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Donations / Re: Christmas 2020
« on: December 26, 2020, 05:52:57 PM »
Awesome. Financially it’s been a good year for us despite the virus. I’m glad my donation can do some good.

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Construction and heavy equipment / Re: Zero turn mowers
« on: April 26, 2020, 09:42:17 AM »
FWIW, My parents had a Deere. Not sure which model but I know it was one of the most expensive ones. They kept it for a year and then sold it for an Ex-Mark. They keep telling me how much better the exmark is. 

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What about replacing the stabilizer jack handle with a nut you can power with a cordless impact?

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: March 31, 2020, 10:17:55 PM »
Any reason you couldn’t build a grid like rebar is in a floor? Use tie wire and when attaching it to the wood use barbwire fence nails.

I could but not really what i want.

What size?  You could get a hog panel that is already welded and all.  They are about 4' by 12' around here.  Tractor supply.

its 14' x 16'

I use this for almost anything with Stainless wire. You can do almost any size and it holds like crazy. you just wrap a couple of times and then screw it down, fold it over and cut off the tails.

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/clamptitetoolplated.php?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Iv0BRDaARIsAGTWD1uoZw0MrYQX4xT9JyXyAloZSXZh4qGgDdx9_suFzOfg-mXxGLef_u0aAkeIEALw_wcB



Not completely understanding how this allows me to tie a wire to wire and not have it slide. ill look into it some more

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: March 30, 2020, 09:18:43 PM »
Its getting to be garden season again. This year i want to create a top structure that i can tie supports to and get plants to grow up to. I was thinking about using stainless wire to create a mesh top. I want to create something like below but im not sure how to connect to wires together at a 90 degree. Any suggestions/tips.

I could run lumber between to post to tap the wires into but was hoping to avoid that.

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Drones, Boats, Flying and Floating Things / Re: Which Drone?
« on: March 09, 2020, 09:45:02 PM »
Most of the utube guys I watch (and pretty sure JR approved) use some version of the DJI mavic...the Zoom model is pretty popular.
+1

Can’t go wrong with DJI
Its looking more and more like the Mavic. Ken thinks the zoom model. Cost would be considerable, say $1300- $1500 all done. We'll see

this youtuber might not be your cup of tea but this may help you out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkRJuL2WNAA&t=551s

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Drones, Boats, Flying and Floating Things / Re: Which Drone?
« on: March 08, 2020, 06:49:36 PM »
Most of the utube guys I watch (and pretty sure JR approved) use some version of the DJI mavic...the Zoom model is pretty popular.
+1

Can’t go wrong with DJI

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Firearms / Micro 9mm
« on: January 28, 2020, 08:45:59 PM »
I have been looking into picking up a micro 9mm for an EDC. I was originally looking at getting a Kimber micro 9 but after reading online there seems to be concerns with the build quality and having some issues. Then i started ready about the Sig p365 and the springfield hellcat. Does anyone have an options on these?

Kimber
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/kimber-micro-9-9mm-semiautomatic-pistol
Sig
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/sig-sauer-p365-9mm-pistol#repChildCatid=6992528
Springfield
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/springfield-armory-hellcat-9mm-micro-compact-13-round-pistol#repChildCatid=7494673

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: January 07, 2020, 09:07:58 PM »
Got to test out the new plow today.



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Powerplant, Driveline, and Braking / Re: LS3 Connect & Cruise
« on: December 07, 2019, 08:11:29 PM »
I waited a little too long to decide on ordering or not. The price on Jegs jumped $6k for the manual and in the meantime my dad continues to build the truck. I was there last month and he almost has the current 327 running. So i think this purchase is on hold. I'll let him get the current truck running and continue to watch the prices on the connect and cruise.

Good to hear the feedback though.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: August 23, 2019, 10:42:24 PM »
I made out with my grading engineering. With Topo of all 52 acres, redo of the pad location, it was $3500. Permit should be under $500, so $4k just to cut a road!

This is in the country too, hope it changes a little.

I'm still amazed by that price. Here in Northern Virginia it would have been close to $20K-25k for topo and another $5k for the grading plan. Do you know how they did the survey? By conventional survey (boots on the ground) or flown? We have starting using a drone here.

$1700 for a strucutral engineer to spec a beam seems high but i dont know where you live. We are so busy here we put ridiculous numbers on small jobs hoping they go away or we make some good money.

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Hide Site / Re: New Land
« on: July 11, 2019, 10:47:11 PM »
What a.mess, almost like they don't want you to do anything. Walked on at 0800 and left at 1300 with more papers than o want to say.

Have to get it surveyed and engineered. Found a local ( has to be NV certified) that will do it for about 2k, vs the 4 to 5 for the others.

So another 3 to week delay.

Good news is diesel is 50 cents less a gallon and some stations have alcohol free gas.

Having beer, clam chowder and pizza at BJs  for dinner.

After reading their regulations i thought that might be the case. But $2K for 52(?) acres of topo and engineering? Even if its just engineering its still much cheaper than my area (but thats not hard)

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Hide Site / Re: New Land
« on: July 09, 2019, 10:39:29 PM »
Replied to your email.

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Hide Site / Re: New Land
« on: July 08, 2019, 10:40:47 PM »
Called the county about the grading permit. Sounds like it will just run about $300, then I can do some stuff.

2-4 weeks hopefully if not kicked back, no engineering needed yet.

Will run it up there this week, scouts all next week.

Let me know if you have any engineering questions, im a civil engineer. Cant practice there but can give my 2 cents

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Powerplant, Driveline, and Braking / Re: LS3 Connect & Cruise
« on: June 30, 2019, 07:06:35 PM »
It wont ever be sold. my dad has been restoring it for 20 years now. and it has been his dream car. i vote for a manual because with 430hp, why not. However, my dads in his mid 60's so i dont know if he will want to drive stick as he gets older.

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Powerplant, Driveline, and Braking / Re: LS3 Connect & Cruise
« on: June 29, 2019, 08:39:50 PM »
I hear good things about them. In fact I think they are considered smog legal in Ca out of the box.

Would be an awesome gift, I like auto though.

Still debating between auto and manual. Why do you say auto?

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: June 25, 2019, 10:00:43 PM »
Oh man. Fried green tomatoes and hot sauce!!


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Never had them before but i cant wait till these are ripe.

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: June 23, 2019, 08:31:30 PM »
Update:


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Powerplant, Driveline, and Braking / LS3 Connect & Cruise
« on: June 23, 2019, 08:22:44 PM »
Anyone have thoughts or experience with GM's connect and cruise create motor? I am think about buying one for my dad. He is restoring a '57 Chevy Truck. Right now he has a 327 in it. I recently came into some inheritance and im thinking about getting this for him since he would never do it himself.

https://www.jegs.com/i/Chevrolet-Performance/809/CPSLS3ERODT/10002/-1

Here's a pic of the truck. It has a corvette rear end and mustang IFS.


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I would cut back on the watering and give it some fertilizer. not miraclegrow. that has too much nitorgen and will just produce more leaves. get some bonemeal from lowes. it has phosphorous which promotes growing tomatoes. mortgage lifters will sometime produce tomatoes like that. i think its due to inconsistent watering. if you arent going to eat it, cut it off. the plant will put it efforts into growing it instead of new ones.

also, looks like it might be calcium deficient, pick some up from lowes as well. trim the leaves that are resting against the ground.

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Powerplant, Driveline, and Braking / Re: 2012 DMax P20B9 code
« on: May 08, 2019, 06:55:08 PM »
Hey there gents-

Well, MobyDick tossed the above code pulling from the street into the driveway yesterday evening.  I've paid previously to have "Reductant Heater A Control Circuit Open" fixed where they replaced the DEF heater.  $800 about 1 1/2 years ago in Arkansas.

Wondering the following and looking for contacts to go with the possible suggestions-

Would like to do minimal delete of the truck to avoid this crap and improve mileage.  Looking to keep it as stock as possible in the process as well, so that in the Communist State of ILLanoyed I could reverse if necessary for whatever reason!

Would like to get rid of the particulate filter and 9th injector (without destruction of either) and bypass the stupid DEF system.  Truck has power, and I'm satisfied with how it runs now (when it is) and etc.  Just would like to stop the damn regeneration cycles and the DEF system going to hell as it has twice now.

Any assistance and contact information of places to perform said work would be great - I'm also reaching out to Chevy Customer Care to see if/what they'd possibly do to assist.....HA, HA, HA....but I can dream!

I had mine replaced under warranty a couple of years ago. I recently got that code and was thinking about deleting. In the meantime i reset the code and it hasn't came back.

But also still interested in the delete.

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: May 02, 2019, 08:36:18 PM »
Got the tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and lettuce planted this week.

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: April 30, 2019, 07:50:16 PM »
Man you said some starts.  Those aren’t starts.  Those as big as we get around here all year


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Yeah, first time buying from them. I was impressed by the size.

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: April 28, 2019, 07:34:56 PM »
I'm looking to add a solar panel charge for the 12v battery. Any recommendations? I don't know much about them.

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: April 28, 2019, 07:34:03 PM »
Picked up a 50 gal rain barrel on criagslist. Bought a 12 volt pump from harbor freight and wired up a timer. Also picked up some plants from a local nursery.




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Site Rules & Introductions / Re: Hi from Northern VA
« on: April 27, 2019, 08:30:38 PM »
thanks all

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: April 25, 2019, 09:33:11 PM »
If you want to plant seeds then once the bales are conditioned then you put a layer of soil down and plant the seeds. For plants, create a space, put in a little soil and then the plant

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: April 25, 2019, 07:37:21 PM »
Thats where im at now. Ive started seeds in my shed. I also bought a rain barrel and plan to setup a battery powered, timed, pump for the irrigation.

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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: April 25, 2019, 07:36:11 PM »
There is a process where you put down fertilizer and water it in. Water everyday and fertilizer every other day for 2 weeks. This starts the composting process.

I also got tired of hauling water out to my garden since its a 100 yards from my house. Started with installing a drip irrigation system.


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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Small Garden
« on: April 25, 2019, 07:33:31 PM »
Last year i had some trouble with diseases. I thought about bring in new soil but the cost deterred me. I start research straw bale gardens. This year i decided to give it a try. 

I started by putting down a weed barrier:




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Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Small Garden
« on: April 25, 2019, 07:30:13 PM »
I live outside of DC where land is expensive. I spent my summers on my grandparents farm in southern ohio so gardening reminds me of those days. My wife and I lived in a townhouse closer to DC and moved out to our current house with 1.5 acres 3 years ago. I started with a simple garden.







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Site Rules & Introductions / Re: Hi from Northern VA
« on: April 23, 2019, 10:11:00 PM »
Glad to have ya out of the shadows.  What size garden do you have and how much space is filled with spicy peppers?   

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Its about 12'x16'.  Mostly grow tomatoes and cucumbers but have grown peppers, corn, watermelon, and herbs.

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Site Rules & Introductions / Re: Hi from Northern VA
« on: April 23, 2019, 10:08:17 PM »
Welcome Clemon. I really like that LB7. Clean.  What did you do to black out the chrome on the bumper?


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Plastidip on the bumper the grill was spray painted. I liked it to but the injectors were going bad so i traded it in.

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Site Rules & Introductions / Hi from Northern VA
« on: April 23, 2019, 08:56:17 PM »
I originally signed up when the site was created, coming over from duramax. I have a '13 2500 hd with some cosmetic stuff but starting to think about deleting (just need to convince the wife). Ive been following all the build threads and figured i would introduce myself and probably post something on the gardening section. Ive in Northern VA, suburbs of DC and am a civil engineer.

Also, use to have an '02 duramax. Pics below




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