The channel is about life around the home and property of a suburban home on 3.5 acres deep in southern New Jersey. The focus is on what is done, or can be done, on a budget. I don't know what I will tackle next, from becoming a chicken owner to cutting down a one hundred year old tree.... it's all on the table. Sometimes there needs to be a tool made or a maybe just a different way of tackling a mundane project, but one way or another it's always done with a (dry) sense of humor. I like classic machines: Sears Suburban garden tractors, Homelite and McCulloch chainsaws and Black and Decker tools. A Kioti CS2520 and Countryline 25 ton splitter are the newest additions to my assortment of machines used here on the property. Come along on the homeowner adventures; there's no telling what we will get into next.
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Good job and nice tractor. One suggestion ; Polish and wax the blade and it will throw the snow.
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BoxBlade is golden tool, I would say tool No 1. especially in private homesteading. Great work done!
Thanks!
good tractor!
What a brilliant idea! Especially love the way the double clevis link slides down the rebar each time it comes upward! 🎉
Thank you for the kind comment!
Looks so cool! More short videos would be awesome!!!
Looks good
Looks so amazing! Can't wait to see it in action. Great video!
Hey sure good to see you Like I said before your good at fabricating saving some money with that box blade few people could do that modification that your . Guess that's why your channel is called thrifty suburbanite. Keep them videos coming be safe and thank you for your service I'm law enforcement.
I’ve can’t hook a must for firewood cuting
Just the one I’ve been searching for. Thanks so much!
Great vid for a newbie. Thankyou.
Haven't seen any videos hope all is well. Looking forward to seeing what you have been up too.
Thanks for your concern. Spring is a busy time of year around the house and garden. I am working on a new video about a box blade for the Kioti CS2520...
I have had this machine for 4 years. It has worked well, but has a couple of achilles heels. The hood and wing nut over the carb allows water to get in if the splitter is not covered. The other is the leanness of the engine. I have flooded it too many times using normal starting procedures. My remedy was borrowed from another KZreadr. I don't shut the engine off with the on/off switch when I am done splitting. I shut off the fuel valve and let it run out of fuel. To start I turn off the on/off switch and pull the start handle 3 to 3 times to prime the carb. Set the accelerator to half, set the choke on full, turn on the on/off switch, and boom it starts every time. I use fuel conditioners religiously with this splitter. The engine is very finnicky. TLC for sure. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching! My engine runs lean also. In fact, the first splitter I bought ran so bad I took it back and got my current splitter. I have a comparable Harbor Freight engine I'll put on it someday. It runs fine. I'll most likely put the Kohler engine on a rototiller I only use a few times a year.
Good job
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Thank you for sharing
OMG! Thank you! I have 4 little chicks coming to me and today I found a large metal crate like that at a thrift for $20. I was hoping someone would give me ideas! I knew I was gonna line it with cardboard and you have solved it! Tytytytyty!
I'm glad I was able to help. Little chicks are so much fun!
Nice video thank you fellow New Jerseyan. I have a fairly old standard fireplace insert with fans. Supposed to be heatalator. But it doesn't have dual burning or catalytic combuster etc. I go through a lot of wood in a day. Each load will only last about an 1 hour or 2 depending on how much wood it is. I am now interested in these high efficiency units. I believe your model of the insert is one of the top of the line models. They are getting really expensive.
Or just stand under it more often. Law of averages...
That's a really good set up you have
Thank you!
Great video! I loved seeing your chain saws and it was so cool that you pulled the branch down with the kioti! I wasn't' expecting that!
Really helpful and so much tidier than using a play pool.
Screen is if you are mowing and blow up fluff like dandylions or cottonwood type stuff. Its easy to pull that off, step aside and clean it off before putting it back in
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Glad you added safety. Please use the ROP bar and seat belt as well. They will save your life. I know from experience. I will be buying these for my tractor.
Hi, we have a large fireplace, takes a 30" piece of wood and once lit, it rarely goes out so it's a hungry beast. We have two new cats, one seems to have an issue with the residuals from open burning so, considering a fireplace insert and Montlake is at the top of the list. The wife really doesn't like the thought of loosing the open viewing of the fireplace. Do you have anything else to add other than you really like the insert? Thank you Eric
Thanks for the comment. If you have room for the larger model....300? I believe, I would consider that. I didn't have the room in my fireplace and find that on colder nights I have to keep mine burning at max to keep our poorly insulated home warm. Some of my firebricks will need replacing at the end of the season, and the "baffle" over the air tubes will also need replacement. We burn nightly from November to March. There have been no issues with the quality of the stove.
Thank you again! Though we live in TX, when cooler weather arrives our fireplace is almost non-stop. I have a small VT castings in the Garage, it holds at 70 deg. Best to you and thank you again! @@thethriftysuburbanite5251
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That won't last. The mounting hardware is not even close to being up to the 2520s capabilities. Take a look at a plow made for a sub-compact. Totally diff from one made for an atv/utc.
Thanks for the comment. I acknowledged that it is lightweight. I used it during our past storm and it got bent slightly when I hit a curb. I'm always keeping my eye out for something heavier.
Looks like it works pretty well. Nice job on the build
That's pretty cool I know what you mean you want to buy a push blade is ridiculous expensive. Great video
Thanks! I had a chance to use it yesterday. Overall I was happy, but tweaked it a bit then I hit a curb.
So cool to see it in action! I just watched your new video where you made it! Great job
You made the snow plow look amazing! Great craftsmanship and I love your new video style!
Thank you very much!
Great idea are you a fabricator by trade ? You come up with some great ideas. Have a nice shop to work in and keep these ideas coming I'm sure it helps a lot of people .
Thanks for the kind comments. I'm actually a retired law enforcement officer who just likes tinkering around in the garage. I did have metal shop in 10th grade though. :-)
Looks good
Great job, you've not only modified it beautifully it's functional and looks like it's factory created.👍🏾
Glad you like it!
Awesome saw good work old man
Awesome Video!! i love seeing all of your firewood and I hope the roof helps keep it dry. Great project and craftsmanship!!
Great video, thanks for sharing and greetings from North Michigan. I too was appalled at the price of a Log Ox. I had an old Timber Jack and took off and traced the hook end. I took the tracing to a local fab shop that had a table top plasma plate cutter. This guy cut me 10 hooks out of some old 5/16" thick scrap stock plate. He charged me $100.00 for all 10 pieces. I then went to my scrap pile and found the rest of the material I needed to make all 10. I kept one and gave the rest away to my friends and neighbors.
Nice job
Thanks!
How you doing been while still fabricating I see . How's that cs 2510 doing I see your still working it how many hours on it now ? Hoping you make more videos like the content . Be safe .
All is well here. Still under 100 hours on the CS2510. I'm currently working on adapting a UTV snow plow to use on it. Not sure if we will get snow this year judging by the current weather.
We had one about a year love it heats the whole place. Thanks for damper info really didn’t understand what that does
Thats sound when the rop was thrown was the Six million dollar man sound effect whenever his bionics were in use. Grew up on that. Good stuff! Looking to get a cs590 myself this Saturday
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Really enjoy your videos and the things you fabricated. How do you like your cs 2520 tractor I have the next size up cx, 2510 had a cs 2210 just a Little too small for what I need . But it was good little tractor. I have a mill and need something to haul out logs the cx is a great tractor much heavier about the same power your 25 hp. Made a log whinch from a honor fright 1200lb pull works great . Keep those ideas coming be safe in the woods
I like the CS2520. It is doing everything I wanted it to do. If I had more property, or need to lift heavier loads a bigger tractor would be necessary. Thanks for the comment!
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Nice job! Wow that saw cuts really good with a 24” being only 60cc.
Thanks! I love the saw.
I just started buying tgese itlian mccullochs. Got a 40 and a 50 on the way
Would I be able to get a copy of that stencil from you?
Thanks for your video. We bought the Montlake 300 and had it installed last winter. It heats about 2400 sq feet easily and will even circulate in the basement if we run the central air fan. We love it! --- In your comments you were saying that the steel stovetop wasn't hot enough to cook on -- after playing with arranging the fire a bit, I was able to get water to boil on it. You have to build a little higher in the firebox toward the front of the stove underneath the shelf. That will get the water just to boiling -- now granted I'm in Colorado so I'm mile high and that makes boiling water much more difficult. Made soup on it a couple of times, no problem - just takes a little while longer to cook up, but faster if you use a lid. Also made baked potatoes in the coals -- just wash them up, poke a couple holes in the top of them, then wrap in aluminum foil and bury them -- 30 to 40 minutes in the coals and they are perfect. Picked up a dutch oven to cook with coals in the firebox this winter -- should be pretty straight-forward. --- I picked up a couple of the heat-powered fans to put on the top of the stove and I keep an open-top pot of water on the stove as well -- we just drop cinnamon sticks and cloves in it. That seems to help with humidity quite a bit -- to the point that we haven't really needed to run the stove's internal fans except on the coldest days to get the room warmed up quickly. Running a large fan on the opposite end of the house keeps the air circulating really well.
Nice tips. But just wanted to point out, actually higher elevation makes boiling water easier.... Water will boil at around 200F at 6000ft elevation in Colorado as opposed to 212F at seal level in New Jersey.