Breaking in my new toys... from Yeehaw! to Uh oh!

[Spiveyman]

Incidentally, that bull was our first. A doctor in town bought the whole bull and said it was the best beef she'd ever had in her life. Maybe when we get all settled in on the farm and I get my lake built we can have a cookout to celebrate and thank all the TBN'ers for the advice over the years. That'll be a ways off though. I'll have to break and ask you all how to fix many more things I'm sure!

Well, you might have doubts about your tools, but your camera sure beats mine. I have problems with close up shots, and really should try to learn that new camera my daughter gave me last year.

My wife is an amateur photographer, she has way more camera's than I have implements! That one was taken with a Canon Digital SLR using a Macro lense. There's more letters and numbers that would go in the description, but that's about all I know. She takes pictures of pollen inside of flowers that will make you sneeze just looking at them, and bumble bees and stuff like that. The macro lense is pretty cool. Here's a couple of shots I took this spring of the sun setting over our pond with another of her fancy lenses:

Bolting is good enough I'm sure.
Welding the plates is just added strength to keep the bucket hole from elongating over time (years). LOL ... Murphy's Law though ... you know what I mean?
Oh BTW, when you get that drill to break through the bucket wall, be sure to hold on tight an let off the pushing pressure a little so it can cut through the metal without twisting your arms off.

I forgot that "3RRL" is latin for "added strength."
And, I understand what you mean about letting off on the pressure. With those bits in wood, they bite so fast they will yank the bit right through and smash your fingers between the drill and the wood. Did that with almost every hole I drilled when making my carry all.

 

[sandman2234]

I am just glad/hoping you weren't going to show us a picture of a flat paddle wheel type of wood bit that you were planning on drilling the loader bucket with. Seems your already getting smarter, lol.
Pre digital, I used to play with some of the cheaper versions of the 35mm cameras. I took one picture of the beach/sunset over at Ft Pickens in Pensacola, Fl. and my wife entered it in the worldwide competition at Prudential Ins. Co. I picked up second prize, but that was a pretty picture, probably more luck and content than actual skill. Tell your wife I said nice pictures!
David from jax

 

[EddieWalker]

Spivey,

I've been enjoying this thread and your pictures, but have waited until those sunset ones to comment.

WOW !!!!!

Your wife has a fantastic eye. Those are beautiful shots.

Thanks,
Eddie

 

[john_bud]

Spivey,

I've been enjoying this thread and your pictures, but have waited until those sunset ones to comment.

WOW !!!!!

Your wife has a fantastic eye. Those are beautiful shots.

Thanks,
Eddie

Eddie, I like your quotes at the bottom. You may want to add my favorite,

"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right" Vince Lombardi

 

[Spiveyman]

I am just glad/hoping you weren't going to show us a picture of a flat paddle wheel type of wood bit that you were planning on drilling the loader bucket with. Seems your already getting smarter, lol.

HA! I wish I'd have thought of that!! I would have posted a picture of one of those first! But then you guys probably wouldn't have believed me when I said it was a joke. That's a fine line to walk, humor Vs. respect when you are self-admittedly not as "handy" as the average TBN'er.

Tell your wife I said nice pictures!

Your wife has a fantastic eye.

Thanks for the compliments, but hold up - I took those pictures, with her camera. It was cold and she didn't want to get out of the truck. I'll see if I can find something she's shot and post it... this is a bit off topic, but since I only get seat time once or twice a week...

 

[Spiveyman]

Actually, I do have a question on topic that I just remembered. In my post the day that it rained (notice I don't have to say which day that it rained 'cause it's only rained once since I joined TBN), I made a comment about turning my muffler around.

When I bought the thing the muffler looked like this:


It seems like there are some cons to that orientation, if trailering the pipe would tend to scoop rain (that is assuming I was pulling it in Texas ), when going under trees it tends to grab the branches, and the biggest thing - when they put the FEL on, I noticed that I can't raise the FEL fully because the cross bar hits the stack.

So, I turned it around:


When I was using it last week I noticed that it seems much louder now, presumable because the pipe opens up towards me, and maybe I'm just imagining it, but it sure seemed like there were more fumes to breathe.

Realistically speaking I can't even pull that tractor with my truck (F-150) and probably won't trailer it much even when I get a bigger truck. I plan to clear the branches I have to mow under because they are a pain anyways. And I'm not sure when I would need that last couple of inches of FEL lift. I'm thinkig about just turning it back around. Anyone have an opinion about which way really is best?

 

[npaden]

Generally they are pointed forward for the reasons you mentioned. (noise, fumes, etc.). You might try a compromise and point it to the side and see how that works.

 

[Spiveyman]

When I turned it around, I pulled it up and started rotating it. When it got to exactly 180° it dropped down into place as if there was a notch or something to position it. I didn't really look at it that closely since that's what I thought I wanted anyway. I'm not sure if I could run it sideways.

 

[sandman2234]

Mine is pointed backward, but the pipe is eaten away on the back side of the curve, so it gets a straight up smokestake. I thought about cutting it off and putting a flapper on it.
David from jax

 

[john_bud]

My old Ford is straight up with a flapper. If you go that way, be sure to toss a coffee can over it if left out. Rain will hydrolock the engine and that's "bad".

jb