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scootr replied to the thread What did you buy this week?.When Grandma visited, she wanted to go to the local Indian casino. It was a grand building and when we entered the building I looked... -
When the Niagara Falls casino opened my old neighbor went with his BIL. BIL initially won at the Black Jack table. He was up like $10K...
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scootr replied to the thread What am I getting my self in to ??.To some degree the original Q is a loaded question. I have seen skill levels of DIYers range from genius to near incompetence. On a...
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sure 1/4 should be good for just about any plate
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I'm thinking of writing a rude letter to the lottery corporation. They've mislead me again (Still). In the commercials everyone wins and...
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scootr reacted to MattB4's post in the thread Buying an excavator with resale in mind with
Good Post.
Might want to explore leasing. Sure some folks will have great stories of how they bought a used machine, worked it hard with no... -
scootr reacted to Hay Dude's post in the thread Buying an excavator with resale in mind with Good Post.
I just bought a Wacker Neuson 9 ton machine with 2700 hours for 28K. I wanted a Tak, Kubota, etc., but after 6 months of looking, I...
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scootr replied to the thread The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor.Add to that ..."at the worst possible moment" and you have a rendition of Murphy's law
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scootr reacted to Hay Dude's post in the thread The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor with Good Post.
Another crazy thing happened today! While mowing with the Massey 7495, I encountered a large branch, fallen from a tree, at the edge of...
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scootr replied to the thread Skids Worn on LandPlane.I hadn't either until recently. I bought some hardening wire and drew out a pattern with a soap stone. And Zig Zagged away and it came...
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scootr replied to the thread Skids Worn on LandPlane.Nice work but now hard face that skid in a Z pattern full length and never replace it again (y)
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I probably don't use mine as much as you, but I started out with 2"x3/4" skids. They still have a little life left in them. Putting them...
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scootr reacted to xyz123's post in the thread No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree! with Good Post.
Exactly. Why I paid my tree guy 130 to drop my 5th one that was a leaner toward power wire in reach and needed to go 180 other way. I...
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Just as a side note every bush hog I've ever looked or used had a flexible link in the top linkage when new.
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I don't want my land plane to follow the road surface. Instead I want it to cut down the humps and fill in the dips.