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Yup. If only they knew... Honestly that is what drove me to TBN and kept me here in the beginning. This life out in the country was so much different from city life, I simply had no idea how to do so many things, and all of y'all here were way ahead of me so I asked lots, and lots (& lots) of...

Morning y'all, Seems like breakage season here at MossFlower. Monday my wife Tory was mowing and one of the wheels on the 42" deck for the JD LX266 just broke off. Wednesday the Grapple stopped working, and yesterday the SSQA was giving me fits as I was trying to swap forks for bucket to keep...

Good Morning! (It is JUST Barely morning East Coast...). Had a great time with my wife and my 9 year old at the local Fireworks extravaganza last evening. A few updates... My 32 year old son moved back to VA in December, landed a great job beginning of January and beginning of June moved...

OK, I was just moving logs and the grapple would not open. I have an electronic 3rd position switch on the loader stick and yesterday it was occasionally not responding, but today it just stopped. There are NO hydraulic leaks. Formerly with the key in run (tractor not running) when I would...

Happy 4th all! Long time since I posted. Tons of updates, but my Grapple stopped working just now and I'm in the middle of building a bonfire pile AND rebuilding the dam for the big pond so this is major... Be well all! David

Cool! Enjoy the change of scenery! (and weather). Be well sir. David

No Snowbird trip to TX etc. This year? Be well, David

THAT is the plan sir!!!! :D David

I was moving firewood logs to my bucking area and discovered a small oil splash on the right front tire and looked for the source only to discover the dipstick seems to have vanished. I've never heard of such. Have you? Now I'm searching dealers (none are really local now since my dealer...

Morning all! Seems it is exactly a month since I last logged in. I believe I saw 8 on the thermostat for outside temp when I put logs on the fire at 2am. it was 19 officially at 7am. Latest fiasco is somehow I've lost my dipstick (stop the jokes right now, I've heard them all) on my DK50...

Sorry that its been a month since I was here. New Laptop seems to almost have as many issues as the dead one had... Grrrr... Very frustrated with non-responsive building contractors. Clearly they don't need any business so once again we are starting with a fresh round of builders to get quotes...

Hello All! Finally broke down and bought a new laptop and got it setup enough (so far) to get here... Still got stuff to do to get back to 100%. Be well all! David

Morning all, My laptop has been on the fritz 8/31 and I'm still fighting with it. Wife says just go buy a new one. The hurricanes have been rough, but OMG Montana and Oregon are burning up and there is nothing on the news. :( Nothing much going on here. Hope and pray all of y'all are OK. Be...

Morning all. My laptop seems to be dying after the last mandatory Microsoft update. I think they ar still trying to force me to use that crappy new browser of theirs instead of old Internet Explorer... Sucks to be getting old. Seems everyone here made it through Harvey. One of my buddies...

Morning All! Not much to report at my end. I'm looking forward to the end of Humidity Season. Be well, David

Good Evening? When does afternoon end and evening begin? I was in the office during the eclipse. NASA had some great photos though... Wife and I went on a quick trip back to Jamacia Thur-Sunday (She won the trip at work!!!!) and that was awesome but no tractor time. heavy rains after eclipse...

I'm definitely not an old timer here on TBN but I am a HUGE fan. The Good Morning thread is my favorite, except when I've got a n00b question I need answered (and I've had MANY). I tried the politics, but all of the people here are way too awesome to fight with. It's like my neighbor, he is a...

Morning all, I spent the weekend outside working. The neighbor came over and we fixed my mower and my wife's quad and then I fired up the saw and processed those last trees we had cut. I've go video I cant post, LOL... Saturday I did all the cutting and built most of the burn pile, Sunday was...

Morning all! Got a problem with my riding mower (actually it is really my Wife's now, she has claimed it, LOL...) http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/john-deere-lawn-garden/383619-lx266-riding-mower-starts-immediately.html#post4835087 This weekend I'm gonna finish up processing the logs we...

I've had this mower since 2005 and almost new. Right now if its has set overnight (for example) it will fire right up and immediately die. Nothing will start it again except time, if I try too much I get gas dripping out of the exhaust pipe. My neighbor suggested a stuck float. The mower was...

Morning All. Watching the Hummingbirds fight over premium spots at the feeder make me imagine them as goombah Gangsters. I now hear their chirping as "pew pew pew" machine gun noises... Now you will also... LOL... While I work from home waiting for my Pallet Forks to be delivered, I'm making...

Morning All! Thermostat said 68 outside and i could see many hummers fighting for the dregs in the feeders so I HAD to stop and go outside for a sit with my coffee. Had a good crew of humming birds, they are really sucking down the juice my wife makes for them... Be well all, David

Roy, Wow! That is one clean and well taken care of tractor. Great pictures! Be well, David

I clearly need to look around at other people's property it seems because I did not notice it was that widespread... Japanese beetle is what has hit my place. I've got 4 old fruit trees up by the gate that were getting old and destined for my smoker wood pile, but now I have to cut them down...

OMG!!!! Randy I am so glad you are OK. That was a lot of stuff, but in the end it was just stuff. That looks like it was a horrifying fire!!! So Glad you are OK. I hope the insurance treats you well. Be well Brother, David

RNG, I'm sure you are right. I've heard many who praise their forks. And I can really use them now, so I jumped. But once you go Grapple you never go back... 99% of the time, Grapple is ON and I use it for EVERYTHING, lately I've used it to literally rip an entire 9' tall shrub out of the...

Me too! It sure is better now! LOL! Best of Everything to you & yours! David

Randy, Good to see you buddy. I bought them. Problem Solved... Be well all, David

Rick, This is looking good to me... Titan Skid Steer 48" Pallet Fork & Trailer Hitch Attachment Bobcat Case Kubota You are killing me with the bigger tractor comment... Technically I just paid my tractor off... LOL... I think the Trailer Hitch socket will be very useful to me in my...

I'm on their site right now! LOL... My DK50 FEL can lift ~2,700 lbs including the forks, and it is 72" wide, so which forks do I get? 2,500 pr 3,000 lb rated? How wide? I'm a tad bit overwhelmed with choices... LOL... I hate still being a n00b with 250 hours on my tractor... Sigh... Thank...

Morning all! Today's challenge is to try searching TBN for the best place to get SSQA Pallet forks. I'm going to use them for moving household goods in/out of storage trailer and some times construction materials. Somehow I need to do this in and amongst everything else today... Be well all...

Eric, That is the logic I used when the loggers were here clear cutting and they said "No Thank You". But someday they were gonna fall... Seriously this guy was a wizard with a chainsaw. I watched closely and learned a TON I'm slowly putting into my use. He aimed every tree precisely. Not...

Bruce, I wish I could control the weather. Heck I wish I could control anything!!! God has a sense of humor, he laughs every time I tell him my plans... Be well, David

Processing the wood... Most of it is pine, all of the big stuff. So I moved the hardwood trunks nd larger limbs to my firewood bucking area. I cut some pine fire wood for the outdoor fire pits. Some pine I've set aside for building a backstop for my 100m firing range I am planning. The...

This is where I am now. This is all we have left. BUMMER! I tried to upload an MP4 video and it failed!!! I've been stuck at this stage for almost 2 weeks due to weather and schedule. We spent July 1-2 all day, and half or a bit more of each day on July 15-16. My next post will talk about...

Oh I have one heck of a pile of fire wood logs the loggers left me last year... I need to go take a picture of that!!!! LOL! David

So we could not start working on those owned trees until the weekend. So this is Pictures from Saturday and Sunday of July 1-2. We managed to process all the trees on one side (most of the big ones) and two on the other side that weekend. Be well, David

Hey Y'all! Hope all is well. I finally loaded pictures from my phone to my laptop, so I'm trying this update from earlier in the month... We started on Monday, June 26th. There was a stand of mature trees between the back of the carport & the metal "Barn". This stand of trees was smack in the...

Drew, I hope it is better than expected. My wife is a chef and she sells food to restaurants for Performance Food group so I'm learning more about the restaurant business than I ever knew... LOL... Eating good too! I understand they CAN do a 2nd release in cases like yours and there is a...

Buppies, Yeah, I declared yesterday a "Snow Day" to the wife and said it was simply too hot & humid. But I still had to get get that piece of furniture... LOL... We watched a redbox and a couple DVD episode of Game of Thrones... Ron, Ice water in a giant Yeti cup is my go to. I don't do...

Drew, Why go to the chain restaurant if expectations so low? Maybe you will be surprised??? About the carpal tunnel. I was in denial for years, I've been in the high tech/computer industry since 1982 and I had it BAD, up to the elbows. Traffic on my Harley was agony, running a chainsaw misery...

The humidity yesterday must have been close to the same as Satan's nether regions... It was AWFUL... Silly me I thought I was going to cut up the last of the trees we had dropped, but NOOOOO #1 the rains the night before turned much of the area too muddy (my tractor would have torn the...

Drew, I am doing well thank you. My 8 year old & my wife are still my biggest fans. I know the heat & humidity brother! I've had a couple of weekends working all day in the blazing sun and humidity running my chainsaws and tractor. I need to post some of the pictures... I'm finally getting...

Happy Belated Birthday Kyle! Be well all, David

Wow! 6000 pages of posts... I've been busy... In addition to life itself the Wife and I have been heavily engaged in the pre-work to get this complete new house on existing basement rolling. One weekend we busted through 4" welded steel wire reinforced concrete and dug down into he gravel and...

Good Afternoon all! Been running the tractor to continue clearing old shrubs etc and also borrowed a6' York Rake and filled in the grand canyon sized holes forming in the driveway after last week's rains. Got the supposedly "final plans" for the house yesterday. Speaking of Roofing, I'm...

Morning All! The bank has told us to go get a contract from the builder so we seem to have passed another milestone and the New House project might get rolling here pretty quickly. All else is well. I'm waiting impatiently for a nice big order to drop today at my brand new job (only been here...

That would be a fun trip!! Thank you, David

Wow. I will look into that. Thank you Buppies. Be well, David

Happy Noon! LOL. Conference calls... Beautiful day here. Best of everything to all-o-y'all. LOL!!! Kyle, I think I do, and I'm gonna try REALLY HARD... Thanks. Buppies, Dirt trails? WOW... Not ready for that yet. We are slow pokes and just for fun Quad riders so far. LOL. Keep...

The basement will look like a swimming pool with giant I-Beams across it... LOL Can't live there! When done it will have added Glass French doors and approx 1/2 of basement will be an Irish Pub style man-cave with full bathroom and galley kitchen with the rest as storage and equipment. I sure...

Morning (barely) y'all, My 8 year old LOVED riding the Quad with my wife Tory last night. I got video and some pics too, but they are on my phone... Next major life event is about to start... MASSIVE remodel! Basically we are getting rid of everything except the basement and the massive steel...

Buppies, It is a ton of fun!!!! LOL! Eric, I completely agree! She needs a medal for putting up with me! RNG, That is the PLAN! :D Randy - Awesome that your son's famly got to Roll Eggs at the White House!!! Be well, David

Morning All! Says Tax day on my Calendar... Our Federal refund direct deposited on Friday, I'm sure the State will arrive soon... I decided not to buy that Toro ZTR and instead I bought my bride an Arctic Cat 500 Quad (I had promised her one for her Birthday). It is a ton of fun and will have...

Morning all! Beautiful weather lately. The heat pump has been off all week, the windows open 24/7... This is heaven. I can hear a logging operation somewhere to the north, and birds chirping. Early when I walked the dog I heard a slight low hum from the big power lines on the next property...

Yes. I do. And twice on Sunday... God Bless you & yours. Be well all, David

RipTides - I do EXACTLY the same - LOL... I have so many wasps and carpenter bees around my deck... I hate the carpenter bees challenging me on my own deck... Be well, David

Morning all! I'm looking at a NEW Toro 50" Timecutter ZTR vs. a used 2012 Gravely 48" ZTHD... Other than that typicall overloaded day with far too many things to get done in way too few hours. God is not finished with me I hope... Be well all, David

I was picking up freshly sharpened Chainsaw chains at my Stihl dealer and asked what was on sale for Open House this weekend. He showed me a Toro ZTR and said he had the 50" deck version (slightly larger than what was on the floor) about to be assembled. It just happens I'm looking for a new...

Happy Holy Week! Yesterday the wife and my lovely 8 year old and I continued our program of clearing out the small trees, cedars, etc. to clean up the shore lines and view lines of the ponds etc. We are prepping for a major remodel and (plans are almost drawn!!!!!) trying to spend a few hours...

Randy, Prayers for grandson, blessings for Mom. Now you be careful & good, trouble sometimes runs in threes... Be well, David

WOW. Cat Fever's pics are beyond awesome... Yo Buppies, am I gonna get any real snow this year? But the sledding we do here is way more tame... Thanks for the thrill Cat Fever... Be well, David

I think it is only 31 here. Wood stove is doing its thing. Yesterday I got some seat time building a bonfire for my baby girl's 8th birthday and moving firewood logs in prep for the replanting this spring. New job has me Traveling a lot again and what with court date coming, planning a new...

Very cold 4 degrees here. Pond's all frozen solid (my dog Rhett tried to walk on one yesterday on leash). Wood stove is going but the heat pump is too... Got 4-5" snow over the weekend. Be well all, David

Morning all! 31 or so here. Stars are pretty... Meeting with a prospective builder to do a basement up rebuild of my house later today. Also plan to cut and split some more fire wood as it will be cold for a bit it seems and the wood stove is voracious when running (but keeps the house toasty...

Guys my LX266 has been faithful for years but suddenly, it is completely dead. Nothing will power on, no headlights, no hour meter, nothing. No Juice. Battery is 1 year old and my charger said fully charged. I cannot see any mouse chewed wires. I'm stumped at even where to start looking for...

I hope all had a Merry Christmas (I did!) and that we all have an amazing 2017! Be well all! David

11 degrees here :eek:! Yesterday was difficult the wind ahead of this cold snap was either from a different direction or ??? but all afternoon I was fighting smoke from the wood stove and had to let the fire go out... The heat pump just ain't the same... I will probably relight it this morning...

:rotfl: That's funny (especially when it is not YOUR OWN head..) no matter who you are! Praying for the BIL fervently. DANG this weather is crazy here. 39 at 2am and steadily dropping to 11 all day, the wind kicked up big time just before dawn also (and it is bitter cold and howling). It was...

It's 34 and Dark here. The Kitten/Cat (he is close to grown) has been destroying the tree my 7 year old decorated all day yesterday. Wife and daughter also made cookies like a commercial kitchen yesterday to supply my chef wife's 18 customers and my greedy guts with fine confections. I...

Eric, AMEN!!! Thank you to all o Y'all for the anniversary wishes! Too many to quote! I too am glad Don was not the widowee!!!!!! Drew - Yes I hope they grow up to be Ladies! We are VERY Happy together! Be Well & massive prayers for Tenn!!!!! David

Hey I hope all had an awesome Thanksgiving! I did! Also yesterday was my 1st anniversary! Woo Hoo!!!! Be well all! David

Very cold last two mornings, 25 and 23 I think. Good thing this last weekend I moved the "seasoned" firewood closer to the house with the grapple and started cutting firewood for the winter, because I was gonna need it! Got a good fire going in the wood stove since Sunday evening, and that's...

2nd cup of Coffee. 26 this morning when I walked the dog, his buddy he cat is terrorizing him this morning as I'm keeping him inside due to the cold. Got a couple hours on the tractor yesterday. Moved the PHD inside the shed, moved some wood and cleaned up one of the bonfire spots. Loved the...

What a Wake-up this Morning!!!! Not to be political, but everything is political... Just Wow. No matter what side you were on yesterday, and for the record I am neither Republican nor Democrat, last night was a historic election here in the US. Now I just watched a YouTube of a gracious and...

First 32 degrees morning thus far this fall. Please go out and vote, all we have is the ballot box. Be well all & May God Bless America. David

Morning All! It was 33 here when I walked the dog. We spooked at least 2 deer close to the house by where the 100mshooting range will be built next spring. I was in Boulder most of last week for work. Happy Monday! Be well all, David

I'm in a Federal Sales role covering the intelligence agencies for NetApp. I've got a tiny bit of a cold, and the chill in the air when I took the dog outside was just a bit too much. Brrr... Not my usual response! Be well all! David

Those are some wildy engineered rides Drew... WOW. Be well all, David

Thanks Guys for the well wishes! Be well, David

Beautiful day here at Mossflower, again. Thing are definitely looking up! I accepted a new position yesterday back where my career should be and I'm very excited to start this new chapter and see what lies ahead. I last had a really good job end of May 2014... I used the Kioti and a framing...

Praying for everyone. All the time. It is nice, cool calm (except for my youngster's kitten!!! who has the rips taring through the house in 4x4 mode...) here at MossFlower. Be well all, David

Once more with FEELING.... And pictures... (I hope). Be well all! David

I did get it to burn. I spent like 6 hours on my Kioti building it and making some serious mud bogs around the property in the process... I lit the fire about 6-7pm Saturday and it is still smoldering now... Be well all, David Where are my pictures???

I can't believe it is the end of September... Tomorrow is my brides birthday and we are hosting a big bonfire party... It's been raining for days, driveway is half washed out and there is not a single stick of wood in the bonfire pit. I have a reputation to uphold and I do not know how I'm...

That is cool! I was specifically in Nellysford in the WinterGreen resort area... Be well all, David

Afternoon All!!!! I spent the long weekend hanging out with friends up in Shenandoah range behind Charlottesville. It was very nice... Just wanted to drop in and say Howdy! God Bless & Be well all, David

These loggers are solid folks. Mid-Atlantic Tree Harvesters. Frankie Johnson is the guy who I work with. Solid guys. The ended up basically dropping arock driveway to the far south corner from my gate. Good spot for a family subdivision. As for the pie... Had some Apple ala mode yesterday, but...

Sodamo - That breaks my heart... God Bless you and her. All the rest, Thank you for the kind words. Got some cute pix of my 7 year old sitting on the tractor (she still loves it) and out and about on the property this weekend. Weekend before I did some serious bush-hogging... I rediscovered...

Bruce, My oldest (18 in Oct) has had "voluntary" visitation since the end of last August and I have not seen her. She should be finished with HS, but the Ex controls that data. My middle (16 in Sept.) & her mother are trying the same stunt the oldest and mom pulled last year, and that...

Happy & Blessed Birthday to Both Baby Boy Farmer2009 and to Randy!!!! Awesomeness!!!! Be well all! David

Morning Y'all! Life is pretty good. I did some bush hogging and built another bonfire, burned it, gonna build a couple more soon. Getting ready to start cutting firewood soon. The neighbor is logging her land in Aug/Sept. and the trucks will cross my land so i will get some fire road...

Thanks Ron! Drew, My ladies are awesome. We spent the 4th at a local large gated community all day with massive brunch party, community parade, all day in the lake at their beach, and fireworks. My 7 year old literally swam from 11 am to 8 pm and had an awesome day... Work is good, there are...

GUILTY!!!! I've been eyeing the payoff date for my Kioti and thinking what to buy next... LOL! My wife Tory has been doing an awesome job (and enjoying it) using the LX266 riding mower so I TRIED to convince her to upgrade to a zero turn... Last Sunday I repaired the tie rod and...

Long time listener, many time poster (just not recently - LOL). I got a PM about a riding mower and popped in here to answer the man's question and stopped by here for a brief read. Looks like most of the familiar names are still here. I hope this thread never goes away... It is right...

Hey everyone! Got my tractor flat fixed an got back out on it. Been busy and working... I just stopped my to say howdy. Be well y'all! David

DAYUM! That is a sweet driveway grading job. Care to come teach me how to do that... Well done sir! And welcome to the TMI good morning, good evening, good day thread... Be well, David

Bless you too ya old fart. Glad to see you feeling better. Be well, David

Amen brother... Amen... David

All of the above???????? :D God Bless Drew too... But I saw Murph's way sooner and it had only exactly what I needed... :D David

I said it in the other thread, but God Bless you Murph. Thank you. David

Funny how I started an easy question thread in the Kioti forum, asking what size the lug nuts are, and all I've gotten is kubota owners telling me to measure them, or drive on 3 wheels, or set the tire right there on the rim (no instructions how to do said amazing feat though). Is TBN slipping...

39 here at 0530 when I go up. Wind has finally died down, been brutal on my old rotten roof and on my 25+ year old kite that my 7 year old and I tried to fly when her little Easter kite broke... it is currently tangled up in an oak tree by the pond... I've seen a number of big ticks already...

I destroyed a front tire and got a replacement, now I need to get the rim off the tractor, and none of my impact sockets seem the correct size. I also can't drive the tractor closer to the house on 3 wheels, so trial and error is taking too long... Is it metric (like every other bolt/nut on the...

Boy ain't that the TRUTH! And Thank God for it. MANY days in the past this thread & its tolerance of TMI (much of it mine), was the only ray of sunshine I had... Drew, please do not change a thing. None of the rest of ya neither... Be well all, David

I'm so jealous (of the job offers) I Never seem to get more than one, no choice for me... Belated congrats on the anniversary! WOO HOO! Be well, David

Yesterday morning the Gobblers were gobbling over the ridge from where I was walking the dog. Yes there are a lot of turkeys that live here, and I'm not one of them so don't even try that joke! Much warmer 53 degrees this morning, nothing like yesterday. I had way too much real work, and...

Randy, Made some funny looking tire tracks in the soft soil too... Yup. David

She was amazed she could shake she tractor by kicking the tire... She really is all that... Love that little girl I do... Middle pic is me, daughter, and my new wife at my daughter's birthday... Be well all, David

A couple more... Be well! David

Here Goes... Just a couple... Be well all! David

To make a long story short, I picked up a huge screw in mt front left R4 on my Kioti DK50 and did not see it. I picked up a load of logs and tire went flat, I was in 4x4 mode, on uneven slippery terrain, and I broke the bead, popped the tire mostly off, and destroyed the bead. I need a new...

Wow it's been 31 days since I've been here. Seems like you all are well. Good Grief it is like 33-32 degrees out there this morning! I've been busy, got the loggers out with a bulldozer to rebuild the fire/access trail they took out, then I got the big 300HP Franklin from LotScapes out to cut...

Glad Don is OK. Kyle,winner winner, chicken dinner... More than that I cannot say in Public, but it is not pretty what that person is doing... Be well, David

Morning all! Been too long since I was here last. I hope and Pray all is well with all-o-Y'all... A week ago the loggers suddenly showed up with the bulldozer to rebuild one of my fire roads they trashed and I relocated to across from the gate along a ridge line, across the big bowl to the far...

I'm in the same boat!!! My Mossflower Woods has become Soggy-weed Marsh it seems. Everything is squishy and waterlogged. I'm not even gonna try to put the tractor back in the barn or take the snow plow off Trusty Rusty Ranger... I need to cut some more rounds for splitting & stacking by the...

Hmmm... If I were a betting man... :-D Prayers for Bird. Been gone too long again it seems, well over 30 pages since 1/25... Be well all!, David

Morning All. We are way stuck. We have some snow drifts 4' or so, and the bucket is up top, the tractor down below in it's shed, the 4x4 snow plow truck is in the drive way (we shoveled 40-50' so far, plus a dog walk, the carport, and the deck). The plow blade on resting on blocks about 70'...

Sitting drinking coffee in warm house from the heat of the wood stove awaiting the Epic Snowmageddon Blizzard of 2016... it is 22 outside and no snow yet. Rhett (the dog) woke me up 45 min earlier than he usually does because I assume he wanted to see if the snow was here yet. Everything is...

The day I bought the Fiskar axe & hatchet, I also bought a Dirty hands log splitter (and I'm gonna need it when I get to the really big stuff). So I'm in the same boat also. Be well, David

Morning all! Happy & Blessed Birthday Larro! Clear and 9 degrees this morning walking the dog. The heat pump came on this morning for only the 4th time this year. But my wood pile is rapidly dwindling. I've got tons of logs, just need time to cut and load and stack. Yesterday for my workout I...

Morning Buppies! Happy Anniversary too! I was gonna ask you for a more accurate forecast than the blah-blah 6-10" Friday to Sat here in Ladysmith. I think I need to actually mount that snow plow onto old Trusty Rusty finally! Gosh I hope I can figure it out! Be well all! David

Mornin' All! It was 22 when the dog pestered me to take him out at 6am, and it is still 22 now in the sunlight... I thought about chopping some more wood with my new Fiskar Axe as my excersize but the wind was so bitter cold I sat down and poured coffee and opened TBN instead... LOL...

AMEN! I completely agree! LOL! Be well Randy! David

Eric, My stove is in the basement, one big 1428 square foot room, and my fear would be it will fill up with smoke while shoveling it out... I do have a nice metal bucket with a lid for the ash. Good news is yesterday it was 60 degrees so with plenty of stirring the ashes just burned out...

It was well over freezing last night, like 37 this morning? It is grey and hazy, gives me a tad of the "don't give a flip" kind of 'tood this morning... I need to shake it off and get stuff done. Tomorrow looks like rain, and I've planned some chainsawing, because I need to watch some...

Eric, It is heavenly when it freezes hard and I can drive the tractor anywhere with not tearing the yard up. I have very high ground water level, which is great or trees (heck my well is only 28' deep). but after a rain, some spots are solid, many, many are not... I feel your pain a little...

Good to see you too Randy of the Seashore! Glad you are well! It is warm in the house due to the wood stove cranking in the basement, and it is sunny outside, and last week I was at the beach in the DR, so occasionally I step out to walk the dog (I'm working from home today) without my coat...

I'd relocate... LOL!!! Actually the new wife said shewould not want to live there, beautiful as it is. She likes our life here, the plans we have for the house and property, our friends, our karaoke night on Thursdays, etc. So she likes MossFlower Woods & she likes me, and she can nail Patsy...

Hello everyone! It was 8 degrees here this morning, bu the woodstove has been roaring since Friday evening so the heat pump has only been on once Saturday morning, and once this morning. Had awesome Christmas with my new wife, her 2 sons, and 2 of my girls. Dropped my girls off with their...

Wedding is tomorrow... Not sure I could stream it... LOL! I will post pics later...

For both of us it is our third wedding (third time is the charm!!!!). so there are 3 bonfire piles I've lovingly built from logging slash... and pine straw... Heh heh heh... The big one down at the bottom left is quite a bit larger than the others... LOL... In 24 hours they will get lit and...

Tomorrow!!!!! TBN will be represented. My buddy Mike "LstInThot" and his family are coming at least to the wedding. Wedding at 1pm, karaoke reception 1:45 to 5pm at catering joint, massive bonfire at MossFlower starting about 6pm (also catered). Gonna be epic, I've got plenty of food and...

Happy and very Blessed Thanksgiving to all of you good friends. May your plates overflow with blessings. Mine is. Sorry I'm not posting much, too much going on right now... Tons of updates, but later, not now. God Bless you and yours richly. Be well, David

I don't know about Y'all, but yesterday was so beautiful here... Lovely weather... Today I must work in the office though. I tried to catch up on the last few days of posts, but all the talk of retirement age was depressing. Being 51 now and freshly divorced with an almost 7 year old daughter...

Bup, I'm having a HUGE Bonfire party at my place on my wedding day (Nov 28), what's my weather look like? Thanks Bro, David

Ron, I love my Stihl's... Love them, but the reviews for smaller saw were 100% in favor of this CS400 and other than the huge clutch for the chain brake, it is very nice... I'm still enough of a n00b that I've not learned how to sharpen my own chains (hangs head in shame), and I have no work...

Farmer, Interesting... The one Oregon chain I have is the one that came with the saw... Interesting. Be well, David

It's gotta be something like that... I'm pretty frustrated though... Be well Drew. David

Brand new saw... David

I'm trying to do what I bought this saw for, limbing the downs trees the loggers left behind and cutting firewood. I bought 2 Oregon 18" chains along with the saw when I bought it, and so far they've both popped off more than once, typically when cutting something small even, and they get awful...

Morning all! Two weeks until the wedding, all is good here, been busy is all. I'm clearing up timber slash, making 3 big bonfire piles for the reception after party, and cutting firewood. I'm having an issue with my little limbing saw, the 18" Echo 420. The chain keeps popping off, typically...

Happy Anniversary David (Sodamo)!!!! You Lucky Dog!!! Many More! David

I LIKE that Idea! For Many year my Ex referred to me as "Hurricane David" because I enter the room like namesake and if you don survive to the eye you do not realize I am a decent good guy with lots of energy & my GF was Nicknames Tory Tornado for similar reasons (clearly we wee made for each...

Good Lord it rained yesterday trying to drive home! My lady has a birthday tomorrow and we've planned a bonfire for months with her son home from college for the weekend etc. and now I cannot drive the tractor on this soggy slop without tearing up the yard... And it is supposed to rain for the...

Afternoon all. Every time I try to go outside for even a few minutes to work (I must setup a bonfire pile by Friday! for my lady's birthday party...) it suddenly rains. Earlier I got my tractor moved into the shed and finally repaired the bucket level indicator (mostly, can't adj. for level...

I was bartender at a wedding last Sunday (my fiancee is a chef, she occasionally chefs for a catering company friend). MASS quantities of public exposure... I suspect I understand the "Where"... LOL David

Good Afternoon! Yes Drew we got very wet yesterday, and it was downright muggy this morning walking the dog. I seem to have caught a minor cold, just enough to be an annoyance and sap my motivation... Be well everyone! David

If the AC is running at 5am, it is a sure bet that it will be sticky warm walking the dog and it sure was! I bet if I go look at weather report there's a T-storm brewing for later today... I seem to have woke up tired and I'm a feared I might be catching something and I do not have time for a...

Morning All! It is a cool but humid 69 degrees right now... Rhett is out on his Zip line... I'm working as a bartender this afternoon/evening at a wedding my fiancee is catering, so not gonna get much done today... Lots of drama in other parts of my life, just gonna let that go, or try...

This is why I avoid the polyticks threads here on TBN, the friendships are more important...

Morning Gents! Big heavy rain and T-Storm last night as I was trying to grill some skirt steaks. Only small trees knocked down along the road & driveway so no big deal. Nicer out this morning when I walked Rhett, not as humid as last couple days.opening windows for a few hours is my plan...

71 and kinda sticky. Rhett woke me at 4am and went back to bed when I said, but I tossed a while until he woke me again just after 6 from a hard sleep... I think his favorite "room" in the house is the "outside". He just wants to look at it and sniff, but only if I am standing there with him...

Good Morning Gents! I too Hope Dave 1949 comes back, but my advice to him (and this is how I treat TBN) is steer very clear of the poly ticks side here. I come here for the friendships and amazing "country" advice on rural living, tractors, etc. I do my poly ticks elsewhere. The...

BTW - The new avatar is Rhett, the ~2 year old shepherd/hound mix we adopted from the shelter 3 weeks ago today. Other than some separation anxiety issues we are working through he is a vert good smart dog, sweet as pie too. My oldest and youngest love him (the middle does not like dogs) Tory...

Irv, Man Oh Man I wish the housing market would improve!!!! Both of my rentals went up in interest for the first time in years, one went up 1/8th,the other 1/4 point. The big house needs a new gas cook-top but the warranty company will not cut the countertop (some form of synthetic granite I...

My current home is a modular (not a trailer, but prebuilt in a factory, trucked out and assembled on site) atop a full basement. The previous owner did it all himself, and so there are "issues" plus it is older style, 7'4" ceilings and such. It is 2 bedroom with unfinished basement and attic...

Morning Folks! I've been busy moving the Fiancee in. We are also looking at trading in the modular here and replacing it with a custom two story modular set atop the existing basement... That could be a very exciting project... Really need to bush hog and process some firewood, plus set up the...

All my condolences and prayers to you and yours. She is in a better place now. God Bless, David

Good Morning all! Life is good here at MossFlower Woods (Yes, there are a few trees along the creek so there is still a "woods"). A week ago the GF/Fiancee and I adopted a ~2 year old shepherd/hound mix and named him Rhett. He is a very good dog. Had the windows open all night and into the...

Morning Folks! Roy I hope the specialist saves the toe, makes walking easier... My boss is off on his honeymoon and wok is popping like mad, so it is all good. After meeting my soon to be new sister's in law this Friday I will finally get to do some serious post logging cleanup. I need to...

Drew, I changed the avatar to my favorite piece of logging equipment, the cutter, just because it is cool, and I was having logging done. I need to take a new pic of the Kioti doing something interesting and I will update it. Hope all-o-y'all are well! David

All I have are debts and liabilities... LOL! Be well, David

Wow, it has literally been a month since I last read this page, I'm over 880 posts out of touch! Truly I hope all here are well and Drew's date is fun. Holy cow! I'm still alive. I proposed to my GF on 7/9 in the middle of a Karaoke song, Wedding is end of Nov. I bought the dirty hands...

Whatever company that was Uncle Terry worked for I would HAPPILY buy from them. You do not hear stories like that often. Impressive. Uncle Terry must have been a fine person! Be well, David

Kyle, Sorry about the Uncle, he is in a better place. Roy, glad you got well. Ron, Happy Belated Birthday! Drew, good on you for the decision about which "hole in the water you throw money into" for yourself & for your brother. Farmer, Happy anniversary! I can't seem to keep up here, I feel...

This is what I mean by limbing. MOST of what I have to cut that is already on the ground is somewhere in one of those pics. Under the whole beech tree in Pic #4 there are at least 3 oak tops buried/behind it...

I have a20" Stihl MS290 FarmBoss and I love it, but it gets heavy limbing... I have dozens of huge beech, oak, and etc tree tops I need to process for firewood and burn pile now that the clear-cutting is done I like Stihl. I looked at a MS250 woodboss my logger suggested, but it seems kinda...

It has been an awesome week herein Atlantic Beach NC. Got some sun, surf, and silly times with my girls. I believe we will come back here next year! Today is the last day to work on our sunburn and boogie board skills, so that is most of the plan, then we need to pack up tonight and be out by...

That is basically what I've done. I was still shopping around but over the last couple months I've stopped. I'm hoping and praying I can make my current job into the job I need it to be long term... Best of everything in your search. Be well, David

Beautiful morning. I'm on my annual vacation with my daughters in Atlantic Beach NC and it is gorgeous here... Been here since Saturday at 5... Be well all! David

The Loggers are gone, I have 51 mostly empty acres now, and an astonishing amount of fresh cut giant tree tops to cut up for firewood. I thought I needed a splitter before, I am sure of it now. Do I go to TSC? Northern Tool? Craigs list? I am thinking about selling some of this firewood as...

I am stealing this one! LOL! Be well, David

The loggers are almost done with the clear-cutting. It is amazing to watch both the the huge machinery and the skill when they go old school to drop some of the huge "money" trees like the ones in my back yard... (I owe you guy some pics)... This property REALLY does have some hills and valleys...

Rumors of my demise have been overstated. MostlyGas texted me the other day to make sure I was not daid... Sorry guys but I've been crazy busy since my Divorce finalized on 4/22. Work has been going better, my kids have met my GF and her kids have met my kids, and I sold my timber planing...

Guys, It has been a while, but I'm not a n00b as I used to be, but today something odd happened. I was dropping the stump grinder and switching to bush-hog, and the 3pt lever would NOT lower the grinder until I lowered the DRAFT lever? The draft lever has never really done anything for me, and...

Hey everyone! I've been in San Francisco at a trade show all week. My lawyer contacted me and the judge signed my divorce yesterday. I'm a single man now... Thanks to all of you for the support and encouragement. Thank God for everything, good and bad that has been my life. Mossflower Woods...

Happy day after Tax day! I hope you all survived it... Been off the site for 5 days and I'm over 200 posts behind. Hope I did not miss anything. The Ex wife has been dilly-daddling on her review of the final docs (not like she can change them now) and I'm still not quite single yet... Sigh...

I survived... I still have the tractor, MossFlower Woods ranch, and tons of debt... The Big D should be granted in less than 2 weeks... After about 10 years of alimony, and 12 years of child support + (give or take) and I will be able to afford to pay attention again... Thank you all of you...

Today is mediation day. Please keep me in your prayers. I'm hoping for peace and to start rebuilding. Be well all, David

Spring is Sprung! I hope all is well with all-o-y'all. As for me, I'm doing fine as I can. David

HEY!!! I'm not disabled!... David

Huh???? :confused: David

YES! :drink: Save one for me!

Happy Saint Padraigh's Day! One week until Mediation and hopefully some form of resolution of the long dark teatime of the soul I've been in. I've got leftover corned beef supper for lunch today (I made it for my girls this weekend) and cold Guinness :drink: in the fridge for later. Luck o...

3.1415926... Happy PI day y'all! Be well, David

Happy and Blessed Birthday Drew! Be well all, David

Buppies, My life is steadily improving. I can see light ahead. I also believe the snow is still coming... Like Riptides, my property & driveway is a mud bog... I need to cut some more wood up into burnable chunks also... Office is closed... Be well all. David

Where's the Beef? All the schools are closed, I moved a customer meeting to next week, and hunkered down prepared to be freezing rain all night snowing before dawn, SNOWED IN... What have I got? 38 degrees and raining... Grrrrr Wayback machine - Two years ago we got a heavy wet snow and I...

Drew, There is MUCH Truth in your words. Yes indeed I do keep trying to refocus on the fun... I also choose to spend most of my time with the newly minted 6 year old. She is a hoot. yesterday in the cold was helping me haul lengths of wood from the back of "Trusty Rusty" my snow plow truck to...

20 and clear here. Fire is dying down in the wood stove because we (I have my girls this weekend) are going to Church & Sunday school and lunch after ad it will go out anyway so I prefer a controlled die down. The drama between the Ex and I is way own, but of course that means my 16 year old...

I prefer the clutch, seat, view, etc from one of my Harleys to EVERYTHING else I can ride... 'cept that one thing... :D David

HEATHEN! Somebody call CSD... :D David

I worked on a Sperry/Univak UYK-20 on my submarine.I programmed it in OCTAL-LOL!!!! We must ALL be old farts! LOL!!! David

Kyle, I had a 1965 Ford F 150, 69 Pontiac Bonneville, 72 Ford Falcon, 70? Mercury Marauder, 73 rx3, and that was all in high school.

We could be Brothers... Or past coworkers. I wrote assembly for 8080 & Z80's long, long ago. I had a PDP 11 in my basement taught myself DOS from combining what I knew of VMS & System 5 Unix. LOL. I've worked at Intel, Dell, Oracle, Intergraph, DARPA, and many others (not in that order). I...

RNG - I'm a wood stove newbie also and worse I have a giant home built leaky monstrosity. I have no dampers, so I let the fire die down and spread out the embers, keeping the inlets wide open, so they burn way, way down and then when I must leave, I open the door for a bit of air, and reclose...

Kyle, I lit a fire in the woodstove, even though it is a PITA to put out in the morning so I can go to work, it is gonna be flipping 9 degrees here and the basement was frigid! Now it is toasty and I'm gonna go watch a DVR'd movie! :D David

Growing up in Oregon I heard about SAD, but thought I never suffered from it... Then in 1999 I moved to that godless forsaken land called "Southern California" and discovered when it was not grey and damp for 280 out of 365 days I was a happier fellow... LOL... Now it is less about SAD and...