I said "it didnt cost anything extra" ..... to do it now.In looking at your pics again, it did 'cost' something.![]()

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I said "it didnt cost anything extra" ..... to do it now.In looking at your pics again, it did 'cost' something.![]()
Yeah I did that for years in my own woods, it's very enjoyable being out in the cool weather, the smell of the leaves, etc. Split by hand up til around 2012, I borrowed my buddy's splitter then. But I'm buying everything now -- too old!
I only burn half the wood up til around Thanksgiving, give or take, depending on the weather. Then I switch to coal til Feb-March or so, and then finish the rest of the wood.
Pics of the ramps please.Our wood stove is coal capable, but I've never used it. I'd like too but I don't even know where I'd get it in my area. I doubt my neighbors would appreciate it though, but they don't pay my bills.
Back to the subject at hand.
Changed the oil in the CX. Love my homemade ramps!
And that piece of 2X10 lumber making the homemade ramps isn’t cheap anymore nowadays. It’d cost more than the Rhino ramps I bought several years ago!Made from leftover deck lumber. (last years pic, no snow here yet thank goodness!)
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nope, I don't really know s*** about it I guess. I just think they're tacky, and cheaply made. But hey, that's just like, my opinion, man.So, even though you don't know, you say likely not? Based on what? You think that the plastic that was used in the 90's is the same that they use today?
I've had these 3M edge guards on all of my vehicles since 2016. They remain crystal clear, no yellowing.
YMMV
You are assuming soft coal that belches black smoke like the locomotives in the old cowboy movies? Even if it was available I wouldn't bother with it. I have a local shop that sells hard coal (anthracite) that does not smoke at all and no noticeable odor when I'm outside. When I look at the chimney I don't see anything coming out of it, not even heat waves. Heating with hard coal is way superior to wood, but only if it is available locally.Our wood stove is coal capable, but I've never used it. I'd like too but I don't even know where I'd get it in my area. I doubt my neighbors would appreciate it though, but they don't pay my bills.
Back to the subject at hand.
Changed the oil in the CX. Love my homemade ramps!
nope, I don't really know s*** about it I guess. I just think they're tacky, and cheaply made. But hey, that's just like, my opinion, man.![]()
You are assuming soft coal that belches black smoke like the locomotives in the old cowboy movies? Even if it was available I wouldn't bother with it. I have a local shop that sells hard coal (anthracite) that does not smoke at all and no noticeable odor when I'm outside. When I look at the chimney I don't see anything coming out of it, not even heat waves. Heating with hard coal is way superior to wood, but only if it is available locally.
Back to Mazdas: I picked mine up last Halloween, so it is due for NYS inspection next month, so I have an appointment to take it to my local mechanic next Monday (2nd) for inspection, wheel rotation, and first oil/filter change. It has about 6,200 miles on it.
Exactly…Also, let’s stay on topic please, thanks.@Conrad 16.5 and @PatrickGSR94, enough with the back and forth please. To each their own.
Driving between Montreal and Toronto? We drove a rental Chevy Impala from Detroit / Toronto to Montreal visiting a friend many years ago. Not only just better highway road conditions we’re impressed, but also using the metric system with km on the highway sigh and liter at the gas pump we needed to adjust.Reunited with it after 3 months of traveling. Had to be boosted obviously but after driving for an hour it was as if I never left it
Got its oil changed at 24000 kilometers on Monday and then drove between Montreal and Toronto a bunch of times since then as I’m moving to Toronto. Picked up a good 2600 kilometers in a week and I’ll be doing the same trip again today.
This is SOOO funny! The CX-50 has the cupholders right where you added yours and no end of people on the CX-50 forum are bitchin' and moanin' about the placement and wishing they were like the CX-5's!I just got my 16' CX5 GT two weeks ago and wasn't really impressed with the cup holder placement/lack of extra cup holders. Anyway, got busy designing/installing an additional cup holder...
Yeah haha, had to drive a couple of times back and forth. Overall it's one of the better highways to drive on both in terms of the road quality and the average speed people seem to be doing.Driving between Montreal and Toronto? We drove a rental Chevy Impala from Detroit / Toronto to Montreal visiting a friend many years ago. Not only just better highway road conditions we’re impressed, but also using the metric system with km on the highway sigh and liter at the gas pump we needed to adjust.