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    Anyone ever had to clear thorny Locust trees?

    Black locust? A dozer with an enclosed cab. Cutting them down with a saw is a tricky proposition. I read somewhere that they love nitrogen poor soil, are nitrogen fixers, take a long time to do so then the trees die. The pointy bits seem to out last the rest of the tree, and from what I and my...
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    Tell us something we don’t know.

    There's a 2nd market for antique whiskey, who knew?
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    CraigsList vs. Facebook Marketplace

    Have only bought on CL, haven't had any scammers, a lot of posts that hold true to the if its too good to be true it most likely is.
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    What's your average mpg?

    38-40mph a gal.
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    Making a Mill

    @CliffordK I have thought about a wood chipper, might be the track I take. I am most likely going to do something foolish and see if this small electric chipper can handle the task at all, I doubt it, but one wont know if one does not try I guess.
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    Will UAW Strike?

    Yes appears their particular makes is the new mustang, not one of their highest runners right now.
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    Will UAW Strike?

    Come on Ford Flat rock....
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    Making a Mill

    @Rustyiron I have wanted to see how they fair as a fuel, and see about using them as a blasting media/ media to add into soap. @leonz I end up with quite a bit of offal at the end of a harvest. I would like to finish the harvest with as little leftovers as possible. Ill have to try looking up...
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    Making a Mill

    Good evening all, I have been looking to see if how I can use every part of the Black Walnut, got stupid amounts of the darn things, and can always get more for free. I have my initial process to hull, wash, and crack them. The parts I have not gotten a handle on what to do with is the shells...
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    Will UAW Strike?

    Still not effecting us as a tier two to GM, Ford, and Stellantis.
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    Will UAW Strike?

    I work for a 2nd tier supplier that supplies ford, currently we are not effected in the slightest, the first ford plant to go on strike Ford MAP pulls two parts from us. Honestly we had hope it would slow things down drastically as we are behind on orders, and the strikes would allow for us to...
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    New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque

    Once we get rid of that we need to curtail the 1st amendment, if a teacher/ professor speaks out of line, they should be dragged off to the government approved "re-education center".
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    Will UAW Strike?

    I have always been curious if the UAW will end up like the UMWA back in southern Illinois, grand pa always said the union kept striking, and would eventually turn to brute force. The mines eventually up and closed down their doors. A few months later they reopened as non union, and as soon as...
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    What’s on Your Bookshelf?

    Hobby books from Beekeeping, carpentry, orchard tending, gardening, welding, metal working, how to language books, and a splattering of history, business books.
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    Walipini - underground green house

    Closest thing I have heard of: Greenhouse in the Snow
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