You said it brother!
What did you do in your shop today?
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Don't forget about wanting to get away from all those attractive girls in bikinis! Tony
Tony, I am bring the best looking girl in a bikini with me.
Harbor Freight does offer a cordless remote, I looked it up for Allan when he bought his winch to drag box elder burls up out the Montana Canyons. Wasn't real outrageous. May be included on that winch, I don't remember.
Warn is pricey, SmittyBuilt not so bad. That 17.5 with mount, was less than the price of a 9000 lb. Warn. And, it has a better warranty. Wasn't necessarily cheap, but when you plan on dragging large trucks out of mud holes with it, you need something big and ugly.
Tropical paradise to the heart land what a change. Have fun.
I'm certainly not going to argue with that!
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Nope this winch comes with a 12 foot control. They do offer the cordless for $39 but it didn't get great reviews. I might try it though? And they say it only has a 50 foot range.
Just for loading wood on the trailer, and NOT having to deal with dragging the cord around, getting it hung up under logs and such, it would be a worthy investment.
Check it out, and look at some of the universal ones, you might find a better one available out there for less money. I picked up a few off E-Bay for the ATV winch, never have installed it, of course I've never used the ATV winch but twice either. Both times before I had the remotes, so... I honestly couldn't tell you what they're like. But, I want to say they were around $10 apiece. Receiver hardwires into the wiring harness, with the keychain remote. Will work on any winch.
Check it out, and look at some of the universal ones, you might find a better one available out there for less money. I picked up a few off E-Bay for the ATV winch, never have installed it, of course I've never used the ATV winch but twice either. Both times before I had the remotes, so... I honestly couldn't tell you what they're like. But, I want to say they were around $10 apiece. Receiver hardwires into the wiring harness, with the keychain remote. Will work on any winch.
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So far the only other real negative about the winch I have found is that it is not weatherproof, in other words don't let it get wet! So for me this won't be a problem, kind of the whole point of a removable mount. When it is not needed it will be removed and in the garage. now to find a good deep cycle battery with some reserve and cca's.
What part of KC you moving too @Don Ratcliff ?
Will there be plenty of trees there for you to obsess over?
I'm excited FOR you.
Will there be plenty of trees there for you to obsess over?
I'm excited FOR you.
We are going to kc to start with. Will end up in the Ada area. Her cousin has 100 acres there now and we will look for something about that size. My requirements are a large shop, lots of quality trees and a place that my clover plots will grow well...
We are going to kc to start with. Will end up in the Ada area. Her cousin has 100 acres there now and we will look for something about that size. My requirements are a large shop, lots of quality trees and a place that my clover plots will grow well...
Huh, I've never heard it called "Clover" before....
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Clover grows well hydroponically anywhere, geeze dude get with the times. Personally I never touch the stuff but they are making a ton of money with it.We are going to kc to start with. Will end up in the Ada area. Her cousin has 100 acres there now and we will look for something about that size. My requirements are a large shop, lots of quality trees and a place that my clover plots will grow well...
Food plots I'm planting food plots... for deer... what are you 2 smoking...
Food plots apparently....
Now that it's arrived at it's destination, I can post it here. @ripjack13 I'm so glad you like it. Forgive me for spamming the thread, but these pics have been burning a hole in my pocket, as I'm real proud of this ornament and it's little box. The ornament was turned from East Indian rosewood and the ball is spalted maple. Finished with CA glue.
Cool thing is, it is made of some materials that came from woodbarter members! The spalted maple I got from @Mike1950 , and the lid on the box is curly redwood from @Anthony that came with some redwood burl. You can see the hunk it came from in one of the pictures.
The douglas fir for the box came from my old workbench that was recently disassembled since I made a new bench this summer. I used Spanish Cedar for the box bottom, and packed it in shavings of the same, cause cmon, who doesnt love that smell!
Cool thing is, it is made of some materials that came from woodbarter members! The spalted maple I got from @Mike1950 , and the lid on the box is curly redwood from @Anthony that came with some redwood burl. You can see the hunk it came from in one of the pictures.
The douglas fir for the box came from my old workbench that was recently disassembled since I made a new bench this summer. I used Spanish Cedar for the box bottom, and packed it in shavings of the same, cause cmon, who doesnt love that smell!
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That is very nice, well done! Tony
Had a good day, finished up all the mailbox door banks, And sold my Unisaw. Decided I didn't have time to work on it right now and really didn't have the space so threw it on Craigslist. Got 400.00 for something that didn't cost me a dime!
Joseph, the ornament is beautiful brother. Simply gorgeous....The box is very cool as well. Thank you ever so much....I am humbled to own it.
Thank you again......
YES! @ripjack13 Then mission accomplished.
I dont know if i'll be making grips anytime soon, but I already have peeps hitting me up for me, so I'm glad I have a solid jig now. I scrapped some cocobolo scales due to hole misalignment.
I dont know if i'll be making grips anytime soon, but I already have peeps hitting me up for me, so I'm glad I have a solid jig now. I scrapped some cocobolo scales due to hole misalignment.