Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Neighbors just had dying Lombard poplar tree cut.

 

[Looking4new]

RNG, I had no choice but to go to the hospital. Dad loaded me into his '47 Plymouth w a flat head 6 and away we went. Knee was laid wide open and the blood was streaming out of my head. 6 stitches in my head and 26 for the knee. 4 hours on the table. Don't forget this was 1958, they had lots of gravel and cinders to hose out of the knee. Dad found my glasses the next day on the road. Lenses were a little scratched up (kudos to hardex lenses) and frames were busted in one place but otherwise they were okay.
I had a deal with my Grandfather that IF I finished the race he would buy me a banana split. They went back to Florida before I got out of hospital, but were back at Christmas and wanted to take me for the banana split. I declined telling him that I didn't finish the race. He bought me a banana split anyway. There is something to be said about being the first grandson in the family.

 

[daugen]

Frits, I'd say that Massey has a very nice patina
Perkins excelled in simple third world engines, rugged stuff for far out there,
supply the English empire...

if you owned an old sailboat, it almost always had a Perkins.
Then Yanmar took over the whole market

shopping done, used my 15 percent off coupon with a smile, think I'm fully stocked for the trip except for fresh
food I'll buy next Monday. I intend to fill both small freezers as much as possible. One way I found to get more space is to take things
out of boxes and repackage in zip lock bags. Maybe if I'm smart I'll cut out just the heating directions and throw that in there too...

gorgeous outside, might mow the lawn just to be outside. Could go another day but it's 72 and
lovely out with blue sky and puffy white clouds slowly drifting past

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Think my little Massey has a Perkins

Dug 1 bucket of small potatoes, 3/4 of a row.
They took down little pine near my line also, was too close to my garage. They about all cleaned up. my garage is right at the restriction. If I had a do over here, house would have been moved over left some.
Snagglepuss sleeping on swing next to me.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of only 60° (going wrong direction), high expected around 92°. Still forecasting a chance of t-storms Fri & Sat.

Billy, glad your mom is doing better. Hope she gets home soon!

Don, that heat is downright oppressive! Try to stay cool and hydrated. Pool temp at 92 just too warm...

Drew, anybody able to help you out on the RV roof?

Just piddling today, have to go to an appt. at noon in town, so not really an opportunity to start doing anything. Maybe this afternoon if it's not too hot.
Not a breeze or leaf moving out there now, so I expect it to get stifling outside.....

I think I'm in one of those moods.... I don't HAVE to do it, so I won't.....
Except for running the drip. That will get done.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Dennis, isn't that always the case? Decisions based at the time seem to be the best option, then years later when it's impossible to change.....

Can't tell you how many times I wish that I could change from the initial "good decision " that I made....

 

[sodamo]

69°F and no rain. Hoping for same today.

Same basics hopes for tractor as yesterday. Awaiting phone call to say what time.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

67F and mostly cloudy @ 12:30, calling for a high of 70F for the day.

High yesterday only made it to 70.5F. Low this morning was 48.2F.

Was cool enough in the house this morning that The Woman actually turned on the heat ...

Birds liking having the feeders refilled finally.

Got a couple more loads run through the dishwasher, mainly canning jars.

Trash hauled up to the can at the road.

Repaired live trap, this last time the tabs for the hinges on the trigger plate got torn off. Had to drill the plate and wire it on. Re-baited, set, and placed.

Compostables dumped in the new compost pile.

Spent the rest of the day screening compost.

Original pile remaining to be screened is now smaller than the pile waiting to be rescreened.

Woman made enchilada soup from a mix we picked up at Menards a while back and a chicken She got at Sam's Club when She was out over the weekend. Very tasty ... and I'm not that big a fan of chicken ... since it seems like that's pretty much all She ever wants to eat ...

Need to remove empty pallet from the van, then head over to friend's and pick up some stuff he's getting rid of.

Grass around back is getting long and all the rest of it is at the point where it needs cut ... so will probably pick up another 3 gallons of gas while I'm out.

Then either mow or maybe finish up compost screening when I get back.

Need to check live trap.

Sauerkraut packer is on the truck and out for delivery.

Hope everyone is having a decent Wednesday ...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Forgot to mention we had another wildfire yesterday afternoon, less than two miles away on the opposite side of the canyon. As usual, I got a Watch Duty Notification, then heard the water bomber circling. I watched it make a few orbits, then it dumped one load of retardant, then back to orbiting again for another half hour or so. There was very little wind so firefighters had a hose lay around it and forward progress stopped an hour after it was first reported. It's almost getting to the point of routine, but there's always the chance they can't get a handle on it, like the recent Park Fire, which after 429,000 some acres, is contained but is still burning. That one started only fifteen miles away, but winds took it away to the north. That was a very good thing for Chico, which would have been wiped out had the winds been out of the north that day. No news on what caused the one yesterday, but they caught the arsonist that started the Park Fire, and he's still in jail with no bail. Really hope he spends the rest of his life there.

 

[daugen]

David, am reminded of the song
you keep me hanging on....
water treatment guys were in and out in one hour flat.
mixed media of calcite and something stronger
will last a year before refilling
now back to my lawn mowing

 

[daugen]

young tech tells me to be careful when opening the inspection port as 120 psi pressure is there.
I asked him how that was possible when well pump is maxxed at 55psi.
that's the way they are designed.

ok, but ?
are we bending the laws of physics?
this is not a precharged tank, it only gets what the well pump sends out.

 

[m7040]

The 3 cylinder Perkins diesel engine is actually a good engine. The hour meter was stuck when I picked it up at 8000 hours.
The cylinder sleeves are replaceable by driving them out from the bottom which is what I did. It was not that worn out as I have seen with top wear rings in the cylinder bores on some engines. Also rebuilt the top end and replaced the bearing caps since the crank was within specs amazingly enough. It leaks as all old British engines do. Changed the crank seal but still leaks oil into the clutch housing. Changed the clutch which is a double clutch for PTO and tractor depending how far you press on it. Lining up to mate it back together requires the clutch plates to be centered very accurately. At 50 hp it is handy for most tasks and power steering helps to maneuver it. It can idle very slowly at about 600 rpm if I want sounding very cool and it has lots of torque at low RPMs

Did not change the ring gear on the flywheel which was a mistake since there is a bad spot where the starter will not engage. So if it lines up with the starter it will not engage and I have to turn the engine with a crow bar to another spot. But I am not about to split the engine again!!! it is what it is. The hydraulic system is built into the loader frame with parts of it holding the hydraulic fluid and the pump is located in front of the engine driven by a shaft to the front crank pulley.

Splitting the tractor to make repairs is a major undertaking with pulleys, hoist, chain falls all over the place

It has the PH digger mounted on the 3 point but thinking about getting a forester winch for it and dedicate it to that when time comes for taking trees down

 

[masseyrider]

Made some brekky. Simply buttered toast, cucumber and tomato with salt and liberal pepper.
Mug of hot tea sweetened with raspberry syrup.
Took it out on the deck to watch the birds in the sunflower block.
First bite cracked a tooth. Piece about the size of a small grain of rice broke off.
On toast! No bone, hard nut, toffee...
SOB!
No pain but I can taste a little blood.
Good morning not!
I see the dentist tomorrow.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I think I'm in one of those moods.... I don't HAVE to do it, so I won't.....
Except for running the drip. That will get done.

get in those moods once in awhile myself. Especially when it gets really hot.

Today is really nice here. I got the lawn all mowed. Must have forgot to put gas in mower last time, as it took a 5 gal can before I started.
I forgot neighbors had another popular tree on other side of house, it got cut also. When I came in for lunch at 2 pm they were grinding the first stump. Tree was probably close to 24" at the base.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dennis, isn't that always the case? Decisions based at the time seem to be the best option, then years later when it's impossible to change.....

Can't tell you how many times I wish that I could change from the initial "good decision " that I made....

I placed my house before the neighbor placed his. We both built at same time. I knew I wanted a garage on that side and planned for it, but a little more space would have been nice. there were many decisions I had to make when building, that I didn't have time to wait. Ship or get off the pot was a common phrase, right or wrong I had to make a decision and keep going. But it worked out, more about preferences.
Now that the little pine is gone near the garage, I can eyeball a straight line from the next corner pin, and I've probably been mowing a hair more on his side. But we get along good.

 

[daugen]

Frits,
my 49hp Massey 2615 had a 2.7L 3 cylinder Perkins clone licensed in India to Simpson.
I bet it's the same basic engine.
it made a wonderfully noisy diesel clatter

TractorData.com Massey Ferguson 2615 tractor information

www.tractordata.com

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, Nice looking tractor.

 

[daugen]

I finished mowing the lawn and realized that was it for the year since lawn crew will do
next two months. So had to clean up mower to put it away, powerwashed it, then blew dry carefully with
leaf blower, treated all the plastic with protectant, put a slug of Sea Foam in the tank and filled it to the rim.
nighty night

 

[daugen]

Drew, Nice looking tractor.

thanks.
that was the one sitting near the front door of Mitchell Kubota in Washington NC.
Traded in by an older fellow who used it for mowing and traded it on a cab Kubota.
summers get mighty hot in NC....
And there with 135 hours was this incredibly shiny red tractor
it batted its proverbial eyelashes at me and I was hooked
for 16k it seemed like good value for basically a new tractor

I was getting frustrated with hooking up equipment due to arthritis in my hands, so was thinking
how nice it would be to have another.
completely manual tractor, though had light power steering.

did not have a scratch on it when I bought it
gave it to local dealer to sell on consignment, he put it out front and sure enough
a fish took the hook the next day.

that red is simply awesome, Ferrari red

 

[Buppies]

I remember when you got it Drew

Massey sorry about your tooth