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Next, I eased the corners on 3 sides. I left the side facing the seat alone. I'll probably need to attach a piece to hold the trolling motor plug to it and I want the full face for glue. I then placed it on the silver tube so it was fairly stable. I identified the spots for U-bolts to...

Here is the battery I got for the trolling motor: It has a bluetooth BMS. Yesterday, I checked it and it said it was at 26% charge. I put in on my 3amp LiFePo4 charger. I checked it this morning and it was only up to 43%. That tells me I'm going to need a bigger charger, so I ordered a...

Generally, deer use, but don't abuse buckwheat. Unless you are planting a tiny plot in poor habitat, you likely have bigger problems. It could be too high of deer density. Deer will sometimes abuse ice cream crops like soybeans, sunflowers, or cowpeas, but if they are abusing buckwheat in a...

The finish on the oak standoff I made for the switchblade dried, so I was able to install it last night. The pic above is the bottom of the standoff and the one below shows it installed on the rail. With the switchblade installed on the rail, it completes the accessories I planned to...

Well, things didn't work out as I had expected. I got a voice mail from NRS yesterday evening asking me to call them back. Since they are in Idaho, I had to wait until last this morning to call. When I did, they told me their design does not include the side insert. They acknowledged that...

I started thinking about it and who knows how long it will take them to send me a new rail. So, I decided to loosely continue the assembly and get far enough along that I can start to design a bracket for the bow mount trolling motor. This is where I stopped my assembly. I then removed the...

The boat was supposed to arrive yesterday according to Fedex, but it was evidently delayed and showed up early this afternoon. It came in 3 boxes, a large rectangular box with the raft in it, a long flat box with the long rails and pump in it, and a smaller rectangular box with the seat. Here...

There are lots of camera options out there. Which camera all depends on you objectives. In my case, my objective was collecting data for QDM decisions. I could not afford the data loss associated with lower end cameras. I needed cameras that were reliable and could run unattended for a year...

This is not surprising at all. By far, the greatest percentage of a deer's diet is native foods. Different plants peak at different times, and deer seek out what they need when they need it. I've gone through a similar journey to you. The next step for me is weed management. Watch the video...

The sunn hemp is just starting to outgrow the buckwheat:

Even for surface broadcasting, I like the way a crimper lays down winter rye. I don't have a crimper, but instead of literal throw and mow, I'll often broadcast my seed into standing WR. I'll then lay it down like a crimper using a cultipacker. This doesn't terminate the WR like a crimper, so...

I personally think a crimper works best if you have a regular rotation using cereal. It i a good partner for winter rye becase WR has a chemical weed suppression effect in addition to taking space weeds would otherwise use. It lays down the cereal in one direction as it terminates it. A...

Sounds like you have a nice setup. I thought about a gas motor and opted against it. There are lots of places that are electric motors only around. Also, parts of the Rivanna are pretty shallow at times. With a quick depth adjust on an electric, I could raise it almost out of the water and...

I completely understand. I tend to over analyze things, Often by the time I'm ready to pull the trigger on something like this, something else has come up and I end up postponing till next year. This time, I just through caution into the wind, and pulled the trigger. I'm sure it will take a...

I think it depends on what you are terminating. A crimper can be a great tool for terminating cereal grains when you get them at the right stage. There are lots of weeds it won't terminate. The key with the rototiller is to hold it up with the 3-pt hitch for min-till, so that the tines barely...