Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Please forgive me if this seems like stating the obvious, but perhaps the lesson we should all take away from this winter is that the vernier of civilization is very thin. I don't think you need to go full blown prepper to survive times like this, but having a stock of non-perishable food, a reliable source of water, extra blankets, and maybe a generator and appropriate fuel wouldn't break the bank and would save a lot of inconvenience. Since a lot of us are rural and you have a source of firewood on your property, a wood stove wouldn't hurt to have, either. If the weather goes sour for a week, it's a lot nicer to roll over and sleep in until it gets better, rather than have to go driving on ice or rain slick roads chasing after necessities that have already been picked clean.:2cents:

 

[daugen]

RNG could be like Santee Cooper built nuclear power plant that would never work from the get go design flaw now customers holding the bag or bill

It would appear that we are not ready for this type of natural disaster our basic utility cannot keep up our infrastructure is hurting has been for years. We keep pumping money in the wrong places and are headed for third world status if we are not careful

With the clearly evidenced fire load that much of California has, and the weather patterns there,
it's a challenge to any power distribution company. But it seems there was incompetence there, just like there was incompetence at the BP refinery fire due to
lack of needed maintenance. Expensive lessons to these companies, bankrupted the power co in CA and sure hurt BP's bottom line.

And Santee Cooper has sure been an albatross to its owner, no revenue to pay off investment, and huge cost to clean up now.
Seems the industry as a whole is not self policing well. Just ask the residents of Chernoble and Fukushima.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, instead of using ballast and 4WD on concrete, could you put pallet forks on your 3pt and reverse up the steep section?

Good point, Eric.:thumbsup: When I made the set of pallet forks, I put connections on it so it would fit on the 3PH. It's impossible to see the relationship between the forks and the pallets when the forks are on the FEL and the pallets are on the ground, at least wile remaining seated, so I've banged up more than a few pallets as a result. And I can see where the fork tips would be quite easily if they were mounted on the 3PH. But (there's always a but, right?) I don't think the forks on the 3PH would reach the top pallet in the stack, so I'd have to use the FEL for that, then move the forks to the 3PH for the rest of the trip to the garage. That's more work, and I'm pretty lazy.:laughing: So for now I'm gonna hope that the little bit of extra ballast on the box blade does the trick. If it doesn't, maybe I'll go scrounging for another section of railroad track and a longer set of bolts.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .03 inches rain.

Eye exam this morning. Most likely a prescription change so will be ordering new glasses.

If I get dilated that will pretty much be it for my day as normally it takes me rest of day to recover avoiding sunshine.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Bird]

If I get dilated that will pretty much be it for my day as normally it takes me rest of day to recover avoiding sunshine.

When I had my eye exam last week, they had a new machine/instrument or whatever that I'd never seen before and know nothing about, but it cost me about $45 and the claim is that it does a better job than dilating the eyes did and no dilation required.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good point, Eric.:thumbsup: When I made the set of pallet forks, I put connections on it so it would fit on the 3PH. It's impossible to see the relationship between the forks and the pallets when the forks are on the FEL and the pallets are on the ground, at least wile remaining seated, so I've banged up more than a few pallets as a result. And I can see where the fork tips would be quite easily if they were mounted on the 3PH. But (there's always a but, right?) I don't think the forks on the 3PH would reach the top pallet in the stack, so I'd have to use the FEL for that, then move the forks to the 3PH for the rest of the trip to the garage. That's more work, and I'm pretty lazy.:laughing: So for now I'm gonna hope that the little bit of extra ballast on the box blade does the trick. If it doesn't, maybe I'll go scrounging for another section of railroad track and a longer set of bolts.

I’ve got most of what need .. for a portable, front mounted camera for my tractors. I’ve got a 9” monitor that can connect to two cameras, a long video / 12 volt umbilical, some 3” x 3” tubing to protect the camera, and a pair of very strong magnets to hold the camera in place on the grill guard, pallet forks frame, etc.

I just haven’t found a camera with a narrow /close view. All seem to be 140-170° field of view i.e. “backup cameras”. I want narrower to focus on forks, tree / post puller, etc.

 

[rswyan]

I had to chuckle here, the pot calling the kettle black for someone from California complaining about the efficiencies of other states.

Actually, it's the inverse ... at in the case of the junior Senator from Texas ... :laughing:

 

[Dftodd]

-1 at our house. Thermometer in the truck showed -7 in one spot while I was taking my wife to work this morning.

Works been canceled till Friday at the earliest.

Guy in charge of the Wichita wellpoint job sent out an email wanting people to be there Friday.

It's nice having a regional manager based out of our location. He called him and told him he bumped his head Trucks wouldn't be rolling out of Arkansas and Tennessee till Sunday to head up there to finish. Both states will probably be shut down till Saturday at the earliest.

It is supposed to be barely above freezing Friday, so i'll probably pick up the service truck Friday afternoon when I pick my wife up from work.

Really pretty out and 7° at the moment. Prefect weather to get bundled up and take the dog for another walk

 

[daugen]

I'm very interested in seeing what you get, I always wanted a camera to see where the leading edge of the bucket was.
I wonder if vibration/jiggling will be an issue on either the picture quality or the durability of camera.

 

[rswyan]

Unless I'm mistaken, Drew, Rick's reply was in response from comments from RS, who I believe dwells in wonderful Ohio.

Having been brought up in Ohio, I can understand RS's disappointment at not having fully participated in Polar Vortex.:laughing:

No need for disappointment on my part ... just have to wait a few days ... it will get here ... :laughing:

I must admit some disappointment in not getting more snow though to really get a chance to use the snowblower to move some serious snow.

But then winter isn't over yet either ...