Good morning!!!!

[dave1949]

If I brought another tractor home...and I would love to have my 4400 back...the result would be very bad.

At least you would have a comfortable place to go--sitting in your cab with heat and AC. Better look for a big cab with 12V mini fridge, microwave and TV just in case.

 

[KevT]

68 here, wife and I are going to take the horses out for a little bit, then come home and I hope to work on moving the next burn pile, if I have time I will mow the back yard.

Eric, I hate to tell you but Senile is when you go in public with the toothpaste, you are just still asleep......

 

[farmer2009]

68 this morning and headed to 91 today. Now we're getting there. Rain chances Monday then next Friday. Hay is going to drop next week. One farm is baled and only 3 more to go. Next 3 farms all get the equipment staged from my house. So we bale my hay next. We need about 4 days of good weather for each farm. Today is equipment moving day. Takes 2 trucks 2 trips each to move everything. Then may mow yard.

 

[deerseeker001]

57 and Rain looks like most of the Day,with close to a inch in the Rain gauge from over night.We will have a high of 73 Today.

 

[rswyan]

72F and mostly sunny @ 10:30 ... mix of sun and clouds later, heading up to a high of 84F.

Woman announced that she was going to close up the house and turn on the AC before it gets warm ... so soon ? ... lol ...

Red-headed woodpecker was on the bottom suet feeder when I woke up, picking at what was left ... top feeder is empty ... about time to reload. Probably need to check the other feeders as well.

Might be a good day to work on the brushcutter ... inside ...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

70F, sunshine to start, then a few afternoon clouds. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High 98F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Once more the clouds gathered yesterday afternoon and thunder could be heard, but all that resulted were a few drops of rain, a brief rainbow or two, and a nice breeze. Looks like we're in for more of the same today.

Dave, thanks for the link on the well drillers. Hard to control things when there are no rules on how many wells or how much can be pumped, or even who can buy the rig.

Eric, when you're actually senile you won't know it. :laughing:

Farmer: Wife's mother has 5 ton dumper. That's what I call marrying into wealth!

RS, I can tell from all those stringy bits hanging off the splits that the wood wasn't dry enough. The oak out here does the same thing, and the strings are too strong to break with my hands. Good sized piles though, you must fly right along with your saw'n'splitter!

Roy, if that cab heats up too much in the sun, just mow at night! :thumbsup:

Got the backpack sprayer out and took care of the weeds up around the house. Had some left over so started in on the star thistle in the meadow. Noticed that the glyphosate turned the thistle stalk yellowish, but no idea why. Will need the big sprayer to do the rest, but want to give the coating on the RTV bed more time to harden/dry.

Been getting really hot here in the afternoon, so I revived an old tradition and took a nap until it cooled off.

A new roll of upholstery fabric arrived last week, so I took the back rest off the RTV to recover it. Had to cut the heads off the bolts because they were rusted into the T-nuts inside the seat back. Turns out that the plywood in there was also rotten. A few minutes with an Xacto knife had the old cover off, which I plan to use as a pattern. Never did any upholstery before, but I do have a commercial Consew machine that should work. What could go wrong? :laughing:

Enjoy your weekend everybody!

 

[rswyan]

I have been informed that despite there being many directions to go, the woman's dahlias need put in the ground ... now ...

 

[rswyan]

RS, I can tell from all those stringy bits hanging off the splits that the wood wasn't dry enough.

RNG,

Yup ... a good bit of it was for sure. The pine - which was what I mostly split yesterday - was a mix: some of it was dead when it was taken down - that split real nice and was easy to handle 'cause it was so light.

The stuff that was alive when it was cut made all the stringy bits ... had a lot of stickey sap oozin' out ... and was considerably heavier. Good reason to let stuff season before attempting to split it.

The oak out here does the same thing, and the strings are too strong to break with my hands.

Yup ... same deal with this stuff.

Only upside is probably that I now have a good amount of tinder/kindling

Good sized piles though, you must fly right along with your saw'n'splitter!

I got on a roll ...

I'm using Stihl Rapid Super (chisel) chain on the saw ... it cuts very fast ... just gotta watch the kickback ...

With a bunch of rounds queued up, and a helper to feed the machine, we could get some serious production done.

Hope ya get lucky and catch that stray shower ...

 

[sodamo]

66°F and no rain last 24 hours.

Should try and get some mowing done today

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[300UGUY]

I'm baaack! A few family things have kept me occupied. Going great guns now on yard work, I got way behind on that also.

Have a good one!