Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Sounds like a great project, well done Rick

 

[sodamo]

29 now with a high of 32 expected. Sitting in the hospital waiting for my wife to get out of a heart procedure. Been a long wait(been here since 6:30) once she gets out it will be a 4 or 5 hour recovery. Prayers needed.

Extra prayers sent.

 

[sodamo]

64 °F and no rain.

Trip to PO this morning. Not much else planned. Maybe straighten tractor shed to ensure clear paths for wheel narrowing concrete. Maybe work on my materials list for post concrete phase.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I took a test ride a K100LT once while my bike was in for some service. I really wanted to like that bike, and it was a great ride, but it seemed quite top-heavy compared to the boxers ... and for obvious reasons. Those flat twins just have a great center of gravity.

I also kind of wanted to like the K1, but just not my style.

I know exactly what you mean. The K100RS I had was set up with RT 'bars and a big Parabellum fairing, so it might as well have been an LT. Very smooth and powerful, with that characteristic K-bike whine, a handful at low speeds but handled like it was on rails as fast as you wanted to take it. The big screen gave no sensation of speed, and several times I looked down to find myself heading north of 80MPH thinking I was still well below the 65MPH limit. Won't miss that one a bit.

 

[daugen]

Hope it all goes well Phil, lots of prayers sent. Even scarier when it's your wife.

propane guys just left, finally I am hooked up. First they brought a heater for the garden shed that didn't have a thermostat, and when I
asked them quietly, uh guys, this says no thermotat. Oh. That's not right. Back one guy goes to shop and brings right one back, 25k with a thermostat. Probably too big for that little shed but man did it pump out the heat. And they overrode my original order for a 6k on the greenhouse and brought a 10k instead, which frankly was what I wanted. Will watch the remote thermostat carefully as the sun goes down and monitor what setting I need. Sure will be nice to not have to haul all those trays back and forth.

tractor never picked up, guy who subcontracts to the Massey dealership got called away. Hopefully tomorrow.
Kubota dealership had same problem, shortage of guys with CDL licenses to drive the larger trucks needed to haul tractors and equipment.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

If I can fix this, bail might get waived.
Harvey are you looking, any suggestions on how to bend this straight so the door will stop sticking?

Okay Don, this is a great committee repair. The track is available at the box stores and or Tractor Supply.

Pull the trim pieces for access to the track. You might have to remove both doors but you might have to remove only one. Find the retainer, usually a bolt or screw, pull it and then slide the door out, committee work because the door might be heavy. Depending upon how the truck is attached, if you are lucky it will be gripped by brackets. If so loosen the brackets and remove, slide out the old track and slide in the new. Tighten the brackets, reinstall the door or doors, reattach the trim, do about $2900.00 worth of high fixing with committee, beer time, couple of hours max allowing for multiple conversations on multiple steps, committees are like that.

 

[txdon]

Thanks Harvey, I’ll see if I can find the connections.

 

[txdon]

Harvey do you think that that is just one track?

 

[mpham]

Thanks fo the prayers all. She made it through the procedure. Will see if it worked in the next few weeks

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thanks fo the prayers all. She made it through the procedure. Will see if it worked in the next few weeks

Hope it works out. I had two heart procedure a couple yrs ago.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

28 high of 49 today nice winter day before the cold stuff gets here Sunday and Monday

Celebrated 42 anniversary last night nice quiet dinner

Prayers for all in need

belated Happy Anniversary Mr and MRS Buppies.

What Ron Said!

My first thought also was someone ran into the door but I can't find any evidence. The door weighs about 400 pounds and can only slide off one end. Hopefully it can be fixed by sliding both doors to the other side of the rail.

The expectations of a clean tractor are not very high so there is no pressure on keeping it clean but If I do I would be considered a better qualified TD.

I told my FIL, that I wish he'd hurry up and get his new Gator dirty so I won't feel so bad if I get it dirty.

29 now with a high of 32 expected. Sitting in the hospital waiting for my wife to get out of a heart procedure. Been a long wait(been here since 6:30) once she gets out it will be a 4 or 5 hour recovery. Prayers needed.

Thanks fo the prayers all. She made it through the procedure. Will see if it worked in the next few weeks

Great news and prayers for you guys.

Very busy at work.

Chicken count = 2

Dead skunks in the middle of the road on my commute count = 5 (Just about the time you get the odor cleared out.....Bam)

One of my favorite rides was my Yanaha RD400C 1984. All the peeps in my town had Honda XL350's and they all thought they were so fast because they were, well, they were Honda's.....I showed them no mercy as I wheelied past them hitting 3rd gear in the air. My 1998 Yamaha R1 was a favorite too. I put money down on it, and waited for 6 months for it to arrive. In the meantime, I got divorced. So it was really my divorce toy/present. It was no slouch. It was so cool, I had to beat the women back with a dirty mop.


Have a blessed day all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 48F this morning, overcast, calm wind. Had some drizzle/fog before overcast left. Wind kicked up early afternoon, but backed off later, and high temp hit 63F. Men's meeting this morning, misting when I left, put a damper on outside activities. After nap wind was backing off and sun was out so went for bike ride . Then walked the dog, who decided to be bossy tonight
Mpham glad procedure went well, prayers sent for all.
Don my guess is that unless you can take the rail down, so you can really straighten it, a new rail is in order. When the bail jar gets passed my way, I will contribute
Drew good news on the new heaters, what was your tractor being picked up for?
Rick good to hear the project went well and completed early!!
Happy Anniversary Mr & Mrs Buppies!!!
prayers for all.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Harvey do you think that that is just one track?

It could be one track. The common method of splicing the track is inside of a bracket. On my door I tacked them together.

If you go to TSC, HD, or Lowes the track will be in max 12 foot lengths. If you got to a local steel building supply they will have them in 20 lengths. The track will be twice the length of the opening or more.

The damage looked to me like something ran into the door. You might do a good visual on the trim to see if the material is the same color as surrounding trim. If it痴 brighter or cleaner that suggests someone did a repair on the trim but did not fix the bent track.

If the damaged track is at one end then the repair can begin with the nearest bracket. Slide the bracket to the good side. Cut the track with a sawszall where the cut will be in the middle of the bracket when it is put back into place. Replace the track, could be like a six foot repair. If fact you might have a situation where both doors could be slid beyond the repair and the door will not have to be removed.

Keep in mind Morton is not in business to repair but to replace. It痴 good business practice.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I would be the last one to mention the temperatures and sunshine here in Yuma. But today we had sun shades installed on the motorhome for days like tomorrow when the temps will be in the seventies but feel much hotter in the direct sunshine.

 

[toppop52]

Thanks fo the prayers all. She made it through the procedure. Will see if it worked in the next few weeks

Godspeed and good health to the Mrs.

 

[Looking4new]

The temp is going down to -20°F tonight.

I didn't plow this morning, called my people instead and told them I had the hersey squirts, which I had.
Slept most of the afternoon from noon onwards. Hopefully a sweet potato and sourdough bread stay in the system to gain a little benefit. If all is well I may plow thursday, if not then the next day I will definitely have to plow. More snow on its way.

 

[daugen]

Bill, feel better, doesn't sound like much fun. Your tractor is calling!

29 degrees out, 70 in greenhouse with 10k heater running full blast. Easy to see, greenhouse is clear and I can look
out the back of the house and see that orange grid lit up. This means if it hits zero, which is very unusual here, plants should stay around
50 which is just fine. They don't need tropical heat in there nor do I want to pay for it...
Carpenters come today to insulate the ceiling of the garden shed, and I'll be done.

Mostly, they are taking tractor back to test the steering pump and likely replace it, known problem. Internet sure is helpful.
they are also installing a rear hydraulic top link and a rear color camera. Then when I get it back it will be ready for the fields.

I will likely spend a few hours planting, since I now have someplace warm to put the seeds.
Hope you all have a nice day.

 

[daugen]

Absolutely delighted to get an email late last night from my next door neighbor, the fireman.
He wants to come Friday to work on my rear ditch.
I have been trying diligently for four years to get someone to clean out my rear main water ditch just behind the barn.
Miserable job, standing in water, having to heave wet pine needles up over bank, clear up clogs, small trees, who knows what is in there...
6 foot deep ditch that is half way clogged.
Too many trees to get a backhoe in there without ripping up the place, this is just plain hard
physical labor. Something which I have repeatedly found our current work force to be uninterested in doing.

Folks would say they would do it, but never showed up.
So my fingers are crossed, will this job finally get done.

Half my property's water flows into this ditch so I am long overdue; maintaining ditches is taken very seriously around here. I even pay a 13 dollar a year assessment to some "ditch district" of all things. My share in maintaining the ditch infrastructure I guess after it leaves my place, what they call the "blue line" ditches, which head down to the Pamlico River. With such flat land, even one or two degrees of slope is wonderful.
Like I have in my fields, about a 2 degree slope down to the water ditch, so that field is tillable long before a lot of neighboring fields without as much slope. More importantly, my potatoes are less likely to rot if we get too much rain.

 

[Looking4new]

Temp got down to -24°F. A high of 10°F is forecast. Wind ESE 6 mph. Flurries and snow for tonight.

North Bay temps are always warmer than here, but although we do have an airport albeit not much of one (grass strip) it IS still an airport.

The block heater for the tractor has been sucking up hydro since midnight, so the block should be good and warm. I won't go out until the temp is at least 0.

My knee has been acting up since Christmas and now it is settling down and not near as painful. I do have a Tensor brace I use IF I am going to do anything. It and my cane work very well together.

Have a good day all

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-01-17, 0533

22 in Hartford...high about 30 today.
Last day of training and I'm looking forward to heading home this afternoon!