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We had a bomb shelter growing up in Essex Center, Vt. in the mid '60's My Grandfather, Father, and I built a duplex which with a full basement which included a 10'x20' fallout shelter. Double thick concrete block walls with sand poured in the concrete block cores. Thankfully we never needed it...

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Well in north eastern Mississippi everything iron based rusts. I agree it does not rust through as quickly as in the north where there is a freeze thaw cycle but exposed steel develops rust quickly. I've quickly learned to keep Fluid Film accessible to spray any bare metal. But I bought a...

Thought Moss had a sticky about corrupting names. And I agree it doesn't keep a vehicle from starting and running. But in many states it will fail an inspection. Luckily, or careful driving, I've avoided needing any body repair since my 1967VW needed repair in 1973. Have you tried other rust...

With the recent price increases on trucks I'm starting to wonder if my penchant for trying to get an F250 at (what I consider) a decent price is futile. Since my wife agreed we needed a new truck I had focused on Fords due to the no rust body in my rust prone environment (Mississippi). But with...

As I posted It also is looking like I may get a shortbed diesel truck, in addition to my venerable F350. So once again I'm looking into mounting one of the cubes (on a pallet?) so I can move it from vehicle to ground and back. For those of you who do that what do you use for fastening it down...

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If you are willing to go the legal route you might want to see if you can get a private applicator pesticide license. Lets you buy some licensed products not available to the general public. I got one for Mississippi about 4 years ago, I'll need to renew it next year if I want to keep it...

A lot of "Harry Homeowners" need just that type of vehicle occasionally. Easy to put a ladder rack on and carry several 2x4x?? or a few sheets of plywood, or a load of branches or even a ladder. And as far as "cash sales" - my last 4 vehicles, from about 2010 on, I found it cheaper to take a...

Aunts can be difficult to get out of the house.

Well when you consider that the minimum wage now in mid north west N.C, is $7.25 (based on linky ) and the minimum wage slightly further north in Virginia is $12.41 that's a difference of over $5/hr, or $10K/yr. For crossing a state line. And most of TV seems to be produced in Ca., where...

Yeah, their service. At least in the past. When I moved some stuff down from Virginia somehow I lost the box I had put the Lynch Pin Washers in. At that time (circa 2012) I don't think they offered them on their site. So I called them up. They mailed me ~ a half dozen immediately. I lost my...

To clarify: Can you hear a click from something engaging? Does it engage the starter at all? Does seem like a "safety" problem. On my B7610 I had a bad habit of bumping the forward/neutral/reverse lever just enough to set off a switch.

How much does trash like shown in you pics depress the property value? Seems it could be disposed of for several thousand dollars.

Outside porch lights may not cost that much. I know that every little bit counts, but with LED lights they may be using less than 1KW/day, (4 led bulbs@9 watts/bulb) In my area of Mississippi a Kwh only costs ~$0.112.

I went with a Piranha for both tractors. Drilling for the M4700 was a real pain. The bucket had double thick (seemingly hardened) steel where the holes had to go. Burned up several bits. And it should come in bright orange, to remind people of the hazard.

Which we have a lot of already

Sheep.

Condolences, I can not fathom the depth of your loss.

I've seen that also. Both the signs and people ignoring the signs.

YES! Back in 2022 Amazon had a great sale on Amazon Commercial Non-marring Knee Pads,3 pair for $6.25. I bought about 20 pair. Keep them in each vehicle, my trailer, each floor of each house. Nothing much worse than kneeling on rough hot asphalt to change a tire or having to do a plumbing job...

Still have to get down to ground level. For my shops I keep several of those ~18" magnetic bars for holding tools (that HF used to give away). Great for sweeping under stuff and finding screws etc.

What was the "mechanical adjustment"?

Yup YKYAO when you drop something and it rolls under a cabinet and you spend a minute planning your descent to your knees and your full recovery to vertical.

Well I've tried cooking hot dogs on my engine while driving, but thankfully I've never "grilled" a turkey.

Beginning to sound ideal for me, I might need two. I've the F350 diesel dually for the big chores, and towing my equipment trailer w/ my 50HP Kubota. But those activities only consume a few thousand miles a year. The rest of the time the little Slate would suffice.

Well tried again this morning and WU seems back to large window, but there are still differences. At least it has NOT taken me to the weather channel.

When I go to my bookmark I go to Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions | Weather Underground. That gets me to: Then I try to go to the wundermap I get: So I log in and get this: Note it says the weather channel.

It's the way things are. I've 4 children, ages 30 to 40+. The first thing they do when they get into one of my cars is link their phones to my car radio and then use that for the tuner. Without a tuner in the car no thief is gong to break in to steal the radio.

I had been a dedicated WU user for probably a decade or so on my laptop.. Then today I log in and they've changed it over to the weather channel and with all the cr@p they put on the screen there is hardly space for the radar image. What are others using for free?

Had a pair of OLD spinster Aunts. They had a little 1 story building, about 30'x30' that was their "quilting" building, where they quilted with other like minded local ladies. Now this is in north Mississippi, it doesn't get very cold here. When they passed there were a ton of quilts to...

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Well in for 1 reservation. I did the same thing maybe 5 years ago for a Tesla Cybertruck. That never panned out at the original price and specs. Reminds me of my 1968 Toyota HiLux. Cramped, bare, but did the job.

I was told that to properly cook shad - Nail it to a white oak slab, roast in oven at medium until it flakes, remove from oven. Carefully remove shad from board. Eat the board. /edit - use the cooked shad to fertilize corn

Well I thought I had posted more than that quote in this thread, but didn't find it in the first 200 posts.. I've one house in the TVA region. Our residential rates just climbed again. There is now a flat monthly rat of $19.58 and then it's $0.11667 per KWH. Tombigbee’s historic rate increases...

I was looking at getting a 10 liter. But a 15 liter is only $30 more. Any disadvantages of going too large?

Are you locked in? The area I'm in sold Natural Gas installation circa 2000, I paid ~400. They stopped about 1,000 yards from me last year. Their response "Sorry". I had bought ~$1,000 of stuff to hookup to the line.

And that's one of the places poster to this thread FAIL when responding with comments about bales. What the H E double toothpicks is the size/nominal weight? I've only a passing interest because I too And started spending about 6 years with lifting bales and tossing them on the wagon. Two main...

Yeah, my son called up telling me about the Ford Ranger Super Duty which includes a 3.0-liter turbo diesel V6 engine, heavy-duty axles, and a reinforced chassis. Just what I want to supplement my F350 dually w/ 8' bed. But only in Australia :(

That had been a deal breaker for me for decades. The closest HF to me, in either Mississippi or Northern Va. was about an hour away, thus requiring about 2 hours plus browse time. A LOT of deals I passed up. I might have visited each maybe twice a year. Recently one opened up about 3 miles...

Buppies - Prayers for Holly and you. Remember the good times.

In that case I'd just monitor it and park it so drips don't cause a problem.

Can you determine the rate of fluid loss? How much per hour operating/non-operating?

Tell us where you are, get a dealer quote, see if one of us could do better. I need a tractor that size but judging by the snow on the ground you are too far away.

I'll second a vote for a battery saw of similar size. I own two 180's. Nice easy start saws but not very powerful. I also own two 660's. They have seemed to put on a lot of weight in the last 5 years.

Understandable, surprised and thankful you posted at all. Prayers for you and all your loved ones.

Try to google it with: "Typhon Terror" site followed by h-t-t-p-s://www.tractorbynet.com/ but leave out the dashes. (if I just put in the URL the software changes it to TractorByNet - Tractor Forum)

A little west of Red Bay.

Cell phone w/battery backup, with a pdf loaded of the workshop manuals and hotspot if you've got it for wireless. Plenty of extra rope of varying thicknesses. I usually carry a tarp. And either a small chainsaw or a bow saw, in addition to my knives. If it's in the Huntsville area it looks...

What's a "senior"? Been that way all my life. Good trick, changing the lighting will also change the shadows, sometimes making things seem to stick out. I used to be that way with free HF tape measures. I've about 8 major places, plus several vehicles where I'd try to keep a working tape...

An Uncle (who has passed away, RIP) was a great dentist, but with Banana Fingers. One of his daughters became a great dentist, has her own practice and about 6 petite females working for her. ALL with small fingers. It is such a relief to have a dentist with small fingers.

From my point of view (retired, govt pension, 2 tractors) I'm darn glad I bought Kubotas that don't seem to need many parts. How long does it take to build a tractor? How long does it take to build a tractor plant? I'll be surprised if any manufacturer invests in building a new tractor plant...

Looks like a good little tool. Buy before tariff jacks prices.

You need an "emergency overflow". How important is it to get across the stream? And what is the flooding like? Do you need to be able to rescue someone on the other side? Or can it wait a few days or weeks? The soil pictured has a lot of "fines", these settle in slow water. And clog culverts...

Please note the tractor muffler in the pic, so it's tractor related :)

I've got an RV shed with about a 12x14 sectional garage door on tracks. When I bought the place ~ 12 years ago it was manual. No helper springs or motors. For all these years I've just lifted it up and put a 9' piece of 1x6 to hold it up. I'd spray the rollers with garage door lube when it...

When I first got my B7610 I was concerned about not having enough grease guns. I bought a case of Alemite Screw Type Grease Gun Model C600...

Difficult thread to visit. But there is a good chance it's coming to all of us. Just had a close relative pass Sunday, mainly from dementia. She was the wife of my wife's brother. He had been an actual rocket scientist at Huntsville, AL until retirement, and they lived in Fulton, MS, now a 2...

I bought a pair maybe a decade ago. Died about the month the warranty ran out. Bought another pair, same thing. Now I just buy good muffs and cram BT earbuds (~$15 and up) into the lining.

Long hair? Like classical music or opera? Or ZZ-Top? :)

Have you tried a single strand PB coated electric fence? An uncle had a large watermelon garden that the whitetails loved. His solution was a 1 strand electric fence which he then "coated" with peanut butter. He'd put a glob of PB in a glove and just run the wire through the glove, giving it a...

Let it out! We are here to read your writings Please don't write that, you give valuable contributions!

Condolences. Hope everything goes smoothly AND quickly. My MIL passed away about 2 years ago, we've had no problems but the attorney handles everything so slowly.

That's great. Still a good thread. Is there any way to get a mod to change the title and maybe add something like PROBLEM SOLVED?

Now that's a CLOSE shave!

Buying opportunity. Happens all the time. That's what I tell the wife. Sometimes, if the forgotten item is not TOO expensive it happens several times. Nothing wrong with "backup" tools.

ORM-D, which stood for "Other Regulated Materials - Domestic," was a US Department of Transportation designation for limited quantities of hazardous materials, primarily consumer commodities, that presented a limited hazard during transportation. However, this designation was phased out on...

That's the way to do it. Could you give us an idea of the monetary value of an "expensive ordeal"? ~$1K, or ~$5K or more?

You were replying to a May 17, 2016 post by a member who hasn't been here in a year.

Weigh Safe Drop Hitch $300+

For tearing up decks a sawzall may also work. My back deck in Virginia was originally put in with ring-shank nails. To rip off the deck I cut the nails between the deck board and joist with a sawzall with the best blade I could find. Don't know if it would work as well on deck screws but I...

I'd first try some penetrating oil like Kroil and give it some quick short engagement jerks on powering up to see if that would loosen it.

Background - Bought 2 50 gal transfer tanks years about 2013 for $100 total . Intent was to fill with diesel and keep at site in Mississippi. Got them filled in Mississippi, rarely use them. So I'm wanting to "mount" 1 in the bed of my F350 and also perhaps a near future F250/Ram (yet to be...

90 posts, 2 months, and you still didn't check the pressure. :(

And lucky she fell on the couch.

Thanks for the table. I'm looking to transport a 30lb'er in my Escape. It should fit in the backseat standing up and strapped in :)

Reads like "Silent Spring". Peepers around my section of Mississippi are just starting up, but that may be due to relatively cool temps.

Many years ago there was a member here, Diamondpilot, that seemed to know what he was talking about and he highly recommended "Greenball" sold by Costco as the best bang for the buck.

I've about 10 toilets to maintain. I mainly use fluidmaster fill valves and have become used to having to replace the seal about every two years or so. But I have one Korky also. I buy most of my plumbing stuff at Supply House online. Now the fluidmaster valve replacements are just a piece of...

ARMY - Arrive Remain Motionless for Years During my employment with the Army I enjoyed several trips to Tuzla from DC as part of a two person training team . Procedure was to fly into Germany commercial, switch to military flight, fly to Tuzla. Twice the connection to Tuzla was canceled after...

Same here - I've 5 "workshops" in Mississippi and 2 in Virginia, so for really common things that HF used to give away or sell REAL cheap (tape measures, screwdrivers, flashlights, paint brushes, etc.) I tend to keep one in each shop area.

Ah, sharpening by sound. Made me look up "chooching".

Keep the hose handy. Can you idle it out ?

That is valuable info.

IF your looking for suggestions - try lifting it with the 3 point. /edit If you were farther north I'd suggest build an ice path to slide it on.

Before my first back surgery (~ 2005) Kaiser put me through the "slow roll" wringer. One of the first tests several doctors did was to see if I could stand on my tippy toes. Passed. They tried physical therapy, no good. Then they tried cortisone shots, failed. Then they did x-rays, passed...

Is there even a frost line in Edgewood?

You have to realize renting is not a viable option for many of us. I needed a backhoe for small jobs that were not going to be finished quickly. Rental required 2 hours to go get and return, not including hooking up trailer etc. IF THE RENTAL WAS available when I had time for the project. With...

I'd like to get 5 or 10 years out of them. I have had OSB that wouldn't last the truck ride home, and had some Advantech that lasted outside for years. I'm mainly just checking the TBN knowledge base to make sure there's nothing new on the market. I greatly dislike finishing a project the best...

Did those of you that had all these marvelous sledding experiences ever do much "snow skating"? Where I grew up in Vermont across the street from us was a farmfield with a wonderful hill that had about a 150 yard downhill run, 100 yards wide, ideal for sledding/tobogganing. But the "pièce de...

I've read several threads on here, but didn't see anything recent. Background - I've got a bunch of "cut-offs" (~4'x~5') that I want to make into small sheds/tool boxes to put about my properties. Primary purpose is short term tool/material storage due to inclement weather, and it's Mississippi...

As a potential buyer - does anybody have a concise list (from this and other threads) of and of critical tools to carry along?

Hang in there man, you are doing good.

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Had a similar incidence with a Gravely snowblower (manual start) when I was about 14. Chute got jammed, belts squealing. Procedure was to grab a stick, give the blockage a jab. That usually cleaned it quickly and I didn't have to shut it down clear the chute then pull start it. Stick got...

And from a member Last seen Feb 16, 2023.

It was well documented that his purpose was to run it into the ground and get it privatized. It's one of the primary methods of political control. Shut off the easy forms of communications.

My last $500 saw, Stihl 088 with an Alaskan CSM.

That seems to be a pretty big tractor in the picture for a cat 1.

Another vote for Zenni, been using them for about 15 years.

If you are the type that loses sleep over worrying about the market look at bogleheads, or start by dumping it into T-bills through the Treasury. Still better than fruit jars.

That's the way to do it! Snakes also work. When I was in the Army I worked at the Engineer Topographic Lab, Ft. Belvoir. For several years I was the main "support" system for a senior researcher and trainer. They stuck the two of us, and a secretary in an old 40x40 1 level concrete bldg with...

I've been using Messicks for minor parts and fluids since 2009. At first I was impressed by their shipping speed. Then they got me with their knowledge. I called up for some part, (forget exactly what) for my B7610. After clarifying what part, the cost, shipping etc. the salesperson...

I'm living in that. Darn deer grazing on my lawn.

I'd love a new to me aluminum body F250 diesel, but my wife can't reach the "oh crap handle". My 2002 F250 dually 7.3L diesel will have to suffice. She can reach the OC handle in that.

Is the pallet 48"x40"? Are the "loaner forks" built such that you can slide the pallet partially inside the bucket? I've got "clamp on forks" that are designed to have a 2x4 stuck in to stop the load shifting backwards. and I can rest a pallet on top and against the back of the bucket. Or I...

I misplace my phone routinely, so I make frequent backups. /edit Backups are chair legs, you need at least 3 to be stable.

But it's gotten TOO TALL. I need to be able to legally tow 10K. My darling 5' tall wife has difficulty climbing up into it, and would struggle trying to get a bag of groceries onto the seat. My 2002 F350 dually sits lower. Maybe I should get her a Tesla. Now if only they made one with a 900...

Why not? I've seen pickups with a 300 gallon ISO TOTE in the back filling up at Walmart/Murphy. Perhaps not legal, but if you've good air circulation it's easier.

Or use a bullet of your favorite caliber at an appropriate range.

I've a M4700 and several "lots" of 15 to 80 acres spread over an area of about 15 miles by 10 miles. A bit far to drive my M4700 (top speed ~18MPH) without trailering. But I could see loading it on an APPROPRIATE tow dolly and pulling it with my dually at 18mph to get it to my far lot.

May his wisdom live on.

Just take a well used chain and grind it down will probable be easier.

Definitely not. Loved the true MAPP gas that burned at over 5,000 degrees F. Only got to use it a little before it was discontinued in 2008. wicki

Heck, if I'm paying for it I probably would not care what equipment they use, I'm only wanting holes of a certain size installed quickly.

Can they run a liner inside?

Drew - Excuse me, but you took your Expedition to Harbor Freight? I'm not surprised it got hot. Probably thought it was slumming. :)

I was the same way. Bought my 2 year old Kubota B7610, put a backhoe on it. Goes through the woods easy, but doesn't carry enough. After a few years, and obtaining a house w/ 73 acres, bought my Kubota M4700. My woods are mostly ~40 year+ old stands of deciduous. The B7610 fits through...

That seems like a job for the credit card. PHD's don't require a PhD to use, but you probably will have some learning curve. ASSUMING you don't run into any problems (rock or roots). If you are good at selling used equipment buying and using one will be an education. If not they don't require...

That is often as useless as mammary glands on a male bovine. I've a booster in my Mississippi house. I've got "dead areas" for my cell phone less than a hundred feet away. So IF I had an accident I couldn't call the wife, or emergency. Frequently on local roads there are "skips" in cell service.

I bought a three point set of forks for my B7610 back ~ 2009. Works well but it was only about $100 back then. From Agri-supply. link /edit Carries a pallet mounted 275 gallon Tote cage very well. Got the tote and pallet for free, thus I was only out about $100.

C'mon David, check the pressure, it's been 10 days now. Like already stated - it has been reported on here years ago that for a while some dealers routinely set the pressure low. My B7610 is on the low side of specs. But I've got to remove my backhoe subframe to fix it, so not worth the effort...

Do you have a need to deal with snow? I would have expected a small hut on the top. But looks great.

Our daughter did that with our 2009 "new" Jetta and her 2006 Honda Fit in our driveway. She was mortified, creased both cars pretty good. They wanted ~$1K to fix the jetta. We didn't get it fixed, then ~3 yrs later VW bough it back due to Dieselgate. That is a reason I've been trying to...

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If the battery is still in the tractor I'd verify connections FIRST. When taking to the store for a load test make sure they do it for a few seconds. I took one in, tested fine it seemed, then they tested it again and it failed.

My jetta - ~ 10 years ago wouldn't pass state inspection because an optional turn signal on the driver's (external) side mirror didn't work. The ones on the car body did. Last year I had to get a parking proximity sensor repaired on my Ford Escape to pass state inspection. Cars that don't have...

Yeah, I had a court/divorce piece done. Lawyer demanded $5K down. Went easier than we thought. Had about 1.5K after settlement. Lawyer continued to bill me MONTHLY charging about $150 a month for billing me. Told me to hire a lawyer if I wanted any money back.

And that moment becomes permanent in your memory. I can still see in my mind the my booted ankle protecting the engine case of my Suzuki 250 as the car t-boned me and threw me into oncoming traffic. Crushed my ankle, not a scratch on the engine. Little old lady didn't see the motorcycle. Ankle...

another thread I went with It's held fine since mid-Sept.

Did it idle for a long time? If so it might be "wet stacked". Look it up. Might be fixed by working it hard.

Drew - You make a really great tenant!

When did they first start advertising a battery with electronics as a "generator"? Did it start in the US?

Yes. You are supposed to change a setting if you change tire circumference. I met a guy in California ~ 1972. Nice big Camaro, big tires. Told me whenever he got stopped for speeding he would tell the cop "Sorry, just put these tires on" and they would let him go. It also prolongs your...

When the engine goes up in flames!

I often wonder if this is part of planned obsolescence. On my Escape, no easy way to check the tranny fluid. Need to remove a plug interior to the front tire and let it drip. Plus it's a pain to refill. The OEM MANUAL says to change the fluid every 150,000 miles. And the blasted filter is...

Concerning the heat pump - you can get an external thermostat like this and I' sure there are others for any temp.

Right now 2024 F-250 w/ 6.5' box and ~6 miles are going about as cheap as you can find them. Less than most F-150 V-8's. Dealers need to clean the lots.

Could the difference be in climate? Alabama versus North Idaho?

My preferred fire starter.

Whereabouts? My cameras in North East MS (near Sandy Springs) only showed about 3" before it stopped about 1430 or earlier.

My wife had similar, or so she said, called Kaiser they said no problem they were probably "floaters". Then it got worse and she is being treated for "Wet AMD", about 1 shot in each eye of Eylea HD, every 6 weeks (now, hoping to stretch it to 16 weeks) for life. Glad my insurance covers it so...

Sounds like my present house in Virginia. With the gusts we have been having the last few days I might be able to fly a small kite inside. But the heat doesn't run constantly and the living room is staying a good 58 to 60 deg. F. (winter temp).

That must be a California thing. In Mississippi they fill it with cast off appliances and tires for erosion control.

A MAJOR problem is the change in the ability of watersheds to absorb a rainfall. with the increase in paved areas and the filling in of swamps a heavy rainfall event is multiplied. It seems like 100 year floods are happening more often. "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot".

That sounds like a winner. If you've got the ground clearance. Sure beats driving over the pop-up sprinklers on the golf course.

Keep looking it's fun. I had been looking for years for a replacement for my 2002 F350 7.3L CC long bed. Last night a truck popped up on cars.com for a 2022 F250 diesel at Koons . For $50K, top of my price range and only 10,385 miles. It has everything I need and much more, but dark charcoal...

Perhaps add the recommended system pressure for the lift capacities. Great work!

I like the "fighting to get the socket off the rail". It keeps them on the rail and not lost. I often work a ways from my toolboxes. I'll grab a ratchet and the appropriate sized stick.

I use the cheap type that Harbor Freight used to sell for < $1 and are now $1.50. Bought them by the handful when HF was trying to "upscale". Fit in all my toolboxes.

Was great for me also.

I used to be a wetland field biologist, working in swamps from Florida to Alaska for the Army Corps of Engineers. Ticks and mosquitoes were always a pain. The only true preventative I found which worked for me was garlic. DEET was good but melted the plastic on truck seats. With garlic I had...

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Can we anticipate another epic plug problem? How about putting in some type of EZ or Fumoto oil drain plug? Gad - 64 is what I heat the house up to! When I got up this morning it was just above 53!

A little summary Well it seems that the majority of responders think Al is great for truck bodies. No major complaints about repair cost. Just will make it harder to attach my $20 magnetic back up camera. And then there is the outlier You shouldn't. More important, WHY do you care...

My last 5 gallon bucket cost ~ $120. Full of SDT2. From Messicks :)

Didn't Ford offer a 6.7 diesel?

I still have a vivid memory of one of the first Chevy Vega's I saw in northern Vermont in about 1972. The vehicle was about 1 year old and had a rust hole eaten through the passenger door big enough to stick my hand through.

Now that Ford has had about 10 years putting their F150 and Superduty in the field how are they working out for for the TBN'ers? I was skeptical at first, thinking they would damage easily. Now I'm wondering why more manufacturers have not gone to Al. Coming from Northern Vermont where rust is...

What does your CPA brother recommend? That to me would be critical.

Thanks. By "stored out of the weather" I meant storing LP Smartside so it doesn't get precipitated on or blown around and isn't sitting in water or exposed to the sun. My sheds in Mississippi provide cover but not temperature or humidity protection. I've left a unpainted, unsealed 1/4 Hardie...

Where can I find find these "Chinese minis are light duty, cheaply built and have virtually no resale value" used? All the ones I see on FB are more than retail.

Thanks Eddie for the comments. Do Smart Panels need to be stored out of the weather? Or if painted once (including edges) do you expect they would hold up for a decade? How would you compare their water resistance to Advantech OSB?

I've been retired since ~2010 and life has seriously gotten in the way of moving to Mississippi :( And SWMBO had said no metal sheds. I was hoping some other manufacturer had come out with a Hardie type material or large vinyl UV resistant sheet material that I didn't know about.

I'm going to be building several SMALL sheds (6x10 or smaller) for garden tools, fencing, etc. at several different sites. I've used Hardie Panel and liked it, but the cost seems to have greatly escalated, as have all things. My main consideration is LOW MAINTENANCE, the 10x15 Hardie Panel...

Dang that was a lot of effort. Hope it lasts a long time!

Thanks for taking the time to post Ted. I'm sure many of us are following your posts and praying for you and Dona.

I'm also looking for some steel plate.Here (Alexandria, VA) there are ads on FB for similar for $1,800 and for as of this writing (12/13/24). /edit - of course thinking on that it's about what good 3/4 PT plywood was going for recently.

Unless that is a metal piano a good chainsaw should help in disassembly. I've got a situation with a cast iron piano sitting in my now deceased MIL's garage. It's been sitting there for 40 years. It is untuneable (bent frame), unsaleable and probably weighs over 500lbs. My wife my BIL...

USED to? Did VW buy it back? I had a 2009 Sportwagen they bought back. Best darn car I ever had.

When I look at their offerings their prices seem high. What/where would be a good reliable link to find inventory supply of various trucks?

I've been in the market for another truck. Found one I liked on Carfax for $36.9K, sent a message about it. No reply from dealer next day. Two days later price at dealer is up to $38K. Do they raise prices just before they drop them for a News Years sale?

SOCIAL SECURITY was created as a safety net for those that couldn't or wouldn't save for themselves. Sort of an alternative of "tithing" to the church, then relying on the church to take care of the poor.

Thanks for the wrap up!

From reading your postings on TBN (assuming you are not a bot) you would be safe regardless.

I've written several times about how in the last dozen years the government has gone like a spider on drugs laying cable in an effort to remove the backwardness of rural areas. When we bought our "place to retire" in Mississippi a dozen or so years ago the best internet we could get was speeds...

I've gotten several "Terms of Use/Privacy Policy" updates recently. Like for my cable provider, my internet provider and the most recent, an NBC one. The NBC one is 145 pages! No summary, not a mention of what's changed. Does anyone know of a website that analyzes these? I'm thinking like in...

I'd at LEAST like a mute/unmute button on the wheel!

I started with an HF LiFe VIKING about 8 years ago. We've a Honda Civic that sits idle 99% of the time. Jumped it about dozen times when the battery showed completely dead. Convinced me to buy a larger Gooloo which I've used on my 7.3L diesel dually (in warm weather) when my battery died...

And for the 2023's I had a 1967 Toyota HiLux that probably had about a 500lb payload capacity that would easily carry 1,000 lbs of newspapers for our Boy Scout paper drives. Really worked well, it had what I'd call a "creeper gear". We'd be collecting papers in the flat suburbs. My Dad would...

Thought it was a good price when I bought it on the 28th. Now I'm looking for a good sale on their GC001 battery clamps.

Not necessarily during the next administration, they could just keep kicking the can down the road.

Ted - hang in there, we are all pulling for you and Dona.

Yeah, the only reason I looked at it was because YOU posted. Black Friday started this year back in October. I've spent hundreds on needed tools etc. And many were marked down more than they are now.

Same here in the 80's and 90's. There was a group of 3 of us who frequently flew from DC to Boston and rented a car to drive to the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center research facility) headquartered in Hanover...

That brings up one of my wife's favorite driving stories. Seems that in high school (circa 1965) she lived in Fulton, Ms. and the parties were usually in Tupelo, Ms, about 20 miles away. Connected by one prime rural road. Her father, a Doctor, had a strict curfew. So one night after a ball...

Same here, plus I don't have to worry about security or time. And it always offer the opportunity to acquire new skills and tools.

For starting fires I USED to rely on newspapers. But as MossRd writes they are almost extinct. However the newspapers have been more than replaced by all the cardboard we now get from online shopping.

Road kill possum and a six pack. A 7 course meal.

Also to escape the need for keeping a clean environment. Unfortunately this seems built in to performance standards for personnel. I worked in a small Army topo science lab. LOT's of bright people trying to get the best bang for the buck. For decades most of us "researchers" were involved with...

And then when you put the tubes you pinch them with the tools and have to patch the tubes.

My frig in Va. just broke down a little over a month ago. Son (in Va) calls us in Mississippi "It's making a lot of loud noise". The frig is a Whirlpool model GS6SHEXML00 (25.6 cu ft) side by side, made May of 2005. It is a gift to my wife from the children, the price sticker on it shows list...

And then before they dry put in burn barrel and light them up.

I know one of the most difficult things for the newbie to hydraulics is matching hose ends. Is there any "app" that lets you take a picture with a cell phone which then will tell you exactly what matches that end? And what has the TBN brain trust found as the most comprehensive "picture"...

So you go from ketchup mode to musturd mode.

Why the discussion of 20% tariffs? Looks like Canada and Mexico might get 25%, China 10%. link It means look into your planned purchases of imports for the next 4 years and stock up now if you can. Don't worry. It will be trickle down economics, and those of us that get trickled on are known...

Are those pads in the picture 5'x12'? Looks good.

How much "r etard" can you put in and have it still bond like it needs to? I see they now have machines that will build walls by putting down layers like squeezing toothpaste from a tube. Can one pour say 2 foot wide sections next to each other and have them bond? (note-I tried to write the word...

Metal dust pan and fire extinguisher.