Good morning!!!!

buckeyefarmer · Feb 28, 2024

some of the damage north of dad's place. No injuries reported.

sodamo · Feb 28, 2024

wngsprd said:
Breville has instruction booklets available for download. That coffee looks good.

I watched a few of their videos.

two_bit_score · Feb 28, 2024

Good Morning in the aftrnoon from Central Texas. 80+ degrees yesterday and 47f this morning and now at 50f. So we are still in Texas!

It's extermely busy this time of year in even numbered years so I have only been checking in occasionally. Maybe I can get caught up in early April.

Hope everyone is healthy or getting healthy, well-fed and happy!

Buppies · Feb 28, 2024

Feel better soon KYLE PRAYERS sent

sodamo · Feb 28, 2024

Happy Birthday, Mrs Frits

sodamo · Feb 28, 2024

No facebook here.

Looking4new · Feb 28, 2024

Flash freeze happening now. Was 45 this morning when I got up and it is now 10F. Snowing too. Nothing like what Donner Pass is getting, thankfully.

Paperwork all done up for the accountant to do my taxes. I will send it to him via registered mail. He will 'do' it up and send me the final page with what I owe or not via docu-sign. I will sign off on it and then he e-files it and within 2 weeks I get my refund.
Tomorrow is the North Bay shopping trip, 8 stops including lunch. Should be home by 2 P.M. maybe. Depends on how long it takes to get my watch fixed. (New band AND battery).

Happy birthday to Mrs. M7040

Happy birthday to your son Scotty

The dug well is only used for car/equipment washing and garden watering.

A few years ago a woman (elderly) complaining that her well water smelled and tasted odd. Neighbour pulled the lid off the well and found it full of snakes.

daugen · Feb 28, 2024

Iowa PBS put out this documentary on the rise of mechanization in farming and the early history of
tractor wars between John Deere, Ford and International Harvester.
I find it fascinating that Ford was more interested in building tractors than he was cars.
John Deere knew they couldn't compete, what to do?
really quite an interesting show but it is an hour long.
The mechanization of agriculture is still going on worldwide.
Ford sending Fordsons to Ireland to build was also interesting and why they are all over the UK.
That's one blue color no longer made.

I wish there was a part two of this documentary.
would be interesting to see impact of three point hitch.
Ford built over half a million 8 & 9Ns thanks to that hitch
always thought that was a good looking tractor
definitely not a high crop model...
They were the Kubotas of a past generation

RedNeckGeek · Feb 28, 2024

Kyle_in_Tex said:
What are your ideas of moving your lathe and mill?

For the lathe, I used a pair of Roll-A-Lifts, each rated for a half ton. They're basically dollies with the shelf hooked to a hand pumped hydraulic cylinder and swiveling casters for wheels. One goes on each end held in place with a ratchet strap. I was able to move the lathe up the trailer ramp using a come-a-long with rope instead of wire. It went fairly smoothly, but I kept having to straighten out the lathe once it got onto the ramp. With two extra sets of hands, it was no problem at all.

The mill is too heavy for that, so it'll get bolted down to a custom pallet and moved with a pallet lift. I'll use a very long pry bar to get it up off the floor, and keep working blocking under it using a toe jack until it's even with the pallet. Then put iron pipes under it to roll it onto the pallet. I'll also have to rent a drop gate trailer, this time from U-Haul, and I'll buy their insurance. Pretty sure I can do the work on my own, but wouldn't refuse help if offered. You busy?

buckeyefarmer · Feb 28, 2024

RedNeckGeek said:
You busy?

buckeyefarmer · Feb 28, 2024

daugen said:
Iowa PBS put out this documentary on the rise of mechanization in farming and the early history of
tractor wars between John Deere, Ford and International Harvester.
I find it fascinating that Ford was more interested in building tractors than he was cars.
John Deere knew they couldn't compete, what to do?
really quite an interesting show but it is an hour long.
The mechanization of agriculture is still going on worldwide.
Ford sending Fordsons to Ireland to build was also interesting and why they are all over the UK.
That's one blue color no longer made.

I wish there was a part two of this documentary.
would be interesting to see impact of three point hitch.
Ford built over half a million 8 & 9Ns thanks to that hitch
always thought that was a good looking tractor
definitely not a high crop model...
They were the Kubotas of a past generation

unfortunately it started with an ad that I opposed, so I killed the show. Too bad youtuber's don't have a say in what ad's show up. I'll try again later, maybe different ads.

Wagtail · Feb 28, 2024

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 20.5C and it's presently 23.1C, somewhat gusty & partly cloudy. There was 0.5mm in the gauge.

Apparently 'people' are calling today (29th Feb.) "Procrastination Day" as there's still a normal amount of days in the year remaining. Being retired, it really doesn't effect me.

Today I have (yet another) funeral to attend... not really someone that I know but it's the wife of a fellow Veteran so, 'we' Vets, show up in support. That's scheduled for 1100.

I've got an evening supper/meeting starting at 1730 to 2100.

That's about it, take care all.

daugen · Feb 28, 2024

buckeyefarmer said:
unfortunately it started with an ad that I opposed, so I killed the show. Too bad youtuber's don't have a say in what ad's show up. I'll try again later, maybe different ads.

I finally gave up with the ads and signed up for YT premium last week. What an improvement.
then I don't have to see politicians faces asking for money...
since I don't pay for cable tv any more, i don't mind putting my money where I spend the most time.
That PBS video was high quality, maybe block the audio til you get there.

turned the heat back on in greenhouse, tonight is supposed to be stormy and windy.
I taped trays and shelves down, the hatches have been battened.

lots of new wildflower seeds came in. Going to clean out a dozen or so old nursery flower pots
and plant the wildflowers in there. I did do one full tray of wildflowers today, have tons of seeds left.
This is a pollinator blend which is always needed.

I hope RS hasn't fallen through the floor in that bathroom. He was tearing it a new one.

Rip, any more pics of the milk house?

rswyan · Feb 28, 2024

27F with wind and clouds with maybe a little snow @ 18:30, heading down to a low of 24F overnight.

Storms came in last night with Special Weather Statement issued. Very windy, some thunder but not too much rain ... but we did get hammered with penny-sized hail pretty good.

Internet was down a bit ago but is now back up, noticed power was off on the UPS when I came back to the desktop, had been on and working earlier. Odd in that I didn't notice the lights flickering or anything.

Just finished up 2 bowls of Tuna Helper which I love, Woman even had some after adding some frozen peas and sour cream ...

Lots of birds out feasting at the feeders earlier, including the newly-arrived bluebird ...

Cleared enough stuff off the workbench on the north garage last night that I was able to get that 10' section of 1/2" EMT put up by myself and clamped down.

Was a bit of a trick as I had to lean the large stepladder up against the workbench which is low and then climb up on the ladder above the workbench itself ... while it was leaning towards the window glass ...

No calamities though so it's all good.

Now I just need to pull the slack of extra wire (about 12" worth) out and marry up the 2 pieces of conduit which meet at a 90 degree angle.

Made it down to the Metal Recycling Center in Canton this afternoon and got most of the scrap unloaded. The only thing they wouldn't take was the microwave ... not entirely sure why and didn't bother to ask. It can go in the normal trash.

While I was out doing that The Woman ran down to the PO and got the checks put in the mail for the real estate taxes.

I even managed to beat Her home ...

May get back to the bathroom renovations once I give my food a chance to digest a little.

Hope everyone had a decent Wednesday ...

Looking4new · Feb 28, 2024

I find that some of the ads on u-tube are actually banned in Canada for prime time viewing. Whiskey ads come to mind along with others that I find offensive. The ONLY way so far to eliminate them is to pay u-tube. I'll not do that.

So far since 15:00 hrs we have gotten a couple of inches. Not enough to be bothered plowing.

LouNY · Feb 28, 2024

Kyle_in_Tex said:
Maybe try these guys, if they have it for your model, it can save big bucks. They had seal kits for the bigger tractor, but not my 4310's 430 loader.
A&I Products: Agricultural, Industrial & Turf Manufacturer & Distributor
Hope headache is gone.

Yes, that was one of the many places we have tried, spent several hours digging and looking and calling.
We have two main loader tractors and they both have the same loaders on them one's blue and the other is red.
A bit over $300 for a seal kit from NH or CIH.
Did find out a lot of interesting information while looking for the seals or a seal kit, we found a part number on one of the cylinders then checked the other 3 and found it also, It is an ALO cylinder 85mm diameter with a 40 mm rod. ALO ended up being adsorbed by Quicke who also got bought out by another outfit and now Bush Hog is selling ALO parts. ALO apparently made the loaders for quite some time for CIH and NH. We found a Bush Hog kit through one of our IH dealers for $250 so that is on order now. Found several places that could disassemble ours and likely find all the correct seals for an ALO LDR12714610 but no guaranties.

buckeyefarmer · Feb 28, 2024

saw more of the tornado damage north of dad's house, I've not heard of any injuries, but sure took out some houses and barns, flipped a camper, tore off trees.