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Believe it or not I have seen those beetles here but never been bitten by one.

Wagtail, After saying that, the rain stopped. I think we missed the worst of it. Just far enough inland. Only 17.6 deg atm. 80% humidity.

The Michelins may be guaranteed for 70,000 miles but that doesn't mean that they will do that mileage. Really, it is just the casings guaranteed not to fail before then. I bought a set of tires guaranteed for 70K once and they were the worst wearing tires I have ever had. I got about 20,000 klm...

Started raining here on Thursday night and hasn't stopped yet. (Sat mng) averaging about 2mm per hour so very light but up to 4mm at times. Big dog loves it but little ones hate it. No flying this weekend sadly. Family arrived late Friday to stay a couple of nights. Lesley had echo cardiogram on...

Do any of you use a electric jug (kettle) to boil water for your morning cuppa or do you boil water on the stove in a pot? We have used electric jugs all our lives but it seems that 110 volts is an inefficient way of boiling water in America. Apparently some boil / heat their cup in a microwave...

It is not a big thing in this area but we do have the purple pipes in some areas. Light rain started last night and is quite constant. First we have had since the floods. Only 1.8 mm/hour.

Our local servo is always cheaper than any others in the district. They are undergoing a major upgrade at present. (tanks and pumps) Here is the latest pricing when I tanked up yesterday. Looks like we are cheaper than scaredychickens fuel price.

Nice little plane LSTO. I like the elliptical wings. Good character. One of my favourite tools is a very large pair of tweezers. Great when butterfingers drop little screws inside the fuselage. :) What gear are you using. I have a Taranis X7 and a Spektrum DX6. I much prefer the Spektrum...

I had a FJ40 about 40 years ago. I towed a 30 ft triple axle caravan all over the east coast of aussie and a smaller van over to the west coast. Believe it or not the larger van towed the nicest. Never had a problem with it ever. Super reliable. In outback WA where I went there were no roads...

My Ranger is keyless and I carry the fob in my pocket. My wife waits in the car while I get out to open the gate and the horn starts beeping. I have to take the fob from my pocket and throw it on the seat while I open the gate. Same thing happens in the shopping centers but I'm used to it now.

Perfect weather again. 23 deg C. No wind, no clouds. Had a great day flying RC plane. Supposed to be winter here. It was rather hot out in the sun.

Looking 4new. We have had some giant pythons here too. Can't say what happened to them. One completely filled the front end loader bucket. Our horse was totally fascinated by it. I have seen several now and had a very scary encounter with one once. They would easily take me down. One day a...

Oh man, get better soon. Our thoughts and wishes are with you mate.

Caption for that photo. "Did I forget my underarm deodorant this morning?"

Wagtail, thanks for reminding me to do my windscreen. I keep forgetting and I just washed the truck so I will do it NOW.

Daugen, that bug looks similar to our Christmas beetles.

Lesley has to get a ecg and appt. with cardiologist next Friday too. Good luck mate. Ah, I see your next post. All went well. Thats great.

Busy day shopping and paying rego and buying dog bed. Got home and got the tractor going and mowed the rough paddock and then used the bucket to clear about 1/4 acre of scrub and pushed over several dead trees then pushed all into a heap. Then I had to level the ground where the tyres (tires)...

Big rope over a tree and tow it up with the tractor and drop it on the end of the barrel on some concrete. I'm sure that woud jar it out real quick. Take the barrel off the carriage first.

I put my shoe on one day and it seemed tight so I took it off and shook it and a squashed mouse fell out. Had to go change my socks.

Have a nice day Wagtail. I have to run Lesley to the sleep aponea center again shortly. Having trouble getting a mask that fits correctly. This will be about the 4th trip. At least I get to buy my Super Rooster favourite every time I go to the city. (can't remember how to spell aponea) Town...

Thoughts are with your dear wife Buppies. Hope she recovers quickly.

A bit cool Wagtail, mind you it has been down to 7 deg at night here but today and next two will be 22 deg and 23 deg for several days after that. Just nice.

While I'm in the mood I threw this together today. Still lots to do but made a good start. Might keep it as a display model in my cave. 74" span' I have plenty of others to fly right now.

Mate, I had a fabulous day. Couldn't have gone better. Nobody to do video sadly. Plane lifted off itself, lots of aerobatics and it would climb vertical until it was hard to see. Engine is a honey. Couldn't be happier with the way it starts/runs. One flick of the prop every time. Never had a...

Found this. Very appropriate in these times.

LS Tractor owner Today is Saturday here and YES, I have the truck loaded and plan for the maiden today. Also threw in a couple of electric Wings for a bit of fun. The Tiger was a struggle to fit in the truck it is so big but careful packing got it in finally. Wings went in the cab on back seat...

You've lost me with your fancy words mate. LOL. I'm just going to have a Drambuie, straight, no ice or water or any other contaminents. Oh. I will use a glass. :)

I have seen a few videos of those RC Jets exploding. Could easily cause a major fire. We had one at our field once that left a track of burned grass behind it. Not for me. Way too expensive for a toy.

scaredychicken Pride scooters are a good brand. You may find yourself pinching it from your wife more often than not. :)

Friday here already. Lesley to Dr today and a few jobs in town while we are out. Went to buy a hat the other day. Saw a nice Stetson but did a double take when they told me the price. $267. So I bought a $40 ventilated hat instead. Seems like $267 is just the starting price of good hats. Some...

Weather station up and running. Looks great.

Just went out for a cuppa on the front porch. Beautiful morning. Not a breath of wind , no cloud. Sitting on the table was my new weather station. I said to Lesly, " did you put that there?" she said no, it was there yesterday. Courier must have dropped it off when I was away shopping and I...

Not yet but starting to think twice. Trouble is I enjoy mowing. AND it is easier and quicker to keep on top of it instead of letting it go too long because you tend to have to work the mower faster and go slower if it gets too long. Probably don't save any fuel by doing that in the long run. It...

Mostly. There is no plug fouling at all. They are very clean running engines once run in. Not like nitro engines.

Pop, yes exactly that. Crank sensor magnet built into prop hub and it runs on 91 but not ethanol. 20/1 gas oil mix. A little electronic module is in the cowling. Here is a pic of a module and you can see the magnet in the hub and the pick-up sensor. Also the spark plug. Timing can be adjusted...

I need an auger like that on my phdigger. I often hit sandstone. Getting too old to fit the phd on my tractor now. Just too heavy but I need to put some new posts in for my entrance gate as I am fitting a solar gate opener. I think I will have to pay someone instead.

LS and Pop. The engine is the easiest to start of all the ones that I have. I was worried for a start as new out of the box there was virtually no compression. A bit of 3 in 1 oil down the spark plug hole solved that. I have an electric starter which I used first up but after a run it is not...

Beautiful day today. Managed to get all the mowing finished at last. Lawns are looking great. Also got my Tiger finished and the engine running. Last part of video is demonstrating how easy the engine is to start.

Thanks guys. I can get Rainex locally so I could use it on the Mustang and Ranger reverse cams too. Cheers

Does anyone have a solution for stopping lenses from fogging up? Seems everytime I need to capture something all I get is fog. The only time they work OK is if there is a bit of wind and that is rare at night here.

Never been a fan on Pizza and wouldn't remember the first time I tried it, however I do like a decent Hawaiian pizza with heaps of ham, cheese and pineapple. The ones you buy are so thinly spread it puts me off buying them.

We have been on our 40 acres for 18 years now. Plenty of our own quality bore water. No neighbours close by and they have all been here many years before us. Great folk and never any bother. We have done and are still renovating the house. I built a large metal barn recently that added great...

scaredychicken QUOTE> alien - my wife's CPAP machine was covered under our private medical, hoping that is an option for you We are under Medicare, not private. No, we had to either hire or buy so we bought.

Stop looking at your temperature and get on the correct side of the road :) If I think about it tomorrow I will post our temps. On second thoughts here is our local forecast. Winter Solstice next Tuesday. Can't take a pic in the car unless I download from my dashcam. $1000 fine if we even have...

Pogadget I was looking at the OS 120FS the last couple of days wondering if I should grab one. I use to use nothing but OS engines. Not sure Lesley would appreciate it after spending nearly two grand on her CPAP and accessories a couple of days ago. Should I take a chance and beg forgiveness if...

This is me test flying my old buddys FX 79 Buffalo. He later crashed it and gave it to me so I rebuilt it and flew it for quite a while eventually passing it on to another buddy. It is a very large wing. 79" I still have a Bonsai as well. Here I am practicing low flying with my dogs watching on...

One of the guys in the club took video of me doing the maiden flight of my Zeta FX61 Wing. I have a few wings. All electric. This was 4 years ago and it still looks like new. Planning to give it a buzz again soon.

I almost lost a finger about 40 years ago when a glow plug igniter was stuck on the plug. It suddenly let go and my little finger went straight into the prop at full revs. About 30 stitches from memory. Still have the scars to remind me.

That piano is a bargain David. I used to have a Yamaha organ with revolving speakers for that waa-waa effect.

The Saito FG21 is rated at 2.1 hp. It's 1.2 cu in. Bore is 1.26 inches or 32 mm. 21 cc. The plane can fly comfortably with a 15cc engine but I need to run this engine in so why not have fun. Much like fitting a V8 in a 6 cylinder car.

Just ordered myself a weather station Wagtail. A few klm away temps are different to here as is rainfall etc etc. Not expensive but my last one was destroyed by ants building a nest in it...

Pages fill up quickly here don't they. Some pics of the new Tiger 3 and the engine and a Calmato and a Super Air. Love my 4 Stroke engines.

Came home from the city today with a CPAP machine for Lesley. Got home too late to set it up for tonight but at least we now have it.

I had to go to Toowoomba this afternoon. 11 Deg C all day up there. Always at least 5 deg cooler than down the range where we are. I don't whinge about the cold too much. I let my wife do that. ;)

I went electric for a while Pop, I still have a few E Planes but I gave some away. I missed the 'real' engines and was sick of forever charging and replacing batteries. Hard to find good batteries and they are not cheap anymore. I think I have about 5 x E-planes and 3 or 4 gliders as well. I...

It's a Gasoline engine. My biggest one, but I also have a Saito FG 11 gas, a FG17 gas and a FA 82 Nitro as well. The plane is a Phoenix Tiger 3 70" span. Designed for a 61 but I am putting the big donkey in it. I also have a large Black Horse Stuka still in the box to build one day. Other...

In NZ dinner was the middle of the day and tea was night time. In Oz midday meal is lunch and dinner at night. I rarely eat breakfast. Sometimes some rice bubbles and fruit or corn flakes. Don't usually have lunch until maybe 3.00 pm Small dinner at night but sometimes lash out with steak and...

I use Chevvy Orange engine paint in a can to touch up my Kioti Paul. Excellent paint. Perfect match. Been busy building a new RC plane. Using a Saito 4 stroke gas engine 21cc, electronic ignition. Also mowed 4 paddocks. Grass is slowing down but staying real green due to all the rain. Usually...

Special thoughts for you Thomas. We will be thinking of you.

Hey Wagtail did they fit or did the neighbours laugh too much :)

My wife wanted to check out the fish shop in the city today. I waited while she went in. It was next door to a car sales and we were in the Mustang. The salesman came out and offered $3000 more than I paid for it if I wanted to sell it. Ah, no thanks. It has only got 10,000klm on the clock. I...

TXDon I love those red spuds. Can't grow them here as bugs get them.

Sorry to hear about your families loss Kyle. Always hard on family but that is how I hope I go.

Busy day. Dry enough to mow some lawn around the clothesline before the truck came to take my ZT for a service. He turned around in the paddock and then picked it up and took it away. This afternoon he brought it back and went to turn around in the paddock again and only got about 20 ft and down...

Daugen, picking up a house is beyond what I could do. :) Hope you manage it ok. Enjoy your sisters visit.

So I am an Elite member. Hmm, seems there are lots of different titles. Do the elite members get candy too?

You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action. Can't see that so I can't comment Oh, I can see it in the next post. Looks like a ROPS.

Well, I don't feel so silly now about my chainsaw. :) Nice to know I am not alone.

David, if Sophie is going to carry her chainsaw around in the bucket, tell her that I did once. I accidentally tipped the bucket down without realizing and chainsaw fell out. Next thing I felt a bump as I ran over it. Bar was in the shape of a figure S.

Wishing you all the best Thomas. Prayers for you mate.

When we had our iphones they were switched to WiFi calling as we are in a marginal signal area. Haven't bothered since we got the androids as they seem to have a better signal. Might just try them on WiFi and see how we go. There are VOIP phones dedicated to WiFi now. Not sure how they would...

I say, " well, I must go. Cheers." among other things.

Unfortunately we are experiencing continuous showers so no hope of drying out. Rain expected for at least another week. Bit of a battle with mould occurring right through the state. Not pleasant when you are used to mostly sunny days. Our lawn is a real soggy mess. All shops are sold out of...

Don, just found out today we have a couple of cases of MP here in Australia now as well. I think it could turn out far worse than alligatoritis.

Finally got my replacement laptop yesterday to replace the dud HP I bought last year. I didn't have to accept a HP as replacement thank goodness. I got a Asus Vivobook Pro 15". It cost $400 more than the HP but they discounted it down so I didn't pay any extra. It has a bigger hard drive and...

Little uncut vid over our place to match RNGs video. :)

RedNeckGeek Odd about the drone. I haven't had any problems like that so far. One time I flattened the battery a bit too far and it landed short in the grass but that was because I ignored the warnings and I was only a hundred yards or so out. I was really pushing it. We were doing speed tests...

Morning everyone. Had a nice visit from my NZ brother and his wife. He is about 6 years younger than me and I was quite shocked to see he appears to be more crippled in the back and knees than I am and walks with a hunch. A big change from when he visited a few years ago. He has also gone balder...

Good heavens! Jumping worms? What's next? We didn't have fire ants until they imported a load of timber from South America. Came ashore at Port of Brisbane and they haven't been able to stop them despite an expensive ongoing eradication program. My daughter works for them. Not at my place yet...

I see New Zealand is paying $3.40 per litre fo 98! And that is with a reduction the Govt bought in to help keep the prices down.

I wouldn't drive through that as there was a large washout on the other side. It does calm down fairly quickly though. I will drive through if it is no deeper than the wheel centers and the cab is above the water. I had to go through some deeper water yesterday but it was barely flowing. I...

One of our roads. It is a causeway and the road is washed away on the far side leaving a deep hole.

Well roads are all closed. Police are keeping people away. Local servo was undoing his petrol/diesel pumps to shift them as they just recovered from the last flood. Seems like floods are going to be an ongoing phenomena from now on. At least we are high enough where we are to avoid direct...

We are undergoing torrential downpours and heading for local flooding again. Our porch is under water again even though I have a pump running full time at the moment. Our road will be cut again but hopefully we won't lose our power and we have plenty of food. I will check the road later. It's...

Dr visit yesterday was semi productive. He said there was little they could do for my bicep. :( However they found a problem in my shoulder that needs attention whilst they were scanning the bicep. So... off for another ultrasound. Hospital called a couple of weeks ago and told me I was near the...

Best wishes Roy. We know you look after yourself but it is still a nasty surprise when they hit you. I lost my youngest brother to a stroke when he was just 59. rsryan. We have some little birds here this year that have never been here before. They love mirrors and chat their heads off. They...

The ones fitted to mine are Japanese metric according to the guy that came to fix a popped hose on my loader. Not easy to find.

I have touched up the edge of my hammers 3 times in 4 1/2 years but only as a maintenance precaution. I mostly cut grass but a lot of twigs and small branches that are constantly falling off dead trees. Also occasionally lantana bushes. Hammers make a real nice cut on grass. As above, I bought a...

Got home from hospital at 3.30 am. Scans are ok. Just severe bruising and needs rest for a few days. Thanks everyone for your caring thoughts. Now since I have been up for 23 hours I need some sleep.

Well I got Les to the Dr today and she said she had to go straight to the hospiital so that is where she is. I really don't think she will be home tonight much to her chagrin. She hates the place especially with alligatoritis in the air. Even after the Dr told her to go straight there she didn't...

I'll get her phone number off you David. :)

Thanks Ken. First Dr I went to said they couldn't do much with my arm. Maybe a sling would help. I looked up the problem on the internet and several sites suggested an op was necessary, however in the real world they don't seem that interested. I'm going to my normal Dr on Tuesday to see what he...

When my wife checks herself with the pulse oximeter, it keeps beeping indicating a oxy level of 93% which is a bit too low. I decided to order her a oxygen generator that may help her fatigue and hopefully perk her oxy levels up a bit. We shall see. Gee, I smoke and my oxy level is 98%. It...

Had a busy weekend with stepson installing the last of the new windows and lining the back laundry. A ultrasound revealed my right muscle is torn off the whole length on my arm. Dr will discuss it on Tuesday. No pain unless I try to lift anything. Still looks twice the size of my left one. Hot...

It's a wonder you didn't smell them well before it got to that stage.

Man those a wild looking hammers Racenut!

Mine have the bevel leonz but no idea what angle.

Years ago it was common to see a special rubber static strap hanging off the back of vehicles that grounded the bodywork and prevented static shocks. Haven't seen any for years now.

Mostly, rain is ok by me, however we have several towns that have been devastated by flooding twice in a row in the matter of a few weeks. Folks just get cleaned up and it happens again. Many homes have been totally destroyed. It looks like it may be an ongoing thing in the future with many...

Hey Ted, I sometimes miss posts but hope you have a great birthday mate. Remote controlled solar gate opener kit just arrived. Now I have another job. New posts, concrete etc. I do make work for myself.

I have a track at the bottom of my property that I keep clear in case fire trucks need to get in. One of my neighbour ladies loves to go walking there. It had become overgrown and she saw a snake one day so she has been walking up the road past our place regularly instead. I told her I haven't...

Thanks guys. Wife is doing ok. Massive bruises here and there. I told her I am going to report her to her son and his partner. She is always putting me in it so now it is her turn. :) We are in for a lot of rain this winter. More than ever before apparently. We rarely get rain in the winter. It...

Thanks David. The chain brake had been activated but not exactly sure when that happened.

Well, the macadamia tree is almost gone. I was in my barn chamoiing the Mustang. My wife appeared at the door and said she needed another battery for the chainsaw. Huh? She said she was chopping the tree down and was lopping branches and only had one branch to go that she could reach. I thought...

I paid $20 au each papachaz. How much were yours?

Yeah, probably David but we don' t (haven't) had any wild pigs here thankfully.

I just weighed one of my hammers. It is 1 3/4 lb.

A lot of mowers have very light blades compared to my Hayes. My neighbour breaks one on his flail mower every time he uses his just mowing grass. Maybe he should try knives. Might mention that to him. Mine can cut through lantana bushes without a problem.

I also love macadamias but it is easier to buy a bag than collect and crack them. I love hot roasted especially but any macca is nice. Sad to remove such a nice tree but it is also too close to the clothes line and I can't mow under it like I used to be able to. Looks like today is the day as we...

Went to the club and 4 of us explored the countryside flying our drones. It was a good day until I got a phone call that necessitated me racing home and taking a dog to the vet. He had swallowed a macadamia nut and vet made him vommit it up so all is well. Now I have a macadamia tree to get rid...

Well, it has been quite cool in the mornings so I guess our hot season is over. It has been a much more tolerable summer than some of the past ones. I think it will be a mild winter. Lots of rain predicted shortly. Hope we don't get flooded in again. Creeks are still running after the last lot...

Sad about Mister. It takes a while to get used to the fact that they are gone. But, never forgotten.

Stepson and partner staying for Easter and doing his carpentry work while he is here. I didn't think it possible but he removed a wall partition and single door and another window and fitted 2 ranchslider glass doors in their place all in 8 hours. Great worker. His partner helped fetch and carry...

Just trying to get my Laptop back in operation after it has been at HP for repairs for the last 3 months. Very frustrating. They couldn't get a new hard drive even though the laptop was only a couple of months old. No data could be recovered so I lost a LOT of paid for programs.

Bandicoots aren't that bad David. Just annoying little holes in the lawn this time of year. Mow the lawn, looks nice and next morning little holes all over. They are quite cute and hop around making little squeak noises. https://www.bushheritage.org.au/species/bandicoots

We only have 3 guinea fowl left out of around 21. They are 18 years old. The females drove us nuts calling out. We only have males left thank goodness. Even so at 18 they still chase each other around for hours on end occasionally. Don't know how they can keep it up.

Well, after 3 1/2 hours work I managed to fit the security door with only a couple of ouch's and oop's. Very happy that I managed it but it was 2 1/2 man job so it was a struggle. Plenty of wood and chisel work but it looks good and it opens and shuts. :) Now the rest of the day is all mine...

Wagtail, I put out my 3 trailcams to capture them but the dew overcame the lenses so I got no results. I'll try again. We don't really want them around the house as they can carry ticks and we have 4 little dogs.

I woke at 1.00 a.m. so got up and had a cuppa. Still up at 3.40 a.m. and not tired. Think it is the steroids I am taking at the present time. No more sleep tonight for me. Trying to be quiet or the dogs will want up too. New security/screen door arrived so plan on seeing if I can handle fitting...

Ummm, would you believe lifting the 85" TV my wife bought out of the crate it came in.

I really sympathize with that "falling apart" comment. It doesn't seem to get any better like it used to.

Wagtail, do you have bandicoots down there. They are very active here at present digging holes in my lawn every night lately.

Now I have a torn bicep. :mad: Muscle is twice the size it was. And jumps all over the place when I flex it. Bad time getting in to a Dr over Easter. I look tougher now with one big muscle.

So sorry for your loss Paul. This always brings tears to my eyes but hopefully it is true.

LS I'm surprised you are still wearing that monitor. My wife only had one for 24 hours and all the sensors/wires drove her nuts. Trying to sleep with it on was very annoying for her but in the end the information that it picked up was amazing. Hope you can get rid of it soon.

I detected full time for gold for a couple of years in Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland. Found enough to keep me going even though it wasn't worth much compared to now. Also got to see a lot of remote Australia. All compass and maps in those days. I had our wedding rings made out of...

I bought a Minelab SDC2300 months ago and haven't been fit enough to take it for a walk yet. I have had many detectors over the years and done well with them but I was resting on my laurels when I bought this one. Not sure I am fit enough for that caper anymore.

Been laid up for 3 days now. Did something to my back/hip. Looks like at least another day or two the way it is going. On the bright side, one of my neighbours came to visit me when I was in my mancave. We had a bourbon and he reckoned I could use a couple of recliners there. I said, "sure...

LOL hope the puncture isn't a sign !!

Roy, they did ask her if she was willing to participate in some new program. It will be interesting to find out what they are talking about. She must be a prime candidate perhaps? Thank you everyone for your kind wishes and prayers for my wonderful wife.

I have around 14 Ryobi tools and 4 Makita. I love the Makita hedge trimmers. Also have the sawzall wagtail. Shakes the willys out of me. I know you are supposed to push it in tight but I can't get the hang of it. I just grab the little Ryobi chainsaw which is also my wifes favourite tool.

^ Thanks mate.

Best wishes for good results toppop and buppies. My wife got the results today from wearing the heart monitor harness. Not real happy. She has arrhythmia which has led to tachycardia and needs some serious follow up with a cardiologist very soon. Even when she thought she was feeling ok the...

You must be hard on mowers. My 20 + year Husky ride-on tractor has only cost me 2 spindles and a few sets of blades and 2 spark plugs. It still goes like a charm. Kawasaki twin.

Boy, I bet they rip the ground up on turns.

My ROPS caught and snapped a branch off that managed to wedge me between the tree and mower. Result... broken rib. Anyway I use my ZT a lot more than my tractor and flail mower now since I have lots of trees. It is much faster and of backing up required like with the tractor. I still have a...

The wildlife love it when I mow. Plovers, magpies, grass parrots and quail all follow my mowed areas. Must be lots of bugs to gobble up.

Went to the city yesterday. My wife wanted to look at cabinets. I decided to look for a new tablet for her as she is forever complaining about her iPad. It took a while as I signed up for a larger internet plan at the same time. She disappeared while the paperwork was progressing. Eventually she...

I put my work shoes on one morning and one felt a bit tight so I took it off and a squashed mouse fell out. Yuk!

Those crepe myrtles can be deceiving. We have a few. A lot of branches look dead and suddenly spring back better than ever. They are a bit later than some but ours still have some flowers now and we are in the middle of Autumn.

Congratulations on your new ZT. Plenty of water and fertilizer will keep you busy. LOL.

Beautiful photo!

I just had to replace my main flail shaft after I hit a stump. Instead of bouncing over it one hammer dug in like an axe and caused the mainshft to bow. $1100.00 for a new one and bearings and a days work for this old bloke. Very heavy. I also bought a new set of hammers to have on hand. $20.00...

So far mine has exceeded all expectations. AND it is fast. I am doing a lot of areas I previously did with tractor and flail but the flail is slow around trees and has to be lifted when turning so it slows you down a lot. Not so the Kubota ZT. Very happy with it.

With my wifes help driving the Ranger we tried to pull my tractor out yesterday arvo. No luck. A neighbour walked in the gate and said he had noticed the tractor sitting down the paddock and offered to pull it out with his tractor on Sunday. Nice of him. However, I went and had a look late...

What brand?

Some of my favourites as well

Congratulations on your new ZT. It took me 2 hours to get the hang of it and now I have over 16 hours and I am a bl**ďy expert. LOL So much fun mowing the lawn now. :)

Mine was on special at Mitre 10 for $12 Only 2 left, I should have bought both. Aluminium shaft and plastic claw and can pick up pretty heavy stuff. My buddy saw it and was going in to get one for himself. My wife bought one a few months ago but it was a cheapy. Only good for paper.

Ken, I have a cart and a claw just like that. I use the claw on my ZT to pick up sticks instead of me trying to reach them without turning everything off. That is how I broke the 2nd rib. It also can pick up reasonable sized stones.

That is the only beer I like. I keep it in the fridge all the time alongside my Woodstock. :)

Hope your dad avoids the sniffles mate. Grab a can of Glen 20 and spray it around occasionally. Kills those bugs.

Ah Wagtail. I know the ZT feeling well now. I went out yesterday just to trim a little area and finished up mowing about 2 1/2 acres, all with a grin on my face and a little dog sitting between my feet. What I like is that areas I used to do with the tractor and flail, I can now do faster with...

Don't you just love the smell of pine needles. Lots of nice memories. :)

One up on you oosik. I cleaned the mustang and the Ranger. No need for waxing yet. I did them not too long ago. Today I stopped at an auto shop and bought a foamer to make things easier next time.

That joystick sure looks interesting. Not sure my hands could cope with that. The pains tingling wake me several times a night as it is. I can handle the Kubota handle bars ok by lightly resting on them. I didn't want to part out the extra cash for the commercial Kubota to get the Kwakka motor...

Look at the Kubota Z231 zero turn. I love mine and they are quality and great value compared to other brands. Took my advice from a friend who has owned a few.

Have a happy day Sophie. Relax day.

One solution. ZTR Puffer | Seat Suspension for Your Zero Turn Mower

Bill, I am lucky. All my acerage is pretty flat. :)

Yes Roy, I still have my old lawn tractor and it goes well but I should have bought the ZT years ago. It would be hard going back now.

That's funny. I got my tractor stuck with the flail mower on it, so I continued mowing with my Kubota ZT. Its not as heavy as the tractor so less likely to get stuck. No problems in the open fields. Very comfortable, but some more expensive machines, eg Ferris have better suspension for rough...

Well, flooding slowed things down this way for a couple of weeks. Non stop rain for several days and running generators as flooding took out the power lines. Now the grass needs cut every few days, acres of it! I am over the moon with this Kubota. I find any excuse to mow the lawn now. Controls...

Quiet day today. Estapol'd my table in the mancave and then on the tractor to finish mowing one area I couldn't do until I hand picked up lots of sticks. Then onto the ZT to tidy up the area and some lawn mowing. Time to think of spraying now mowing is under control. Wonder if anyone sells boxes...

My wife has regular irregular moments of very low pulse rate leaving her dizzy. This was the first time we caught it visibly on the pulse oximeter. (We also have a BP monitor) She has booked in to get the monitor fitted. Need to sort this out asap.

Ted, my wife is going through the same thing at present. Had a pulse oximeter on her a couple of days ago and watched her heart rate go from 53 to 83 in 1 second. She is getting her monitor fitted asap. Sudden rate change made her jump.

Still too soft to take my tractor down the bush. I tried today but it was sinking too much so I'm gonna have to leave it for another couple of weeks. Got some jobs to do down there but they will just have to go on the back burner. Still can't tow away the fallen trees either. Guess it's all...

Your wife and I would get on well. I love chicken and eat more than I should while my wife would rather eat fish/seafood (prawns) like you. My fridge is full of chicken meals. I don't eat as much steak as I used to mainly because it is hard to find decent stuff. When I do it would cost me around...

Bought some new blades for my ZT today then swapped them onto the mower so I could sharpen the old ones. Managed to finish mowing paddock 2 so only have about 1/4 of paddock 3 left to do. Then to top the day off I broke another rib, damnit. On painkillers tonight and looks like a day or two in...

Very Happy Birthday Drew. Have a great day mate. :)

Govt is talking dropping/reducing the sales tax on fuel to keep prices down a bit. Needs to happen soon.

Neighbour arrived with his tractor and 100 feet of chain. Pulled my tractor out no worries. Then had to hose all the muck off. All good.

I am still sleeping with just a sheet over me mate.

We just had a large granite counter top installed in our new kitchen. Two joins. Guys were very fussy. Special adhesive they mixed on the spot. About a 1 mm gap. They colored it to suit as they mixed it. No pins. It is rock hard and barely visible. I might put a pic up of the join later as I...

I'm stuck. Should've known better. Tractor broke through the surface. If it doesn't rain anymore (haha) I should be able to get it out in 2 - 3 weeks. :( 4 needles in the hands today. Hope they help.

Flail mower all fixed. Never ever want to do that again. 10 hours of hard slog and heavy lifting. My rib survived but I am having trouble with balance/walking since. Battery is flat in my tablet so nothing more for now. Good night.

The parts finally arrived for my flail mower. I have dismantled it and removed the main rotor shaft, bearings and hammers. Luckily I had bought a floor jack (trolley jack) recently so it took the weight as I let it down. I know my grease gun works well as there was plenty of grease which I...

Pretty close to the truth at the moment.

I have a couple of new ones in boxes that I just haven't managed to get started on yet. Mine are gassers though. I do have a few foamies but don't fly them anymore. I bought a 21cc Saito engine for the Stuka but gosh knows when I will have time to devote to it.

Rain gone but more heavy rain predicted for 3 days. Decided to take the opportunity to tow away a dead tree that fell during the wet. Unfortunately the tractor started to sink before I could hook the chain up so I got out of there real quick. Having been stuck for several weeks on two other...

My CK 30 HST split the transmission cooler as it had been incorrectly fitted. The oil was sucked back through the radiator and damaged the alternator which was unfixable. Expensive repair all up.

No Mostly, I was in the Ranger, not the Mustang LOL. I would have been going faster in that. :) i was lucky to get home from Gatton today as they evacuated Grantham again while I was shopping. Had to do some fast talking to SES and then past 2 lots of police to get through. Grantham was totally...

Thank you Thomas. Thunder tonight with large hail warning. Give us a break..:(

Thank you Buppies

Wifes birthday tomorrow. She picked up her present 6 days ago. She got her Lab/Retriever cross pup. Beautiful little thing.

Here they have speed control cameras, they claim you are allowed 12mph above the posted limit. I got a bill, they don’t call them tickets because they have no affect on your license, for going 42 in a 30. Apparently you’re allowed 11.9 over the posted limit. I have no doubt these are revenue...

Sorry to hear of the loss of you friend mate. Terrible thing to happen with no apparent cause. Here is the reason we have lost power. Taken from my drone this a.m. Crews are unable to gain access due to flooding. More very heavy downfalls expected. Very odd weather for here.

Update. Just had word my brother has arrived in Odesa (Ukraine) and leaves by bus for Varna further south in the afternoon. Then not far from Sunny Beach in Bulgaria. Thank you Lord.

Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers folks. Much appreciated. Managed to get through some water today to get to the city. Bought a new generator as our old one couldn't run the microwave for some reason. Bought a 3300 watt Inverter genny and so far it is doing everything we need it to...

Hey Roy, Saturday is nearly over here and a very wet one too. Hope yours turns sunny.

Managed to get some aftermath of our road and downed power lines. It has since worsened again.

My brother is having to abandon everything in Kiev and make a run for Bulgaria. He owns a unit at Sunny Beach there. He has to pass through Odessa which has already been attacked. He said we won't hear from him for at least a few days. I just hope I do get to hear from him again. :(

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We are flooded in. Local village submerged just like the 2011 floods. Some lives lost in flood. No power. Up at 2.30 in a break in the rain to drag generator out and set up so we can have the fridges/freezers going. I took a sim card out of my trail cam and put it in a dongle so we could get...

Torrential rain here at present. Hasn't eased up for 2 days and a lot more coming. We are flooded in at present so no going anywhere. But, have smokes, beer, bourbon and plenty of food to last a few days. Our front porch is under water so stuck inside with 4 dogs! If you look close at the pic...

Our new boy came home today. Little brother for Ziggy, Heidi and Spike.

It is a heavy duty Hayes 1500. New shaft is about $1100, bearings $120 and I am getting a spare set of hammer blades for it while I am at it. 24 hammers. And freight of course. The mower cost $1800 over 4 years ago and now they are $2500 + $500 delivery. The rest of the mower is like new so well...

Errrk! $1800 for parts and extras to fix my flail mower. Parts are on the way. Hope my rib is healed enough so that I can carry out the repairs. Also ordered a new screen/security door as my wife wanted it to be the same colour as the new windows and doors we ordered over the last few months...

^^ oh dear. Thats a sticky one. Sorry you are in the middle of it.