Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

60 going to 61.

Was planning on going hiking up in the mountains until I got a kink in my back doing my sit-ups this morning. Now when I take a deep breath, it isn't pleasant at all. Coco will have to settle for a shorter hike this afternoon.

Got some paperwork and mowing to do anyway.

Wintergreen oil is great for muscle kinks and pain.

Much cooler today and windy, very busy with T-Bird leaving a day early. Daughter and grandson coming over and 2-3 other things.
Have a good day all. God bless

 

[daugen]

How will you ever get to one Tractor / Implement balance if you're selling a tractor? . We had high hopes ......... that YOU'D be the one to do it.

it's all becoming too much to handle. My arthritis is getting worse, a full manual no powershuttle tractor is just too hard on me.
Will put it out at end of lane and doubt it will last long. Will get what I paid for it too. I need a new tractor with more gizmos that make attachment easier, like a rear three point hitch control. JD has a very cool setup on their 4066R, but I need a larger tractor to pull that disc and pick up big oak trees that go down. Once I'm done with potatoes this year, I may also sell the Super A. The small Massey with hydro trans is a keeper, very easy to drive tractor and just the right size for small utility work. Decided to simplify and only have one 50-75hp tractor, likely a utility and not compact utility.

Ron, very sorry to hear that about your wife, please tell her we all wish her a fast recovery, if that is possible.
I sometimes wonder what will fall apart on me each day...

 

[Bird]

Got my cousin to take me and wife to a Dr. appointment for wife. Not a good visit. Getting a brace for neck. She is loosing strength in her neck. But good news on eating. Eat as much as she wants. Try to consume 2500 calories a day.

Sure sorry to hear that, Ron. That sounds worse than my wife's COPD and her having to be on oxygen nearly all the time.

Still raining here; just a light sprinkle at this time. 44 degrees going for a high of 46; record low temperatures for us for this time of year. Lots of flooding all over this area, but so far no serious damage or lives lost.

 

[daugen]

Guys like to fix things and it's really, really hard when you can't fix the ones you love.
We have to accept what we can't do any more and have fun with what we can do.
And tell your wife you love her every day.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I have found that if you leave the small limbs where they are and just mow as usual they disappear fairly quickly. :laughing: I even keep a hand pruner on the mower and cut small limbs that are bothering me and just mow them. Works for me.

Tried doing that last time I pruned the trees, but the flail mower balks at anything over 2" thick for some reason...:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

JD has a very cool setup on their 4066R, but I need a larger tractor to pull that disc and pick up big oak trees that go down.

Been thinking more and more that's the direction I should go as well, Drew. Please share what you come up with, especially if you start a new thread.

 

[wngsprd]

Ron, sorry to hear your news.

Randy, thanks for the wintergreen tip. I'll ask my wife if we have any.

Surprised to find we got a quarter inch of rain last night when I went to check the gauge.

Picked up some more pecans, too. Never gotten so many before...the squirrels are staying in the woods...drowning in acorns, so leaving the pecans for me. My pecans are a little smaller than most store-bought ones, and much sweeter tasting. Still picking up sticks from the hurricane remnant that came through. Power is still out for some 5,000 of the 600,000 that lost power here.

Drew, sounds like you have a better tractor plan underway.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning,
33 and going to a high of 43F. Wind WNW 12 mph. 40% chance of rain. We got a frost last night.

Not much on the books for today, I do need to go to town and get some small stuff AND a new cabin filter for the Dodge.


Have a good day all

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 45˚ raining. 1.3" since midnight after 2" yesterday.
Got the remote keypad garage door opener to install today and maybe a bed frame to pick up if the rains subside.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 69F @ 5:15AM. Sunny. High 84F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph.

Finally, someone from the Sias company that knows what they're doing and does what they say they're going to do. Got a call yesterday morning from the truck driver that had the bumpers, saying he'd be in Oroville in a couple of hours. I asked him to call again when he was a half hour out, he did, and I met him at the HD parking lot. Backed up to his truck, we transferred the pallet and bumpers, and it was a done deal. While I was in town, I picked up a 4'x8' sheet of ABS plastic from the auto upholstery supply shop to use for new door cards on the Vanagon.

I also noticed that when I went to start the truck in the parking lot, it was very slow to crank again, and I heard a bit of solenoid rattling as well, so I got out the battery load tester, disconnected each battery, and tested them. They both came out OK, but the terminals on one were a little loose. Cleaned up both sets and shot them with LPS3, and the truck started right up. Not celebrating yet, though, as that was too easy a fix.



Got the bumpers out and test fit them to the Vanagon. There were no instructions or photos provided on just how that should be done, so a flurry of text messages and pics were exchanged with the fabricator to get me pointed in the right direction. Not real happy with the fit, as there are a few places where they are very close to touching the body, but a little time with the saber saw today will fix that. These were pretty much prototypes for a new line he'll be coming out with, so glitches like this were somewhat expected. The build quality is excellent, though. Heavy quarter inch thick aluminum on the outside with thick steel frame underneath. I'll smooth out the welds, scuff 'em up with the D/A sander, and shoot 'em with bed liner today.