Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Good Morning,

GM Paul, definitely thinking ahead there !

Kind of curious if you have any excavator experience or running a backhoe ? I know I don’t and have often wondered how many hours behind the controls to become efficient ?

Good luck with the trenching !

I count my early backhoe experience as a bit humbling. We had just moved here, George had just dug the cesspool and I volunteered to dig the trench to be ready for pipe next day. Next morning I showed him. George shook his head, “practice David, practice”
I did get better and have dug several hundred feet since.

 

[m7040]

82 with rain expected later tonight. Did get some rain overnight and thunder storms

Went to the appointment for eye check up and prescriptions. Only wife got the full exam since I had recently seen the Retina specialist and was cleared for another year.
Wife has beginning cataracts but it is not bothering her as of yet.

Presriptions changed only sightly.

Torqued the bolts around the mower gearbox and changed the Zerks and greased it.

Operating the Minix is fairly easy the learn. It is more difficult to do it with speed and accuracy. Also picking up smaller and more delicate objects takes more time to learn. Using the 3 ft bucket and scraping the ground level when backing out from a project takes skill because the bucket change angle as it is pulled back as well as moving vertically. That coordination when done properly gives great results

 

[kenmbz]

My first 2 deep trenches here I dug by hand and they looked really good
One of the reasons the tractor is here.

I don't have a hydrant for miles. The insurance company didn't seem to care.
I did not have a pool when I first moved in either.
I do know if I plug in a stove in my downstairs summer kitchen, that my insurance would ratchet up though.
Strange thing insurance.

 

[daugen]

friends of mine in Florida took Autotrain up here and could not get home due to flooding in SC.
So they had to drive.
my niece in Charleston said roads were flooded and blocked but her house and most of neighbor was up enough.

storm seems to have headed inland, will be more rain in VA and central PA than here

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good morning! 73˚F heading to 101˚ clear skies. We are under a heat advisory till tomorrow at 8PM, and air quality alert because it's a high ozone day. Sure would be nice to get some of that East coast rain. I still have two fig trees to transplant, might venture outside early to plant them and give the transplanted date trees a good watering.

Only .02” of the projected 1” for today, and that was over night.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening David,

Next morning I showed him. George shook his head, “practice David, practice”

David, kind of what I thought ! You don’t become really proficient overnight!

Thanks for sharing those some what comical memories !

 

[Popgadget]

Kind of curious if you have any excavator experience or running a backhoe ? I know I don’t and have often wondered how many hours behind the controls to become efficient ?

The short answer is yes, I have considerable experience over a long period of time. I was running a D9 dozer when I was 12 or 13.

As far as digging with an excavator or backhoe, the key is to understand how to dig, that you scrape the bottom of the trench, you can’t just push the bucket into the ground. Once you know how to dig, the hand eye coordination to make it happen comes quickly.

 

[Looking4new]

The very first thing I did with my new KL2475 tractor mounted BH was dig a grave for the Black Lab. The second thing I did was dig another grave for my cat. That was 2017 & 2018. It takes me about 10 minutes to retrain my hands to the controls every time I get on the hoe. R.I.P. Katie and Smokie.

 

[Looking4new]

The short answer is yes, I have considerable experience over a long period of time. I was running a D9 dozer when I was 12 or 13.

As far as digging with an excavator or backhoe, the key is to understand how to dig, that you scrape the bottom of the trench, you can’t just push the bucket into the ground. Once you know how to dig, the hand eye coordination to make it happen comes quickly.

I work the bucket the same way I use a spoon in a tub of ice cream. Scrape it along the top and keep going a little deeper every bucket.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 2.4C and it's presently 11.2C, high-overcast & fairly calm.

Just a lovely 'no-day' planned for today.

That's about it, take care all.