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    What to use to keep animals from eating the garden?

    What do you use to keep the rabbits, deer and woodchucks from eating your garden? I see tractor supply sells a spray mix, does that actually work? Thanks, Brian
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    Advise on felling a leaner

    I know this probably isn't the best spot to post this but I know many people visit the firewood section. My Dad wants this tree taken down, it is a large oak with a bad lean. The tree is roughly 36" across and is positioned on a hill. I told him that it is going to barber chair terribly so he...
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    Help on what to look for on used saw

    I am going to go look (hopefully) at a used 046, what should I look for that might be signs of trouble. I am going to check compression to be sure it is around 130 psi, I would like to pull muffler off to look at the inners but I doubt the seller will let me do that. He said I can try it out at...
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    pile(s) of logs for sale

    I came across a guy that claims to have 130 ish logs for sale. They are mostly Locust with a few wild Cherry and a couple of Hickory. The pictures only show part of what he has. These have been down for 3 years now and he has decided to sell them. I do not need the wood but have still thought...
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    Man that dies with the most wood wins

    I have about a 7 year supply of wood stashed away and I keep getting more, the wife was out helping me this past weekend and she told me "I should stop gathering fire wood, the man that dies with the most wood does not win" I have to admit, it is getting harder and harder to find places to...
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    Wedge design

    Has anyone ever tried altering or making there own wedge that is more aggressive than what came on the splitter? The reason that I ask is I am going to have a new wedge made for my 35 ton that is going to be a simple "V" shape, but it is going to "V" out in a shorter distance. The stock one has...
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    sharing "wood"

    My neighbor had his property logged and they took about 50 trees, they were going to buy the tops from him but that fell through. Any way my neighbor is letting me cut the tops up for firewood and he wants some wood to, I am having to do all the work (cut, split, haul, and stack) what kind of...
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    Loggers buying tops for firewood

    My neighbor is having 40-50 trees taken for logs(white oak) and they are going to buy the tops and additional trees for firewood. He did not want to sell the trees but he needs the $$$$, they are giving a average of $75.00 per tree for the logs and then a whole whopping $5.00 a face cord for...
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    MS 170 or MS 180

    I have $200.00 to spend on a small saw for cutting small firewood and de-limbing branches. I am looking at the 170($169.00) or 180($199.00) what are your opinions on these two saws? I have a MS 460 for the big stuff but It gets pretty heavy when I am just de-limbing. I have never seen...
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    Planting maple trees

    Planting maple trees (pictures attached) I have just bought 3 maple trees, a crimson king, a golden maple and a varigated maple, all 3 are about 10 foot tall with the base about 1-1/2 to 2" thick. What is the proper way to plant these trees in the ground? Currently they are in plastic...
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    Ms460 Running Weird

    I have a ms460 that Runs great most of the time, but sometimes (most of the time) when I am running it at a little over a idle to take some branches off it seems like it want's to die like it's out of gas but when I rev it up a few time it is ok again. I mostly notice this when I am done...
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    2 Cycle Oil

    CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY STIHL OIL IS A 50:1 MIX WHEN USING THEIR OIL, BUT THEY SUGGEST USING A 25:1 MIX WHEN USING ANY OTHER TYPE OF 2 CYCLE OIL?
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