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    Wanted tailgate 1961 chevy wagon

    I know of one of these in a Junkyard around here. What is "reasonable" to you? Shipping will not be cheap. Thanks
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    Newbie & Impact Gun

    as far as loosening a balancer pulley, if engine turns, take out one spark plug, push about 2 ft of rope into the cylinder leaving enough sticking out to retreive the rope. loosen bolt with a breaker bar, as soon as the rope gets squeezed in the combustion chamber it will stop the engine from...
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    Anyone in here attend a Trade school for work

    Went to college in '76, dropped out after 1 sem. was a waste of time, went to tech school in '77, 2 yr prog, dropped out in '79, had a job at an employer doing what I was going to school for and he was offering apprentiship. No sense in going to school any more. Worked at 5 different jobs in the...
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    Freakin Flies

    You can still buy the Golden Malrin. I can't say how it works on flies but I know it works excellently on raccoons. Had the buggers at my birdfeeders. they would break them down, make all kinds of noise. Only would run off for 5 minutes when you went outside and yelled at them. I used the Golden...
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    Loading the pickup

    Used pick-ups for work for over 35 years. Construction & manufacturing. 8ft bed hands down, 23 percent more room/capacity than a 6 1/2 fter. Extended cabs? are you hauling stuff in the cab or box? A standard cab is best, room for 3 is enough. 1/2 tons can carry plenty of weigh. But the big...
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    One large 16' door or two 9's ???

    I also went with 2 9'. More room in between cars in garage. I wanted room to work on the cars and one of the openings is going to have a lift in it.
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    Tree Stumps

    Just had 2 large Maples dropped and sawn into 18" chunks (30" dia. trunks), 2 Snowy Poplars dropped (had to be cut down in small hunks from top down with a boom), 2 maples trimmed up 30ft, all the tops were ground up into mulch. And finally a large white oak stump, 1 med. sized hickory stump and...
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    Preping drywall before primer/sealer?

    My Dad was a Drywall contractor. I worked for him when I was old enough to clean out a house after the rockers where done. I never cared for it. I did clean-outs, rocking, taping, finishing and preped for spraying. on the dust issue, The secret is to use the proper amount so you don't have to...
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    Oak, birch or beech for workbench countertop

    I made my work bench from old skids (3x3 for the legs) old 2 x 4's For the rinforcing and made the top from pine 3/4 thick boards from an old shack that I removed. The top is pine boards that have a lap on the sides only. Pine is soft, I drill into it, screw other pcs to it to make fixtures, I...
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    Carriage House Doors

    No good in snow conntry, you have to have the drive way clean of that 6" of snow that fell before you can open the doors. Will have troubles closing the doors with snow and ice on the drive if you don't. Look very nice, not very practical, I'll take function over form any day.
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    Garage Plans

    Hi, new here, been a lurker for a while. I have finally decided to go ahead and build a new garage. my old one is very poorly laid out and is a PIA. is 20 wide x 40 deep with one 8 ft door on the 20 wide side. narrow and deep. I can put 2 cars in it end to end with just enough room to walk...
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