Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Very nice photo Kyle

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

LS, do you line your planters before filling with dirt?

Yes, usually with landscape fabric up the sides. Also on the top, under the mulch.
But, sometimes not the top, depending on the plant. If it's a spreader by runners, no.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Kyle, that is one nice pic!

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 57ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 80ºF. Men's meeting to start day, bike ride next, chain much quieter. After lunch, then nap, then tore in locked up engine. No smoking gun yet, no damage except slight cylinder scoring.
Randy(wag) would they take the other horse along if it reacts too badly?
Ron sorry about sore arm from shingles shot. Hope stump removal and grass mow went well. Neat deer pic
Drew hope you and Paul can get together and he can work on the RV for you.
Don hope cedarcide went well and no leaks.
Buppies glad you got some rain. prayers sent.
Billy glad you got some rain. Congrats and happy birthday to your mom. Glad you had nice meal with family
Kilroy would be nice if people could follow directions. Glad you got some rain and sleep. Hope scaffolding arrived ok.
Paul glad driveway in better shape now. Good luck with fencing. Hope breakfast was fun. Heard a lot of nice thing about the citabria and decathlon. Nice story about the neighbors.
Dennis sorry to hear no grass for the horses.
Dennis Texas has no toll booths either. OK toll road have a thank you sign that light after reading toll tag, very fast, bill hit my account that fast as well. Hope you can get doors fixed soon
Ken sorry about the mowing deck, hope the flail will mow well enough. Neat story about Uncle's place.
Drew nice harvest this morning.
Frits glad shoulder and knee still improving. Good luck with mower. Thanks for story.
RNG too early for 90's. Sorry no parts showed up, hope you hit delivery jackpot today.
Bill hope yard cleanup went well and got you your holder hung.
Ftits sorry about cable damage. Neat door.
Dennis quite the trim on the bush.
Ted hope you get the rain. Glad wife happy, and nice pics. hope trimmer walk went well.
Jay sorry about red flag fire warning. Glad you got more mowing done. Hope the trimmer is running now.
Dennis that does look like a park, nice pic
Chris hope you can get mowing done at farm.
David hope trip to Costco did not hurt wallet too bad.
Drew good to hear Paul got you fixed up. Nice pics
Dennis nice pics.
RS sorry not takers in live trap yet. Hope you can fill Water Buffalo soon. Hope you got plants covered for the frost.
Jay glad nice drive to get trimmer fuel. Hope dinner was good.
Frits glad new cable is on and mower ready to go.
Thomas glad short workday. BBQ sounds good. Hope branch clean will go well.
Drew hope cover for veggies works. Hope you get new seat for RV.
Bill nice progress on the back yard.
Frits sorry about the getting stuck.
Ted glad progress on gravel. Good timing on shut down for the day. Hope you are getting good rain.
Kilroy thanks for Harry update.
Randy(wag) hope dental visit had good news, ahd meeting went well.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Drew I think Polestar is Volvo’s EV.

 

[Wagtail]

Randy(wag) would they take the other horse along if it reacts too badly?

Sometimes, yes. But a forest trail ride only goes for a couple of hours at the most. The 'left behind' horse usually calms down after a while.

They don't do anything to harm themselves, just pace around and call out (neigh) for their missing paddock-mate. Very 'dramatic' for a time but they're fine.

The odd occasion one of the horses will be gone for a couple of days on a Pony Club weekend. The remaining horse, again, is fine after a few hours... remembering, now and then, that it's 'alone' and paces/calls-out.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 30° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 68 with partly cloudy skies. Got grass mowed yesterday. Then went to neighbors and pulled several small stumps out of their garden. Also hauled a bunch of limbs that came down during Loaded 6' disk disk onto trailer. Hauled it to other neighbors so he can disk up the woods that we have been cleaning up. I was tired when I got home. Cooked dinner and fell asleep in recliner. Some string trimming today after grocery shopping.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 57ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 80ºF. Men's meeting to start day, bike ride next, chain much quieter. After lunch, then nap, then tore in locked up engine. No smoking gun yet, no damage except slight cylinder scoring.
Randy(wag) would they take the other horse along if it reacts too badly?
Ron sorry about sore arm from shingles shot. Hope stump removal and grass mow went well. Neat deer pic
Drew hope you and Paul can get together and he can work on the RV for you.
Don hope cedarcide went well and no leaks.
Buppies glad you got some rain. prayers sent.
Billy glad you got some rain. Congrats and happy birthday to your mom. Glad you had nice meal with family
Kilroy would be nice if people could follow directions. Glad you got some rain and sleep. Hope scaffolding arrived ok.
Paul glad driveway in better shape now. Good luck with fencing. Hope breakfast was fun. Heard a lot of nice thing about the citabria and decathlon. Nice story about the neighbors.
Dennis sorry to hear no grass for the horses.
Dennis Texas has no toll booths either. OK toll road have a thank you sign that light after reading toll tag, very fast, bill hit my account that fast as well. Hope you can get doors fixed soon
Ken sorry about the mowing deck, hope the flail will mow well enough. Neat story about Uncle's place.
Drew nice harvest this morning.
Frits glad shoulder and knee still improving. Good luck with mower. Thanks for story.
RNG too early for 90's. Sorry no parts showed up, hope you hit delivery jackpot today.
Bill hope yard cleanup went well and got you your holder hung.
Ftits sorry about cable damage. Neat door.
Dennis quite the trim on the bush.
Ted hope you get the rain. Glad wife happy, and nice pics. hope trimmer walk went well.
Jay sorry about red flag fire warning. Glad you got more mowing done. Hope the trimmer is running now.
Dennis that does look like a park, nice pic
Chris hope you can get mowing done at farm.
David hope trip to Costco did not hurt wallet too bad.
Drew good to hear Paul got you fixed up. Nice pics
Dennis nice pics.
RS sorry not takers in live trap yet. Hope you can fill Water Buffalo soon. Hope you got plants covered for the frost.
Jay glad nice drive to get trimmer fuel. Hope dinner was good.
Frits glad new cable is on and mower ready to go.
Thomas glad short workday. BBQ sounds good. Hope branch clean will go well.
Drew hope cover for veggies works. Hope you get new seat for RV.
Bill nice progress on the back yard.
Frits sorry about the getting stuck.
Ted glad progress on gravel. Good timing on shut down for the day. Hope you are getting good rain.
Kilroy thanks for Harry update.
Randy(wag) hope dental visit had good news, ahd meeting went well.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

15 of 16 frames arrived perfect, one had a minor ding on one of the ladder crossbars, not enough to affect performance or safety. Now just waiting on the rest of the order. Minor things, like the “X” crossmember stabilizers, leveling feet, caster wheels, deck boards, connector pins, stand-off safety bars… y’know— the things you need to actually assemble functional scaffolding…

 

[daugen]

good morning all
boy I'm glad I covered the veggies, 36 degrees out, looked out window and cloth did not blow away overnight so hope it worked.
No frost on garage roof, thought humidity is low so that's not the usual canary in the mine.

got a new set of those Marbain hardened mower blades in for JD. They are pretty massive compared to the blades for my old Gravely, both 50" decks.
will let you know how they hold up. 20 bucks each isn't much more expensive than oem.
I don't have many sticks or rocks so hopefully a while.
67 degrees in sunshine today, should be a very nice day.

I need to reschedule with Verizon, they never showed up.

RS ,very cool you have little birdies
David, Volvo makes a number of hybrids and Polestar is their performance all EV line.
I want the hybrid with a real engine for range, plug in would give me around town performance.
The Chinese own Volvo (Geely) and they are heavily into EV.
my 15 amp connection in the garage isn't going to cut it for a car.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly…).

57.2F, going to upper 60s

Received partials delivery of scaffold parts. waiting On the rest so that I can actually use them…

early appointment for Mrs’ vehicle to get oil change and checkup. Then taking mom shopping, stopping at second gravel dealer and confirming tomorrow’s delivery details, and after maybe taking Bailey up to woodlot.

time for coffee and getting butt in gear — I hope everyone has a happy healthy productive safe blessed day!

 

[KilroyJC]

good morning all
boy I'm glad I covered the veggies, 36 degrees out, looked out window and cloth did not blow away overnight so hope it worked.
No frost on garage roof, thought humidity is low so that's not the usual canary in the mine.

got a new set of those Marbain hardened mower blades in for JD. They are pretty massive compared to the blades for my old Gravely, both 50" decks.
will let you know how they hold up. 20 bucks each isn't much more expensive than oem.
I don't have many sticks or rocks so hopefully a while.
67 degrees in sunshine today, should be a very nice day.

I need to reschedule with Verizon, they never showed up.

I know that feeling. . .

 

[daugen]

Ken, please note the spare blades for Gravely. So it would be ok to hit a few rocks...you just have to change the blades.
I can haul a mower down to you today if you wish
this helping others can go both ways...

 

[Buppies]

Happy belated birthday to wngsprd mom

56 degrees going into 70s today bright sunshine light breezes

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 40 going to 69 today. Not sure that it got down to 32 but the flowers were covered just in case

The list of projects is getting longer. Being somewhat limited from the shoulder injury has slowed things down. And priority is still what wife needs to get around and function.

Will get back to mowing more down in the meadow around tree shelters. Would be nice if I could use the tractor and the brush cutter but access around tree shelters is limited so therefore using the ZD331. It performs well even with 24 inch grass with the setting at 4 or 5 inches cut. Hidden branches down in the grass continue to surface but the mower chews most of them up. Sometimes a rock has surfaced from the winter freeze and can be hard on blades. I want to grease and sharpen blades again.The power to mow goes down significantly with sharpened blades.

 

[m7040]

Sharpening the blades I use the high lift floor jack to jack up the fromt even though the mower has a built in jack system. The built in system is slow and cumbersome. Then use jack stands for safety high enough for easy access. The Milwaukee impact makes short work of getting the blades off. Then sharpen on the jig and balance on the mag hub mount and check run out with the gauge.
Mounting the blades it is important to get them torqued to spec to prevent them going loose and overheating the washers on the spindles. The Milwaukee impact has several torque settings and one of them corresponds to the specified torque needed saving the hassle of blocking the spindles from turning and doing it manual

 

[wngsprd]

49 going to 71...very nice.

m70, sorry you got that zero turn stuck. I did the same thing a couple of years ago, and had to use the tractor FEL to lift it up and put a board under the tire. I'm starting afund raiser to get you a new hat, too.

LS, beautiful job on your landscaping projects.

Thanks for the birthday wishes for my mom. She still lives alone, drives, and is doing great.

My truck turned 7yo last week, so was time for its annual state inspection. The dealer still performs them free (saves $20) and doesn't try to scam you on fixes. Only once have they found anything...windshield wipers...and they were bad...I had already bought replacements but had forgotten to swap them.

Always fun to go so I can check out the new inventory...still not a lot, but they had some new hybrid/V6 twin turbo Tundras...very nice but they were priced in the upper 60s...one was $70.2K. Well over 20K more than my top model Tundra bought 7 years ago.

Saw a couple of their new Crown sedans, and the new all-electric bZ4x...both looked great, but again, sticker shock. They had no new Camry, Corolla, or RAV4s in stock, only one 4Runner, and one Sequoia.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
33 degrees out there this morning, visible patches of frost on the ground. High of 60 forecast under clear skies. Light winds, might be good for flying RC this afternoon or evening.

Yesterday started with a good breakfast with the professor. As a retired lawyer and constitutional history professor, all the news and political shenanigans kept him pretty animated.

When I got home there was a motorhome in front of my shop, so we got right to work. I think that I managed to check off everything on Drew’s list. Fortunately, he brought a stamped steel socket for the water heater element, as my socket would not get around the Venturi tube for the gas burner. His socket had a hole through it to turn it with a bar, but it didn’t quite clear the edge of the RV, and looked like a knuckle buster. So I welded a plate to the end of it and welded a nut to that plate to turn it with a socket and breaker bar. The Faucet was easy, except the old one had 1/2” MPT connections and the new one was 3/8 compression. A trip to the hardware store got us the required fittings. I think that Drew liked the Prius V.
Because I’m not as flexible as I once was, I removed the cabinet doors and sliding drawers for access, that combined with putting it back together took longer than the plumbing.

We finished up before lunchtime, after lunch I figured I’d give the antique slide hammer nail puller a test on fence staples

It worked great. Infinitely faster than my old way of fence pliers and claw hammer. Between this and the Milwaukee stapler, replacing the fabric on this pasture fence should go pretty fast.

It was so nice outside, I hopped on the Lazer and mowed the fence lines and tight areas, figuring I would mow the open areas today. But I was on a roll, so I took the loader off the tractor, hooked up the Progressive mower and knocked it out.

So this morning wife and I will make a Costco run, and then hopefully I’ll get to the airport to continue putting the little airplane back together. Seems like it takes a month to complete an inspection at my pace.

Also need to get to the Sellersville Theater to pick up two more tickets for the Asleep at the Wheel show in August. As a member of the theater, I get to buy tickets for the front rows before they go on sale to the general public.

 

[daugen]

sharpened blades, I agree Frits
What about the protective paint level on those new extra hard blades of mine?
Do I run them over the grinder lightly to take off the paint and improve the sharpness?
Or leave them well enough alone.
my new blades have quite a taper to them, the dynamics of blade vs grass has been studied a long time.
these new blades are heavier but low air lift, pretty flat. That should conserve power use.

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I have a digital doodad to put on the end of my Makita cordless driver, fairly powerful, has never failed to get bolts loose.
BL brushless motor delivers 520 ft.lbs. of fastening torque and 740 ft.lbs. of nut-busting torque
Digital torque meter consumes about one inch, maybe a little more, and I figure if I watch that while pulling the trigger, I can stop
at the right time. It maxs at 147#
I'm guessing I need 100 to 125...
any guesses?

If my arms and wrists and hands were stronger I could do all the torquing by hand with a long bar.
You have a better feel. And a satisfying click.
Now to look up install torque spec

now taking a picture while operating the impact wrench while lying down, my worst position for my neck,
and watching the little numbers, that almost gets to be too much multitasking for me.
Perhaps it has a memory and playback.
I'm not ready to swap blades yet, ones on there now were just sharpened and working fine.
my thought was these extra hard blades would work well in the late Fall sucking up leaves and small sticks using my
oem JD power bagger. It creates enough suction by itself I don't need gator or high suction blades when I use the bagger.
It's now without the bagger a high lift blade would help with the often damp grass.

no clumps
no clumps
I've learned to mow my rear yard in two sections, blowing grass inwards consistently on both sides, pushing all the grass junk to the edges, which
by then it has all gone away. I never blow anything on my neighbor's property, always aim it back in. Though in dry weather I do mow the common water ditch which is mostly on his property.

I've always enjoyed sharpening knives and blades, find it very satisfying. Have always owned a grinding wheel. Have a medium and extra fine wheel on mine.
then the issue is to you put a real knife edge on your lawn mower blade? An edge so thin it would slice any weed effortlessly, but if you get lazy and don't get down and pick up that hardwood stick, and run over it instead, that's when the heat treating of this blade's edge will earn its pay.
Thankfully I have no surface rocks here.

looks like a beautiful day out but needs to warm up before I venture out
this weather is clearly a gift from the North

 

[Popgadget]

Digital torque meter consumes about one inch, maybe a little more, and I figure if I watch that while pulling the trigger, I can stop
at the right time. It maxs at 147#
I'm guessing I need 100 to 125...
any guesses?

These are a much better way to torque things with an impact gun.

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[daugen]

not sure that digital torque meter impact gun rated
I have one of these, maybe finish it off by hand

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Popgadget, I agree, but they add almost another foot of clearance I need to jack up the mower and crawl under it. I used big jackstands but was trying to minimize how far I had to raise it. Makita driver fairly compact, in hindsight, I'll install the nuts and likely finish off with the bar.
That way I know I won't wreck the electronic meter.

hmmm. Those little torque rods only 8 inches long. Might be good to have.