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I've had my 2400 for a couple of years and it has done everything I asked it to with perfection. The only issue I originally had was that the wire speed was off. I spoke to Jeff and he told me which pot to adjust on the main circuit board. A 10 second adjustment and it was perfect! I also...

Weather records for a town nearest to me for all of 2012 was .77 inch of precipitation! Last year was 2.75". DRY!!!:mad: What is amazing is how green the desert still is.

The ripper shank holders on my tractor have ovaled out due to use. Currently the pins are 1/2" and I want to upsize them to 5/8". The shanks are already 5/8" and show no wear. I tried drilling them, but the drill bit catches. I considered laying some weld to get them closer to round. A 5/8"...

First day this year below freezing here in the desert. Got down to 30.

I planning on building a 10' octagonal gazebo in my yard. Does anyone have a source for good blueprints (not a guide book or pictures) with details included. I'm a licensed general contractor for 33+ years and I'm used to working from plans and details. I could wing it but that never seems to...

THIS IS NOT A PYTHON! This is a 15 foot Western Diamondback rattlesnake - the largest ever caught on record, This snake was found Near the St. Augustine outlet, in a new KB homes subdivision just south of Mesa Az. A little research revealed the following: One bite from a snake...

Dog Carries Puppies Out Of Burning House, Brings Them To Fire Truck (PHOTO)

I am looking at putting a 10 to 12KW standby generator with an automatic transfer switch. Does the transfer switch have to be rated for the panel rating (200a) or the generator rating (50a) although realistically a 100a switch?

Well today is the first day of my retirement! After a 43 year career as a Construction Manager I only need to manage my own projects now. I hope that Monday morning I don't jump in the car and realize half way to work that it's over. Some sadness, some joy but we will see what the future brings

Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more drug pushers, thieves, murderers, or molesters left in the neighborhood for him to eat. Most of them knew Jethro only by his Chinese Street name, Ho Lee Chitt.

Now that many trucking companies are going to super single tires, only 10 wheels, what do you call them?

We have these ground squirrels here in the desert. They climb the Joshua Trees and eat the seeds. I don't know how they get through the spines without skewering them selves.

....and this is what we got last night.

I took my 80CF C25 bottle for a refill at Praxair. After I left I noticed that there was a sticker stating 69CF and the invoice said 70CF. I guess Praxair can't get 80 CF in an 80CF bottle any more!

What ever happened to hat etiquette. I spent my formative years growing up in West Texas. I met a lot of older "instructors" who told you what was right and wrong when it came to wearing a hat. I was told that you never wear you hat indoors unless it was a public building. You tipped you hat...

I turned 65 in January and I've decided that it's time to retire. I turned in my papers for June 30, end of the fiscal year here at the school district. But there is a caveat! I just couldn't quit, so I made a deal with the District to work as a consultant for 20 hours a week for the...

I took my 96 Ram in for it's first required smog check. Here are the test results. It's amazing that a 6 year old truck is still a zero emissions vehicle!

On my way to work this morning I come across this accident. First I come across a sedan facing backward on the right shoulder and stuffed into a bank. Looks like they had to cut it open to get the driver out. then there was a debris field that extended 100 yards and I couldn't figure out what...

I got tired of pulling out an extension cord every time I needed to grind something on my welding table. I decided to add an outlet on the table. I extended a conduit to the table and made up a quad outlet. But then I started thinking that the table is now grounded to the house circuit. The...

Just when you think you did everything right, everything goes very wrong. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26990234/Child%20Killed.pdf

I'm looking to buy a 20ga single shot shotgun to keep in the barn to dispatch varmints (4 legged kind). I figure if I don't get them on the first shot, I probably won't get them on the 2nd, 3rd, etc. Anyway, my local sporting good store has H&R and Rossi for about $129 and EAA for about $100...

I've been a licensed general contractor since 1979 and I've asked several of my electrical subs this question, but nobody seems to know the answer. On a typical electrical main panel, the loads between the legs are usually "balanced". That is the labeled amperage of the breakers on leg A is...

Picture of some lenticular clouds over the mountains. The funny looking stripes at the bottom are reflections off the windshield.

I planted potatoes for the first time this year. I didn't know if I could grow them in the desert so I only planted a few. The grew great and I am harvesting them now. I have enough growing season left to do another crop but I can't find any source for seed potatoes that is not sold out. Any...

I got to attend a dedication of a large scale solar project at Granite Construction today. The output of the six panels is 318KW or about 100 homes worth. For size comparison, the column supporting the panel is 20' high and the panels are about 40'x100'. They employ a concentrated solar...

This is a streaming feed from a camera located on a eagle's nest in Idaho (looks like a bald eagle to me). You have to get through a 15 second commercial at the beginning, but then it streams. You may need to check this at various times. Sometimes the bird is just sleeping but other times...

The end of March snow measurements are in and the drought is over in California! As of today the snow measurements for the Sierras has reached 61'. The record is 65' and there is still a month of season left!

I'm in the process of planting 30 trees to create a windbreak. Eight of the trees fall in a soil zone of very dense clay interspersed with quartz monzonite which is an alumino-silicate. Translated into English, it's a very hard and abrasive material that will not drain. It is similar to...

I finally am getting around to planting a windbreak. The two things we don't lack in the desert is sun and wind. I put the main irrigation lines in a couple of weeks ago and now I ready to plant. I got a great deal on these Eldarica Pines (also known as Afghan or Mondell pines). They're...

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I just had a long weekend. Last Thursday was a furlough day, Friday and Monday were holidays (Lincoln & Presidents day) and my wife was out of town presenting a seminar all 5 days. Five days of nothing but me and the tractor. Accomplishments: Extended water pressure line to out behind the...

Saw this online. Good news for the USA. Riverside firm to make RVs for China | The Desert Sun | MyDesert.com

No idea where this is at, but I hope the operator brought his lunch!

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We're getting a little rain out here. Anybody have an ark they can spare?

Someone sent me this. The photo is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany. Question: Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge traffic, or just the weight of the water? Answer: It only needs...

This happen yesterday morning when an equipment trailer "came loose" from an electrical contractors truck, crossed the centerline and and hit a car just off the freeway. Little additional information was available because a fatal semi overturn on I-10 about 10 miles west had the freeway going...

I was doing the usual checks this morning and noticed the black stain on the hood. Closer examination showed a small hole in the end cap weld of the muffler. It's not rusted through (nothing rusts out here in the desert). It looks like an incomplete weld or was intentionally left open. I...

We are currently using this pressure washer to remove defective concrete from our stadium pour. We have to remove about 3" to 4" of 4,500 PSI concrete in a number of places due to poor placement by the concrete contractor. We originally started out at 40,000 PSI (yes that's correct), but it...

Summer has been a little slow coming here to the desert this year, but there are 2 ways to tell when it arrives. It hit 120 today and the thunderbumpers are forming over the mountains. Whew!

Last week, I discovered that my broccoli was covered with the bug shown below. They are about a 1/4" long. I sprayed them with sevin and they seemed to go away. Today I discovered that there are dozens of them on the shade cloth (away from the garden). I sprayed them with sevin again and they...

Locomotive option NOT INCLUDED...:laughing:

Not too bad, just a gentle roller for about 20 seconds. 7.3 is a good shake!

I finally got a coat of paint on the land plane project. I've been using it for a couple of months while made some minor changes. I had to lower the 3 point connections for a more stable action. My original design included the quick adjust cutters. The front cutter varies from a 3/4" cut to...

I don't know how much precipitation you had from the current storm, but here in the Mojave we had 7.5 - 8". That's more than we had over the last 2 years total! :eek:

Help me understand how downforce is generated on a PHD. I know it works, but I just don't understand it. Per the attached picture, A is attached to the lift arms and B to the 3 point connection. A & E are a fixed distance as is B & E. These cannot change. If a separating force is applied...

I just bought a used Gearmore PHD. In the literature per the attached pic there are 2 items which were not included. #8 - stop rotation pin and #9 anti-rotation chain. What exactly do they do and are they necessary for safe operation?

Gotta get me one of these! YouTube - Texas Flashlight

I have a B7800 with industrials and use the box blade pretty much. I have the standard 402 loader on the front. My question is when using the box blade will I have more traction (equating to draw bar pull) if I fill the bucket on the loader? Filling the bucket will transfer the center of...

A friend sent this to me. No words are needed to understand.

WOW! Peugeot driven by Gene wins 24 Hours of Le Mans - MSNBC Wire Services - nbcsports.msnbc.com

I left the funnel in my waste oil can during the last storm and now I have water in the can. The recycler will not take it. Any ideas a to how to separate it?

I underway with my drag grader project. The side rails are made from some old seats from a school food service lunch table. They're 10 ga and I welded them together to form a hollow cavity. I added a 1/4"x3" wear rail on the bottom. They are designed to hold water for additional ballast, 100#...

I'm just about to start building a Dura Grader type of grader. I've looked at all of the pictures from Dura Grader, Road Boss and several others. What I'm having a problem with is what the dimensions should be. I have a 7800 and when my 54" Gearmore box blade is full of soil, I run out of...

I planted my garden last weekend. Cold winds Tuesday and Wednesday were gusting 50 to 60 and last night we had a frost. This is the desert! It should be in the 80's to 90's by now. Rant over.

Last evening as we were sitting down to Easter dinner, I looked out the window and said to my wife "look, it's snowing!" in jest of course. There was a breeze from the north and and it looked like a moderate snow blowing by. The wife thought it pollen from some desert plants. I didn't...

YouTube - Incredible Ferrari Project Car

I was doing some welding in the cold this week and my HF auto dark helmet was experiencing slow response. I could see an initial flash before it darkened. Tried new batteries without any change. Switched to my old standard helmet to complete the job. Has anyone experienced slow response in...

Last week we had a "snow event" out here in the desert. We got 15" - 18" of snow which is quite uncommon. I live about a 1/4 mile down a private dirt road that has a moderate slope up to the highway. I plowed snow from my 700' drive for the first time ever with my 7800 (new learning...

For the past 2 or 3 weeks I have watched this "art" being constructed on a hillside (BLM land) about a mile and a half from me. Apparently it is being done by an Australian artist who has done similar artwork all over the world. It's about 200' high and must have cost $30 to $40K to build...

I have a 96 Dodge 1500 with 360. It has 160K miles on the original engine and transmission. Both are still in excellent shape. Engine uses less than 1/2 quart of oil between changes and is strong (Crower cam, ported heads). Transmission is still pulling strong. This weekend I did a tranny...

Yesterday I'm working with the 7800 and the loader needs greasing. I get out the gun and go through the usual routine. I get to the front pins at the loader lift cylinders and look for the zerk. Unfortunately, I don't have my glasses on and I spot this "zerk" on the inboard side of the pin...

Temperature got up to 121 yesterday! This morning at 7:32 it hit 100. Looks like another sizzler. The high in Death Valley yesterday was only 106. Makes me want to go there to cool off. The only good news is that the humidity was 4%. This is the only place I know that you can spit and it...

I woke up this morning at about 3 AM with this thought in my head. On a standard MIG welder, I assume that the electrical current is "passed" to the wire at the tip of the gun. This means that the wire is electrically hot all the way back through the feed rollers and including the spool...

Saw this in the front yard this morning. The second picture gives you an idea of it's size (see the 6x6 wood block to the left)

I bought 288 gallon propane tank (96" long x 30" dia.) that is about 80% full. I am going to transport to my ranch a distance of about 150 miles including some state highways. Does anyone have any information as to the legality of this, particularly in California. It is a private...

I was on an overpass over the I-10 today and I looked down at westbound traffic. There comes a pickup towing a car trailer. As he gets closer I see that the front of the trailer is stacked with stuff to the height of about 6'. Then I notice on the back half of the trailer is a compact car...

This was the moon rise on the previous night. Both shot with a Canon 40D with 28-135 IS lens.

Caught the moon as it was setting over the mountains this morning.

I was driving through Coachella Valley along the railroad line that comes out of the LA area. They were triple tracking the line and I noticed that the new ties were concrete. I know that concrete ties have been tried in the past without much luck. This is one of the heaviest traveled RR...

I am about due for a HST fluid change on my Kubota. Call my dealer who also sells NH to see what SUDT cost. First, he told me that they don't carry SUDT and second that they only carry the NH Ambra G 134. I'm sure that NH specs just as good a fluid as Kubota, but I'm trying to figure out if...

I was servicing the B7800 this past weekend and I noticed that the transmission oil filler plug was off and laying beside the filler hole. It appears that one of the T&T hosed hooked it and popped it out. Here's the dilemma. The plug was still laying on the flat area next to the filler hole...

I was reading a thread about a dog that had cancer and died. My previous Golden also died with cancer, thyroid problems and other maladies. She was 11 years old at the time and that about average for a Golden. After speaking with my vet about dog diseases, I did extensive research on dog food...

Got my first load of propane for the winter. Looks like it's going to be an expensive year. $4.00 a gallon!

From the Fresno Bee (California). Why do adults who know better allow this to happen? FresnoBee.com: Local: Boy, 10, critically hurt when he falls off tractor at a Strathmore farm

My 7800 is a little more than 3 1/2 years old with the OEM battery. It seems to be cranking a little slower lately. I plan to replace shortly, but does anyone have experience on how long they usually last?

This one is a genuine hoot. It was an actual letter sent to Ryan DeVries from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan. Wait till you read this guy's response -- but read the letter before you get to the response. Mr. Ryan DeVries 2088 Dagget...

I came across this link on a motorcycle board. Other members stated that there are some inaccuracies, but generally it is long but interesting. The GSResources - Oil Additives: Snake Oil. Thanks to Motorcycle Consumer News

I’ve been reading several posts lately. Posts talking about why nothing is made in the USA anymore, posts about poor customer service, posts about global warming, posts about government intrusion, posts about poor education, posts about illegal immigrants etc. etc. etc. I think I found the...

I bought a TNT kit from C&C and I installed it on my Kubota 7800 I plumbed from the power beyond outlet on the loader valve to the input side of the joy stick valve. I ran a line from the power beyond outlet on the joystick valve back to the power beyond inlet where the original power...