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If you need to bring home lumber or other supplies, what's simpler than driving them straight to the site of your project? It doesn't even necessarily have to be a truck, though a truck often is preferable.

Farmers are pleased with Senate's amendment to exempt farm trucks from bill S.1813, allowing flexibility with state-border regulations, and await House approval. “Subjecting family farmers and ranchers to costly requirements is an unnecessary burden...

When the vehicle is in park, it will stay put. Although they might appear the same to the casual observer, trucks have different abilities when it comes to towing heavy trailers. Extended mirrors provide better visibility around the trailer.

I quickly discovered that no matter how important I thought torque should be, nobody lists it. << More Shop Talk >> Tags angle grinder , Jim Ruen , tool shopping , tools , torque The closest I came were tool descriptors of “high torque.” Often times...

A week later (one of the hazards of living in the country) the technician made the 40-mile drive to our house,pulled open the cover plate where the power cord connected to the dryer, and found it was burned to a crisp.

Sometimes they use chipped tree trimmings and grass clippings from local parks and other open spaces, as well. If you have a shovel and some buckets (or better still, a pickup truck), call your own municipality and ask if a pile of leaf compost is available...

And finally, before you embark on a trip across state lines, be sure you have the correct paperwork in hand. Don't, however, take any chances—secure them carefully using sturdy tie-down straps.

To this day, this is my preferred recipe, although I boil them and then, after draining, transfer immediately into a hot frying pan and saute gently in the butter. When eating any wild food, always, always, be 100% sure of its identity.Every fiddlehead...

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding would have been fit fare for the middle classes and the wealthy.All this history is leading up to one of my favorite puddings, probably the easiest and cheapest to make of all of them.

“Many of these towns don't even have full-service grocery stores,” explains Rebecca Thistlethwaite, director of Gorge Grown, a non-profit promoting local food. “Like a small grocery store, we offer the convenience of retail with the soulful, funky...

I could get a 7-amp grinder for around $70, a 7½-amp grinder for around $90 and an 8-amp grinder for around $150. Of course, to complicate things, equal torque numbers aren't necessarily equal.

It's available in wheel or skid models with power ratings of 1,600 to 4,000 watts. Extended power outages are even more painful if your income stream depends on a home office, heated greenhouse, irrigation or other power-needy devices.

It was supposed to be for the whole family, but none of us noticed whether it was getting watered or not, and eventually ... In particular, we often find t?te-?-t?te narcissus, in bud or blooming already, their cheery yellow flowers tempting us, quickening...

When you're using the drill close to home, always keep one battery in the drill and one in the charger so that one is always ready to go. (Believe me, I've lost drill bits this way.) Magnetic holders don't wear out the same way, and they can also help...

However, this isn't the case—the blade spins at such a high rate of speed that it can take a significant amount of time to slow down and reach a full stop. But here's the thing—purchasing a quality circular saw isn't quite as simple as choosing the...

If it's a spin-on, use any commercially available oil filter wrench, whether it's one that slips over the filter or a plier-style wrench, to break the filter loose. What is the recommended “weight”?

You never know when all this stuff might come in handy.Just keep in mind a few projects you want to get done in the next year or two and start collecting!I found a 1500 sq ft cedar deck free for the dismantling.

Some states may require a CDL, even if you are exempt from the federal regulation, if the GVCWR of your trailer and truck exceeds 10,001 lbs., a weight that is fairly easy to exceed with anything above a two-horse bumper-pull trailer.

This may include cost per container (or weight per container), road taxes, tolls, fuel and maintenance fees. There are many variables that determine the final cost, such as payment to a driver for delivery of product to destination.

Like any backpack, the weight should not ride on the shoulders, but on the hips. Fill it to its 5.3-gallon capacity, and you're carrying nearly 60 pounds. If possible, try the sprayer before you buy it.

He will weigh your pine straw, pay you, bale the straw and sell it. Pine straw mulch remains loose and allows air and water to infiltrate the ground below, unlike firmer mulches that tend to crust over.

For example, you don't need an agriculture degree—your experience could consist of internships, classes and on-farm employment. “This new truck now helps us improve the quality and freshness of our farm produce when we deliver into the Chicago market,”...

As soon as the weather gets nice, there's a lot to be done: cleaning up trees and branches that have fallen during the winter, preparing the fields and gardens for growing crops, and—as important as anything—making sure that farm equipment is working...

There truly is one for every situation. To further confuse the situation, a rotary cutter powered by a dedicated 18-horsepower motor and pulled behind an ATV or UTV may be more than equal in cutting power to a 30-horsepower tractor-powered cutter.

Autumn leaves can be collected and piled to make into leaf mold for the garden and to provide overwintering beneficial insects a place to live. Christ Cant/Flickr Trucking away the riches dropped by the trees and other plants deprives the garden of creatures,...

The worst part is that after all that hauling and four pickup-truck loads, we only managed to remove about a third of the patio! Another friend is coming with her posse on Saturday, hopefully to haul the rest away.

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health, constant exposure to dust from silica sand has lead to an increase in lung and bladder cancers at specific mines.