lostcreekranch
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- Joined
- Dec 14, 2012
- Messages
- 7,948
- Location
- Austin County, Texas
- Tractor
- NH TL-100A with Bush Hog 5045 FEL, WR Long 3rd function, LS XR4155HC w/FEL, WR Long 3rd Function.
Good morning. It was 65° this morning and partly cloudy. Our high should be near 77° this afternoon and more rain is in our forecast for tomorrow.
Our live oaks dropped most of their leaves just after our really cold weather in mid-February. Just in the last three days .. they're all flush with new leaves.
I did receive the new GE ballast, for our attic fixture yesterday and it took longer to gather up wire strippers, wire connectors, etc. than the actual replacement. Hooked up wires and, prior to installing covers and the T8 tubes, I hit the light switch. All smoke, sparks, flames, and loud noises .. retained in the ballast. I then installed the covers, four tubes, and Viola! Let there be light!!
The same Amazon shipment included what I hoped might be the piston compression seal for the air compressor .. it wasn't. It was a flat fiber gasket. Yes .. bad words were .. muttered.
I gave up and ordered the $60 kit which includes the complete connecting rod, thin wall cylinder, piston, seal etc. .. just to get the $5 seal. No telling when it will arrive .. probably early next week.
Our neighborhood "Hog Busters" group .. put a hog trap across the road from us but, outside my "weekender" neighbor's fence .. back in December. There been no activity until yesterday when an 150# boar got in the trap. I saw him from afar and called one of the HB guys to let him know. At that time the hog was just calmly laying in the trap.
They showed up with the hog trailer and the hog went completely nuts .. including trying to dig out from under the trap. This was one pi..ed off piggy. I had a 9mm in the Polaris .. JIC but, we finally got him in the trailer after he'd dug a 2' deep hole. I went and got the 55 hp tractor and moved the trap about 15 yards. So .. this morning, I'll take off the grapple, install the bucket and try to refill the hole and get it graded .. before our next rains.
After that .. who knows.
Hope everyone has an excellent .. "St. Patrick's Day Eve".
Prayers to all.
Our live oaks dropped most of their leaves just after our really cold weather in mid-February. Just in the last three days .. they're all flush with new leaves.
I did receive the new GE ballast, for our attic fixture yesterday and it took longer to gather up wire strippers, wire connectors, etc. than the actual replacement. Hooked up wires and, prior to installing covers and the T8 tubes, I hit the light switch. All smoke, sparks, flames, and loud noises .. retained in the ballast. I then installed the covers, four tubes, and Viola! Let there be light!!
The same Amazon shipment included what I hoped might be the piston compression seal for the air compressor .. it wasn't. It was a flat fiber gasket. Yes .. bad words were .. muttered.
I gave up and ordered the $60 kit which includes the complete connecting rod, thin wall cylinder, piston, seal etc. .. just to get the $5 seal. No telling when it will arrive .. probably early next week.
Our neighborhood "Hog Busters" group .. put a hog trap across the road from us but, outside my "weekender" neighbor's fence .. back in December. There been no activity until yesterday when an 150# boar got in the trap. I saw him from afar and called one of the HB guys to let him know. At that time the hog was just calmly laying in the trap.
They showed up with the hog trailer and the hog went completely nuts .. including trying to dig out from under the trap. This was one pi..ed off piggy. I had a 9mm in the Polaris .. JIC but, we finally got him in the trailer after he'd dug a 2' deep hole. I went and got the 55 hp tractor and moved the trap about 15 yards. So .. this morning, I'll take off the grapple, install the bucket and try to refill the hole and get it graded .. before our next rains.
After that .. who knows.
Hope everyone has an excellent .. "St. Patrick's Day Eve".
Prayers to all.