Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. More of that indecisive rain today. It started when me and dog got out into the yard first thing. I had left the subaru in the field out the back, keys were in my jacket pocket, so in we jumped to take a dry tour around the fields. It was dry alright, as soon as the rain saw we were not going to get wet, it blew right over.

I'm sure it will rain, at least it will if I try to finish painting the wall. Or could I be wrong and it will stay dry for a few hours ? :confused3:

I look up at the clouds now and they tell me :confused3:

Tried the weather forecast and that says :confused3:


Shall I just make it an inside day ? :confused3:

Or should I simply be more decisive ? :confused3:

 

[ronjhall]

Got to get coffee started brewing. 60° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 76° with sunny skies. Back to the East side of Metro Detroit today.
Eric, can't make a decision? Take the day off. :thumbsup::drink: :cloud9:
Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

a fine Friday to you all.
72 going up to high 80's with more showers this afternoon.
Tomorrow is mow day so everything will sure be greened up. Less dust which is nice.

Farmer, I have the Echo 600 with a 24 bar. I doubt it's much different than a Stihl or Husky, but it works well, and so far has always started fairly easily.
It sits a lot, use the 450 much more, so I probably should just pour out the fuel and start over.
I've pretty much stuck with Echo after having a lot of problems with a Stihl chainsaw's faulty choke lever despite several warranty repairs. Just a lemon I guess.
Echos seem to start easily. Just wait til the first burp and then take off the choke. Next pull 98% of the times starts.
Never had a unit fail, though one weedeater did need repairs to a shaft part.
They just aren't targeting the commercial sector it appears, vs. like Honda, the higher end residential.

my only experience so far buying "commercial" rated mowers was my Ariens trimming mower and it's now broken a second time, drive belt off again, in the first year.
And it's so heavy it's just a beast to use. Poor choice of a mower for me. Of course, both times it broke my helper was using it so I don't know what kind of abuse it took.
But isn't the point of something heavy duty is that it takes heavy use? I'm going to tear it apart this weekend and see what's the problem with it. Still under warranty.
Not much luck with mowers, got my old Swisher pull behind rough cut mower back from the Kubota dealer with a fully rebuilt carb and it ran great. But when I went to turn it off, the clutch stuck on, didn't release. So...I'll be tearing that apart too this weekend and finding the spot binding up and not releasing. I've had that thing apart many times; it's been sitting too long and needs a good shot of Kroil and oil here and there.

some errands to run this morning and then getting an oil change on the truck this afternoon. Really doesn't need it with 3700 miles but I heard two seconds of valve tapping two days ago on start up and I want the dealer to see it, say they can't do anything unless it replicates, which it won't, but at least it will go on the record. Hasn't done it since. An oil change isn't likely to help, but might, and can't hurt. Still "break in" motor oil in there. I prefer getting it out of there earlier vs later.

 

[rgamble3]

Off to PT this morning,then work on cleaning more yupon from under the pines, until it gets too hot. Rain yesterday .31". Sure could of used more. Maybe next time.

Roy G.

 

[wngsprd]

70 with a nice low humidity breeze from the north. Thanks, Canada. Should hit 85, and no rain...only got a trace yesterday.

Haircut and then mowing for several hours today. Company coming for dinner, so also have some clean up chores assigned from my wife.

Anybody ever used Perma-boot on their roof vents? I installed 3 yesterday where it looked like I had a small leak in the gasket of one the old roof vents. I've caulked and recaulked over the last couple of years, and decided to give this product a try. They went on easily, but time (and rain storms) will tell. If they work, I've got 3 more vents to do.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Light rain here this morning.
I picked up a Winchester 120 shotgun at the shop yesterday for deer hunting down country. Came with the smooth bore slug barrel and the regular barrel with the screw in chokes. The gun is probably 25 years old as they now call ones like it model 1200 but this one is in like new condition and was only $385.

 

[farmer2009]

55 this morning and headed to 85 today. Low humidity again.

Cattle are vaccinated and dewormed. Ran out of daylight so didn't get to replace the ear tags. But got calves separated from cows. Now to see if they still are separated.

Plans for today are to go cut some trees. Need some 2x6's and the mills running for the next few days. So I'll go help him saw some of his own and then mine.


Drew thanks for the info on the saw. I like all my Echos. Chainsaw, weed eater,and backpack blower. But my 400 just bogs out so easy. With a new chain or a fresh sharpen I have to hold the saw out of the wood. And it's a slow cut. Dads first Echo lasted him 30+ years. The tractor was finally it's death. He ran over it. Has since switched to husky's. Don't last as long maybe 10 years. Basically same use. But they cut faster. More chain speed I guess. In the bigger saw I need something that's got the power to bore cut if I have too. And speed as you don't want to be around learners any longer than necessary.

Know a guy that carries an Echo and a Stihl. Uses the Stihl most because he says it's faster. But once it gets hot and he has to shut it off it won't start back till it cool. So he has the Echo for any last cutting.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 71˚ heading to the mid 90s. We ended our streak of no rain with a whopping 4 hundredths of an inch!!!!! it was cloudy all day yesterday and we stayed in the 80s.

Last day for the preps for the VFD fish fry. smaller pop up tents, garbage cans, food prep/serv tables etc . . . Tomorrow the Grounds crew should be finished and the cooks and servers have their day. The cooks and servers consist of about 50 community people who have land in our fire area and know they may need us sometime - great support out here. We are expecting 1,200 people, and this area that is not even a town - we are not an incorporated area and have no post office - only a Lutheran church and a beer joint. We used to have a store but that was bought by my great-grandfather for wood for a house in the early 1900. In 1883 the employees of that store were shot and killed by robbers and my great-grandfather (a child at that time) was an eye witness. (but apparently he was not believable and a conviction was not forthcoming). The person that was suspected of doing the killing was one of our volleyball players great grandfather.
It was wild west out here - Story here: Fedor by George Nielsen - George's Journal

The person who is the consultant on the article in my 90+++ neighbor who has an excellent memory.

 

[rswyan]

59F and mostly sunny @ 08:45 ... supposed to stay sunny, with a high of 79F for the day.

The closet off the boiler room, and the boiler room itself, were still slightly damp when I got into town yesterday but not really wet ... bucket under the water supply to the heater hadn't overflowed. Hopefully today they'll be completely dry. Puttered around in there yesterday ... did some more vacuuming, hauled some trash out to dumpster, moved and organized some stuff to the rear overhead door to be hauled out, and worked on edging the sidewalks out front, which had a lot of dirt on the on them (the grade of the lawn is about an inch or two higher than the sidewalks) Hafta shovel all that up today when I get in there.

Found a home for the Lincoln Kleen-Pak bearing packer ... guy with the auto shop next door will take it off my hands.

Made the trip to the recycle center last evening - got rid of about 12 gallons of used anti-freeze, a box of 8' fluorescent tubes from here at the house, a 5 gallon pail of asphalt sealer that was half full, and probably 20 fluorescent light ballasts from in town.

I decided that before I went and got rid of the 200 or 300 8' fluorescent bulbs willy-nilly in at the commercial property, I'd do a little investigating. These are piled up on a pallet (or two) ... in a pile probably 6' to 8' wide by 3' or more high. Lotsa bulbs.

So I took one and installed it in the only low-hanging fixture in the building. It lit.

Tried another ... same deal: it worked.

Tried four more ... they all worked.

... interesting ... and then the thought occurred to me:

The rear addition on the building has about a 16' high clear span. There were rows of steel shelving (2' wide x 7' high) with aisles in between each row. On top of the shelving there was steel grate decking, creating a mezzanine or second floor. When they vacated, all of that was disassembled and removed.

Down each aisle there had been 8' double-tube fluorescent fixtures, attached to the steel decking.

These nimrods had pulled the light fixtures and taken them ... but apparently forgot to take the bulbs that went with them ...

Too funny.

Considering that between the house, the shop, and the pole barn, there are probably 25 or 30 8' fluorescent fixtures here at home, it's definite treasure.

I'll probably never have to buy another 8' fluorescent bulb for the rest of my life ... even after replacing any bad or missing bulbs in town ... :laughing: (I need 26 bulbs just to get all the lights on the first floor of the front building working)

Will stop by the Depot today on the way in and grab a 3/4" valve to the replace the leaking one on the water heater supply line, along with a couple or three 5 gallon pails and lids for the carb cleaner. Probably work on taking apart the wooden racks they used for exhaust pipes and cleaning up the upstairs a little today.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Morning. 0900, sunny, 80F with 89% humidity. Forecast high of 91F with 50% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 74F tonight. We had a nice shower yesterday afternoon. Wouldn't mind another one today, but after I get my peas planted. {today and tomorrow are good planting days} This will be my 4th planting of peas. My 2nd planting are producing now, and the 3rd are set to bloom any day. I have found that planting every 21 days will keep you in fresh peas. And now with my larger garden I can actually do it.

I worked until 0300 this morning cleaning up after last night's event, Death by Chocolate. Got to bed about 0330 and got woke up at 0545. So once I get the peas planted, I foresee a nap in my future.

You guys have a good one,

Larro