Good morning!!!!

300UGUY · May 3, 2016

Up and running here. To what I don't know. That's vacation I guess.

Have a good one!

farmer2009 · May 3, 2016

50 this morning and headed to 66 today. Very cool week. Check calendar yep it's May.

Think I'm going to get back on the dozer this morning and finish going around my fences. Need to service dozer sometime also. Then after lunch it's haul a calf over to the slaughterhouse. Then maybe back before helper gets out of school. If not he'll get the afternoon off.

Congrats on the retirement. You'll be busier than ever.

yankeerider · May 3, 2016

Thanks for all the retirement wishes, gents. I've always enjoyed this thread when I found time to read it. Being here became one of my retirement goals, we'll see how successful i can be at it.

I was a bit concerned for all you guys in the mid-Atlantic region after seeing yesterday afternoon's weather forecast, glad no reports of significant issues this morning. My biggest accomplishment yesterday was finally clearing off the last of my workbenches which I haven't seen the top of in the last couple of years. Since I won't be able to do anything of significance outside this week, I'm going to focus on workshop cleanup and see if Ican discipline myself to keep them more orderly. My father-in-law used to speak admiringly of his old farmer friend (a gent we referred to as "Old Harold") who at the age of 91 would go to the barn, get a hammer, drive a few staples, then shuffle back to the barn and put the hammer away before finishing the rest of the work.

Have a good and safe day everyone.

300UGUY · May 3, 2016

yankeerider said:
Thanks for all the retirement wishes, gents. I've always enjoyed this thread when I found time to read it. Being here became one of my retirement goals, we'll see how successful i can be at it.

I was a bit concerned for all you guys in the mid-Atlantic region after seeing yesterday afternoon's weather forecast, glad no reports of significant issues this morning. My biggest accomplishment yesterday was finally clearing off the last of my workbenches which I haven't seen the top of in the last couple of years. Since I won't be able to do anything of significance outside this week, I'm going to focus on workshop cleanup and see if Ican discipline myself to keep them more orderly. My father-in-law used to speak admiringly of his old farmer friend (a gent we referred to as "Old Harold") who at the age of 91 would go to the barn, get a hammer, drive a few staples, then shuffle back to the barn and put the hammer away before finishing the rest of the work.

Have a good and safe day everyone.

Old boy probably learned that if he didn't put things away, he'd never find them again. I'm trying to learn the same thing. Progress is intermittent....

daugen · May 3, 2016

Buppies, I should leave the weather to you, the storm has intensified and is now coming up the coast.

txdon · May 3, 2016

Good morning! A cool 54˚ this morning is it January or May in Texas? This is wonderful, mostly sunny day, waiting for my tree man to call. I'm interested to see If he is thinking the same as me and would make the first cut the same place I would have, and what his plan is to keep extra weight off the BH during the process.

A intermittent ignition switch problem makes sense with all the senerios obseved. The instrument panel will either come on and it will imeadiately crank or the instrument panel will not come on and everthing (lights, cranking) is off. The battery connections are very tight and clean, but it's a good idea to move them around a bit and clean the inside of the terminals.

Thall303 · May 3, 2016

Remember what your wife said the very first time?

You may be over thinking this ?

toppop52 · May 3, 2016

Yesterday started dreary, but turned out in the 80's and sunny, mowed my grass and got an antique aircraft show, then big storms last night, 2" of rain in the last 48 hours, more today. The pattern of cool dreary days with off and on rain seems set until Saturday.

txdon · May 3, 2016

Thall303 said:
Remember what your wife said the very first time?

You may be over thinking this ?

She did change her mind after she actually went behind the barn and looked at it. Her suggestion was to build something under the tree to take the weight off before cutting - withot getting too close to the tree. ???

lostcreekranch · May 3, 2016

Mid 50's here as well. Should be a nice rain free week here but, more rain in forecast for next week. May be able to get some pasture work with tractors soon.

Be careful Don and good luck with your tractor ignition issue!