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    Scam

    I was foolish and a novice on this sort of thing. Really had no idea. Just dumb on my part. Not sure of their user names. Somehow contacted through an "intermediary" on my email as I recall.
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    Looking for headlight glass for Mahindra 4510

    Just to let people know. Got scammed by elitesautos9@gmail.com on the purchase of the lens. Had to send the payment to a Caroline Winston per his request by paypal as Friends and Family. No product and no responses and of course no product after a month. Paypal said no refund is...
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    Scam

    Just want to warn others. I needed a lens for my Mahindra 4510 tractor. Guy wanted $40, high but not finding it anywhere else. Said I would send him a check. Would not accept. I said hold the item until it cleared and then send. No he said. I said for the small amount I would send...
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    Backhoe Ripper

    Nice work.
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    1st time at my new property & 1st time ever brush-hogging - some lessons learned

    My mower was a county or township heavy duty reinforced Bush Hog brand mower that got traded in with chains at the bottom to keep debris from being flung at cars as they mowed the side ditches. My tractor was down so I used a friends skid loader with mower only used off road. Used it near...
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    roof leak

    I have thought about taking the gutter off for a better inspection. It is continuous and 40 feet long and a 5 or 6 inch gutter so I will need some help there before I can do that.
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    roof leak

    I will try to look carefully the next time I am there. Into a drywall project at my brother's right now.
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    drywall fine thread screws to install drywall in wood studs instead of metal studs

    I went through a Uni-built home in Vandalia, Ohio and they used a spray foam type sealant also on the studs to glue and seal.
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    Is thirty years too long to keep a lawn mower?

    I do have a self propelled bush hog type mower that I am sure was built in the early 60s. I do not use it much but it is handy when I do and starts well.
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    Should I buy this truck?

    Almost all front discharge here in western Ohio, only in the cities do I see the rear discharge
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    Who knows about stacked-block retaining walls?

    I live in western Ohio. Almost every stacked wall even if only a few block high have pushed out or over after 5 to 10 years. Some were done by home owners, some not. Not sure what prep they did before laying the same. I see dry stacked walls in Columbus that have stood properly for over...
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    Is thirty years too long to keep a lawn mower?

    I have lived at my house fora 50 years. First mower lasted 20 years of so, this one is right at 30 years. Walk behind but not a push mower except the drive is so weak now it pretty much is a push mower. Now that I am 77 years old it is more work although the yard is not too big but I...
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    drywall fine thread screws to install drywall in wood studs instead of metal studs

    Actually we were putting up some drywall for my brother yesterday. On his wood studs we used nails. They were smooth, no ring shank. The box of the ring shank said they could rust. The nails he used had a concave head, so more drywall compound could cover?
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    drywall fine thread screws to install drywall in wood studs instead of metal studs

    Good to know. They are 1 5/8 but most of the studs are 2x6 and 2x8 so length is not an issue.
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