Good morning!!!!

Thomas · Jul 27, 2014

64F over cast showers on/off thunder boomers late afternoon early evening,guess its just putter day.

RoyJackson · Jul 27, 2014

bakerg said:
Good morning, looks like Roy slept in again. 68F heading to 79F.

You bet I slept in! That's what weekends are for! 0300 mornings...well, that's OK for work days, but not for weekends!

2014-07-27, 0759

60 right now...high of 79 today with a 90% probability of thunderstorms.
This has been a lazy weekend....didn't do much yesterday except play with the dog and today will likely be the same. With the wifey visiting her daughter, Bella is alone about 12-13 hours a day. She's been good...nothing torn up and been holding her business. So, we bond on the weekend.

I am going to look at a Deere zero-turn mower this week. It's currently in Newport (close to the Canadian border), but it's being brought to Montpelier (25 miles north of Bethel) Monday or Tuesday. IF I buy it, it'll cut down mowing time 30%-50%, even with a narrower deck (60"...currently using a 72" RFM). I thought about trading the RFM, but I'll keep that for the field.
Anyway, first let's see if I can swing the deal....

Buppies · Jul 27, 2014

71 this morning nice thunderstorm came thru about 4:00AM this morning rain and storms rest of day. Nothing special on tap other than church

sseelhoff · Jul 27, 2014

79* and Huuuumid. Going to 100* today, with an heat index of 105* Grocery store and some weedeating today. Perhaps some work in the garden.

riptides · Jul 27, 2014

Yesterday, was hot and humid, so I started cutting grass and the fields at 08:00am, stopped around 5PM. Had three tractors going, after the help showed up. Then I got to weed-whacking. Another two hours.

Man, I got burnt.

Today, clouding and seventy.

Yep, bad timing.

sixdogs · Jul 27, 2014

daugen said:
Ron, thanks for the tip on the vertical mower; makes a huge difference.
and yes I sure want paperwork in hand before anyone hauls my stuff, insurance certs, whatever.

When we moved 1100 miles away, I told the moving company I wanted the biggest truck and trailer and that they would be exclusively mine, I would pay for it and I would follow the truck down. That's what I wanted a price for. Fine, they said it's no problem and gave me a price.

When we firmed things up just before the move the price was substantially higher and there were not many moving companies around but at lest our items would be segregated and we would rent and pay for one truck and one trailer with no exceptions..... we got the contract and read it over.

It contained a still higher price than the one agreed to ten minutes earlier and had specific language allowing them to add other people's things to our truck and for them to unload and load again at will. This is a major moving company. When I said I was paying extra to guarantee one truck and one trailer for me, they said that's just the way it is and it might be necessary to add the things of others.

Well, with the price now nearly triple our initial discussions and their contract I decided to move myself. My wife wrapped things, which she wanted to do anyway and containerized our things in empty washing machine cardboard boxes to make loading easier. Our hay crew packed the truck on one end, relatives helped on the other end and we saved many thousands of dollars.

From this experience I have zero faith in moving companies and learned their contracts contain many wiggle room clauses to do anything they want and un-agree to anything they already agreed to. I'll never move again, probably but if I do it will be on my own and I'll hire others to load and unload. I can drive wherever or hire someone if I can't.

Others will have better experiences and there are probably some great moving companies out there but I would research and get personal experiences from other users including the BBB. Even then I would pay a lawyer to read the contract and make sure it's what you agreed to.

sam5570 · Jul 27, 2014

Good morning everyone, very humid here this morning just a few drops of rain over night. finally got a little computer time don't know where time goes but it sure passing fast. hope everyone has a wonderful day. got to clean some vehicles this afternoon.

sodamo · Jul 27, 2014

72F and only .01 inches rain last 24 hours. Mowing done

Off to a potluck breakfast at a neighbor's
Surprise 70th birthday party this afternoon for a friend. She already turned 70 7/03, but the celebration was postponed due to her un scheduled heart surgery.

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

bakerg · Jul 27, 2014

Not a single soul showed up to the yard sale today. What is left will be given away.

rswyan · Jul 27, 2014

Went to bed early last night (around 8 or 9) ... slept for about 4 or 5 hours and then went up to the shed and worked for about 5 hours before I came back down and went back to bed. Just woke up an hour or so ago ... time for the second cup.

Last night I got some steel cut for tool/equipment stands, cleaned out shredded paper a mouse was trying to use to build a nest inside my MIG, and forced myself to do more straightening up and putting things away ...

It is so nice to be able to find tools and stuff when you need it. I have one more joint to glue on the CPVC up in the shed and all the plumbing inside will be finished. And there's a ceiling light fixture I want to move in order to provide more even lighting.

All the parts for the front hydraulic diverter valve, grapple, and SSQA projects are due to be delivered tomorrow and I just got a bunch of pics and dimensional info from another TBN member for the grapple, so I should be able to figure out a materials list for the steel tonight and get a quote on that tomorrow, if not also get it picked up.

More cleaning, straightening up, and putting things away on the menu for the rest of the day.

dave1949 · Jul 27, 2014

68*F and maybe some more rain yet tonight.

Sorry about the garage sale Gary. Lot of competition out there, I see a half page of garage sale listings in the paper here all the time.

I'd like to have a sibling sale; two brothers, one sister, minds like new, never used. No reasonable offer refused. :laughing: I thought it was time to begin educating ourselves and looking at the options available for some sort of care for Mom that will likely be needed in the next year, or tomorrow--because one never knows. It sure didn't take them long to make a mess out of that effort. I knew it was going to be a challenge, but I underestimated by a wide margin.

Did some field mowing this morning until 1:30 pm when I got rained out. The mower slip clutch got a good work out when a small stump got picked up and wedged between a blade and the deck housing. I noticed the mower sounded different, looked back and saw about 20' of uncut stuff, then the clutch started smoking before I could disengage the pto. Seemed to work okay after I cleared the stump out. Luckily, I had loosened the clutch up quite a bit this spring knowing I would be in some ugly stuff.

Buppies · Jul 27, 2014

sam5570 said:
Good morning everyone, very humid here this morning just a few drops of rain over night. finally got a little computer time don't know where time goes but it sure passing fast. hope everyone has a wonderful day. got to clean some vehicles this afternoon.

Hello there Sam how you be, hopefully very well indeed

bakerg · Jul 27, 2014

dave1949 said:
Sorry about the garage sale Gary. Lot of competition out there, I see a half page of garage sale listings in the paper here all the time.

I live out in the country so I do not get a lot of traffic on my road. Put an ad on Kijiji (Canada's version of Craigslist) offering the remainder of the stuff for free. The garage is now 1/2 empty as 4 people came out and took a lot of stuff. This 1 lady took a lot of kids books and toys for her grade school class of kids that don't have much. She even offered me some money but I said it was free so take it and I hope the kids enjoy it.

mostly_gas · Jul 27, 2014

Good evening all. 80F was the (not very) low this morning. The high was 93F and we are 3 in behind on rainfall after such a good wet spring. Made it to church, had lunch where the granddaughter works, and worked on the rear bicycle tire rehab.

dave1949 · Jul 27, 2014

bakerg said:
I live out in the country so I do not get a lot of traffic on my road. Put an ad on Kijiji (Canada's version of Craigslist) offering the remainder of the stuff for free. The garage is now 1/2 empty as 4 people came out and took a lot of stuff. This 1 lady took a lot of kids books and toys for her grade school class of kids that don't have much. She even offered me some money but I said it was free so take it and I hope the kids enjoy it.

That's a great solution.

RoyJackson · Jul 28, 2014

2014-07-28, 0302

60 degrees right now. A high of 73 predicted along with 100% probability of rain (so I guess it's going to rain). Maybe a thunderstorm or two...

Well, didn't win a million bucks on the lottery, so it's back to the daily grind (sigh...)

Buppies · Jul 28, 2014

70 this morning with a high of 81 later today high in 70s rest of week, very refreshing for late July around these parts

daugen · Jul 28, 2014

yeah Roy, me neither...sigh.
what's that old song, not about having everything you want, but having everything you need?
We all need to count our blessings.
No bombs dropping on our heads this morning. No militia coming in with AK's and machetes.
and I'd like to say our planes are not dropping out of the sky, but we sure have been there.
God Bless America.

ok, back to regular programming.
rain has passed through, heard the boomers last night, need to look up how much rain we got.
I doubt very much; went through too fast.

Have a full trailer load of equipment to take off to the dealer this morning. Pretty strange, my trusty Gravely finished its very last job on the farm, the big hill, and then started fuel starving, and then finally died, right after parking it. Good boy! We have all dragged non running equipment in and it is rarely fun. At least the Gravely got itself back to the barn before temporarily expiring. I think the fuel line is plugged and I have no time to mess with it. And then yesterday, I go to mow the lawn for the big Show Time this morning, when the For Sale sign goes into the lawn, and the stupid mower deck would not turn on. The spindle was very hard to turn...ok, that's packed it in too, so off to the shop too. It was almost comical, I had one space left on the trailer and maybe some kind of mechanical karma wanted that mower on there...

Am working with UShip to get all the ag stuff shipped; clearly that is the way to go. Since I never watch tv, I didn't know there was a tv show about the UShip industry.??
Went back to the primary mover and told them exactly what I wanted shipped, and tried to knock a couple grand off.

busy days...

Buppies · Jul 28, 2014

daugen said:
yeah Roy, me neither...sigh.
what's that old song, not about having everything you want, but having everything you need?
We all need to count our blessings.
No bombs dropping on our heads this morning. No militia coming in with AK's and machetes.
and I'd like to say our planes are not dropping out of the sky, but we sure have been there.
God Bless America.

ok, back to regular programming.
rain has passed through, heard the boomers last night, need to look up how much rain we got.
I doubt very much; went through too fast.

Have a full trailer load of equipment to take off to the dealer this morning. Pretty strange, my trusty Gravely finished its very last job on the farm, the big hill, and then started fuel starving, and then finally died, right after parking it. Good boy! We have all dragged non running equipment in and it is rarely fun. At least the Gravely got itself back to the barn before temporarily expiring. I think the fuel line is plugged and I have no time to mess with it. And then yesterday, I go to mow the lawn for the big Show Time this morning, when the For Sale sign goes into the lawn, and the stupid mower deck would not turn on. The spindle was very hard to turn...ok, that's packed it in too, so off to the shop too. It was almost comical, I had one space left on the trailer and maybe some kind of mechanical karma wanted that mower on there...

Am working with UShip to get all the ag stuff shipped; clearly that is the way to go. Since I never watch tv, I didn't know there was a tv show about the UShip industry.??
Went back to the primary mover and told them exactly what I wanted shipped, and tried to knock a couple grand off.

busy days...