Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 50ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Moderate wind, clear sky and high temp of 74ºF. Started day working on streaming issue, finally solved problem using internal microphone with external webcam. Trip to town to get meds, lunch and a few groceries. Bike ride after getting back then nap . Streaming event tomorrow after bike ride .
Randy(wag) great story.
Spike glad you got some rain. I did not get any last round but have forecasted for next week. Neat sketch.
Ron glad you got your groceries. Sorry rain mess with blade sharpening. Nice feeder pic
Bill hope your work on plow gets done. nice avatar.
Drew glad you slept well. Nitrogen gas varies less with temp than air, but my guess is that you will see some rise in pressure. I had Nitrogen in truck when new, seasonal changes did drop and raise tire pressure. Hope you can stop at Paul's place and save him a trip. Thanks for the link
Buppies hope you get some rain, and good news on A1C. prayers sent.
Thomas sorry you are getting heat from Mrs. Hope you got your agenda done, and collected no dust.
Dennis hope you got some good pics and some good food.
Ken glad driveway cleaned up sorry about invasives, cedar trees very invasive, lot of work on TX to control them.
Don glad you got some rain, don't know about Bird's rain total but mine was 0. That still is a long wait for tire work. Glad no Farm work in the mud.
Frits so helper with tree shelter never rescheduled? Good to hear progress without him. Hope you get progress in fence posts. Good to hear wife and shoulder doing better. prayers sent.
Paul I have had similar trouble with connectivity. If i persists try setting switch port to fixed speed, I had to do that on longer runs. Glad you got your mowing done, and GS helped I think air is 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen and some water vapor and other gases. Nice pics
RNG hope not the start of summer already. Hope inspector shows soon. nice pic
Ted hope the rain forecast pans out. Sorry about wind messing with plans, hope successful HD run.
Drew glad new tires worked, sorry about taillight lens. Sorry about no connect with Paul. Hope mowing went well.
David hope town run successful and boys did ok at vet. Hope dump run successful ad well.
RS glad dump cart bearing replaced and mowing all but done. Hope you got the angle iron from supplier.
Drew hope gluing works until you can get replacement lens.
Jay sorry about the lens, 1K for taillight is steep! nice pic of red wing black bird.
RS good to steel getting cut already.
Mark as in thunderstorms?
Dennis glad nice trip Dutch market. What is a whoopie pie? Glad you had nice conversation at BBQ place.
Dennis that is quite the barn.
Dennis sorry for your son.
Jay Neighbor's cows? like the second pic better than first.
Frits they want the .JPEG changed to .JPG, Computers have no sense of humor Super nice barn.
David sounds delicious
Thomas sorry granite post were pain in the back pockets.
Frits usually done as a file renaming function. Not familiar with file renaming on IPhone or Mac.
Randy(wag) glad dirt leveling went well. Hope horse moving went well.
Buppies sorry about BP high.
Kilroy good luck with what to get.
Ted sorry about the big city traffic. Glad you got the cheaper filters. hope you can get trees planted soon.
Frits search for file rename on Mac. I saw a search result from apple support.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Productive day. Lots of $$ spent between shopping and vet.

Pups did well at checkup, Dr said both looked excellent, weighed in at 72 & 78.5 lbs. Let them talk me into a blood work up on Kekoa as he’s getting older, which also came out great. Add in a years worth of Heartworm preventative and bill came to over $500. Hope someone loves me that much.

After lunch got a full truckload off to the dump.

Later my neighbor came up to weld my flail mower fix. I’ve likely mentioned welding is not one of my better skilsets, so didn’t take much to ask his assistance. I suspect the rods for my arc welder are likely over exposed to moisture. I do have a Lincoln 135 wire welder but I soon learned that the wire has badly corroded to the point it doesn’t feed. Probably due to not being used in more than 5 years.
Neighbor showed up with 2 welders, A Miller 175 and Forney 140. 1st choice was to use the Miller as it is 220v and thought we’d get better penetration. After getting it set up with the flux core, it didn’t work, apparently the trigger switch had gone on vacation. We changed the flux wire back to the 140. Initial attempts were promising, then I realized that the generator was in Eco mode. Once switched to full on it did great.

Kinda a bonus, work was done in my new area. Light was great and wind protection. I’d not envisioned this as a work area but am pleased to be surprised.

Having seen this MIG process I’m more anxious to get my 135 into readiness and available for quick repairs. Neighbor also thinks I can salvage my exits rods by heating. I’m also thinking vac sealing both my wire and rods between use may be a feasible approach.

Tomorrow I hope to install repaired part.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mostly, what was the streaming issue?

I gotta go and stream the ladies day event at church in the morning.

 

[newbury]

Did you try Rock Auto?

Drew -
is this it?
link to light

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee finished brewing. 43° with light rain this morning. Heading to 51° with more rain. Did not get to mower blades again. Did a lot of of planning for when better weather arrives. Did pull some Dandelions during a break in rain. More of the same today.
Will not be long and trees will be fully leafed out.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[KilroyJC]

I have the KX33-4 and love it. If would do it again I would go bigger. Hydraulic repairs cost big box so I went with new

It was funny, we went to the dealer, salesman was closing a deal on a ZT so he gave us the brochures for the three models they stock and asked if he could have about 10-15 minutes while he did paperwork with customer, and the machines were ”right over there, check them out.”

so we went and walkarounded and oohed and ahhed and as I was winning in one, he came out with the keys and said “I’m almost done, here, you can try them out.” I replied “you don’t wanna do that - I have never operated an excavator before, you insurance will hate you!” He laughed and said “Thanks for cbeing honest, I wish more people were.” So I guess there are some stories…

 

[KilroyJC]

I have the KX33-4 and love it. If would do it again I would go bigger. Hydraulic repairs cost big box so I went with new

What do you dislike most about your machine (other than wanting a bigger one)?

 

[KilroyJC]

and bill came to over $500. .

cheaper than college

Harry’s Boot Camp is gonna cost about a Freshman’s book bill and activity fees…

 

[daugen]

Drew -
is this it?
link to light

yes, and it doesn't say out of stock, I'll try ordering it
thanks very much

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

DMV visit was successful. armband Employees did an outstanding job of marking Roxy from Monsters, Inc. seem downright pleasant… but I got my card and sticker and that is all that matters.

Discount bins at supermarket had Easter candy on final markdown - got several six-packs of Reese’s PB Eggs for less than 1/3 the price of a single egg in season (30-cents/pkg)—- SCORE!!!

still waiting on quote for scaffolding. I am getting 8 sets, which will give me two towers, so I can put two expanding footboards between them and go over our entryway and reach the peak of the house. Solid adjustable feet, wheel feet, stand-off supports with extra eyebolts (so I can leave them in for the next time since the house needs to be restained about every 5-7 years.
While following up with tool guy on quote, I mentioned we were going to Kubota to look at mini-ex’s. He said his Bobcat E32 was in for the 2000hr Service, and how the filters were costing him $500+ just for parts. He added he was considering upgrading and replacing so I told him to throw a number at me - I may or may not take it, and A major consideration is it IS a rental machine, so the 2000hrs may be more like 3000 . . . But depending on the number (and I might pay someone to give it a once-over) it may be a viable option. We shall see…

Harry was a handful yesterday, harrassing the chickens. He went into crate for timeout for about two hours until he calmed down, but until he goes to Boot Camp I guess he need to stay inside while chickens are out.

Up too early - thunderstorms rolled through and Senior Dog needed consoling at 4AM, then 4:30 Harry needed to go out in the downpour… then fifteen minutes later needed to go out to do the other part of the morning constitutional… and ten minutes later the rain stopped!

on the plus side, Radar is showing one more band of rain, and the original forecast of all-day rain has been changed to sunny by 10AM, which is nice for the weekend.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[KilroyJC]

Productive day. Lots of $$ spent between shopping and vet.

Pups did well at checkup, Dr said both looked excellent, weighed in at 72 & 78.5 lbs. Let them talk me into a blood work up on Kekoa as he’s getting older, which also came out great. Add in a years worth of Heartworm preventative and bill came to over $500. Hope someone loves me that much.

After lunch got a full truckload off to the dump.

Later my neighbor came up to weld my flail mower fix. I’ve likely mentioned welding is not one of my better skilsets, so didn’t take much to ask his assistance. I suspect the rods for my arc welder are likely over exposed to moisture. I do have a Lincoln 135 wire welder but I soon learned that the wire has badly corroded to the point it doesn’t feed. Probably due to not being used in more than 5 years.
Neighbor showed up with 2 welders, A Miller 175 and Forney 140. 1st choice was to use the Miller as it is 220v and thought we’d get better penetration. After getting it set up with the flux core, it didn’t work, apparently the trigger switch had gone on vacation. We changed the flux wire back to the 140. Initial attempts were promising, then I realized that the generator was in Eco mode. Once switched to full on it did great.

Kinda a bonus, work was done in my new area. Light was great and wind protection. I’d not envisioned this as a work area but am pleased to be surprised.

Having seen this MIG process I’m more anxious to get my 135 into readiness and available for quick repairs. Neighbor also thinks I can salvage my exits rods by heating. I’m also thinking vac sealing both my wire and rods between use may be a feasible approach.

Tomorrow I hope to install repaired part.

Vac sealing sounds like an awesome idea, and I may try that with my 3D printer spools - THANKS!!!

 

[daugen]

good Saturday morning all
78 and rain starting this afternoon, supposed to be a half inch or more.

I have been putting off doing office paperwork too long, need to organize, long overdue

the contacts on the existing tail light assembly were really corroded. In case a new replacement is vaporware, I did clean off the contacts with emery paper
and DeOxit. Might try to put old one back together, a basic Humpty Dumpty job. Lamp assembly still works

this morning's project is to figure out why Gravely is running so poorly. New plugs were immediately drenched in gas, need to make sure choke is shutting off all the way.

 

[mpham]

Morning all! 45 going to a rainy 58.
Yesterday was a perfect day to get some work done. Made a quick trip to the lumber stores and picked up some wood to get the over 30 year old deck repaired. Spent about 5 hours removing and replacing rotten boards with new!
Was nice actually working again!
My older body didn't like it much. Had to stop and needed wife's help to pick up the tools.
Will be back at it this morning to try and get all the mess cleaned up before the rain comes. Still more to do but will have to wait on the weather.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Thomas]

Did pull some Dandelions during a break in rain.

Have you eaten dandelions before?...just boil them well some add vinger.

Dandelions wine don't drink too much at one time tho.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 40 and the high to 48°F. Wind NE 8 mph. Periods of rain.

A dump/town run is on for today.

The bushings in the rear of the Dodge that were supposed to be replaced didn't need it. They were just loose. On the frame hoist they looked bad, but when put on the wheel hoist they were okay and the hardware was loose. Bonus for me, saved me about $500.oo
I got the garbage trailer and the V-plow both moved (one at a time), grabbed a couple of 4x4s to put across the top rails of the trailer then a small skid on top and the plow on top of it all. That also makes for a good working height for me. Zero stooping. We did have some larger skids here but they are rotten.

Everything is cleared off for the pit run that is supposed to be here either Monday or Tuesday.
It is 1/2 load season, but I can't help that. This is when I have the money, so this is when the work gets done, 1/2 load or no 1/2 load.

You guys/gals stay safe

 

[Thomas]

43F cloudy 5-10mph wind low 50's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...quick trip to town for goodies,help Mrs. prep her new 10'x20' flower box...should be interesting,than see what the day offers.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Buppies]

Very cloudy this morning 60 outside rain very close now still saying three quarter of inch

I have used rock auto before very satisfied

Prayers for all our Country

 

[m7040]

What do you dislike most about your machine (other than wanting a bigger one)?

It is slow driving it to another location. That is the same for all mini x machines. If you need it further away you need to trailer it.
Wish it had longer boom reach which goes with wanting bigger machine. Somewhat difficult to climb into cab.
Use it to push over trees and dig up tree stumps and does that well. Again bigger machine would do it even better and faster. Also pick up piles and stumps and branches it does really well. Can lift long trees and transport lenghtwise without cutting up the tree.
Changed the thumb to one better for lifting trees. Have the regular digging bucket I think 18 inch and a 36 inch bucket. and that has worked well. Wish I had the swivel 36 inch bucket to ditch clean up. Wish it had the 6 way blade which is good for working slopes. Need more comments let me know

 

[m7040]

One thing I forgot to mention is that the Kx33-4 use the diesel engine that does not need pollution controls which was why I did not go bigger when I got it. The complications of emissions crap they put on the diesels is something to avoid if you can.

 

[KilroyJC]

It is slow driving it to another location. That is the same for all mini x machines. If you need it further away you need to trailer it.
Wish it had longer boom reach which goes with wanting bigger machine. Somewhat difficult to climb into cab.
Use it to push over trees and dig up tree stumps and does that well. Again bigger machine would do it even better and faster. Also pick up piles and stumps and branches it does really well. Can lift long trees and transport lenghtwise without cutting up the tree.
Changed the thumb to one better for lifting trees. Have the regular digging bucket I think 18 inch and a 36 inch bucket. and that has worked well. Wish I had the swivel 36 inch bucket to ditch clean up. Wish it had the 6 way blade which is good for working slopes. Need more comments let me know

Thank you!

do you have hydraulic/manual QA? Or pin-on?

right now, I am not worried about a bigger machine, as my current excavator is the Mark I Model I Armstrong Earth Mover: