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A couple of members touched base on this recently, but darned if I can remember in which of the many threads I've read in the past week. How do you control your pet (dog) when in the vehicle? The safest way of course is in a crate, except that was the worst thing I could do to each of my two...

I've always used these interchangeably, although the metric is slightly bigger. (+- 2%) Yet 1/2" is too small for the nuts on the bar for my Echo saws. Yesterday I was tightening the tailgate latch on my pickup and found that 1/2 was too small for that, also. Apparently my 1/2 inch sockets only...

What are your method for this? I took my grapple off one cold snowy night. Today it's about 20 degrees warmer and the sun is beating down: the fluid had expanded enough so that I had to crack the lines (loosen the QA) to let fluid bleed out. Has anybody found a better way to relieve excess...

Actually I can stand under it and stay mostly dry, even in a downpour. An old farmer pointed that out to me years ago as we were talking about rolled roofing. Installing it vertically allows the water to run down the edges. He said that a lot of old barns were built without shingling and didn't...

Not just gloves, hard hat, eye/ear protection, chaps, steel toed boots with ballistic nylon tongues. What first aid do you carry, while hoping that you never need it? I have a blood clot sponge and a military tourniquet, all in the pocket of my chaps. I'm thinking about moving them to...

My auto insurance went up almost 20% this year. Until recently it's been the most reasonable I can find although I'm not sure what would happen if I ever had a claim. It's the same commercial policy I've had since I was self employed 20 years ago, and my tractor is also on it. I just did an...

We have two ongoing threads for posting pictures but I'm sure there are some good stories out there. For me the only dog is a Lab. They have a good temperament and I'm not looking for a watch dog, although any pup's natural inclination is to protect one of the "pack". A dog of mine goes to work...

It probably wasn't even that long. I've been trying for several years to figure out how to get the bulbs out of my headlights on my 3301, and finally had to resort to youtube. Now I know to pry those rubber bushings I've been trying to take out while standing on my head while balancing on the...

40 years ago that wasn't uncommon, before caller ID you didn't know until you answered who was calling. 20 years ago with the advent of cell phones it was "pocket dialing." Yesterday I checked my phone and had a message that I had missed a "Facetime" call from my former vet. We've stayed in...

Just thinking... I would have to sell my Kubota to pay for it. It would be over a half century old yet it seems like there are clean units out there. Concerns: Would it be able to handle a 3pth BH without tearing the rear housing off? I would be going from a 3000 lb 4WD to a 4000 lb 2WD...

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/fairfield-maine-death-storm-william-tanner-tree-wind/97-6ee8db18-c65b-4f66-ba5b-bb7d95cbab86 So far I haven't heard exactly what happened, but this was during one of the worst wind and rain storms that I can remember. Let's be careful out there.

This is another rant, which I will delete tomorrow night. Right now am just trying to form a plan of action... October 2022 I received a bill from my hospital for routine tests. Original amount was $225.00. My insurer paid their share; there was an insurance adjustment; I paid my deductible...

Or did I accidentally change a setting?

I have some old propane tanks I would like to get rid of but they have to be opened. I am thinking of cutting the valve off with my Sawzall, but really don't care to blow myself up. Another option is to perforated them with my .308, but that may not go as planned either. Thank you

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/10/18/news/penobscot/levant-man-killed-pinned-backhoe/ Details are sketchy and I doubt we will see an update, but he somehow got pinned by the stabilizer. This is a reminder to be careful out there. He probably was doing something the same as he had for 1000...

We've had a nice, peaceful stretch of weather but now the skies are starting to open up again. What is it that makes rain on the roof after a busy Saturday so relaxing? The baked beans in the oven smell good, in another hour they will be ready. 😋

Also, what time of year? I have always wanted to go and might finally make it next year. That’s a BIG state though… My thought is to rent a small RV and do some touring. Maybe spend a day or two fishing.

It sure did get those hornets mad. I don't have any spray on hand and when I saw the ground nest in my field, about the size of a soccer ball it made me think of Thingy... so I just had to try. After that didn't work I went back to my truck, closed the windows and drove over it; backed up and...

I believe that this is a New England tradition... Dig a hole, start a fire and build a pile of coals, put a dutch oven full of beans in, and 10 hours later supper is ready. It's been a few years but I cleaned my hole out; (two truck rims welded together and buried) started a fire, then came...

We've had an excessively cool, wet summer so far. In June there were only 3 days without measurable rainfall, and very few more than that where we saw sun, or even temps over 70. We've also had showers every day so far this month. Today it finally got warm for the region; mid 80s and humid... go...

Enjoy the day, have a cookout with friends and family, imbibe in a beverage if you are so inclined. Also take some time to remember those who made this day possible. 🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨

I debated posting this in FP but opted to do it here instead. Easements, right of ways, and adverse possession all are topics which come up from time to town. 20 years after purchasing her house, this woman found out that there was an old brick and mortar septic pipe running through her...

These were the prices where I filled up today. I don't know if it was a fluke, or a sign of the times. I drove past several other stations on the way home but didn't think to check their prices.

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/05/15/news/central-maine/blaine-house-truck-explosion-battery-failure/ After reading the article I started thinking about tools which I nonchalantly toss into my truck. My cordless drill is a staple item, but lately I've added an impact wrench and booster...

I'm not a fan of metal roofing but last fall I covered my front steps with a couple of unused sheets I had picked up at the dump. It's been dry here lately and the first thing I'm doing tomorrow is water what plants I have in the ground. Or maybe not... we just had a nice shower and it was...

I've mentioned this tractor before... it was my father's and when he passed away I told my mother that if I could only have one thing of his, it would be that tractor. It needed a few things so I bought a new water pump, hoses, carburetor, fuel shutoff and a few other things... it's been so long...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/webcontent/150-honda-clone-vs-600-honda-let%E2%80%99s-settle-this-fuel-efficiency-horsepower-durability-starting/vi-4/o1njLxg5uCiA?vid=vtUtORbNLsA&provider=yt&ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=912def9737d24653aaff592293e7757f&ei=30

My mother's water supply is a large concrete vault (12x16', +-) over a good spring which comes through the ledge in several places. The water level is stable at about 8 feet which is where the 3/4" overflow is at. It's covered by a 2x4 frame with metal roofing topping that. She has an...

I bought a Gateway netbook last weekend at Walmart. The price seemed right but I should have known better. I brought it home and set it up; a bit of a pain as it wouldn't even allow me to use it until I set up an account; and I couldn't set up an account without being online. I finally got it...

We never had color TV until I got out of HS. I never realized that the tailfeathers of the Peacock on the local station was in various shades. I didn't know that the Smirfs were blue until I watched them with my niece years later. Kermit was green? Now I find myself watching old westerns on...

I just cancelled an order for a set of scope mounts which were supposed to come from Cabelas. They were shipped via FedEx on March 1, and have allegedly been floating around in their system ever since. Cabelas states that as long as the status keeps updating they can't do anything " as we are...

The topic comes up occasionally so I thought I would post this here. Note that he hadn't visited his property "where he had played in his childhood" in 20 + years...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/completely-out-of-the-ordinary-missing-maine-women-may-have-been-confused-about-town-names/ar-AA17Ukqc?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=2007f566678f4f62aead9034a93f1ccd&ei=19 This may not seem important, but I've been following it for a few days and was glad to...

Is anybody else a member? I dropped my RF tire over the shoulder of an icy road today. By the time that I got done I was well and thoroughly stuck, with the right side of the truck fully into the ditch. That's when I remembered that I'm an AAA member... I've been paying my dues for years but...

A white strip, taking up about 15% of the page. Is it my browser, or are other people seeing it this AM?

I was driving up a familiar road today and saw something in the ditch which seemed out of place. As I got closer I realized it was a big Hereford, placidly munching on the dried grass in the ditch. It's pasture mates were in the field across the road, so I drove up and pulled into the owner's...

I believe that this was my first... posted 6 days after I joined in 2005. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/i-just-got-my-loader-back-from-the-machine-shop.63495/ I've always said that there was no such thing as a stupid question. After reading the above, I now have amended that...

I've got my washing machine unhooked and needed some clean clothes. It's been a while, so I'd forgotten that they (presumably) recycle their water. Talk about a stench!!!! I don't know how people can put up with that perfumed crap they use for their clothes. I'm not big on artificial smells so...

It's been a while since I've advertised online so had forgotten what it's like. I had the old Curtis cab from my father's 4400 Ford advertised and had completely forgotten about it until I got a text yesterday asking if we still had it. I said yes, and we went back and forth a few times. Then he...

Be careful out there!!!! https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/hundreds-of-anglers-rescued-from-broken-ice-chunk/ar-AA14FnGC?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=cc4f96e07bf84d39b3a0183e82eeddde

I was thinking about this while having a conversation with my insurance agent today, when she asked if I would be using my sawmill off premises. I said that the only time that would happen is if I was doing something for a friend... then realized there are very few people I know who don't own or...

Ever since I installed an inline water filter my pressure has been dismal; as in, a gallon per minute. I am thinking about putting another pressure tank after the filter, or move the one I have there. Would that increase my pressure? Conversely, would it cause problems? Thank you

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/australia/elderly-man-stuck-in-mud-for-two-days-after-coming-off-tractor-dies-in-sunshine-coast-hospital/ar-AA144INY?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=dac0696ddefe4100ab5f4a6aeb4879d8 It could happen to any of us.

Am I the only one who doesn't allow these? I have done so in the past with disastrous results... on one occasion I had to close out my checking account to stop them. That was years ago yet it now seems to be normal... I still can't bring myself to do it. I would rather pay a year in advance than...

I've been thinking about trying some ever since this summer, when I shot a woodchuck with my .22 and left him for the ravens and the foxes. I did price a box of no lead .22s and they seemed rather pricey at least for that caliber... Plus I have at least 5 years of lead ammo stockpiled for most...

I’ll take him over some leprachuan’s stash any day.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/tree-trimmer-dies-after-falling-into-wood-chipper-police-say/ar-AA12RDvg?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=44f6fa83e4944196b1aa0d5e7da74130#comments I look back at the training (none) I had back when I worked for a tree service, and understand how this can happen to the...

I hope that you’ve had a good year, and can find time to reflect on your blessings.

I am headed off to buy a freezer. I know what I want and went online to find the best price and availability; only to find these dreaded words. I don't speak salesmanese and am prone to turn around and walk out the door; so with those 5 words, I learned that I am driving another 40 miles to HD...

I found it on a winter road we cut wood on in 2017. I’m not sure if it was from that, or something a hunter or fisherman dropped. I was curious enough to snap a picture, but not enough to pick it up.

I stopped by the local sporting goods store to pick up a pair of slip on shoes. They had gone from $60 when I bought my last pair in 2019, to over $100; which was way over my budget. Instead I bought a pre AE model 94 Winchester for a wee bit more money. (It takes a certain kind of person to...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/17-year-old-penn-boy-dies-after-getting-pulled-into-wood-chipper-while-working-officials-say/ar-AA10z2i5?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=c599569e6d2a48ce9393bd9513bcb123 The article says it all.

Or am I just imagining that there ever was one? :D I need to be more careful, if I can't delete the things I never should have posted in the first place. :eek: The "Poll" is just because I've never done one. ;)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-is-spinning-faster-than-usual-giving-us-the-shortest-day-ever-recorded/ar-AA10c2rQ?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=fc871f97ed1d4beea02d3820fca05640 I remember that day. :D It seemed like I had just gotten up and the day was gone!

Just curious why they needed to evacuate nearby houses. (They had no way of knowing that it wasn't live) https://www.wabi.tv/2022/07/29/rockland-homes-evacuated-thursday-night-after-grenade-found/

I first noticed it last year up by/under the pigpen. Whatever it was did a lot of excavating. It never seemed to bother their feed though, which I found odd. This spring I noticed holes from the same animal or a relative in the old Quonset greenhouse I use for storage… last year I replaced the...

Probably everyone has seen the lists of song lyrics people get wrong. What else have you misheard? When I was a wee lad, I watched as my father and his friend tore the engine apart on a 9N Ford. I was wondering how they could remember where everything went when it came time to put it back...

With the guitar he used to become famous https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/rock-star-randy-bachman-reunited-with-beloved-stolen-guitar/ar-AAZ52DR?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=e5965b7d4ce540b49a539f65861eae49#comments Maybe nobody else finds this saga interesting, but I've been following the...

They’ve changed a lot since 1974. I only mow about 2 acres with it every year, but what I really notice is the noise! I went down and used the Woods which my father bought when he gave me this, and had to keep looking back because I didn’t think it was working. The mower still works great...

While on my way home from my mother's house today I observed a vehicle pulled over onto the shoulder of the road, with a white (Ford?) pickup in front of it which was partially off the road with the driver’s side door open, so that the lane was almost completely blocked. The driver was...

I’ve mentioned in the past how I don’t like seeing people blowing grass out into the road. Last Thursday PM I was on my way home in my company truck and noticed a guy out on his JD lawn tractor doing his lawn. About that time I heard something hit my fender and almost stopped but assumed it was...

I visited a greenhouse today, looking for a few things to finish my planting. As I walked past one of their displays I noticed what looked like individual beet plants in pots. WTF? Looking closer, that's just what they were. I guess that there must be a market they are trying to fill, but...

For one day let us set aside our differences and Honor those from ALL wars, who made it possible. We're still the best GD nation on the planet!

The June bugs are starting to come out, and are really attracted to my light. For the last two nights I hear them bouncing off the screens, and have to be careful if I go outside, otherwise I'll be chasing them around the house. Those little buggers are LOUD!!!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/la-crosse-co-man-dies-after-getting-pinned-under-tractor/ar-AAXs6i0?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=c7b72ca4aa7b4801911b4e557984e418 Be careful out there.

:confused: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/volkswagen-is-resurrecting-the-scout-as-an-ev-but-what-was-the-scout/ar-AAXeDQ4?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=ed7ae31b82ef4e4fe920dfa64ce909a0 This seems as sacrilegous as a 4 door Charger.

One day of this 80 degree crap is enough for me. I want to get home at night, start a fire in the wood stove and not worry about the house getting too hot if I want to use the oven. The fire danger is so bad I need to be careful what I do... I had to help out one out a couple of days ago because...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-passenger-with-no-flying-experience-landed-a-plane-in-a-florida-airport-after-the-pilot-became-incapacitated/ar-AAX8mUK?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=53b8b6a577ff42a68f433945fd6c6080 This seems like a really good reason to keep my feet on the ground. :D

Just a simple, basic torch which screws onto a disposable cylinder and burns when you light it. Heat, solder, or start a bonfire, then turn off the valve until next time. That seems like an easy request but I haven't found one yet. I've bought two Bernzomatics and another brand (I don't recall...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/4-year-old-girl-dies-in-horrific-accident-on-conn-family-farm-an-unimaginable-tragedy/ar-AAWHTY5?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=ad3b89795e114980aaaadcc70fd0b28f

Here is an excellent article about why we don't plant many trees after a timber harvest...

The Canadian company supplying electricity to this region is shutting down for maintenance tomorrow. Our electric coop is taking advantage of this to do some work of their own. Power is scheduled to be off from 5:45 AM until 4:00 PM tomorrow. I've lived here since October 2003, and this will be...

https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/farm-safety/tractor-safety-video-training-series/#hazard-awareness

When the local PD announces on FB that they found a backpack and to visit their office to claim it... so you show up to get back the drugs you had lost. :confused: https://www.wabi.tv/2022/04/08/lincoln-man-claims-drug-filled-backpack-after-authorities-share-it-social-media/

Am I the only one who's been getting this message tonight? Pages don't load, all that I get is a blank sheet with "Forbidden" in the upper left hand corner. Hitting the refresh button will usually bring me back to the page I had been on. Url reads; Forbidden...

I'm just curious... how long has this been posted at the bottom of the web page?

Then I lost another hour or so setting my clocks ahead. It seems like I do this every spring... :rolleyes:🤪

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ernest-shackleton-s-ship-endurance-lost-in-1915-is-found-in-antarctica/ar-AAUOYoW?ocid=entnewsntp Just an interesting relic of history.

Let's see what you've got!

I was in a line of traffic coming up the interstate during a snowstorm today... I knew from the snow cloud that a tractor trailer was in front of me so I kept back far enough to stop if I needed to. The travel lane was windswept and mostly bare, the passing lane was snow covered. Speed limit...

I was getting ready to unload my snowsled today when a guy stopped in an older truck and got out to lock in the hubs. I noticed a 30 lb propane tank strapped in an odd way in his homemade bed, but it wasn't until I smelled it as he drove off that I realized that it was running on propane. How...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ohio-mayor-says-it-s-a-slippery-slope-from-ice-fishing-to-prostitution/ar-AATFEzN?ocid=entnewsntp Knowing how much he likes to ice fish. ;):):)o_O:giggle::cool:

Now that somebody here has told me why I can't keep a heater working, I want to replace the one which I trashed. I can find all sorts of info on how to remove a frost plug (I did that the first time when I was 13). Is there any special trick to getting the old heater out? I really, REALLY don't...

https://www.nh.gov/nhnursery/documents/spring2022nurserycatalog.pdf For anybody looking to do a little reforestation or conservation plantings, this might be a good place to look.

https://www.wabi.tv/2022/02/01/tom-brady-announces-hes-retiring-nfl/

It's about time that winter got here... it's about 3 years late. 👍

Am I the only one having this problem? It’s covering half the page, sometimes all of it. I am not using the app, I prefer to view in browser mode. (Until tonight)

I really miss having an icon telling me when I've posted in a thread. At one time there was talk of finding a way to make that happen... has that idea gone by the wayside? (I also miss some of the old icons, i.e. :stirthepot:, but that's probably just nostalgia talking. ;) )

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-found-stuck-in-chimney-after-reported-silver-spring-break-in/ar-AASzrgd?ocid=entnewsntp

I was kind of disappointed myself. While I'm an obvious critic, it was very educational even if I didn't agree with everything which was said.

I generally think of somebody in a wheelchair as handicapped... This guy obviously hasn't heard the news.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/river-dave-arrested-after-returning-to-live-at-cabin-site/ar-AASqKzF?ocid=entnewsntp "River Dave" was the subject of discussion here and many other places last summer. Apparently despite all of the generosity he was shown, he prefers to squat on somebody else's...

https://www.newsweek.com/alien-octopuses-outer-space-930942 I almost posted this in the "GroanIII thread, but am not sure what direction (if any) it will take. Let's have some fun with this...

Unlike many here, I never drove a car until I was 15 and took driver's ed. It was a summer course so we never drove on ice. Fast forward to when I had my license, had to make a flower delivery in our 1966 Ford Fairlane, and we'd had our first storm of the year. I was apprehensive so when I got...

This isn't my idea, I'm just trying to expand on a request which I believe that N80 has already made to the management. There are a lot of TBN members who are experienced sawyers, while several of us have recently picked up new band sawmills and are trying to learn how to use them. Would it...

What experience has anybody had with this; good, bad, ineffective? 1300 Watt Plastic Welding Kit with Air Motor and Temperature Adjustment I'm just asking for a friend named dumb***, who ran a stick into the cowling of his brand new snowsled last year and would like to fix the damage. It seems...

Hard top and glass front, soft sides and back. This came with my father's 1975 Ford 4500 which we've already sold. It has brackets for the cab to set into, which bolt onto each rear fender; it then straps onto the hood. Soft side and rear covers seem to be in good shape except the cloth sleeve...

I didn't see one, which somehow seems inappropriate. :D This has traditionally been my favorite holiday (once I got past the "Santa Claus" age.) It was always the day with much of my extended family would gather, sometimes we might have 30 people. Times change, today it was just 5 of us; but we...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/crying-over-spilled-whiskey-semi-truck-traveling-with-400k-of-jack-daniel-s-overturns-losses-not-yet-known/ar-AAQUzm9?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531 🥃

Or at least, I will be soon. I just received this text I know some naysayers here will say that it’s just a scam but they just can’t stand to see somebody else get ahead. The poor sod died just two years after I built but I can’t imagine who he was. The only thing here was a lot of trees then...

Make sure that it's not loaded!!!! https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/armorer-on-alec-baldwin-s-rust-set-once-admitted-to-being-nervous-about-abilities/ar-AAPS82Z?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531 Number two; don't point it at anything which you don't want to shoot. Guns...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/michigan-man-dies-after-being-pulled-into-wood-chipper/ar-AAPLfn1?ocid=entnewsntp

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coast-guard-wreck-found-in-atlantic-is-storied-cutter-bear/ar-AAPxdCw?ocid=entnewsntp The Greeley rescue. https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/19bear/background/greely-rescue/greely-rescue.html Adolphus W Greeley...

Although the news may be filled with gloom and doom, there still is plenty to be thankful for.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/90-year-old-star-trek-actor-william-shatner-on-his-space-mission-with-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-i-m-thrilled-and-anxious-and-a-little-nervous-and-a-little-frightened/ar-AAPaqwC?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531

I know this should be easy but I don't know how to do it. I'm sterilizing potting soil with a unit drawing 30 amps at 220 volts, and it takes about 2 1/2 hours to bring it up to 160'F. (Composted pig manure.) I can convert it to Kw, but do I then multiply by hours? Thank you.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/teen-pickup-driver-runs-over-6-cyclists-in-horrific-scene-on-texas-road/ar-AAOSU1x?ocid=entnewsntp

It’s relatively succulent with red roots. I believe that it comes in the pig feed, as it started in the pigpen the first year that I raised them and is starting to spread. I’m not complaining at this point, they prefer green matter to grain and it keeps my feed bill down.

I swapped two dozen eggs for the perch and picked the rest. It wasn't the fanciest meal, but after cooking everything up in my best cast iron frying pan it tasted pretty darned good. Dessert was from my mother, a type of cake with peaches from a tree that my father planted years ago. :p

I'm just bringing this over for a new member who posted it in the wrong forum; Log in to forums Post #10 If somebody could help him out it would be great. Thank you in advance.

I'm not a sports fan, but do find it odd that nobody has mentioned them here.

I work for a forest management company with land all over the northern half of Maine. This includes several thousand miles of property lines varying from newly spotted and painted to non-existent. I consider myself pretty good about finding old lines and knowing when they are in the right...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/library-book-300-years-overdue-returned-with-note-from-woman/ar-AAM7s7c?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531

...has anybody ever tried filling their entry with concrete? My mother has one under her shed which had 7 babies in it all summer. They seem to have left and I want to discourage anyone from moving in. Of course I also would need to fill the other entrance. My father had a lifetime war on the...

As in the screenshot above. Am I the only one getting it?

I would and did. With tax it was $3.16. I needed packing tape to hold a 30lb box together for return shipping, and bought a roll of duct tape at the local surplus/salvage store. (Mardens. to any Maine residents) It was "Military approved, 200 mph tape, Made in USA". I got out to the truck and...

I'm always the last to know anything. I went into the hardware store today looking for a filter and was told they are no longer in business. Now the store is selling Craftsman, which really had me baffled for a moment. :confused: In a nutshell, ShopVac got into trouble and were finding their way...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-vice-president-walter-mondale-dies-at-93/ar-BB1fPI5s?ocid=msedgntp I don't remember him that well, but it seems like a former VP and presidential candidate rates more getting than stuck into our usual "passing" thread.

That was the message on my machine, when I got home after two nights away. I wish they would wait until the beep to leave a message, so that I would know what I had done. I kept pressing "1" as the message told me to, until the operator came on and said that I had reached a disconnected...

Sometimes I think that a "personal shopper" would save me money. I started rebuilding my Wyeth-Scott power puller (manual come-along) last weekend and realized that it needs everything except the main housing. That must be why they recommend using their safety handles, instead of a 30" length of...

This is the best I can do for a picture today.

We have some old 1 1/2" heat pipe which is somewhat pitted, so not suitable for anything else which I would use it for such as a flagpole. I've been thinking about using it for reinforcement, and am wondering if losing that much concrete would affect the structure. It will just be in a couple of...

There’s a myriad of recipes available on the internet yet many just say something like “rub in sea salt and cook for two hours until done. Add liquid smoke if you want to.” To me that’s just seasoned pork; ham is soaked for days in brine, then slow smoked until done. And it’s PINK! I did an...

This is pretty amazing. They put a lot of time and thought into this, and really did it up right. Skip past the first minute and they get into the project.

I'm advertising my 2004 Ford Ranger for $800 and am going to let my bad attitude show on Craigslist again. The above is going to posted right in the ad. I'll talk to somebody who really is interested, but for the inevitable "will you take $200" the price will go up accordingly. It does need a...

I always have problems with this. The first example above is when the next letter starts with a consonant; the latter when it starts with a vowel. But what about abbreviations? Today I wrote "I'm thinking about buying an LX25..." Using the rule above my wording is wrong, yet it sounds much...

This is an interesting article which describes what has been mentioned here before; Nissan claims it's made a more thermally efficient gas engine, but there's a catch. Apparently Nissan has been offering it for about 5 years, just not on this side of the pond. A couple of things which weren't...

Just a fun thread which probably won't go anywhere, just before our Fearless Leader does the upgrades he's been threatening for some time. :D And the title should have read; "Where were YOU when the lights went out... maybe the new upgrade will allow us to edit titles.

They don't seem to be doing anything except looking weird.

Traditionally I've ordered seeds when cabin fever starts setting in... in a good winter I start taking inventory around the last week in February and place it sometime in March. This year winter's late and I haven't even looked at the fruit tree catalogs yet... I just got a text from my sister...

:firecracker: :cool2: :applause: OK, maybe not for a few more hours. Yet that's way past my bedtime so I thought I would say it now. Hopefully 2021 will be a good year for you and yours, and we all will have hours of trouble free tractoring.

I've been watching old westerns on youtube, and found this one amusing. THE RESTLESS GUN - BETTER THAN A CANNON - YouTube No doubt this thread will get perverted into a philosophical debate between black and white, but hopefully we can have some fun with it first. Skip forward to 5:12, and...

You have to wonder what this guy was thinking. Portland man arrested after robbing a McDonald’s while operating a chainsaw It's finally getting cold out, could it be that he just wanted something hot to eat and a warm bed for the night? :confused:

I have been shopping there for almost half of my life, long before internet sales ; preferring them to the world famous company which was founded in this state. Recently I've been trying to find a rifle scope and find that every time I click on a page an annoying popup appears... "click on...

Harv's Classic Christmas Gif https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/298213-harvs-holiday-classic.html

With all of the news about gloom and doom it's easy to get caught up in the momentum. Yet looking back on the last 12 months I still have plenty to be thankful for. First and foremost is my health, something which I still take for granted. I'm also thankful that I have a warm dry place to live...

They say mimicry is the most sincere form of flattery. I hope that OP doesn't mind this take off from his very popular thread. Twenty years ago while working out of Hamm's Inn in the Adirondacks I read a book titled "Three Against the Wilderness", a true story in the first half of the 20th...

With this unseasonably warm weather I may start next year's project, pouring piers for a deck. I believe that I have about a ton of premix plus a couple bags of Portland Cement which has been stored on a pallet for at least 5 years. It still seems soft but I won't know until I dig it out. My...

I don't keep much around for medications... when I do buy something it usually gets old and I throw it out long before I use it up. So tonight when I had a bad case of heartburn I searched for home remedies and one suggestion was cider vinegar... a staple item here. It seemed counterintuitive...

I've never liked the way that it engaged as it never really stayed in the way that it should... probably because of that tiny lever that is hard to keep a boot on. I bought the replacement spring which somebody suggested this spring, but haven't installed it yet. Today I was out filling in a...

I'm just wondering what if any experiences people have had with this GM locking differential. They seem to be putting them into more of their truck based vehicles and it does seem to give extra traction, vs just kicking the truck sideways into the ditch like the more common "limited slip"...

May you find plenty to be thankful for. :turkey:

On a discussion of steel in the long ago past, I vaguely recall a comment that bridge steel is designed so that it gets a veneer of rust which then protects the metal. Does anyone know about this, or is my memory just going whacky? (again ;) )

For the past couple of weeks I"ve been finding 2-3 partial messages per day on my answering machine... their computer starts leaving a message before the "beep". Area code is in Maine, from a town about 150 miles from here. All that I hear is "...Federal Law prohibits disclosing your account via...

I was out in my greenhouse tonight for the first time in a while and found a book which somehow got left there before I read it. (Nowhere to Run, by CJ Box) It's been a couple of months since I picked up a good book, and tonight I'm enjoying myself. The biggest thing I miss about recent events...

This guy is tough! Minnesota man saved after being trapped under a fallen tree for 4 days Most of us work alone, but this shows the importance of having somebody to check in with at the end of the day.

Now that I've got your attention, how would you do it? My mother lives in the house which my paternal grandfather built in 1927. The water supply has always been spring fed into a 10x12 foot concrete enclosure, about 10 feet deep. 40 years ago we cleaned it out and put a foot or so of crushed...

Do I just turn them in dry until they stop or ? I just put a new sediment bowl and carb on my (gas) TO35 and ran new fuel lines. Tomorrow I need to move it back undercover and would like to just dump fuel into it and go. Does brass seal onto steel, or whatever metal they are made of? Thank you.

Of course I'm referring to the fall months; no bugs, cool comfortable temps, leaves changing color, gardens giving up their fall bounty, and apple season just around the corner. My chickens are in the freezer, the turkeys and pigs are getting fat. Before you know it hunting season will be...

This is a spin off of DigginIt's popular "Small Thoughts at Large" thread which was closed a month or more ago. I was at my mother's house watching an old rerun of "Jeopardy" a couple weeks ago, complete with a very young Alex Trebec. It's funny how we don't notice the little changes over time...

This is one of those "I heard it from a guy who knows somebody who..." stories... . I was talking to a neighbor about his LS. He mentioned that his son, who works as a mechanic for a heavy equipment dealer downstate, told him to buy a 4 foot mower so that it won't stick out past the rear wheels...

Why are cookies "Necessary to enhance my experience" when looking up pickup tires? All that I'm trying to do is compare specs and don't need some factory computer to tell me where to buy them... I already know the tire dealers in my area. I just want to see the stinkin' specs... Yet every time...

Just wondering.

After several months of looking for a better vehicle I finally decided that I had to do something-after the brakes failed on my Ranger. Trying to find a truck of any size or vintage has been a challenge, and I gave up on Ford after driving 50 miles to the dealer... only to find that contrary to...

I have an aversion to getting rolled over by my own pickup, so tend to use the brake on any type of slope... especially if I'm going to be standing downhill from it, such as when watering my garden from the 55 gallon drums. I've had discussions with two of my younger coworkers in the past few...

I have the choice between an original replica aftermarket, Ferguson TO35 Carburetor - 181532M92 for $173.54; the imported "Zenith style" which "outperforms the original carburetors"; for 236.19; or https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/Ferguson-TO35_Carburetor-New_12566B.html the "New, aftermarket...

Tonight I found an envelope of cash and turned it into the local police department. It's a small town force with the station shared with the Fire department, and since there's no weekend dispatcher I actually gave it to a firefighter. I talked with them for a few minutes and they said it had...

I never could understand the value of a big tax refund... why write an interest free loan to the government? I try to keep mine as little as possible every year, and usually end up writing a check for a token amount. This year we got a 3 month reprieve. Funny thing, I've never heard a thing...

I need to get things under cover, and my buildings never seem to get built. I have a nice level gravel space atop a hill which would be a good place for one, but don't want to exchange one problem for another. With no ventilation how hot will those things get? How easy would it be to put in...

Hopefully this is a simple fix. I bought this pump assembly after my old pump died, paying extra because I thought it was going to be a simple plug&play. I got it home and out of the box, then realized I need to install the pressure switch. No problem, right? Well, except there isn稚 enough room...

My niece and her husband are in the hospital with minor injuries. Their two kids are OK. If I could point my sister to any news articles it would be appreciated. Josh is a pilot with years of experience and apparently is quite upset with himself for putting his family in danger, but this is one...

I.E. is there a backward and forward flow? (Land Pride 3rd function, MTL grapple) Everything is all hooked up and ready to go, but I don’t need a major repair job at this point. Intuition tells me no, but I once trashed my PTO backhoe pump when I hooked up to my woodsplitter wrong. (20 years...

My MTL grapple has been sitting on a loading dock 170 miles away for a week now. They keep pushing the delivery time back, apparently waiting for a truck to come this way. The original delivery date was 6/11, then 6/12, 6/16, 17, 18... this AM it changed again to 6/19. I have no way of...

These have been discussed before, so I thought I"d post a couple of pics of one in action. They're on a concrete culvert on an old RR bed in the central Maine township of Lakeview Plantation. I don't know the exact details but judging from what I saw they were placed to keep a problem area from...

My father waged a war on the little buggers all of his life... most likely from growing up on a farm which used draft horses back in the Depression. They also are just plain destructive. As the nearby city ofAuburn spread out, the homestead became a "no firearms" zone and he eventually started...

I'm tired of seeing my blunder as the first post of the forum. Yet every thread needs a purpose, so here's a pic of the last time that my father's TO35 was out in the daylight, about 2 years ago. Someday I"ll find the time to replace the waterpump and do all of the other minor things which it...

After months of waffling I finally decided that their grapple was best suited and most affordable for my needs. A couple of weeks ago I finally got a chance to see one of their grapples and it looked like a well built piece of iron. I went home and added a 54" grapple to my cart then waffled a...

I didn't want to hijack the stapler thread. I recently bought a Dewalt 20V router, and (2) 6ah aftermarket batteries to run it. They came fully charged and I used each one until it died. When I try using the charger which came with my drill it indicates they are fully charged, yet they won't...

I've finally decided to break down and buy a dump trailer... and am finding that stocks are woefully low here. This company offers them at over $1000 less than what I can get one here for, even after the shipping costs. https://sleequipment.com/5x8-dump-trailer-with-brakes.html I still hope to...

We've all heard the (false) story about a rat found in an order of Kentucky Fried Chicken as well as other urban legends which come up from time to time. Then there are the things which really happened...years ago a family friend had a large, unopened bottle of Coke with a moth floating in it...

Everybody has their own preferences. Yukon Gold is too starchy for me, and russets are just OK. For a staple crop I like Kennebecs or Katahdins. I also plant a smaller crop of Red Norlands. (can you tell that I'm from Maine? :D) By the end of winter I have about 10 lbs of small 'taters which I...

Subaru Mini Truck with Heavy Duty Dump - YouTube I saw a couple of these for sale at a used truck dealer. At first glance it seemed they would be handy for a homeowner, but it only has a 700 lb payload. I can carry more than that in my tractor bucket. At 50 MPG and marginally street legal...

I"m not sure what topic that's related to, but I picked up a box of thin mints today. By the time I got home I had a half a box of thin mints. :licking: Aside from an occasional package of fig newtons I don't normally buy cookies, but I rationalize that I'm supporting a good cause. (At 4 bucks...

Do you wait until they get a serious tear, after a certain amount of time, or ? I generally replace mine when the straps on my old pair start tearing out.

I was going to post this in the Ranger thread which is currently running, but didn't want to hijack the thread. Details are sketchy, but could it be that something is being built to replicate the original compact pickups? New Compact Ford Pickup Will Start Under $20,000: Report A little two...

I wish that those of you who feel the need to get threads closed would take it someplace else. Some of us would like to read about it and there was some good information getting passed along, until the usual suspects felt the need to get it closed down. Again; if you need to snipe at each other...

My father's Skidoo broke a tierod, and my borther took it to a friend who "knew how to get the broken off bolt out." I told him the way to do it was to mig a nut on, then turn the broken piece out, and even offered to have it done. Instead they drilled it out, inevitably bunging the threads up...

I just wanted a bite to eat for the ride home. The clerk was hacking and coughing, and commented about the popcorn she had just eating. The next thing that I knew she was shoving her fingers into her mouth apparently trying to get a kernel free... then she went back to running the register with...

I was reading a few of the comments in the Water Well 101 thread which raised some questions about generators, but didn't want to hijack the thread. Specifically [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] My 83 YO mother's current backup is a 5000 watt portable which is stored in the...

Neil Peart, of the Canadian rock band Rush. Rush Drummer Neil Peart Dead at 67 - Rolling Stone I guess that not everybody appreciated them. He was arguably the best drummer out there though, with Phil Collins a close second. I thought that I was hearing an unusual amount of the band on Sirius...

20-13, they've been shut down.

'Sam the Bottle Man'; delivers toys to kids at Barbara Bush Children's Hospital Family who lost everything in house fire, receives an early Christmas surprise Some people who know what the season is all about.

I'm still kicking tires on ton trucks... mostly looking on Craigslist for something below the rust belt. My criteria is pretty liberal; manual shift, heavy 3/4, but preferably a ton truck. Right now I'm looking at mid-2000, as they are in my preferred price range for a truck which will probably...

Someone ate the $120,000 banana at Art Basel. Yes, really I always knew that I don't appreciate modern art, but this one leaves me scratching my head and saying "WTF?" These are the same people who talk about taxing more to feed the hungry.

I hope I'm not stepping on any toes, I just watched his Christmas GIF again, to start my Christmas season.

OK, maybe the title itself is an oxymoron. I've been thinking about getting into reloading and don't know the first thing about it. I did find an old thread on equipment which is pretty useful, although I haven't had time to read the entire thing...

A can opener does a quick, easy, safe job of it. I read this in Popular Mechanics while sitting in the Dr's office yesterday, and it works slick. I'm probably the last one to know this, as usual.. ;)

Homeowner says a mystery object damaged his house. It didn't fall from a plane, FAA says My guess is that it came from an exterrestrial vehicle. :D

I just took over a 2017 (?) Chevy pickup with this. The first time that I bought fuel I thought "What a way to let dust into the tank." I've had it about 4 weeks and it starts hard, like the fuel pump is going; a couple of times I didn't think that it was going to start. (the first time would...

This could also apply to buying a tractor, real estate, or (?) Many of you tell of the deals which you find, yet all that I ever get is burned. So here's a truck which I would be interested in if it was on this half of the continent, or if my brother hadn't just moved back from Arizona last...

The closest I've been able to find to the manufacturer is the "Champions Machine Tool Sales", based down in Texas. The above is taken from the email which I sent them two months ago; needless to say, they never responded. This will probably be a simple thing to set up; but any pointers will be...

We used to celebrate today as Columbus Day, but that’s no longer “politically correct”.

This is my third year raising them alone, and will be my last if it doesn稚 go better than the last two. I dug a trench to back the truck into so that the tailgate was even with the ground and put their food into it. They promptly dug out so that there痴 a 6 rise, and they can step up that high...

Just curious. Apparently my 2015 had a rim replaced before I bought it two years ago, as one of the rears was made in Sept 2016 and inspected in Oct of the same year. It's made in USA, and I don't really care as long as it holds the tractor off the ground, I just found it odd that a nearly new...

I have driven about 3 days without it in my life, I consider carrying insurance to be a responsibility to my fellow motorists. (I also have had 1 claim in 40+ years and over a million miles.) Saturday I was stopped for speeding, I didn't slow down soon enough going into town. (no excuse, but...

There's something to be said for keeping a tractor inside. OTOH when I was checking out my father's new L2800 in 2008 I noticed a softball sized bulge in it; they replaced the tire, but it looked odd to have a brand new tractor with mismatched rears.

This is a two part post, first questions about managing your equipment; What do you do with the material while rinsing your spray tank whether it's backpack, 3 pth, or bigger? Does anybody use the same tank for different materials, such as switching from insecticide to herbicide or vice versa...

I know that's a broad spectrum, so I should get a wide array of opinions. I'm looking to upgrade from the Northern Tool unit which I bought for not much money and would have been a good asset in my "Handy Andy" tool set when I was a kid.