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General Discussion / Re: OK so in your opinion who won the Republican debate

« on: August 07, 2015, 07:18:03 AM »

I didn't get to watch it either.  We went out to eat with some friends and I forgot to record it before I left the house.  It was on again last night at midnight and I recorded that one and I hope to watch it tonight.   I have seen bits and pieces on youtube and Facebook but I would like to watch the entire debate from beginning to end. 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Another Road Trip

« on: August 07, 2015, 07:14:12 AM »

Nice!  You could make it into a multi-use service/party bus! 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: I lost an old friend Friday morning

« on: August 03, 2015, 10:06:32 AM »

I'm very sorry to hear about your dog, Slim.  I  We lost our 5 year old lab (Rebel) last year.  He ran the roads around our house his entire life and learned from the dog that lives a mile down the road that when a car was coming, he needed to get in the ditch until it had passed.  After that it was ok to get back on the road.  He was good at it and I never worried about him at all.  Last year, the mail lady pulled up in front of the house.  She was a subsitute mail lady and wasn't familiar with our dog.  He ran out to her jeep as she pulled up, tail wagging and happy that we had a visitor.  For some reason, in an attempt to get away from our dog after the mail had been deliverd, she hammered the gas in her vehicle without first verifying where the dog was.  He just happened to be right in front of the vehicle and she ran him over.  He ran back across the road onto our property and laid in the ditch as my wife and I ran out to him.  It didn't take long at all before he was gone.  We were in the processes of getting ready to attend a funeral and we had someone watching our 8 year old daughter for the day.  When I went to pick my daughter up after the funeral she was in a great mood and happy as usual.  It broke my heart to tell her the news in the truck on the way home.  I had brought him around back before he headed to town as I didn't have time to deal with anything at the moment.  We all came home later and put him to rest as a family. 

My wife was 6 months pregnant at the time this happened.  We went a few weeks and just couldn't get used to not having a dog around.  It really is crazy when you realize how much they can be a part of your life.  My wife was still in the habit of turning around while cooking dinner to give him a little treat of what we were having.  She would take it pretty hard every time she realized there wasn't a happy dog patiently waiting for her. 

We decided that if we were going to get another dog that we needed to make that decision soon before our newborn son arrived.  We changed our mind several times within the course of a week or two until we saw that a friend of hers was selling lab pups on Facebook. We said we were just going to stop by and take a look at them, but you know how that goes.  We ended up falling in love again and brought one home a week later.  We had forgot about just how bad that puppy stage is, especially with labs.  Our new dog, Ryder, is still hyper as can be and is about 9 months old now.   He's great with my 6 month old son as you can see in the picture.  We're still working on a lot of things but he's getting there.

Even though you can't replace the dog you had, I hope that you can find comfort in a different dog to share the loyalty and friendship that you did with Samantha. 
   

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Pulling old 3 wrap Pex-AL-Pex thru 4 in tile??

« on: August 03, 2015, 09:19:09 AM »

I have never tried but I would imagine it would not be an easy task.  What are you wanting to replace the lines with?  130ft is a lot of pipe to try and pull through a tile, especially when it's insulated.  I'm not saying it's impossible but I would think you would have a lot of resistance before you even got half way to your house with the new stuff.   What brand of pipe do you currently have?  Maybe they have a warranty on their product?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Need big outdoor wood furnace - suggestions???

« on: July 27, 2015, 09:17:16 PM »

Welcome to the forum, doug! Are you dead set on a furnace that will burn pallets?  Central boiler makes one and I'm sure a few other companies do too I just don't know which ones off the top of my head.  How much are you heating? 

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Heatmor / Re: CEMENT PAD SPECIFICATIONS FOR A NEW 400 CB

« on: July 23, 2015, 09:21:07 AM »

Does your manual say anything about the required pad dimensions?  Couldn't you just measure the new boiler to see if it will fit on the existing pad?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Flooring over radiant concrete?

« on: July 10, 2015, 02:52:32 PM »

Not really sure what you're looking for but I helped a friend stain his basement floor and it turned out great!  I don't think it cost him too much either. 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Soft vs Hard wood - Worth the switch

« on: July 08, 2015, 09:46:02 PM »

Good info pointblank.  I use the sweeps library chart.  It seems to be pretty close to all the other ones out there. 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Soft vs Hard wood - Worth the switch

« on: July 08, 2015, 12:09:59 PM »

I'm not sure what kind of softwood you are burning but if you burn hardwood you will see a HUGE difference in your consumption.  For example, oak has about twice the BTU content as pine.  You will build a better coal bed with hardwood and things will work much better for you.   You should be able to cut your consumption in half just by switching to hard woods.

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HeatMaster / Re: HeatMaster MF10000e

« on: July 07, 2015, 10:11:01 AM »

Where are you located woodbutcher?  The way I understand the law, as long as the furnace was built and in the United States before 15 May it can be sold anyhwere until 31 December. 

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HeatMaster / Re: HeatMaster MF10000e

« on: July 07, 2015, 09:27:29 AM »

There are still some 10,000e's available out there.  I can get a hold of a few from my distributor.  Now, who knows what the fine will be if you purchase a furnace from a dealer after 31 December and tell them that it's for commercial use and get caught (if the EPA even inforces the laws).  As a dealer, that's not a game that I would want to play especially knowing that the end user isn't going to be using it for a commercial application. That puts both parties in a bad situation.   

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HeatMaster / Re: Has anyone installed runners on the legs of their heatmaster?

« on: July 04, 2015, 01:05:00 PM »

I think it would work but I would be worried it would fall over when you went down the ramps.  Do you have a big tree or something you could use to lift the stove up and off the trailer then rig something up to drag it into place?  Is there anywhere that you could rent a machine from for a few hours?  I agree with slim it sounds like a lot of work.  Got any neighbors with a machine that will work for a few cases of beer? 

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: moving my Ridgewood stove

« on: July 04, 2015, 09:13:03 AM »

I believe ridgewood recommends picking their furnaces up using forks and the firebox opening.

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General Discussion / Re: Ticks

« on: July 03, 2015, 10:30:09 AM »

We used frontline and it never seemed to work. We now use a pill called trifexis.  Give it to them once a month and it takes care of ticks, fleas and heartworm.  I think it's around $20 a month but we haven't had any problems since we started using it.  Ticks are terrible here this year too.  I've found several of them attached to me already. 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Fire safety

« on: June 26, 2015, 11:40:18 AM »

Good advice, Slim.  What kind of fittings are you using with those thermometers?