Entropy

Yep, wood stove ash crank thing.

Got an eye opener today, at just how much land (farm land, vac land, rec land, forest, etc) is owned by people / investors who DO NOT live in Canada. Kind of scary, when you think about it. A local farmer rents the land (to grow crops on) and sends the 'rent cheque' to "their" lawyer in Toronto. I guess I never thought this was allowed. Seems wrong eh.

Where did you take it for service?

There are other places that are cheaper, but if you don't want to travel a bit. http://www.highlandtrailers.com/ Thanks fisherman, I'd be very interested, but it is a 400 km round trip for me, and if there are any defects/problems/concerns, that would be warranty visit nobody would want to ride shotgun on; and if I had to leave it there and pick it up in a day or two, ..... I'd love to save $200 to $400 bucks but the distance is a problem. Thanks.

I'm thinking about buying a 5 x 8 steel utility trailer from Trailer City in Manchester. Anyone buy one there or deal with them? Just looking for feed back. Their 5 x 8 black painted steel utility trailer with 16" sides and rear loading gate for $1600 + tax. Is that a reasonable price for a new trailer of this kind? I'm not looking to travel more than 1 hour to buy this type of trailer. Thoughts? Thanks, Entropy

Sorry to hear Cliff.

Tea

We are too, where you camping?

North Oshawa waste transfer station will take up to 50L or there abouts.

Dish soap, in a Dish soap squeez bottle. 50% soap 50% boiling water. squirt on area and scrub with stiff bristle brush ( I use one of those finger nail brush types or other larger ) then take shop vac to wet area, Repeat 10 times. This is how I treat vomit in the car and on the couch in the house. kids eh. Oh, to leave a lasting fresh smell I use 50% liquid laundry fabric softner and 50% hot water, and do the same on the final 'pass'. The exhaust coming out of your shop vac will never smell better! Entropy

Guess that wasn't tied down or straped to a trailer at all eh. No need for a drift sock that day.

Just bought a 2W, 160 lumen, soft white LED, for $8.56 tax in. CTC had them for about $12 but the there was an OPA rebate for $5.00. This is the best value for the lumen and wattage, that I have come across so far. Entropy

Yep, that's how I do it. Greese it by the motor and perhaps under the dash, although I think mine has a cover on it under the dash. Use a marine greese or other that is good for use around water.

It was bound to happen some day. I think we will get our "fair share" (if one can use that expression in this text) of problems. Sure hope not though. Entropy

Just a heads up if you are in the flood areas or have a friend or family member there; Princess Auto has 'cheap' gasoline water pumps for sale, as well as the suction and discharge hoses. Never bought one myself, but keep them in mind this time of year. They had plenty on Friday. Entropy

Cheaptackle, Great idea about the motion switches. Will consider. Entropy

Not at war with you. Just wanted to know where to buy some cheap LED's that met my criteria. You joined the conversation. I know you are more mature that that. "Distribution charges of being a(n) electricity prurchaser" Huh? What cost per KWH have you found on your electricity bill? Toss some of your real life numbers into this conversation. Entropy Entropy

Thanks, irishfield. I haven't the will to be moving them in and out everyday, but apparently I do have the will and time to continue this discourse. [it's turning into education]. My inlaws use them outside on entrance to the house and on the garage/barn/shed building. Chuck, I do think 'naive consumer' is appropriate. But, I would call my attention to this specific topic attentive. I agree with 11 or 12 cents / KWH if you are working for a client, and the expectation is to save them money. In this case you might not know all the 'add ons' to their bill, and in the end it is better to under estimate their savings, than over estimate their savings. As the end user residential consumer we should be looking at the real cost of our electricity. Entropy

Guys, you seem very knowledgeable and intelligent, but also very naive as consumers. My total cost for electricity to come out of my outlets over the last year. = $1928 The total KWH for the last year = 12 346 My experienced cost of electricity as it comes out of my outlets ‘on average’ is = 15.6 cents / KWH. [the 18.7 cents / KWH must have been based off of one of my more expensive bills] Add 10% to 15.6 [comes into effect May first] = 17.16 cents / KWH. [Also on May 1st we switch to summer pricing] For the ease of shopping and comparing I will likely assume a 20 cents / KWH or a 15 cents / KWH. To say that electricity costs 6.7 cents/kWh for off-peak, 10.4 cents/kWh for mid-peak and 12.4 cents/kWh during peak demand times does not take into account all the ‘other fees’ as it should. We pay them, thus it is a cost for us to have electricity. It’s a no brainier. To do otherwise is like saying the cost of driving a car is only the cost of the gasoline you put into it, and we all know there is car payments, insurance, repairs, etc.

Do that. Do you have an electricity bill to try this calc. on ?

While you are right about the cost of elecricity, you are also very wrong. Take your total cost on your bill divide by the total use (Kw/hrs) and you will see that by the time all the delivery, debt, this, that, and tax are added on you are actually paying almost 20 cents per Kw/hr. Last time I did this I got 18.7 cents / kw/hr. Not 'trying' anything with these number, it is just the way it is. Try it. What do you get? If we were to look at the cost of gasoline like you are elecricity; the cost of gasoline would be.... something like 63 cents per Liter .... but then there is all that tax on it, so you end up paying something like $1.20 a Liter.

What are you saying here?

I got one from Walmat today for $8. It is 110 lumen, 2 W, cool white. What I want is: 3W, 800 lumen, warm white and for $8 or less. This does not exist at Walmart. They have one that is 9.5w at 800 lumen, for too much money, but at that wattage I'd be better to stick to my CFLs. Any insight? Entropy P.S. I think my wood stove gives off almost as much light as this 110 lumen bulb. lol

I fixed up my drive. We put down 16 to 18 inches of A gravel after the topsoil was dug out (not sure what the previous owners were thinking), drove my pickup turck back and forth on it for 30 min, that packed it down well. We waited a year to let 'mother nature' pack it down a bit more, then put down 3 to 4 inch of HL6 (mix of 3/8" and 3/4" crush clear). It is firm and keeps the house, shoes, and cars clean.

And here we were worried about global warming. Run as fast as you can the White Death is upon us! Stay safe and enjoy the blower.