KilroyJC
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- Joined
- Mar 30, 2022
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- Location
- Appalachia
- Tractor
- 1962 Case 430, 1995 Craftsman Yard Tractor/mower, 1949 South Bend 9A Lathe, WoodMizer Lx55 sawmill, Kubota KX033-4 Mini-Excavator
Good Morning!
God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).
51.6F going to low 60s, steady rains since 1AM and going to last into tonight.
been a busy several days, tax work is hot&heavy so plenty of OT, took a bit of time on Sunday after church to take Bailey up the woodlot and Mrs & she sent on the mountain walk while I fired up the excavator for the first time this year and did a thorough greasing. I picked up a flexi hose and a Lock&Lube coupler a couple months back and it works wonders for the swing bearing and gear! Instead of greasing “25 pumps and an eighth turn” I can hook it on, start a slow rotation and continuously pump through two full rotations per, as opposed to getting in and out of the cab 16 times (8for the bearing and 8 for the gear).
I also renders down 25+ pounds of beef fat for tallow, and trimmed out enough red meat to make a huge pot of soup (almost 8 pounds). Ten pints of nice yellow tallow, about 5 cups of cracklings, plus the soup.
time to start getting ready for work which means Coffee!!
thisnweekend I will attempt to catch up on GM posts - I am ridiculously behind!
I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!
God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).
51.6F going to low 60s, steady rains since 1AM and going to last into tonight.
been a busy several days, tax work is hot&heavy so plenty of OT, took a bit of time on Sunday after church to take Bailey up the woodlot and Mrs & she sent on the mountain walk while I fired up the excavator for the first time this year and did a thorough greasing. I picked up a flexi hose and a Lock&Lube coupler a couple months back and it works wonders for the swing bearing and gear! Instead of greasing “25 pumps and an eighth turn” I can hook it on, start a slow rotation and continuously pump through two full rotations per, as opposed to getting in and out of the cab 16 times (8for the bearing and 8 for the gear).
I also renders down 25+ pounds of beef fat for tallow, and trimmed out enough red meat to make a huge pot of soup (almost 8 pounds). Ten pints of nice yellow tallow, about 5 cups of cracklings, plus the soup.
time to start getting ready for work which means Coffee!!
thisnweekend I will attempt to catch up on GM posts - I am ridiculously behind!
I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!