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    How Did You Find Us?

    Welcome. d.d.
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    Fuel Storage

    I just had to have my furnace oil tank removed. Insurance company said 10 years and it had to go or they would cancel my house insurance. Couldn't remove it myself even though I worked around diesel equipment for 40 years. Had to be done by the furnace service guys with a invoice to prove it...
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    Come along on two pipe wrenches

    Pretty big come-along for the job. I only use a1/4 ton size when I take my wood hot water system apart every year to get the chimney cleaned. d.d.
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    Overload of the Day

    I've seen that done here. Grind it off at the front end of the road train and lay it again out the back.
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    British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

    SAD !
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    Looking to buy a log champ yarder, is this engine exportable?

    I know it doesn't sound fair and probably isn't but if a guy is regular good customer and the next fellow is a one time walk in most outfits will probably bend over backward to get their regular guy up and running with something. We always did that. I know it's not fair but look at it from the...
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    British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

    Many many years ago I was sent to Renfrew on a field service job. Somebody had told me I could get through from Shawnigan so of coarse I had to give it a try. I did cross the bridge but there was quite a pucker factor in the process. I didn't come home the same way. d.d.
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    Things to ask asphalt driveway contractor?

    Keep in mind that if you do the prep then they will blame the prep if the job doesn't hold up. d.d.
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    Martin Mars Water Bomber Tribute

    It's been a while. Welcome back. d.d.
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    Looking HARD at purchasing a 100T portable track pin press......anybody use one and have thoughts??

    In sandals really !!!! At least he is wearing gloves. d.d.
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    Good healthy carnage

    What Nige said! Built the house ourselves on a paycheck 50 years ago. Car and truck 3 and 7 years old bought new for cash. And the secret is. Still married to the same lady since 1968. Never had to split our assets. d.d.:cool:
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    Overload of the Day

    That looks like a good way to get injured. Even just a small pebble coming off the tires and hitting you in the face would do real damage; d.d.
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    Dealers: What to do with surplus fittings?

    We used to use them as counterweight fill on our log loaders along with nuts and bolts that got swept up off the floor. Company figured the weren't worth the time it took to sort them back into the right bins. d.d.
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    Overload of the Day

    Probably not a problem unless they fill the tank. Maybe just taking it home for future use. d.d.
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    That's the way it was done for a long time. When we started building grapple yarders and loaders they were shipped to Ladysmith by rail and the boom gantry and cab were assembled there. Eventually the E&N wanted to discontinue freight service on the island so pushed there rates up to kill usage...
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