Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

I usually fix my own stuff but if it has a warranty I feel it's at least having them look at it. The dealer is one of the best I know. They do all out door power equipment plus a snowmobile junk yard. Great guys very honest. He actually offered for me to take a demo unit home with me if I needed it.

This saw is a brand new model, it has computer controlled tuning so it made sense for me to take it in first. No simple 'just clean the carb' on this one....

I am the same way, I either fix it or MacGyver it.. Usually I get them going, not always.

My chain saw is not as fancy as yours. BUT I have a compression release on mine, once in a while I will try to start it with using that. When I do that, I swear as soon as I pull it and feel my shoulder come out of joint. Dang it has a lot of compression.

Anyone need a LCD TV with a burnt out power supply? I looked online and decided it was better just to buy a new one.


Do women ever get over those "hot flashes'?

I woke up this morning freezing my Behind off, I was shaking and shivering. My bed mate got up in the night and opened the window all the way and put the fan in it. We have no heat on in the house right now and still she tried to freeze me to death!

 

[Cluckies]

I usually fix my own stuff but if it has a warranty I feel it's at least having them look at it. The dealer is one of the best I know. They do all out door power equipment plus a snowmobile junk yard. Great guys very honest. He actually offered for me to take a demo unit home with me if I needed it.

This saw is a brand new model, it has computer controlled tuning so it made sense for me to take it in first. No simple 'just clean the carb' on this one....

I'm with you kloppers, if there is a warranty? We use it. My washing machine had a 3 year warranty, I broke the door just under 3 years in, not on purpose mind you, I'm just very hard on things. They replaced the door for free.
Before we got married I told my husband there are 3 things you need to know about me.
1. I pout. Can't help it, I pout when I don't get my way.(not for long mind you, see number 3)
2. I'm very hard on things. You'll be replacing, fixing, throwing away things constantly. I'm not sure what it is, but nothing can withstand me. Bull in China shop, times 1000.
3. I don't have a memory. You'll have to tell me things again and again, and it will be like the first time I've heard it. I'll ask you things again and again, cause I don't ever remember asking you, or the answer. This one has a flip side though. Because I have no memory, I don't carry a grudge. I can't. I would never remember what we were fighting about, or most likely even that we fought.
He married me anyways good man. Thank goodness he is handy. I've broken everything, more than once.... what he didn't expect is my daughter is very hard on things too. Double whammy. Lol

 

[duluthralphie]

Changing the subject, I am in the house having a Lemonade before going back out to finish up getting ready for camp day.

I went to another thread, I know, I was bad.

A person posted a picture of a coyote at night by their coop.

Take a look at that picture and then Rhetts and see the differences, they are pretty glaring.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/897953/keeping-chickens-free-range/1790#post_15936574

Disregard going there I found a way to copy to here:

 

[KlopKlop]

I just want to be home.  Not at work.  I have things to do at home.

Apparently, I am supposed to take those poor little quail and shove them into tiny wire cages like rabbit hutches and make them live there from March through September.  I just can't do it.  I'm going to make a pen, so they can be on ground and feel the sun, eat bugs, mess in the dirt, etc.  It would be easier to cage them in the air (no crawling on your knees for one thing) but it seems just as awful as keeping hens in battery cages.

shoot.  

Just because people don't doesn't mean you can't! Stay strong and do what you think is best!

I am the same way, I either fix it or MacGyver it..  Usually I get them going, not always.

My chain saw is not as fancy as yours. BUT I have a compression release on mine, once in a while I will try to start it with using that. When I do that, I swear as soon as I pull it and feel my shoulder come out of joint.  Dang it has a lot of compression.      

Anyone need a LCD TV with a burnt out power supply?    I looked online and decided it was better just to buy a new one. 


Do women ever get over those "hot flashes'?

I woke up this morning freezing my Behind off, I was shaking and shivering.   My bed mate got up in the night and opened the window all the way and put the fan in it.    We have no heat on in the house right now and still she tried to freeze me to death!

Mine has that button too. They Called it a 'hot start' button. The guy wouldn't elude to what 'blown up' meant but I saw he had a compression gauge hooked up to it when her took be back to talk with the technician. If that compression release failed that would potentially cause this issue. Either way the are working on it. He said that husqvarna would want to know what happened since this is a new model.

 

[KlopKlop]

Todays photo dump

Little white/tan kitty at breakfast



My pups rode along to the chainsaw dealer. Pickup rides are amongts their favorite things



Got some of the flock into the field by luring them with scratch. They roamed around for a bit but seem disintereted over all. The combine really left behind well mulched stalks, the ground is totally covered. I wonder if he is going to turn it with a plow or bale it first.




My new roost in our corn crib coop. My next plan is to build a pop door in that back wall so the ladies can go scratch around in the other half of the grainery. Its all full of loose hay and stuff


A did add one of the log roosts back in on the opposite wall. if somebody wants to get up high, they can fly up.


Ol' biddy getting her work done!

 

[Minniechickmama]

Interesting about the chainsaws and gas. My dad wants me to put in the high octane gas for his 35 year old Troy bilt tiller I borrow twice a year. It's got carb issues once in a while. Grandpa bought it in 1980 when we all moved north. That thing starts on one pull still. Heavy duty with rear tillers. Tears it up. DH just got a beautiful gently used husqvarna from Dad. His other chain saw had a part go that they could fix or find a part for anymore. Our local hardware guy had it in his shop for a year tinkering with it in his spare time. Charged DH $30 for time and a few parts but couldn't get her to go.
I too would love to go to Ireland, England and Scotland Minnie. Maybe even do a Scandinavia run.

Funny you bring up the high octane, it is actually the high octane without the ethanol that really what those old engines should have, actually new ones too because the ethanol builds up in them and causes carb problems. So, the other day when DH said, "get the gas without the ethanol" I texted from the pump to let him know it is over a dollar more a gallon and he said never mind. Our old IH is a gas pig. I want to get a compact tractor to replace it, but he is dragging his feet. This one is a 640, I think, and it is HEAVY! But it has a big bucket so we can turn the compost and move compost easily with it.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I am the same way, I either fix it or MacGyver it.. Usually I get them going, not always.

My chain saw is not as fancy as yours. BUT I have a compression release on mine, once in a while I will try to start it with using that. When I do that, I swear as soon as I pull it and feel my shoulder come out of joint. Dang it has a lot of compression.

Anyone need a LCD TV with a burnt out power supply? I looked online and decided it was better just to buy a new one.


Do women ever get over those "hot flashes'?

I woke up this morning freezing my Behind off, I was shaking and shivering. My bed mate got up in the night and opened the window all the way and put the fan in it. We have no heat on in the house right now and still she tried to freeze me to death!

She figures the Mike's isn't taking you down fast enough for her to collect on that huge insurance policy she took out on ya!

 

[duluthralphie]

She figures the Mike's isn't taking you down fast enough for her to collect on that huge insurance policy she took out on ya!

We call that the Life Insurance Lottery. I plan to win it.



I have fed the last supper. And as tradition dictates I removed the feed and feeders when the last bird went into the pen. I got some nasty looks and a few complaints for removing the food. They will forget all about it by tomorrow night.

I set up a new tractor and brooder for Bert Junior and his girls to go into tomorrow during the camper round up. It's kind of sad right now knowing I will not see a bunch of white chickens running around the yard until next summer.

I think I am ready for the big day, I got the trailers in place, the stock tank filled with water, the hanging ladder is ready, The plucker is on the first barrel, and I sharpened the axe. My DW is getting more lemonade and a little beer. BlanchRanch if you want that dirty dark muddy horrible foul tasting beer, you better bring your own.

 

[lalaland]

ok, just a remnder on camp day....pictures! blanch that migh be your job because ralphie is going to be busy with people and things. Keeping my fingers crossed, but it looks like you will have perfect weather for camp day.

 

[duluthralphie]

ok, just a remnder on camp day....pictures! blanch that migh be your job because ralphie is going to be busy with people and things. Keeping my fingers crossed, but it looks like you will have perfect weather for camp day.

It does look like it will be nice. I have the fire pit ready if we need a place to recoup from sending the campers to the bus. I know I will not get any pictures. I just never think of them, all I want is to put camp day behind me.


I am not sure of the rules, but I think Vodka or schnapps are allowed on camp days before noon.