So what did you do today?

[RI Chevy]

Nice Mike. [emoji106]

 

[Boomhower]

Nice spot Mike how many acres do you have?

 

[Boomhower]

Also looks like the family is divided I see a bow tie and a Ford [emoji23]

 

[WillG]

New pop up and trap in the upstairs bathroom. New braided supply lines tomorrow after work. The cold supply hard line started leaking as soon as I touched it...the last plumber AKA me was a real hack, there was a piece of 3/4" heater hose to extend the trap...now there's a proper extension for the trap.

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[ayoungtexan]

Rebuilt an old Briggs walk behind edger

 

[hoskvarna]

Rebuilt an old Briggs walk behind edger

Pics or it didn’t happen [emoji2957]


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[Mkinslow]

Swapped to a bigger carb,changed lower unit oil and put in a new water impeller on my little mercury outboard. Now to wait and see when I can get it on the water and test it to see if we gained anything. @Stevetheboatguy helped me out with parts,dang good guy to deal with if yall ever need any outboard motor parts.

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[ayoungtexan]

Pics or it didn’t happen [emoji2957]


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Didn’t wanna drag the thing out of the shed. But I did get a pic

 

[Stevetheboatguy]

Swapped to a bigger carb,changed lower unit oil and put in a new water impeller on my little mercury outboard. Now to wait and see when I can get it on the water and test it to see if we gained anything. @Stevetheboatguy helped me out with parts,dang good guy to deal with if yall ever need any outboard motor parts.

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Don't forget your little orange screwdriver when you fire it up. Prob going to have to adjust the low speed mix and idle speed. If you made it this far I'm sure you have it covered


Steven

 

[Mkinslow]

Don't forget your little orange screwdriver when you fire it up. Prob going to have to adjust the low speed mix and idle speed. If you made it this far I'm sure you have it covered [emoji106]


Steven

Yes sir, I had to adjust the idle some to fire it up in my tub of water, other than that all seems good

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[stihl_head1982]

Pics or it didn’t happen [emoji2957]


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TROOF!

 

[hoskvarna]

Didn’t wanna drag the thing out of the shed. But I did get a pic
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So where did you learn all this at such a young age


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[ayoungtexan]

So where did you learn all this at such a young age


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Watching youtube videos and learning from my grandfather (retired mechanic),

 

[hoskvarna]

Watching youtube videos and learning from my grandfather (retired mechanic),

Good deal keep it up


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[MustangMike]

Nice spot Mike how many acres do you have?

50 Acres on top of a mountain overlooking the Cannonsville Reservoir. Got it in 1985 for 300/acre. It is 2 mi in on a 4wd road and is not zoned for year round use (they don't plow or deliver mail, and don't have to respond if there is a fire, etc.)

At first we just drove in an hunted, then I built a tent platform and we hunted from the tent. Very cold and scary (when the wind blew and trees were coming down), but we survived it.

Then a prefabbed a 12 X 20 cabin in my driveway, and 3 of us put it together in a 3 day WE. It was warm + dry but cramped (sometimes we had 5).

The current cabin is 20 X 24 and 2 stories high, and is post and beam from 6.5" Ash that all blew down and I milled with the chainsaw. Much, much more room and we are comfortable sleeping 7.

 

[Boomhower]

50 Acres on top of a mountain overlooking the Cannonsville Reservoir. Got it in 1985 for 300/acre. It is 2 mi in on a 4wd road and is not zoned for year round use (they don't plow or deliver mail, and don't have to respond if there is a fire, etc.)

At first we just drove in an hunted, then I built a tent platform and we hunted from the tent. Very cold and scary (when the wind blew and trees were coming down), but we survived it.

Then a prefabbed a 12 X 20 cabin in my driveway, and 3 of us put it together in a 3 day WE. It was warm + dry but cramped (sometimes we had 5).

The current cabin is 20 X 24 and 2 stories high, and is post and beam from 6.5" Ash that all blew down and I milled with the chainsaw. Much, much more room and we are comfortable sleeping 7.

Very nice bud! I need a spot like that. The recent hurricane made us start thinking that having a property further north would serve several purposes. I can bet that dirt isnt that cheap now!

 

[stihl_head1982]

50 Acres on top of a mountain overlooking the Cannonsville Reservoir. Got it in 1985 for 300/acre. It is 2 mi in on a 4wd road and is not zoned for year round use (they don't plow or deliver mail, and don't have to respond if there is a fire, etc.)

At first we just drove in an hunted, then I built a tent platform and we hunted from the tent. Very cold and scary (when the wind blew and trees were coming down), but we survived it.

Then a prefabbed a 12 X 20 cabin in my driveway, and 3 of us put it together in a 3 day WE. It was warm + dry but cramped (sometimes we had 5).

The current cabin is 20 X 24 and 2 stories high, and is post and beam from 6.5" Ash that all blew down and I milled with the chainsaw. Much, much more room and we are comfortable sleeping 7.

Great story.
Great Place.
Great Memories

 

[MustangMike]

I can bet that dirt isnt that cheap now!

It was even considered ridiculously cheap back then, which is why I jumped on it. The Timber Co was selling the whole mountain because the Gypsy Moths killed most of their Sugar Maple trees, and they were able to sell the NY land and buy cheaper land in PA w/o the damaged trees.

The whole 2,200 acres was all 50+ acre parcels, perfect for hunting. I was sick and tired of repeatedly loosing permission to hunt in places because either it was sold or the owner passed. Back then, few places in NY allowed rifle hunting (it has since changed).

 

[WillG]

Gotta love it when a simple pop up and p trap replacement turns into a new bathroom faucet.... installed a new cold supply line this morning and when I turned the water on the faucet started leaking where the copper goes into it.

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[Boomhower]

It was even considered ridiculously cheap back then, which is why I jumped on it. The Timber Co was selling the whole mountain because the Gypsy Moths killed most of their Sugar Maple trees, and they were able to sell the NY land and buy cheaper land in PA w/o the damaged trees.

The whole 2,200 acres was all 50+ acre parcels, perfect for hunting. I was sick and tired of repeatedly loosing permission to hunt in places because either it was sold or the owner passed. Back then, few places in NY allowed rifle hunting (it has since changed).

That happens everywhere. Someone will pass and kids take over property or they sell it. All that work you did on it and money invested is lost. Leases suck.

Land here is ridiculously priced especially in the hill country. Everyone from the cities has the same idea and its really to the point a working man cant afford a nice property anymore. Another thing is a lot of the larger ranches have been busted up into ranchettes which means you had a 10,000 acre plus ranch that is now subdivided into 25-100 acre tracts. Do the math on that, thats a lot of friggin neighbors. So finding a smaller hunting property is a with big neighbors is tough. Ive heard OK. dirt is a little better priced. Might try looming there. Its about the same driving distance.

Anyway yall carry on.