A couple of sources for saws are crosscutsaws.com and lehmans.com . Crosscut saws has a wide variety of woodcutting maintenance, transport and cutting equipment.
Back when I shot them regularly I'd get some that just didn't want to slide. Then I'd slip a thin knife blade in the far end and twist gently. The lid would slip part way and then you could slide it the rest of the way.
My Victorinox "Farmer" doesn't quite fill the bill as it's 3 5/8" closed though the blade is 2 3/4". It is truly up to any task I've found around the house and yard including the very usable saw blade on "small" trees to an inch thick or so.
This from E-how site:
Sounds like you are right on the point of no return at that depth. Don't forget to add the height of the pump above ground level.
Pitcher Pump
Pitcher pumps create a vacuum within the well that pulls water from the well into the pitcher pump's drop-pipe and up through...
You might also be providing you with trade goods if things break badly. Around here apples from local orchards sell for $7 - $9 per 1/2 bushel. We dry them for snacks all winter and an occasional pie. One addition I want to make is a few grape vines. Good food, wine if you're so incllinedand...
+1 on the dog pack (Check Amazon). Acquiring a bicycle along the way would really help if you can use one (Variable conditions). It can get the load off your back and be 2-3 times as fast.
Several answers.
.223 for cost of ammo
243 to extend effective range by 200 yards
260 Remington for even better performance (roughly a 6.5X55 level)
After that you are into the 7's, 30's etc which get into more money with every bang and more recoil to go along with it.
I copied the original post and sent it to my son near Lafayette. He said 3 of the organic farmers he usually buys from had plowed their fields under last week. They figured they were looking at only 15% of their normal yield plus the strong possibility of diseased plants and yield from weakened...