Slow News Day?
on 03/16/2016 at 06:58 PM
After the shovel story I got nostalgic and decided to go old school on Our Man Drew:
http://bridgehunter.com/nj/hunterdon/1050161/
Now THATS what the internet is all about,random surfing of odd weird shit.
Like Bridges.
And here’s one our very own webmaster Andrew Pearce got photo credit for, the Rogue:
http://bridgehunter.com/nj/hunterdon/100D383/
Hey gang ,guess what I just realized;Drew has managed to photograph most of the bridges in his own Hunterdon County.
What Commitment, What Drive, What a Nut.
No, not most. All. At least the metal ones. I just never bothered to publish the ones that other folks had covered in depth, like Washington’s Crossing. As you see, we have an extensive number of old iron bridges in our area. I’ve taken pictures of all of them in adjoining Warren and Somerset Counties as well, and neither has anywhere near as many as we do.
Nothing wrong with the one you singled out, but it is rather a plain one in a dull location. Go for the picturesque, like the scene at Strimple’s Mill, or the gorgeous steel Warren truss in Warren County in Buttzville. Yeah. Buttzville. Mint condition at 114 years old.
Speaking of bridges - http://local12.com/news/local/victims-still-missing-after-suv-plunged-from-bridge
The morning news was interesting - I got the implication that some in the law enforcement/fire (news?!?) think that a car did not go over - since they haven’t been able to definitely find it nor find victims.
12 cars - witnesses out the wazhoo - but they ‘might’ not be telling the truth.
On North Woods Law (Animal Planet) it took them more than a month to find 3 snowmobiles and the bodies - when they knew exactly where they went down and it was a lake - not a spring melt raging river - although there was the added time of waiting for the ice to melt.
Do those who work for Us - never use their down time to do a little googling on the Internet to learn a thing or two?
So that’s the name of that shovel I have. I feel lucky, I have all of them in my collection but one of them. Guess I need to get that one to round out the collection.
Next up, rakes I hope. Or maybe I can contribute on chainsaws and chainsaw blades. I just spent 20 hours of research into my recent chainsaw purchase. You will not believe how many different types there are.
Sd, enlighten us! After all your research, what did you buy? A Stihl FarmBoss with an 18” bar?
An Echo CS-590 Timber Wolf with 20” bar...Best saw for the money. Starts up right away and runs like a scalded ape. What I learned is that when you get a chain saw, basically throw away the chain it comes with if you bought a consumer grade saw.
http://www.echo-usa.com/Products/Chain-Saws/CS-590-Timber-Wolf
Then, go here and put in the model you bought and buy the ‘Professional” grade chain. Most consumer grade chainsaws come with a safety low-kickback chain...meaning, it does not grab or cut as good in order to avoid amateurs from cutting off body parts.
https://www.oregonproducts.com/pro/lookups/selguide.aspx?BusId=OCS&SellReg=USA&LangId=ENG
The safety chains have a green triangle next to it and the professional chains have a yellow caution triangle.
When I installed the professional (not low-kickback) chain, it was night and day difference. It threw wood chips like a rabid beaver on meth compared to the mild low sawdusty looking chips from the safety chain. Plus, the big boy chain saws have a row of teeth at the base of the bar that you lock into the trunk to hold it in place while it chews up that trunk.
I was so impressed, I bought a professional chain for my little electric 16” chainsaw I have for small limbs and trimming. It turned my mild mannered trimmer into a beast. To test it, I used this small saw with the new professional chain to section up the trunk of a pine tree I felled, which had a diameter of about 20”. It ate it up. Whereas, with the original safety chain, it was only good for limbing small branches up to about 5” or so and that was its limit.
Anyway, I looked at Stihl as well, and they have a fine product no doubt. But to get equivilent to the Echo CS-590, it would have been over $800. The Echo CS-590 sells at Home Depot for $399, but I got one on ebay (brand new still in the box) for $290. Bought the case for $40, two extra chains (one of each type professional listed on Oregon’s website), Echo Bar Oil and Echo Power Fuel. After reading up on gas and mixing oils, I decided just to buy the pre-mixed gas oil in a can. It cost about $5 for a quart of it, which may seem high, but it is perfectly mixed, has fuel stabilizer already added, is high octane, and has NO ethanol, which I read hurts the little 2 stroke engines. By the time I buy a gallon of gas, mixing oil, and stabilizer, it costs me about $8 for a gallon. So $5 for a quart seemed like a decent compromise and worth the couple bucks more in cost. Plus, it comes in a nice little quart can that fits in the case with the chainsaw and oil nicely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEYzzEZppVo
I have used the saw already, and it replaced my old Homelite 46CC and you can tell the difference. I paid a little for a high end saw, but it feels like it. I figured in the whole scheme of things, for less than a couple hundred bucks over another cheap Home Depot saw, it wasn’t going to break me. Hey, it’s the finer things in life that make it great.
So, sorry if I bored anyone. But I do recommend this saw greatly. The reason I did buy Echo, is that I have a ten year old Echo backpack blower, that I bough used at a garage sale a long long time ago. It still starts on the second pull every time. I have NEVER changed the oil or anything. It just runs great. Whereas, my Ryobi weedeater, and my Homelite chainsaw, were nothing but starting nightmare from the moment they turned 6 months old. Finicky and me sitting there pulling that damn cord til my arm came our of its socket. I said screw it. I want a machine that will start up every time no issues. The Echo does what it says it will. It has a digital start ignition, compression release button to make pulling easy, and lots of good reviews everywhere I looked.
So, there is my weekly Manly Tool Talk for the week. Next up, high performance sprinkler heads and which ones real men use.
