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  1. Streblerm

    Best Way to Get Rid of Thick Poison Ivy Vine?

    I get PI bad. I say I can get it just from looking at it. Technu works great for getting the oils off your skin. Time is of the essence. The sooner you can get the oils off the less likely it will cause a reaction. The only problem is the cost. I find Gojo waterless hand cleaner or...
  2. Streblerm

    Too hot for A fire? Let’s smoke some meat!

    Getting ready for a summer party and it’s just going to be way to hot for a fire. I can still make use of some firewood though. Who needs a fancy smoker? Not me. Just a basket full of cherry and hickory and some indirect heat from the old gas grill. I hot smoke for a few hours to develop some...
  3. Streblerm

    Flat Tire Dump Trailer

    I have literally plugged hundreds of tires over the years with those “temporary” plugs and the only problems I’ve ever had are ones that needed more than two plugs to fill the hole. I’ve even plugged sidewalls just to get home. Technically a tire shop wouldn’t patch a tire in that position...
  4. Streblerm

    Yard Trees

    The guys did a nice job. They usually chip up to 20” but a asked them to leave as much wood as they could without slowing them down. They crane the tree right into the chipper. They were done in under 4hrs. I estimate 4-5 cords left behind. It still hurt to see nice straight 10-16” stuff go...
  5. Streblerm

    Yard Trees

    I estimate there about a cord of it so it’s Probably worth about $150-200 after it’s cut, split, stacked and seasoned. I thought about milling it but it’s pretty rotten. I think it’s just going to be firewood. Lots of people don’t like it but I get good heat out of it after it dries for a...
  6. Streblerm

    Yard Trees

    Most all of my firewood is scrounged from city lots close to home. Well it doesn’t get much closer to home than home. I’ve had a couple trees that needed taken out. One was a declining black walnut that has already damaged the house and the other was a multi stemmed black locust with included...
  7. Streblerm

    Uninvited guest

    I thought I lobbed a nice soft ball but nobody took a swing. I can’t take it any more. I only bit the squirrel after he bit me several times first. You’d have run too if you saw how angry he was.
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    Uninvited guest

    After a later than usual night I woke up to a frantically barking dog this morning. Need to go out? No. It’s only been a few hours since he did. Starved for attention? Yes. Since the rest of the fam is on vacation this week it’s likely but that’s not it either. After some quality time...
  9. Streblerm

    Y would you build a splitter like this?

    Or at less than 1/10 the cost you could just use a reciprocating saw.
  10. Streblerm

    Tree id please

    Maybe not super desirable for firewood but no wood once dried will damage your chimney. It just won’t burn as long.
  11. Streblerm

    Y would you build a splitter like this?

    I have no idea how it works. I only saw the pictures on a local auction site and they left me scratching my head. My guess is the owner isn’t around any more to ask. I figured I’d post it here and see what the splitter experts thought. I think we have a winner here. I couldn’t see any way...
  12. Streblerm

    Y would you build a splitter like this?

    I'm unclear if the additions are supposed to be wedges or a movable foot plate. It sort of looks like they are sharpened. Then the main wedge doesn’t look sharpened. I just can’t figure out what the builder was going for.
  13. Streblerm

    fire to air!

    Highs were in the mid 60s and sunny yesterday, beautiful day. The house was about 66 but the upstairs was 74 when I went to bed and yes I have a thermometer in almost every room of the house. The low last night was probably mid 40s and I had both windows wide open in the bedroom. It was still...
  14. Streblerm

    Any small engine techs? My splitter engine is having issues.

    For good measure you may want to install a fuel shut off and a filter with your new carb. That way you can run the carb dry without running the tank dry or if you do run the tank dry hopefully you won’t suck up crud into the carb.
  15. Streblerm

    Any small engine techs? My splitter engine is having issues.

    Like lone wolf said, you’ll need the model and serial off the engine, not the splitter. It should be on a tag on the side of the recoil housing. Alternatively you could try to disassemble and clean your existing carb. It may just have some crud in between the needle and seat not allowing it to...
  16. Streblerm

    Saw Advice

    I think you’ll be happy with any pro level saw in the 50cc range. If your budget allows I wouldn’t even consider a home or farm saw although much wood has been cut with them. Dolmar/Makita and Echo/Redmax have some nice saws in that range as well. I don’t have any experience with the Stihl 261...
  17. Streblerm

    fire to air!

    I’ve done fire to air in the same day. In my house with the bedrooms on the second floor it gets fairly warm once the temps hit mid 70s and the sun is out. I sleep hot and I hate waking up in a pool of my own sweat. We sleep with the window at least cracked until it is single digits. I’m...
  18. Streblerm

    Gas Can Fuel Gysers

    I was worried about exactly the same thing but I tried it anyway. I have had the same valve stem and cap in a can for over two years with no problem so far. Those vents are pretty slick though. At the time I did the valve stem mod I couldn’t find anything like it and I have easy access to...
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    Gas Can Fuel Gysers

    There are at least two problems with just putting a hole in the can that I can think of that aren’t EPA/OHSA/DOT ridiculousness. First, when the can blows up like a balloon that’s the most volatile stuff evaporating. The loss of those will surely decrease the octane rating of the fuel over a...
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