Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

Good afternoon! 38 now. Just had an odd mix of rain/sleet/snow. Seems to be over. Winter just doesn’t want to let go.

Had a phone meeting with a financial advisor from my 401k underwriter. He has the same opinion of our retirement finances as our local guy, maybe even a bit more optimistic. Gave me some options with the 401k I need to think about.

So my day is running a bit behind due to the call. Need to make one more upper radiator bracket for the race bike. Other than length, I can’t rely on hole locations of the first one since many things seem to be custom located. Or in simpler English, poorly done, trust nothing. But I did have a mental breakthrough on the lower bracket. It will be much simpler to make.

Started a fire since it is gonna be cool this evening. Gonna have to split a trailer load of wood I have sitting if this weather keeps going.

Seems my wife has been given another Craftsman GT3000 garden tractor. She likes mowing, but only with those old GT series tractors. And I get to keep them running. This one is a 6 speed and needs TLC.

Everyone stay safe out there!

Those are good old tractors, I had a GT5000 with a 26 hp engine and hydro transmission. I put a Johnny bucket on it and beat the crap out of it for two years when I first built the house. I used it like a bulldozer, the only problem with it was the poor steering sector, had to repair that.

 

[toppop52]

Looks like rain tonight, then a cool weekend, before a beautiful week next week.
My vision is greatly improved and I’m looking forward to getting the other eye done. Everything is so clear and colors are very sharp. I thought my socks had turned gray, but they are perfectly white. I do have the sand in the eye feeling which I understand to be normal. It seems better this afternoon. My current glasses will need replacement though.

 

[Engineer42]

Takes a couple days for that sandy feeling to go away Randy. Are you on drops for another week?

 

[txdon]

Wife’s knife project completed. The neighbors router bit in his drill press and the wood shop’s isolating sander made quick work of it.

 

[toppop52]

Takes a couple days for that sandy feeling to go away Randy. Are you on drops for another week?

Yes I am.

 

[Looking4new]

Eye appointments all done. Mine haven't changed much in the past 3 years, (I got them done before alligatoritus struck up here and we got sent to house arrest). I have a new pair of lenses coming anyway for the frames I've had for the past 5 years. Hardex lenses with photo gray extra tint and bifocal...$544.60. We were supposed to go to the truck stop for supper but the DIL decided to cancel her appointment (as usual) so I opted for A&W Habanero (sp) chicken burgers and root beer to go.

On the trip back down through off and on rain showers was cruising at 70 mph and as I passed a fellow traveller he seemed to take offence at the fact that I was passing him so he sped up. He chickened out at 90 mph. I slowed back down to 70. That is the only thing that happened on the trip.

PJ have you tired tirerack.com? They advertise tires right down to 10" diameter. Click on 'shop by tire'.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .48 inches rain and it’s almost 1pm.
Yesterday went well, but I was pretty useless after. Couldn’t use my existing glasses over the eye patch so distant things pretty much out of focus and reading/typing a non starter. A bit envious that Randy was able to enjoy vision a clear protector.

Good report at 1st followup today. Combined distant vision actually better without glasses and doing quite well with old pair of readers for close. Next followup next Fri and left eye scheduled for 5/10. Light duty for next week and I wont push.

Hope Randy and all others doing well.

 

[Popgadget]

My favorite was a Gravely garden tractor with the hand clutch and a 23hp Vanguard upgrade. All heavy gear construction.
Mechanically simple. Dry exterior clutches. Only a few minutes to replace
the clutch pads. A pretty unique design. Where else can you replace your clutches on anything in under five minutes?...
And they were very durable. Close friend of mine locally has it, for good, and uses it on his parent's farm

I’ve had many Gravely “convertible” walk behind tractors over the years. My first couple used Gravely’s own engine, later ones were Kohler powered. My last one was Kohler powered originally, but I put a 13 Hp Honda on it. That required disassembling the Honda and machining the crankshaft to accept the Gravely drive gear. Also had to fabricate an exhaust. That was at least 20 years ago and my son still has it along a a batch of implements and attachments.

 

[sodamo]

Glad you are done Toppop Sodamo hope procedure goes well

Thanks and hope you are on the mend.

 

[Engineer42]

Yes I am.

Follow the docs directions and all will be good. I had the surgery last may, both eyes, two weeks apart. Had a few extra after visits for the right eye. It was holding at a higher pressure, but finally settled down, but all in all trouble free. Wore contacts or glasses for 43 years. Great results, 20/20 both eyes supposedly, but do need readers for extended close stuff.

David, glad to hear your surgery went well also.