Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 33 this morning, currently 40, up to 54 later. It has been overcast, cloudy, foggy, intermittent drizzle, intermittent snow....everything but sun. It's been like this for the past 3 days. Really strange for here. No big rains or precipitation, just enough to make it a bother.

Off from work today, going to just putter around doing some small 'put off' projects. Back to work tomorrow.

Drew, did you look at the tickets yet? The suspense is getting to us! Ahhhh....to dream....

Ron, hope your shoulder is a little better today. Good luck at the doc's.

RNG, the bumpers are looking good! Too bad you have to make so many modifications to something that is supposed to be a fit.

Everyone have a great day. Prayers out for those needing.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 7:30AM. Sunny. High 79F. Winds light and variable.

Always nice to see a new face from Texas.:welcome:

Sad to hear of the housing development, Eric. Hopefully you can all get along and the increased population pressure won't lead to problems. If they do, though, I'm sure that there's a bureaucracy to take care of it, right?:confused2:

Managed to get the bed liner on the bumpers yesterday, and if they've cured hard enough overnight, I'll get them installed today. Another head scratcher is that the fabricator used all SAE fasteners, and I don't normally carry SAE tools on trips. So I'm looking into what it would take to swap them over to metric. There are several aluminum thread inserts on the things as well, and I really don't like the idea of bolts running in aluminum threads. Then again, they're all over the motorcycles, so maybe I'm just being over cautious.

Also bushed the trailer hitch pin bores, and had just enough of a whisper of argon flow to get them tacked into place. The empty bottle, along with a couple feet of cardboard, is loaded in the van for a grocery run to town today.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, the bumpers are looking good! Too bad you have to make so many modifications to something that is supposed to be a fit.

When I first found out about this fabricator, I knew he was interested in making bumpers but hadn't actually made any yet. I gave him my ideas about how they should look, and looked at the prototypes he came up with. The set I have are probably the forth of fifth generation, and are still somewhat prototypeish, so the issues I'm seeing are not unexpected. And I'm perfectly OK with that. It's part of the reason I asked him not to powder coat or paint them, as I was almost certain I'd be making changes to them. Overall quality has been excellent, especially for a one man shop still trying to take care of his main boat repair business. And they do accomplish the goal of providing a good amount of protection for the body without weighing down each end by a hundred pounds or more. I "pitty the fool" that has the misfortune to back into one of those monsters.:laughing:

 

[LouNY]

Morning all;
28 degrees this morning, breaking down and starting the coal fired insert.
Four ton of bagged coal for supplemental heat ready to go.
Should have ordered the winters fuel oil been putting that off, time for about a 1000 gallons between house and tractor tanks,
better then some years when I'd get 15-1600 gallons.
Be safe and enjoy

 

[farmer2009]

39 this morning and headed to 58 today.

Well you guys have been busy.

Litter is done composting. So I spread 2 barns yesterday and will do the other 2 today. Then level down and pulverize then drag smooth. And then be ready to setup. Birds come end of next week.

Drew. Good luck with tractor search and consolidation. Have you tried to use one of those friction lock tie down straps to hook up the pto. Loop around top link and use it to hold the weight. Then you just have to slide the shaft on. Lottery drawing is tomorrow. Hope you have your tax plan already wrote out. Is there a size limit on the tractor?

 

[farmer2009]

Rng. Good looking bumpers. Nice to hear something is finally close for that van. I’ve been looking at ranch hand bumpers for my new truck. They weigh 300 lbs. without the winch. Need to price them. That will determine how feasible they will be. That’s a lot of weight to add.

 

[PJSprog]

33°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 61° today.

The FB guy came by my work yesterday afternoon and I bought the EQ pedal. Seemed like a nice guy. It looks brand new, and even had all the original paperwork in the box. When I got it home last night, I only had to spend about 5 minutes of tweaking between it and the guitar amp before I found that blazing sound I've been seeking. Digging it. Since I got the previous project backed up on discs last weekend, I guess I'll start in earnest on the next one this weekend.

Welcome to the Good Morning thread, Cowboy.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and 1.41 inches rain. Still raining. Wetter than yesterday. No mowing today.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

Is there a size limit on the tractor?

for you Farmer, old buddy, old pal...anything you want.
but no one won...

mowed for an hour, planted some bulbs given to me, and generally felt fuzzy from
the decongestants. At least they are working, somewhat. Do not want this to be
the two week crud. Lungs make little gurgling sounds at times, can entertain myself with
new noises. If I were a musician like PJ, I could really make some wheezy beezy music.
One more day of this and it should be done.

Ron, glad you are doing better.
LS, hoping your knee is truly on the mend.

65, sunny and beautiful out.

 

[Bird]

Back from Dr. I am doing good. Do not need to wear Immobilizer (arm brace) in the house. Just be carful to not fall or lift anything with that arm.
Poured first cup of coffee.
Remembered to buy lotto tickets on way home.

Glad to hear you're doing better, Ron. But sorry to hear you wasted your money on that lotto ticket, since I already have the winning ticket.