Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

The M12 system is usually lighter and easier to handle. I have several tools using them as well as the M18 system The M18 impact that I have is very heavy but it is powerful. I have several lighter impacts and drills that are Bosch and Milwaukee. Used the Makita chain saw yesterday on the fallen tree. Worked really well. Could use a cordless string trimmer. Thinking a Makita would be good since I have the batteries. Any suggestions?

 

[jbrumberg]

61 high in 80s no rain no humidity

Got home late last night very tired, on the way home wife forgot who I was would not let me in house or bed for two hours had to try and jog memory at 12:30 finally remembered.

Prayers for scaredy all others silent or spoken our Country

Buppies- I've seen "it" professionally and I am seeing "it" starting here as well. My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Guys,

Thomas you are a good neighbor fixing all those drive ways ! Good work brother !!

TxDon, I feel your pain, my neighbors free range chickens are eating my blueberry patch !

Wngsprd,
Beautiful view there !

Grass finally dried out enough to attempt mowing part of the lawn !
Hooray ! Have a blessed evening guys !
,

 

[Popgadget]

Thinking a Makita would be good since I have the batteries. Any suggestions?

I’m very pleased with the LXT 18v with the single battery and the motor at the bottom.

 

[daugen]

7 at night and still 87 out
need to go out and turn off exhaust fan in rv but might just let it run.
another hot sunny day tomorrow. After a 4.5 inch rain, this sun is really cranking up the garden.
Every day I have to inspect carefully anyway for strawberries. Not many of them, a disappointing 2nd try at growing them.
First try in NC was a bust. Neem oil managed to get rid of most of chomping bugs.
need to spray again after that heavy rain.

went out this afternoon to small restaurant/ice cream place in Stockton and treated my
first wife and her husband of 30 years to an ice cream cone. They brought their new labrodoodle or some small doodle
and little dog was very nice. I always wonder about feeding sweets to animals. I guess cats do fine with ice cream, but somehow thought
sweet stuff wasn't good for critter digestive systems.

what foods are most dogs supposed to NOT eat?
other than chicken bones...

rv repair shop did not call back. Not promising.
there is another place in Souderton I'm going to try.
The first guy would come to my house for 160 bucks. ++++
but to do Swintek slide repair you need the parts and need to have some experience with them.
They break a lot and are constantly being repaired.
There is an another company called Zoom that makes a replacement system that is supposed to be way more reliable.

problem is almost always the motor retaining screw coming loose. What a terrible design to have a set screw on an rv that vibrates constantly.
at least I know the motors still work, so the wires must not have ripped off like they do sometimes when the motor totally falls off its mount.
Did I say this was a terrible design?.......

cleaned out fridge in rv and turned it off, but keep rv plugged in to keep house batteries charged.
I run lights and fans pretty regularly and they are all 12VDC.
will keep running the exhaust fan in bathroom, big cover on that fan, which draws air from an small open window on far side
of sofa.
on hot rainy days, I will run the a/c for a little while mostly to dry out the air.
I can set it up pretty high like 82 or 84, which I think I'll do. Does not have a dehumidify cycle.

 

[kenmbz]

I have the M18 string trimmer, I use it all the time.
With 3 8AH batteries I can do 2x600 feet of driveway with tall grass and using a .095 line
The self feeding head is great, cut 20' of line, feed it through and turn the head to load.
I do a few thousand feet of tall grass and weeds every few weeks, so far it's only overheated once, yesterday, but it was 93 and humid and I was running ti straight for over an hour.

I have the M12 impact and drill/driver and use them all the time. THe stubby M12 impact is pretty tough and I have not thought about getting the bigger M28 one. It is light and takes a while sometimes to break the wheel lugs, but it does.

I now have the M28 inflator, which I think I have used 20 times already around the yard and I have had it a week or so. It is kinda weird on the gauge, but it is fast enough to blow up a flat lawntractor tire without having to jack it up and strap it. Works well on the larger truck and tractor tires and does not weigh much.
I also have one of the M18 lights for working in the garage while redoing the electrical. Lights up the 2bay plus garage really well.

The M18 head works well, but not quite as happy with the pole saw, a little too slow and does not oil well enough. Usable, and I have trimmed hundreds of tall thick bushes, but will probably buy a gas one in the future.

I have not had a single battery failure on the M12 which i have had for about 8 years, or the M18s which I have only had for about 2 years. I buy the batteries usually when they have a tool with free battery or some other kind of sale.

 

[Thomas]

The rats come out at night

4 bucks.
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Know wonder you have so many fawns.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. The 'warm' overnight Low's continue with a 12.6C. Presently it's 15.7C, mostly cloudy with a steady wind. There was 0.3mm in the gauge @ 0900.

A successful trip into town yesterday, especially at the hardware shop. After I returned from grocery shopping I got stuck-into repairing/extending the two gate chains... one of which had been an "I'll get to that" task for over ten years.

I'll get to chain-harrowing Paddock #1 (& #6) this arvo, then I have an evening supper/meeting to attend.

In the meantime I've received notification that a couple of cases of wine has 'mysteriously' appeared for collection at the PO.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Thomas]

That's great news Ken. and speedy recovery for your uncle.

 

[Thomas]

71F clear sky

Got call late morning asking if I would dig out 90' drainage ditch,couple hours later happy customer headed home with extra coins in my pocket...guess I also buy desert on date night.

Heading out wait for critters and stars...2 deer just shown up.

Enjoy your evening all.