Day started as upper 50s and raining outside but wind is picking up and temp is dropping. So I lit the shop stove on a couple pieces of maple and...
Truth. First mower wife and I bought 14 years ago was a low use JD box store model lawn tractor. It still works but it did not hold up like a...
Looking at just splitter pumps for sale I see some are rated for up to 4000 PSI. That somewhat explains how these commercially built splitters get...
My thought is to make a splitter that attaches to the mini in place of the bucket and use the auxiliary hydraulics to run it. Run the splitter...
I should ask also what the typical splitter cylinder size is and also the peak pump pressure? Seems splitter companies are not forth coming about...
Crunching a few numbers on the concept of using my mini excavator to split wood. Hydraulic system is capable of 2600 PSI. Plugging that number...
My two cents worth on zero turn mowers — we bought a decent low use Husqvarna maybe 5 years ago, 25 hp 54” deck. First couple years it wasn’t too...
I have NO patience for violent animals. None. Dogs that are supposed to be pets, if they ever offer to hurt someone unprovoked, need to be...
To increase cycle time: Reduce cylinder bore diameter. This will reduce the “tonnage” of the splitter. Increase the pump displacement (bigger...
Decaying wood ties up a considerable amount of nitrogen. Trying to grow a garden over buried wood could be a disappointment. In the ag world it...
Three sword fighters were arguing who was the best. One guy grabs his sword and swings it at a fly buzzing past and cuts it in half. Next guy...
Lit the shop stove on split ash this morning. Upper 30s out, grey and raining. Forecast looks cool so I got about 1/2 a cord of wood in the shop...
China subsidizes its shipping industry substantially.
[ATTACH] This is a classic lean mixture failure. ^^ I wouldn’t be surprised that your piston failure was initiated by the ring pin getting...
Bait stations outside the building. I prefer soft pack baits. Should there happen to come a rat wandering around, rats are much more likely to...
No need for fire whatsoever today. High of 90*, low Monday morning of this week was right around zero F. Welcome to bipolar IA weather.
Watts is (amps x volts). Most time we only bother with amps because we know what the voltage is so all we care about is how many amps we can...
The 240v loads don’t matter; they are balanced automatically. As you go down the panel, regardless of left or right, each 120v slot is an...
To maximize the 125V capacity of your generator you will need to do one of two things. A) find or make an adapter that plugs into the 125V/30A...
Sunny but single digits and windy outside. 25 in the shop; just lit up split ash with maple kindling. 40-50 mph wind yesterday has snow drifted up...
