Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Was cutting some rubber tubing with a razor blade knife and got myself pretty good. Ouch..

I've been looking for some surgical quality cyanoacrylate, but the good brands don't seem to be readily available to the public. Let me know if anyone has a link. Hope your cut is better.

Buckeye, hope that finger heals quickly.

turns out I do have a sensor in my pin...
The draft system is electronic, the wire is going to a sensor in the top link bracket & pin.

the whole concept of draft somehow has eluded me. Like owning a boat and not being able to tie a decent knot.
Hopefully it is automatic on this new tractor. Sure disc'd nicely.
Dealer owner wanted to know where I found land dry enough to disc, he is moaning about the mud on his personal farm, and a lot more wet weather is coming in. Of course, not much to do at this time of year usually.
So both he and I were sitting at our computers...

I would guess that to be a pricey top link pin. It should be able to keep the tension of the implement according to your setting on the draft lever. If it hits hard soil, it will raise the implement....Or roll over it in this case with a disc implement. Normally for plowing or subsoiling type implements.

The mild weather continues, each day taking us to double digits of Celsius. Apart from Christmas day, when we needed the kitchen range for cooking, only the woodburner in the living room has been seeing any action.

Yesterday as the light was starting to fade I went to bring around a few pieces of firewood and found this barn owl. Not a mark on him that I could see, but he weighed 3/4 of nothing, so I guess his energy reserves had all gone.

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May have eaten a poisoned mouse? Or a pellet gun from a chicken farmer? Or maybe his owl wife just nagged him to death? Beautiful birds.

CWB, I'll bet there are some happy kids. My 13 year old is due to go on a day trip to our state's Parks and Wildlife headquarters for some safe shooting training. Her history teacher at school has scheduled this. They were rained out on the originally scheduled trip.

Ron, nice lift setup.

Need to go get my farm trailer's license renewed. Cost= $9.75
My car's license renewal comes up next month Cost= $74.00 (People in our state abuse the temporary paper tags issued by dealers) Often on junky old used cars. Avoid them because they usually have not insurance either.

We actually had to turn on the A/C for a couple days...Not today. Wind chills in the low 30's F. The storm dumped 3" of rain

LS and Ron, hope the PT goes well.

I had a one day tummy ache that prevented me from eating Christmas eve and day. So, I still weigh the same fortunately. Now I have a persistent tickle cough.

Also going to pick up a pair of Bush Hog blades that a welder had scabbed on some new edges made from grader blades. Hopefully last longer. I had just put new blades on it so it will be a while until I utilize them.

Have a blessed day all.

 

[daugen]

Feel better Kyle. Good thing not all of us have tight belts right now.

When raising and lowering the three point hitch with the external push buttons, I had intermittent action on one of them.
Also thought I smelled something electrical burning, just a little. Never a good smell....
Tech is coming out next week to test steering pump pressure. If under spec, a new one will be ordered. Ratchety not very smooth
power steering. I found another online post about it, and they said new pump fixed it. Showed that to dealer, and factory said fine but
test the pump first. Makes sense. Ran it at 2000 rpm while disc'ing, top rpm is only 2200, old fashioned low rpm style.
Now that it's been run hard and put away only slightly muddy, the tech can go over the whole thing. He's going to install the hydraulic top link also, though that's easy to do. Sure would have liked to have had that while hooking up the disc.
round and round and round goes the top link...

Need to work on tax paperwork and go over a year's worth of receipts. I think I wouldn't mind so much if it was pouring down rain but it isn't at the moment. Looks like another round of heavy storms, question is always whether they fizzle out or go North before they get here.
With about 90 inches of rain so far this year, don't think I've missed many of them. Except for the hurricane thankfully.

Anyone working today, tell your boss Roy said you could go home early. :thumbsup:

 

[RoyJackson]

I'll head out and salt the walks in a bit...not sure if it'll be worth running the tractor over this slushy crap...plus, it's to be well above freezing tonight.

Boy, it was really icy and slick!
I cleared the walks with the EGO snow blower....worked quite well on the inch-inch and a half of very wet, slushy snow...
Also, did clean the drive with a combination of the 3PH blower and front blade...also got the road we live on as well as my neighbor's drive...


Now, Bella and I are watching some episodes of the Sherlock Holmes series that starred Jeremy Brett (was on TV in the mid 1980's). If you're a fan of Sherlock Holmes, you'll want to catch this series (on YouTube). It's the best adaptations of the Conan Doyle stories made (IMHO) while indulging in a glass of red wine.

 

[PJSprog]

Anyone working today, tell your boss Roy said you could go home early. :thumbsup:

Think that'll work?

Actually, my boss popped in last Friday afternoon and found just me and the CAD Engineer still here. He said, "What are you guys still doing here? Go home already." I suspect today will be an early out as well.

 

[daugen]

Roy, glad you didn't slip and fall, enjoy that glass of wine and give Bella an extra dog bone from all of us.

second batch of rain coming in now. I need to work on putting old family photo albums in archival boxes I bought.
I scanned a bunch but way too many to deal with. Another generation can scan them all before the pictures fade.
I have a bunch of 100 year old family photos here, some enlarged, that I need to get frames made for.
Am told repeatedly I can do it myself.
Frame shop would bankrupt me.

 

[jbrumberg]

From the looks of radar it appears that I will see a break in the freezing rain/rain until rain returns later this PM. A foggy 33ºF presently everything is still iced up. This is stay at home weather.

Drew- Good luck with the tractor.

PJS- Enjoy your early release

Roy- Enjoy your wine and afternoon with Bella watching TV reruns.

We watch "Perry Mason." I am happy if I can stay awake long enough to see the end of both episodes.

 

[Thomas]

Well limbs branch glaze over well starting to lower critters headed for cover,going to be recliner movie night....not unless the power goes out.

 

[ronjhall]

Hard to complain about today's weather. 52° with sun shining. Those who are in the line of bad weather. Be safe. No more falls or cuts this year.

 

[toppop52]

About .6 of rain so far, second round just moved in an hour or so ago, hit a high of 66°, 63° now.
Nursing home visit, mom thought I hadn’t been since Thanksgiving, I was there Tuesday.

Looked at a Kubota and a MF, not really itching to pull the trigger on any. Also looked a complete 6.0 liter motor, transmission, wiring harness setup for the Monte Carlo. In other words I’m browsing.

Have a good day all, God bless y’all.

 

[daugen]

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Looked at a Kubota Also looked a complete 6.0 liter motor,

ooeeey. Put them together and you'll haul the manure for sure.

Lot of browsing going on on a rainy day...

one more hour of decluttering then I'm done for the day.