KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
A rellie in Aus is a car saleslady. She said recently she averages about three or four cars a week, but since covid-19 she's been selling three or four...a day. Any thoughts on why that is?
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We had a '59 ambassador with the push button tranny. Dad was the local sheep shearer, and he would get people that wanted to sell their last 1 or 2 or 3 sheep. tie the feet and into the trunk they would go.
Dunno. There might be enough people who reckon that dealers might be prepared to cut some good deals at the moment. New car sales were not doing well before all this stuff started so possibly dealers have got on the front foot to attract some sales. I know the joint we bought the Ranger from have been scrounging up as many 2019 model Danger Rangers as they can get and flogging them off at a discount.
With his infinite wisdom our governor has deemed car sales non essential and closed all dealers.
repair shops can stay open. People are pis$ed. This is a sign in my hometown.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Even if just butt logs with the ends sealed and stacked away awaiting a mill at some point in the future. Can always chop said logs up for firewood later on if a CS or other mill never eventuates, but can't go the other way very easily (and yes, I have a plan to do something along those lines, with about $1000 worth of epoxy resin...at some point in the future) .That is an enormous amount of wood (that will require a commensurate number of pics).
#sawLogsMatter
Mike today is International Ford Mustang day in case you didn't know. What time does the party start?
James Miller
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And now hes going to follow New Yorks lead on how to handle this mess. The virus has proven to be nowhere near what the world wide propaganda machine is making it out to be. When we crawl out from under the hand of communism I hope this country wakes up to how easily they were controlled by over reaching government.With his infinite wisdom our governor has deemed car sales non essential and closed all dealers.
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James Miller
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This ash snapped off in the winds monday.
I cleaned up the big stuff and the property owner stacked the brush. Pic of loaded truck shortly.
Just called a logging company. They wont give me anything for the trunks. This might all be firewood
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We had 4 veneer grade Black Walnuts, grew in the woods, 60 feet to the first limb, Cut 12'8". No mill around would come out for a load that small. The pics of your trees show marks on the trunk, Cat Faces (where limbs were removed or fell off, and healed over), not mill quality. Enjoy the firewood!
muad
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Complete opposite here. Car dealers in my area are hurting. My buddy owns a detail shop, and 90% of his business comes from the local car lots. He was freaking out as they all said they had little to no work for him, since they weren't buying/selling cars.
muad
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Really eyeing that 2166 that's for sale. I love the look of that saw.
Issue is, I don't really need it. Trying to come up with an idea on what I'd tell the wife... LOL
Y'all get your stimulus? I got a pleasant surprise on Wednesday.
Issue is, I don't really need it. Trying to come up with an idea on what I'd tell the wife... LOL
Y'all get your stimulus? I got a pleasant surprise on Wednesday.
Everything is slowed up here. The local repair shop which at some points is booked out two weeks has less than a full days work each day. If I had the extra $ I’d have them fix all of the little quirks on my vehicles.
I had a diesel VW that they bought back for $23,000. My wife decided she wanted a Lexus SUV. Window sticker was $58,000. I offered $50K out the door, with the $23K down. They came back with a couple thousand off sticker. I said that's not even close, we're leaving. The sales manager came running out and grabbed me buy the arm. He said Lexus wan't like other dealers, that was the best they could do, they don't have wiggle room in their prices. I said, my daughter wants one of these too, let me have it for $50K tonight and we will be back in a couple weeks and buy hers at the same discount. He went back in his office for a few minutes, came back and said, if you take it tonight, I can let you have it for $51K out the door and Ill see you in a couple weeks to talk to your daughter. We took it.
Came back with my daughter. My sales man was on the road so we got a young lady. She was good, she knew cars, and she really knew the Lexus. My daughter picked one and we sat down. The gal started with what do you want your payment at? After a few different payment plans, my daughter said, I can do that one. The sales gal said, let's go write it up. I said, you sold her, but I'm co signing, and you didn't even tell us what we're paying for this car. She had it dead on window sticker. I forget what I offered, but she was good with numbers too. Her eyes bugged out and she said, that's 12% off sticker, we can't sell a car for that. I said that's what your manager gave my wife, go ask him. He saw me point at him and waved, then waved her in his office. She came back and said, OK you want to write this up at 12% off. Done deal.
They get trained to stay away from talking about the actual price, and go for the where do you want your payment? They got me on that one once. It was a little Chevy Sprint for 6K. I said just get it under $150 a month. They came back with $148 a month. When I got home, they worked the numbers and got my interest rate up to 14%.
What you described is illegal, they can't just raise the price after you settled on a deal. What they do, do now, that I think is real shakey. They list the giant discount price. It includes every discount available for the vehicle. Then when you get there, they go, oh you don't qualify for the senior discount, or first time buyers, or student, or armed forces, and it's right back up to sticker.
What did surprise me with my new F150, after the deal was all done, the finance guy asked if I ever owned a Ford before. I said no. He said if I had owned a Ford before, I got the return customer discount. I said, OH, I had a 39 Ford coupe when I was in high school. He said, that counts, another $600 off.
muad
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Figures. Wife and kids stack all my "green" split wood to fill the rick up, which covers the seasoned ash I was burning. Then, temps drop, and they are calling for 3-5" of snow. Ugh, had to open another bay and pull from a stack.
James Miller
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I'm not tall enough to take pics of what's in the bed of my truck without opening the tailgate 
. Thinking about swapping 250 blocks in the rear to bring it down 2 inches.
I wonder if that's why the TV in MD is full of "buy your car and it'll be delivered free. Seven day trial"?With his infinite wisdom our governor has deemed car sales non essential and closed all dealers.
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James, are you interested in any project saws? I sold the 1050 you ran a couple years ago. I have a bunch in the 80-100 CC range. A couple runners.View attachment 819133I'm not tall enough to take pics of what's in the bed of my truck without opening the tailgate
FS, I did not know that, nice that they made it after normal Tax Season!
Have to bring the Truck in for it's annual inspection today, and while it is in there I'll let them install the summer tires.
I have to drop it off, and NY now has a face mask rule a he is not allowed to let any customers wait while there cars get fixed! What BS.
Have to bring the Truck in for it's annual inspection today, and while it is in there I'll let them install the summer tires.
I have to drop it off, and NY now has a face mask rule a he is not allowed to let any customers wait while there cars get fixed! What BS.
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