Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

The neighbor came back from vacation so no more bed wetting required.

Good afternoon! 40ish and drizzling all day.
busy day -
Started with the annual the old country Church Turkey dinner which sold 1200 plates in 3 hours after services and then back to town to see a play with the neighborhood Elderland group at the Palace theater. 4 hours a of driving in-between and now a time to rest.

Utility vehicle purchase on hold till I find more information on the law, the CA rules and the insurance on public roads. A few modifications at the time of purchase may be necessary. Our City law does allow driving golf carts on public roads, I just need to find out if there are speed limitations or if I can go up to speed limits. In Sun City Florida they are not allowed to go faster than 17mph - but this is Texas and I know some golf carts are going 35 mph when I am behind them. The CA also has a fleet of mules and gators on the public streets with the slow moving vehicle signage.

Have you considered one of the Kubota RTVs with the Diesel engine, Don? You won't have to worry about breaking any speed limits, and everybody'll hear you comin' from a mile away with all that Diesel rattle. Just put your orange triangle on the back, and now that you have your garden going, you can claim it's a farm vehicle.:laughing:

 

[lostcreekranch]

Have you considered one of the Kubota RTVs with the Diesel engine, Don? You won't have to worry about breaking any speed limits, and everybody'll hear you comin' from a mile away with all that Diesel rattle. Just put your orange triangle on the back, and now that you have your garden going, you can claim it's a farm vehicle.:laughing:

Or maybe go crazy and get ya a ToolCat?

Toolcat 56 - Bobcat Company

 

[txdon]

Or maybe go crazy and get ya a ToolCat?

Toolcat 56 - Bobcat Company

Bingo! the prize goes to Rick.

Now back to reality.

The new Yamaha: UMAX RALLY 2/2
An In-Depth View of the NEW Yamaha UMAX Rally™ 2+2 (Video) | Golf Cart Resource
Golf UMAX Rally™ 2+2 - Yamaha Golf Car

Mostly I found the Texas laws:
85(1) HB 384 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

 

[300UGUY]

Snowing here. In the doghouse with the wife. She went shopping, I put some pistachios in a bowl, on an end table, then decided to go to the bathroom. I came back, our boxer puppy had eaten all the pistachio’s . Shells and all. The puppy eats everything. I should have watched her. 45 lbs of energy.

 

[dmottv]

I could, but I wanted to get a sense of how much dirt would need to be moved to make the building and surrounding parking pad. There are steep fines in this county for moving in excess of 100 cu. yd. of material without a grading permit, and there is evidence to suggest that inspectors are using satellite imagery to locate and charge violators. It's one of the biggest enforcement tools they have to use against rogue marijuana grows, and brings in hundreds of thousands in fines every year. I'm probably in the 30 cu. yd. range for the pad, but I'll also be terracing the top of the hill for a 30,000 gallon water tank, and the "driveway" to reduce its gradient. More measurements are in my future.

Dave, thank you for pointing me to software that is designed to handle elevation data. I'm using Apple's Numbers program because that's what I have already. I've looked at an open source graphics package that offers more control of 3D plots, but I'm getting lazy in my old age about learning new tricks and I'm hesitant to invest the time to learn a new software package. A quick glance at the Autodesk website reveals a multi-thousand dollar price tag on a C3D subscription, and I don't even have a Windoze machine to run it on anyway. But maybe there's an Open Source civil engineering package out there somewhere?

I will let you know if I find something. If I understand your approach correctly, you have derived elevations at a ten foot grid of your existing surface area of interest. You then want to determine the volume between that existing surface and a plane at a design elevation encompassing that same area.

If so, this is called a trapezoidal cube volume calculation method, or prismoidal method, as opposed to an average end area method. They basically are a similar calculation: the area of one side plus the area of the other side, divided by two to determine the average area, then multiplied by the length to obtain a volume. The ten foot grid allows for determining an average trapezoidal area from each end of the cube, times the ten foot distance between. The result is the prismoidal volume of each 10 foot grid area.

Volumes were typically calculated manually using the average end area method at a typical 50 foot interval for large areas until computers and software were developed to aid with the other more calculation intensive methods. I actually prefer the prismoidal method as I think it is a more accurate method.

Please accept my apology in advance if my explanation is confusing! Here is a link that may help: Earthwork Volume Using Simpson’s Rule – Civil Engineering Applications and Tips

It looks like I am going to get some seat time on Wednesday: we are on the line of the 4-8 and 6-10 inches of snow forecast from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The good news is temps are still forecast into the forties for next weekend.

 

[jbrumberg]

Irv-

I hope that your dog is ok. Dogs and tree nuts is a no no. Good luck.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Snowing here. In the doghouse with the wife. She went shopping, I put some pistachios in a bowl, on an end table, then decided to go to the bathroom. I came back, our boxer puppy had eaten all the pistachio’s . Shells and all. The puppy eats everything. I should have watched her. 45 lbs of energy.

I hear you there! I had an unscheduled visit with the vet for our 15 week old pup after he ate a 4" hole out of a shag area rug. We found the hole within an hour of him eating it....yes he ate every last thread! The vet induced vomiting. Took all of about 10 minutes in the office. She said he would have had a massive gastric obstruction if it had stayed in. She said it was a big pile.

We have been closely supervising him ever since. Just a couple of days ago, we found another much smaller hole on the other side of the rug. Not sure when he did it, but no more chances....the rug has been removed.

I definitely can sympathize with you.... They are sneaky for sure....

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 35F this morning, overcast, light wind, .15 inch rain in the gauge. Had light hail overnight, with brief heavy rain. Drizzle most of the day, roads stayed wet all day, high temp about 45F. Stove duty again today, moved some of the ashes out of the way to find the coals and have room to build the fire. No riding today, too wet and cold. Conservation of energy name of the game again today.
Don speed limit on 1st road out of the gate is mainly 55, does go down to 40 at the gate.
Rick nice pics of soup and kitchen :thumbsup:
Drew good to hear plants have recovered.
RNG, isn't there a way to force the map to load on the chip?
Randy, as my inseam is about 33 it was not difficult to go "oversquare" on my jeans. I understand your issue.
prayers for all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I will let you know if I find something. If I understand your approach correctly, you have derived elevations at a ten foot grid of your existing surface area of interest. You then want to determine the volume between that existing surface and a plane at a design elevation encompassing that same area.

If so, this is called a trapezoidal cube volume calculation method, or prismoidal method, as opposed to an average end area method. They basically are a similar calculation: the area of one side plus the area of the other side, divided by two to determine the average area, then multiplied by the length to obtain a volume. The ten foot grid allows for determining an average trapezoidal area from each end of the cube, times the ten foot distance between. The result is the prismoidal volume of each 10 foot grid area.

Volumes were typically calculated manually using the average end area method at a typical 50 foot interval for large areas until computers and software were developed to aid with the other more calculation intensive methods. I actually prefer the prismoidal method as I think it is a more accurate method.

Please accept my apology in advance if my explanation is confusing! Here is a link that may help: Earthwork Volume Using Simpson’s Rule – Civil Engineering Applications and Tips

Very clear explanation, and I agree, the prismoidal method much more accurate than what I did. Which was to calculate the volume based on a 10' thickness with an area the size of one of the grid lines and a height of the elevation difference, divided by 2. For example, the length would be 100' (the length of the parking pad), and the height would be the difference in the elevations at the two ends. Repeat 9 times, once for each "slice" of the parking area/building pad. The prismoidal method takes into account the area differences on each side of each slice.

However, accuracy is probably more impacted by the surface irregularities between each of the 10' data points, and a repeatability of measurements of no better than +_ 1/4".

Confession time: My previous calculation was off by a factor of 100, and now it looks like about 3,200 cubic yards of material will need to be moved.:shocked: My tractor has a 1/3 yard bucket, so that's a little less than 10,000 bucket loads. If I start now, I could be done by Christmas!:laughing:

Here's the latest:

 

[sodamo]

RNK
For off grid, LiFePo4 batteries are likely the prime choice, but expensive, especially if you need capacity. There are also environmental considerations and I don’t know how they would play in your situation. What might be of interest are the nano carbon variety of flooded acid batteries, seem to have more cycle than traditional FLA.