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Adventures at Home
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 เม.ย. 2010
Welcome to Adventures at Home! We are a couple 60+ Boomers that recently upsized to a 4 acre property that the Lord blessed us with. Our journey on this property has led to many adventurous experiences. Join us as we provide entertaining and educational content on this fixer-upper property. We have been remodeling the house and fixing the yard and working in the forest. We also recently started a small firewood business. We aren’t experts at anything and many of the things that we do are being done for the first time. We aren’t afraid to try new things! Maybe you can learn and laugh from/at our mistakes.
We will be creating videos on our projects/experiences and hopefully these videos will help you on your projects! We like to engage with our subscribers and answer questions and advice. We enjoy reading viewer comments and we try to answer all comments quickly We would like to make this a community! We hope that you enjoy the videos and please subscribe, like, share and comment.
We will be creating videos on our projects/experiences and hopefully these videos will help you on your projects! We like to engage with our subscribers and answer questions and advice. We enjoy reading viewer comments and we try to answer all comments quickly We would like to make this a community! We hope that you enjoy the videos and please subscribe, like, share and comment.
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How Far Will Two (2) EGO’s GO?
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I just bought a second EGO, 18 inch chainsaw. Let’s see how much of this log both saws can buck. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): uppbeat.io/t/reakt-music/road-trippin License code: CQGUNIXZKYBOAVSM
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@3:50: yes you might get a little more runtime. But those red lights flashing mean that the battery is overheating. I don't think I would do it. YMMV.
Great video, but I have question, Does it work from the switch or from photocell?
@@artempetiukh7504 It works from the photocell. It’s hardwired to a circuit in the basement.
I find these plowing videos relaxing for some reason. I only have a 90' long and about 25' wide driveway. Some winters we get a lot of snow in short periods here on the Canadian East Coast. I mount a 6" wide blade system (the Snowsport 180 with no winch or hydraulics) on the back of my AWD Audi TTS and plow my driveway going backwards. I use a herringbone pattern or short swipes to one side until I get to the road. That way, even with heavy wet snowfalls, I don't get too much accumulation in front of my blade that isn't manageable. It seems to take less time and is more efficient. (Just a thought.) My driveway could easily be done in less than 20 minutes while in the confines of my warm car and enjoying my favorite music playing. However, it is so much fun, that I always waste another 20 minutes with fine tuning. I also push back a dozen feet or so of the road snowbank, so that the government plow trucks don't leave that annoying small drift of snow hours later at the end of my driveway, after I had plowed myself out. If you are curious as to what my setup looks like in action, I kindly suggest that you check out my two videos (mounting the plow and plowing with it for the first time).
Thanks for your comment. The last two winter's have been very mild, so I haven't needed to use the plow.
I agree; I often get confused on the correct way to hold it. I mainly got it for lowering the depth gauges. I still think the chain gets sharper just using a round file.
Lately, I have just used the round file.
What is the product name?
Splitz-All
@@AdventuresAtHome1 Thank you sir!
Helps keep some faith in people but still i didnt see a sign anywhere that say "accept payment plans"
I'm sure that he was short on cash that day. Glad he came back a week later with the money.
@@AdventuresAtHome1 Aren't we all, I don't buy what I don't have money for. Easier to drive by than it is to stop and take it knowing the money isn't in my pocket.
Best Video about lamp post !! Thank you !!
Glad it was helpful!
If I put a spigot or any water line that depth in my yard it would be frozen solid by November . My area 3 foot down at least and 4 feet is best plus it needs to be self draining when shut off or they freeze solid by November .
@@jimcollins3411 I live in NE Ohio and purge the lines in early October. No issues.
I'm wondering after 2 years how the hose connection is holding up. Mine began leaking after 2 years.
The hose connections are holding. Which connections are leaking? Maybe use some latex pipe tape on the ones that screw in.
@@AdventuresAtHome1 It was my splitter. When I looked inside it, the closer was plastic and looked like when in closed position, it still showed a slight slit for the water to come thru. I've replaced it with a brass one. Thank you
great video. Thanks. Now I know how it can be done.
Great! I couldn't find a door in the width that I needed, so I decided to cut the existing door to fit. I'm glad this video helped you.
Hay any chance you could send me the pdf of the manual for this, i need to adjust the split pressure on mine but cant see how.
Here is a link to it: pdf.lowes.com/installationguides/818452010672_install.pdf
Any chance you could send me a pdf of the manual fot this i need to adjust the pressure but cant find the valve on it
If I still have the manual, it will be on paper. Craftsman is now making this splitter. Maybe you can get a manual from their website?
Man just seen a mouse in my car.. im pissed
Bummer! I hope that this video will help you to get them out.
Not sure why you chose a table saw rather than a circular saw to cut the door down.
I chose the table saw to ensure that I made a straight cut.
Please help me. I am planning to do this project and I'm curious why you use 1/2 inch pipe instead of 1 inch pipe?
I used the size pipe that would fit the spigots.
The best video I seen so far))
Thank you!
If you ever do this project again and don’t have clamps to hold both of the side of the panels tight together you can use a bit of super glue to temporarily hold the door together while the wood glue dries for a hour also acetone in a little spray bottle works wonders when using it with the super glue to speed the glueing process up
Thanks for the advice!
Sometimes, people make mistakes. A real thief won't pay for nothing. Maybe just an honest mistake... or a theft.
He did come back a week later and paid. I posted an update video on this.
Can you provide a link to the tongue jack?
I bought it at Northern Tool. Here is the link: www.northerntool.com/products/ultra-tow-xtp-fast-action-square-tube-trailer-jack-2000-lb-sidewind-swivel-mount-bolt-on-47253
@@AdventuresAtHome1 thanks!
Don’t know if you’ll see this, as it’s 2 years later, but, THANK YOU! I’m putting in an outdoor sink, and need that 3/4 to 3/4 adapter. I asked for help at Lowe’s, but nobody ever came to help, after waiting 1/2 an hour. Anyway, I got what I thought would work, but it’s national to national threading. I took a screenshot of what you used, so now I can get the right piece. This tidbit is so appreciated. Also, I hadn’t considered the water pressure to the sink, as all the rest of the line I’m running is irrigation tubing, and attached to a flow reducer. Future crisis averted!
This is the description of the part at Home Depot: 3/4 in. MHT x 3/4 MIP or 1/2 in. FIP Brass Multi Adapter Fitting Model# 801709
Thank you was wondering about the wires.
You're welcome!
Wow dude you got did this just totally the wrong way.
A 100 ft roll of polley pipe is only about 50 bucks. And I would have drove through the basement wall into the basement and connected there. And on the other end I would have done copper coming out of the ground. PVC won't last exposed to the weather.
It's been working great for a couple years. I probably don't have over $50 invested in this solution.
@@AdventuresAtHome1 yeah but things cost less then. You should price it out today it'd be more like $400
@@lostintime8651 Where do you buy your supplies? Home Depot has 10 foot sections of the 3/4 inch PVC pipe available for $5.61. The 100 foot rolls of poly pipe are going for $107. You aren’t making any sense.
Tolles Gerät, zu einem guten Preis!
Thank you!
I found the same splitter, a return at Lowe’s for $300. I got it home and motor started fine but hydraulic cylinder wasn’t working. I messed with it and watched a video, the controller had a govener/stop on it. On a whim I took it off so the controller could go fully back. This solved the problem. IDK why, perhaps the hydraulic fluid wasn’t getting fully into the cylinder. I’ve had it for a year now working great! $300 well spent. Great little unit.
It's a great little splitter that can split large rounds. If you can get it on the splitter, it will split.
I have a easier method. Use a long hose....
Not so easy! That was our earlier method.
I have both of these saws. My 450 cuts about twice as fast as the Ego. Also a 5Ah battery on the Ego will only get through about 4 cuts like the one in this video before overheating or just running out. I love the Ego for anything 10" and under, but the battery life drops exponentially with larger trees.
I agree that the 450 is faster, but the EGO is a lot more convenient and it is my goto saw.
I have never had my 1800 overheat, even when cutting 20" oak or locust rounds. However; I always run that saw with a 7.5ah battery; unless I need to save my 7.5s for my CSX5000 or the CS2000.
Hello . I have a question. Hope it isn’t a dumb question but here goes . I’m wondering will the light pole still work because it has a photo cell if it isn’t hardwired to a power source like my house
Hello Scott, The photo cell is used to determine if it is daylight or nighttime (i.e. light or dark), in order to switch on the light and switch off the light. You will still need a power source to power the light bulbs. In my case, my light requires AC power, thus wiring to the house. There are solar pole lights available if you don't want to go through the trouble of wiring to the house.
I just reconnected my 2-way hose splitter and turned on the water. It's great to have pressurized water available in multiple locations on the property!
How are you sir, mostly modeled my extended spigot after your video. Thank you! The difference was I didn’t bury my pvc pipe. I live in Connecticut. The line has a downward slope and I added a ball valve drain at the lowest point so I would imagine that I won’t need to use an air compressor to blow it out. But my question is, how bad is it that I didn’t bury my lines? Will it deteriorate/crack in the sun (in the summer) and in freezing temps even if there is no water in them?
Hello, Since you didn’t bury your PVC lines, the sun will deteriorate them over time. I don’t know how long it will take for the sun to do significant damage. Also, make sure that your slope in steep enough to drain the line thoroughly. One dip in the line could cause water to pool and later freeze and crack the line. You may want to consider burying the lines slightly below the surface to protect them.
@@AdventuresAtHome1 You convinced me to bury it. Thanks for the help sir
I also live in CT. I ran a PVC line to my wife's garden so she could have a spigot nearby. I buried the PVC line at a similar depth. I intend to blow it out with a small compressor every year sometime in early November.
I have a brain of a 5 year old so I have a dumb question about the Y connector. So will the faucet that's connected to the house with the Y connector always be turned on for the other spigots to receive water? Or do you keep that shut off and only turn on when you want to use your extra spigots?
I leave the house spigot turned on all of the time, so that the other spigots receive water. Once side of the Y is for the spigots and the other side of the Y is for a hose on a reel.
Literally my exact question! Thank you
Dawgpound!!
Thank you for the video. Very insightful.
Glad it was helpful!
Hello, I was intrigued with this chipper from watching your videos, so I ordered one. I just got my GTS 2000 today and the manual calls for filling the gearbox with gearbox oil 80w90 or 85w90. I can't find anywhere on the machine or in the manual where that is supposed to go. Would you happen to know if this is a needed step or mot? Thanks for your help if you read this. Peter
Hello Peter, I haven't filled my gearbox with oil and I don't recall seeing anywhere that this can be done.
Why do people on these videos feel the need to talk so much and give so much unnecessary info
You can 2x the speed or forward through it. That's what I do.
Back your plow in, put some wheel dollies under the blade and you can easily push it around in your garage for storage or for hooking it back up. You have a straight shot out the garage that way. Snowblow 6ft infront of the garage door. Makes it easier to turn the snowplow around. Install an end brkt.on the driver's side. Order a 6" x 6ft rubber belt and bolt it to the top across the blade it will help "roll the snow" to the right open side on a tilt angle..
Thanks for the tips!
Looks good. Do a video with branches.
Will do
@AdventuresAtHome1 thank you. I'm looking in buying one 😬
I have a Polaris 700, add 300 to 400 lbs in the back, it ready helps. Look for old car tire chains at yard sales or a friend garage junk. I used some “new” G78 x 14” chains (from the late 1970s) that had small bars on the cross chains. They fit great, only had to shorten the side chains 6 “: Fantastic traction now. Nice video
Thank you for your informative and helpful comment. I will definitely add weight to the back when we get another heavy snowfall like the one in the video. The last two Winters have been so mild, I haven't installed the plow.
Legend!
Thank you for your kind comment. I hope that the video helped you. Have a great day!
That 450 Rancher should run way better than it was in this video. A buddy of mine has one and I’ve ran it several times and it rips for a bone stock 50cc saw.
I agree. It was running rough that day.
Why did the battery flash red?
It was either dead or almost dead. Sometimes after it flashes red, you can get a little bit more juice out of it.
In my experience; when the battery is flashing red; maybe sooner than you expected; it means the battery is overheating; which appears to have happened in THIS case. Given that when the battery was extracted; and just before reinsertion; I saw TWO green segments. The same thing happens to me when I 'push' my CSX5000 to the limit. The battery will flash red; but after a short cool down; it will display at least three green segments; meaning it still has over a 50% charge left.
21 inch
Haha! You are correct! It was 21" against the garage door. I just re-watched to confirm. We haven't seen snowfall like that since I created this video! I didn't even install the plow on the Ranger last Winter. Have a great day!
Why would u even try to push snow that deep that snow blower would do all that u needed to do then clean up with the plow
I use the snow blower for the 22' by 22' concrete pad in front of the garage. I can do a neater job with the snow blower in tight areas. Also, I don't want to risk plowing into the light pole. he plow is used for the other 250' of driveway. Thanks for your comment!
Because it’s fun, that’s why.
"Coyote" = Owl.
Correct! I have since heard many coyotes howling in unison at night. Have a great day!
The Ranger 570 works great as a snowplow! I have plowed as deep as 18 inches with it.
The Polaris Ranger 570 is great at plowing snow! It's fun and fast!
The 2018 Ranger 570 is the best tool I ever bought! Plowing through 18 inches of snow was a challenge, but it performed well! It’s not a $100k 4x4 truck, but it does very well! No issues after 5 years!
good vid mate, Just wondering on how is thet G372xp running now? still going or had any issues with it at all? Thanks.
Thanks! The G372XP is running well! No issues! The Rancher was running a little rough in that video. It should have cut a few seconds quicker; however, it is a smaller engine. I was just curious to see how it did against my $169 clone saw.
This is a great wood chipper if you are looking for one. This is NOT your typical big box store machine. This is commercial grade and it weighs 500+ lbs.
If you are looking for a wood chipper, I highly recommend this one!
The fake Husqvarna went through that nice piece of cherry almost as fast as the Chineeese took to reverse engineer the real deal.
They didn’t have to reverse engineer anything. The patent expired.