Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Nice flail mower Ron your place sounds very nice

 

[Looking4new]

daugen,
L4N, does running hot water over the sore parts help?
I never tried that. Sore muscles I can handle, but painful arthritis I cannot. Medical MJ solves some of the problem and lets me get a good nights sleep.

And you are taking it easy, right?
NO! I've got things that need being done. I can't rely on someone else to do them. He will work under my direct direction, but if I was to try to get him to do anything when I am not right there, then forget it. He has 10 million excuses why something didn't get done and all of them pure BS.

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, how'd that new Ruger shoot for you?

I didn't have much time to try it, but I got one magazine (10 rounds...5 CCI standard velocity and 5 Gemtech subsonic). Cycled fine.
I don't know why I thought this gun was smaller than it actually is, but it's definitely a handful...grips are 1911 style, so that should have given me an idea how big the Mark IV is. I guess I was thinking it was closer to the SR-22 in size.
I'll come back with some comparison pictures in a bit


You can see the Mark IV is quite a bit bigger...especially the grip


Adding the suppressor (which is 6.5" long) makes for a long gun!

 

[ronjhall]

Poured second cup of coffee. 27° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 60° with mostly sunny skies. Back to working at getting garden pond water falls working. Taking my time on this project. Great to be out in the sun and fresh air.

Deer are common around my place. But seldom see them during daylight hours.

Kyle, looks like you can watch the races on computer. AFT racing. and reruns on NBCSN

Jay, no more dead or alive snowmen pictures until next winter. I tried looking up translation for some of the words in your post. 澱ad, 殿berrant. Came back with no translation found. :confused3:

Prayers for those in need.

Good Morning All.

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-04-22, 0716

24 right now...heading up to the mid-50's.

Well, got most of what I wanted to do, done yesterday. But I didn't get the backhoe hooked up....so, that's the chore today, once it warms up some...

 

[daugen]

I was impressed with this blurb on Ron's new flail mower, touting the very high quality
bearings used. Probably the Japanese version of Timken.

NSK is a leading bearing and motion control manufacturing company founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1916. Today NSK has several plants around the world including England, Germany, USA and Switzerland and by far one the best quality bearings available on the market today. Although these bearings are very costly, we feel that in an application with high load and dynamic forces such as a flail mower that such high quality bearings are required. These bearings are noticeably smoother, quieter, and cooler running than any competitor and far superior to any no-name brand.

And I'm sure there is a Chinese equivalent of the same quality, but how would we ever know which one is good?
Instead we whitewash all Chinese goods as potentially substandard.

I always ask for Timken and I always look for the country of origin on the bearings.
Usually that gets me odd stares...

 

[Eric Salop]

Good afternoon all. The last few puddles from a light shower of rain are rapidly evaporating and the sun may yet put in an appearance before the afternoon is over. My right arm is still a little stiff after spending most of the day yesterday gripping the loader joystick to load cow muck into the spreader. By the end of the day two fields had taken on a distinctly brown tinge that for once wasn't mud. It was also my good deed for the day - I made an awful lot of flies very happy

I'll drag it smooth with the ranger.

A chain harrow would smooth that area out very well.

Yea, but i aint got one, so i will use an old pallet.

Dragging a poor old defenceless pallet around a field behind your ranger If the pallet huggers on the Pallets in Fields thread see that, you're gonna get banned from TBN. :laughing:

 

[Buppies]

Roy when my wife tried the 22/45 she said it was too heavy but I think she meant too large. She has handled my 40 SA Springfield Armory 3.8in barrel and said it felt better but heavy. Still awaiting arrival of SR22 for her to look at

 

[daugen]

Dragging a poor old defenceless pallet around a field behind your ranger If the pallet huggers on the Pallets in Fields thread see that, you're gonna get banned from TBN. :laughing:

funny I was chuckling about that thinking of him asking his wife to sit on the pallet for more weight...though some kids would find that great fun until someone got hurt.
I've got it, a nice recliner on the pallet for his wife, so she can ride along and helpfully advise Buckeye on how to better drive his tractor. This I would like to see...

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy when my wife tried the 22/45 she said it was too heavy but I think she meant too large. She has handled my 40 SA Springfield Armory 3.8in barrel and said it felt better but heavy. Still awaiting arrival of SR22 for her to look at

Added a couple pictures to post #74864 (above) so you can see the size difference. The backstrap on the SR-22 can be reversed (manual describes how to do it), so she can try both to see which gives her the better grip. Did you order the model with the threaded barrel?

 

[ronjhall]

I was impressed with this blurb on Ron's new flail mower, touting the very high quality
bearings used. Probably the Japanese version of Timken.

NSK is a leading bearing and motion control manufacturing company founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1916. Today NSK has several plants around the world including England, Germany, USA and Switzerland and by far one the best quality bearings available on the market today. Although these bearings are very costly, we feel that in an application with high load and dynamic forces such as a flail mower that such high quality bearings are required. These bearings are noticeably smoother, quieter, and cooler running than any competitor and far superior to any no-name brand.

And I'm sure there is a Chinese equivalent of the same quality, but how would we ever know which one is good?
Instead we whitewash all Chinese goods as potentially substandard.

I always ask for Timken and I always look for the country of origin on the bearings.
Usually that gets me odd stares...

I spent most of my working career work on some type of spindle that needed bearings. Lots of them had foreign made bearings and ran better than the Timken bearings. Are NSK a good product. Maybe, depends on what precision they are. Higher RPM's and loads require a more precision bearing. Woodmaxx may have been using a NSK bearing originally. But it was not a precision bearing.

 

[ronjhall]

No deer this morning. One lone turkey.
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[Buppies]

Roy the one they have coming in is for her to look at only if she likes it will order one with threaded barrel. Thanks for the heads up on this

I showed her the pictures which was very helpful

 

[Thomas]

28F blue sky upper 50's for high.

Got little behind filling the feeders this morning and the birds squirrels etc. made it known.
Todays plan...finishing raking up to snow line than pickup limbs/branches propane run for the gas grill,than some relaxing puttering.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[CWB Wyo]

28* for the low this morning, it got up to the low 60's and sunny yesterday. It's going to be a little warmer today, mid 60's and sunny skies with a 10-15 wind.

Probably go up and help the neighbor work on his trailer again today. It's still to muddy to do much around here. I need to make a list of things I would like to get done this summer.

Hope everyone has a nice Sunday.
CWB.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

FM-62H PTO Flail Mower (62") with hydraulic side shift
Going to be cutting about 3 acres of my place and about 5 acres of neighbors 13 acres. Would like to have bigger. But my B2910 is maxed out with the 62"

Which blades did you opt for? Sorry if you've already posted this.

I spent most of my working career work on some type of spindle that needed bearings. Lots of them had foreign made bearings and ran better than the Timken bearings. Are NSK a good product. Maybe, depends on what precision they are. Higher RPM's and loads require a more precision bearing. Woodmaxx may have been using a NSK bearing originally. But it was not a precision bearing.

It has been my experience that NSK builds some of the finest bearings in the world. Of course their best bearings for mill spindles and servo controlled axis are quite spendy. Precision makes for a higher price.

Had coffee, now time to get ready for church.

 

[ronjhall]

Which blades did you opt for? Sorry if you've already posted this.

Y-blades. I only have grass/weeds to cut. I also have a rotary cutter. Want to get away from the windrow rotary cutter leaves.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning everyone-

Another clear and frozen start to the day. With temperatures rising into the 60F's I will be able to take a look at that window and how much hardened Saint Bernard drool I need to remove; ~10 years worth. It's nasty stuff; kind of like that "Alien" drool in that SciFi movie. There are probably a few now hardened "droolers" hanging from everything. This stuff could have Military/LE value.

Drew- Thanks for the clarification. My first reaction when I read your post was as you intended- pretty funny. You do know your psych stuff. I still miss the old psych banter in the staff rooms. Then I thought about my first reaction...... I should not have gone there. My bad.

Ron- Sometimes I "slip" and go into psycho-jargon psychobabble mode usually when I go into the "Jayzone". No "crazy talk" neologisms though. I think Drew came up with some of those psych terms.

Buppies- I have "issues" with the "Bubble People" not snow men nor clowns . I actually saw that picture the first time in a weathergeek site thread. I wish that I was that creative.

I must confess. It happened when I was a young boy experimenting with my very first scientific instrument- a magnifying glass. . Seeing enlarged objects got boring pretty quickly. It was really neat how one could start a fire with one of those things. I thought that it would be pretty neat to burn a few ants as I progressed in my research. I sat down next to an ant hill; a rather large ant hill, and started my death ray. Wow I said and then I said a couple of more "wows" and then louder wows as the ants responded aggressively to the threat. It was a learning moment about the power of the sun, and of the stings of many angry ants. I had a fear of a higher being when I was a kid. I took what happened as a warning I have grieved all those dead ants the past 60 years. Now I am relieved of another "burden."

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

I hope everyone has a decent day.

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .25 inches rain, saw a bit of sun when I first got up, there’s hope.

Another easy day ahead. Play cards with our cottage couple later. Likely way too wet to mow, but grass is getting taller.

Prayers for all.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[lostcreekranch]

A few days ago we had a conversation about various glyphosate herbicide brands and their effectiveness and how long they last.

I got busy and didn’t have a chance to respond.

Glyphosate:

The primary ingredient is obviously glyphosate, a systemic non-selective herbicide. A dilutable product that starts out in the range of 40-42% diluted to 4-6% in water will result in an effective kill of almost anything it contacts. The glyphosate is taken in thru leaves and stems and moves to the root system, it’s real target. Use of a surfactant increases the effectiveness significantly. Glyphosate has no soil activity so, no long term effect and its broken down fairly quickly by microbes in your soil.

Imazapyr

Imazapyr is added to some products to extend time of effective kill. Imazapyr does have soil activity, unlike glyphosate, and does not get broken down by soil microbes as fast as the glyphosate does.

Diquat:

A few glyphosate products also include Diquat. It is a contact herbicide and quickly “burns” the target plant to give you “quick gratification. It does nothing to improve or extend the effectiveness of the glyphosate, it just makes you feel like you accomplished something quicker.

Hopefully this will help as you evaluate various products.

Here is the Label for the RM43 that I use. Note that the active ingredients are;

Glyphosate - 43.68%.

Imazapyr - 0.78%


https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/084009-00003-20150710.pdf

If you take the course work and become a Private Applicator, you will always Remember;

1. Read The Label!

2. The Label is the Law!

Knowingly using these products in a manner contrary to the Label is a federal crime.