Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Why don't you put it underground? The propane company buried my tank.

cost. I would have much preferred it hidden like you did.
I rent this tank for 25 bucks a year and there is no charge for the swap out, three trucks here today, etc.
New tank heavily coated and many thousands of dollars, plus I don't have a backhoe.
And they have the least expensive propane in town so I'm not going elsewhere.

Swap went very easily. Now to get a white plastic fence to go in front and plant a bunch of roses.
Put in 738 gallons of propane, credit of almost 400 on outgoing tank, got them to discount price a nickle a gallon
"since the truck was there" to $2.00 a gallon. Other suppliers in town range from 2.10 to 2.80 gal.

Farmer, these are old fashioned finger cultivators, not sure more speed will help vs rolling cultivators plus I couldn't drive that old tractor fast
if I wanted to, which I don't, too hard on me. I may find this is all a grand unworkable experiment. The realities of not using chemical weed control in this area
may just make it too hard on me. Worse the wheat straw I put down in the garden is making more work, not less, so I'm really not doing well with weeds.
If I ever do this again, I'm following your advice to double up on the corn. And interestingly, just about every corn plant I transplanted or seed I put in by hand came up.
the seed put in by the planter is very variable. I started off too high, may have wound up too low on plant depth. I think it was about an inch. There's corn out there but it's awfully thin.

Bunny in the garden today, I shooed him out through a hole in the netting...guess that's a priority for tomorrow.

 

[hawkeye08]

The brush mower is great! A couple of weeks ago I borrowed from a friend a brush cutter (weed-wacker with metal blades). That was pretty cool, but this beats it hands down for anything up to at least an inch diameter!

But of course one tire has gotten some thorn and is now slowly deflating. Hope Slime will fix it, but I've had just mixed results with slime and tube-tires.

I also need to dig up my "mowing hat". I have a red-neck from today.

I have some walk behind Gravely units that are similar to that. One of them has some weights on the front edge of the mower to help keep the front down, it doesn't bounce up so easy then. I also have one that pulls its own seat on wheels (forget what the official name is), but that Gravely is stuck in high range and really goes fast..

 

[RoyJackson]

While your waiting. Pick up some hydraulic fluid. You will need about 7 gallons.
Still waiting on my flail mower.

The trucking company called today...it'll be delivered this Friday (11 May) to the plant I work at. My 4520 is at the dealer's getting some work done (PM work and the backhoe mounting plate removal). The work is done, but transporting the tractor back home may happen this week, but more likely, next week. I'll be in Connecticut Monday through Wednesday, so I guess I won't get the chipper home until Wednesday (maybe) or Thursday.
I have 5 or 6 gallons of hydraulic fluid, but I'll probably buy a few more gallons

 

[B7510HSD]

cost. I would have much preferred it hidden like you did.
I rent this tank for 25 bucks a year and there is no charge for the swap out, three trucks here today, etc.
New tank heavily coated and many thousands of dollars, plus I don't have a backhoe.
And they have the least expensive propane in town so I'm not going elsewhere.

Swap went very easily. Now to get a white plastic fence to go in front and plant a bunch of roses.
Put in 738 gallons of propane, credit of almost 400 on outgoing tank, got them to discount price a nickle a gallon
"since the truck was there" to $2.00 a gallon. Other suppliers in town range from 2.10 to 2.80 gal.

Farmer, these are old fashioned finger cultivators, not sure more speed will help vs rolling cultivators plus I couldn't drive that old tractor fast
if I wanted to, which I don't, too hard on me. I may find this is all a grand unworkable experiment. The realities of not using chemical weed control in this area
may just make it too hard on me. Worse the wheat straw I put down in the garden is making more work, not less, so I'm really not doing well with weeds.
If I ever do this again, I'm following your advice to double up on the corn. And interestingly, just about every corn plant I transplanted or seed I put in by hand came up.
the seed put in by the planter is very variable. I started off too high, may have wound up too low on plant depth. I think it was about an inch. There's corn out there but it's awfully thin.

Bunny in the garden today, I shooed him out through a hole in the netting...guess that's a priority for tomorrow.

Drew you could hire someone to paint it like a submarine!!

 

[daugen]

Drew you could hire someone to paint it like a submarine!!

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - YouTube

I made it through college in the 60's without ingesting any seriously strange stuff so I never quite
got all of this...........

 

[daugen]

Actually it would make a pretty good manatee with some artistic license

 

[txdon]

Thanks to both Rick and Andrew. You reminded me of the differences between Propane and Butane.

I don't think butane is used any more for domestic use. Is that right?
There is a company in Giddings and all their trucks say "Mass Butane" but they said at one fire class all they carry now is propane.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Here you go Drew;











And .... my favorite

 

[Looking4new]

I have some walk behind Gravely units that are similar to that. One of them has some weights on the front edge of the mower to help keep the front down, it doesn't bounce up so easy then. I also have one that pulls its own seat on wheels (forget what the official name is), but that Gravely is stuck in high range and really goes fast..

The one that pulls its own seat, would the seat be called a 'sulky'?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 67F mostly sunny, and light breeze. Wind pick up after 9AM sky clear and a high of 88F. Men's meeting, bike ride, nap. Did not make it out to woodpile. Did finish routes for June Bike ride.

Prayers for all,