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ABC news 4 reported they were shooting at the man on the tractor, and attributed that information to the local Sheriff. Some here are conjuring theories of "plinking" or "shooting at tires." I haven't seen any report including that. The story below was filed by a local reporter, attributing the...

This is why I asked. I doubt that Ventrac has a belt factory, so most likely they purchase brand XX and have those belts marked with their logo.

The story isn't quantity of paragraphs. It's depth of tragedy. There is now a dead body, laying somewhere on a slab, at room temperature. That person used to be a husband, property owner, and likely father and bread winner for a family. Senselessly killed-- on purpose. With a grieving widow...

Do you have a wired ethernet connection to each Deco node?

You are using this with only vendors you know, but its problematic if you don't know the vendor. In that case, the minute you click "unsubscribe" the rogue spammer *knows* they have a live person at the end of that email address. To fight spam, I just create an email rule so that emails go...

You're more high end than me-- I have no IP phones, nor streaming, due to slow speeds ... :D

Have you considered asking the developers to move them for you? I presume the structures are in the way of their future development? So they would be motivated to do so, possibly? Since they are personal property owned by you, and if you did not move them on your own, they would be leery of...

"Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says both boys shot at Danny Andrew Smith with a rifle as he rode his tractor in the field" ... the Sheriff says the boys fired at him.

OK good to know. Couple of questions: Is your Starlink router performing routing functions? How can you port forward without admin access? With your router-behind-a-router setup, do the secondary routers go into bridge mode or access point mode? I'm a little confused how more than one device...

"charging both juveniles with Involuntary Manslaughter.” How do you get to that charge when the boys aimed the rifle at the man and pulled the trigger? 8 and 9 year olds?

Sorry to hear there is no admin access. It is unclear (to me) if the Starlink device called a "router" is truly a router. (I've never seen their device yet.) If others are using their own router, that makes me wonder if the Starlink device is *not* a router. (Not recommended to run a 2nd router...

What is the definition of ASAP? If the land is to be developed, there are usually time lags for planning, permitting, etc. Is a short term lease extension, prior to development, possible or desirable? The two individual support legs look at risk for damage if you pick up the entire structure...

Fuel prices expected to keep rising ... https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/02/drivers-will-face-the-highest-july-4th-gasoline-prices-in-7-years-and-they-are-heading-higher.html

"Whichever way we're going, I hope it's downhill!" This was Albert Brooks, driving his motor home out of Vegas, right after learning his wife just lost their entire life savings in a casino. Movie: Lost in America

I've seen Dolly in person a few times. A memorable line, referring to her makeup and clothes: "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!"

OK sounds good. I'm looking for the higher bandwidth Starlink will deliver, if it ever gets here ...

Perhaps illogical for you, but exactly what I do with remote cameras at another property. Due to bandwidth limit, I must downgrade 4k cameras using "second stream," (HD) and "third stream" (VGA resolution, down to 640x480.) 4k cameras are 3,840 x 2,160 resolution, but for remote live view I can...

Here is an entry-level 4k camera. A brand commonly sold, for $99. If that's 10-20x a HD camera, I'd like to get as many of those $5 or $10 HD cameras as I can! :D https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1595329-REG/lorex_lkb384xb_4k_ultra_hd_ip.html From Costco, here is a complete DVR system...

Suppose you own a 2nd property (or business) and want remote surveillance cameras. Add 1 camera pointed in each direction (4 total,) 1 camera for an outbuilding, 1 more for something else. 6 cameras total. Typical off-the-shelf 4k cameras. Since 4k cameras suck up bandwidth, you apply...

Did some additional checking and found a couple of things: - according to one user, Starlink *does* use carrier grade NAT (ugh), - "Idle ssh connections drop after 10 minutes, but put even modest traffic on them and they last hours." Carrier grade NAT is great for the ISP, not so great for the...

Thank you for the good information. Very helpful. My prime Starlink dish location, unobstructed sky view, is 400 ft. from my residence. So I will get power out there, and plan to install ethernet/fiber modems since it exceeds the max Cat6 distance. I noticed on Reddit they use 56V power. Not...

I had a similar problem recently with reduced power. It turned out to be a restricted hydraulic filter.

I'm curious about equipment, power, and cabling requirements for Starlink. A dish location with an expansive view of the sky is several hundred feet away from available power. I need to get prepped to do an install ...whenever they might get around to me. - Does Starlink have the traditional...

In about 3 years of use, I have only had to open up my Woodland Mills WC-88 in the field once. A gnarly stump/root ball type thing that used to have branches protruding in many directions got stuck. Stuck hard. I used a sawzall and made multiple cuts across it while it was in place, put...

One thing I am looking forward to with Starlink is the challenge of solving new infuriating problems. I'm tired of solving the old infuriating problems .... need a change! :LOL:

"Thank you for a memorable afternoon, usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature." Movie: Arthur

I'd pay twice to have what you have. :LOL:

And some things seem to stay the same ... I saw in the same article recently that taxes need to be higher because CA has such heavy usage of roadways, and, taxes need to increase because people were not driving as much due to Covid. :LOL:

I'm envious of your HughesNet deal. My HughesNet bill is $89/mo (residential.) Regarding service, my best description is ... that it is better than nothing. Speed is slow, upload speed so slow that I don't even bother to try, and the modem seems to "disconnect" or go into deep sleep after a...

In addition to market forces, there is also taxation. In CA it goes up again July 1 due to taxes. I travel often between CA and NV. Always fill in NV, never CA. Price is noticeably higher in CA, often .50 cents per gallon difference. Recently paid $3.79 for diesel in NV, which is typical here...

Do you turn the scraps on their side and cut again so they are not too wide for your chipper?

With full credit to George Carlin, I am sure they will "service the customer." :LOL:

That is the same message I get.

I tell others my chipper is one of the best investments I have made. It turns trash (slash) to treasure (chips.) But I have a very healthy respect for it and its potential to do damage. Personally I would not have others near my chipper unless I was there. It has the capability for a gruesome...

OK that's not too bad. I have a dump body bed on a 1-ton pickup, and a dump trailer, and I fill them each numerous times per year. Probably close to equivalent.

Using a wood chipper to generate mulch in volume is going to be very labor intensive. I have a Woodland Mills WC-88 that gives me good service. But producing chips in production level volume would be a very different deal.

You "hand truck" a heavy transformer around to power an electric lawnmower? Sorry, that's over the line for me. :LOL:

Here is what I typically say to a contractor when I invite them on the property for a bid: "If you see past work that is questionable, it's from prior contractors I hired. If you see anything really ugly-- that's my work." :D

I bush hogged my entire CA property in early June for fire abatement. I can't cut anymore as the fire risk is too high. In normal rainfall years I'd still be cutting through late July or so. So close to two months of difference.

Was thinking the same thing. I have no spare in case of failure. Probably should.

Water on a driveway is bad. Water under a driveway is worse.

Agreed. Even in normal years, inconsiderate idiots start a lot of fires on the 4th. Glad the worst of the heat is over. We were 102F yesterday in Northern NV, but not all that different from normal. 5 or 10 degrees over probably.

Things vary by location, but in NV and CA you cannot (or should not) have any runoff from your property onto adjoining parcels. I'm reworking my property now. My dirt contractor/excavator said he can't improve my side gravel road without installing drains and culverts because without them it...

Are the Portland protestors still active? Or has the heat "cooled them off?" :LOL:

I have a Ventrac 4500Y with tough cut. Just over 100 hours. My belts still work fine but every time I engage the blades they squeal. Which reminds me they are a replaceable part. What is a good source for belts, and is there a master list of what sizes I would need? Or just take them in and...

It can vary. But a common scenario is the developer builds and owns it, then ownership passes to the homeowners once a certain percentage of units are sold. The "common" areas like walkways, pools, landscaping are "common interest" to all the owners, including responsibility for maintenance and...

I have had very good luck with both my Massey tractors. The cab model is priceless, although for me its protection from sun and heat versus cold.

This is likely a reason why building reinforcement was not done, or the time schedule stalled. Some rough math from news reports leads me to believe it would take about a $45,000 per unit one-time special assessment for the work. I own a property in a 400+ unit HOA. Years ago we had a one-time...

That is an astonishing number of varmits and pests to deal with. Seems like you are on it as well as you can, but as you said, it will take time to see results.

The quote is from a well known gate and fence company in my area. I agree on the price. I met with a 2nd fence contractor last week (no bid yet.) I liked everything he had to say. He does on-site fabrication of fences and gates using raw material. If there is a slope or contour, he custom...

Good advice, thanks.

That's where I am. I could replace it and never notice a blip on my balance sheet. But, I want to overcome the ^$%^$&*# .49-cent part fouling up $100+ device. At first it seemed so simple. But, now-- I either get it out, or destroy the whole thing trying ... :D

Just received my first quote from a gate contractor: 14' wide ornamental iron gate, comprised of two 7' gates, powder coated Final design/style selected and approved by customer Gates hung with power hinges, liftmaster gate operators, remote keypad for gate entry Emergency access system...

Well this added another dimension .... "Although PVC is flame resistant, PVC products release toxic hydrogen chloride gas when heated. These corrosive gases can spread faster than flames, trapping building occupants before they have a chance to escape. Hydrogen chloride gas is lethal when inhaled."

Considering the added cost to increase tank size is not that much, this is good advice. Of course you must draw the line somewhere.

HD lists one with a 2 foot riser at $130, so this one would probably be $150. Turning upside down, using water as an insulator and directly applying flame to the plastic sounds promising. Hmm-- to try this it seems I need to film it, and first say: "Hold my beer and watch this!" :D

I will try cutting it upside down to minimize contamination. btw I have 6-8 hours on the Ventrac since filter changes-- still running as it should. Just seems weird that at slightly over 100 hrs I was losing hydraulic pressure due to filter restrictions.

OK getting this plastic male adaptor out is turning out to be a b-i-t-c-h. I found a tool at Home Depot *supposedly* just for this job. But like the other tool I tried, I had a hard time inserting it far enough to get a good bite. It bumps up against the seat of the freezeless hydrant. But I...

This must have been contributed long before now, perhaps numerous times: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like .... Victory!" [Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now]

I'll get a photo and post it in the next day.

Or, cash the bonus check, arrange a "work injury," stop working, collect unemployment and disability, and pursue your settlement. I'm so glad I'm not an employer anymore.

One of my contractors in Northern Nevada was having problems finding laborers. He does excellent work, but is poor with the admin part of a business. So I said I would help find some workers. Holy cow- around here they are advertising CASH SIGNING BONUSES for straight laborers. Hmm- I thought...

My MF 1758 is "all or nothing" regarding a seat switch. Leave the seat; everything shuts down. I never considered bypassing the seat switch-- until I bought a wood chipper. Then I realized I had no choice. It's now in bypass permanently, as I try to keep the chipper installed as much as...

Even using an excavator, there is going to be some hand work cutting roots around the stumps. I wouldn't go that route. At 60 stumps it seems pretty obvious you have enough work to justify purchasing a grinder. If you purchase one, remove the stumps, then re-sell it I believe you will be at far...

I have one of these but not with a removable bit. It's the tool that could not be inserted far enough otherwise it bottomed out first. Many good ideas-- I will try them, and I will look for this same tool with a larger auger. Thanks!

During construction, a freezeless yard hydrant was broken off. It is metal, but was plumbed from the bottom using 3/4" pvc pipe. The threaded male part of the pvc male adaptor is stuck in the bottom of the (metal) assembly. The rest of it is broken off flush. I can't figure out how to get it...

That's the difficulty I have with how to store spring runoff water for later in the season. If I install above ground tanks, that investment is at risk from fire or (maybe more likely) falling trees. Below grade water storage seems to get very expensive very fast.

Years ago I was piloting an aircraft through the midwest. Severe weather closed in, and flying became very hazardous. I made an unscheduled landing at an airport in a tiny midwest town to wait it out. Days later, me and my passenger were still weathered in. We were about as bored as you can...

Keep in mind if you are adding a possible fire hazard. LifePO4 is about as low risk as you get with lithium batteries. Other variants, not so much. I had a lithium battery start a wildfire a few years ago so I'm leery of those being unattended.

I also have piped irrigation water in areas with no power. And no sprinkler control wire either. I've used the Hunter Node battery irrigation timers (with Hunter valves) and they have worked well. They run on an 9v battery, and if you are worried about ever losing power you can snap in a second...

That's good advice, thanks. I need to factor the distance back to a driver's seat in a vehicle at a keypad, distance to the front of their vehicle, a comfortable buffer, and distance required for the gate outswing. I guess if I used my 3/4 ton quad cab truck that should work for most vehicles.

I just trenched and ran everything from one side to the other. Has your gate sagged any since you installed it? Here is a pix of the type of gate I want to install, but maybe a little different style.

A very good description why I have a ventrac. In spring, I bush hog through an area that is marshy that time of year. Ventrac cuts and floats over it (dual wheel kit) whereas I could never go in there with a tractor. I also cut steep slopes near my pond-- steep enough where I will only go up...

Funny, that was one of the things that made me question if I should have a contractor involved. The videos suggest purposely making them out of plumb, by 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch, depending on which video you watch. To account for future sag from the weight of the hanging gate.

I want to add an automatic entry gate. Two 7' bi-parting gates, outward swing. 14' width totall. One exit loop, and an entry keypad on a gooseneck. I will probably have two rock columns to the outside of each gate post, but might instead do a rock wall. My asphalt driveway has been removed, so...

Walked by the clearance bin at Lowe's yesterday. It was full of hand sanitizer. :LOL:

My '69 Hemi Roadrunner was factory built with 2 4bbl carburetors connected to a progressive linkage. (Called "dual quads.") No smog gear. You can drive it "tame" using only 4 barrels. But when your foot goes down, all 8 barrels open up. But it does have crankcase breather. :LOL:

Maybe this latest (stupid) initiative will fail like a similar one did earlier. Years ago CA experimented with installing roadside sniffers to identify "gross polluter" vehicles that exceed smog standards. If it detected one, the owner received a nasty letter, or worse. But vehicles older than...

Doesn't sound right at all. My MF 1758, once, went in and out of regen instead of starting and staying in regen until finished. I turned the tractor off, and the next day it did a similar thing but not as much. After that, normal operation. But it was never flashing lights and beeping.

Put your antenna down before you depart. Ask me how I know. :)

Incredibly nice work Eddie! Thanks for adding pix ... it really adds a lot of dimension to appreciating your project.

Finally! I'm looking forward to lumber prices tumbling down to only be ... sky-high!

Your kid will likely learn a valuable lesson. I learned this same lesson in my early 20's and it was valuable to me. I worked for an employer making a low wage. At the end of the month I did not have enough money for food. I asked for a raise, and got the runaround. Two months later, more...

I would guess when you kid puts in his notice to quit, he will be offered a pay raise. But most likely, at that point it will be too late.

It's an interesting question, but not a fair question since the expected standards of employer / employee conduct are different. If an employee hears another employee say: "If I don't get what I want I'll bring a gun to work and shoot the place up," the employee doesn't have a specific duty to...

Exactly how "at will" employment should work. The kid isn't contractually obligated to stay, and only does so because there isn't yet a better alternative. The employer isn't required to further reward the kid, nor even continue the employment, even if such are stupid decisions. Q- when you kid...

A protected class is created by lawmakers in a state, also federal. Examples are most applicants or employees who are non-white, others if they have a disability, and in many jurisdictions, females. Those in the "protected class" have special rights higher than those without protected class...

I'd advise anyone reading this to check the laws of their specific state. I recently considered trapping a nuisance animal on my CA property. Although I didn't proceed, the information I got was: 1) I needed a permit, even for just one animal, 2) the permit cost exceeded $1,000, 3) only an...

I was an employer when CA laws changed to include age 40+ employees/applicants into protected class. Employers responded by becoming very wary of hiring any age 40+ applicant. The cost, expense, and risk of doing (even a well justified) termination was just too high. Age 40+ applicants had a...

I was an employer for decades. We had good hiring practices and attracted intelligent, productive and hard working employees who were rewarded well and enjoyed their jobs. But every once in a while, a bad apple slipped in. What I can say from experience is if you hear a sob story about how an...

Interesting to observe that. Everything at my CA property seems odd this year-- a goose running around with only 1 leg, weeks later another one dead in the pond, no fawns this spring, bucks and does NEVER out except in darkness, seen only 1 bear all year, have not seen nor heard any coyotes...

Wow I might be able to use these in both CA (pasture) and NV (garden.) Thanks! I read in the description: "for outdoor use only." :)

What are "smoke sticks"? I am suddenly (not by choice!) interested in this marmot/pest thread. Voles just showed up in my wife's garden in NV, and we had an explosion of gopher activity in CA this spring. Sorry to see the OP trapped 100+ marmots but only saw a slight decline in activity. Yikes!

I don't have a pipe cutter that large. Probably a messy job, but I could probably get one apart with a pair of side cutters and tin snips. If there is metal in the filter, is it usually quite obvious to see?

If I were an electrician, I would answer questions instead of asking them. :) After contemplating your response, my guess is you check email less frequently than the other long-dormant members now rumbling back to life. :LOL: Now, I'm off to hunt down that box and buried PVC ....

That sucks. I had a similar experience with Kubota, had cash in hand, was ready to purchase, and could not get them to respond. Very frustrating. As a Ventrac owner I'm sorry to hear this-- hope it sorts out. They can't let that sort of thing linger very long and expect to be successful.

Do you have any suggestion about how to open up the filter? I thought of cutting it with a hack saw or sawzall, but was worried I would be "creating" metal particles. They are both spin-on filters.

Good suggestion, but I checked that and it was OK.

When it comes to moving water, I think most of us are newbies. I've been at this for years and there are still many mysteries. Good luck with finding the best route-- have you considered wireless transmission of water he he.

That's great! My wife also does drip irrigation for our garden-- putting water only on the plants we want. It reduces unwanted weed growth as well.

You do not have to use the same size pipe for an entire run. In some circumstances, it is common to use differing pipe sizes, although that is usually more often with elevation changes or other things different from your circumstances. Water flowing through pipes is subject to friction loss, as...

I don't know your system but it seems backwards that a hydrant near the well has less volume than at the house. Q- do you have a hose bib directly connected to the well equipment, or is the hydrant the closest "tap" to get water from? Also, you might consider piping and pumping water (using a...

Good morning! 44F before sunrise, on the way to 70F. Drought is bad here. No water for irrigation, so everything is drying up. Going to bush hog the pasture today-- so it doesn't become a fire hazard.

This happens so often-- you totally focus on a problem at hand, not realizing there is a much simpler solution if you could just see it. I have a GMC duramax truck. I tried to change the front left blinker bulb but couldn't get access to it. Checked youtube-- first video explains you need to...

First of all, sorry to learn of your drought conditions. I'm dealing with the same in CA-- creating similar although different questions and problems. Q- why avoid using the well? Using it seems a lot simpler than hauling or pumping water from 500 feet away? Are you worried about maybe pumping...

Last fall I noticed it seemed a bit more noisy when I used power steering left or right on my Ventrac 4500Y. Didn't use it over winter. This spring, the noise increased. Then I had slowly decreasing power while mowing. I did a test with keeping blades engaged, turning, and lifting the deck all...

Understood. I buy the best "air ride" or suspension seats on every tractor I get-- and I still wish for a smoother ride. Didn't much care about that just a few decades ago ....

I once trenched between buildings and needed the entire trench open before backfilling. I started digging from the wall of one building toward the center. Before getting too close to the other building, I drove forward, turned the tractor around, and started digging from the wall of the second...

A wide range of knowledge and responses .... Thank you all for contributing!!

I'd consider whether you want to keep some clearance around it, so that you can do it the way you want it, or lose control of that. At some point it will need service. If you are not home the utility worker(s) will probably hack it up-- any way they want, and maybe send you a bill for the effort.

Regarding "stupid things," mine is carefully disconnecting a trailer from the coupler, unhooking the safety switch, removing the safety chains, then pulling away in my tow vehicle without removing the electrical plug ..... ahhhh.

I had a USPS PO box for over 20 years. On the 15th of one month, they put an invoice for renewal in my box. I was away on a business trip. I returned and came to the post office on the 3rd of the next month. About 18 days after they put the invoice in my box. I went to the window: Me: "I want...

Hopefully you can see the humorous side of this. Mixing uninformed-to-nonsensical posts in the middle of a thread, and then repeating that every few posts, has some entertainment value. I presume the return of long-dormant members flooding back to the forum is creating an economic bonanza. So...

Thank you. Hard to believe it took over 90 posts to get to something simple and obvious. My electrical contractor used gallon zip lock bags for my main service panel. Seems to work fine, but it's hard getting the panel door closed pushing against all the bags ....

Makes sense, thanks! I'd probably put the light(s) on the always hot circuit with a photo eye. Then put the water feature on the switched circuit. I'd want the light always working at night no matter what I do, but only use the water feature on demand.

You might consider the frequency of sending. I received enough emails to make me create a new email rule. Any email received from TBN is immediately routed to the trash folder. So I don't have to repeatedly and manually delete them. Nothing wrong with the forum-- I do enjoy it and it provides...

In Nevada, the license plates belong to you, not the vehicle. So when you sell a vehicle, you keep the plates. When I recently sold a car on CL, I removed the plates before taking pictures of it. For privacy. But I put in the ad that the vehicle was currently registered in Nevada. I put the...

The other wire powers a laser cutter: https://www.waynetrail.com/solutions/laser-systems/flex-cut-i-laser-cutting-system/ The laser points at a 36-inch mirrored disco ball above my driveway. Once a week, the laser fires and the disco ball spins one revolution. The mirrors on the ball are...

James, I thought the Midland models would not work with a repeater? Maybe I am wrong about that, but I recall friends who recently cancelled their order for Midlands for a different brand-- there was some sort of deal-breaker limitation?

If you paid $$$ for private radios and license, which should have reliability, maybe you would have a fair comparison. But the radio choices under discussion here might have a lot of limits making them a lot less reliable than a cell phone. Will GMRS work acceptably in your environment? How do...

Or post incomplete vague descriptions -- slowly playing out important details but retracting a few as well. Then have the content sent out in an email blast to lure back long-dormant participants. Sounds like a plan!! :LOL:

So the email blast campaign draws more posters, but lowers the quality of discussion. Hmm. I also observed an unusual number of posters with low post counts. Some volunteering "help" contrary to others who seem more qualified, or rehashing topics already discussed and resolved. Quantity is up...

My licensed electrician finally returned my call. He said the described plan is exactly what should be done-- thank you all again for the many replies!!!

I noticed several brand new members posting. First-ever, or second-ever posts. So I guess my inquiry is good for the forum business !!! :ROFLMAO:

You are correct. I turned the switch off, saw the light turn off, and thought all was well. After pulling up the pole and light fixture (and a giant blob of concrete) I saw the 2nd UF cable, which I didn't expect. I mistakenly presumed it used the light circuit as its source, and traveled on to...

Fishdrivel, I appreciate your contributions. I worded my original post poorly, then corrected it later. With so many posts some things get lost in the tangle! What I corrected it to was that both circuits trace back to / are controlled by the same breaker. This is the problem with dealing with...

I'm going to test for voltage on the white wire today, both with the switch on as well as off.

I re-inspected the cable in bright sunlight using my 3.5+ cheaters. :LOL: It is marked UF and also says "S U N L I G H T R E S I S T A N T" There is also a funny marking on the other side of the wire-- kind of like a horse hoofprint in the ground but more triangular. Perhaps a manufacturer logo?

That might be MossRoad's situation, but it's not mine. :)

I never saw anyone post anything that said this. Certainly not me.

I tested both UF cables yesterday. One is always hot and one is switched. I only tested each UF cable independently between blk, wht, and ground. No testing from to the other. Do I understand your post correctly... the always-hot UF cable should normally have voltage only on the black lead and...

I'm glad CL started charging $5. I happily paid $5 a few months ago and quickly sold a vehicle for $6,000. I believe the small fee chased away the worst of the worst scammers. One local CL poster puts up dozens-to-hundreds of ads for tools, refreshing every couple of days. Fortunately he puts...

There have been many posts so it would be understandable if maybe you missed a few. There will be no below grade junctions. The wire is currently in the center of an 18' diameter circle. If I dig back to the edge of the circle, I will have at least 10+ feet of exposed wire. Since it's buried...

I have mistakenly referred to it as romex. Partly because at first I was not sure, then due to my ignorance that romex and UF are very different things. Apologies for any confusion. It is UF cable. Replacing it back to the underside of the house would involve breaking up my paver entry, custom...

The romex in question is probably the only "original" wire left that was not removed when I demolished the former house and built a new residence two years ago. And-- it's connected to the only arc fault breaker in this particular circuit breaker panel. All other breakers are traditional type...

Thanks for the kind thoughts. I hope circumstances improve with time. Being sued for multi-billions, and losing, has caused a great upset all up and down the entire utility-- touching everyone.

You were correct, but we own multiple properties. The larger property, in CA, is served by PG&E. btw, I have found "official" PG&E employees to always be polite, professional, and responsible. But they don't do any of the actual work that occurs on my property. PG&E sub-contracts to perform...

Correction: both are switched by the same breaker. I didn't mean to imply there were multiple leads coming out of the breaker ...

More info: I believe it is UF romex-- there is no paper and it looks just like the pictured one. I can excavate the exposed wire back to the inner wall, then turn it up into a (new) box with no splicing. Both romex wires are connected to the same breaker. One is switched (the former light...

I checked and there are no markings on the romex. Looks like black #12, white#12, ground in center, no paper. The ground is enveloped in its own plastic sheath just like the other leads are. (I.e. not "loose" in the center.)

Both wires feed into the hole from the same direction. If expose more wire, I will eventually get to the edge of the circle. I could put a concrete electrical box there, and turn the wire upward into it. No splice. Not ideal, but simply using what was original-- and with no splice. Maybe slip...

I think possible heat buildup is why this is not recommended, but I am not sure. Since my distance is well under 10 feet I'm not sure a heat issue is relevant.

I have one if needed. To replace this romex back to its origin, any electrical contractor would need an excavation contractor, digging through $$$ landscape and hardscape.

We have a light on a pole in our driveway. Its in a center circle bordered by pavers. I want to replace the light with a water feature. I turned power off, removed the light and pole, and found two romex lines. One was still hot (don't ask!) They are about 2 feet below current grade, and about...

I wish I could keep them out except with permission. But this particular property is roughly 100 acres with multiple entrances. None of which I can see from the main house. They just come on the property whenever they want. They *do* have a legal right of way to maintain the power lines. But...

Hope this guy doesn't make any sudden turns. And I wish I saw him load it.

These are companies that PG&E subcontracts with. Yes, they come on my property with no notice. Then fell trees or chop other things up, and leave. They are required by PGE regulation to leave a tag with their company name and phone number, but often they do not. So you have no idea who to call...

Yes we are PG&E. It's a total mess. After getting sued and losing billions due to starting CA wildfires, they knee-jerked and went overboard on tree removals and trimming. About 3 years ago, one PG&E advance man spent 4 days examining my property, and marked 39 trees for removal. All along my...

In my area both county and utility crews do such work. On no schedule and NEVER with notice, they bring equipment, chainsaws, and chippers and start removing every possible thing they think they can get away with. 6 months ago an entire vegetation barrier along side a road was cut and chipped...

More good advice. We installed these when we built our home two years ago. If you detect any clogging, you just rub your hand across the shower head and it quickly goes back to normal.

This is really good advice. I just installed this exact filter in-line with my water line going to my yard sprinklers. I got tired of the yard sprinklers getting clogged from sediment from the well. This filter works great, it's easy to see when debris has been trapped, and easy to clean.

But the EPA huggers still hate you since you're burning leaded gas .... btw your Debonair's performance is similar to a plane I owned long ago-- a Cessna 182RG. It cruised at 155 kts and burned 13gph. I once flew it to the Arctic Circle and back.

Just an update .... I never learned why I found a dead goose in the pond. No marks on it, and I haven't observed any predators even with game cameras. Or why a different goose wound up with a missing leg. All geese are now gone-- I presume they flew to Canada for the summer. Except one lone...

I'm going to stop posting in this thread. Because I am too biased. Right now I'm sitting in my ranch house, looking at my barn 100 feet away. It's the barn served with undersized small wire and with crappy power, where I can't run a welder or anything too much past a light bulb. There's no low...

The OP didn't specify how far between buildings. So let's guess 100 feet. At your price that's $250. Throw in some additional smaller conduit for CAT 5/6, and some schedule 40 PVC for water, and where are you? Well under $1,000 for conduit? How much does a contractor charge to bring his mini-X...

I confess I have not priced conduit lately. So I have no clue on the cost of that. But I will know this summer ... I have a few thousand feet to run .... yikes! But I still say that from one building to another, not a huge distance, any cost for conduit is cheap compared to trenching and...

Is there any rule of thumb on what hydraulic hoses should cost? I realize there is much variation, but everytime I buy some they seem expensive.

The cost of conduit and boxes is so small compared to trenching and backfill that I'd put everything in up front. Larger electrical PVC conduit for main power service, smaller for CAT 5/6 or alarm system, etc. I'd also put 1" water schedule 40 PVC even if you think you will never, never, never...

A falling tree/limb hit the incoming power on two different friend's houses. Each time it ripped the weatherhead and panel off the wall. Better to have that stuff sparking outside than in.

The disappointing thing about that is a delay in taking a sledge hammer to my satellite modem. :)

I will look at that. And fixastuff just mentioned he is successfully running his similar product right now on Starlink, so that is helpful as well.

I suspect maybe two things could have been different. Their Gen 5 system works differently from earlier versions. And their business accounts do permit static IP addresses. However, upgrading to a business account is more costly than using TeamViewer. Anyway, I ordered Starlink long ago and am...

Then you probably won't be able to help. ViaSat and HughesNet are different systems. Many remote access programs work with Viasat (Exede.) Not so with HughesNet. My inquiry is what is possible, now, using Starlink. BTW, here was a response to someone trying to remotely view a camera with...

I considered a VPN solution but to be accessible it must be always-on. And if it is always-on it is consuming bandwidth, which is metered and limited on a satellite system like HughesNet. So I would be using some amount of my monthly data allowance 100% of the time even if I only occasionally...

Apologies if this was already asked-- has anyone tried using windows remote desktop, GoToMyPC, or any of those sorts of programs with Starlink? I ask because most of those remote access products won't work on HughesNet satellite due to their double layer NAT arrangement. Because of this, I had...

I forgot one other difference. The front mounted Ventrac tough cut cuts better than a rear rotary cutter. It cuts first, then your wheels drive over the cut area. With my tractor, the tires push the weeds and grasses down, the mower passes over, and some of the weeds and grasses then pop back...

I could make good $$$ doing a timber harvest. But of more significance to me is removal of maybe half my trees would greatly improve the health of the forest and promote future healthy growth. Not to mention reducing the fire hazard. If the CA permit process was not so onerous and costly, I...

I own and use both. I have a SCUT with a 4' rotary cutter, a CUT with an 8' rotary cutter, and a Ventrac with tough cut. Once I got the Ventrac, I now bush hog almost exclusively with it. It's so much faster over the ground that I can mow areas with the smaller tough cut than dragging the 8'...

This thread has been interesting. The OP asked what liabilities might exist in his circumstances. As numerous risks were identified, some more likely than others, a backlash grew about the unfairness of never being able to hire underage kids to mow lawns anymore. Except I don't recall anyone...

You might consider a walk behind brush cutter for limited service areas like this. I bought a DR brush cutter (used $500) and it worked well in hard to reach areas. Now I use a front mounted mower. And I always use eye protection so I don't get poked in the eye by a branch.

This was the driving reason for me recently buying a home/hobby sawmill. The utility company kept taking trees down that were lost to waste. I'm now turning them into something productive. This spring my wife got 3 new raised planters for our garden-- made out of just a single cedar tree the...

Glad to hear it all worked out well!

I posted earlier I may not agree with certain circumstances that exist in our society. Whether I agree or not, it does not mean those circumstances do not exist, or should be ignored. You are the "teacher side" of a teacher/student relationship. I presume as a teacher you have influence over...

You might advertise in Criagslist looking for someone who has a personal or hobby sawmill. There's lots of things of value those logs could turn into for a private individual. Just maybe not a big sawmill.

If "all kinds of people" are not his teachers, I wouldn't consider it an exact comparison. Some organizations prohibit employees from engaging in improper behavior nor the appearance of improper behavior. Unless there is precedent already established, using a student for non-school business to...

A minor under 18, in most places, lacks the legal capacity to enter into a contract. And ... the OP asked about liability. Unless the teen then subscribed to a contractor's insurance policy, which would be unlikely being a teen, and only doing weed whacking, how would this approach help?

Sorry, I never answered this. Potential liability is triggered by doing this, not lessened by it.

Good observation. Last summer I had a contractor dig some trenches for lawn sprinkler lines. I learned one of his "employees" had not been in the area very long, and was staying in a local homeless outreach shelter until he could get on his feet. I presume this contractor just hired day labor...

Sounds like you have a good relationship with a responsible student. Who you hire for simple tasks on your property. The student gets work and money, and your workload is lessened. So far, win-win. Seems simple? Then something happens. Maybe a twisted ankle. Or debris into an eye from a weed...

I hear ya. I reworked a circuit in a knob and tube house. I knew nothing about the wiring history and found a jumble of wires going into a common box where I wanted to add a light. I carefully traced the wires out-- found the hot wire, then found the ground wire also connected to hot.

One option is that California offers a "fair plan" insurance plan so you can insure properties that are otherwise un-insurable. It's very commonly used with forested properties now, since they are considered high fire risk. Cancellation of insurance at high-fire-risk properties in CA is rampant...

Lots of good advice in this thread. Thank you. I'm thinking my 5x8 dump trailer is the wrong one for the mission. I do have a 25,000lb rated flatbed trailer with plenty of tie downs on the side. It formerly transported a 10,000 lb dozer. The tires are shaky though-- so no free lunch there. I...

Some freeway but that's ok. Then about 30 miles of 2-lane twisty mountainous highway where speed limit is 60mph max, down to 35mph in bends. And idiots on that road want to go 70mph. Many fatal accidents in this stretch in winter. I will have to go slow whether they like it or not ...

Just bought the Ego 56V trimmer/blower combo from Lowes. For comparison, I have a gas Stihl combi trimmer, and a 20V Dewalt battery trimmer. I've been disappointed with the Dewalt 20V trimmer although all their other 20V products I have are great. The 56V trimmer is certainly a step up in...

Setting up trail cameras is an excellent idea. I will set those up tomorrow.

I could not get the attachments to open. They are granite boulders. Last year I hauled two loads of football sized rocks from the same location. I only loaded the trailer to about 40-50% full and it seemed fine.

About 3 feet across for each boulder. My trailer is rated for 3,500 lb payload. I don't know how much they weigh so maybe 1 or 2 max?

I want to transport some boulders about 50 miles. I have a 5x8 heavy duty dump trailer that should probably handle 2 or 3 of them. How in the world do you fasten them down for transport? Or not bother? The sides on my trailer are high enough where the boulders could not possible fall over the...

Apologies. Came out different than what I intended. It's just my focus is not so much on the geese as what might be in the pond. I still have no idea what is going on but hope to learn.

That's not the only issue. I raised 90 catfish for 10+ years in the same pond to take them from fingerlings to 15-20lbs. Then, about 2 years ago, a river otter found my pond and wiped them all out in about 3 weeks. It would kill a catfish, pull it to the bank, take a bite or two, then go get...

Well, very unlikely due to the size of my property and location of the pond. And it would presume an earlier errant shot that hit the other goose's foot? I researched muskrats and they get active around dusk and overnight. So I'm going to sneak up on the pond around dusk and see what I can...

Could a river otter attack a goose? If so maybe that explains the goose with the bad flipper, and the recent dead goose. The remaining geese continue to refuse to use the pond. They are hanging out in my pasture and sometimes on the lawn. Two years ago a river otter found my pond, and virtually...

I don't know how to do that. :(

I totally forgot something else that might be of significance. Starting about 3-4 months ago, we had one goose that was lame. Something was wrong with its webbed foot on the right side-- it drooped badly. Finally the webbing fell off entirely and the goose had only a stump on the right. It got...

There is a much smaller pond that is close by. I know that neighbor well. I will ask if anything is up. Good idea!! As I think more about this, I have not seen any bears this spring. That is unusual. Nor any bobcats. The deer which were always out early and late only come out about midnight...

Good thought and I wondered the same. But they were using the pond for many days/a week and a half just like normal. Till the floater geese showed up. No, I didn't open up the goose to see what was inside. btw I do have catfish in the pond, but I don't think one would grab a goose!

A couple of weeks ago I put pond dye in to inhibit growth of aquatic plants. I do that every year, except this year I bought it at tractor supply instead of from another source. That's the only change I can think of ......

About 3 days ago I found a dead goose in the pond. It was at the waters edge, part in and part out of the water. Other than being dead, it looked completely healthy and normal. I checked it over and didn't find any wounds or injuries on it. I removed and disposed of it. Since it was at waters...

Here is the other pix from the earlier message that the website would not load ....

I took a picture of my "trash to treasure" setup tonight. I realize this is "small potatoes" compared to many. But I'm happy with it. The wood chipper blows the chips into my dump truck and then I spread them; the sawmill makes the lumber. The log on the mill is cedar. It still has removal...