New Englander

First cordless drill was a Makita. It was okay but battery life was very short and battery failure rate high. I started with DeWalt 20 volt cordless drill and progressed through 1/2, 3/8, and 1/4" impacts. I've been happy with all and am surprised at how much I use the 1/4". I'm committed to one battery type and it's working out for me. I started with DeWalt as I have their corded circular saw and recip saws. Funny part about that is I bought them as I kept loosing track of the black Craftsman saw and I figured I wouldn't loose sight of the yellow one. Porta Cable recip weighed twice as much as the DeWalt and was tough overhead. DeWalt had just as much power and didn't need tool to change blade. If I needed to replace it I'd buy the cordless one. Have EGO 56 volt weed wacker and leaf blower and love them. Leaf blower is my new broom!

Of course we in New England have had them for decades. We were always amused at out-of-state drivers confused at them. Since many states have seen the advantage most drivers are now used to them. Unlike four way stop signs there’s no need to stop if traffic is light and generally traffic moves faster. Since they generally need more land they’re not suitable everywhere. In England really tight spots with no room for an apron just have the middle a painted raised area so big lories can simply drive over the middle. Their drivers are somewhat more disciplined than some of ours.

Apparently no one in those states looked at this: https://www.nationalacademies.org/publications/22914

If the road has semi traffic then they should have aprons meant to be driven on. Cars stay on the road surface, trailers get to ride on the center, usually cobbles or textured concrete raised enough to keep cars off. If your roads don’t have truck aprons then someone screwed up.

Way better than four way stops.

Sort of Flintstone

Local lobster fishermen are in a bind as lobster is a luxury food and demand is soft so wholesale prices are down whilst diesel is high. Just like farming there's no way to pass on costs to consumers when all product has to go to middlemen. Just like truckers slowing down boats going slower to fishing grounds making for long days. Thin margins so I expect we'll see direct selling at the pier soon just like during covid. I was in CA last week and gas prices are even more astounding than ever yet CA is managing to force every refinery out and limit drilling to remain green.

A semi-trailer has no front axle and is supported by the tractor thus the combination is a semi trailer truck.

Did you take a course in Redneck engineering? Looks like a good use of otherwise scrap materials😁.

Use a shoulder type remover. If it breaks they just turn out. Can't post pictures so Google it.

Yeah, RFK, not JFK. Can't post until 2nd cup of coffee when brain becomes awake.

I got the one shot years ago and then the Shringrex yeas later when it became available.I had very minor and expected side effect with both shots, just tired and sore arm for a day. I'll take those over getting Shingles again any day. Sadly some folks, like you, get some not so easy side effects. Bummer you can't prevent but just hope you don't get them.

Get the vax! It's painless and for sure you don't want shingles as it can be very debilitating. I had minor chicken pox as a kid and my shingles episode was considered minor as well. If that's minor I don't want major. Our dispatcher got it on her face and eye. She was in pain for months. JFK junior is full of crap and doing a great disservice to kids.

Thank the ice age.

That’s a lot of digging! Underground service runs?

‘Zactly! Last factory manuals I bought were for’90 something GMC and it was 5 volumes. Today, with everything computer controlled on various data busses it would easily be double that. No longer do you activate a switch and it makes a direct connection to whatever you wanted to do but no, it makes a request to a controller that checks with a bunch of other controllers to see if you’re allowed to turn it on! CAN buss or LIN buss mostly. It’s nice as long as it’s all working 😉.

Alldata.com is where I go. Get a single vehicle subscription. They’re for one month minimum, fairly inexpensive, and totally necessary for today’s vehicles. I do print out wire diagrams for what I’ve had problems just in case they reappear.

They may have gotten away with salvaging a very unstable approach if they'd deployed the spoilers to get it firmly on the ground so both the brakes and thrust reverse would work. Auto ground spoilers are great, as a passenger you can feel the plane suddenly sink when they deploy. You can also back them up by manual deployment which those of us flying into short strips will do - have the PM pull them immediately on touchdown actually beating the wheel spin-up actuation. As Lazy WP said: GO AROUND when well past the window. Most use 500' in good VMC, 1000' IMC, and those of us still having to do circling approaches, 300'. I confess that my since 300' was allowed for a circling approach that was the absolutely lowest I've ever gone trying salvage an approach.

I watched the whole video and it was very informative and step by step including the mistakes and corrections. If this was a road truck I would do exactly as he did. Interestingly it seems that there were no leaking o rings but the injectors were dribbling badly and one was completely dead. He found a rebuilder who did them for $85: each, which I thought was a bargain. Still too much time and effort for my truck.

So I looked closely at what it would take and weighed the effort required v the amount of time I use the truck and just changed the oil. It's a bucket truck and the engine mostly idles for hours doing whatever chore I need - tree work, siding, roofing, etc. Simple things like adjusting the TV antenna. Yes, still get local stations over the air and stream Netflix, Prime, and Britbox for entertainment. Right now I'm doing some siding work. I can't imagine going back to staging and ladders. Detroit's first shot at a 4 stroke engine and they got a lot right and sadly, some big things wrong. I think we bashed it here years ago. It's still getting fuel in the oil.😁. It's really too bad. Truck will sit for months and start right up even when below freezing.

Yeah, I know it's a POS but it's simply a yard truck. It's also the best starting diesel I've ever seen. Anyway, it's probably some sort of injector seal and I wonder if anyone has ever tackled it without all the special tools that are apparently needed? I don't want it to be perfect, just stop the diesel getting into the oil.

Well, the people who are have the least chance of being financially responsible use the sort of loophole because no one is enforcing financial responsibility until after the fact. I suspect but don't know if our uninsured motorist cost is higher due to no compulsory requirement. Doesn't matter as i need it anyway. I have an umbrella policy simply because of all the ambulance chasers. All of the lawyers promising that "you may deserve compensation" simply drives up costs as insurers weigh the cost of fighting v settling.

Dunno

Blades look like these? https://www.rrproducts.com/flail-blade-fine-cut-r510670.html?srsltid=AfmBOorRpqaX8lYkEa6t_Uwz3zrn1Jk0AmvbMq0H8rrP3ACqEUmM9CQO