Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

But other projects went better, including getting the new gutters temporarily set up for the coming heavy rains. Will be next week before I can bury the pipes but it should be an interesting test to see how the water is kept away from the buildings. Of course with three inches of rain, it's going to go everywhere.
Will join the two downspouts underground and head to the main ditch with one pipe. Reason for the two downspouts is because the top holes are oval and not full size, so two are needed in downpours. But one four inch pipe going to the ditch is plenty, one on each side of the barn that is. Not particularly attractive at the moment but hopefully functional. And of course not glued... I chose heavy wall pipe downspouts not for the size but for durability from misaimed machinery.

FWIW the gutter guy that did the installation at my place used aluminum gutters and downspouts. The downspouts are about 2"x3", and one is plenty to keep up with all the rain off a 15'x26' metal porch cover. By that measure it seems your double pipe downspouts are probably way overkill. Also keep in mind that PVC isn't UV safe, so it's best to paint it to keep it from getting brittle. Regrettably, the paint will offer no protection from a backhoe or FEL bucket. DAMHIKT.
:laughing:

 

[ronjhall]

Good morning! Reporting in with the coldest temp in the nation, including Canada and England, at a shivering 28˚!! How did this happen?

You are EAST of AZ.
Lots of those temperatures here since Monday without going into the mountains.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning! 44F @ 5:45 AM. Partly cloudy. High 58F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

Decided to use yesterday's inclement weather to run errands in town. Recycled several old batteries and picked up a new one at Walmart. Going to try a deep cycle marine battery this time in the tractor, which these days seems to be sitting more than working. Then it was off to Costco for another case of the Menage et Trois wine, and to the grocery store to finish up. Surprise when I got home and discovered not Red Table Wine in the box, but something called Silk. I figured what the heck, and tried a glass with some Costco pizza, and it was good. Not as sweet as the Red, but very smooth and enjoyable, especially at $7/bottle.

Got the battery into the tractor just before it started raining, and even managed to get a charger hooked up to it. A 5 gallon plastic bucket over the charger anchored with an old brake rotor kept it dry during the evening's rain showers.

Supposed to be clear today so this afternoon I'll work on the downed tree again, hopefully getting all the branches off and stacked for burning. Extra points if I can get the trunk bucked up, too.

Hang in there guys, Friday's comin'!

 

[toppop52]

62° dropping into the 40's by late afternoon. 1.5" of rain since yesterday late afternoon, was supposed to clear,, now they say the front will retrograde and bring another inch plus of rain and maybe a little sleet or snow mixed in.

 

[daugen]

well that little walk to check things out got a bit extended. Ditch duty, cleaning out by the road, clogged inlets, water right up to the top of the pipes.
The entire front of the property flooded apparently during the night based on the debris lines on the fence posts. But at least it went down thereafter...
Not enough capacity for a three inch rain in one day for sure. The problem is on my neighbor's property and he seems to thinks "it's going pretty good".
Yeah, well pretty good isn't cutting it when my driveway is under water.
Glad I got the cleanup done, another round of rain coming that will look like an all day affair.

Wound up making a little drainage system to get pooled water away from the low spot near the barn. As I was using the hoe to make my little ditches in the sand
I remembered earth science and wondered if I had just made an oxbow... I took a lot of pics of the flooded areas of the lawn and field so I will remember where to put fill in this summer when it's dry.

I hope to go back and work in the barn today on the Cub Cadet. Nice and dry in there. Temps dropping during the day, need to close it up and hold the heat in.
I have a 80k propane space heater I've haven't pulled out but I might now that I have a nice place to work, plenty of light and tools right there.

I agree the second downspout is a bit of overkill but notice the erosion at the end of the pipes. Water definitely went out the second pipe, likely during downpours. The pipe is plenty big; the issue is the oval hole in the gutter itself. Not that big; maybe that's all the extrusion process will allow.

 

[toppop52]

That's a mess around the barn, can you get upstream of the barn and divert some of the water?

 

[mkr7734]

Good morning,
Got a question. Is this thread for anyone to join in or is it a private thing? Don't want to bug in where I should not.
It is a cold 19 heading to 31 but there is a huge yellow/orange orb in the sky something I have not see in awhile.

 

[mkr7734]

Sorry double post???????

 

[sodamo]

67°F and no rain last 24 hours.

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[sodamo]

64 degrees dropping all day into the 30's tonight as cold front drops down. 1.64 inches before I went to bed last night and they are predicting almost 2.4 inches today...yikes, that's four inches of rain. Just a sprinkle for David/Sodamo but here,well, glub glub Nothing getting done outside today for sure, going to go food shopping and then catch up on paperwork. Welcome Chief. May your hotel room have really good wifi and the instructors not deadly boring

Actually a news report last night saying how dry this year has been so far, way below normal. We've only 3.01 inches ytd.

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