Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

50F cloudy.
Our locate weather station rain coming tonight but if you live higher than 1000' good chance 1-3 inches snow around day break Tuesday. more rain to follow during the week.
Pick med pot of fiddle head ferns hope there not bitter since I didn't pick them in the valley...didn't even get one tick on me. :dance1:
Tested ground with tractor but still way to soft maybe by June 1st before doing any work on side field.

Enjoy the evening all.

 

[toppop52]

Cooked a croc pot full of chunky spaghetti sauce today, boy it was good over the angel hair!

My 2019 groundhog is starting to be a problem, so I’m considering medicating him with lead.

 

[Buppies]

Ron hope the finger gets better soon

Toppop how could you harm such a cute thing

 

[Buppies]

Buckeye glad you made it home safe and sound

 

[daugen]

Toppop: RX: big hollowpoint

spent last two hours planning a trip on a weekend I would normally never travel on, Memorial Day, but my old friend's husband's family decided that weekend worked for them and not much choice in the matter. Hilton Homewood Suites smiled all the way through the process as they explained the "slight" 30 dollar a night premium for that weekend. Telling them how many times I've stayed there would be like talking to a brick wall. Earning opportunity the capitalists say.

They have a nice kitchen suite with free breakfast, free wifi, not very promising that no one answered phone there, too busy, wound up with national reservations, who were quite efficient, and I was amazed there was availability, so I just shut my mouth and got hosed on the rate.

I normally try to stay at my friend's in Milton DE but he's traveling North too.
So it's a BEF adventure, thankfully not that long, but to me, probably about the same.
Barely tolerable if no accidents; utterly exhausting to me when it goes past 9 hours.

The best part about this hotel I stay at is I get off at the Blue Route before Philadelphia at the airport and miss the drive up through the City of Brotherly Love.
Some of the craziest amped up drivers street racing on 95 I've ever seen. I see this in Virginia near DC, the DC beltway for sure, not so much in
Baltimore, they love their radar there, but I get on the Blue Route West of Philadelphia
and it's like all the crazy people got on too.
55 mph road and folks blow past doing
80 and more. 25 over in heavy traffic, and they get pissed at you if you are only doing ten over.
This is when it's just smart to get behind a truck in the right lane and turn up the music.

Picked forty pounds of collards after dinner, wanted to take some in for food distribution tomorrow morning.
Now I'm sitting with a dripping glass of iced coffee which I remembered to put on a coaster thankfully. Coffee is half decaf.
I also have that decaf iced tea I made, figured that after collard picking I needed some eye opening.
Have a good evening.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Buckeye glad you made it home safe and sound

Ditto.

post surgical Dr visit went well. I have had brief, low pain issues maybe once a day, but they are subsiding. I did not know that he had sent my gall bladder in for oncology examination. Was happy to hear that all was well with it. When the lady gave me the ultrasound earlier, she put on the report that my right kidney looked normal. Thank you all for the well wishes.

Feeling much better. Have not had heart pains or anxiety since. Hope that stays the norm.

tops, you could nail it with some paint balls and turn it whatever color you want. but lead poisoning sounds better.

Still looks like I'm gonna lose maybe 5 or 6 tomato plants.

Time for getting kids to bed.

Farmer, hope you and your's are doing better.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 56F for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Sky stayed mostly clear, moderate wind, and high temp of 83F. Choir practice to start day, then lawn mowing, after lunch and nap, bike ride. Dog kept wanting to check out culverts tonight during walk.
No broken axle stories, did have rear axle bearing fail. less than 1/2 the ball bearings left when we diagnosed it :ashamed:
Ted, have fun with new toy er tool. :drool:
Kyle your Mother's day desert must have put 5 pounds on me
David hope some inspiration helps you across the finish line.
Drew, hope the thunderstorm does not wash you away, have fun on your adventure.
Don glad Grey2 stayed close to home.
prayers for all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kyle your Mother's day desert must have put 5 pounds on me
.

Almost the same for me! Oh my. Actually it was at 2 lbs as of this morning.

Mostly, is your boat good to go now?



BEF, see if that college education makes them better mowers!


RNG, I'd have a hard time picking a piece of equipment out like that. I'm betting you have the tractor going in no time. They you will have to figure out what works best on slopes.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, I'd have a hard time picking a piece of equipment out like that. I'm betting you have the tractor going in no time. They you will have to figure out what works best on slopes.

I'll have a LOT of questions for the NH dealer in town this week.

For example:

Can the bucket float?

What kind of hydraulic fluid does it use?

Where can I get owner's and repair manuals?

How's the traction of the tracks on slopes? On grassy slopes? On wet slopes?

How long will a set of tracks last, and how much do they cost to replace?

Is there more than one kind of track?

What are the tip angles, both side-to-side and front-to-back?

How does the 3-point adapter work? Does it mean I have to drive backwards when using a box blade?

Will a Kubota quick mount adapter work on the NH mount? Will Bobcat implements work on the NH mount?

What kind of hydraulic fittings are used for attachments?

How well does it dig?

What is the fuel consumption, in gallons/hour?

Are parts readily available?

What else should I ask?:confused2:


If I go this direction, looks like I'll be selling all my PTO driven implements. Post hole digger, brush and flail mowers. Haven't used the rotary cutter in a couple years now, and Value Leader makes a skid steer flail. Hopefully it uses the same knives as the one I have now because I have a brand new spare set. I'll just rent a post hole digger if I ever need one again.

They sell something called a tree shovel that looks like it'll work nicely for popping burnt trees out of the ground. And if the Kubota mount and fittings can be adapted to the NH, I'll keep the 4-in-1 bucket to drag the trees in.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

post surgical Dr visit went well. I have had brief, low pain issues maybe once a day, but they are subsiding. I did not know that he had sent my gall bladder in for oncology examination. Was happy to hear that all was well with it. When the lady gave me the ultrasound earlier, she put on the report that my right kidney looked normal. Thank you all for the well wishes.

Feeling much better. Have not had heart pains or anxiety since. Hope that stays the norm.

That's some good news there, Kyle. Your surgery may have been non-invasive, but that doesn't mean you're done recovering. Keep taking it easy and give your body time to heal before you go off He11 bent for leather again!

Did she say what the left kidney looked like?:confused2:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

All in all a pretty good day, but a lot of new to get use to for an old guy set in his ways.

Change is hard for most people, Randy. Even the good ones take some gettin' used to...:confused3:

 

[Eric Salop]

Another sunny day here. Got to go and get the sheep in before it gets too warm, the lambs need treating against fly strike.

Kyle I used to remove rust with electrolysis, but nowadays I find citric acid does the job quicker and cleaner. I think my plastic sheets were punctured by a sliver of steel (a genuine sliver - not like those slivers of cake you pigged out on at the weekend )

Ron, that's hard luck to get cut by soft plastic, hope it soon heals.

RNG, a tracked loader sounds interesting. Not sure how you are planning to do the cutting without a 3pt & PTO. Were you thinking of using the hydraulics to power a front mounted flail on skids ? Check if that requires additional cooling for the hydraulic circuit. Simply trailing a gas powered cutter could work, not sure about how awkward the turns for your slopes would be though.

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-05-14, 0340

33 right now...high about 50 and a mix of rain and snow(!!!) Jeez!

 

[Buppies]

RNG Case/NH use motor oil 10w30 for hydro oil, hydro fittings readily available, our tracks lasted four years and yes bucket can float

47 high of 66 today heat starts back tomorrow

Prayers for all

 

[Looking4new]

38 °F and going to a high of 59 with 40% chance of showers. Wind NW 8 mph.
Yesterdays 49% chance of showers ended up being 100%. It pissed down rain all day.

Wow! It is warmer up here than at Roys' place. It must be that fresh Quebec air that is doing it.

There is not a lot on the books for today. Maybe dump some more fertilizer in the tree stump. Maybe sharpen lawn mower blades. May conserve energy.

Have a good day all

 

[Thomas]

33F snow rain mix now low 40's for high with more rain coming... good 1" snow on the ground now.

Not plan work outside this evening because of old man winter visit.
E muffin feed little critters slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 33° with clear skies and frost on grass this morning. Heading to 67° with mostly sunny skies. All I did yesterday was rest and walk out to mailbox and back. Finger feels much better today. Dentist appointment this morning. Then back to arranging things in the 2 barns.

The plastic I was cutting is King Starboard. Used on many boats today instead of teak, plywood and vinyl. I did 2 boat cockpit with it. Cuts and machines like wood. But never fades. Assembly with with screws. It's biggest problem is it will not glue reliably. I have lots of scrap pieces left over from boat and RV projects. I should have used band saw to make cut I needed. But miter saw was sitting next to my project and band saw is in shop. 70' feet away. :confused2:

Buckeye, glad you made it home safe and sons are ready to cut lawn.

Drew, bad time to travel. Maybe leave a day early and stay a day late.

Randy, change is hard for us older people. Hope your groundhog swallows its meds and stops digging holes. I found that there is usually more than one that you are seeing. Using the paint ball gun will help to check this out.

RNG, is a skid steer less likely to have roll over than a tractor? I know they are compact. If you need some info from a Skid Steer owner. I can send you Harvey's phone number.

Prayers for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

I'll have a LOT of questions for the NH dealer in town this week.

I hope they are experienced and that goes well. Good news is that machine sits low to the ground.
Bad news is it sits low to the ground for certain tasks. Just have to make sure the latter isn't your issue.
Sure would be for me, but entirely different application.
Have you looked at a Kubota?

 

[daugen]

Kyle, hope you are feeling better each day. That's quite a shock to the system, heal well.

Roy, now I know where this cold air is coming from, cut it out will ya? Actually feels pretty good...

 

[ronjhall]

Kyle, glad you got a good report with Dr visit. I got similar reports including biopsy of gallbladder. I hope you have good results like I did from removal.