Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Hey Don
Maybe you get your own tractor and make it and you available to multiple groups.

Maybe, what will fit in a 10 ft. golf cart garage.

I'm trying to decide if I can only have one, golf cart or small tractor? Hmmmmm. Do they make a trail blazing tractorcart?

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

Periods of heavy rain and fog all night that changed to periods of heavy snow and fog ~7:00AM. It was someone flipped a snow switch. Got a quick 1". We are presently under a Winter Weather Advisory and High Wind Warning. Temperature has been stuck on 34ºF all morning; it's not going to get much warmer; especially considering the windchill. Interesting snowfall pattern across western MA and other parts of northern NE. Uplifted areas are seeing +4" depending on slope and elevation. Northern and north central NE areas may wee more. Snow is expected off and on all day. No joy for Sunday's storm for interior southern NE. The east coast/midAtlantic states might see some really decent snow action. The snowfall pattern will be similar what happened earlier this year.

Bruce- I am sorry to read about the nocturnal surprise. (There's a reason for our new HD rug shampooer.) Brogen woke me up at 2:00AM with a similar need. I was lucky this time . Looking back on yesterday痴 food he did get a couple of french fries yesterday and no squash&peanut butter �opper. He too is protesting his morning entree. He could afford to lose a couple of pounds (just like his owner).

"... planes are being grounded while someone plays with their drone.? Eric. That's my understanding of the situation. Very few things get my undies in a bunch, but as a FAA registered and responsible drone owner/operator this gets me. One reason I left RCGroups.com. And thanks for the laugh.

Drew- I am glad that you found the "splice." Not very professional.

Billy- JB is one of my favorite ProMets. He was a prof at PSU until AccuWeather spun off from PSU. It reads like he does not have a lot of f��riends in the weather world.

I hope that everyone is having a decent day.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low down to 28, going up to 44F today, high clouds. No precip until Sunday.

Got a surprise yesterday, the carb kit for the snowblower came in yesterday afternoon....ahead of the " delayed" delivery....that's OK. Weather is nicer now, I'll get out there today while I have the chance.

I need to go to TSC and get a few bolts that were missing on the snow blower, and also some fuel hose. It's almost on the verge of cracking, so while it's all pulled apart, I'll just replace it.

Today's agenda: play with puppy and try to tire him out ( we'll see who gets wore out first ) then tackle the snowblower repair. After that? Probably more puppy playtime. He's 'learning the ropes', but still wants to bite / taste everything in sight. Those little hypodermic needles in his mouth will cut you faster than a razor knife! (Ask me how I know!):shocked::yell:

Drew, glad to hear you're feeling 'a little better'. Still, you need to take it easy. That fire and a book sounds really good!

Don, I hope you are able to get to the "ends" so you can get some seat time. Sounds like your making progress. Did you get a pull-down stair yet? If so, which one did you get? I need one for my shop's storage area.

RNG, I hope you can resolve the gate opener issue without having to go too deep into that hole....

Everyone have a great day...it's "hump day"...(actually saw that commercial on TV yesterday) (I still laugh at that camel...Mike,Mike, Mike, Mike....)

Prayers sent out!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Maybe, what will fit in a 10 ft. golf cart garage.

I'm trying to decide if I can only have one, golf cart or small tractor? Hmmmmm. Do they make a trail blazing tractorcart?

Yes, they call it a "toolcat", by Bobcat. Used one a few years ago doing trails and maintenance work at a conservation development called 'Deer Canyon Preserve'. A versatile machine.

 

[lostcreekranch]

51° and sunny here this morning with forecast of 62° this afternoon. No rain forecast until Friday afternoon. Pastures still squishy in many places so tractors still parked.

I'm planning on more tree trimming today, though I may never be able to pick up piles of limbs with tractor / grapple any time soon.

It's still very green here as the coldest nights we've had just barely got to 32°. The Bermuda grass got a bit burnt but, all the Bahia and native grasses are a bit more cold hardy.



RNG .... I feel your pain with AT&T stores. We declare a holiday, if we get more than 2 bars on cell phones, at the ranch. I've tried to find out what AT&T plans to do about our very poor reception / service in this area. People in stores, including managers, are phone sellers only. Online leads you down one rabbit hole after another and their 800 service people are less than incompetent at doing anything but transferring you to "another department. The bad thing is that AT&T is the only thing that works at all in our area. Rant over.

Hoping for an excellent "Hump Day" for everyone.

Prayers to all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Toby Keith - Don't Let the Old Man In - YouTube

Song says a lot.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .05 inches rain

Got the pool area put back together yesterday. Masking tape around the pool took about 2 hours to remove, both of us working it. Way longer than it took to apply.
Treated ourselves to lobster dinner in town. Something of a plunge but I think we worked hard enough to enjoy. We did. It was delicious.

Back to my tractor shed project. With any luck. I’ll get last pipe run trenched - pick and shovel work.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

Now I know you can just have two pages open, but thought it would be a neat trick
if TBN had an automatic popup to tractordata.com.

Tis the season for snow plowing for sure, and I was reading a thread on using winter tire chains on just the fronts of a 4wd tractor, pros and cons, mostly pros, thankful not my worry any more. One of the first threads I can remember reading here was on tire siping for better winter traction.
Guys were having very good results from memory. Would be interesting to see real world winter tire test with no changes, with siping, with chains on front only, chains all around, and lastly siping and chains.

 

[jbrumberg]

Drew- I hope that you are feeling better. I checked the thread that you referenced. Lou knows his stuff. Years ago there was another thread on the same topic and if I remember correctly front mounted chains chains worked best on soft surfaces due to the weaker mechanics of the 4WMD drivetrain and hard surfaces put more strain on the drivetrain; something to do with tire slippage. Some operators studded their tires with self-tapping screws drilled into the treads. It would be interesting to do valid sideXside comparisons under similar conditions.

Honestly, I would like some ice and snow tractor challenges around here. The Western sides of the Berkshire and Green Mountains are seeing plowable amounts of snow today. I am on the "wrong" side with this system (so far).

Rick- Thanks for sharing the greenery picture. Nice place.

 

[ronjhall]

51° and sunny here this morning with forecast of 62° this afternoon. No rain forecast until Friday afternoon. Pastures still squishy in many places so tractors still parked.

I'm planning on more tree trimming today, though I may never be able to pick up piles of limbs with tractor / grapple any time soon.

It's still very green here as the coldest nights we've had just barely got to 32°. The Bermuda grass got a bit burnt but, all the Bahia and native grasses are a bit more cold hardy.

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Our lawn looks like summer green grass. That is until snow flurries this morning covered the green with white.

Still not enough to get any seat time.

 

[txdon]

Don, I hope you are able to get to the "ends" so you can get some seat time. Sounds like your making progress. Did you get a pull-down stair yet? If so, which one did you get? I need one for my shop's storage area.

I did get one from Home Depot. Werner aluminum ladder pull down. It will be a few days before I can install it, I just got an email that looks like it might lead to some seat time - TOMORROW and the hiking club is having perfect weather for trail making this week. I am also still strengthening the 2X4 trusses in the garage attic that the ladder will fit between. The pull down comes in two 2 sizes 22.5" or 25" wide by 54" long. Werner Aluminum Attic Ladder - Long Installation Video - YouTube

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG .... I feel your pain with AT&T stores. We declare a holiday, if we get more than 2 bars on cell phones, at the ranch. I've tried to find out what AT&T plans to do about our very poor reception / service in this area. People in stores, including managers, are phone sellers only. Online leads you down one rabbit hole after another and their 800 service people are less than incompetent at doing anything but transferring you to "another department. The bad thing is that AT&T is the only thing that works at all in our area. Rant over. .

Thanks for the feedback, Rick. I got the feeling that the AT&T people on the other end of the line felt as abused by the system as I did. I can't help but notice the stark difference between them and the Verizon Wireless people. I didn't get a definitive answer when I "chatted" with the Verizon person the other day, but they did make sure my phone was properly configured by running me through a couple of setting checks and a reset on their end. But the time that really sticks out in my mind is when I spent that month back in Ohio and found out that my cheap-o Straight Talk provider, on the Verizon network, wouldn't allow tethering, so I had no Internet access for my laptop. The Verizon people at the local store tried, but were no help. But when I called, I was transferred through a series of departments/people, each of which knew exactly what to do to get my phone back on their network. Took the better part of an hour, but when they were done I could tether the phone and I had access again from the laptop. Very impressive. AT&T would be an absolute last resort.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

When my 100 HP New Holland was about 3 months old. I hit an antler, in one of our pastures, and it punctured the sidewall on front tire. Unrepairable. Replacement was $1,025.00. Ouch!!!

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Buddy ran over a buck in his commuter car and it punctured his gas tank. He turned to drive back the 10 miles home and barely made it....gas pouring out.

Well the quest to find an in to the tractor during the club’s business meeting was a bust. I found out the club donates 4000 pounds of organic produce to meals on wheels and two other charities. I’ll have to hang out in the tractor shed some Saturday.
The afternoon Trail Blazers was fun our group is now five. Two have been dropped for some unknown reason. ??

Wife had international language classes and computer classes. This whole week is filled. Saturday I have 4 things at the same time, I might be able to squeeze in two.

I was telling the Trail Blazers this elderland is like a cruise you can sit in you cabin or do many activities.

I need to buckle down on the tractor investigation. I can’t believe 6 months and no seat time!

Don, it could be worse, 3 1/2 yr and no seat time. :thumbdown:

No worries, I'll save y'all a few acres each of shredding.

Good morning, although it's windy, there is not so much cloud this morning, which is just as well as the 2 solar panels I have for keeping batteries topped up on the Fergie and the old Subaru have for the last few weeks been producing less electricity than the charge regulator consumes.

One way or another it will a cracking day as I need some more kindling and the paint I slapped on this cracker should now be dry enough for me to use it.

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Rick that was a dear deer. You must still be wary each time you go through long grass.

Reminds me of a French torture device.

Good morning, everyone! Snow showers and 20 deg F here. I'm on the east side of a range of hills called the Blue Hills, about 20 miles inland from the NH Seacoast and near the Maine border. We have about an inch on the ground right now, forecast to change to rain showers as the day progresses. Some mixed winter precipitation possible. High near 35F. Winds light and variable.

There's not enough snow to fire up this new tractor owner's Kioti. We had early snows in November, which prompted the tractor purchase I've been contemplating for the last couple of years. I've been reading this interesting thread for the last week and thought I'd jump in with my first post. Have a good day, all!

Welcome!

 

[txdon]

No worries, I'll save y'all a few acres each of shredding.

How kind, really do appreciate that.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 38F for the start, mostly clear sky, light wind. Wind stayed light, sky was partly cloudy less high cirrus than yesterday, with high temp of 56F. Repeat of yesterday, started with more leaf pick up, then bike ride, then nap, finish with dog walk.
Ron, nice cart pic, I remember two guy from college who raced, one was 100cc McCullough class, forget the other.
RNG you may recalled I changed from ATT to Verizon 6 months ago because they had network issues in my neck of the woods. Neighbor hood chatter shows issues still not resolved
Jay no presents this morning, but still getting reminded I am behind on the menu enhancements
Don sounds like you are making headway!!
Ted have fun with puppy, how is knee?
David (sadamo) nice job and pic, no more talk about acid right?
prayers for all.

 

[txdon]

Rick have you looked into adding a M-cell. The one Randy sent me turned my router into a short range cell tower and went from 1 bar occasionally to a solid five in the house and yard. I don't know what it does but it does it good. You have to have a good internet service to use it.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

How kind, really do appreciate that.

I remember back when I was about 24, and had never been on anything bigger than a 8n, my buddy rented a 35 hp tractor and shredder. His dad had just bought some land near town and we wanted to build a dirtbike track on it. He rented it on a Saturday, so we had it all weekend. We had 4 guys, pulling shifts, running the tractor. We had to go to the parts store and buy a box of 10 shear bolts. The shredder was a 5 footer, but the heavy shrubs and brush limited our speed. We might have gotten 40 acres cut, in about 25 hours. It was tough going. His dad was so glad he paid for the rental. We built a flat track, about 1/4 mile oval, in the back of the land.

 

[txdon]

Don sounds like you are making headway!!

Well I thought so, but have been seeing some chatter over club e-mails that the tractor door can't be opened because of some upper rail problem. Might have to do a door repair first. Just another small obstacle, not a problem.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Rick have you looked into adding a M-cell. The one Randy sent me turned my router into a short range cell tower and went from 1 bar occasionally to a solid five in the house and yard. I don't know what it does but it does it good. You have to have a good internet service to use it.

The Verizon Wireless rep I spoke to was really pushing a device that routed cell phone calls over WiFi and then to the Internet. I explained to him that my Internet comes in via satellite, and the latency makes voice communication next to impossible. I offered to call him using WiFi calling from the iPhone before he slowed down enough to understand what I was trying to tell him. So yeah, you need a pretty passable Internet connection before one of those M-cell gadgets is gonna work for you. Most of us hicks out in the sticks don't have anything near good enough to qualify, and Verizon just don't get it.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I remember back when I was about 24, and had never been on anything bigger than a 8n, my buddy rented a 35 hp tractor and shredder. His dad had just bought some land near town and we wanted to build a dirtbike track on it. He rented it on a Saturday, so we had it all weekend. We had 4 guys, pulling shifts, running the tractor. We had to go to the parts store and buy a box of 10 shear bolts. The shredder was a 5 footer, but the heavy shrubs and brush limited our speed. We might have gotten 40 acres cut, in about 25 hours. It was tough going. His dad was so glad he paid for the rental. We built a flat track, about 1/4 mile oval, in the back of the land.

Why it's probably not the best idea to buy a tractor from a rental company... :laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing: