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I was thinking about a similar project a few years back. The Stihl pole saw is nice but it gets heavy quickly, at least for me! After a lot of digging, thinking, drawing I found a couple factory made saws and thought I might copy theirs. I called the man who invented and built one and almost...

Nice! Think I'd have to take the valve control rod and bend it into an "S" so I could get to it easier though.

We owned a commercial bldg with four offices. One was being remodeled. I was instructed to install a fire extinguisher near the front door. It was a sheet rock wall and I didn't want it mounted on the wall and then they say it's in the wrong place. I call the fire marshal to get a...

Many inspectors enjoy the power they are assigned. They like a clipboard in their hand and a decal on their vehicle. It seems to be an ego trip. I learned early on to purposefully make something obviously wrong so they can see it and start barking. They have to find something to have a job...

Good project! You're going to have to be real real gentle on the loader controls to keep from getting the saw stuck or bending the tubing. Every little twitch at the controls is greatly amplified where the saw is. Be sure to only cut from the top of a limb, because if you try to notch the...

That building may look like it's about to fall over/in, but it could easily be standing there 10 years down the road. Wood buildings are the most over designed structures made. They may look bad, but they don't just fall in. Years back a buddy and I had the opportunity to tear down a barn...

I use "00" for the button head grease fittings on the undercarriage of old Cats.

Is it a national store? That is an excellent product at an excellent price.

Ranch Hand makes a nice bumper. Only negative I've ever heard about them is since they are bolted to the frame, if you hit a big enough animal you may bend the frame. The bumper doesn't give much.

Here is a place to purchase flails. Made in USA, been at it for years. https://www.flailmaster.com/fm/

The Y blades do not bend. My experience is grass cut with the Y blades looks like you cut it with a Lawn Boy push mower when the grass is not over a ft tall. Effective cutting with a flail requires to be turning the RPM at 540. Read post #5.

I had a big wash out (creek) going through my field, and to hay the area I had to make a loop around to get to both sides. I took my little dozer and pushed in both sides and smoothed it out, then seeded it with brome seed. The rains that caused the wash out now stay on top of the ground and...

How much water runs in the creek?

My B8200 had a loader lock. It was located right next to the loader lever and just flipped dowm, and prevented any movement. A good safety precaution when going on the road.

Upton Sinclair once so insightfully put it ..... "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”