Recent content by Gary Olson

Do not dismiss the part "accounting engineers" contribute to bad design and implementation. Have you ever listened to and "accounting engineer" randomly decide to take 10% out of a project element?

I kept telling one of my techs to take off those chain bracelets and necklace when changing batteries on the closet UPS. One time I did not reiterate, his bracelet shorted across a battery. Only a 7Ah 120v battery in serial with another battery. But fried the pretty off; and tripped the UPS...

KillAll has 3X the glyphosate as standard weed killers. I just keep KillAll and dilute as necessary.

Pffft 3 miles. Nearest town is 12 miles away. I get 12" rain; town gets8". Town gets hail; we get sunshine. Town temperatures are always 8F different -- up or down depending on wind direction, phase of moon, etc And the TV newscaster is way off.....

5 inches of rain rearranged the driveway gravel. Put the gravel back where it belongs with the bucket. The previous owner put in flower bed mounds directly in the path of the natural drainage path. Now the runoff rearranges the driveway gravel. Dug a drainage across one loop of the drive and...

I did not remove the now dead thorn bushes I sprayed a while back.

Seems I am looking for what is called an orchard mower in the flail mowers; with Y cutters. Interesting. This avoids trailing equipment multiple feet behind; which was a requirement in my head I didn't post.

Mowers wider than 48" state PTO 25HP minimum. Outside my power range.

The neighbors used large equipment to mow and bail the easy fields. I am left with the small, hilly, tedious fields. Since the PTO output max is 15 HP, the maximum size mower I can get is 48" wide. So, the question is to flail or brush hog? From what I can find, the large equipment OEMs don't...

I need weight on the front, I grab a large log with the grapple. Most useful when the 3pt 45gal sprayer is full. Halfway thru the tank, I can drop the log. I don't have to get out a lift heavy metal things which are dangerous for my feet.

Beretta in various models depending on season and cover from clothes. The 1911 style always felt wrong. I am no help to the OP.

How do you change your roof for snow in the winter?