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    Friend with GMC 5.3 problem.

    I'll be the first with an almost unrelated, unhelpful post... I had a 2013 Ram with the 5.7 Hemi. The same problem exists in them as well. On mine one of the on/off cylinder lifters failed and took out my cam as well as some other items. In my limited research I saw that the electronic...
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    Woodshop Projects

    Most areas are pretty small and hard to get to. I don't think I will be able to use a grinder to sand with. I have a couple of different table top sanders, but I think most of the sanding will be using a Dremel with a sanding drum and rasp. Everything you see in the pic above was done with a...
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    Woodshop Projects

    Now we start the Christmas projects. This is my first reindeer in red oak. I'll document the process if any of you are interested. No CNC work involved. My wife supplied the drawing and I turned it into wood. I've made a few prototypes in pine, I was surprised just how much more time consuming...
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    Barndominium/Shop or "real" House?

    I also used open joists on my 2nd floor. I wonder if the I-Joists would be any better from a performance standpoint after the house is completed.
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    [emoji637] ton Ram-single vs dual wheel?

    In case you are wondering, this is what a basically max GVWR load looked like this weekend on my little SRW truck. The whole thing weighed about 23,500 coming out of the scale house. 10K truck and 14K trailer. I absolutely would not want to pull much more than this with a single tire. My best...
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    [emoji637] ton Ram-single vs dual wheel?

    No, I haul that weight... on a trailer.... 😁
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    [emoji637] ton Ram-single vs dual wheel?

    I just have a 3/4 ton. I haul around 10,000# on a regular basis, and have hauled up to somewhere between 14,000 and 15,000 on rare occasions. I can tell you with 100% certainty that if I hauled any more weight than that 10,000 on any kind of regular interval I would have a DRW 1 ton. My friend...
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    Pictures from an athletic field contractor

    Fun! I also thought I would take the chance to hijack the thread for a post or 2.... Do you have an pointers on treatment of wild onions? They are starting to come up at my place now and I have a LOT of them.
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    Woodshop Projects

    This project was for our house. My wife likes to decorate and is very creative. Her and I spent a few evenings in the shop making some big Jack-O-Lanterns. She plans on putting lights in them when it gets closer to Halloween. I had to do a little math first. My teachers would not be happy, I...
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    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    I tried to take the red pill this morning. Tossed one up in the air and before I could catch it, it hurtled away from me at like a million miles an hour due to the spin... 🤣
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    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    I'm STILL getting Flat Earth things popping up on my phone and computer... From, you know... that one thread....
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    The crazy one to me is haying on the side of the interstate. When I have been traveling I have noticed, in South Dakota specifically, that the shoulders of the interstate and the median are bailed instead of mowed.
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    Cleaning Under Zero-Turn Deck After Every Session: Really Necessary?

    Somebody teach me the right way.... I have the same mower and use the crank the same way he did. I'M MAKING A FOOL OUT OF MYSELF AND I CAN'T HELP IT!!! My wife is apparently aware of me making a fool of my self and not knowing it... but I'm not sure the mower is the reason for that...
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    Anyone else have an unusually large number of hummingbirds this year?

    We had one set off our ring doorbell this week. I guess it thought we needed to fill up it's feeders?
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    My Backhoe needs and engine rebuild

    Not sure if yours has a turbo or not, but I ran a dozer that started smoking white really bad. Turns out the turbo was in the process of failing. New turbo and no more smoke. But it was also leaking oil into the breather so the oil level was dropping not rising.
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