you very much! We love sitting there in the rocking chairs

Dawn dish soap and COLD water! Keep the pores closed. The urushiol oil is very similar to grease, so Dawn works best at removing it. Scrub and rinse a minimum of 3 times within the first hour or so and you should be OK

Thank you!

My finished porch

I got this to replace the main light in front of the entrance: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004E2FH5S?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 I also added two of these equally spaced apart: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2KCFVCJ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details I put Edison bulbs in them...

No worries!! It's a regular step up and is pretty common in this area people are used to it.

Thank you. Not sure what you mean? For decoration? It's a step up into the house.

Thank you! $14 a board saved me a lot of $$ for sure. It will definitely be a nice transformation. The posts are going to be wrapped with cedar and sealed with the same sealer. The original floor was pressure treated wood that was painted, so it was always peeling so we went with Timbertech...

Couple photos. We are adding two more lights to the porch and will replace the one in the photo with a more rustic style light

That looks fantastic Eddie. I found a local mill who had 8' cedar boards for $14 so I bought 50 of them. I ended up sealing them with Watco Exterior Wood sealer. I got the same look you have and I love it!