if you haven't bought a lifetime senior pass for the US parks, time to do it now. 10 dollar pass goes to 80 in two weeks, plus 10 for processing.
The Senior Pass is a lifetime pass available to United States citizens or permanent residents 62 years of age or older. The Pass can be used at over 2000 Federal recreation sites managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Senior Pass admits the Pass owner and any passengers traveling with him/her in a single non-commercial vehicle at per-vehicle fee areas or the Pass owner and three additional adults where per-person fees are charged.
Changes to the Senior Pass (U.S. National Park Service)
I wonder how much the Queen charges Eric to get into Buckingham Palace...
Had an interesting experience changing the chain for the first time on my Homelite cordless self sharpening chainsaw.
I'd pull back on the lever and no sparks, no sharpening. Very unusual chain, doesn't last as long as regular chain for sure, but my
is this convenient. Pull on the lever, lots of sparks, and voila, a super sharp chain.
So I take the thing apart, easy to do with a simple turn knob, and find it jammed with chips. Ok, my bad, that must be the problem, grinding stone blocked because
look in the first picture, it looks new! I put the replacement up next to it, and kinda scratched my head. Then I decided to really airblast clean the saw and looked around the side of the sharpening stone and just chuckled, that's where it went. Hollowed out totally. Took me about three minutes to change out the sharpening stone and the chain. 33 bucks.
I'm guessing a higher consumable cost overall but not by much. And what a difference having a sharp chain makes. Make chips not sawdust.