Good morning!!!!

[newbury]

Bigger screw heads, more screws. LOL.<snip>

Have you tried fender washers?

Riptides the government system for funding is not right the more you spend the more you get try to save and your department loses. Feds to state to localities use this archaic system

That is because managers are judged on how much they manage, $$$ are easy to count and contractors often work on cost plus a percentage of the cost.

I saw many projects that could have been done for a few thousand dollars inflated to hundreds of thousands with the same final widget produced. The prime rule is that IT'S NOT THEIR MONEY. If a defense contractor buys a $10 widget for a project and makes 10% he's better off buying the same widget for $100, and making 10%.

 

[lostcreekranch]

43° this morning and forecast to get to 64° this afternoon.

I didn't get time to post yesterday as it was errand day. Left the ranch at 5:30 a.m. taking load of recycling to our house in Richmond. Friday is recycle day there. A few stops at Sam's Club, Harbor Freight, Northern Tool, Home Depot and headed home with a stop at feed store for horse feed.

Thursday afternoon I got a panicked call from my "weekender" neighbor. He arrived and his driveway was blocked with a fallen tree and he had HVAC repair coming to replace his condenser unit.

No problem I'll just take the New Holland over and pick up the tree with the grapple. As I approached the fallen tree, I noticed standing water on both sides of his driveway. The tree was an obvious dead one that had blown over during high winds we had a few days ago, and was straight across his driveway. I grabbed the base end with the grapple and lifted it slowly to break the rest of the root ball loose. So far .... so good.

I backed up and grabbed the tree where I thought good balance point would be, and lifted entire tree easily, the moved it forward about 20 yards to a clear area just off of the drive. I turned left to get the tree parallel to the driveway and dropped it with my rear wheels still on firm driveway. All still good. A bit of mud on part of front tires ..... no big deal.

No way to turn around on his narrow driveway so, kept going down to his parking area by his house. I carefully turned around, waved goodbye, and headed back up the driveway. As I neared the swampy area where I moved the downed tree, my neighbor's idiot wife was coming down the driveway in their SUV, couldn't wait a few minutes for me to get out of there. I should have just stopped and backed down the driveway to their house but, it was about 1/4 mile. I got over to the side, so the idiot woman could get by and could feel the tractor sinking in the quicksand. I could go backwards, pushing with the grapple but, was almost against a big live oak tree.

Lucky for me, another neighbor has a 110 HP track steer and when I called him he was on his way back from a hydro mulching job and three miles away. We hooked a 30K tow strap on front of my tractor and two minutes later I was back on firm ground.





Haven't heard a word from my neighbor.

Looks like today will be a "pressure washer" day.

No good deed shall ........ remain unpunished ....... for long!




Hope everyone has an excellent weekend.

Prayers to all.

 

[CWB Wyo]

So far the low has been 20°. Yesterday was overcast most of the day with a high in the low 30's. Today will be in the upper 30's and sunny, but the wind will be back 20-30 mph.

I got the drifts cleaned up yesterday. It took longer then I thought it would. I'm hoping that the wind today doesn't fill it all back in today.

No real plans for the day.

Hope everyone has a enjoyable day.
CWB.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of only 30 last night, going up to 40 today. I think it's supposed to get windy again....no precip for the next 4-5 days.

Nothing on the agenda for today, take it as it comes. Of course time to play / train the pup.

Don, were the green leafy plants already in the bed, or did you plant them? Looks like some of the other beds have been going for a while.

Drew, I hear those plants and worms calling you this morning.....
In regards to the work ethic... Even in EMS, we have a serious turnover rate. The younger generation think they are getting involved in a glamorous job where they won't have to work hard, don't have to put in long hours, don't have a lot of stress, don't have to follow the rules, and get time to just ride around in the rig! Then they have an eye opener when they get out in the real world. We loose 25-30% of staffing each year. Not to drugs or addiction, sometimes the stress, but mainly work ethic.

Everyone have a great weekend! Prayers out for those needing.

 

[wngsprd]

43° this morning and forecast to get to 64° this afternoon.

I didn't get time to post yesterday as it was errand day. Left the ranch at 5:30 a.m. taking load of recycling to our house in Richmond. Friday is recycle day there. A few stops at Sam's Club, Harbor Freight, Northern Tool, Home Depot and headed home with a stop at feed store for horse feed.

Thursday afternoon I got a panicked call from my "weekender" neighbor. He arrived and his driveway was blocked with a fallen tree and he had HVAC repair coming to replace his condenser unit.

No problem I'll just take the New Holland over and pick up the tree with the grapple. As I approached the fallen tree, I noticed standing water on both sides of his driveway. The tree was an obvious dead one that had blown over during high winds we had a few days ago, and was straight across his driveway. I grabbed the base end with the grapple and lifted it slowly to break the rest of the root ball loose. So far .... so good.

I backed up and grabbed the tree where I thought good balance point would be, and lifted entire tree easily, the moved it forward about 20 yards to a clear area just off of the drive. I turned left to get the tree parallel to the driveway and dropped it with my rear wheels still on firm driveway. All still good. A bit of mud on part of front tires ..... no big deal.

No way to turn around on his narrow driveway so, kept going down to his parking area by his house. I carefully turned around, waved goodbye, and headed back up the driveway. As I neared the swampy area where I moved the downed tree, my neighbor's idiot wife was coming down the driveway in their SUV, couldn't wait a few minutes for me to get out of there. I should have just stopped and backed down the driveway to their house but, it was about 1/4 mile. I got over to the side, so the idiot woman could get by and could feel the tractor sinking in the quicksand. I could go backwards, pushing with the grapple but, was almost against a big live oak tree.

Lucky for me, another neighbor has a 110 HP track steer and when I called him he was on his way back from a hydro mulching job and three miles away. We hooked a 30K tow strap on front of my tractor and two minutes later I was back on firm ground.

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Haven't heard a word from my neighbor.

Looks like today will be a "pressure washer" day.

No good deed shall ........ remain unpunished ....... for long!




Hope everyone has an excellent weekend.

Prayers to all.

What a story. Glad you got your tractor out.

 

[jbrumberg]

Rick- I am glad that you with your other neighbor's assistance managed to extricate you/your tractor from the mud. Nice and dirty rig. Thanks for sharing the pictures. The ignorance and entitlement of others still continues to amaze me.

No "Dump Run" today. Brogen knows is protesting loudly.

I hope that everyone has a decent weekend.

Interesting weather for the NE CONUS midweek this coming week.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[wngsprd]

Well my HVAC is running. Tech had simply left the circuit breaker off. But on the way out from under my house I hit the top of my head on the duct work metal hanging strap...same place I did a couple of months ago.

But this time I'm sitting in the urgent care center (25 miles from home) waiting for 1.5 hours to get stitches with blood running down my forehead.

 

[wngsprd]

What's the best wrap I could use on this strap for cushioning?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

What's the best wrap I could use on this strap for cushioning?

Lots of duct tape over a small strip of pipe insulation....BTDT myself!

 

[lostcreekranch]

What's the best wrap I could use on this strap for cushioning?

Hard hat? Motorcycle helmet?



Or..... just use this?