RedNeckGeek
Super Member
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2011
- Messages
- 8,753
- Location
- Butte County & Orcutt, California
- Tractor
- Kubota M62, Kubota L3240D HST (SOLD!), Kubota RTV900
Good Morning!!!! 48F @ 5:00AM. Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 66F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
I think I'd be more curious about where all that water went to, and be looking for the exit of the drain on the other side of the tracks, Eric. Maybe use of a long plumber's snake a few times a year would keep the opening open?
I'm jealous of your Walmart experience, Wng. Got through to my neighbor that drives delivery trucks for Walmart, and I'm told most stores that were getting two truck deliveries a day are now only getting one delivery every two days. Yet he's working more than eight hour shifts, and six days a week. That's in California and Nevada, and helps explain the bare shelves that I'm hearing about here.
I got curious about the census last week and filled out my questionnaire online. Then got a letter from them yesterday saying someone will try to visit (but they'll run into a locked gate unless they notify me first) AND they'll send me another questionnaire. No wonder they're hiring all those census takers with all that duplicated effort.:confused3::mischievous:
Hope you get some good news at the doctor's office this afternoon, Drew. You're more than past due for some.:thumbsup:
Something's not adding up with the CoVid-19 news, Ron. The geometric progression expansion of the disease seems to be holding up in California and nationwide, and medical staff at those NYC hospitals on 60 Minutes the other night looked exhausted. Yet someone has time to make that very fancy and time consuming dry erase board? Doesn't make sense. :confused2: But I'm with you with regard to staying home as long as possible, riding out the peak with as close to zero exposure as possible.
I'm hoping for some good news this month, too, Thomas. And that's no April Fool's joke.
The hummers got through two gallons of nectar in three days, and were trying to land on the refreshed feeders as I hung them yesterday. And twice now I've seen a very aggressive male attack another bird in midair and drag it down to the ground for a series of pecks. Once last night landing right next to me while I was on the phone with one of my buddies.:shocked:
The 3/8" x 2" steel bar for the propane tank hold downs showed up yesterday, so after cutting and drilling it, I set the wedge anchors in the concrete pads. Screwed up on the first hole, putting it 90ｰ from where it needed to be, and thought I'd be able to pull it out with a 4' pry bar. Uh uh, it just mangled the washer I was prying against. So I ended up cutting it off with a zip blade in the angle grinder, then tapping the stub back down into the hole with a punch. I had some concrete patch left over from another job, and used it to fill the hole. But now I wonder why there seems to be so much vertical slack in the studs, nearly 3/4 of an inch. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
The shop manual for the Kubota has a very nice write-up on the hydraulic system that powers the tractor, describing fluid flow through each of the many components in each of several operating modes. Took a while to get through, but the take away is that there is a pressure regulator that governs overall system pressure, and there are several over pressure gates in the system, any one of which could cause the lack of power situation I'd seen the day before. I also found where the pressure test ports are located, but learned that a special adapter would be needed to hook up a gauge. Not wanting to get too deep into it right off the bat, I decided to take another ride and see if I could duplicate the lack of power problem. I'd been putting it off all day because problems seldom fix themselves, but I also didn't have much info to go on and didn't have much to lose in taking a five minute ride. The tractor fired right up, seemed to run fine, and the bucket loaded with gravel without any hesitation. Wheeled it over to the base of the hill, shifted to low range, and it went right up with no hesitation. Dump, back drag to level out the gravel, back down for another load. No issues. Kept going, hoping I'd either finish spreading out the gravel, or the problem would come back. The only time anything came up was one trip where I forgot to shift into low range and the tractor stopped as it swung directly up hill, making the same kind of stressed noises from the hydraulic system it did the other day. But it's hard for me to believe that such a simple mistake would be the solution because I'm forgetful enough to not be in the right range and it's second nature to hit the paddle switch if something like that happens. And as more time elapsed, the tractor's response to the go pedal, even in low range, got more reluctant, especially heading directly uphill. So my guess at this point is that it's something time, and probably heat, related. The shop manual mentioned a clogged hydrostatic filter as a possible cause, but there's less than 40 hours on the filter and oil. It also said that using the wrong hydraulic fluid would cause problems. I'm using the Tractor Supply version of Kubota's UDT fluid, which they say is equivalent, but maybe at high temperature it somehow doesn't do the job as it should. It's not very often that I run the tractor that hard for as long as I did the other day, so if that is the issue it's no surprise it didn't show up until now. The grass is starting to grow pretty vigorously, so I guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks when I start mowing.
Meanwhile, I did finish the gravel spreading, at least the part under where the solar panels will go, and enough to let me get started building the rack. Here's a look:
You know what day it is, right?
It's hUMp Day!!!:laughing:
I think I'd be more curious about where all that water went to, and be looking for the exit of the drain on the other side of the tracks, Eric. Maybe use of a long plumber's snake a few times a year would keep the opening open?
I'm jealous of your Walmart experience, Wng. Got through to my neighbor that drives delivery trucks for Walmart, and I'm told most stores that were getting two truck deliveries a day are now only getting one delivery every two days. Yet he's working more than eight hour shifts, and six days a week. That's in California and Nevada, and helps explain the bare shelves that I'm hearing about here.
I got curious about the census last week and filled out my questionnaire online. Then got a letter from them yesterday saying someone will try to visit (but they'll run into a locked gate unless they notify me first) AND they'll send me another questionnaire. No wonder they're hiring all those census takers with all that duplicated effort.:confused3::mischievous:
Hope you get some good news at the doctor's office this afternoon, Drew. You're more than past due for some.:thumbsup:
Something's not adding up with the CoVid-19 news, Ron. The geometric progression expansion of the disease seems to be holding up in California and nationwide, and medical staff at those NYC hospitals on 60 Minutes the other night looked exhausted. Yet someone has time to make that very fancy and time consuming dry erase board? Doesn't make sense. :confused2: But I'm with you with regard to staying home as long as possible, riding out the peak with as close to zero exposure as possible.
I'm hoping for some good news this month, too, Thomas. And that's no April Fool's joke.
The hummers got through two gallons of nectar in three days, and were trying to land on the refreshed feeders as I hung them yesterday. And twice now I've seen a very aggressive male attack another bird in midair and drag it down to the ground for a series of pecks. Once last night landing right next to me while I was on the phone with one of my buddies.:shocked:
The 3/8" x 2" steel bar for the propane tank hold downs showed up yesterday, so after cutting and drilling it, I set the wedge anchors in the concrete pads. Screwed up on the first hole, putting it 90ｰ from where it needed to be, and thought I'd be able to pull it out with a 4' pry bar. Uh uh, it just mangled the washer I was prying against. So I ended up cutting it off with a zip blade in the angle grinder, then tapping the stub back down into the hole with a punch. I had some concrete patch left over from another job, and used it to fill the hole. But now I wonder why there seems to be so much vertical slack in the studs, nearly 3/4 of an inch. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
The shop manual for the Kubota has a very nice write-up on the hydraulic system that powers the tractor, describing fluid flow through each of the many components in each of several operating modes. Took a while to get through, but the take away is that there is a pressure regulator that governs overall system pressure, and there are several over pressure gates in the system, any one of which could cause the lack of power situation I'd seen the day before. I also found where the pressure test ports are located, but learned that a special adapter would be needed to hook up a gauge. Not wanting to get too deep into it right off the bat, I decided to take another ride and see if I could duplicate the lack of power problem. I'd been putting it off all day because problems seldom fix themselves, but I also didn't have much info to go on and didn't have much to lose in taking a five minute ride. The tractor fired right up, seemed to run fine, and the bucket loaded with gravel without any hesitation. Wheeled it over to the base of the hill, shifted to low range, and it went right up with no hesitation. Dump, back drag to level out the gravel, back down for another load. No issues. Kept going, hoping I'd either finish spreading out the gravel, or the problem would come back. The only time anything came up was one trip where I forgot to shift into low range and the tractor stopped as it swung directly up hill, making the same kind of stressed noises from the hydraulic system it did the other day. But it's hard for me to believe that such a simple mistake would be the solution because I'm forgetful enough to not be in the right range and it's second nature to hit the paddle switch if something like that happens. And as more time elapsed, the tractor's response to the go pedal, even in low range, got more reluctant, especially heading directly uphill. So my guess at this point is that it's something time, and probably heat, related. The shop manual mentioned a clogged hydrostatic filter as a possible cause, but there's less than 40 hours on the filter and oil. It also said that using the wrong hydraulic fluid would cause problems. I'm using the Tractor Supply version of Kubota's UDT fluid, which they say is equivalent, but maybe at high temperature it somehow doesn't do the job as it should. It's not very often that I run the tractor that hard for as long as I did the other day, so if that is the issue it's no surprise it didn't show up until now. The grass is starting to grow pretty vigorously, so I guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks when I start mowing.
Meanwhile, I did finish the gravel spreading, at least the part under where the solar panels will go, and enough to let me get started building the rack. Here's a look:
You know what day it is, right?
It's hUMp Day!!!:laughing:
which was "somewhat" disconcerting and then I checked- I was wearing Wifey's glasses. Her vision is almost as bad as mine.