seems like another Advertisement to me. @chadM

trying to wrap up framing on one of our builds today. We should get close but probably have another day or so to go. I will follow with photo’s later.

Picked up a couple new laser sensors. A lot of times we use a Temp or newbie to be rod man,(because everyone else is busy) but they have trouble Interpreting and communicating the sensor readings. These sensors have a wireless connection so one is used as a sensor and the other just mimics the reading so I can watch from inside the skid loader…[Read more]

seems like rain and cold are all we get. Is spring , let alone summer ever coming? It seems like we have been fighting mud since last fall.

Lots of crops in our area probably will not get planted. most construction projects are way behind. It is almost Memorial day and not a lot of outside work has gotten done.

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Boschmanbrian wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:
picked up these things last week. I had a couple gift cards so the first picture ended up costing only about 10 bucks and the second is some things I picked up at a discount outlet.

Congrats Kurt , looks like a bunch of goodies.
What size of tire does that hold , bicycle?
I like those mini suction…

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picked up these things last week. I had a couple gift cards so the first picture ended up costing only about 10 bucks and the second is some things I picked up at a discount outlet.

rain last night and tomorrow. It looks like it will be a wet week also. We could use a little drying up around here. So could the farmers.

Another good article on deck stairs. With it coming into prime deck season, I thought these would be good to share.

https://www.deckmagazine.com/design-construction/railings/common-deck-stair-defects_o

Picked up materials for next week this morning and dropped them off at a jobsite. Emailing out plans now for a job we are bidding.

roninohio wrote:Guess it works.

all that and no flag, what is up with that?

cmeyer25 wrote:

Doobie wrote:

cmeyer25 wrote:
what’s funny is, right as I was cleaning up, I was talking to the HO, and she asked me if I thought she could put that same kind of chain downspout on the other side of her house, right next to another decorative column, lol.

What is a chain downspout? Never heard of those.

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Doobie wrote:I called up the Makita service center near me in regards to questions I had about my cordless chainsaw and that also sells refurbed tools and asked them if they had the powered wheelbarrow/carrier available. They had one and sold the wheelbarrow carrier with both the carrier rack and bucket for retailer cost. That’s the lowest they w…

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I have noticed that with my Makita chainsaw that I need to constantly tighten the chain also. I wish there were a way to keep it tighter and keep it there for a longer period of time.

Yes, the cord has it’s place. I am impressed with the abilities of the dual battery right angle drills that have come out and the dual battery circular saws. Yet, I still see most using a cord for those.

The battery investment to go to all cordless in what we do would be quite large.

theamcguy wrote:I think a cordless miter saw should be less than 35 lbs to be easily portable.

MY thoughts exactly, cordless for cordless sake does not make sense. I love the cordless tools I have and would not trade them for anything, but While you hear a lot about cordless jobsites, I think it really depends on the size of the site. Smaller…[Read more]

I sat this article this morning. Wow, you really need to understand the ramifications of what you are doing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/couple-must-pay-nearly-dollar600g-for-removing-oak-tree-from-their-property-judge-rules/ar-AAB7CrT?ocid=spartanntp

Doobie wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:

Doobie wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:

Doobie wrote:

GTokley wrote:

Doobie wrote:
GTokley wrote:
Is a 16 inch bar on the chain saw?

Yes, it is a 16 inch blade.

I thought it might be. That is a decent size bar. Looking forward to see how well it does in the hard maple.

They make a 14 inch model…

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Trying to wrap up a couple jobs today so I can scratch them off of the list. It is nice to see the list getting shorter but I have a feeling we will be adding a couple of new houses to the list soon. If we get those, we will be basically full for the year. It is a good feeling to have.

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Doobie wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:

Doobie wrote:

GTokley wrote:

Doobie wrote:
GTokley wrote:
Is a 16 inch bar on the chain saw?

Yes, it is a 16 inch blade.

I thought it might be. That is a decent size bar. Looking forward to see how well it does in the hard maple.

They make a 14 inch model as well, but I figured for $30 more, just…

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