If you can afford it build it.
I’m now 80 and although I built my first shop in 1972 and expanded it about 30 years ago it is my daily activity to spend 4 to 6 hours a day building, restoring, or tinkering. Beats the hell out of daytime TV and it’s my senior safe space.
B. John
I have been insulin dependent for over 10 years now. Has it been a lifestyle change? Yes and no. Stay active physically, shed a few pounds, and lay off the sugar.
blood sugar testing is a simple. Procedure as is the injection protocol twice a day in my case. Interestingly after a short time, I...
My New Holland TC45 tractor with a sub frame mount BH has more than paid for it self over the 20 years I have owned it.
I built a castered dolly for the BH making it very EZ to put on the tractor and the attachment can be stored in an obsecure corner or the barn when not in use.
would a tracked...
Good point on the aspect of charging for hunting privilege.
i don’t charge as the deer population is huge and needs to be thinned out, I do however accept gift certificates that are offered by the invited hunters.
Here in Michigan the 2022 deer season is about to close and in my township relatively close to a metropolitan area there is no shortage of requests to hunt deer on private property and certainly no shortage of trespassers.
As a land owner it is my understanding the potential exists to be liable...
I used shur Kryl from Sherwin Williams on a metal building that was erected in 1972. i first washed the building with a 2,500 PSI hot water pressure washer and double coated with an airless sprayer using a .017 gun tip.
the results were spectacular and now 3 years later the building still looks...
Budweiser John looking for member opinions/experiences in putting land into a conservation easement.
Background. My wife and I Own 80 acres in southern Clinton County Michigan. We purchased the raw land in the summer of 1971, built a house and over the years have added 5 out buildings and raised...
I took 3 pieces of railroad track about 8’ long and spaced them parallel about 2’ apart on a lever surface and then welded two pieces of 4x4x1/2” angle iron across the top of the rails about 6” in from each end. Torched a couple holes through the ends of the angle for a couple chains And pull...
This incident did not happen to me but happened to a lawyer friend of mine.
My friend recently purchased a new Kubota 26 HP tractor with all the bells and whistles. My friend is also a boating nut and his boating collection includes a fair sized sail boat.
last spring, he decided to use his new...
Pipe clamps work well but only buy the clamps intended for 3/4” pipe.
lenth cab be zero to infinity depending on the length of the pipe.
I have a stash of threaded pipe from 12” to 60” and a handful of couplings so if necessary can couple assorted lengths together to obtain a length suitable...