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I've broken three sledgehammers since being here.

Pound hard...

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My sledgehammer is one that I aquired when my FIL moved, and I have never even had to repair it, much less replace it.

Work smarter, not harder. :nod:

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No fun in that...

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M​​​​​​a ybe if I ate more porridge? :unsure:

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No projects since we rent and live in a shoe box, but I like to go look at showrooms at Ikea and Home Depot stuff sometimes to imagine having a house..ha ha

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Chainsaw porn! :wub:

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Apparently, it's not the size it's the way you use it...
That is a monster!!

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The 20" bar was out of stock, and as my other saw (predecessor model to the new one, with a 20" bar) has resisted multiple attempts to make it work consistently, and now indeed at all, I went with what they had which was 24". At some point I may consider getting a second bar, a shorter one, maybe even a 16" one, as I won't usually need the full 24".

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Ah, ok, there was me thinking that you had gone oversize and stuck a 30+" bar on it! My mantra is that if it's too big for a 20" saw then some other bugger can play with it because my balls aren't big enough.
Suppose I should flush out the fuel system in my 20" beast before the winds get up this season.

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What's the pull like?
Does it have a primer?

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Pull? Primer? :unsure: ….. It arrived to late for me to do anything other than attach the bar and install the chain this evening., so I can't yet say anything about actually using it.

I am assuming it will be easier to start than the old one (the controls are the same as my old one - pull out the choke, yank the starter cord. I think the new one doesn't have a pop-off valve), and it is slightly more powerful, being 74cc/ 5.7Hp, so it will definitely get the job done. That is why I bought it - there are other saws with 20" bars, but they only have around halt to two-thirds the horse power and I have better things to do that fart around waiting for the saw to cut through a 20" pine or a 24" oak.

This weekend is going to see, at long last, the end of most of the trees that Frances and Michael brought down. :thumbsup:
I agree. My old 20" has served me well, and enable me to deal with everything up to a 24" hickory which I had to attack from both sides. Another 20" would likely have been sufficient, but 24" will be a little quicker at the margin, and I don't have many trees that 24" wouldn't be sufficient from only one side. I have a couple of giant oaks, but I have zero intention of ever removing them unless they fall or die, and I wouldn't fell them myself anyway - they must be close to 3ft diameter at chest height and a good bit wider closer to the ground.

I any case, beyond 24", you get into esoteric kit like semi-skip, and skip chains.

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For a while I've found a long bump in my bedroom carpet. It would come and go from my memory until last couple days when I realize I need to investigate further. Mind thinking the worst (foundation / structure issues), it was best to rip up the carpet and see.

It was just cloth carpet tape. I assume whoever owned the house in the past didn't buy long enough carpet. Much better than foundation issues. :lol:

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IIRC Carpet in America comes in loom widths of 12' and 14', so if the width of the room exceeds the loom width of the carpet, you're going to need tape to join two pieces of carpet. The loom width can lead to some mathematical juggling to work out the cheapest way to carpet a room, because if the "cheap" (/sqft) carpet is only 12' wide and the room is 13'9" wide then you have to purchase two lengths of carpet, and will be left with an "offcut" that is 10'3" wide! :blink: Therefore the more expensive (/sqft) 14' wide carpet might be substantially cheaper as you only have to buy one length to carpet a room 13'9" wide. :nod: ….. And the extra bit required to go into a doorway can also mess with calculations and significantly increase the overall cost. :(

I have a hard step-like ridge across the width of the upstairs hallway floor - it is small, but noticeable, and is "one sided", like the subfloor is of two different thicknesses, but I have never bothered to lift the carpet because there isn't much I can do about it, and I suspect that neither Mrs P nor little Miss P have even noticed anyway. :unsure:

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Ah that makes sense. Measured and the bump is at 12' :)

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:thumbup: :o