Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 54 and going to a high of 75°F. Wind SSE2 mph. 40% chance of showers.

The tarp I had over the portable shelter all winter and this summer, I took off when I put the real roof on is going to be the weed stopper for the platform for the BH. I will put that down first this morning, then set the hoe on top of it with the landing gear down to mark my width and length with the bucket extended in the disconnected position. I have 8 4X4s 5.5' long, repurposed from another project. I don't throw much out if I can help it. Because I cannot enclose it in completely, I will leave 1-1.5" spacing between the floor boards (for the mice to live in), that will give the cats some feed and entertainment for the summer. I am thinking 4 of 4X4s across the front (to hold the weight of the tractor when hooking up and dropping), 2 along the sides for the landing gear, and 2 set closer together for the bucket. That should work without busting the floor boards. I've got a battery powered chainsaw to do all the heavy cutting with. Hold it all together with 3.5-4" deck screws. I think I have 6 or 8 2X8s 16' long left over from another project, they will be the floor boards, cut to length. The leftovers from them will finish off another job I have been forgetting for 30 years. I need 6 of them 8-9' long for yet another job to finish closing the underside of my deck.

buppies, I had 5" diameter pipes on my Chev pickup with a 350 motor, Q-jet and headers with Thrush 'peckertone' header mufflers, WOW! THAT WAS LOUD! I ended up putting a pair of Walker Cherry Bombs on right behind the header mufflers to quiet it down somewhat. 4 bolts and I could take everything off except for the headers.
A cop told me he 'didn't like the sound of my pipes and to do something about them', so I did. I took them off and ran open headers for 2 weeks. Never saw the cop again.

It is always good to talk out your problems, way better than keeping them all bottled up.

Breakfast time.

Have a safe day all

 

[LouNY]

read an interesting article this morning on refresh of Rivian RT1 EV truck.
my goddaughters's husband, a pilot, bought the first four motor one, and absolutely loves it. Rivian has outstanding engineering and apparently they just made this model better with new tech.

Tech that was so good the VW group, largest in the world, just paid
$5 billion to Rivian for rights to the tech. So Rivian electronic tech will underpin much of future VW production. Way to go Rivian.

I also read Rivian loses 30k on every vehicle.
you just wonder how they make that all work.
Well 5 very big ones will sure help.

I still think hybrid vehicles are our future. If we all had been getting 30-50mpg years ago, I don't think we'd be having all the issues we have today. Most of us remember the "gas crisis", not a fun time.
Unfortunately hybrid vehicles almost by nature are so focused on mpg they are not considered much fun to drive. The new Prius may be an exception to that.

but not sure of what engine would push my motorhome and get better than 10mpg.

The best hybrid is the one that Edison motors is making, a smaller engine running a generator charging a battery with the battery being a surge tank to store the energy for heavy loads and the generator to make the energy for the average load and top off the battery on mild loads.
They are doing what should have been done years ago.
Edison Motors

I'm waiting to see how the pickup conversions price out.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 59 going to 82 sunny

Picked up the new glasses. Worked on household chores most of the day. Cleaned and reworked the Larson glass and screen doors and dry lubed the hinges.
Upper floor door out to the balcony is stuck and don't relish the thought of going up on ladder 25 ft to try to push it open.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 48 to start going to 75. Another sunny day and beautiful day ! Slow start, stayed up to watch debate, should have gone to bed !

Buppies, prayers to you and your wife!

Drew, glad trip is going well and thanks for beautiful pictures!

Prayers to all families who lost loved ones in 911, Never Forget !

Time to get going, pack up truck and head north ! Hope all have a blessed day !

 

[daugen]

M7040, please be careful on that ladder or find someone younger

this is looking ugly
I think I may have a very long day after leaving RNG's home trying to get past LA. Wow what a lot of fires, I may just have to keep going to next stop. Currently the place near Pomona where I have a reservation has a fire on the access road to their campground, not good at all... and more in general area.

hopefully in next week and a half this will die down.
this is like Popgadget trying to get around bad weather,
you usually have to go but not through the mess.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 60F @ 5:30AM. Abundant sunshine. High around 85F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

this is looking ugly
I think I may have a very long day after leaving RNG's home trying to get past LA. Wow what a lot of fires, I may just have to keep going to next stop. Currently the place near Pomona where I have a reservation has a fire on the access road to their campground, not good at all... and more in general area.

A lot can happen in a week wildfire wise, Drew. Both good and bad, just look what the Park fire did over the past month. But we are coming into the worst part of the fire season, with Santa Anna winds in the Los Angeles area and the potential for dry lightning in the northern part of the state. Keep an eye on Watch Duty. When I checked yesterday, most of central Oregon is on fire, but by comparison California is looking pretty good. Except CalFire is fighting 16 major fires, so we just have to stay vigilant and be ready to change plans if needs be.

Got caught up on some paperwork yesterday, and shopped a bit for new auto insurance coverage, trying to save a little money. I kept checking on the new well pump controller delivery, but it looked like Amazon lost it in San Francisco. Then last night it arrived in Vacaville, and then left there this morning for who knows where. But at least it's moving again.

I removed a couple smart wall switches, putting back the original switches. I'm having trouble figuring out the wiring for some of the three and four way circuts, but haven't managed to shock myself or start any fires so far.

A couple neighbors dropped by yesterday afternoon to pick up a pile of lumber drops, some of which they'll use, then burn the rest. One of them showed me how the hood release on the firetruck worked, and we replaced a blown fuse. It promptly blew again. Time for some wire tracing and DVM work. Looks like one of them will be bringing his giant backhoe down over the weekend to take down a couple dead and dying trees. One is leaning over the front gate, the other one is over the backhoe for the Kubota. He wants paid in firewood, and I'm only too happy to oblige.

Happy Hump Day, but Never Forget, either.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I fell asleep and slept through the debate, which I regret.

I did watch it, streamed live on YouTube by CSPAN. I regret we don't have better choices because I wouldn't vote for either of 'em if there was one.

Last time I was in Heber City, I got there in a tow truck after having just killed my first deer with a brand new Toyota 4x4 pickup truck. The only deer I killed on that hunting trip.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 54 going up to 82 and sunny.
Meeting at school for senior trip to Disney went well and price is not as bad as we thought.

Watched the debate, won't comment here.

Lot's of deer out front last night and they were lying down in the side yard when I took the dog for a walk, six sets of green eyes reflecting back in my flashlight. The Bucks are getting quite huffy when they see us now.

We need to contact the wifes cousin we think the Orange County fire is not too far from her.

Meeting with Dr. was if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail He was thinking rotator cuff, but bruise was too low. I finally spent time on Dr. Google yesterday and found my symptoms almost word for word what I told my Dr. as a torn muscle. He is an elbow/shoulder specialist so kept going in that direction.
Solution on-line, ice, rest and give it 10 weeks or so, if it gets worse then MRI, seems like a more realistic plan that what the Dr. came up with, which was cortisone shot and immediate MRI.

Buppies - sounds like you really need outside help, so sorry you both are going through this.

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Today is 9/11 - I was in Midtown Manhattan that day and my brother only a few blocks from the twin towers at his job. I spent a lot of the day trying to find people and find them places to stay.
Cell and landlines were intermittent and my wife was in California on a project and I did not get to talk to her until much later that night.

I didn't find my brother until after lunch that day- he got covered in dust when the towers went down.

I worked in 7 WTC for a few years and was in the towers and that area a lot of those years. I lost many friends and coworkers that day.
When they showed 7 WTC collapsing, it was just another spike of pain.

I now work at 3 WTC, right across from the reflecting pool, I try not to go to that area, it has too many memories and ghosts for me. I work from home mostly, I miss being in the city, but not in that area.

This is the entrance to the former 7WTC, I was here most days. 15th floor, but I was on most of the floors due to my job. If you were on that elevated walkway going away from 7WTC, you would be going into the towers.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Ken,

I miss being in the city, but not in that area.

Very interesting post, thanks for sharing your thoughts !
That morning I was working for Pitney Bowes in Shelton,Ct as a model maker. They had a big screen TV in the cafeteria, and we all went down to see what was happening! Such a terrible day, they sent us all home early that day ! Just unbelievable!

 

[newbury]

I still think hybrid vehicles are our future. If we all had been getting 30-50mpg years ago,

Yes.
I had a VW diesel Rabbit in 1979. Got 50 mpg around town. Ex-wife got it in divorce, ruined it. In 2009 I bought a VW Jetta TDI (diesel), a lot roomier and faster. Got 45 mpg around town, lost it to VW because of "diesel gate". Now I've a 2 liter Ford Escape, can squeeze out about 28.5 mpg around town, better on long trips. None of them hybrids.
Our hybrid, a 2004 Honda Civic gets about 40+ mpg around town. But at ~100K miles it required a hybrid battery pack replacement, has always had the acceleration of a snail and the comfort (for 6' 2" me) of a small cramped box. The battery replacement would have cost ~$1K but we got it under warranty, just barely.
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And I was looking up electric vehicles and there is a Canadian firm, Edison Motors, that "will be" making a conversion kit so one can convert their truck to electric.
So Drew, maybe you could convert your motorhome