Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 75F @ 6:30AM. Sunny. High 106F. Winds light and variable.

Gonna be a short morning working outside today, so I'd better get at it. Not sure if I'll be stringing more tubing or wire brushing eves. Let's see, which one is more appealing?:confused2::laughing:

Nice cart, Mostly. What's the zero to sixty time?:laughing:

The front brakes started squealing on the F250 a few weeks ago, so yesterday morning everything was in hand to replace them and it's only getting hotter, so that's what I did. First thing I noticed was a leaking air hose when I went to use the impact wrench, so the first hour was spent fixing that. Then when I got the pads off the first side I found them hardly worn, so what I thought were the feelers squealing was something else I couldn't find. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong end of the truck?:confused2: Went ahead and replaced the pads anyway, so if any of you folks need a good used set of Motorcraft pads, I'll send 'em to you for the shipping cost.

That got me to lunch time, and it was too hot for outside work by then. A friend had gifted me with his old Garmin GPS and it arrived the day before, so I pulled it out and hooked it up to my computer to see if it would come on. It did, so the first thing I did was replace the software on it with a known good copy, and it booted right up. It's the same as my GPS, and I noticed that the seals around some of the buttons are leaking, so that's probably why it quit working for my friend. Now that it's dry, it's fine. His display is much brighter than the one the repair shop used in mine, though, so I decided to swap them. Garmin uses tiny T6 screws to hold the cases together, and the end of my wrench was all chewed up, but after grinding it square again it worked great. Only trouble I had was getting the ribbon cable to the display to seat on the micro-tiny connector. I could barely see it even using the 3X Optivisors with a 2X doubler, and it must have taken a dozen tries to get 'em both hooked up correctly. I now have a much fuller appreciation of what those Asian assembly line workers do all day to make those wonderful electronics we all enjoy so much. And why so many of them hate their jobs!:shocked:

Hope everyone enjoys their Saturday off!:drink:

 

[RoyJackson]

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Roy, all region Blu Ray is for what?

Regions are geographical areas. For example, Blu Ray Region A is the US and most of the western hemisphere...Region B is Europe. Blu Rays coded for a specific region will not play on players coded for a different region. I've read this is for differing pricing of the Blu Rays and players in different regions. The problem is not all blu ray disks all available world wide (i.e. all regions).
There are ways to unlock some blu ray players...some cannot be unlocked. I have a number of blu rays and dvds from other regions that I purchased. Not all ads for blu rays list the region...such as one I recently bought from Walmart.com.
DVDs are the same, but the region codes are numerical rather then alphabetical.

 

[daugen]

finished beating up the garden, got covered in green slime, bits of cucumbers, having a good old time in there chewing things up.
That little CC/MTD walk behind string trimmer is fun to use, so much more power than hand held, only clogged it once wrapping a
squash vine around it. Cleaned out the cucumbers and most of squash; okra, tomatoes and peppers still growing.

Then put down generic 43 % Roundup around the barn and sheds. Used new sprayer, Roundup brand, made in US. Worked nicely though I've had pretty good
luck with the Tractor Supply ones too. For ten bucks more the Roundup one was clearly nicer, better plastic, three way nozzle, etc. Besides this way it will never get
used for anything else.

I wish someone would invent and market a plastic measuring cup for how much concentrate to use assuming 43 percent strength for a two gallon sprayer.
Or have markings for one gallon and two gallons. I'd buy one.

 

[farmer2009]

76 this morning and headed to 89 today.

Took boys to the dentist yesterday. That went much better than we expected. Pediatric dentist office that caters to special needs kids. They have 2 sensory rooms in the office. Kids got their teeth checked sitting on a couch. Some other rooms have jeeps and others things for the kids to sit in. Didn’t see a single traditional dentist chair in this place. Very pleasant experience for kids and parents.

Then came home and finished moving hay. 105 bales. Half of what I need. Probably start second cut next week.

I’ve got some garden work for today and then after lunch have to go to riding arena to help with more square bales of hay. They’re expecting to bale 200 bales today. Maybe these will be lighter than the 80-100lb. bricks that were donated last time.

Drew. My last reality class in college recommended a sales price to be for 60-120 days on market. If it sales before 60 days you listed too low. If over 120 your too high. They said they liked the average listing to be a 90 day sale. My sister is looking for a house in Louisville. She says they are being sold within 7 days and many are going for more than asking. Bidding wars starting at 72 hours on the market. Which is crazy. They’ve had several scheduled for a showing only to be called before showing to say an offer was accepted at or above asking. It’s all in the market.

Rng. I didn’t think you’d be happy with the 1065 loader but looks like you found something to really tryout. R4’s aren’t great in steep terrain but better than turf. R1’s are your friend for that. They probably don’t offer R1’s because of the weight of the backhoe and the force it adds. R1’s will have more road bounce (rocking chair) because of softer sidewalls with a hoe. But without a hoe on you should be fine. If you want a hoe then have them go up in the ply count. The capacity is there. Yes there are different R1’s & R4 tread patterns too. R1’s IMO you can’t beat 23* Firestone long bar/long bar. The extra long bar/medium bar design is supposed to add traction but in my experience they seem to have less traction.

Mostly. Nice cart.

Roy. Learned something about blue ray players. Didn’t know about the market codes.

 

[farmer2009]

finished beating up the garden, got covered in green slime, bits of cucumbers, having a good old time in there chewing things up.
That little CC/MTD walk behind string trimmer is fun to use, so much more power than hand held, only clogged it once wrapping a
squash vine around it. Cleaned out the cucumbers and most of squash; okra, tomatoes and peppers still growing.

Then put down generic 43 % Roundup around the barn and sheds. Used new sprayer, Roundup brand, made in US. Worked nicely though I've had pretty good
luck with the Tractor Supply ones too. For ten bucks more the Roundup one was clearly nicer, better plastic, three way nozzle, etc. Besides this way it will never get
used for anything else.

I wish someone would invent and market a plastic measuring cup for how much concentrate to use assuming 43 percent strength for a two gallon sprayer.
Or have markings for one gallon and two gallons. I'd buy one.

There is a spot spray chart on the label of your glyphosate jug. It’s specific to that concentration of product. It will have a 1 gallon amount at different % concentration of final mix. I like mine about 2%. Tell how many ounces to add. For 2 gallons just double.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .14 inches rain.

Remowed area I thought I lost my stabilizer, no luck. My makeshift replacement held up well.

Ordered replacement from dealer but no idea how long the wait.
FedEx delivered my new quick hitch from HF. Somewhat strange in that I only paid 4th class postal shipping.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[lostcreekranch]

finished beating up the garden, got covered in green slime, bits of cucumbers, having a good old time in there chewing things up.
That little CC/MTD walk behind string trimmer is fun to use, so much more power than hand held, only clogged it once wrapping a
squash vine around it. Cleaned out the cucumbers and most of squash; okra, tomatoes and peppers still growing.

Then put down generic 43 % Roundup around the barn and sheds. Used new sprayer, Roundup brand, made in US. Worked nicely though I've had pretty good
luck with the Tractor Supply ones too. For ten bucks more the Roundup one was clearly nicer, better plastic, three way nozzle, etc. Besides this way it will never get
used for anything else.

I wish someone would invent and market a plastic measuring cup for how much concentrate to use assuming 43 percent strength for a two gallon sprayer.
Or have markings for one gallon and two gallons. I'd buy one.

Drew ..... Ask and ye shall receive. I created a MS Excel spreadsheet years ago.



If you want “extended” kill use a glyphosate with imazapyr. Glyphosate is a systemic, non-selective herbicide that has no soil activity. It’s neutralized by soil microbes. Imazapyr is also a non-selective herbicide but, it does have soil activity. I use RM43.

Always follow the label. The label is the law.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Rng. I didn’t think you’d be happy with the 1065 loader but looks like you found something to really tryout. R4’s aren’t great in steep terrain but better than turf. R1’s are your friend for that. They probably don’t offer R1’s because of the weight of the backhoe and the force it adds. R1’s will have more road bounce (rocking chair) because of softer sidewalls with a hoe. But without a hoe on you should be fine. If you want a hoe then have them go up in the ply count. The capacity is there. Yes there are different R1’s & R4 tread patterns too. R1’s IMO you can’t beat 23* Firestone long bar/long bar. The extra long bar/medium bar design is supposed to add traction but in my experience they seem to have less traction.

That's tractor gold, Farmer. THANKS!

Seems crazy, but now I've been watching M62 videos and wondering if it would be strong enough to dig the foundation for my barn. The uphill sides of the cut into the hillside would be something like 14' high. Quotes I've gotten for the excavation are crazy high, and if I can put the cost of excavation toward the bigger machine I'd come out ahead of the game...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

If you want “extended” kill use a glyphosate with imazapyr. Glyphosate is a systemic, non-selective herbicide that has no soil activity. It’s neutralized by soil microbes. Imazapyr is also a non-selective herbicide but, it does have soil activity. I use RM43.

Tried one from TS called Gordon's Barrier, and it didn't last three months, let alone a year. Found the RM43 at Amazon, so I'll give that a try. Thanks again, Rick!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Tried one from TS called Gordon's Barrier, and it didn't last three months, let alone a year. Found the RM43 at Amazon, so I'll give that a try. Thanks again, Rick!

Here's the RM43 label, for reference RNG.

I spray my perimeter fence lines about every 8 months.

Edit: I may have found a "neater" solution for adding the marker dye for tank mix. My "Big Foot" in a gallon jug is hard to use neatly. I had an empty mustard jar with flip cap that I cleaned well and, filled about 3/4 full, with a small funnel, from the gallon jug. When I mixed up 10 gallon batches of mix, adding the marker dye was easy and neat.