Good morning!!!!

[hawkeye08]

Serviced finish mower and lubed FEL on tractor Saturday morning, drove tractor down to pasture to see if it was dry enough to mow, surprised me, I mowed the whole lower section, still too wet in upper (left a 6" deep rut as I backed out). Mowed the lawn yesterday in the wind, need to remember not to do that, as I get covered in dust and clippings on each turn.

 

[lostcreekranch]

About the only good thing the fire left behind was a bumper crop of wildflowers this year, Rick. They blossomed later than usual, but there were more of them and more varieties than ever. Every year I have mixed feelings about mowing them down, and waiting until the grass is longer than it should be for easy cutting is the result. That was especially the case this year. Hope your pastures dry out before you need a combine to get through them!

My wife read that, letting them go to seed, assures even more of them in future years (groan). She may get her wish ...... if pastures don't dry out soon.







This year ... we have a bumper crop of "yellow ones".

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 42, going up to 72. Skies are clear, like yesterday. Within an hour yesterday afternoon, the skies got cloudy, temps dropped about 15 degrees, and a few sprinkles. Storms came out of the N/NE which was strange occurance for here. No real rain though.

Spent most of the day rearranging the garage / shop in order to get the tractor inside. I took the BH off, getting accustomed to the process...definitely different than the little one. Once you find "the sweet spot", it comes off really easy. The challenge may come getting it back on

Kyle, good luck at the doc's today, prayers sent for good news!

RNG, good luck on your search for a suitable machine.

David, hope today is a "break-through" day... In more ways than one!

Hopefully it will continue to dry out a bit more and I'll get a chance to see what the new tractor can do. Today is more familiarization and probably some greasing, noticed a couple of zerks that weren't hit in the dealer prep.

Everyone have a great start to the week! Prayers sent for all!

 

[Looking4new]

He has a job, and offers from other companies. He starts with same company I work for at end of the month. No shortage of work for a computer engineer with a clearance.

On the dump truck, i was dumping a load of dirt, had bed half up, and popped clutch to get the load to slide, and it broke. Someone in another dump truck pulled me back to the garage with a chain, probably a 20 mile trip on twisty hilly roads. If you ever been pulled with a chain, you know how jerky that gets. I started driving a 10 ton, single axle dump truck right after high school, summer job for college.

Good that Junior has a job.

Your single axle dumpy truck probably had a 23,000 lb axle in it. They are about as useless as teats on a boar.
I had the same axle in a fuel truck, yup I busted it.
When getting dragged on a chain, the onus is on the one being dragged to keep the chain tight.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning to all! Low of 42, going up to 72. Skies are clear, like yesterday. Within an hour yesterday afternoon, the skies got cloudy, temps dropped about 15 degrees, and a few sprinkles. Storms came out of the N/NE which was strange occurance for here. No real rain though.

Spent most of the day rearranging the garage / shop in order to get the tractor inside. I took the BH off, getting accustomed to the process...definitely different than the little one. Once you find "the sweet spot", it comes off really easy. The challenge may come getting it back on

Kyle, good luck at the doc's today, prayers sent for good news!

RNG, good luck on your search for a suitable machine.

David, hope today is a "break-through" day... In more ways than one!

Hopefully it will continue to dry out a bit more and I'll get a chance to see what the new tractor can do. Today is more familiarization and probably some greasing, noticed a couple of zerks that weren't hit in the dealer prep.

Everyone have a great start to the week! Prayers sent for all!

Don't forget to tighten up your wheel nuts. Many times until the don't turn anymore. A tork wrench is your next best friend to a grease gun.

 

[Looking4new]

Ron, can you not get that white powder that stops bleeding? I don't know the name of it but I think a drug store carries it. We can't get it up here, I don't think.
IMHO, you should have taken the finger to emergency and at least there they could give you a tetanus booster and maybe a stitch or two.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .01 inches rain.

Wife’s relatives leave this morning, been a great visit.
Dentist this afternoon, small cavity, permanent crown. Then Happy Hour with friends in town.

Anyone use a metal detector? Had originally dismissed due to rebar and wire mess in concrete, but wonder if might be effective coming from side looking for end of pipe?

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, can you not get that white powder that stops bleeding? I don't know the name of it but I think a drug store carries it. We can't get it up here, I don't think.
IMHO, you should have taken the finger to emergency and at least there they could give you a tetanus booster and maybe a stitch or two.

I had a tetanus booster shot last summer. I probably should have gone for a stitch or 2. Too late now. Took bandage off and cleaned up all the blood. No bleeding today.
Yes we can get powder to stop bleeding here.
https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k...NQ1LpyYjSA-HrReO83DveW5jecVTSI1hoCxcEQAvD_BwE

 

[txdon]

Anyone use a metal detector? Had originally dismissed due to rebar and wire mess in concrete, but wonder if might be effective coming from side looking for end of pipe?

Only if the pipe is about 10 " from coming through. I always got a lot of false alerts, any small pice of rusted metal will set it off, nail, button, staple . . .etc . . .

 

[txdon]

Gray 2 took off on adventure we thought. Closer inspection of the hedges showed 2 cat eyes looking back.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!!

A cloudy 36ºF for today’s low; a brief shot of sunshine and now a cloudy 50ºF for today’s high temperature. I may see some measurable snow tonight (~1”) with this pending Springtime nor’easter. This morning we took Wifey’s Forester to the body shop to repair the parking lot damage it sustained; ate lunch out; and picked up some 6 packs of tomatoes and herbs at a garden center/greenhouse on our return home.

David- Good Luck.

Kyle- I hope your doctor visit has no surprises.

“…. Unfortunately, most of these fine, upstanding citizens are simply disarmed and "moved along”- RNG. This unfortunately is one of the unintended consequences of deinstitutionalization: There are rarely “vacancies” in the local hospitals’ small, secure psych units and the jails are full. I like that C232

RonJH- That cut reads “nasty.” I hope it stays uninfected and heals quickly. There was a thread in TBN a month or so ago about “Israeli Bandages.” OTC compression bandages may be a decent addition to the medical kit. Thanks for that link. I do not like cutting HDPE; carbon fiber even more so.

Hope that everyone’s Monday is manageable.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[wngsprd]

Gray 2 took off on adventure we thought. Closer inspection of the hedges showed 2 cat eyes looking back.View attachment 604544

I found those eyes!

 

[sodamo]

Sure appreciate all the feedback on my pipe project. I read them all and rethink.
I also suspect a turn upwards even through that would not be a logical conclusion as I watched it go in, but then who knows where it went once out of sight. There is indeed a significant piece of concrete below the edge of drive slab that could be suspect but uphill from where I expected exit.
Here is a better pic of exit area if blown up.


Area seems pretty solid clay.

Have feelers out to friends re metal detector, but no positive responses yet. Haven’t found a rental in town.

10” may be good enough.

Think, David, think

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good that Junior has a job.

Your single axle dumpy truck probably had a 23,000 lb axle in it. They are about as useless as teats on a boar.
I had the same axle in a fuel truck, yup I busted it.
When getting dragged on a chain, the onus is on the one being dragged to keep the chain tight.

That was almost 40 yrs ago, on a ford. They had lots of those dump trucks, and used the heck out of them. Dont recall any others ever breaking, but i was only there 3 or 4 summers.

 

[wngsprd]

Kyle, I've heard several guesses at why bears attack the game cameras - because they don't like the red LED IR flash at night, or they smell food residue left on the cams by human hands, or just like the smell of plastic, or just plain curious. But lots of cams get attacked.

 

[Thomas]

wngsprd
Thomas, a bear destroyed one of my cams...but got some crazy close ups during the "fight."
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Also lost couple game cams to bears never found,turkey damage game cam be on repairs...also had SD cards remove by some one. :confused3:

 

[Thomas]

Kyle, I've heard several guesses at why bears attack the game cameras - because they don't like the red LED IR flash at night, or they smell food residue left on the cams by human hands, or just like the smell of plastic, or just plain curious. But lots of cams get attacked.

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Also heard the same plus between plastic and batteries almost smell like black licorice.

 

[daugen]

came in from mowing and watering, sky is getting an ugly charcoal grey, radar shows a nasty small storm coming this way, severe thunderstorm alert up.
Uh, this isn't my order of rain please. I ordered an all night soft soaker, not a gully washer
Was going out to pick some collards, will wait until later now.
Looks like weather is cooling off for next few days

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Officially home from our trip. Had a good homemade breakfast at the inlaws this morning. FIL gets out of rehab tomorrow, looked much better last night.

49° and rainy. Feeling sick in the stomach again today. Had same thing yesterday but felt better later on.

Buppies, thought of you as i passed up through your way last night.

Grass is tall, but got 2 more mower operators now.

Oldest sons room has gotten small with all his stuff. There is small unfinished room next to it, that i had thoughts of an upstairs laundry. Maybe i should use the space and make his room larger.. Sounds like work though...

 

[ronjhall]

I found those eyes!

Eyes and ears. Put some catnip under the hedge.