Recent content by PHPaul

Yup, me too. Every Fall I have them top off the tank for the furnace in the shop and the tank for the tractor. That and a healthy dose of Power Service in the tractor fuel and I'm good for a year. Both 275 gallon tanks, actual fill is about 250 gallons.

Nice! I did essentially the same thing. The top link worked for years before the stress blew out the seals. I replaced it with a purpose-built top link with check valves. Same deal on the tilt cylinder. Plain cylinder worked but wouldn't hold position for long, added check valves and all is...

I have a remote controlled outlet that I can plug mine in to. If I'm expecting snow, I'll plug it in the night before and if I get up in the morning and need to blow snow, I'll turn it on with the remote and then spend an hour (or more, depending on temperature) slurping coffee and surfing. I...

I believe it's intended to keep you from inadvertently moving the loader control while getting on and off the tractor.

We think much alike, I've incorporated many/most of the ideas in the original post in my little shop. It's my first (and likely last...) heated shop which is a HUGE blessing. Only notes: I detest tools on rolling bases. A necessary evil in limited space, but invariably move when you least...

You can't fool me, I ain't had a hair that long in 30 years. And it's the wrong color to be Maw's hair!

YEARS ago - Like mid-70's - I worked on a lot of vacuum tube stuff. We had monster reel-to-reel recorders that used 14" reels of 1" tape. The tape "deck" was a couple of hundred pounds of cast aluminum. The whole thing was 32 inches wide, about that deep and 7 feet tall. 14 channels if I...

Truth. And at 75, it seems I add something to that list every day...

Nicely done!

I was an electronics tech for years, both in the Navy and civilian jobs. That smell was a "good news, bad news" thing: Bad news: It's broke. Good News: I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is...

Do they do refunds? :cry:

Wow, USPS really messed up your new eyeglass frames!

@D2Cat is that an original rant? Even if not, it's absolutely 100% on-target.

I have highly efficient wash cloths. I start out washing my face, next thing I know, I'm washing the back of my neck...

Re: Wipeout I suspect that if more of that went on today, there'd be a little less crime. Consequences and all that...