txdon
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. . . but this is a "green" third generation unit - you actually save money by using it more.
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. . . but this is a "green" third generation unit - you actually save money by using it more.
dave1949
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I don't know why people dump junk in the woods or along property lines. I've cleaned up some here that had crept over the line many years ago. If it is "new" junk I would be tempted to just shove it back over the line with the FEL bucket.
Our lot abuts/surrounds a 2 acre lot on three sides. People who lived there in the past sure put a lot of junk along the property lines. Plus they, and whoever lived on our lot long ago, were barb wire idiots with wire wrapped around trees and running here and there in crazy patterns. I hate finding old barb wire with the chainsaw. :laughing:
Our lot abuts/surrounds a 2 acre lot on three sides. People who lived there in the past sure put a lot of junk along the property lines. Plus they, and whoever lived on our lot long ago, were barb wire idiots with wire wrapped around trees and running here and there in crazy patterns. I hate finding old barb wire with the chainsaw. :laughing:
daugen
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Drew, I'm surprised the a survey was not done in the transaction
Don, if I wasn't trying to buy the acre next door, I might not have spent this money ($3K), but it just makes sense to.
I think most folks will respect property boundaries. And if they don't, well I have rolls and rolls and rolls of barbed wire still hanging in the barn...though I've never strung the stuff. Between the chain saw toothed vines and the barbed wire, I'd need a transfusion when I was done...
Don, if I wasn't trying to buy the acre next door, I might not have spent this money ($3K), but it just makes sense to.
I think most folks will respect property boundaries. And if they don't, well I have rolls and rolls and rolls of barbed wire still hanging in the barn...though I've never strung the stuff. Between the chain saw toothed vines and the barbed wire, I'd need a transfusion when I was done...
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55 and partly Cloudy this Morning turning Sunny later with a high of 70.It another Day working in the yard.
bakerg
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Good morning, 59F heading to 77F with a chance of rain this afternoon. Tomorrow is the annual comunity yard sales, will put out a few things, maybe even make a few dollars.
Ron, wish your mother a Happy 96th Birthday.
Ron, wish your mother a Happy 96th Birthday.
Kyle_in_Tex
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Off today. Headed to Bryan (where my van is broke down at BIL's place) to put the gas tank/new fuel pump in it. Also have a new oil pressure sending unit to install. I read where the computer will shut down the fuel pump if it senses no oil pressure. It will crank, but not start.
I would like to find a clean used Suburban for about $10K. I know, that's not a lot, but maybe when the price of gas goes back up, they'll become available.
I would like to find a clean used Suburban for about $10K. I know, that's not a lot, but maybe when the price of gas goes back up, they'll become available.
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63F now, a mix of clouds and sun later. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 92F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Kyle, the Sacramento River is fed by many tributaries in the north state, including the Feather River in my back yard. The Sacramento empties into the San Francisco Bay, and salt water intrusion into the delta is one factor that managers use to set flow rates. That's all well and good until there's not enough water behind the dams to maintain the flow rate or, as is starting to be the case this year, the water is falling so fast it's becoming clear there won't be anything left by mid summer. The problem is exacerbated by an almost total lack of snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountains, which in normal years contribute about 1/3 of the melt water during the summer months. Managers and planners all use "normal" years as base line for their plans, but when a perfect storm of drought, no snow, and increasing agricultural demands combine, it devolves to making sure the damage is evenly spread. At this point the stakeholders are doing their best to make sure it's the "other guy" that bears the brunt, and the result is deadlock. That plays right into agriculture's hands, as they have the longest established power structure AND infrastructure to ensure that their water needs are met. But as in the case of the Colorado, the urban areas control the vote, and on other issues the citizens have been very good at voting themselves bread and circuses. Unfortunately, Dave, that'll probably leave the environment holding the (mostly empty) bag.
RS, your wood pictures have me wondering: What happens when the length of a round falls mid way between what works best in your stove? Do you buck one side to best length and leave the other side short, and if so, what do you do with the short? Or do you split it down the middle? I ask because I use pallets to stack my wood, and short lengths waste space on the pallets. Maybe that doesn't matter to you?
Also, that looks like a serious counterweight on the back of your tractor. Homemade?
And finally, I don't know about sycamore, but the oak around here splits much more easily when it's dry. And the dryer the better. When it's wet, the wedge acts more like a knife and tends to cut across the grain instead of wedging it apart. That takes a lot more force and it's easy to get the wedge stuck if I'm not paying attention.
Eric, a six pack or two might help the railroad crew with their memory.:laughing: In days past that would have been beer, but over here now a days it's more PC if it's a soft drink, and from a legal standpoint, that's also probably safer.
Ron, congratulations on your mom's 96th:dance1::salute:roposetoast::applause: May she have many more to follow!
Manufacturers sure have been quick to jump on the techno bandwagon, Riptides. Especially wifi, which concerns me. There are far too many security gaps to be putting critical systems like HVAC on the Internet. Imagine the "fun" when someone can broadcast a single command that will send thousands if not millions of thermostats to the high or low end of their range? Same with modern TVs. Some have voice control, and apparently the microphones can be activated remotely, so who knows who's listening in? The wifi here is protected with a strong password, and the only things that get it are computers that I keep a close eye on.
Drew, one of my "some day" projects is to fence the property line here. Out of five surveyors I contacted last year, only one responded with a quote, and that was for $7K. That included registering the results with the county, but the bulk of it was for hacking his way through the overgrowth. Even then, he wanted to wait for winter when the poison oak leaves had dropped. :laughing: We also have a law on the books that requires neighboring property owners share the cost of fencing the boundary, so you might get a little help there if you look into it.
Don, that's a great idea on the red rebar stakes. Did you drive them in flush with the surface, or leave them sticking out a little?
Yesterday morning started off warm and sunny with a light breeze, and I was able to get the bed of the RTV masked and coated, then re-mounted back on the vehicle. Turned out to be easier going back on than coming off, as I had a lot of luck aligning first the lifting eye for the dump ram, then the first of the two pivots at the rear. The second one wasn't cooperating until I noticed that the bed was shifting fore and aft on that side when the ram was actuated, and at that point it was a simple matter of finding the right setting that let it align.
About that time I started to notice the dark clouds gathering to the north and east, so I backed the RTV into the garage to keep the bed dry. Only had enough room to get it half in, so both the bed and I got a little damp when the clouds finally opened up and the thunder and lightning really let loose. We get so few thunderstorms out here that I just put my tools down and pulled up a chair on the front porch to watch. My laziness was rewarded with some brilliant cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground bolts:lightningbolt::lightningbolt:, many followed by window rattling claps of thunder. The closest strike was only about a half mile away across the canyon, and that was plenty close enough. Just enough rain fell to wet the concrete, and fifteen minutes after it stopped everything had dried out. But the temperature had dropped from the low 80s to the mid 60s and it was much nicer working the rest of the day.
By that time it was getting close to dinner, so I finished up by taking care of two little jobs on the motorcycles. Got the bag mounts off one I'd like to sell, but in doing so found one nut that I just couldn't get a wrench on to. Ended up having to take the seat cowling off, which entailed taking the turn signals off, which included the license plate bracket, just to get to that one little nut. All that much more to put back together before the sale :laughing:
The replacement battery on another bike is dimensionally smaller than the original (even though it puts out more Cold Cranking Amps) so I cut a piece of wood to shim out the new battery so the hold down bracket could do its job. The shim got a coat of black paint to help hide my dirty work. The old battery was supposed to get transplanted into the brush cutter, but after three trips between the garage and the equipment trailer to get just the right wrench, I found that the battery wouldn't fit. But I'll wait on getting a proper replacement: It's been two years since I last used that mower :confused3:
TGIF folks!!!
Kyle, the Sacramento River is fed by many tributaries in the north state, including the Feather River in my back yard. The Sacramento empties into the San Francisco Bay, and salt water intrusion into the delta is one factor that managers use to set flow rates. That's all well and good until there's not enough water behind the dams to maintain the flow rate or, as is starting to be the case this year, the water is falling so fast it's becoming clear there won't be anything left by mid summer. The problem is exacerbated by an almost total lack of snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountains, which in normal years contribute about 1/3 of the melt water during the summer months. Managers and planners all use "normal" years as base line for their plans, but when a perfect storm of drought, no snow, and increasing agricultural demands combine, it devolves to making sure the damage is evenly spread. At this point the stakeholders are doing their best to make sure it's the "other guy" that bears the brunt, and the result is deadlock. That plays right into agriculture's hands, as they have the longest established power structure AND infrastructure to ensure that their water needs are met. But as in the case of the Colorado, the urban areas control the vote, and on other issues the citizens have been very good at voting themselves bread and circuses. Unfortunately, Dave, that'll probably leave the environment holding the (mostly empty) bag.
RS, your wood pictures have me wondering: What happens when the length of a round falls mid way between what works best in your stove? Do you buck one side to best length and leave the other side short, and if so, what do you do with the short? Or do you split it down the middle? I ask because I use pallets to stack my wood, and short lengths waste space on the pallets. Maybe that doesn't matter to you?
Also, that looks like a serious counterweight on the back of your tractor. Homemade?
And finally, I don't know about sycamore, but the oak around here splits much more easily when it's dry. And the dryer the better. When it's wet, the wedge acts more like a knife and tends to cut across the grain instead of wedging it apart. That takes a lot more force and it's easy to get the wedge stuck if I'm not paying attention.
Eric, a six pack or two might help the railroad crew with their memory.:laughing: In days past that would have been beer, but over here now a days it's more PC if it's a soft drink, and from a legal standpoint, that's also probably safer.
Ron, congratulations on your mom's 96th:dance1::salute:
roposetoast::applause: May she have many more to follow!Manufacturers sure have been quick to jump on the techno bandwagon, Riptides. Especially wifi, which concerns me. There are far too many security gaps to be putting critical systems like HVAC on the Internet. Imagine the "fun" when someone can broadcast a single command that will send thousands if not millions of thermostats to the high or low end of their range? Same with modern TVs. Some have voice control, and apparently the microphones can be activated remotely, so who knows who's listening in? The wifi here is protected with a strong password, and the only things that get it are computers that I keep a close eye on.
Drew, one of my "some day" projects is to fence the property line here. Out of five surveyors I contacted last year, only one responded with a quote, and that was for $7K. That included registering the results with the county, but the bulk of it was for hacking his way through the overgrowth. Even then, he wanted to wait for winter when the poison oak leaves had dropped. :laughing: We also have a law on the books that requires neighboring property owners share the cost of fencing the boundary, so you might get a little help there if you look into it.
Don, that's a great idea on the red rebar stakes. Did you drive them in flush with the surface, or leave them sticking out a little?
Yesterday morning started off warm and sunny with a light breeze, and I was able to get the bed of the RTV masked and coated, then re-mounted back on the vehicle. Turned out to be easier going back on than coming off, as I had a lot of luck aligning first the lifting eye for the dump ram, then the first of the two pivots at the rear. The second one wasn't cooperating until I noticed that the bed was shifting fore and aft on that side when the ram was actuated, and at that point it was a simple matter of finding the right setting that let it align.
About that time I started to notice the dark clouds gathering to the north and east, so I backed the RTV into the garage to keep the bed dry. Only had enough room to get it half in, so both the bed and I got a little damp when the clouds finally opened up and the thunder and lightning really let loose. We get so few thunderstorms out here that I just put my tools down and pulled up a chair on the front porch to watch. My laziness was rewarded with some brilliant cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground bolts:lightningbolt::lightningbolt:, many followed by window rattling claps of thunder. The closest strike was only about a half mile away across the canyon, and that was plenty close enough. Just enough rain fell to wet the concrete, and fifteen minutes after it stopped everything had dried out. But the temperature had dropped from the low 80s to the mid 60s and it was much nicer working the rest of the day.
By that time it was getting close to dinner, so I finished up by taking care of two little jobs on the motorcycles. Got the bag mounts off one I'd like to sell, but in doing so found one nut that I just couldn't get a wrench on to. Ended up having to take the seat cowling off, which entailed taking the turn signals off, which included the license plate bracket, just to get to that one little nut. All that much more to put back together before the sale :laughing:
The replacement battery on another bike is dimensionally smaller than the original (even though it puts out more Cold Cranking Amps) so I cut a piece of wood to shim out the new battery so the hold down bracket could do its job. The shim got a coat of black paint to help hide my dirty work. The old battery was supposed to get transplanted into the brush cutter, but after three trips between the garage and the equipment trailer to get just the right wrench, I found that the battery wouldn't fit. But I'll wait on getting a proper replacement: It's been two years since I last used that mower :confused3:
TGIF folks!!!
farmer2009
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70 this morning and headed to 86 today. Yeah yesterday didn't go as planned. So will be trying to mow today. Rain out of forecasts till Monday then hope to be cutting hay next week.
Eric Salop
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Perhaps your chainsaw has mysterious powers like mine. As some people can divine for water with bent coat hangers, my chainsaw can find steel. Not consistently though, it only seems to have this gift when wearing a brand new chain.
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That is basically what I've done. I was still shopping around but over the last couple months I've stopped. I'm hoping and praying I can make my current job into the job I need it to be long term...
Best of everything in your search.
Be well,
David
