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IOwnCalculus posted:I've seen "2.5L NO OUTPUT" stickers done up for four-cylinder Jeeps that perfectly mimic the 4.0 stickers. I had one on my ‘95 XJ. Mine was actually “Low Output”. Still on it, actually, but no longer my Jeep. And it’s literally no output now, since the friend who bought it blew the engine.  That’s basically what gave me the idea for the AE86 sticker, to give credit where it’s due. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:the medical insurance companies are fuckin raking it in right now First against the wall when the revolution comes. Maybe second. Fuckers tell us how important it is to plan for accidents and disasters (I’m talking insurance in general now) then keep all our money and tell us to get hosed when something does happen. Assholes who run these companies are the reason I have to believe Hell exists, because they sure aren’t being punished in *this* life.
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Darchangel posted:First against the wall when the revolution comes. Assholes who run these companies are the reason I have to believe Hell exists, because they sure aren’t being punished in *this* life. Hell does not exist comrad, we'll need that assurance of injustice to fuel the people's revolution! Now, get to sharpening.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Live stream for manned Falcon/Dragon launch if anyone is interested Scrubbed.
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Darchangel posted:I had one on my ‘95 XJ. Mine was actually “Low Output”. Still on it, actually, but no longer my Jeep. And it’s literally no output now, since the friend who bought it blew the engine. it's not even exploitation outside the normal level in the standard model - they just are still taking in same revenues but don't have nearly the same expenditures because people aren't seeking non emergency and non covid treatment. we are gonna need to punish these people in real life. i don't believe in an afterlife. launch scrubbed today, sad
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daslog posted:My budget is $15k, and yes, I really don't want to die. A used tractor is more than acceptable, and I'd like to be able to dig up stumps. daslog posted:The former owners of the property was the head of the local flower club. She had paths put in, planted flowers everywhere, and and did tours for groups like the girl scouts back in the 80's. Then she got old and everything was overgrown. What I want to do is open it up again, extend the back yard, and then maintain it. Your budget is fine, however, sub-compact/compact tractors hold value really well. Don’t rule out spending $2-5k more for new. Your local kubota dealer probably offers a tractor package with a loader, trailer, mower, blade and a BX2380 for $17-18k new with a warranty. That said, I personally would look for a JD 1025r or a 2 series. One thing I have noticed with kubota is they tend to be lighter in weight than competitors. That doesn’t mean they are less durable, but weight is your friend when it comes to lifting and traction. If used is a must you can probably find tractor/loader/backhoe (TLB) for that money, backhoe is best for stump removal. However, a few hours with a cat D6 beats anything a tractor can do and is probably cheaper in the long run. Forestry mulching may be an option as well. How big are the trees? We bought our current place (10 acres) in 2014. It hadn’t been mowed since 2003. Most of the trees were 15ft high but only 3-4” thick at the base. It was also completely overrun with multiflora rose, honeysuckle and briars 1” in diameter. I knew a tractor was a must and I wanted it to lift a round bale. I wound up with a mahindra 3616 HST and a loader, 6’ light duty bush hog, bale spears and a box blade. The mahindra is a rebadged Mitsubishi, re-badging is so common in the tractor industry it can’t even be tracked. Either way, after cutting a few trees choked out with honeysuckle vines surrounded by giant briars with my chain saw I said gently caress it and bush hogged them all. Broke a lot of shear bolts, bent the bush hog deck, had blades fly off, put a ring in the top of the deck from blade contact, but got it done. Bush hog still works. The trick was to raise it up as high as it goes and back into the tree slowly. Trees have a little more give the farther away from the base you get. The bush hog will make some terrible noise, poo poo will go flying, but the trees will die. Any stumps left rot in a couple years provided you mow the regrowth.  I will look for some before and afters.
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Previa_fun posted:Re: Healthcare workers getting their hours cut  for real the groveling towards the formerly unnoticed now shoved into the spotlight "heroes" is such a cop out for years of outright neglect. What I do not understand is how people seem to be spending an unending amount of money in the current climate too. Places of business are straight busting for more than 10% of the workforce being out of a job.
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I saw this interesting mower? thing this morning, with two central wheels with atv mud style tires and 4 outboard small wheels, casters on the front pair
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BraveUlysses posted:yeah, and i'm 99% sure my job will never come back even though they will keep me on a rehire list. i'm sure they will outsource what i do to india or russia/ukraine Oh man, I'm sorry. That loving sucks. From what my father-in-law says (30+ years Boeing) the company had a chance to take a government bailout and would only be allowed to lay off 10% of the workers. They refused to take the deal so they could do 25% or whatever they want. The company is complete bullshit these days and the union is a joke. My fiance is glad to get out, his manager was a little poo poo and has harassed the ever-loving gently caress out of him for the past year. In more cheerful news, my rewire and move of the TFI module finally got tested on a hot day. Loads of stop-and-go traffic, no shade, but not a single issue. Woot.
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rdb posted:Your budget is fine, however, sub-compact/compact tractors hold value really well. Don’t rule out spending $2-5k more for new. Your local kubota dealer probably offers a tractor package with a loader, trailer, mower, blade and a BX2380 for $17-18k new with a warranty. I bought a BX2380, because I use it more as a lawn mower and diesel wheelbarrow. It's loader is...not the toughest. If I was looking to do woods/tree work, I could go with at least a small frame B series (2301/2601) or even a larger frame B (2350/2650). I honestly wish I'd gone 2301 for the stouter loader/slightly more clearance/lower revving engine/three speed hydro but it's not worth the loss from the trade. That said, there's a few B2620 and 2920 units around me that I'd probably look at in your shoes. Budget some extra money for a third function/grapple and into the woods you go. TacoHavoc fucked around with this message at 23:36 on May 27, 2020 |
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After using one for my landscaping, I want a small skidsteer so bad buy they keep their value crazy well. I might only use it once or twice a year, but I still want one.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:
my household took a 15% reduction in income but we are doing our best to support local businesses that we care about. we're spending more money than we probably would ordinarily. all within budget of course, but i do feel some obligation to try to keep the drat thing going. slidebite posted:After using one for my landscaping, I want a small skidsteer so bad buy they keep their value crazy well. yeah same and i don't even have a house or land
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Like toro dingo small skid steer or a small bobcat? I think I am going to get a used kubota/deere maybe NH at some point soon for cleaning out barns. Probably ditch the mahindra when I do.    Here is my new one, drove it home last Friday. 2020 powerstar 120 and a used JD CX15 batwing. Kid really likes the instructor seat. I really like mowing banks and 5” saplings from an air seat with air conditioning. New Holland was offering $11k in cash rebates, which was enough to make me bite even though my name and salary are on a post it note in a conference room right now.
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Thanks to this channel I really want an excavator https://www.youtube.com/user/letsdig18 but I also want a skid steer and have no yard for either of them. Mid size excavators seem to make short work of trees and stumps. According to the professional running that channel removing stumps is a lot easier if they're still attached to the tree since you can use the tree as leverage. That might only work with an excavator though. So maybe rent an excavator or just pay someone to handle trees/stumps and get a piece of equipment that will handle the rest of the jobs.
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Not to detract from tractor chat, but I found this interesting: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme...tm_medium=title TL,DR: Republicans fail at critical thinking and believe stupid things. It's funny that they call non-reds "Sheeple", but they're the ones that buy into the dumbass beliefs without the tiniest shred of evidence. Godammit, I used to call myself Republican, but they ain't what they were then, and I sure ain't what they are now. Still not ready to be a Democrat. Maybe I should just slide right on past into Socialist.
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Darchangel posted:Not to detract from tractor chat, but I found this interesting: Honestly gently caress the Democratic Party. They’re 80% as right wing as the Republicans, and just lie about where their interests are.
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Darchangel posted:Maybe I should just slide right on past into Socialist. Correct.
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wallaka posted:Honestly gently caress the Democratic Party. They’re 80% as right wing as the Republicans, and just lie about where their interests are. The more time goes by, the more convinced I am that the GOP are just Hell's Globetrotters. The Dems are the Washington Generals, forever getting dunked on by people playing by entirely different rules, but ultimately just serving to advance a largely similar agenda.
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daslog posted:Sweet. Can you give me an example or two of a model I'd be looking for? Not really, that's why I quoted you a horsepower number. Anything from 40-70hp will be adequate for your needs. If I had to give examples... JD 1830/2030s Case 900s Case 400s Massey-Fergusson 300s Fordson... Comedy option, this is within your budget but probably way more tractor than you need: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-farming-equipment/calgary/1980-case-2390-tractor/1498751222
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Darchangel posted:Not to detract from tractor chat, but I found this interesting: I’m somewhat surprised that Dems and Independents has as high a beliefs as they did, but maybe I shouldn’t. Similar example: https://youtu.be/diMUkotNxWA YouTube sailing family got stuck in NZ during lockdown, and dude goes on a massive rant about how NZ’ers are “sheep lining up to slaughter” because the all the shops have added marks on the floors to help enforce social distancing and he hates giving up his freedom and the government telling him what to do is bullshit. He also thinks all our media is heavily left leaning because it’s full of praise for the government rules and the performance of the prime minister and government, and because we don’t have anything like Fox News. By conservative American standards, sure I can see how some might think our media is left, but it’s more that our media generally publishes established fact, not made up politically slanted bullshit like Fox or the rest of the Murdoch media. Then he goes on to say that he does love NZ’s fisheries management, the best he’s seen. The cognitive dissonance amongst Republicans is strong because if you hate government rules and socialism, then how can you love a socialist fishing management programme based around everyone getting a share, along with preserving the environment, which is based on the government telling you what and where you can catch fish? Also he’s in NZ in the first place because his boat insurance company tells him he can’t be in the pacific islands during cyclone season, so an insurance company can tell you what to do but the government asking you to stand slightly further away from people is bad? We didn’t even enforce mask wearing down here! At least he got ratio’d to hell and shredded in the comments.
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Darchangel posted:Not to detract from tractor chat, but I found this interesting: Because under Reagan and continuing onward republicans did everything they could to defund american public education because people who know things are prone to using their own brains to make voting decisions, rather than just doing whatever Hannity said this morning.
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Tried out the fifth wheel and it was cool.    https://i.imgur.com/VoRzZqL.mp4 Edit: re: tractors, anything wrong with a new Deere 2032R? Only on 2 acres but want to move quite a bit of dirt and use implements at times. Also our house inches ever closer to things happening. These are the footings and pylons? for the new deck next to the forms for the foundation.  
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My little brother spent the last three weeks working on the scimitar he bought from my dad and it passed it's first mot in 16 years with a minor defect for the indicator switch and advisories for worn brakes and a couple of old-looking bushes. Absolute star that man.
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cakesmith handyman posted:My little brother spent the last three weeks working on the scimitar he bought from my dad and it passed it's first mot in 16 years with a minor defect for the indicator switch and advisories for worn brakes and a couple of old-looking bushes. Absolute star that man. For the first part of your post I had a vision of a totally different scimitar being worked on
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Holy poo poo AvE has gone off the 'ol Libertarian rails, bitching about masks and poo poo in his latest videos. I'm unsubscribing, all here does these days it's gently caress with his CNC and try to use flextures to solve every problem (they don't) We all fall to Dunning-Kruger in the end I guess.
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Its a great machine. Overkill for 2 acres but it won’t disappoint. The R trim is generally Deeres top of the line, and the 2 series is awesome for small properties. Elviscat posted:Holy poo poo AvE has gone off the 'ol Libertarian rails, bitching about masks and poo poo in his latest videos. I'm unsubscribing, all here does these days it's gently caress with his CNC and try to use flextures to solve every problem (they don't) Same as you, I found it disgusting and unsubscribed. The masks bit isn’t about preventing yourself from getting sick, its showing decency and that your willing to endure slight discomfort for the sake of people who are vulnerable or at the very least concerned. Its not a sign of weakness, it doesn’t cause hypoxia, you don’t need osha certification to wear a surgical mask, and you certainly don’t need to spread that bullshit to your 1 million subscribers on youtube. rdb fucked around with this message at 11:46 on May 28, 2020 |
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Elviscat posted:Holy poo poo AvE has gone off the 'ol Libertarian rails, bitching about masks and poo poo in his latest videos. I'm unsubscribing, all here does these days it's gently caress with his CNC and try to use flextures to solve every problem (they don't) Not surprised. I was half expecting him to be a closet Alberta chud already considering his style and him living in the backwoods of northern BC (which leans fairly heavily conservative due to their proximity to Alberta and distance from civilization, but at least they don't have enough people to gently caress the rest of the province over in elections). Pretty sure he had a South Park grade political-correctness-gone-mad freakout a while back when he did a ruler that had a "oval office hair thickness" gauge on it and people said "dude that's not exactly kosher".
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IOwnCalculus posted:The more time goes by, the more convinced I am that the GOP are just Hell's Globetrotters. The Dems are the Washington Generals, forever getting dunked on by people playing by entirely different rules, but ultimately just serving to advance a largely similar agenda. I've always said that Republicans are evil and Democrats are incompetent. Yours is a less divisive statement of that view. Elviscat posted:Holy poo poo AvE has gone off the 'ol Libertarian rails, bitching about masks and poo poo in his latest videos. I'm unsubscribing, all here does these days it's gently caress with his CNC and try to use flextures to solve every problem (they don't) Yup. I thought the same thing. Ether Frenzy posted:Because under Reagan and continuing onward republicans did everything they could to defund american public education because people who know things are prone to using their own brains to make voting decisions, rather than just doing whatever Hannity said this morning. Just imagine the conversation -- "We've got to keep them dumb, if they get educated and find out how much we've exploited them, they'll kill the lot of us." 
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Kazinsal posted:a ruler that had a "oval office hair thickness" gauge Isn't that the standard measurement in Oz?
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Then he goes on to say that he does love NZ’s fisheries management, the best he’s seen. The cognitive dissonance amongst Republicans is strong because if you hate government rules and socialism, then how can you love a socialist fishing management programme based around everyone getting a share, along with preserving the environment, which is based on the government telling you what and where you can catch fish? Also he’s in NZ in the first place because his boat insurance company tells him he can’t be in the pacific islands during cyclone season, so an insurance company can tell you what to do but the government asking you to stand slightly further away from people is bad? We didn’t even enforce mask wearing down here! Socialism is bad unless it directly benefits me.
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BigPaddy posted:Isn't that the standard measurement in Oz? Yes very much so. And it's a common saying so getting wound up about that is silly. There's much worse to be bothered about frankly. AvE did some other quite clear Libertarian fuckwittery rant a few months ago which is when I drew the line and noped out. Dont remember what it was but it really showed what a complete fuckwit he really is. quote:I've always said that Republicans are evil and Democrats are incompetent. This is a less divisive statement of that view. And that is about the truest statement about US politics ever said
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Some months ago there was a lot of printer chat. Wifey wants a printer, and I want something small that doesn't use consumables that dry out or cost a fortune. I seem to remember a Brother laser being the goto. Is color laser at home feasible these days?
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Kazinsal posted:Not surprised. I was half expecting him to be a closet Alberta chud already considering his style and him living in the backwoods of northern BC Yeah, I'm a bit surprised it took this long. You get a sixth sense about detecting this kind of person when you're forced to live in AB, for sure.
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Nice pics Tremek, looks like you guys are having fun. A 2 series is overkill for two acres unless you plan to dig it all up and move it all around a few times. But better to buy too much tractor than too little. Equivalents that I have heard good things about: The Kubota L series would be the equivalent model to the JD 2 series, the L3301 would get you about the same. If it were my money in this class, I would spend it on a Kubota. Reliable, good parts support, you aren't paying for the JD brand (which some people really like). The NH Boomer series is good too. My boss has one for his hobby farm and loves it.
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bolind posted:Some months ago there was a lot of printer chat. Wifey wants a printer, and I want something small that doesn't use consumables that dry out or cost a fortune. I seem to remember a Brother laser being the goto. Is color laser at home feasible these days? TLDR BROTHER LASER B&W (can be had for $50-75) Outsource color when needed
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bolind posted:Some months ago there was a lot of printer chat. Wifey wants a printer, and I want something small that doesn't use consumables that dry out or cost a fortune. I seem to remember a Brother laser being the goto. Is color laser at home feasible these days? Staples (for example) does color printing for like $0.25 a page. You can send them jobs over the internet and then drive down and pick it up. Color laser at home is certainly doable, but there's not a lot of reason for it. We almost never print anything in color. B&W handles nearly everything and it's dirt cheap.
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