Recent content by Nodakdad

I wouldn't count on lines being at a certain depth. I did unground for a few years I ran into plastic residential gas lines as shallow as 6 inches. Not right at all but they were there. People do all kinds of zany stuff when inspectors aren't watching

I wish when I was younger and seen old tools like that at garage sales and the like I would have bought them.

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Not a snow ball chance I would let a HOA tell me what I can or can't do with my house. I let my wife do that

Mix up mollases and water soak them in that. Around 1:5 ratio Won't harm the metal

I don't think a guy would need to heat it. I knew a number of people with outdoor pools, they don't heat them. Just take a but ti warm up in the spring.

+1 I have a dehumidifier set to 35% in the basement and leave it on auto all the time. I have a hose running from it to the floor drain and just let it buck.

I've had a couple, bought them to use for small amount instead of dragging out my 2 stage. But they broke and the cord is a pain. Picked up a small 21 inch has single stage gas at a clearance at Menards last year. Wouldn't go back to a corded,

Leave it to the government to figure out a way to need a million dollar screw driver

Yep, I would never live anywhere there's a HOA. If the city signed off on something I'll be darned of some Karen will tell me what to do with my propriety.

Places like HF sell comressor oil that looks pretty close to that color

Worked 20+ years at a heavy equipment dealership in parts. If the steel pads are cracking its because they are thin and worn out. So sound alike the undercarriage was already close to or at its life span. MHO is they know it's worn out and trying to push some of the blame on you. Excavator...

Assuming it has oil and not damaged i would say the brass unloader valve in the head. When you try to start it, push down the little brass "pin" on the top of the unloaded valve see if intakes off then. My was sticky, and also mine would have issues using an extension cord plug direct into the...