Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

Figured out how to flush the brakes on the RTV X1100. The bleeder connections are well hidden and protected.The brake cylinders are inside aluminum cases. Used the Mighty Vac system driven with compressed air to produce a vacuum and suck out at the cylinders.

 

[Joel/ak]

Beautiful day. Upper 70's and sun.
Had roughly 20 ton of gravel delivered and 10 ton of 2x4 rock delivered for a mud hole on our road.

Still got about 2 ton to spread but it's coming along.

Need to buy a bigger tractor. We got our monies worth out of that 1705

 

[Thomas]

75F clear.

Took trimmer on good walk this morning and may do it tomorrow morning before mercury starts creeping up.
Afternoon just putter.
Took Mrs. to her favor Mexican restaurant for dinner and not big fan of Mexican but damn that was good.
Headed for the deck with smooth cigar wait for critters and stars.

Enjoy your evening all.

On the front lawn.
Boo gotten little BIGGER this year.

New critter been hanging around

 

[buckeyefarmer]

After supper got 6 bags of mulch in ranger for wife to use.
Then took BH down to creek and dug up some nice soil where creek had moved over, piling it up.

Some tree roots from a couple junk trees growing there. Then took BX down for a couple small scoops and put in one planter. Put landscape fabric in first.
I also put black plastic down between potato rows so all rows now have it.
Wife helped me get last 16 ft cattle panel off trailer. Will swap it for 2 of the 8 ft ones for beans, so I can use 1 of the 8 ft for the 3 extra tomatoes.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) arvo. Overnight Low of 11.3C and it's presently 15.9C, overcast, gentle breeze and a 'smattering' of rain on my way into Church.

... which I'm back from, so the rest of the day is His.

Although I am expecting the 'Mad Agisting Horse Woman' sometime later to shift her horses over to Paddock #6. AND 'speak of the devil', here she is so I've gotta toddle.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[rswyan]

64F and "Fair" @ 22:15, heading down to around 53F for the low in the overnight.

High hit 84.6F here today supposedly, air is really dry (DP 33F --->46F) so it wasn't bad at all.

The little monster escaped out the front door when I headed out earlier and immediately ran under under a Japanese Yew out in front of the house. Gave chase and headed her off and she retreated to the garage. Walked over and said some mean words to her and she ran back to the front door meowing to be let in ... too funny.

She knows there are big kitty eating monsters outside.



Got rest of most of the rest of the spraying done in the garden finally. Seemed like every time I sat down to spray the wind would pick up and blow and I would have to wait a bit.

Only part left is the area between the row of asparagus and the row of strawberries. Trying to be careful there as I see some strawberry plants peaking up out of the dirt that the Mad Weeding Woman somehow missed ...

Used what was left in the sprayer to hit the area over by the maple tree at the southwest corner of the house where the one hydrangea will go.

Woman worked on weeding the flower bed, also string-trimmed the area next to it.

Did some watering of peonies and day lilies.

Neighbor lady came over walking her pooches, brought another big roll of plastic fencing. This batch had much smaller holes ...

Took the Kubota up after that and screened some more compost, added maybe another dozen buckets to the screened pile, worked some on scraping off and burying more weeds.

Got boxes for the Mo Jack stowed up in the shop, will burn the outer box, might save the branded inner box.

Need to go turn the water to the hose off out back.

May go fill some pots up with dirt for pumpkins and squash.

Front lawn just about ready to be cut again ...

Hope everyone had a great Saturday ...

 

[rswyan]

I have the All American and it it is easy to use.

Yeah ... I couldn't recall for certain whether you had the All American or not, but I do vaguely remember you talking about your set up at some point in the past.

When I saw the picture you recently posted it reminded me so I started looking into them.

Don't know about the clones as they were not available when I bought mine.

Reviews seem generally good.

One guy who thought the product I'm looking at seemed decent was dubious about one part (the screw for the handle I think) being too small and might be prone to stripping.

He ended up ordering the All American and found out the screw was the same size IIRC.

This is one I'm looking at specifically:

https://www.amazon.com/Sharpener-St...cb-738852bf7a00&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m

Also recommend the magnetic balancer and run out checker makes for smooth running with perfect balancing

 

[rswyan]

Like the adjustable width.

Yeah ... I did remember to measure the side to side width on the Cub to make sure it would fit.

One reviewer mentioned he was using it with a Bad Boy ZT with a 60" deck so I was pretty sure it would work ... but I got out the tape and measured just to be sure ...

My mower lift from TSC is fixed, and a little narrow for the ZT front, but I added a washer between the bolt to be able to squeeze the tire in. I need to buy longer bolts and put a couple more space in.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 66ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, Overcast thinned in afternoon the clouded up again, high temp was 84ºF. Bike rid to start day, seat broke, managed to move seat so both ends of broken wire supported. 70 miles in 5 1/2 hrs moving time. Riding buddy had spare seats will try one tomorrow. Lunch and shower, then nap.
RS sorry about not getting your post up when you wanted it to be posted. Hope you got the trap fixed. we never had any of the coons we trapped make it unusable. Glad you got some mowing in. You got a lot done. Very nice pics.
David good to hear all walls done.
Ted sorry no rain. Glad you got some seat time. Hope visit with sister goes well. Thanks for link to Madrid NM.
Ron glad you got more mowing in., and second coat on trailer deck. Thanks for update on pool. Hope you got tie downs installed. Nice pose
Phil sorry neck still an issue. Sorry wife's voice not better. Hope next appointment can help. Nice pic, ask bird to face camera next time
Kilroy sorry about the fast.
Chris thanks for link, not sure that project will help me.
Kilroy Sorry no video of squirrel antics. While bike riding, they run up to bike then turn around or run between tires, one left part of tail in chain ring. Nice your neighbor shows up when mini-ex is there. Sorry about druggie activity.
Thomas hope trimming work dome and afternoon went well.
Don glad watermelon and cantaloupe planted. Hope you get some peaches picked.
Duds welcome to GM thread, nice pics.
Bill congrats on sleeping through night. Hope drill works for you, the bigger the drill, the more trouble I have with small bits.
Drew hope nothing hurts too much and mowing went well.
Buppies Glad you might get some rain. Monday American Legion will have memorial service. prayers sent.
Scotty(vt) welcome back.
Frits glad extra meds helping wife. Sorry daughter has to fly back for recuperation. Glad grading done.Sorry mower overheating. Sorry about the hawks, wish they would deal with my squirrels.
Paul glad Makita chainsaw and GS bot worked out for trimming fence posts. Good to hear trip To Burlington went well. Good to hear wife feeling batter and music went well. hope you got done with fence post trimming.
Kilroy thanks for chainsaw info
Ken glad weed eating done for a while. Hope you get the tress bucked soon. Nice pic
Ted gravel getting close to done and planter filled and ready for transplanting.
Drew sorry TSC low on grease. Hope the mowing went well, getting started can be the hardest part.
Dennis sorry about the sore hip. Hope you were able to get dirt in planters. prayers sent.
David bet seat time more fun than pw time
RS hope you able to make inroads in Saturday agenda.
Bill sorry about the temp.
Frits hope the fence project goes well. Glad you have fuses for all the bombs and hope they are effective on the underground critters. Nice pics
RS good luck with getting your wife to pace water usage. Is that pile from Cub mow deck?
Frits glad you figured out how to flush the brakes.
Joel driveway looking good
Thomas what did you have at restaurant? Sorry Boo insists on getting bigger. Hope no problems from new critter.
Dennis good looking dirt. Glad got planter filled.
Randy(wag) glad church went well, hope horse moving went well.
RS thanks for kitty story Glad spraying near done. Hope you get rain soon and can back off watering.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

I'd say it's fair-sized ... maybe 30 or 40 gallons ?

Definitely not RNG-sized though ...



Yeah, we have talked about it.

Currently, that would have to be over at the barn ... since the house has no gutters at the moment.

Might be worth checking into what a used 275 or 330 gallon IBC tote costs ...

Just looked on Craig's List ... 275 gallon @ $75 each - used once, material they contained was considered "non-toxic", can provide paperwork.

A couple of those would provide a good amount for summer watering.

And is certainly a lot cheaper than a new well pump ...

Still doesn't entirely resolve my situation though: Woman can be washing dishing and cleaning, start a load of wash, and then flush the toilet ... after having just taken a shower ...

LOL, guess we have a differing idea as to fair sized Mine in 113 gal, and that is connected to my 16k gal catchment tanks.

My thinking, given your well solution would be a storage tank with maybe 2x your daily requirement. No clue how to plumb that relevant your well.

Wish I could get totes that cheap. Lots of folks use them here especially if they only have a small system and have to haul water. Just recently I lent a friend 4 open tanks totally 570g to collect for his nursery. He decided to plumb to move any overflow to his 3k house tank.

I suspect you could readily fashion a gravity feed system that would suffice for non house use. A couple of filters and connect to house maybe.