EchovsStihl63
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Ive got a large Ash snag the same way from when Helene rolled through. Probably just let nature and gravity take care of it, its out back of the property where no body ever goes
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On the ground just need to do the power vac and master cylinder and a few brake lines 
MechanicMatt
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Ended up taking a little fella, he tastes great! Had a “blast”.
How’ve all you guys been?
How’ve all you guys been?
Thanks. There are many 14.5 tires on the market for sale. You just need to stay away from the motor home tires which are supposed to be limited use tires. I presently have 7-24.5 tires on my equipment trailer. They are starting to crack, hence the need to get a other set. The tires I picked up are two years old. The guy has an expensive BBQ trailer. He does the State Fairs up North in yhe Summer. During the Winter he sets up in Florida. He told me that every two years he buys new tires regardless of their condition. He doesn't want one of them letting go when he is on the road and ripping up his aluminum trailer.
Those tires and axles are not supposed to be used on equipment trailers. They were made for one time usage and marketed as motor home items with a big MH on the sidewalls. The brake systems on the axles are not like equipment trailer axles.
Looks like Rob beat me to it. If you find anymore.
I had one of those Mini14's that I picked up cheap years ago used. I found out real quick why the guy sold it. If you were lucky you could shoot 4 inch groups off a rest at 100 yards. I tried quite a few brands of ammo and handloads without any success. I sold it shortly afterwards. Now I wish that I had kept it because the price of one in gun hating Massachusetts has made it valuable.
It's not the size that matters but the meat on the table.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
I know, trust me. My buddy passed on a nicer buck all week. Kept waiting on a monster that was on the trail cameras
EchovsStihl63
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Unfortunately there are so many different revenue generating majors out there that offer the students in them very little opportunity afterwards other than a student loan payment and 4 years of partying.If you factor in the opportunity costs of college (not only the tuition, books, room and board, interest, etc., but also the money not earned while in school) and many college degrees have a negative return on investment. But that’s just the financial stuff… there are lots of other reasons for college beyond a paycheck. That said, I saw first hand while college level teaching that some people have no business in college… and my girlfriend (who has spent her working career as a professor, department chair and dean) would tell you the same thing. Making career decisions at age 16-18 is kind of absurd if you think about it. I used to be fond of saying kids aren’t real people until they hit about age 24 and have had some life experiences…
I had zero clue what I wanted to do, I tried to get into Virginia Tech's engineering program right out of high school and got denied. I still thought that is what I wanted to do so I hit up the community college and they had an awesome 2 year transfer program where if you maintained a certain GPA you were guaranteed in to the general engineering program at VT. This allowed me to keep my boat shop job and have 2 years of school paid for off the rip when I made it to VT.
I was lucky and got hooked up with the advisor who was over the Grand Touring team and got to build a race car for our senior design project and run it in a legit wheel to wheel racing league, Champ Car, for 12 hours at VIR, that was the highlight of my entire time in school. (pics below)
I did a 9 month work term in a dead period in my classes at a tire manufacturing facility which paid really well for a broke college kid trying to make it, and that is now where I work full time as a Mechanical engineer 6 years later.
Being a mechanic here pays really well too, some of those guys make more than I do a year, but they have to work a fair amount of OT to do so, still not a bad gig for someone who does not want to go to college. Sometimes I wish I got to work with my hands more daily like those guys, but most of the time I am just fine designing industrial equipment/systems and physically working with my hands on my own stuff when I get home.
All of that to say, you can make it through and be in a good spot, but you gotta pick a major that will give you some valuable life skills in an area that is demanding people to work in it.
Pics of our junky a** subaru wagon that we turned into a budget track beater. I custom built the exhaust because no one makes a performance system for granny's 2.2L grocery wagon. Shaved the heads, bench ported them, had the cams reground, and probably some other stuff that I am forgetting. it was still slow, but less slow than it was, and the equal length header made the boxer sound glorious, even though most people prefer the Subaru rumble that the un equal provides.
Maybe so, but I've had ol' blue since 1997, and I can't tell you how many times I've loaded that trailer to the point you could barely move it and it's still on the same mobil home axle.
Sawyer Rob
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Where the problem comes in is, NOT all of the axles are created equal and not all of them are "one-way" axles...
Most of the axles were pulled out after delivery and went back under a new mobil home for another delivery. Those axles can be used for equipment trailers, and there use to be a mfg. here that did exactly that, I have one of their trailers.
The tires, they are one-way tires, but good ones can be bought.
SR
Shooter? Or let it grow for another year?
I have seen a few of the axles marked with a MH on the tags
Unfortunately, I only bought one box accidentally!Looks like Rob beat me to it. If you find anymore.
Incredibly well said./Rant/
I think one of the biggest culprits in this whole skilled labor shortage is the Feds and Department of Education colluded in the late '80s & early 90's with statements to the effect that, "College educated people make 2-3x what a laborer will over their lifetime..."
They saw college education as a way to level the socio-economic gap that they saw widening (poor black and brown people stuck in the slums).
So DoEd said EVERYONE needs to go to college. Then changed entry standards to allow for (arguably) less qualified students to acheive admission to colleges and Universities.
They ALSO started giving money away to anyone who got in, taking BS liberal arts degrees, with NO HOPE of getting a return on their investment.
And NOW, 25-30 years later, we're crying about not having enough tradesmen/women.
AND they want fracking LOAN FORGIVENESS because they spent a bunch of government money with no marketable skills!
/Rant/
In southern WI -can't speak to other parts of the state- we're (finally) starting to addres this shortage and all of the unions have posters up in the high schools and many guys I know have kids apprenticing with IBEW or the Machinists Union or plumbers making $18-$20/hr learning a trade.
My nephhew in Portage is a Sr. in HS apprenticing with a plumbing outfit - he's a really sharp kid who *would* make it in college but he doesn't want that so more power to him.
And another thing. Colleges indoctrinate you with some of the entitlement (some of it obviously comes from this generation that for the most part is also incredibly entitled.)
As a college graduate 22 years ago, I fully expected to get a job making 60k+ per year because thats what the college (state school) told me I was worth, minimum. There was an definitely an attitude adjustment when you had to fight 25 other applicants to make 35K working for the man!
The mines up here have had a large amount of retirees over the past few years so if a young individual (mostly men) are lucky or connected enough to get hired they can be making well into 6 figures driving production truck or a host of other non-skilled labor once overtime and bonuses are added in. Not too shabby for a job you can completely clock out of at the end of the day.
Never heard of someone buying ammo accidentally.Unfortunately, I only bought one box accidentally!
Lol!...I grabbed 6 or so boxes of .223 and this was mixed in the pileNever heard of someone buying ammo accidentally.
. Taught me to check every box.
EchovsStihl63
ArboristSite Operative
I also have to stack it for at least a month or 2 or it will still push water out the ends
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