Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 49F @ 4:15AM. Cloudy skies with a few showers this afternoon. High 69F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

Wouldn't it be something if the tractor giveaway is an April Fool's joke?:laughing:

Fired off a brush pile first thing yesterday morning. The wind was carrying the hot air right up into the branches of a good sized oak tree that had already survived one fire. Be interesting to see if there's any damage. Otherwise it was a good clean burn and there was nothing but ashes left by evening.:thumbsup:

Managed to get the transaxle on the van refilled after the fire died down. It took a couple of hours to pump the five quarts in with the garden sprayer rig, but I only had to check on progress and pump up the air pressure a few times, otherwise it just did its own thing. While I was looking around under there, I noticed several places where the radiator hoses running to the front were rubbing on steel clamps and mouse holes in the frame. I replaced the clamps with padded ones, and used thick walled vacuum tubing to line the mouse holes. Still have a few more of those to do where the stainless steel part of those lines is rubbing. After lunch I dug out the aluminum moldings that hold down the lower end of the pop top roof tent, so that's ready to go on now. I also found all the parts for a new shift lever and got part of it assembled, then saw the new bearing for the side-by-side laying on the bench and got that installed. In the process I found that the rear u-joint spline was shot and needs replaced. If it's not one thing, it's another.:confused2:

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!

 

[lostcreekranch]

32 outside this AM. Heading to lower 50's.
Getting estimates on stump grinding. Have another stump thst size by barn. Have five more maples that size by house. Yeah.....not good.
Will do some more chainsaw work today. Down to last chain. Need to drop them off for sharpening.

Hope all have a safe and pleasant day.

Mike, if you have a Dremel tool, or similar, these do great job sharpening your own chains.

https://www.amazon.com/Anytime-Tools-Diamond-Chainsaw-Sharpener/dp/B000P8VTO8

They're available in 5/32, 3/16, 7/32, etc., to match your chains.

 

[daugen]

thanks Ron and others. There were over 100 people in the parking lot with daffodils, must have been very
neat to see. I'm feeling a lot more positive today, yesterday brought back way too many memories I have tried to bury.
As we get older, so many of our friends pass, and it simply isn't easy dealing with it.

cold clear morning, blue sky, looks like a nice day. Off to foot doctor, then home to pick collards.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

LS, congrat on the truck,.

Rich, where in baltimore?

Waiting by my phone for the Yanmar call, hope they aren't too late, need to get to work.

Nice sunny day, grass really getting green, will have to start mowing in a couple weeks.

Flip the calendars.

 

[wngsprd]

This morning pre-sunrise hike sure felt cold at 29 after the past several warm days. Felt like freezing! Looking for 54 today.

When Yanmar called shortly after midnight, I told them, "go away and call TxDon."

Ron, that is a beautiful slice of tree. I like the idea of hanging, where it probably shows up better than as a table top.

Rip, your tree is HUGE. Hope it goes to good use.

LS, congrats on that handsome new truck.

Got some more firewood cutting/splitting/stacking planned today. Also need to pick up an oil filter and change oil on the Kubota and a few groceries. Wife should be coming home today from taking parents home. Her dad is a Dook fan, so had a bad night. My bracket only has UVA left in the final four...no winning a million dollars for me. Also need to think up a good April Fools joke to play on my wife.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 42 ˚F a few high clouds that the sun can reflect on and color the sky is making a pretty morning to get "The Call". Still waiting . . . . . .

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone andappy April's Fools' Day!!!!!

27ºF with sun, strato-cumulus clouds, and snow showers for today's low temperature at this time. I expect more sun and temps in the low 30ºF's later today. More evidence of Spring- yesterday, cowbirds were at the feeders, a Sharp Shinned Hawk unsuccessfully tried to pick off some "tweety birds," our resident 3 juncoes have been joined by 18 more, and today I saw some 2 Turkey Vultures were seen soaring overhead. Today the tree work begins around here, I really need to get a haircut, and PT later. Wifey is still driving me around; hopefully not much longer.

"... As we get older, so many of our friends pass, and it simply isn't easy dealing with it."- Drew. It does not get easier; makes me more appreciate my friendships and each experienced day good or bad. One nice thing here is we can all still share the pains and the joys of life.

My + thoughts, wishes, condolensces, and prayers. I hope everyone has a decent Monday; does not get overly fooled; and Don gets his new tractor.

 

[riptides]

Riptides that is one big tree are you cutting in log length to sell?

I wish. Unfortunately it has some decay in each of the five "branches" that were felled. Most of it has made its way to the firewood shed. What remains outclasses my chainsaw and back at the moment.

 

[lostcreekranch]

38°F this morning with 4 mph winds out of the north. Forecast says 60°F this afternoon and sunny. Humidity is 84% so it's a damp cold. All the rain, that was forecast for yesterday, went south of us.

Need to find some tractor work today so, I can stay in warm cab.

In regards to the Tractor Giveaway, if we all follow Ron's lead and forward all "unknown" calls to Don ........ he'll surely win the tractor and we'll have no more robo-calls. Seems like a win-win?

Hope everyone has an excellent week.

Prayers to all.

 

[riptides]

...
Riptides, tree looks like it is close to 5'. Years ago I cut a large maple down. I had a Homelite 42" chainsaw. Cut some slabs out of it. Then made wall decorations.

Yes on the width. And nice idea. Could use that 42 saw today. Lol.