Rain rain go away!
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We haven't seen much rain this summer, but there's a storm coming in tonight that is supposed to dump about 2 inches of rain on us. It's probably too late for my last batch of corn, but the parched ground will soak it up like a sponge.
TheMan419
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I keep the tractor in its barn during rain unless there is an emergency. Had a big rain starting and realized one of the culverts was blocked. Of course that had to be remedied. Need to mow and it is a light rain? No thanks I can get to it another day.
oosik
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The last rain here was over 30 days ago and it wasn't even enough to wash all the dust off my Jeep. I pulled it out of the carport so Mother Nature could wash away some of the dust and bird poo.
Around here - I stay inside if its going to rain or is raining. We almost always get lightning along with any rain. I do not want to get zapped/fried like a couple of my really tall Ponderosa pines have.
Around here - I stay inside if its going to rain or is raining. We almost always get lightning along with any rain. I do not want to get zapped/fried like a couple of my really tall Ponderosa pines have.
Ritothebull
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If I waited for it to dry out around here this summer I wouldn't have gotten anything at all done, nobody has been able to cut any hay around here yet because of all the rain we are getting and now the hurricanes are coming.
Texasmark
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I stay out of the fields when wet as I am on clay and clay doesn't forget.....sometimes it takes years to eliminate compaction caused by rolling on wet/soggy/damp fields. I understand you irony. Run it up and down the driveway, or think of some excuse to visit a neighbor down the road. Or just get it out on the road and run it. I do that in the winter when mine don't get used much. Keeps things lubed and limbered up. Also keeps the oil circulation so that the detergents and soot remain in suspense rather than settling to the bottom and making sludge from non use.
I have proven the above on two occasions. In one I had a covered, plastic container I used for a drain pan and for some reason didn't empty it.....maybe a year later I ran across it and the oil was relatively clear and the solids that were initially suspended in the (detergent) oil were on the bottom of the container.
The Ford 3910 I recently purchased, 1988 model with 900 hrs had the same problem. Upon receiving I changed the oil. I worked it hard for a couple of hours and the oil was already dirty. I drained the oil again and through the drain hole, mounted on the side of the pan, I could investigate the bottom of the pan and it had about a quarter inch of sludge just sitting there. I put in new oil and some snake oil and ran it over the same field in a second pass.
After that, while still hot I drained it again and this time there was no sludge on the bottom of the pan. New oil and filter and now the oil is clean when I check it.
I have proven the above on two occasions. In one I had a covered, plastic container I used for a drain pan and for some reason didn't empty it.....maybe a year later I ran across it and the oil was relatively clear and the solids that were initially suspended in the (detergent) oil were on the bottom of the container.
The Ford 3910 I recently purchased, 1988 model with 900 hrs had the same problem. Upon receiving I changed the oil. I worked it hard for a couple of hours and the oil was already dirty. I drained the oil again and through the drain hole, mounted on the side of the pan, I could investigate the bottom of the pan and it had about a quarter inch of sludge just sitting there. I put in new oil and some snake oil and ran it over the same field in a second pass.
After that, while still hot I drained it again and this time there was no sludge on the bottom of the pan. New oil and filter and now the oil is clean when I check it.
CMV
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My mom just sent me a video of people kayaking in the streets of my hometown in SW PA just outside of Pittsburgh
Afraid we will be similar come this weekend once Florence gets here in the Carolinas.
Afraid we will be similar come this weekend once Florence gets here in the Carolinas.
OP
PA hayseed
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CMV - I can't imagine what some people are going through right now, with all this rain. I am fortunate because I built on a hill top and not in a valley. It stopped raining today, but it is supposed to start again tomorrow and possible rain in the forecast for the next 8 days.
Texas Mark - thank you for that post. That is why I come here, someone will always give me a perspective that did not occur to me. THere is a perfectly good road for me to get my seat time on. In my mind I wasn't going anywhere so why would I be on the road.
OOsik - man, if I could push some of this your way I would. "I feel your pain". I say that with a slightly southern draw, my lip is quivering and I hang my head a little lower. ..... That is my bill clinton impression. I could do another with a cigar but that would not be appropriate here.
Texas Mark - thank you for that post. That is why I come here, someone will always give me a perspective that did not occur to me. THere is a perfectly good road for me to get my seat time on. In my mind I wasn't going anywhere so why would I be on the road.
OOsik - man, if I could push some of this your way I would. "I feel your pain". I say that with a slightly southern draw, my lip is quivering and I hang my head a little lower. ..... That is my bill clinton impression. I could do another with a cigar but that would not be appropriate here.
deserteagle71
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I really wish you East Coast folks would share some of the bounty! Haven't seen any rain to speak of since May, and I'm getting tired of the thick smoke in the air plugging up my sinuses. A week of good rain would be just the ticket for putting out all the fires!
ruffdog
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All the rivers are no-wake because of the high water and flooding but we are now getting some SUN! The mosquitoes are horrible now even in this nice sun.