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What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by Gasifier, Oct 6, 2013.

  1. Canadian border VT

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    Wait Midwinter are you excited about his retirement? My grandfather retired 4 times but after a few weeks at home .. went back full time, then part time, then on call! you get the idea
     
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    Dodged that bullet temporarily! I'm pretty surprised for myself. Jen and I have never spent this much continuous time together, and she hasnt tried to kill me.....yet.
     
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    It’s such a Lovely Day.....:p... The sun even came out....:wacky:
     
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  5. Mwalsh9152

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    I fixed my trailer light problem. Apparently, trailer wiring prefers to have the ground wire on the truck actually connected to the frame. Now I just need a trailer registration and I can bring the boat to the dealership. Town hall is open, but on lockdown, so I need to find out what kind of hoops I’ll need to jump through.
     
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    What, no banana.
     
  7. Horkn

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    Surely it's all available online. That's how our state is
     
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    NH registration is handled by your town, not the RMV. It’s usually super quick and painless. As a result, anything registry related is much less painful as well, as they have less people to deal with.

    the town hall set up a drop box outside, I just need to know what they need. I emailed them this morning to ask.
     
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  9. Marshel54

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    Getting antsy. Hooked up the tiller attachment and made 3 passes in the garden. Finally after 4years it is looking great. I still have about 3 weeks until last frost.
    Hooked the charger up to the truck. I got to get it running after 9 months. It has a ground somewhere that drains the battery. Tomorrows job if it isn't raining.
     
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  10. Backwoods Savage

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    We could use some sunshine. I think one 60 degree day with sun we'll have a pastel of peach blossoms.

    This morning I set 2 traps. Already caught a woodchuck. Also planted 50 taters.
     
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    Occasionally.
     
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    Why don't you install a battery cut-off switch??????
     
  13. ole

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    Just living the high life in the shed
    Wife’s brother is planting corn while I burn out a stump and beer myself
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    That just may be where it goes. Certainly has crossed my mind. Are there commercially available ones?
     
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    Those small jump packs are probably one of the best tools to have in your arsenal. The one I have is about the size of a 1" thick smart phone. It will start to to an 8.2 liter gas engine, or a 6.6 liter diesel. Supposedly. I can say it will start a 5.8 liter gas v8 with ease, it only used 2% of charge to do that start from cold. Reviews from other users had awesome stories about jumpstarting a guy's 5.3 gm truck, as well as like 6 other vehicles at MSP airport parking lot during a polar vortex. That unit still had like 60% charge left after helping all of those people.

    If you need a bigger capacity one, they make them. Mine was about $70.
     
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    Are you diesel burning that stump? I ask because I might do that to the stump I have recently in the yard.
     
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    Those work well. How big of an engine on the truck?
     
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    Yup............available at just about every parts store. About a 15-20 dollar item. You just wire it into your positive battery cable. It just flips on and off,
     
  20. fishingpol

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    Good long day here. Went to work early for an hour and picked up a bunch of stuff at HD.

    First up was getting this gas trimmer straightened out. It was a side of the road find a friend picked up. Put in the Echo gas line kit, removed the string head and installed a brush cutter head. Dumped old gas, and put in fresh, stabilized mix.

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    This cutter works very well for what it is. Great on canes and bittersweet. Not for anything about a half inch thick. I have so many vines, this works fine. Trimmer ran real nice and quiet. I may get the same kit for my line trimmer which is the same model.

    I spent about an hour cutting brush and roping out giant bundles of vines. Anything I could get my rope around got yanked.

    Before... this is where I dropped the red pine with vine tangles.

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    The pine in the foreground is rotten, the cut rounds behind are not.

    I had a 4 hour burn pile going. Best one of the season. Low wind, and the air was not heavy, so it took off well.

    Ate lunch at the burn pile. After that, I took the collapsed holz hausen apart and built another rack. Much better and neater. I am at about 5 cord now. :thumbs:

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    Just a clean up and put the shorts in the barn. I plan on two more half racks to the left.

    Tomorrow I plan to build a ramp for the barn.