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that is an option also. leave that limb that is growing towards camera (that you are talking about) and cut rest of the problem branch off at that crotch. i want to trim this soon, so appreciate advice asap. thanks

i live in north central iowa. can i still trim it or should i wait until next winter? also should i cut at the angle you show in red? or more vertical. thanks

thats what i was thinking. just wanted some 2nd opinions before cutting it. i hope that it doesnt cause a weak spot in the area of your red marker. will that kink grow straight over time. thats what im hoping. thanks for input!!

i have this hard maple in my front yard and i am wondering if i should do something with the crotch in this tree. as you can see in the picture, it has a split about 12ft off the ground instead of having nice main trunk. will this split hurt the life of this tree? if i trim one of branches...

i will be leaving for vacation soon. i will be gone 5 days. i have sidearm on water heater and coil in gas furnace setup. could find somone to fill it, but would rather shut stove off and let pump circulate to keep from freezing. i seached some to see what people do in this situation but...

boiler sits about 60 ft from house, and only 20 ft. from garage. i run loop from stove to garage (inside along wall), to house (attached), thur side arm on water heater, thur coil in furnace, back to garage thur radiator setup(with fan on thermostat), then back to boiler. currently have no in...

do you think the concrete help with efficiency as a big thermal mass or would plywood do same thing. concrete more mass obviously. will main floor heat easier also because of heat radiants up thru floor? any idea on cost of materials, extra pumps needed for each zone, special valves, not...

i have recently remodeled older house and am now heating it with owb with exchanger in furnace. now getting ready to finish basement and wondering about putting in floor heat in. could i put 1" insulation down, then pex tubing, and then pour new slab 2" thick over it. don't know if this work...

why not a single axle. i would think a 5x8 with single axle might suit me good. thanks, matt

looking to buy a used dump trailer. i will pull it with chevy 1500 4x4 extended cab. would a single axle or double axle be better. not looking for something huge just a nice smaller dump trailer. 5x8 or 6x10. what other features should i look for? anyone heard of maxi dump? i found a...

the alum. should stay cool with water flowing thur it. would copper be better. my stove is natural draft so reducing flue size would it still draft enough? right now my flue is 6x8. matt

fish4brains- nice stove and walleye. how did your stove work last year? any problems or anything you would change. how did the powerdraft setup work? did you think of the solenoid on fan design. does fan turn on when solenoid opens or is fan running continuously. i have my solenoid opening...

i don't think it will interfere with draft if i keep baffle small enough. also though of extending jacket so flue was in water, but it would take a lot of welding and such and might fight leaks. with baffle i could just unhook and throw it away if it doesn;t work. what are temps of gases...

i built a owb last year and after one year of use was thinking of adding a baffle to help suck up heat. i noticed i was losing heat out stack with the way mine is setup. flue exits out back of stove and then 90's up to sky 8 ft. the flue is not in waterjacket. would change if i did it...

search this site should give you some answers. i built my own owb last year. works excellent. i put a love control on it. operates like central boilers. natural draft. 180high point 160 low point. alot of work but saved thousands. matt

also is return line under much pressure? thanks, matt

does return line from valve to tank have to be 3/4 or will 1/2 work. its a 16 gpm pump. thanks, matt

i am building a splitter and almost to hydraulics. the return line i have coming in the top of my tank, but it is just dumping in from top. do i have to worry about bubbles? wish i would have made tube extend down in tank a ways to eliminate problem. tank is 14 gal. and suction is an inch...

the wedge i made is 5 in wide. made wide thinking that it would split wood without full stroke. going to try it and i can always change cylinder later if i have to. thanks for input, matt

i could cut shorter i guess. but just thinking shorter pieces measns more handling and splitting and everything else. if i put a 16 gpm pump witha 8 horse vertical shaft motor should run that cylinder pretty good shouldn't it? thanks, matt