curlyoak Posted January 25, 2023 Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 7:05 AM, Coop said: We are safe with minimal damage With a nasty tornado This is the news I wanted to read. Glad you all are OK! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 26, 2023 Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 The tree guys worked with the aid of truck lights until 9:00 last night and were back at 5:00 this morning. I’m kind of wondering about the validity of the pic of the tornado but we just got word that it was an EF3 with 140 mph . So far, we haven’t heard word of any major injuries, much less deaths. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted January 26, 2023 Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 8:11 PM, Coop said: I’m kind of wondering about the validity of the pic of the tornado I wondered about it simply because of the guy walking down the street… but didn’t want to be THAT guy that says everything is photoshopped 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 We just got power restored. It’s time for a hot shower and a Miller Lite! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 At the same time I hope Coop, glad you got power back 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/27/2023 at 5:42 PM, Coop said: We just got power restored. It’s time for a hot shower and a Miller Lite! Don't forget the double shot of Takillya to wash it down! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Coop said: We just got power restored. It’s time for a hot shower and a Miller Lite! Better make it a long shower, gotta give the beer time to chill . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Luckily, I have a generator that has kept the two fridges going but have been too damn tired each night after cleaning up, to enjoy one! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonPacific Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Finished putting up one of those metal and fabric temporary garages (10x20) today. We're planning on putting up a larger permanent ag building this summer, but needed some place to park the mower and store hay that wasn't next to my jointer. I was credulous about the quality, and the steel tubing is definitely thin, but overall the structure is better than I expected. Not sure it'd stand up to the snow load some of you out there deal with though. Also spent the morning vacuuming up fire extinguisher dust from a small fire (no injuries, no damage to the building) in the craftroom. That stuff gets everywhere! Some of the old furniture we were storing in the room will just get trashed though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 The extinguishing agent: upside, it works well, downside, as you have experienced, is a pain. Glad you are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted February 1, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 For those that are considering an appropriate extinguisher,,there are several choices. TYPES OF FIRES 1. Class A, wood, paper, trash, anything that leaves an ash ….. 2.5 gallon pressurized water extinguisher. Cannot be used on electrical or flammable liquids. Nothing more than a portable water hose, limited to 2.5 gallons of water. 2. Class B - flammable liquids. BC dry chemical but not effective on class A. Also includes CO2 extinguishers. 3. Class BC - Flammable liquids and electrically generated fires. ABC dry chemical, BC dry chemical, CO2 and smaller Hallatron. Again, without the A rating, not effective on class A fires. 4. Class ABC. ABC rated dry chemical extinguishers and larger halon or Halatron units. The chemical extinguishers definitely leave a residue but are more effective than the halongonated extinguishers. IMO, better to clean up the mess than the ashes. Myself, I have ABC dry chemical in my shop and house with a small halatron extinguisher in my kitchen for small grease fires. Make sure the extinguisher has a gauge and metal valve and not manufactured by Kidde. My two bits! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Great info, @Coop. Any manufacturers you particularly like? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 I have this one Amerex 5 Pound ABC Extinguisher which I believe meets all of the @Coop minimum standard requirements. I think I paid about $70 a couple of years back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted February 1, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 2/1/2023 at 11:18 AM, Mark J said: Great info, @Coop. Any manufacturers you particularly like? Amerex, Badger and Ansul Sentry are all good extinguishers. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Just gonna give a shot to Coop for providing me great advice on fire protection multiple times. I have extinguishers in my house based off his recommendation but it'd be nice to have another 1 or 2 just to make the run to grab one when needed shorter. Second Coop do you have any good recommendations for obtaining an extinguisher such that i can teach my wife how to use it? I don't mean walk through the steps but never discharge i mean start a fire (outside) and have her try and put it out. With a previous job i went through an extinguisher use training and it was helpful to be able to use the device. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 One of the local fire departments used to have a sort of weekend fair where they gave hands on demonstrations of fire fighting. I don't know if that's still a thing, but you could ask your fire department. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Great idea Drew! I did the same with my family. A percentage of the agent is waisted by the novice user learning to use the extinguisher during the crises. The agent should be aimed at the base of the fire and not at the rising flame. There are a couple of options, one of which Mark mentioned above. You can also contact a fire extinguisher service company in your area and ask if you can have a couple of their outdated usable extinguishers that customers have opted to replace. These extinguishers require a 12 year hydro-test and often companies/owners replace these units instead of having them pressure tested and the service company has to dispose of them so you will be doing them a favor. The extinguisher you probably have or should have, will have a discharge hose and not a simple nozzle so make sure the one you train with, also has a hose as well. Another option is to use your extinguisher for the training and then take it to a service company and have it recharged. If you go this route, definitely have it recharged, even if you only discharge a small portion as it will quickly leak the remaining pressure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 The FD will do trainings for businesses or groups but not individuals. I could probably see if we could coordinate a group but that seems like a lot of work.... That's a great idea to reach out to the service company. I"m always worried that these companies aren't going to offer the time of day to non-business requests but i guess it can't hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Drew, what city do you live in and I will make a courtesy call to a local service company and see if I can’t get you a couple? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BonPacific Posted February 6, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Spent the few dry hours today pruning this row of fruit trees (apple and cherry) and a few large firs hanging over the driveway behind me. Also got a couple rescue (plum) and volunteer (cherry) saplings planted to fill out the line. Not my ideal timing, but with our inconsistent weather a lot of plants are coming out of hibernation early (my butterfly bush got hit hard by frost). The previous owners had let these things get pretty overgrown, so it was a bit of a hack job. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 A past neighbor of mine faced a lot of criticism from random people about growing an apple tree, like a tree. It was probably 35 feet tall, looked like a beautiful shade tree. I always got a kick out of hearing the unsolicited advice he got to "fix" it. Up until that point i never really knew that apple trees were pruned a specific way for various reasons. I just thought they grew like the ones in your picture. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonPacific Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 5:43 AM, Chestnut said: A past neighbor of mine faced a lot of criticism from random people about growing an apple tree, like a tree. It was probably 35 feet tall, looked like a beautiful shade tree. I always got a kick out of hearing the unsolicited advice he got to "fix" it. Up until that point i never really knew that apple trees were pruned a specific way for various reasons. I just thought they grew like the ones in your picture. We've got some gorgeous old orchand trees that are like that, huge mushroom-like canopies that make an almost cave-like area. I do need to prune those a bit for airflow and keeping them from breaking branches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 21 minutes ago, BonPacific said: We've got some gorgeous old orchand trees that are like that, huge mushroom-like canopies that make an almost cave-like area. I do need to prune those a bit for airflow and keeping them from breaking branches. That'd be cool i like areas that get a thick canopy like that and feel like caves. He dealt with a lot of broken branches but not as many as i expected honestly. There were times when a branch would droop 10 feet with the weight of apples and not break. I think this tree was old and not the new hybrids that produce apples 2x the size they should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 I have a crab apple tree in the back yard that could use some pruning. Every year it produces hundreds of pounds of 1" deep red crab apples that make the most divine apple butter & jelly. That's way more than we can use and it would be nice to have the tree take up a little less sky. It's a fun tree to watch throughout the summer because of the proliferation of critters that live and eat there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom King Posted February 9, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 This morning, I assembled this set of patio furniture on the porch of the rental house. Pam had ordered it from Amazon. It's pretty nice quality, but I can see them getting back about half of them from people not used to building anything. They include an Allen wrench and stamped sheetmetal 10mm wrench. I used a white table to assemble the pieces on, and another table to organize all the fastener and tools on. I can see it being a nightmare for someone trying to put them together on a floor with the included tools. I don't know how many machine screws there are, but the little side tables have 14 each in them. The fasteners that were all jumbled in a bag together were all organized by length and I put the washers on them to start with. The threaded inserts they go in aren't all aligned in exactly the correct orientation, but I just started all the machine screws before fastening any. I can see someone trying to tighten each one as they go with the included Allen wrench. They're almost all hard to get to, and with a regular Allen wrench you can almost get a half turn on some of them. Amazon reviews most popular complaint was that they took forever to assemble. Fortunately, I had a 1/4" drive 4mm Allen socket, and a flexible extension to use on the 12v Milwaukee impact driver. Once I started all the screws in a piece by hand, it took less than a minute to tighten all the ones in any piece. One side of the back was bent so that the threaded inserts were not anywhere close to being the right distance apart, so I called Pam to come from our house to stand on the back while I bent it back correctly. This set was in five boxes that took up most of the room in the back of my truck. It's not real Rattan, but some sort of plastic strapping that seems pretty nice, and should be easy to clean. They are pretty nice once all together, but even I got aggravated assembling them. Some Assembly Required. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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