Makulu

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Image from front looks tippy.....cause there is no level place on the ranch.

Artwork by Celia.

Thanks Paul.

18 HP Briggs Vanguard twin, tested to 160 psi 3/4 speed. Hannay mini hose reel with true one inch reel line. 250 gallon slip-in tank. (Cascade welded plastic tank) Will fit in a pick-up. 600 ft 1", 600 ft 1 1/2 synthetic fire hose. Hand-tools for 6. Chainsaw, trauma kit with 02, additional 02 kit. VHF radio. etc.

We are strictly volunteer....and work closely with Laytonville Fire and CALFIRE.

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Morgan, are you using Mate?

My function keys got better.

What command launches the menu......like xfce-whiskermenu-popup? (probably not right)

[Shawn]

250 gallon, 600ft +600ft hose, plus extra equipment in a pickup..Very nice.
We use those Vanguard twins on a lot of pressure washers. We run 3000 psi...
Same hose reels although ours are painted.
That's the same lady who did your Jaybird isn't it?

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Jayburd. Yes. burd is patented. (I hope)

Your pumps are different. High pressure v.s. centrifugal. You like the Vanguards?

[Shawn]

Yes, we have very few problems with Vanguards other than the vacuum fuel pumps are crap....We replace them with those $40.00 electronic jobs.

Our pumps use 3 ceramic pistons with a solid brass head and replaceable seals.

[mklym]

System Info says the desktop environment is LXDE.

I mentioned the Fn keys not working because I was surprised that they didn't. I don't recall another distro I have tried recently that didn't have working Fn keys out of the box.

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There is a spare OEM fuel pump in the 12V battery box nowif needed.......but.....

We thought the fuel pump might be the problem but cleaning the carb "fixed" it. Oh, and putting fuel in with NO water in it and a new fuel filter. The carb was cruddy. Unit was not run for three years???? The Dept. bought it used at an incredible discount.

The troops around here deal w/ all kinds of gasoline engines....primarily on water pumps.....Weed-wackers are my nemesis.

Thanks for the part number, Shawn....it may join the OEM in the Battery box.

[Shawn]

Weed wackers...I got a funny story.....but first..
A few years back, I finally bought a 4 stroke version. then got a commercial grade straight shaft trimmer head ...much better than any 2 stroke setup......Now I have the tiller and chainsaw/pruner attachments also...
Twisted mind thought inserted here...I have wondered when Hollyweird will have a chainsaw massacre flick that uses tree pruners instead of a conventional saw? Late 70's I worked in a drive in....I grew up on the slasher flicks...
Now the funny part....A former co workers dad had a small engine repair shop right beside a set of railroad tracks. Weed wackers would only irritate him for so long, then so long weed wacker..Right on to a south bound freight train...

You may want to verify that part number as there are two versions. A high pressure and a low pressure. Low is like 2-4psi and high is 5-8psi or something like that. We always use the low psi version, but either should work fine,

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Commercial joke speaks of Junior cutting ties in his bib over-alls......stops at the crossroads bar and asks politely through the screen door for owner to hand out one of them there Nehi's. The rowdies and bar owner tell him to leave and a whole lot of other choice words.
Well Junior fires up his chainsaw and cuts the screen door out of the hole. "They gave him the bar".

They have coined a new word....strimmer. First I have seen it.

Morgan,
I'm running MakuluLinux Cinnamon Debian 2.0 (bought-en DVD)on the 31 and downloaded 64 bit 3.16.0-4-686-pae. I've had them on 53, 31 and MK1 30. Using the 31 install in the 30-MK1 right now.

Thanks Shawn.

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[mklym]

I installed Win10 onto the ssd I had Makulu on, so no more Makulu for now. I did notice the backlight key worked.