What did you buy this week?

[Eagle1]

Not moonpies.
Look it up.

Canada

Merica

 

[paulsharvey]

You know... when I was a kid, those moon pies were great, and then they were hard to find. Got some at a small independent grocery, and kinda, ehh, whatever...

When young, if we tagged alone with dad to the auction to sell sheep, we would get some pork rins and a moon pie,

 

[Eagle1]

 

[grsthegreat]

Wagon wheels.
Two soft cookies with marshmallow in between and covered in chocolate.
They used to be twice as big hence the name wagon wheel.

We had those, they were called scooter pies

 

[masseyrider]

Canada
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Merica
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I did not know.
The Kanuckistanian version used to be a lot bigger.
I liked the ones that had a thin layer of jelly on the marshmallow.

 

[Eagle1]

I believe both come in lots of varieties and sizes.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

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[aba4430]

A Tork 1101B mechanical timer from Home Depot. Simple swap for a unit that went bad. Probably should have bought a replacement motor unit, or just the entire module. Cost difference between the module and entire unit was negligible however. The unit switches my detached garage lights on-off.

 

[Runner]

A Tork 1101B mechanical timer from Home Depot. Simple swap for a unit that went bad. Probably should have bought a replacement motor unit, or just the entire module. Cost difference between the module and entire unit was negligible however. The unit switches my detached garage lights on-off.

I have a similar unit on my aerobic sewage disposal system. It has an aerator motor that has to run about 10 minutes each hour. The company that sells the system (Jet) wants $400 for the timer, but you can get them at McMaster for $60.

 

[grsthegreat]

A Tork 1101B mechanical timer from Home Depot. Simple swap for a unit that went bad. Probably should have bought a replacement motor unit, or just the entire module. Cost difference between the module and entire unit was negligible however. The unit switches my detached garage lights on-off.

I switched from the mechanical timers to digital years ago. The digital are far superior in ability to vary run times. I have 4 on my property. Only thing i have to do is remember to check lithium batteries every few years. Also, remembers time during power outage…no pesky resetting dial. Oh, and automatic DST.

 

[kenmbz]

I switched from the mechanical timers to digital years ago. The digital are far superior in ability to vary run times. I have 4 on my property. Only thing i have to do is remember to check lithium batteries every few years. Also, remembers time during power outage…no pesky resetting dial. Oh, and automatic DST.

What brand do you use ?

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I have a confession:
I have three Intermatic T101 timers. Each in a different shed used for holiday decorations. One we put a lot of halloween decorations down driveway and it's wired to an outdoor socket. I set it on at 7pm, off at midnight. It would run up to 7pm then stop! I lubed everything and it takes 20 minutes to fully flip the switch which it wouldn't complete, so I caller Intermatic. Tech said trippers wear out but I thought of that replacing them. He was baffled saying I had tried everything so order T101M which is "the guts"...entire mechanism.
That arrived Saturday! So glad it was fixed...except at 7pm it would stop!
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That's when I noticed the terminals "line" and "load"...
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Be sure they're not reversed.

 

[MossRoad]

I have a confession:
I have three Intermatic T101 timers. Each in a different shed used for holiday decorations. One we put a lot of halloween decorations down driveway and it's wired to an outdoor socket. I set it on at 7pm, off at midnight. It would run up to 7pm then stop! I lubed everything and it takes 20 minutes to fully flip the switch which it wouldn't complete, so I caller Intermatic. Tech said trippers wear out but I thought of that replacing them. He was baffled saying I had tried everything so order T101M which is "the guts"...entire mechanism.
That arrived Saturday! So glad it was fixed...except at 7pm it would stop!
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That's when I noticed the terminals "line" and "load"...
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Be sure they're not reversed.View attachment 4251647

I had one of those on my pool for a while. Then I found a 7 day version. I used that for about 20 years. Last year I put in a more modern timer that has a built in on/off/auto switch. I like it a lot more.

 

[dnw64]

I switched from the mechanical timers to digital years ago. The digital are far superior in ability to vary run times. I have 4 on my property. Only thing i have to do is remember to check lithium batteries every few years. Also, remembers time during power outage…no pesky resetting dial. Oh, and automatic DST.

Ditto. Except the ones I use either plug into an outlet or replace a powered light switch. No batteries.

Three big advantages:

• You can have almost unlimited schedules
• You can remotely over-ride and turn on/off at will
• Your schedules can include variables such as X minutes before/after sunrise/sunset

I have two different brands - Kasa and Hubspace. Both work excelently.

The caveat with such is that they need wifi access to make changes. Once programmed, they don't.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I just received the MechMaxx stump grinder I ordered. I had tractor ready with pallet forks on to unload it, now I'm putting it together.
It came with tools even and it's packed in a steel frame.

 

[Runner]

I just received the MechMaxx stump grinder I ordered. I had tractor ready with pallet forks on to unload it, now I'm putting it together.
It came with tools even and it's packed in a steel frame. View attachment 4251769

 

[scootr]

I just received the MechMaxx stump grinder I ordered. I had tractor ready with pallet forks on to unload it, now I'm putting it together.
It came with tools even and it's packed in a steel frame. View attachment 4251769

I love stuff that's packed in scrap metal. Keep us posted.

 

[LouNY]

Well I did buy it today, a yard of redi-mix concrete 4000# mix.

 

[Runner]

I just received the MechMaxx stump grinder I ordered. I had tractor ready with pallet forks on to unload it, now I'm putting it together.
It came with tools even and it's packed in a steel frame. View attachment 4251769

Save the bottom of the crate to make a dolly for the grinder.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Save the bottom of the crate to make a dolly for the grinder.

My wife saw the upper frame and said Wow! We can put a plywood top on it and make a nice display table for my Halloween decorations in the living room!