The "I just bought..." thread.

[Jgtdragon]

Finally got a daily driver.

 

[highland145]

Details...turtle car like the crosstour. That car has survived my daughter.. miracles do happen.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Sophos XG115 Rev 3 4-Port Gigabit Firewall Appliance. Came up to $110 off ebay. Going to install Opnsense on it. Been meaning to retire my Core2Duo Pfsense box for something smaller and while doing research on my options I ran across these being able to run Opnsense. (basically same as pfsense but a forked version)

 

[MrSquished]

The Elysian Pilgrim IEMs. Heard these at CanJam NYC in February and they started being released now. $399 - the cheapest IEM from Elysian who have made some very well-received, but mostly pricey, IEMs. Definitely a brand that has put out more treble forward stuff before with a lot less focus on the bass, so not my jam, but the Pilgrim had a great all around sound to me. They impressed me more than a bunch of kilobuck and multikilobuck IEM's there. Mine are just shipped from China so pretty excited.

 

[repoman0]

First mountain bike. I’ve been wanting one forever to bomb around the big woods preserve near my house. Used to be a semi-serious road cyclist but the cars scare me now. I just went on my first ride and the woods might be scarier

 

[highland145]

Nice and jelly. Knees, shoulders and old boomer reflexes keep me out of the woods. Meh, the ground is hard.

 

[repoman0]

Nice and jelly. Knees, shoulders and old boomer reflexes keep me out of the woods. Meh, the ground is hard.

This is my treat to myself for selling my fun/track car — I thought I was trading down to a safer hobby but not really so sure anymore.

 

[manly]

This is my treat to myself for selling my fun/track car — I thought I was trading down to a safer hobby but not really so sure anymore.

Noooo... you sold my car!

 

[repoman0]

Noooo... you sold my car!

It can still be yours — keep an eye on everyone’s favorite auction site sometime soon 😛 so technically not a done deal yet, but I wanted to ride today and that’s my excuse.

 

[highland145]

This is my treat to myself for selling my fun/track car — I thought I was trading down to a safer hobby but not really so sure anymore.

Lolol...1 and 2s old man. 5s are when you find out you have stage 12 cancer.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Work boots for when I'm working in the bush. Learned the hard way last year that running shoes is a bad idea. Spranged my ankle due to uneven ground. Need something with more ankle support.

These are geared towards law enforcement but out of the boots I tried these ones were the most comfortable. Just tried them in the house for several hours doing electrical work and they seem good compared to the others I tried that were more meant for bush work.

 

[sdifox]

oh shit, this is red squirrel!

 

[Charmonium]

@Red Squirrel - they look like they might have steel toes. If so, that what you need to wear when juggling chainsaws.

 

[Charmonium]

Oh, and may I offer sir some zipups for vu's boots. Lacing is a serious pain in the ass.

I would advise heavy plastic zippers or brass

 

[Red Squirrel]

@Red Squirrel - they look like they might have steel toes. If so, that what you need to wear when juggling chainsaws.

Oh yeah made sure to go steel toe for that, and logs falling etc as I'm bucking wood. The lacing is not too bad with these, the ones I tried originally were a bit much. It was like lacing up skates getting ready for a hockey game.

 

[Charmonium]

Do you have one of these? They make bucking easier and safer.

 

[lxskllr]

Combat boots are easy to lace. They stay fully laced. Pull them tight, wrap around the top, tie a knot.

Those log jacks are a good idea that ends up being a PITA in practice. I bought one cheap from the consignment shop. I figured if I didn't like it, I could remove the foot and use it as a short cant hook. It's useful enough that it's worth the $20 I spent, but I wouldn't pay full price for one. The real workhorses would be a long cant hook(I'd recommend a 60" logrite), and small sappie for moving rounds. If a lot of hand carrying gets done, hand tongs are useful. You can use tongs in one hand, and a sappie in the other to carry two big rounds at a time. Keeps you balanced.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Haven't bought it yet, but I'm in need of a replacement wedding band. Ironically, I lost mine last Friday, helping my stepson get ready for his wedding on Saturday. I may go the silicon route, or get a nice wedding band for occasions, and a silicon for daily wear. Almost a week since I lost it and it still feels weird not having one. I'd order something online, but I have no idea what size I am.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Do you have one of these? They make bucking easier and safer.

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Been looking at those actually. I did build myself a bucking stand though which has worked ok too. I build the stand 16" long so it also doubles as a way to measure the logs so I can keep them consistent. I just lift the log on it and start cutting. For larger logs that I can't lift the log lifter would come in handy though.

 

[Charmonium]

I'm curious, what would you guess is the average diameter of the logs you'll be cutting.

@lxskllr had mentioned a cant hook. Hadn't heard of those but it should be much easier to wield. I looked it up and there's also something called a Peavy, but that seems to be geared to separating floating logs. For you purposes, the cant hook with a hooked spike on the tip would be the better choice I think.

 

[lxskllr]

@lxskllr had mentioned a cant hook. Hadn't heard of those but it should be much easier to wield

The logjacks are basically cant hooks with an added foot. The foot should be removable, and you're left with a cant hook that has a little more weight due to the extra steel of the mount. Problem is they're short. Short cant hooks are useful, but not as much in a logging scenario. Long cants hooks are better for leveraging big logs.

 

[bbhaag]

Just got my new Eley hose reel delivered. Can't wait to get it mounted on the side of the house. Should make watering the north and east flower beds so much easier.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm curious, what would you guess is the average diameter of the logs you'll be cutting.

@lxskllr had mentioned a cant hook. Hadn't heard of those but it should be much easier to wield. I looked it up and there's also something called a Peavy, but that seems to be geared to separating floating logs. For you purposes, the cant hook with a hooked spike on the tip would be the better choice I think.

Probably a foot and under. I've been finding the odd big tree on my property but most of them are fairly small. I have found fallen trees on the side of the road that are much larger though. I avoid cutting anything live so only go for what's dead, or whatever is free in town.

Got a nice haul last year, someone had cut some huge trees on their land, just had to buck them myself and haul them away. Was a good 3 truck loads.

https://imgur.com/a/IANSTCi

 

[bbhaag]

Work boots for when I'm working in the bush. Learned the hard way last year that running shoes is a bad idea. Spranged my ankle due to uneven ground. Need something with more ankle support.

These are geared towards law enforcement but out of the boots I tried these ones were the most comfortable. Just tried them in the house for several hours doing electrical work and they seem good compared to the others I tried that were more meant for bush work.


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I spend 12 hours a day on my feet and a good work boot is a must. On average I walk around 10 miles a day at work. I'm not going through timber or rough terrain like you just concrete and gravel so I tend to gravitate more toward a good hiking boot.

I guess what I'm trying to say is just make sure your boots aren't just comfy around the house but also where you intend to use them.

 

[Ajay]

Probably a foot and under. I've been finding the odd big tree on my property but most of them are fairly small. I have found fallen trees on the side of the road that are much larger though. I avoid cutting anything live so only go for what's dead, or whatever is free in town.

Got a nice haul last year, someone had cut some huge trees on their land, just had to buck them myself and haul them away. Was a good 3 truck loads.

https://imgur.com/a/IANSTCi

OMG. My back gave out just imagining stacking those logs