Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

60 when I got up and headed to mid 80s. No rain in the forecast today.

Later I am going to look at a 1978 Ford 4x4 pickup and see if it is worth buying. I borrowed a friends wheels to go so I don't have to bobtail the tractor up there.

Talk about Friday 13th. I screwed up big time when I was loading (it is all top load) I filled my lead trailer. (It is supposed to be down about 16" from the top.) So I left the pup down 2" lower than normal to compensate for the overload on the front 1/2. I came out of the terminal 6,000 lbs light. Oh, well, that's life.

Have a good day all

 

[jbrumberg]

A humid 60ºF start to the morning with anticipated temperatures reaching the low 80ºF's this PM. I had a + surprise last evening. The local, independent mechanic called to tell me that he disassembled/cleaned/reassembled and the calipers and cylinders on my Tundra and it was ready to go. From past - experiences with most of the "local" dealerships this would have cost me ~$2000. I'll see how much I saved supporting a local independent business. Then load the truck and make a dump run. Hopefully it will rain and water the seed laid down by the service contracted by the solar company to clean up and mulch around the array. They did a great job.

Phil- Enjoy your mini-retirement. I hope everything works out as planned.

Newbury- Nice beard.

I hope that everyone has a manageable weekend.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-07-14, 0834

62 right now...high predicted to be in the uppers 70's and an 80% probability of rain. That rain will probably prevent outdoor work. Not enough trash for a dump run, so not going there. I do need to get another part for that grill that Walmart "assembled". Can't complain too much, since I also missed it when I was tightening all the fasteners.

Some of you may have read my morning posts about the hassles I'm have with the tractor end PTO connector for the chipper I'm going to look into that today too.

 

[Buppies]

Six sense Drew

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all!

Low of 58, going up to 83. Still 60% chance of showers/storms. Same as the last two days. Didn't get one drop. Heavy rains all around surrounding areas, even flash flood warnings posted. We really, really, need it here.

I tried tempting the rain clouds by getting out the tools, didn't work. I hadn't gone into the jeep after the dust storm last week.... HOLY COW ! ...the inside was brown (normally charcoal color). So really tempted the clouds, for almost 4 hours, cleaning out the dirt. Still not done. Just have the front area to do, so I'll be tempting those clouds again.

The storms look very menacing, you can watch them form in the distance and grow. They almost make it to us, them just dissipated. No real steering currents up high, so they are almost stationary. Maybe today will be our turn. I hope soon, now it is supposed to 'get drier' by Tuesday.... I don't know how it can get any drier.

OOH, I FIGURED OUT WHY WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY RAIN....I PUT UP A NEW RAIN GAUGE 2 DAYS AGO....DUUUHHH !!!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

So much to do, so little time...SWMBO now wants to bathe and groom our 2 little friends today. Usually about a 4 hour affair... What to do first?....decisions, decisions

 

[CWB Wyo]

Looks like 52* for the low this morning, yesterday was in the the low 90's it was mostly sunny and a light wind. It's partly cloudy this morning with a 20% chance of thunderstorms this afternoon with a high in the upper 80's.

All we have in the house to cool it off are fans, they didn't work all that well yesterday. So the wife politely informed me that on are trip to SLC Monday that we are going shopping for some kind of A/C. Not sure if I'm looking forward to that.

No real plans for today, work on the trailer or do the maintenance on the tractor.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
CWB.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 75F @ 7:00AM. Sunny. High near 100F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

We had rain clouds overhead all day yesterday, but just a few drops fell. Twice I looked up off the back patio and saw faint rainbows, but the drops didn’t make it to the ground. The ten day says we won’t even see that, and highs will stay in the high 90s and low hundreds. Gonna be another killer electric bill from runnin the A/C all day and all night, too.

I installed a “connected” thermostat here last year, Jay, and immediately disabled the timers and other fancy automations that are supposted to be smart enough to keep you comfortable. My experience is that they cause the system to heat or cool when it’s not needed, and really only work for folks on a regular work schedule that has them out of the house on weekdays during regular hours. Having IR guided vanes sounds like a gimick to me, one that will be expensive to fix when, not if, it breaks. The one feature on the new thermostat that makes it worth while is being able to turn it on and off from the smart phone, even when I’m not in the house. It was nice to turn the A/C on the other day as I was heading home from a day in town, for example. Similarly, I´ve installed “connected” wall switches that let me use the smart phone to turn the ceiling and floor fans on/off from the phone. I can even say “Siri, turn on the master bedroom ceiling fan” if I’m feeling too lazy to reach for it and push the button myself. Having said that, though, I hope your new system has a long, and trouble free, life!

I think you make a *great* Leprechan, Phil. But how long does it take for that green dye to rinse out?:laughing:

Truer words were never spoken about aging in place, Don. But it’s a sad future.

Spent most of the day yesterday making a bearing driver on the lathe. Made it so I could use a piece of 7/8 threaded rod and a couple of nuts to draw the bearing into place, but ended up just using the hydraulic press instead and it was a lot less fussy to do that way. So I’ll give the tool to my buddy in town whose press isn’t wide enough to take a wheel and tire (I didn’t think mine was, either, until I measured it and found I had 3/4” to spare).

Night before last a fire broke out on the east side of Chico, endangering a neighborhood of expensive new homes. Firefighters were able to prevent any losses, but there were photos in the local paper showing ashes almost up to one home’s back door. :shocked: That’s way too close for comfort!

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

 

[Ed of all trades]

Just got back from breakfast with Buckeye. Good breakfast and good talk. We both grew up on small farms and know the work of being a kid on a farm. Enjoyed it, thanks Buckeye. Ed

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just got back from breakfast with Buckeye. Good breakfast and good talk. We both grew up on small farms and know the work of being a kid on a farm. Enjoyed it, thanks Buckeye. Ed

Was fun to get together. Have to do it again sometime.