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« on: November 26, 2016, 09:14:33 AM »
It's hard to find stuff made in the US. Duluth does spec out some good stuff. I have the shirt jac that is my go to winter coat for Texas. Good to about 35 degrees, which is about as cold as it gets here. Of course if I can keep my wife and kids from wearing it I could use it more! I also like the firehose fleece lined vest and the firehose pants although they aren't as comfortable as I'd like. Maybe I'll try some ballroom jeans next
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7602
« on: November 26, 2016, 07:58:11 AM »
Funny I'm already plotting my next saw! Stihl makes an "in tree" saw that I would like to have for being up
I'm the tree limbing or just general small jobs. MS150 12 inch bar 1.3hp and 5.7 lbs.
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7603
« on: November 25, 2016, 07:30:15 PM »
Yes sir. I brined for 36 hours. Probably the only thing that saved it.
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« on: November 25, 2016, 07:28:57 PM »
Good one Ken. At thanksgiving yesterday we played volleyball with the family. My 20 something nephews and my teenage nieces got smoked by the old man. I was diving and making saves and they were afraid to get dirty. Besides 50 is the new 30 dontcha know!
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« on: November 25, 2016, 05:02:04 PM »
Well just cut up some oak that I got from my dad. About 18 inch diameter. Also cut up about a 14 diameter cedar that I had down.
Shawn it has a 20 inch bar right now. I'll get a 28 to hang on the wall for those rare instances.
This thing freakin rips!! First pro saw I've ever used and man does it go through 18inches of oak like butter. It sounds awesome. Hearing protection is not optional.
Yeah it's 14.5lbs, so tree climbing with it may not be ideal but I'll keep the little poulan around for the lighter stuff and put a 16 inch bar on it and get a smaller pro saw when that one craps out.
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7606
« on: November 25, 2016, 03:26:28 PM »
372xp 5.5hp 32 in bar max. This thing is beast.
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7607
« on: November 25, 2016, 03:25:12 PM »
Well it's all academic now. Just bought from my local good guy dealer.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: November 25, 2016, 09:27:00 AM »
Thanks for the note Nate. We love you, brother.
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« on: November 24, 2016, 11:37:28 PM »
And Big D is coming out of retirement.
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« on: November 24, 2016, 11:25:45 PM »
Maybe you can find a reversible suit with an ACU lining...???
With added mag pouches of course, don't forget those...
I refuse to wear the UCP. I hate that pattern.
As for mag pouches.. you can always go with slip or clip on mag carriers. Only if your suit is cut to give you a little bit of room.
I've been saying for awhile that I will one day get a legit fitted tailored suit.
Bobby, I've been buying custom for 15 years. ( more a necessity than luxury as I had a 50 inch chest and 38 waist - note "had" lol)Recently I was introduced to a guy from Hong Kong and had some suits made. He comes to the US 3 times a year, NY, CHI, Hou, DAL, CO and a few other cities. He's 1/3 the price of what I was having made and he has all the same fabric books. If you ever decide to do it, I can set you up with him. I guarantee you he can make the lining out of anything you want and put mag pouches in it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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« on: November 24, 2016, 11:11:44 PM »
Nate, that looks good brother. My smoker must be about 15 degrees off from what I can tell. This was the first time I was smoking something with a deadline and it was not coming up quick enough. Checked and it's off. I cranked the heat and it jumped from 145 internal to 170 super quick. I pulled it at breast temp of 170. Dark meat was money but the breast was a slight hair dry. Next time I'll ice the breast at 155 but at least now I know the smoker is off. I'll clean the probe and I'll be buying the thermoworks smoke thermometer with dual probes and wireless remote.
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« on: November 24, 2016, 11:03:27 PM »
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« on: November 24, 2016, 10:23:16 PM »
First off. Thanks for the advice. Consensus seems to be the pro model regardless of brand.
Shawn funny you should list that husky as It was on my list to ask my local dealer about. I like the guy that owns the local general store about 10 miles from my place but he carries husky. The closest stihl dealer is 30 miles away. In the pro models it's a lot like Toyota and Honda. Both great and similar features in the price range. Here's what I can tell about those two pro models. Husky, msrp to get the XpG model with the cyclonic filter housing is about $50 more than the Stihl 362CM which has the cyclonic filter. Also the auto tune on the husky has more complexity and therefore "could" in theory be more of a potential problem versus the Mtronic system on the Stihl (which is funny since Stihl bought that system from Husky.)
So since I like the guy who owns the local store I will buy the 562xpg if he has it. Otherwise I'm going with the 362CM
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« on: November 24, 2016, 12:23:55 PM »
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« on: November 24, 2016, 11:02:15 AM »
I've always gravitated to Stihl but on an arborist site there seems to be an equal number of people who like the Husky. Like Honda and Toyota, their models are very similar in features and price.
All the professional tree crews Ive seen run Stihl, which may be why I lean that way.
Seems like the difference between the pro and farm saw is the Mtronic engine management system
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« on: November 24, 2016, 09:54:41 AM »
I told my wife I'd just as soon eat cheese dip and jalapeños. I'd wreck that pecan pie, Bobby. Like high speed low drag pie eating :-)
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« on: November 24, 2016, 09:39:49 AM »
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« on: November 24, 2016, 09:35:13 AM »
 Happy thanksgiving. 3 hours into a smoke. Brined and smoking with cherry wood. Brushed with herbed butter. Lemon slices and herbed butter under the breast skin Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: November 23, 2016, 10:02:55 PM »
Picked up the suit from the store since they got it done early. Now I probably should get a couple dress shirts and ties.
now we really need pics.
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« on: November 23, 2016, 10:01:38 PM »
A 6 inch wall form, 8ft tall, 8 ft wide is 32cu ft of mix, or 4 loads in a 8cu ft mixer.
FWIW
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« on: November 23, 2016, 09:56:44 PM »
Ive been looking at PTO driven 8cf three point mixers. Something to consider Don. You'd need help mixing and pouring to make sure you have wet on wet. That's a little less than a 1/3 of a cu yard per batch and about 14 80lb sacks
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« on: November 23, 2016, 08:41:52 PM »
It takes a lot of practice and patience to be good with a milspec trigger. I'm not patient.
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« on: November 23, 2016, 07:46:30 PM »
  Replaced window regulator in the LB7 drivers door. Installed sound proofing and baffles for the speaker. And a repaired door pull. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: November 22, 2016, 11:06:53 PM »
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« on: November 22, 2016, 10:41:39 PM »
I deal with them as well
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« on: November 22, 2016, 11:11:35 AM »
Koot, what makes it an uphill battle? The conflict is in the mainstream media's eyes.
66 of 99 state legislative chambers are republican
only 5 states in the union trust democrats to have govenorship and the legilative bodies. CA, DE, RI, HI, OR
by contrast 26 states have replublican govenor and both houses are republican
This has been a ground swell of the country moving back center-right the most since 1980
in 2009 Dems controlled 27 states. Now only 11. Barack Obama has been the best thing for this country that has ever happened. Its an awakening and the silent majority is silent no more. Thus the groaning and whinings from the left.
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« on: November 21, 2016, 06:12:16 PM »
He was leaping from a low flying helicopter with full kit while making hits on a moving target when a small child was about to be run over by a motorcycle so he performed a donkey kick on the bike to make it change course. This the injury to the foot.
Or something like that
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« on: November 21, 2016, 08:13:46 AM »
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« on: November 20, 2016, 07:40:28 PM »
Us rednecks have to stick together
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« on: November 20, 2016, 07:34:37 PM »
Don there is a reason and almost all basement construction nowadays is styrofoam form poured concrete. It works.
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« on: November 20, 2016, 05:31:07 PM »
Finished smoking two pork butts. Bible study. "Satan has form". Interesting and we should all be aware of what Satan is. He was gods most beautiful angel before he fell. His sin was to elevate himself to a position above God. Then washed the truck. Adjusted some doors in the house. Cleaned the kitchen. Baked some of my aluminum oxide grit for the blaster. Humidity took its toll and the gun won't spray. Burned a few pallets. Blew and burned leaves. Chopped some wood.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
7633
« on: November 20, 2016, 05:25:32 PM »
I can't get a hole dug to save my butt!
Tried to get Duane down there since spring to get it dug...he struck out. Then actually had a hoe on property and asked him. He had to leave for another job and I haven't seen hide nor hair of him since. Asked a concrete guy to punch a hole, put a 36" pipe in it and top it with a nice concrete pad. He must have fallen into a parallel universe cause I haven't heard from him either.
Now, I can't hand dig it because of all the big rocks. I don't own a back hoe or excavator (yet) so I can't do it. No one wants to work for money. I was thinking of waiting for lightening to strike and burn a hole...
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« on: November 20, 2016, 05:22:31 PM »
You have no proof ;-))
This is a masculine directed thread, please refrain from the illogical liberal type comments. ;)
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« on: November 20, 2016, 05:18:45 PM »
NUAWCW4
No use arguing with a Chief Warrant Officer
He's going to do it anyway and learn the hard way. Didn't you read the book??
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« on: November 20, 2016, 10:37:28 AM »
The first car I held title to was a 1970 fiat sport spyder convertible in hugger orange with a roll bar, 3 point harness and mag wheels. That thing was a piece of crap and now I know why they say fiat stands for "fix it again, Tony". But it was a chick magnet on the beach.
The first car my parents gave me to drive was a 1968 Buick Wildcat 2 door. That thing had a 455 big block and more metal than my dually.
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« on: November 19, 2016, 09:33:46 PM »
Put some new rivnuts in the steps and put the pads back on them.
Then changed the train horn solenoid but I still have a slow air leak I have to track down. Added an auto drain to the compressor and a gasket on the lid of the smoker and cut up a couple of cedar trees that were down. Took daughter to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. Worst service ever. Stopped and picked up two pork butts. Put them in the smoker. Now drinking whiskey by the fire.
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« on: November 19, 2016, 08:48:38 PM »
You could pull it off Bobby.
Nate funniest thing I've seen in a while.
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« on: November 19, 2016, 04:18:16 PM »
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« on: November 19, 2016, 04:15:25 PM »
Pics or it didn't happen Bobby! Mike my head is spinning from that scope. By the time you learn that you can do the easy math for a mil dot.
Different loads and density altitude and temp and all those other factors make those BDC scopes a rough guess at best.
I'd get a fixed power 10x scope in Mil-Mil. Get a mil dot slide rule and make a dope card. Laminate it and put it on the scope mount with a small piece of 550 cord. Much simpler. Only math you need to know is height of target in yards*1000/number of mils = yards to target. Man size target at 1000 is 2 mils at 500 he's 4 mils.
If you train with mil/mil and have every scope in your safe mil/mil its second nature.
7641
« on: November 19, 2016, 03:55:13 PM »
OH snap! Wonder what the accuracy is? Someone used to make a 300 WSM but I've never seen a long action like that
7642
« on: November 19, 2016, 07:58:17 AM »
Surfing reading drinking quoffee before tackling a few things today. Off until the 28th. Bought a rivnut tool and need to replace some rivnuts on the LineX'd steps and get the step pads back on. Then replace the train horn solenoid. I think it's the source of a slow air leak. Then clean up the mess in the shop and media blast the shackles on the rear bumper and powder coat then red since they are UV fading right now. Maybe split some firewood and put some ribs and a pork butt in the smoker. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 
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« on: November 19, 2016, 07:54:21 AM »
Thems good eats. Tenderized already.
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« on: November 19, 2016, 07:52:45 AM »
Bob let's back up a minute. What's the intended use? Zombie apocalypse? Plinking? To what distance? Hunting? At what distance? How accurate do you want it to be?
Me personally I only use my AR10 out past 400. My eyes are still good enough (barely) to hit steel at 300 with a red dot. Beyond that I'm a scope whore
So I guess what I'm saying is I use my AR15 for minute of scumbag work inside 300 and more lengthy accurate and hunting work I use the AR10. Both have good and bad
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7645
« on: November 18, 2016, 10:24:58 PM »
That is a heck of a deal and a really nice starter house. I like the garage!!
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7646
« on: November 18, 2016, 10:19:27 PM »
Sounds like a deal. I've never used that tube but for the money seems right.
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7647
« on: November 18, 2016, 10:15:58 PM »
If you don't have a black rifle yet I'd start with the 5.56. Ammo is plentiful and cheap and it's a killer out to 200 easy then from there out to about 600 it depends a lot on ammo and barrel length. You can plink out to 600 pretty easy but lethality suffers once the velocity drops below 2600fps
7.62 much heavier and expensive to feed.
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7648
« on: November 17, 2016, 08:03:48 PM »
I think the one on the left kinds looks like a younger Don
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« on: November 17, 2016, 08:03:13 PM »
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« on: November 17, 2016, 06:24:26 PM »
No pics please
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