Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! 38˚ heading to 55˚ cloudy.

The vinegar/steel wool/silicon lube made the plunger on the PW movable by hand, I'll put it back together when it get warm again to see if it's fixed.

Cursive writing is coming back! Now the younger generations can read what we write.

Got some tall jack stands (30") from HF yesterday so the work on the Farmall can start soon. Maybe next week!

Kev, how much are round bales in your neck of the woods? My Dad retains 20% of the round bales as lease for the guy who makes hay on his land, and that was enough this year so he did not have to buy any.

 

[mkr7734]

27 going to 35 and gray. I am ready for winter to take a hike.

Deer have cleaned us out on feed corn so a trip to Farm & Fleet is on the to do today.

Still trying to figure out how I want to go on a grapple for the John Deere The get by option will be about $700 the what I want option is $1,500. Not much cost price value in either since I will not be using it every day but it will sure take the back out of the work if I do get one. Hmm
Have a good day.

 

[mkr7734]

27 going to 35 and gray. I am ready for winter to take a hike.

Deer have cleaned us out on feed corn so a trip to Farm & Fleet is on the to do today.

Still trying to figure out how I want to go on a grapple for the John Deere The get by option will be about $700 the what I want option is $1,500. Not much cost price value in either since I will not be using it every day but it will sure take the back out of the work if I do get one. Hmm
Have a good day.

 

[toppop52]

Started out in the 50's and light rain, now north winds, mid 40's and falling, cloudy and ugly. Snow is just about all gone, thankfully. We had weeping willows in full green leaf about a month ago, then the hard freezes turned them brown. Almost all the shrubs and a lot of trees budded in the early winter when it was so mild. Not that unusual though, seen it several times before, just not willows greening out in December.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and no rain
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Roy, best of luck with your fuel problem.
I can sorta relate.
New Year's Day I hear this strange sound coming from our 2001 Sequoia. Couldn't figure it out, but doesn't sound like it is in the engine compartment. Also the driver side passenger window was inoperable and I had planned to take it to a local garage instead of the dealership. Made appointment and took it in. While waiting for the mechanic I just happened to figure out the sound - apparently the side mirror motor. Seemed like a reasonable fix. A couple days later the mechanic calls, car needs a body control module, one of those computer pieces. Toyota wanted over a $1000 for the part. I ordered it online, $558 sent directly to the shop. I get a call, good news-bad news. Seems the mirror is a bad switch. Window worked with the replacement bcm, then quit. Can't find a reason, but the new bcm is burned out again. Replacement mirror switch on order.
When I picked up the car, mechanic refused to charge me for the labor, but I'm still out $558 and problem not solved.
I wish you better luck.

 

[txdon]

Still trying to figure out how I want to go on a grapple for the John Deere The get by option will be about $700 the what I want option is $1,500. Not much cost price value in either since I will not be using it every day but it will sure take the back out of the work if I do get one. Hmm
Have a good day.

We can help, what options are the "want" options, maybe they are really are the "get by" options.

 

[KevT]

Well I don't think we got a hundredth of an inch in rain, turned out to be a beautiful day. Thanks for all the good vibes guys, I am just getting older like the rest of you. It was a routine thing.

Don, I get better than average because I am loyal customer. 5x5 rounds barn kept good horse hay sells for $50 a roll (I pay 40), field hay with a crust sells for 40, and there is some around that is weedy mostly for cows that sells for 35. I don't know how he makes a living, but father and son team are doing well. Square bales generally sell for 7 - 7.50, why I am jumping on $4.

 

[daugen]

David/Sodamo, oh my, sorry. What an unfortunate waste of money.
Almost wonder whether you need to take it to dealer so if they fry another board they will eat it, not you. Quite an expensive fuse...
hope the next fix does it permanently. If both the new switch and new pc board fried, sounds like some major voltage diagnostics needs to be done before
plugging in new parts. Sounds like a short or overvoltage.

I had a better day, luckily. Picked up 200 feet of one inch black plastic water pipe for the redo of the water going to the barn. Currently six inches under the surface and has broken five times. Maddening, time to fix it. Particularly with part of the area already torn up. Choice of 100psi for about $3.50 a foot or 160 psi, heavier construction, for $6.50 a foot. So for about sixty bucks more I took the heavier wall pipe and it actually was made in Asheville NC. I expected Chinese pipe from Lowes... I need 180 feet so I'll have just one connection in the run as they only sold it in 100 foot lengths.

Kev, don't the Amish have all the cart braking issues resolved by now or does PA/PennDOT have different laws?

 

[sodamo]

Thanks Drew
I think we'll likely just leave the window non operational. This car is a 2001, but less than 100k. I think the environment is our biggest enemy. My Tundra is our primary vehicle and the Sequoia come in handy when family visits. Eventually we'll sell it, get something newer, but not really on the radar yet.

Are you direct laying your pipe and adding a conduit for future?