Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[jinman]

It seems most of us N.Texans got the same amount of rain. 1/2" here too.

Lou, I had a relative come to visit and commented on the pretty white flowers in the pasture. She was talking about all the bull nettles. My dad told her she could go pick all she wanted, but my mother stopped her before she did it.

 

[farmgirl19]

0.7" in the gauge, and a band out west of me slowly creeping this way. Maybe it will hold together and I'll get a little more! :cool2:

 

[farmgirl19]

It seems most of us N.Texans got the same amount of rain. 1/2" here too.

Lou, I had a relative come to visit and commented on the pretty white flowers in the pasture. She was talking about all the bull nettles. My dad told her she could go pick all she wanted, but my mother stopped her before she did it.

Once, when the prickly pear were on bloom, someone came through from up north. They wanted to know if they could dig up some of the cactus in my fence row to take home. I told them they were welcome to all of it they could dig and haul! They do have pretty blooms, but that is all that I can say for them.

 

[bindian]

I will put a few more photos on later if y'all are interested. The reason I was looking at this one so hard the last few weeks, is the "toy hauler" dealy in the rear. It has a drop down ramp and an 10'x8' enclosed parking area, so I can load my equipment or atv if I had one. Bought it just over wholesale!!:thumbsup:

Dennis,
Awesome ride/sleeper! Will it be for business or pleasure or both?
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

This is she about ten years ago.. this is something I wrote for something that I don't remember any more why. but your welcome to read it.. Lou

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Yellow Field

A field of yellow flowers with their tiny little seeds
Sucking up the moisture the real grass will need
A stranger to the country a beautiful field he will see
While a farmer will think about how to kill that pesky weed
Two different people both a with a dream
One will see the beauty, the other will see the weed
As a farmer has that what it痴 become?
We overlook the beauty and miss out on the fun.. Lou

Awesome photo and poem, Lou. Do you remember her name?
hugs, Brandi

 

[Western]

Dennis,
Awesome ride/sleeper! Will it be for business or pleasure or both?
hugs, Brandi

Brandi, mostly pleasure, but if the opportunity works out on a few out of town jobs, I'll give it a try.

Had to change the fuel filler hose, some dumb jackwagon put it in so tight they kinked the hose, over time it ate a 2" hole in the side. No wonder the generator only had 7 hrs on it!! and the moron left gas in it:confused3: Talk about varnish!! I had it running for about an hour with double Seafoam and will still probably have to buy a carb for it (these are non-rebuildable and a HUGE no no leaving fuel in there)

BTW B-E-utiful weather out right now,66* and I got .68" of rain. Oats growing great too!!

 

[Lou66]

Awesome photo and poem, Lou. Do you remember her name?
hugs, Brandi

:laughing:Her name is Courtney my youngest granddaughter,,Was at her birthday party this afternoon.. She was Twelve not thirteen as I wrote earlier.:confused3:. What I don't remember is who or what I wrote this for.. I think it was for a local bluebonnet group trying to keep the fields open and un-mowed.. but that was seven or eight years ago.. Lou

 

[bindian]

Thanks Lou. Always nice to put a name to a photo.

Dennis,
What brand of generator is it? I hate throw-a-way equipment that you can not work on.

We got 1/10 inch of rain this early afternoon that woke me up. A little drizzle this late afternoon. Right now I hear a thunderbumper that radar says is headed right for me.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Western]

Brandi, it is an Onan marquis Gold 5500 50amp gas. They uilt the carb as a total replacement, which is from what I understand, the only negative to this genset.

 

[txdon]

The morning lightning knock out the internet tower AGAIN, but it is up now just 12 hours later - that's pretty good for a weekend. We had 1.5" of rain so far today and another storm is heading this way from the Northwest hitting us after midnight.

Lou your poem is so true. When I was looking at this place 20 years ago all the mesquite out front made the place undesirable to the locals. past the mesquite were hills of flowers in the sand land - again no coastal no way to make hay. after the native flower it was native woods again no grazing in the woods. It was on the market for more than a year.
I will never replace the flowers. I'm still in awe each May, well eight out of ten years when we get a little rain.

 

[farmgirl19]

That is a gorgeous field, TXDon!

 

[bindian]

Brandi, it is an Onan marquis Gold 5500 50amp gas. They uilt the carb as a total replacement, which is from what I understand, the only negative to this genset.

Your previous post sounded like you had it running. Is that right? If running, see if you can add some "in tank" carb cleaner. Soaking in carb cleaner would make it toast for sure. I would say a teaspoon of transmission fluid, but that might harm the Onan's block. It's air cooled, right?
hugs, Brandi

 

[Western]

I ran a double shot of Seafoam in the tank with fresh gas + Carb cleaner straight into the throat. It is running, but not as it should (rough and under power). Yes it is air cooled.

From searching Onan and RV forums, this is the most common problem with the Onan, one thing for sure, they have to n
be cycled under load for an hr or two a month to prevent varnish buildup with the ethanol fuels we have now. The carbs are EPA certified, so no rebuildable parts, meant as a total replacement, dumb, but a California rule i understand.

Here is a short thread with almost the same symptoms I have, and no doubt gas was allowed to age in the tank for who knows how long!

Onan 5500 Generator surging - Toyhauler/ RV talk - Dumont Dune Riders

 

[Lou66]

It been raining all morning off and on.. I have work to do but guess I will wait it out.. Lou

 

[foreman Etexas]

So I rode out and was checking cattle yesterday and my father showed up anyways longer story short we have had fly problems. I have sprayed them several times already,so he says to me the old wise tale is that its a sign going to be a bad winter. Has anyone heard this same old timer wise tale? I am just curious I am in no way set for one.I have already been feeding hay, good thing got 2.5in rain the other day and more yesterday so grass is greening with the warm fall weather.

 

[Bird]

From searching Onan and RV forums, this is the most common problem with the Onan, one thing for sure, they have to be cycled under load for an hr or two a month to prevent varnish buildup with the ethanol fuels we have now.

My last motorhome had an Onan 7000 and I loved it, but a you said, they do need to be run under load. I had one pretty expensive repair a little while after the warrant expired, but I wrote a letter to Onan and included a copy the receipt. Repairs had been done at an authorized Onan service facility. And they promptly sent me a check to completely refund what I paid for that repair. It's been quite a few years now, but one of my brothers who used to work for Camping World went to the Onan factory and became a certified factory trained technician. I do like their generators.

 

[Rainbody]

So I rode out and was checking cattle yesterday and my father showed up anyways longer story short we have had fly problems. I have sprayed them several times already,so he says to me the old wise tale is that its a sign going to be a bad winter. Has anyone heard this same old timer wise tale? I am just curious I am in no way set for one.I have already been feeding hay, good thing got 2.5in rain the other day and more yesterday so grass is greening with the warm fall weather.

I've heard the same thing. Flies have hatched out here. Going to be real cold, and I was suppose to start getting things in order but rain/mud trapped me inside plus football. Got just over an inch.

 

[pacerron]

Morning Mist.
I shot this from the porch this morning at 07:30
Now it is totally overcast, cool, and getting ready to rain.
Ron

 

[Lou66]

I went out to check on some cows.. I got caught about a mile from the barn in an JD gator in a rain storm.. two gates and five minute later I was wet from the head to toe.. When I got to the barn it stopped,, could have been worst I guess,:laughing:, Lou

 

[Lou66]

What I can in to say was nice pic, TxDon and Ron.. Lou