Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

RNG. Actually, this will be my primary generator, has been most of the year now. While I like the propane Kohler, it is just too expensive to run as primary. LP is $5/g here and not as efficient as the diesel. My prime rationale going with a propane backup was to add a non haul-able fuel option for wife. Once I get everything configured I’ll look at different run schedules, but current thinking is something of a 75/25 mix diesel/propane. I have to call for diesel delivery, propane is on a schedule. Would still like supplier to set me up with larger tank.

Jay, correct, was able to reuse the tees. Thankfully as I had bought new line but no fittings. The line is a 3.5mm fabric covered rubber commonly used in German cars. These sat at top of head so some heat degradation I suspect.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Met with both managers yesterday, likely be reporting to one of them soon. Manager for my current role is just being promoted to manager (she has been on the bigger team, but this is her first management position). Manager for new role has been a manager about 14 months, he performed the role I'm looking at for 10 years before becoming manager. I can do either job, and there is a 3rd job I might look at that is outside the management chain I am in now...

FWIW, hawkeye, the last two managers I had were new. One was promoted into the position when my then manager was also advanced, the other was a former Air Force colonel that was hired to start a new IT group. Neither were very good managers, the first because of inexperience, the second because he knew little to nothing about IT and wouldn't take no for an answer. Both were excellent motivators to get me to seriously consider retirement, so in that sense, you could say they were at least good for that.:laughing:

 

[sodamo]

No word yet on Tundra. Maybe today.

While wife was getting Pilot serviced she looked at the Honda Ridgeline. Likes it.

Surprisingly several good major reviews online, even beating out Ranger, Tacoma, Gladiator in some.

If honest, my bigger truck needs are very few, always made out with our Tacomas or S10. Towing is rated 5k which would be sufficient for my trailer. I don’t trailer my tractor.

Looking at trim levels, the Honda is about 2/3 price of Tundra in similar trim. Of course would want a new bed cap.

Could be an interesting exercise in aging, should we get a Ridgeline in same colors as Pilot to go to garage and not be sure which vehicle we got in. LOL

 

[jbrumberg]

David- FWIW My BIL really likes his Honda Ridgeline.

 

[toppop52]

RNG, check this out.

 

[jbrumberg]

There is a home built from those shipping containers near here.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 60F @ 10:30AM. Plentiful sunshine. High around 70F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph.
The Red Flag Warning expired yesterday at 11AM, but another one started this morning. The power came back on sometime late afternoon, but since I wasn't checking the meter very often and the helicopter that ran the line was so far up in the air I didn't think it was doing an inspection. Then the power was shut off again at 5:10 this morning. I know because I heard a clunk somewhere in the house that woke me up, probably the solenoid in the propane stove opening, and looked up to see no time being projected onto the ceiling. Got the iPhone out and had very poor cellular reception, text messages only.

Sounds like you're getting the hang of that supervision job, Ted. Keep up the good work!:thumbsup:

I'd planned to check/adjust the valves on the generator this morning. It had 339 hours on it when I bought it; I've never checked the valves as it was supposed to have been done at 300 hours. It's been a little reluctant to start the past couple of mornings, and a tight valve might be the cause. But I needed a cold motor and daylight to do it, so I tried to get back to sleep and failed miserably. Gave up after an hour, fired up a Luci light, and started the day. Tried to use the iPhone as a hot spot, but still no reception. That got me wondering about the land line, and it was nice to find it still working. Found the shop manual for the generator, and the valve adjustment procedure, and other than having to remove a few plastic covers, it didn't look complicated. By that time there was some light in the sky, so I strapped on a headlamp and got the generator disconnected and the service doors open. Spark plug out, covers off, there are the valves, with simple screw and jamb nut adjusters. The instructions said to find TDC by pulling the cord and looking through a timing window, but even with the plug out the crank kept over rotating and I never did find the timing mark. Came back inside to try to find a video, and reception was still bad, so just came back out and put it all back together so I'd have power to use the satellite connection and watch the video. They used a screwdriver down the spark plug hole to find TDC, but they didn't mention the over rotation problem. I'd pulled another cover off which revealed the flywheel, and had a little luck using holes in it to nudge the crank, but since by then the generator was hot, that'll have to wait for tomorrow morning. During all that fooling around, I did notice that there was some clearance in the exhaust valve, so I didn't feel like I was taking much of a chance in continuing to run the generator. Hopefully tomorrow the power will be back on so I can put the genny on the lift table instead of having to sit on the cold concrete.

The cord between the generator and the house runs under the garage door, and when I closed it enough pressure was put on the plug that one leg of the 240 volts dropped out. That left some things working in the house, and not others. Going back to the last thing I did, which was to close the door, showed the cord to be very tight and the plug coming out of the receptacle at an angle. Yeah, it was turning out to be one of those days.

Not sure what I'll do for the rest of the day, at this point I'm kinda afraid to touch anything else!:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, check this out.
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Yeah, lots of that going on out here, too. It requires a building permit as soon as the first truss goes up, though.:grumpy:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

This article may help explain the lousy reception today. The power has been off so much lately, even if the cell towers have backup power, batteries and fuel tanks are very likely depleted by now.

 

[Bird]

An overcast, drizzly 46ºF for today’s low temperature; the drizzle continues and it is 48ºF presently, and I anticipate a drizzly afternoon high ~50ºF.

Jay, it's been the same here all day until about 2 minutes ago when the real rain arrived. We drove around a good bit before noon and had to keep the wipers on the slowest intermittent speed the whole time. Tuesdays, Rosa's Café and Tortilla factory (Rosas Cafe) has a 3 taco special with beans and rice that's hard to beat for $4.95, so we stopped for that. Today is the last (19th) day for Margaret's sister to be here from West Virginia. Got to leave here about 5:45 a.m. in the morning to take her to the airport to go home. And it's supposed to be a rainy night tonight and day tomorrow.