Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! A warm 76˚ this morning. heading to the 90s. Tomorrow morning the front blows in and we will go back into the glorious 60s.

My new frog pond under construction has dried so I'll be able to continue today. There is a 50% chance of rain tomorrow.

Edit: What! Is the time above my avatar right, 4:26 A. M., I guess I need to put on m glasses when I look at the clock I got another two hours before I get up for the day, good night z z z z .

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all. 67 going to 84 and sunny. Finished putting the band saw together yesterday and started looking at the wiring holes under the raised patio. Cleaned out the basement end with a short piece of pipe and hit the conduit. Only about 1 1/2" off two ways so. Need to dig out about 2" of dirt for the pipe to get through so am heading to lowes for a piece of 1 1/2 plastic pipe. Will cut the first foot or so on half and make a long skinny shovel and will just scoop it out. Electrician coming to fix AC circuit in transfer switch. Works well on regular power but won't run on the generator.

David, :cool2:

Have a great day Ed

 

[Thomas]

60F now 70's for high.
Just realize half way thru this month already.
More leaf blowing tonight after work.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Second cup of coffee has been poured. 44ｰ with light fog this morning. Heading to 69ｰ with lots of sun todya. Got lawn cut yesterday. Trees that are finally getting some color look great. Going to visit a couple apple orchards with friends today.
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DavidM, Congrats on new job.
Thomas, must be leaf blowing season.
Txdon, time to get up.
Hawkeye, did you save the chips for mulch?
Drew, good luck with the car. When I posted my thoughts on a carport for. I listed 14 or 16' wide because I wanted to be able to open slides. But 12" is OK. I now know if I get one it will be the wider width.
PJS, 80ｰ is to warm to cut lawn.
Roy, have a safe trip.
Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

63 going to 86...local weather man says may break record high.

Son coming back today, so he will help me pick up a load of lumber to build an extension on my tractor shed. It's a simple old goat barn I built in the late 80s to milk goats, then later to keep a couple of horses...later became the place where my tractor sleeps. Surprised it's still standing. Hope is to get my implements under roof rather than tarps.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We had a tree getting big next to the shop and were getting concerned about damage to the shop and another small outbuilding during winter storms. My Dad parks his travel trailer at our house (plenty of room) in the driveway during the season and in the shop for off season. He wanted to save me from hurting myself so he contacted and paid for a company to come in and remove the tree... very simple job for them that would have been lots of work and risk for me. The chipper they had took 8-10" diameter pieces and just ate them. There was perhaps a dozen or so decent size limbs/branches and that chipped just made chips. They even ground the stump 6-8 below ground level. Really changed the look there..

Raining off and on, 50 today.

My guess for a tree removal is about $750 if you live in a city, depending on the total size of the tree...Don, How much did you have to pay?

Buckeye, I can't seem to find your 4x4 thread. Have you tried the Yamahas? I know they are some of the most dependable out there.

My Michelin Defenders have 50 something thousand miles and the tire guy told me they are near the end of their life. He said the 90,000 mile warranty seems to be a gig where Michelin gives you some refund money towards a new set of their tires.

 

[PJSprog]

64°F here this morning, going up to 72°, with rain all day and into tomorrow. We could use some rain. It's been missing us lately.

 

[daugen]

I didn't want the rear of the carport closed off so that I could drive a tractor through, but clearly there needs to be some bracing, at least at the top. Would be better of course to make a big X back there but that creates issues for storage. Headed off in an hour to talk to the seller dealer about just this. He's a good guy, will make it right, and they have to come back for the ridge vent anyway.

The rattle in my car has now been diagnosed as a bad steering rack. Turning the wheel back and forth hard does make a clunk that should not be there. All the tie rods, etc are tight as can be. So....another 900 dollars into the British economy...actually that's installed, which I thought was pretty reasonable, considering what other things cost on this car. Maybe I'll get it back later this week. Thank goodness for reliable trucks...

time to go hook up the utility trailer and get my golf cart back. Then might unbox the DR shipping box and see what's involved in putting the leaf vac together. The hose adapter to the mower deck has to be custom cut for each install. So I have a little assembly required but should not be hard.

 

[farmer2009]

71 this morning and headed to 86 today. Pop up showers and thunderstorms today then rain all day tomorrow.

Need to wash the windrower and get the seed sower on the tractor. Will see how much I get done. Before rain hits.

 

[txdon]

My guess for a tree removal is about $750 if you live in a city, depending on the total size of the tree...Don, How much did you have to pay?

My Michelin Defenders have 50 something thousand miles and the tire guy told me they are near the end of their life. He said the 90,000 mile warranty seems to be a gig where Michelin gives you some refund money towards a new set of their tires.

Kyle the very large tree removal was $550 and I grappled the limbs away as they cut them down, no stump removal, my wife likes a big ugly 12' stump in the yard for woodpeckers.

Kyle, Michelin will prorate your new set of tires, my second set of 90K Defenders were about half price, I think around $85ea and I had around 40K miles. I bought both sets of Defenders from Discount Tire in Bastrop. You might want to read the warranty - there are several exclusions. I think it has to be in a under set number of years and you had to have them rotated -meaning- the tires should show equal wear, and no unusual wear due to being out of line or other problems with the vehicle. Most people forget they have the warranty or sell their vehicle. The warranty is only good for the original purchaser. They also have to have only a minimum of tread left and most people change their tires before they get that low because of hydroplaning.