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Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
It’d be interesting to put a gps tracker on spot
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Did you know that a Zinger is just a Twinkie in a fur coat?
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Trying to figure out if a point to point wifi will work at the sawmill. They can have a range of 2 to 10 km. My house is about 520m to the building nearest the mill. I'm worried about trees, but interestingly, the straight line from my house is the least obstructed path. My parents house is about 120m from the mill, if I can't make it work from mine. Now I'm pretty confused by all the different options. I'll have to set up a small solar panel/battery/inverter at the mill.
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you guys are still going on about me? its been 5 months...
only stopped by to imbiggen a picture I posted a while back and noticed you mentioned me, since I quit hanging out here I've been doing a lot better btw, not that any of you care tho
Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
Glad you're doing better.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
After much YouTubing, I've ordered a 5km point to point bridge. I'll try it from house first, but I'm betting there is too much tree interference. If it doesn't work, then I'll put it on my parents house. If I stand at the corner of the building near the top of the yellow line, I have a very clear line of sight at about 400'. Historically, not having the ability to text or call at the mill has been a huge pita, and the last month has been not been any better. Hopefully this does what is supposed to do. Way cheaper than StarLink, or fiber, and no monthly fees. Essentially if you picture a cat6 cable coming out of your router and going into the router at the sawmill, the bridge is seen as just a very long cat6 cable between them.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
The one we had set up between houses, worked ok. Less range than what you need. But I could broadcast wifi out 600 plus feet directional. But line of sight is important. One tree had to be trimmed pretty regular. A windy night would screw with it with tree branches dancing in front of it.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Some assymbly required.. .
Treeaddict
Treehouser
Larger than I thought it would be
just hanging around, doing my usual, terrorizing other forums and facebook, traded my mini skid for a dump truck a few weeks ago, did a small oak crane job, I would have brought in an 80 ton but there was literally nowhere to put one, the 30 ton barely fit, so it was 2 days of tiny, tiny picks, I think the heaviest was 5800# once we got to the wood
I've already been dragged about the slings, operator gave me a tiny shackle for a 2" sling, wasn't my idea but he said to run it, the sling doesn't seat around the pin correctly, don't mean its right, but its what we did, gonna snag a set of the Reon slings at some point, or chain, not sure yet, probably chain since it's more robust but I feel like it'll be a massive pain to deal with too
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few pics of dad in this tree as well
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pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Ubiquiti? Or another brand?
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
AdaLov. A CPE361, I think. Many choices. This one seemed to be well liked.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
You made my day, I never get to hear that
It is a 460CI after all.
Mini has a tipping point of 800#
It barely can move it if I go real slowwwww.
It gets bigger after you put all the periphery on it.
Mellow
BCMA
Spent the afternoon car shopping for my youngest. She just graduated college and took a job in Montana. Needed a reliable vehicle to replace her 2008, 187,000 mile old Prius. She ended up buying a brand new Jeep Compass. Good thing I went with her. Sticker price was over $31k but we got it out the door for $27k. Took a lot of back and forth negotiating. I think end of month and the fact that it was a leftover 2023 helped. She's a happy camper. She treated me to a burger and beer to celebrate.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Smashed an 8 hour job in under 5. Just things worked out. Long ass drags and staging for the fire counsel chipper crew.
Just the good team worked great with the homeowners and I just made mess after mess.
One of those wow days while the phone started last night with bunches of bull shit and drama. Guess some one has to try and ruin a good time.
3 PM appointment forgot about me. Soooo guess we do it again tomorrow.
Stuff people do around me would get me fired and forgotten in a NY minute.
Just the good team worked great with the homeowners and I just made mess after mess.
One of those wow days while the phone started last night with bunches of bull shit and drama. Guess some one has to try and ruin a good time.
3 PM appointment forgot about me. Soooo guess we do it again tomorrow.
Stuff people do around me would get me fired and forgotten in a NY minute.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I got one of my antennas installed at the sawmill. No big deal. I have a small pure sine wave inverter I'm going to run off an extra battery I have. Not sure how long a charge will last, and if I still put a solar panel in the system, or if I can just plug it into the tractor occasionally to charge. Going to get everything working first, then fine tune.
I'm getting a lot of ocd mileage out of my wiring addiction. I knew I had a bunch of projects, and having the right tools and supplies on hand is making it all much easier. Not to mention the quality looks satisfyingly professional. I'm putting new battery clamps and ends on the 4Runner. That's an area that can give you trouble, but can be mitigated without spending a ton of money. Sub $20, right now.
I'm getting a lot of ocd mileage out of my wiring addiction. I knew I had a bunch of projects, and having the right tools and supplies on hand is making it all much easier. Not to mention the quality looks satisfyingly professional. I'm putting new battery clamps and ends on the 4Runner. That's an area that can give you trouble, but can be mitigated without spending a ton of money. Sub $20, right now.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
Got a call from a repeat custy about a front yard mess. An oak fell into a poplar which fell into a beech. No wind but the oak was growing around a stream and the lower roots were black with rot. He said it also had about a 25* lean for many years (phototropism related). It finally went this morning at 4:51am. His neighbor was awake and had the windows open and said he prayed nothing hit a house. Plenty of high tie in points. We’re just going to make it safe and chip the smaller stuff.
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Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I had to delete a small maple shrub to get my line of sight for the antennas. Found a Farmall!
vharrison
Island Girl
Wow, how cool is that!
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Looks like a Farmall Cub with an intact sickle mower. I mowed with one of those years ago.
1948 Cub
What year is my Farmall Cub?
1948 Cub
What year is my Farmall Cub?
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
It's a Super A with a #A123 Highway Mower.
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