Old Ironmaker

For me it was the other way around Wayne. I had just finished doing the body, paint, chrome DeeZee accessories, real deal Cragger chrome wire rims and dear old Dad asked to borrow, no told me was borrowing my 78' Dodge (yes I said it Dodge Ram). I thought to move get some new clean furniture or something because no one in his right mind would pile old bricks from a backyard brick BBQ in the freshly painted bed, would they? As far as buying a Ram, please read my tag at the bottom of this page. Sorry about the hi-jacking.

Welcome aboard Mr.Brown95. It must me great to be able to get out ice fishing at your age.

All by hand! No need to join no stinkin' gym for Wayne. By hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone of you Ford and Ram guys did you notice what truck Wayne has to haul all that lumber? A real truck, no fake plastic wood grain interior, 12" TV screen in the dash or coolers under the floor in the rear required. A work truck that works. Good choice Wayne.

Sorry Tom but that wasn't funny on Sunday either. Listening to his fake accent is like the sound of nails across a chalk board. I lasted to 5:06, does it get funnier? Maybe you have to know fly fishing to get it. Plus it's fake news. He doesn't have a Tilly on so no way he knows how to fly fish. OK to be fair to the guy I watched the rest. The funniest person was the guy in the yellow hat that didn't say a word, he stole the show. The Dunnville Community Theatre is putting a Norm Foster comedy on this spring, I don't think Hank will get a part. Sorry neighbour.

Do you have enough wood Wayne? But then again you don't live south of Buffalo NY as we do so I guess it depends how cold it gets up there and it gets cold. There is a guy that has a place in Turkey Point and he brought up 3 huge Palm trees in his 53' trailer 15 years ago. He sticks them in the ground ever year then I guess stores them someone warm over the winter. I convinced my B-I-L from Halifax they grew here, he passed on that info to his beys down home.

Way to go my man. Looks like a great spot you can walk to. Always nice to get on the ice before the New Year and a bonus to actually catch fish. I would always keep at least 1 Pike out of icy water, any fish for the table is best out of cold water. I always have to chuckle when I see those weather reports -20C feels like -30, when it hits -20 what's another 10 degrees.

I nearly killed us both on HWY 11 near Sundridge going up north over 30 years back. I had a slow leak on the front right and was too lazy to repair it properly, put in a can of that fix a leak crap. The belt ripped right off the tire . From the belt slapping inside the fender it tore the fender up until it wrapped itself around the CV joint at 120KPH. No control whatsoever. Ended up in the oncoming traffic ditch. I learned my lesson. A tire with a slow leak is a tire that needs to be repaired properly or replaced. After seeing my life pass before my eyes I was and still am anal about tire pressure. Besides that tires aren't cheap and keeping them at the proper tires pressure saves money for many reasons including fuel savings and longevity. My take is a tire with a slow leak is a tire in bad condition Barry.

The only accurate way to pre determine if a gas fireplace will do the job of heating your place entirely is to do an accurate heat loss calculation. If you know how to use a tape measure and know all the construction hat will give you the BTU's required. Heat loss calculators are free on the net. The 50,000 unit could not keep up so we had to supplement with electric in the rooms at the back, 1 bedroom and bathroom. When the wind was blowing off lake and it was -10C or so we slept upstairs in the loft, it was hot up there. After those 2 terrible winters 3 and 4 years ago we finally bit the bullet and installed a direct vent hi efficiency NG furnace and ran duct work through the floor of the upper loft. Now all the rooms are crispy warm and zero electric heaters to supplement. I bought the 80,000 BTU or so unit wholesale and all the ductwork wholesale as well. I didn't tear out drywall we ran the registers in the ceilings. My brother installed it for the family price, not free though, and it was less than another gas fireplace. In my opinion a forced air furnace is far better then any single gas fireplace as primary heat. A wood stove trumps a NG fireplace for primary heat. A fireplace cranked can not give you anymore BTU than it is rated for. Log burning is giving off 900F, a gas unit will never reach that. The bonus of forced air is cleaner air and humidified air, plus I can add central A/C. ( when I insert typing the new text is eating the text that was there like Pac Man, I can't remember what keys to hit to stop this, please help)

I shouldn't be posting when I have a bout of insomnia. Ooops.

DJ, good that you found a group of better friends. There is always a time that you come to a fork in a road and it is your choice to take one. Often it's the hardest road. I took the right one when I met the woman I have been with for 25 years now. The stupid thing was I wasn't making any money with these guys because I wasn't doing what they were doing but was "associated". Many times I excused myself from the table when they started talking business. When they often asked where was I going it old them away from anything you say here because if some information somehow gets out from what is said here you all know it wasn't me. When the s&*t hit the fan they knew it wasn't me that ratted because I had nothing to rat. 5 of that crew are dead now. Those stories stay with me, many are still alive, and fish.

OK I'm tapping out.

I really don't consider mileage for a toy. Unless you are going miles into the back country and are concerned about running dry. That includes a boat. Like they used to say if you are worried about how many miles to the gallon you get in a Cadillac you can't afford one.

Exactly. If you insist on being cheap that's your call but if you insist on towing with poor trailer tires and injure someone I care for I will hunt you down like a dog Glen, maybe if someone I don't even know. Come on man that is just being stupid! If you do injure someone like innocent children for example you deserve sleepless nights for a very long time wondering if your 300 pound cell mate is asleep. What is really surprising to me are there are responsible guys here suggesting fixes for a bad wheel and or tire.

You got that right CPH. Happy Wife= Peace and quiet. Wine helps too. Just thought of this. Like I have said here before my good pal has a very large building out here that has turned into a hobby Marine. The insulated section of the building is about 40' X 60' X 20' high. It is totally insulated except the floor, well insulated with closed cell spray 6" in the walls behind 8" block. Up to last week it was heated with a very large wood stove. He was burning 1/2 a cord minimum a week last year. He is blessed to have 10 acres of bush. Last week the guy came in and hooked up overhead tube heater. What a difference. With the wood stove at the back of the shop you could see your breath and near the wood burner you had to take your coat off. Now it is 66F everywhere. I know that because I walked around with a thermometer Friday. So 1 difference is that there is fairly equal heat through out the space. Another thing I want to mention is that most gas fireplaces have problems with burning out the bearings in the internal fan blowers, no way on mine to simply change a bearing or small drive motors. Majestic anyway sells you a complete system with a new turbine complete with external outlet that is not needed. Lots of heat to contend with inside the unit. After the second fan kit on my Majestic unit at $225.00 per I decided to leave it as is and simply put a fan on the floor. It probably worked better to move the heat. When we had the Sunroom business we also sold gas fireplaces on the side. I told the supplier about me going through a fan every 2 or 3 winters. He told me to insulate the bearing and small motor with heat tape to protect it. I never did this as I never replaced the turbine blower. It sounds logical. A big argument when it comes to moving heat with a ceiling fan is, clockwise or counter clockwise, especially with a vaulted ceiling. Building Science .com says pull the heat up to create some kind of vortex that creates a greater volume of air moved, (they are scientists) I say one you start to circulate warm air it doesn't mater. Argue amongst yourselves.

As Lt. Coronel Slade Al Pacino said in the movie "Scent of a Woman" I'm in the dark here,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I'm in the dark!" Brian you are one cooler cookie than I am. I would have lost it if I saw my nice whatever end up like that afterwards. I would have lost it for sure. I would defiantly be contacting them but don't lose it, take it from me Brian, keep cool. Never email a complaint. I've said this here before, my kid brother was in a Sr. position with customer service for Shaw out west and then here when they invaded the east. He admitted his people would dump emails before even opening them, and encouraged it without saying it. They would get thousands a day when service went out. No way they had the time and man power to read each and every one, no way. Nice eh? No today wasn't your day I would normally say. We, for one reason and many others we were never blessed to have children thus no Grand Babies. I would give my left nut Brian to be able to spend a day, Hell an hour with our Grand Child. So in my eyes you had a stellar day really. Contact them by telephone, no email, text, tweet or airmail, it will be a pain believe me but the only way I have been able to get what I deserved I had to spend much time and effort working my way up the customer service chain for different issues. I bought a HP lap top 5 years ago that never worked from day 1. and started logging the time I spent on the phone. With HP it took me 30 minutes to get the person on the other end to get my email address right. Total time on the phone before they authorized a new machine was over, it took over 40 hours of telephone time and dozens of emails with the person that made decisions . 3 returns from the supposedly repaired laptop. Finally a new laptop after 6 months of fighting. They just want you to give up. If I was working full time or even part time I would have just tapped out and bought a new one. That's exactly what they want from conversation1. 30 minutes to understand a email address??????? You have to be like a Pit Bull with a bone, DO NOT TAP OUT. By the way Brian good video, has anyone told you that you have a face for radio. Johnny D just busting your right nut.

You and Mrs. Lew have a very nice shack there Lew, and it is next to Burleigh Falls which was one of my favorite places in the entire world. I bet Lovesick Lake Camp is more than 10 bucks a night now, if it still exists. My wife makes custom slip covers and did them for the love seat and chesterfield that match yours. My former wife forbad me from sitting let alone lay on her former 500 count Egyptian Cotton livingroom furniture, the last time she told me that I didn't see her until we met in court. As far as wood vs. gas there definitely is a different feel even though 1 degree of heat is 1 degree. Especially a stand alone wood burner vs. gas set into a wall or the corner. It feels hotter because it may be. It may be 90F and you would most likely never set gas at 90 and there will be times your wood will give off 90F, or more. Plus gas is, clean, labour free, set the temp and walk away for 12 months. Rather than fight to get it lit every fall I just leave the pilot lit all year. Something like 5 bucks a month cost and there are some cool summers morning I will turn it on if just to take the dampness out of the air. I do service it myself every year though but don't need to fight to relight it. The most I miss about wood is simply the smell. When I am outside and a neighbour has the wood stove going it brings back some memories, great memories. We would come out in the dead of winter, light the wood stove and head into Dover for some Perch and come back to a toasty warm Cottage, that we miss.

No, no, no. Those trailer tires are more important to be of a fit condition than the tires on your tow vehicle. You sound like my 90 year old Father. Buy them now or at least a new tire and rim at least for God's sake. The only limping you may be doing is on the broken leg you received in an accident. Hopefully that's not all. You are smarter than that Glen. Of course I have a story. I was about 18 and my brother and I shared a 69 VW Beetle with Dad. The tires were Baldinis. There was a used tire place on Gage Ave. and Lawrence Rd. In Hamilton. Went in with Dad and he wanted used tires, for 5 bucks each as advertised on the sign. The guy told him he could put 4 used on for "50 bucks all in", my dear Father says, " Come on, they are only for my Boy's to use!" I swear on his 90 1/2 year life.

Switched from wood to NG Fireplace 17 years ago. Wow time flies. My Father came over and asked "What is that thing?" I said a woodstove. His reply while shaking his head was " I came to this country so I didn't have to cut and carry wood and my Son does?"

Of course they are, the plants their Government wants us to see.

No need, the urine will freeze solid before it hits the ground. The other movement may be a chad tilly on the derriere.

I'll take anything I can get Art, thank you Sir. I like it. I actually posted a photo on a post today. That's a milestone for me, there is such a thing as miracles.

Something I did this year for the first time out here. I tied on a 1 to 2 ounce wire bottom bouncer drifting a harness or a floating jig head with worms. Nothing. Finally got a few using a #5 Mepps Black Fury. Often we get stuck doing the same things over and over again and don't get inventive. Below is one of them on the Black Fury. Hey a milestone, I just posted a pic of my fish.

Idiocy is not confined to just urban dwellers, we have rural duffis' as well my friends. I don't think anyone needs to drive an hour to dump a sofa or bed in a ditch. If I'm not mistaken we talked about the same scenario in the late Summer or early Fall. I'm not sure if it's the same area or not. For everyone that sees blatant boating violations or impeding someone in the act of angling i.e. Akrisoner, try and get their hull ID number. If they are that close take a pic. Some Jet Ski Cowboy out here at Turkey Point was trying to show off for all the little girls on the beach every weekend this past summer or the year before. He could have killed a swimmer no problem. Apparently someone with a phone took several videos of this moron ripping back and forth inside the rope line where kids were swimming and someone followed the moron to the ramp and even got the licence plate number of the truck. The O.P.P. identified the violator. I wonder how surprised he was when Johnny Law came a knockin' on his door. I would have loved to attend that hearing.

Following instructions from you guys to a tee, this is result of the Avatar. Now I'm a big Zero!

Yes Mister G, it is certainly possible to pull a boat around on this lake with a 70lb thrust i-pilot. It all would be dependent however on the size and weight of the boat, as well what the wind is doing. Some days when the winds are being nasty my 15 pound kicker isn't enough to keep my StarCraft Superfisherman 190 going where I want it to go. I would need to max out the thrust I think.