Good morning!!!!

[farmeratheart]

Good morning All.

23 and snowing already. Supposed to be 28 later today. Snow mixing with some freezing rain this afternoon. The quantity of freezing rain will determine if we get 3” of snow or 10”!

Tractor is all fueled up. I went over the FEL with the grease gun yesterday since it has been working hard this winter.

I hope that everyone down south survives the cold spell. Let’s hope that Ted’s knee is giving him less pain.

Frank

 

[toppop52]

If you can't justify it, you aren't running the numbers right...your balance sheet or Cost/Benefit should show a large amount under "Healthcare - Fun factor"

When my NC property is sold...

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
21 here and snowing. High of 28 forecast with snow through the day total of 6” or so.

It’s surreal seeing the scenes from Texas on our news here. I’m hoping that they are just showing the worst case scenarios and that the whole state is not in the mess that they are showing. It looks like water damage from burst pipes will destroy a lot of homes.

My trip yesterday went pretty as predicted. Long ride southbound, quick ride back north.

Today will certainly include some snow removal and work in the shop, I’ve got another speaker to get done, and there is always cleanup to be done.

Snow plowing might be interesting as there are areas of glare ice under the snow from Tuesday’s melt. Hopefully I can push through them going downhill.

The discussions on side by sides might be costly for me. I’ve been thinking about replacing my Club Car Carryall (essentially a golf cart with a dump bed) with a Kubota RTV for a long time. I guess the big decision is to decide on a faster snowmobile type driveline or a slower heavier duty hydro. Thoughts?

Still haven’t been vaccinated.

 

[toppop52]

32 and pouring rain, mid 30’s later.

I haven’t had my wheelbarrow out of the shed since I bought my first front end loader nine years ago. My wife wants me to get it out for her but I’m afraid I’ll end up pushing it.

All you folks in the deep freeze, looks like soon you’ll be back in the warmth.

 

[workinonit]

My Polaris is a 2007 750 EFI, I think. I got it new with the Freedom top. Hard top, glass front and back, doors, it's like a pickup. A bit warm in the summer but man it's nice in the winter. I'll post a couple of pics tomorrow morning.

 

[wngsprd]

30 and snow/sleet and freezing rain since about 3am. Icicles starting to grow. Our electric coop finally got the last outage fixed yesterday from Saturday's ice storm. A big thanks to the South Carolina coop that sent a fleet of bucket trucks and telephone pole trailers up here.

Birds were in a frenzy when I went out to feed them this morning...they know what's in store. Saw skunk by the porch about 3am but didn't go out for it since it had started raining.

Ron, real nice looking Mule. I don't know anything about them, but always heard good things about Kawasaki.

Rip, that's a lot of t-posts.

Phil, I hope you reflux gets better.

Storm prep yesterday: TSC got a refill of their LP, so took a bottle up there..."bottle out of date." I never knew they couldn't refill a bottle that was stamped over 5 years ago...he showed me my date, and the date it had been reinspected and restamped, both too long ago...so the suggestion is to exchange it. I have some bottles I've bought new/empty and filled, and a couple that were exchanges used for the grill before I bought the generator. I went ahead and bought a new one while there so I could get it filled. Also, filled up the 5 gallon gas jug and truck tank...boy, has the gas price spiked over the last month. Also ground some coffee to store in case of an outage...now is when I need a grinder like yours, Don. Wife made a pot of chili to heat on the woodstove.

Ted, hope you're getting around without too much pain.

 

[toppop52]

30 and snow/sleet and freezing rain since about 3am. Icicles starting to grow. Our electric coop finally got the last outage fixed yesterday from Saturday's ice storm. A big thanks to the South Carolina coop that sent a fleet of bucket trucks and telephone pole trailers up here.

Birds were in a frenzy when I went out to feed them this morning...they know what's in store. Saw skunk by the porch about 3am but didn't go out for it since it had started raining.

Ron, real nice looking Mule. I don't know anything about them, but always heard good things about Kawasaki.

Rip, that's a lot of t-posts.

Phil, I hope you reflux gets better.

Storm prep yesterday: TSC got a refill of their LP, so took a bottle up there..."bottle out of date." I never knew they couldn't refill a bottle that was stamped over 5 years ago...he showed me my date, and the date it had been reinspected and restamped, both too long ago...so the suggestion is to exchange it. I have some bottles I've bought new/empty and filled, and a couple that were exchanges used for the grill before I bought the generator. I went ahead and bought a new one while there so I could get it filled. Also, filled up the 5 gallon gas jug and truck tank...boy, has the gas price spiked over the last month. Also ground some coffee to store in case of an outage...now is when I need a grinder like yours, Don. Wife made a pot of chili to heat on the woodstove.

Ted, hope you're getting around without too much pain.

Gas prices aren’t likely to get cheaper for oh say, about four years maybe.

 

[txdon]

Also ground some coffee to store in case of an outage...now is when I need a grinder like yours, Don.

We could grind during the outage but could not make it. We did manage to prepare and cook two meals in 45 minutes during one of the cycles. We looked like chefs scurrying around in a busy restaurant.

ahh, here's the problem:
5 ERCOT board members don’t live in Texas, one from Canada | KXAN Austin

 

[daugen]

We need a Tesla golf cart with a pickup body.
Speed, comfort, quiet, utility
The quiet is what attracts me. Sneak up on the birds...
John Deere used to make a rechargeable Gator, that must not have worked
out well for them as they don't make them anymore.
And electric motors have a lot less problems in the cold too.
I'm sure the engineering problem is packing enough battery storage in a small
area to provide enough range/working time. Wonder how long 4 LI-ON full size batteries would last?
I got seven years out of Trojans in my golf cart, I'd hope for ten years out of newer batteries.
But I sure miss that golf cart.

are there any name brand electric utv's out there?
Very easy to spend 20 grand on a utv, they have become much larger and more sophisticated, and capable.
All of which has a price.

But then I look at the youtube videos of big ranches in Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho and even Canada, those fields are really, really long and
if you can only go 12mph, going to take you quite a while. I'd like 20mph. The world comes at you fast enough at that speed when you are unsure
of your farm path. You keep up 20mph steadily and you'll get around most farms pretty quickly. But out on the open prairie, I can
just imagine, and appreciate, the need for speed.

 

[lostcreekranch]

My 96 gas golf cart seems soooooo inadequate the more you guys post

We're all very good at helping each other .. spend money.