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I wrote up a big long post and decided it was probably unwise to put that kind of information online. Short version is that assuming the estate isn't liquidated to fund "end of life" care, it gets sold and the cash divided according to specific instructions. The estate isn't large enough to...

I bolted on some welded on D-rings and a snatch hook. :) The Thumb also bolts on to my forks, hence the bolted approach. It's been very handy, and anything my B2650 can pick up hasn't put any noticeable strain on the bucket.

I plumbed up this system when I built the new shop. Made a HUGE difference in air quality for sandblasting and plasma cutting.

Boat-building is big business here in Downeast Maine. There are a half-dozen shops within 20 miles of me, probably more if I took a census. Mostly building lobster boats, plus Hinckley over in Trenton/Bar Harbor builds yachts. I worked briefly for one of the lobster boat guys, doing general...

We've been contemplating getting out of the layer hen habit for a while now. Finally re-homed the last of the hens to my daughter's coop Saturday and have been tearing out the chicken pen. Combination of chain link and page wire, SEVERELY overgrown with wild rose, wild raspberries, goldenrod...

Suspected as much. Matman myself, 1969-1990 Makes me feel old to know folks have joined, served a full career and retired...all since I retired...sigh.

Agree with PTB, not a problem. Your handle intrigues me, were you a "CT" by any chance? I retired from NSG in 1990.

Under Maine law, as I understand it, "nuisance deer" can be harvested by the landowner. And I do love me some venison. Just not sure at this point that I want to take a chance on having mis-interpreted the relevant statute. Do think I'll look into a crossbow tho, as they are legal for use here.

I have had MASSIVE deer damage to my plantings and garden this year. They completely wiped out my tulips, hosta and nasturtiums, took out half my tomatoes and nibbled the tops off my potatoes after hopping over the fence to get at them. I thought I'd placed the 4 foot fences close enough...

Thank you. I was going to reply in a similar vein, but not nearly as polite. Mine is a short box 4 door 4WD but it's the furthest thing from a "Cowboy Cadillac". I take care of it mechanically but otherwise it gets rode hard and put away wet. I can count the number of times it's been washed...

That sure enough sums up my opinion of 'em!

With a big Johnson? :D

Finished up that patch job on the lawn. Wrong time of year to be trying to start grass, but I seeded it anyway and if it takes, good. If not, I'll hit it again in early Fall when it cools down.

Working on a little lawn repair project. The bozos that installed a 20 foot culvert in the ditch between my front and side lawns backfilled it with ditch cleanings and called it "loam". Sand and rocks is all it has ever been, with the odd clump of clay. Between the poor excuse for soil and the...

I understand (not confirmed) that Toyota is going the same route. I love my 2013 Tundra with the 5.7 and will drive it until the wheels fall off. Not about to drop $50-80K on a truck anyway.

If the tractor is a hydrostatic drive, it is my habit to run the engine at full rated RPM and control ground speed with the range lever and hydro pedal. Lugging the engine is hard on it and does nothing significant for fuel consumption IMHO. Dropping engine RPM also reduces pressures in the...

^^^Or mail boxes...

The State DOT cleaned out a ditch across the road from me, and I managed to get all the spoil - about 60 yards, more or less. 6 dump truck loads in any event. I put the rock bucket (skeleton bucket) on the Cabota and used it to screen out the big chunks of roots, sod, rocks weeds and debris...

Amateur...

Wow! Makes for some respect for Mother Nature!