Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

FWT, I only need 6 more tractors.

 

[ponytug]

Been waiting months for this culvert replacement project to get completed. It cut off direct access to 100 business. They have to do a 6 mile detour. That’s using the gravel road in front of my house. Paved road detour is 10 miles.
Picture shows they may be ready to replace blacktop in next few days. Sure will be nice to not have the traffic, noise and dust.

That's a great picture angle! Drone? Bucket?

Good luck on getting the culvert replacement finished before winter.

I put a new cord on the welder yesterday, which turned out to be more involved than I expected as one hot was a soldered connection, and the new cord had thicker rubber, making getting the strain relief on an exercise in brute strength, even with some cable lube. Under the cover, the welder looked to be a 120/220 single hot, with a neutral design, rather than a US twin hot 120+120 =240 design, but seemed like a good build otherwise, as the control and power boards had insulated standoffs and large gauge connections where needed. Still, note to self to not leave it plugged in, which isn't something that I do anyway.

More gutter work today; might take a closer look at the chipper to see how to rebuild it after the failed weld.

All the best, Peter

 

[FriendwithTractor]

FWT, I only need 6 more tractors.

I only need 3...so far

 

[Buppies]

One tractor two ZTurns two push mowers 30 inch and 22 in four weed eaters two blowers hedge trimmer all Sthil except one blower Echo, two chain saws, one pole saw all Sthil. I think I’ve got too much

 

[ronjhall]

That's a great picture angle! Drone? Bucket?

Good luck on getting the culvert replacement finished before winter.

It’s a earthcam construction site camera. Put in by contractor. Updates picture every 15 minutes.

Pontiac Trail | EarthCam Construction Camera

Watch the live EarthCam feed of the Pontiac Trail construction. See real-time views, time-lapse clips, and more.

share.earthcam.net

 

[wngsprd]

Buppies, glad you and Precious made up.

Once it got light and went out, could see we had our first frost of the year...on the roof and ground.

 

[daugen]

if you have the room, and the sheds, avoiding implement changing sure is nice.
with one smaller tractor with turf tires so as not to rip up the lawn.
though I think today's hybrid tires minimize that

but after a storm when everything is soggy wet, sure nice to have turf tires that
do very little damage. Sometimes just leaves that area covered in mud but that all washes off
after one rain. I had turf tires on a 27hp Massey and was always amazed at the grip.
and the ride was simply marvelous, Bridgestone Pillow turf tires. And when 4wd engaged, I could pull a small disc
behind it with a good load. Never got it stuck either but in NC it's almost all flat so slope not an issue.
as long as you stayed out of the ditches. Ditches everywhere, had to move the water or whole neighborhood would flood.

I pulled my diesel JD garden tractor out of those ditches several times, never thought much of that Carlisle mower tire.
The way I used that small tractor should have had R14s on back. Just have to be careful, more grip, more wear on hydro trans.
So I was careful not to overload the garden tractor. Figured that wasn't going to happen with the bigger tractors and never had an issue
with hydros at 27hp and 57hp. Just a lot of different whines.

I'd like a 100hp IVT tractor that is EV silent.
infinite gears, no whine, everything smooth
quiet cab with a huge 360 4k camera
front and rear three point hitches
matching high lift track loader
and then I woke up

geez, just when it was getting good.

 

[Looking4new]

I got this Kioti CK 27 hst primarily for pushing snow. (Should have got the CK 35.) Hence the cab, not even considering how hot the summers are when sitting in a fish bowl. No A/C on it makes the cab real hot in summer. Kioti recommends you keep the front window closed when doing loader work, but I modified the latch system so I can open the window about 3" before it hits the stack. That is enough to get some air movement and with the back window wide open air still moves. I have a 12 volt 2 speed fan that I will get around to mounting some day, but not today. It is pissing down rain.
I'm going out in about 30 minutes and take advantage of Ma natures free car wash.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .52 inches rain

Off to Hilo town this morning, a few errands.

Hope to resume mowing this after weather permitting. Slow going as I need to relearn balance and control.

I do really like it.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great tractor day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

How dare you guys talk about tractors on here!!!! lol

Breakfast went good, sat and talked a long time after, and picked up a couple more fry pies next door.
Took a little drive down a windy road, that was used after the battle of Gettysburg by Lee's army as they retreated back to VA. The battle of Monterey happened up on the mountain. Then we visited the Sachs Covered Bridge in Gettysburg, also used by the retreating soldiers.