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I agree. I had to put a lot of weight on the back ((150?) because the back casters were lifting when I lifted the engine. I would like to have a cherry picker that wouldn’t require that. I’ve been looking at the gantry crane at Horrible Freight and pondering building my own with I-beams I have...

I’ve had to do the same and used 45 lb weights on the back of the hoist to act as a counterbalance. My problem was the hydraulic cylinder hitting the headed panel on my cuda before getting the chain and hook over the carburetor hole lift plate.

Looks like the winch mount is only for the 12000 lb but you could probabaly adapt it to a smaller one 12,000 lb. Winch Hitch Mount Wireless remote options: Wireless Winch Remote Control and Wireless Winch Remote Winches I am considering: 9500 lb. Truck/SUV Winch with Wire Rope and 12,000 lb...

I was just looking at the Horrible Freight winches on Saturday. They have mounting plates and brackets that make it easy to mount and/or move. One mounting solution has a hitch receiver solution. They have a 9500 lb and a 12000 lb truck winch. I would stay away from a UTV winch. We use those at...

Fully stocked I see!

This is all good to hear. I have a 26x26 concrete pad that I am wanting to add onto to make 30x40. @RAT ROD AL if you remember going to my dad’s house in Oklahoma he is putting a 40x60 Quonset hut style shop up right now. I am now living back in Oklahoma and in my childhood home just a couple...

Yes! I had to do a report on that fire in college (Fire Science Associates)

I was thinking about doing this but I just bought a super quiet air compressor. You could just level the dirt and use pea gravel or pavers so you don't have to pour concrete. Shed: https://www.amazon.com/Patiowell-Outdoor-Storage-Lockable-Backyard/dp/B0BP952Q7N/?tag=fabo03-20 Sound...

I like my Husky. I bought it on a sale and it was already marked down. To make things sweeter I was able to use a military discount. My usage is the same as the op. Weekend usage. Mine has the power strip inside the box and I do use that everyday to charge the Milwaukee battery for the cordless...

This is what we do. $24 each. We will be putting 6 mil over it in the late fall and take it off about Valentine's Day. The panels cover a 8x16 raised bed. The pic is not ours but where we got the idea. It's super thrifty and is not hard to set up. Some day I would like to build my wife a glass...

We’re sleeping at Wawona Campground right off 41. We have been putting in 16 hour days in a grove of giant trees. I’m in a strike team of engines (5 Type 3 wildland fire engines). We’ll definitely be here for our full 14 days. I would love to swing by but the 24 other guys will want to push...

Damn. I was going to go get the bottom box but after morning brief we got the word to head up to Yosemite for the fire up there. We’ll probably be away for 2 weeks. Sometimes you get the chicken, sometimes you get feathers.

Question for the Harbor Freight tool box crowd: Are these boxes rat proof? I have an old 3 piece stacker Craftsman box and I've got a rat that has moved into the bottom box. It has a little opening in the back that he is getting in. I have to unload it and turn it on end to seal the openings...

Junk the mag lite and buy literally anything else. Sure fire and Streamlight are too brands but you can pretty much pick anything LED up that will outperform a Maglite with out without an LED conversion. The only thing they’re really good for is clubbing someone over the head.

A friend, his son, and myself turned this … Into this… It was as a Smith machine (squat rack) that was at my fire stations gym. None of us are fond of Smith machines. Free squats are actually safer. I new exactly what the metal was going to be used for before I even disassembled it. We used...

And D100’s

I bought a few of the originals of the 360/340 Only stickers a few years ago to put on my tool box but they were too cool to peel and stick so I had these made up without the original shops name to clean it up a bit. I had to order 100 of them just to get them produced. Only wanted a few. If...

Just googled it and they are made in Murphy, North Carolina. Been trying real hard to not buy anything made in China. I don't care where else, just not Chyna. Did you hear they are preparing for nuclear war with the US? They are doing a build up of their nuclear arsenal right now and the state...

Mine IS ten years old. It's 18V. Had to buy new batteries a few years ago and got "upgraded" batteries but still go down fast. I do see thay have a different battery in the newer ones. Hilti is an excellent company. 100 years ago when I was framing houses we had a variety of Hilti and they were...

Milwaukee! Not all but a lot of them are made in the US. In the recent years they have been bringing jobs back to the US. I heard they opened a facility in two different states in the last two years. One in Indiana and I believe the other was Alabama. This was no doubt from influence from a...

Anymore, I just buy from the big retailers or places I can look at numerous reviews from. Sucks for small businesses but scammers have ruined the internet.

You understand the struggle! It’s a rewarding job but just not rewarding in dollars.

Cleveland N.F. down in San Diego. Looks like you are near the Mendocino N.F. if you are in W. Sac. One of my favorite forests. We are still in fire season around here. A lot of Santa Ana winds this year.

MS 461. We use a variety of big Stihls. 440’s, 660’s ... Sometimes it would be nice to use a lighter model but we have to be ready for the biggest of trees and don’t have the space to carry a second or third saw. My hard hat after the last fire has retardant all over it. You know those flyboys...

Some of our chain. Project chain. Our good chains are on the fire engine and Hotshot buggies. When the chain gets sharpened down too far it’s retired and we use it on prescribed fire, brushing , and clearing projects. The teardrop shaped bar is a brush bar used for, well, brush. The tip of a...

These two bars have a .050” gauge.

Here, stamped on the powerhead end of the bar is the chain specs. Most all bars will have this info. One bar tells us it is a 36” bar with a .050” gauge and uses a 114 link chain. You would buy you chain with these specs as you basis. You might want a full compliment (Full Comp) of cutters or a...

7/32” and 5/32” round files. The 5/32” is for a pruner or pole saw. The 7/32” file is what you would use for a homeowners or professional saw. Again, I like to find a bad cutter (if I’ve hit anything like rocks or a nail in a tree) and go from there. Always take the same amount off each cutter...

The best way to tell if you have you’re rakers down far enough is your chips curl. Analyze the chips (sawdust) after cutting a piece. They should look like curly-ques. If it is fine sawdust you may need to sharpen the cutters but if the chips still aren’t curls and still sawdusty you may need to...