Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

was able to mow for several hours at the end of the day and was pleased to get it all done.
Then I bush hogged the overgrown field next to the garden and that sure looks better.
Helper comes tomorrow all day, he'll weedeat and I'll weed. Ground is so soft and muddy weeding is easy.
I think tomorrow is the day I pick my one and only Golden Perfection melon. Big round melon, yellowish in tint. Vine seems to be dying, maybe
from too much water so likely time to pick. If it's any good I'll share it with my neighbor. Their 1 1/2 year old boy seems to love melon.
Also have four ten pound + watermelons just sucking up the rain. They should be ready soon.

Picked some okra, picked some hot peppers, gave the hot peppers to fireman neighbor who chops them up and makes something with them.
He won't take the chocolate habaneros though. They are piling up in a baggie after drying out. 400k Scoville rating. I won't even pick them up without gloves.
Still trying to find someone brave enough to take them. They look wrinkly chocolaty to dark brown, though not sure how you could taste any chocolate
when your tongue has erupted in flames

not for me

 

[txdon]

Drew, if there is a lot of rain before picking time the melons will not be as sweet so do not
be disappointed.

Got the amazon cleats delivered so I was able to switch out pedals and try my new shoes. They work as expected no disappointments.


Whipper and Gray2 got their shots today so they are now legal.

Hope everyone is ready for a good weekend. I’m meeting a guy at mom’s to the see about selling Dad’s first tractor, A 1947 Fergerson. Not running and in poor condition. My late brother always had dreams of restoring it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got my new flow pump installed on my geo, and working. Now have AC upstairs again. Had to manually prime the pump.

I havent adjusted yet, but flow looks pretty good. This pump has a low, med, high adjustment, old pump had no adjustment.
Will have to see if i can disassemble and fix the old one. Motor will not turn.

Found a water leak in basement from the rain. Old furnace exhaust is dripping water.

Several fire trucks just went by, sitting on deck listening to the rain.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Wow you guys are prolific!

Thanks guys!
So far I got a big kiss and a 100’ expandable garden hose, more after breakfast I hear.

Happy belated birthday Topps. I'm glad it sounded like you had a great birthday. You are a good person.

Are you guys sitting down? Yesterday the mechanic sent me a really crumby video of the engine running in the Vanagon. Sounded like a Diesel engine, which he attributes to the new lifter hardware not being broken in yet. I'll swing by there today for a look see as well. He says he has an appointment for a smog check tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed it passes.

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

Darn good thing I was sitting down. I almost fell outta my chair. I'd hate to see the bill.....If I read about a VW shop getting burned down, I won't know if was due to a forest fire or what...

OK, gonna miss the mark a bit
YTD Low - 59°F less than handful 60 or below
YTD High - 83°F less than handful 80 or above

It must be nice having a thermal mass the size of the Pacific ocean surrounding you.

Growing up in Maine, 2 things to count on - mowing grass and shoveling snow. I’ll take cutting grass any day. I positively hate shoveling snow. Actually, don’t care for much shoveling anything.

I'm in full agreement. We stay in a lot here, during the summer. Not winter. And no snow shoveling.

Nice ride Drew. I hope you enjoy it. It looks really shnazzy. Hope the seats fit your body.

I got the tractor tire filled with Berrymans. I put an extra pint or more than what they called for. It is like an orange goop. Can't really detect any fibers to speak of.

Now I have a slight dilemma. The large tractor's steering I believe, is starving for hydraulic oil. I believe it is due to a clogged screen filter, accessed from the back of the rear end, just below and right of the PTO. I don't want to drain the oil if I don't have to.
Can I park it on a steep hill and try to remove it? Or, can I hook a shop vacuum to the fill port and let it "gurgle" while I clean it? Darn thing holds almost 12 gallons IIRC. Deere gets about $35 for 2.5 gallons of hydraulic fluid. I guess I could change it if I have to.

I hope you all have a blessed weekend.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70F this morning, some clouds, calm wind. Wind gust got a little brisk at times, sky cleared, and high temp was 97F today. Took boat in to dealer, had a short list of issues, installed bimini top, tow cover, moved fish finder transducer, etc. Will be nice having the top with this heat.
Don, do pay attention to getting your shoes aligned properly, especially if there is no "float" between cleat and pedal. Step daughter never could get her cleats to not bother her knees.
RNG great news on van, waiting for positive smog results.
Never been to Sturgis, not big on crowds.
Prayers for all.

 

[txdon]

Don, do pay attention to getting your shoes aligned properly, especially if there is no "float" between cleat and pedal. Step daughter never could get her cleats to not bother her knees.

How do you do that, just by feel? It looks like about 3/8" adjustment to any side.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

All this ambulance talk, and now I find out I'm 2 hours away from help......Don, I can see what may have been the best reason for relocation.

$15,000 for a helicopter ride? I'm in the wrong business.

We are in a Hospital/ER desert. Worse than a food desert (referring to places where grocery stores don't want to be).

Ron, I'm glad to read about your news. I guess I need to read your link, but I'm getting tired right now. Hope your arm gets better.

BEF, I would need another college degree to contemplate your geo system.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Barn fire over the hill from me, according to FD facebook post.

Geo is not that hard. I took a course to become a certified installer, and bought design software.

 

[sodamo]

Not a very productive day, start and stop rain all day with no chance for even the grass to dry let alone the underlying ground. Maybe tomorrow.
Did get a worthwhile run to the transfer station. Wife whupped my butt at cards.

 

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[Eric Salop]

A one off cooler day today. They reckon no more than 22C / 72F, which sounds good for walking the railway boundary and spraying off the brambles that are creeping into my hay field.

Kyle, if you try your gurgling shop vac trick, it would be interesting to see a picture. Soaking up 12 gallons of hydraulic oil off the floor would need an awful lot of cat litter

Buckeye, did you go ahead and replace all the anti freeze in your ground loops? The low toxicity stuff approved for underground use is really expensive here.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 62 going to 84 with am fog. Did nothing yesterday, but I did win at cards. Weather thing says we got almost 1 1/2 of rain but the pool is up almost 3 in. Think I believe the pool.

Kyle, Dad used to set the ford jubilee on a hill to adjust the TPH. Worked well, at the least it would be less spilled. :2cents:

Have a great day, prayers sent. Ed

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-08-04, 0454

68 and raining right now...today, the high will be in the low 80's and rain. This is a nice steady soaker, which we needed badly. Doubt if there's any outdoor work today except for a dump run.

 

[Bird]

Well I managed to slip in my first oil change on my ZTR this afternoon between showers. Easiest oil change vehicle I've ever had. A bonus was the filter wrench for my Tundra also fits the oil filter on the mower.

But I think I messed up and will have to change it again tomorrow. I used regular Mobil 1 synthetic 10W30 - API SN...as soon as I finished I got to thinking about the oil API I use for my tractor started with a "C" so looked it up at the API site and saw that sure enough SN is for gas engines and my mower manual called for CF or better. I've always used nonsyn 15W40 in my tractor and was excited to move to syn on the ZTR. So didn't have my thinking cap on when I bought the oil.

Back to the store tomorrow.

Think I'm safe to reuse the new filter after letting it drain?

Anything I add to this would be dated, but years ago, I was told by some experts that there's no problem with using a non-diesel rated oil in a diesel engine, as long as you change it more frequently; i.e., leave it in about half as long as you would leave a diesel rated oil.

 

[Buppies]

64.8 this morning rainfall this week 6.35in looks to be dry next couple of days with 90 degree weather showing up again

Prayers for those in need

 

[Bird]

74 degrees going for 98 today. The last rain we had was on June 26, so it's drought conditions for us. I've got soaker hoses running this morning around the foundation.

 

[mpham]

Tornado watch for my area last night. We made out with just thunder storms. Had some heavy downpours through the night. Looks like a hot and humid week coming up. Stay safe all!

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 59° with mostly clear skies this morning. Heading to 89° with sunny skies. Temperature is getting to the point where it's a stay in day. Good day to go to Xfinity store pick up new phone. Got retainer wall blocks leveled and back in place. My arm said enough already. Put tools in golf cart and called it a day. Still need to put some top soil, weed barrier and mulch. It can wait a few days.

Kyle, I have been reading the book. Up to Question and Answer 46. Some very scary stuff. Not sure I am going to finish reading. It is what it is. Will deal with it when and if it happens. Book I linked is for sale. This may be a better place for info.

Prayers for all those in need.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

68F nice soaking rain since yesterday afternoon ending about 11ish than 80's for high chance of shower or two.

By the looks no mowing today lawn will get haircut tomorrow,trip to town for critter food and cleaning brush of sort clean electric connections on snow plow and grease them,other than that putter day.
Both fawns standing under BIG oak tree watching mom eating leaves from the another tree...wonder what their thinking.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[daugen]

headed downtown to pick up some more canned two stroke, like to alternate using it with the regular premix.
Helper coming to do lots of weedeating and supply is low. TSC opens at 8am and I will be there.

I'm never going to moan about the hot sticky weather after reading this article.
the heat index must have been amazing. Like you are a stalk of broccoli going into the steamer...
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