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I have the CR XL that started as a 10 inch on my BX2360. Did nothing but plug up from new. CR sent 2 engineers out to my house to figure out the problem. They decided to send out an 8 inch blower and hoses to swap in. I have the 10 hp motor on a 8 inch blower, hose, and boot now and haven't had...

This is an old sideshow video I made from the photos taken when making it when I later started a youtube channel.

Thanks. I was forced to build it 16 years ago after trying to find one that would be comfortable to use. Nothing vertical at a comfortable height to use was available back then so off to the surplus steel supplier and I ordered the hydraulic parts from surplus center. Back then I burned up a...

It's that time of the year to prepare for cold weather. I built a splitter 16 years ago with a 30 year old used engine then that started spitting oil bad last year. Off to Harbor Freight for a 12 hp Predator $299.00 engine and everything is good again. What a nice running engine for the price

4000 psi of hydraulic fluid would remove it 😲 and test the crimp at the same time 😄.

We have an old Jotul Oslo that has heated our house for about 15 years. No pollution stuff on it and basically been trouble free. Really nice having the window. Only time it has struggled is with the 20 below windchills in February because our great room is surrounded in large glass windows that...

I have the 2 cords I bought stacked on the south side of my garage in the sun and it's ready to burn now. Moving another 2 cords I cut up on my porch now. Should be good until beginning of March with this. Have about 20 more face cords of ash in the woods I am cutting now. Just bought the...

I did the same thing a couple weeks ago as I am behind. With fuel oil over $6.00 a gallon it was definitely worth it Finally ahead now after starting to clean up EAB killed ash. Nothing like wood heat.

Looks like he thought a Kubota sticker would raise the value $4k over the auction price.

I see they have the auto throttle available on it now.

I would never go back to a rocker after using the side by side pedals. Factory cab and side by side pedals seems to be catching up with the new little Kioti that has been stealing a lot of small tractor sales. I see a ton of them replacing the little Kubotas and Deeres around here. Can't beat...

I have been watching that dual battery 20 inch one. The kit comes with 2 forge 8s but all tests I saw show it needs 2 12s for top performance. It's a heavy saw though. If they make a kit with the 12s I'm in. I'm slowly switching to the forge batteries. I see no real life difference between them...

They sell them and many others at Home Depot. Hasn't bottomed out yet. Nice that it's light enough to slide out of the hitch with everything in it to keep the sawing stuff together when not needed.

I keep the 3 saws, batteries, chains, wedges, oil, and chaps in that aluminum box I mounted in the RTV trailer hitch. Don't take the new tractor in the woods because of the cab and all the crap that blows off the dead ash.

I cut between 12 and 18 face cords a year to heat our house totally with wood. 97% of it is cut with battery saws now. I'm looking at that new big husky electric saw now to ditch the gas totally. Just so reliable and trouble free to me.