smitty55

Heya Rick. Your old cooking thread is still hanging around.

Interesting. Downloading right now.

That's quite the chartreuse water there.

I'm still curious as to what actually failed on your old winch, if it was a stripped gear it should still have turned.

A half hour west of Ottawa and even in the bush hardly any snow left. Even saw some chipmunks last week, first time ever in Febuary.

It's getting so you can't even call it fishing anymore, more like shooting fish in a barrel.

I agree with Kipawa, there's a very special magic about that lake. I've been there a good 20 times and if I could I'd go back every year. Not near as many lodges anymore though, Alwaki for example is still open but is now severed and different lots are for sale. That's a 14 mile boat ride from the government dock in Kipawa and another 8 miles or so gets you to Hunters lake and Kipawa Lodge, it's always been considered the best of them all. Or else you can go in from the top end at Laniel and access more lodges.

Boca may be the more expensive but they are also the best and will pay for themselves in the long run over cheaper ones. With the cost of reels these days it's worth it. I worked on a lot of aircraft fan assemblies and there was one in particular that needed to be overhauled after 100 hours. Well someone in purchasing decided to buy a cheap version of the same bearing and those motors started coming in to the shop with failures after 50-60 hours. So I went to my boss and he made sure that purchasing went back to the much more expensive bearings and there were no more issues with failed bearings. You'll never regret buying a quality product in the long run.

All it will take is one big volcano eruption and the world will cool right down.

For almost two weeks now my Avast has been triggered, mostly when I come on a post with a photo.

I agree, it was like he was looking for the worst spots.

Make sure to turn off the fuel and let it run dry whenever you use it. All my small engine fuel gets treated with Seafoam soon as I get home. It's good as a stabilizer for two years and keeps engines clean. It also prevents phase separation, specially now that even premium has ethanol in it. I also cut up a long length of fuel line so I can drain the tank and not have to bother running it for maintenance. Mine is only 3200K 110V so it's easy enough to lift up on some cinder blocks to drain. I also have it grounded to a copper pipe pounded into the ground. A lot of people don't bother but there's a good reason those ground posts are on the unit. As for extension cords, I made up a 6ft heavy duty male to male cord and I back feed one side of the panel through the outdoor plug after first disconnecting from the grid, you have to isolate your home. Luckily my well pump is 110V. and on the same side of the panel is my propane furnace, propane hot water and many of the downstairs plugs including 2 freezers and an all fridge. Plus some upstairs plugs and lights. I have a wood stove upstairs. That cord never even gets warm so I have zero issues using it that way. That genny had been sitting in my back shed brand new never opened box for 5 years or more when I saw it on sale for 40% and needed a new one anyway. It actually didn't click in till after visiting a neighbour the day after the storm that I had one in the shed lol. So that was that May storm '22, since then I've used it twice for a total of 40 hours tops. I know all the circuits to leave on, I have a paper list I made back then right at the panel. So, total cost to power enough of my home off grid to still take a hot shower, have some lights, house lights are all all LED's, watch tv, use my LPG range for cooking like normal? It was $350 I think when I grabbed that deal way back. No pony panels and expensive connectors, switches and cables. It's easy to make the patch cord, just need an extra male connector. If I was to lose power here I could hang in quite well on a smaller mid size genny. Cheers

Here just west of Ottawa there's only been one night so far this year that hit -20°C with a few other at -17 or -18 nights. Only one heavy snowfall so far. Some guys are just getting their shacks out now, some years it's December.

Lot's of folks refill the regular tanks, you can buy the adapters to fill them from a 20lb tank.

WTG, dandy Laker. My knees were shaking just watching that.