I've always used Hoppes gun oil. The field wipes are my favorite as they are very easy to get a thin coat of oil on everything quickly and evenly. :)
I hobby farm at my place. Grow beans, sweet corn, and pumpkins mostly. I shoot ground hogs with my .22LR when I see em. Otherwise electric fence...
I kayak! Similar I'd say. Same concept, different tool. I love it! I mostly go on the small rivers that wind around my area in SE WI. Fun to get...
I never seen this thread! USAF 2009-2013 Power Production (diesel generator mechanic/technician) Spangdahlem, Germany Ellsworth, SD Camp...
Yup, pump gas. I'm lucky I got a station less than 5 minutes from me that sells non ethanol go juice. I have ran the bottled stuff, but definitely...
[ATTACH] This is how my setup is always. I think it definitely depends on the stove. Mine is one of the new fancy energy EPA stoves. I keep some...
I do think about that sometimes, yes. I also am always just looking at trees and naming species. Makes life a little more fun when you are...
Yup mine has been outside for 3 years or more now. Covered with a tarp. Never any issues. I don't do anything but chit er' down and cover it and...
I'm only 30, so not too much time to speak of. But I have noticed at least in the last few years the springs and fall have been extremely wet! I...
I want some apple! Don't hardly ever get that for firewood. We still gotta meet up some time there guy. My father still lives in Hartland. I think...
Friggin' a there bud! I'm kind of jealous of your guys' snow up there in the U.P. Being a snowmobiler and all...I kind of like the fluffy white stuff!
Yeah I hear ya there. Being a small time hobby farmer it can be VERY frustrating when rain misses me haha. You probably get some good lake affect...
Definitely something I recently saw on youtube actually. I want to try it out! I'm gonna buy me a magnet and rope! I live in farm country and I'm...
Germany is beautiful country! I lived in Spangdahlem for a few years with the USAF. Did lots of hiking on logging roads in the Black Hills....
I reckon i'm about due west of you so what I have will probably relate to you as far as weather goes. It's still lightly snowing here now. Maybe...
I love hickory! But yeah just don't come across it as much as many of the others. But I'd be all over it! I got a few nice ones on my property but...
18F right now. Burning through my early season popple still right now. Wasn't expecting it to get this cold so soon! Expecting single digits...
Awesome thread! I find walking in the woods and identifying trees great fun! Always an interesting topic talking about tree ID :)
I would say mainly bark type/color, wood grain and color, and the fact that it is a very tall, straight tree with almost no branches coming off it...
haha before I read your post I saw the wood and immediately said in my head "that's popple!" I just dealt with a bunch 0f it myself. Familiar wood...
