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    Wtb 4x4 chip truck

    Don’t have one to sell, but I think you are paying far too much for your body. We put a new 12 foot aluminum dump body on a truck in 2020, custom toolboxes all over the place, completely custom build, and it cost us $14,000. Call the Gap Hill Aluminum Shop. See what they can do for you.
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    Battery explosions

    I agree, I have not heard of any problems with construction batteries either. Perhaps some of the knock off batteries, but certainly none from any of the big name companies. And you are right, construction workers are very hard on batteries and tools in general. Some of these batteries have...
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    Battery explosions

    You are correct. That reaction makes so much heat it will burn through just about anything, and the mess left behind is really hazardous and hard to handle. Also, once a battery goes up in flame, you can’t be sure it won’t reignite until it has sat outside for about a month.
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    Battery explosions

    Sealed metal box is not a great idea, for one those batteries naturally release hydrogen gas (mostly when charging), and they need to be vented. Also, if they explode, or even catch fire, that can is not near enough steel to contain the fire. You’re better off to buy name brand batteries (those...
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    Home birthing hippies

    Congratulations to you and your family! That’s great news!
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    Bid that tree!

    Put the crane in the driveway, with that lift it should be done in three hours at the most. Probably two hours with a good ground crew. $2800.
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    Throw bag-line accuracy issues

    You haven’t seen me do it. I’m bad enough forward, if I start heaving that thing over my head who knows where it will end up! Some people have amazing talent at throwing things, especially backwards. I am just amazingly bad. Hence my love for the Big Shot on anything more than about 25’ high...
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    Throw bag-line accuracy issues

    Good advice, if I try to throw nearly vertical, I heave the throwball over behind myself every single time. My aim isn’t great on a good day, but throwing near vertical does make me release late as well.
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    Food Thread

    That makes sense. We used Gibbs, worked well for us too. That is odd you’ve never had fuel issues, but things happen once in a while. Who knows, careless employee got a little water in the tank and it’s been sitting in the filter for a month just waiting to freeze. Or ethanol contamination in...
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    Food Thread

    Thank you, I will have to try that in the spring when I have something to work with.
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    Food Thread

    Our average is about the same, I figured you would be colder than that. Our 83 HD used to freeze up sensors once in a while as well. Not frequently, but it did happen. Usually, it was the sensors that tell the position of the outriggers. Never had the fuel filter freeze, but our fuel supplier...
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    Food Thread

    It’s supposed to be that cold in your neighborhood, around here we don’t see many days that cold, and not usually this early in the year.
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    Food Thread

    Thank you. You are definitely in a much warmer climate than we are, as I write this it is 9° outside.
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    Food Thread

    I didn't ask a rather important question: what do you do with the tops? As in, how do you eat them? Like a replacement for chives, or something else? And do you eat them dried, or only fresh?
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    Food Thread

    I’ve been doing some reading on those onions this evening, and it looks like it may be too cold here for them. What growing zone do you reside in, if I may ask? I am in zone 6 or 7, pretty much on the line.
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    Throw bag-line accuracy issues

    There certainly are days that I can’t hit anything. Last Wednesday, I was on site for a no cleanup removal project with a climber I employ. We had a big shot, two throw lines, and both of us trying for an easy tree. Took almost 2 1/2 hours to get the line in the tree. Between tangles and misses...
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    Christmas Contest 2025!

    390.73 Nearly completely wild guess, but someone has to be first and I’m not known to be shy.
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    Today....

    I keep one next to my wood pile on the front porch, best thing ever for making kindling! It even splits that occasional piece that won’t quite fit in the stove, as long as it doesn’t have any big knots. Estwing for the win on that one!
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    End of year purchase

    That’s not bad pricing, the only one of those I am familiar with is PJ, I don’t think they are the strongest trailer for hauling logs, but the price is hard to beat. We’ve been looking at a new Belmont DLX series, 16 foot, 16 K. About $20,000.
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    Nerd Alert

    The stove is a Country Hearth, but is actually made by Vogelzang. It works, but is not the best made stove, and did not stand up to the abuse my tenants put it through while I was away.

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