Good Morning!!!! 73F @ 6:00AM. Sunny. High 102F. Winds light and variable.
Manufacturers do that to prop up prices for their "authorized" dealers, Don. I try to avoid purchasing products from manufacturers like that. Sometimes you can't avoid it, though; Kubota is like that. Usta be a place called TractorSmart.com that had prices about 20% below dealer prices. Kubota found out about it, and threatened to take the franchise away from the dealer who was supplying TractorSmart. No more TractorSmart.
Sounds like a good day of fishing, Eric. Did you keep any to eat?
That Euro setup makes a lot of sense, Lou. I'll look into it. Did you have any problems with drive shafts being too short to work with the quick hitch, RS?
Nice work on the rafters, Ted. Did you use screws or nails?
Yes, that was a dose of adrenaline like I haven't had in a long time, and I hope it's an even longer time before I get another like that. I knew the tractor was creeping, but it seemed to be going faster, and that's what got me excited. That parking brake has two detents, and I must have used the lower tension one that time. The second one takes a lot of pedal pressure, and I was getting tired by that point. I walked all the way around the rack and one of the uphill shots was taken standing on the uncut grass beyond where I stopped mowing. Classic situation of looking at the viewfinder while backing up. My foot hit that dry grass and I ended up sliding a couple feet downhill before I regained traction. Wouldn't want to do that on the tractor, again.
Are you putting a WiFi relay on your tractor, David? How does that work?:confused2:
What if your favorite soup flavor is at the bottom of the stack, RS?:confused2:
Good job on the detective work, Randy. I'm now very curious to hear the rest of Drew's story...
This county is now up to 40 confirmed cases of CoVid-19, almost double in a week. Mostly due to increased testing; almost 500/day now. I hope people are paying attention, and realize that there are a LOT of asymptomatic carriers out there, and it would be very easy to slip back into large numbers of hospitalizations if people aren't more careful.
Started yesterday by moving what must have been a hundred collapsed and stacked moving boxes out of the pump house and into the storage container so that the solar contractor can run more conduit. The boxes are left over from my move here ten years ago, and I really should try to get rid of them. Looking at all the stuff that's come out of the pump house so far, I'm amazed it all fit. I'd also put a lot of sticks of oak trim and steel and aluminum rod and angle up in the rafters, and had a heck of a time getting some of it back out. How did I get it up there to begin with?
Spent the next couple hours shoveling dirt through a screen, and probably got a FEL bucket and a half worth for my effort. About that time, the shade ran out where I was working, and it was lunch time, so it was an easy decision to quit.
After lunch, the main event of the day was moving everything away from the east wall of the garage, again so the contractor can run more conduit. The big welding table had to be moved, but before there was room for it, I had to roll a motorcycle off the lift and move both of them under the covered front porch. Then I filled up four moving boxes with junk that had accumulated on the table, and still didn't get it entirely empty. Got six more boxes off the workbench; I haven't seen some of that table top in years! All of that went out to the storage container, you know, the one I bought to put my firewood in?:confused2::duh: Then had to move a roll away tool chest so I could get a vertical bandsaw out of the way. The drawers of that chest have a bad habit of opening themselves when it's being moved, and I had to stop every couple of feet to push them closed again. It was a good reminder to finally purchase a set of the Snap-On drawer latches for it. The bandsaw is on rollers, so it was an easy move, but the drill press had to be rocked to it's new temporary home. It's just light enough to get away with doing that, and heavy enough that it could easily get out of control. That just left unplugging the three phase power cords for the larger shop tools so the contractor can get to the back corner where the conduit will come in from down on the hill. By that time, the temps were pushing 95F, and it was time for another water break. The last job of the day was finding the spool of CAT6 cable that'll be run out to the generator. It was at the bottom of a stack of other cables, of course. But there was somewhere around 600' left in the box.:thumbsup:
Finished up the day soaking under the outside shower and laying in the sun. Doctor said my back problems are partly due to osteoporosis, and to get more vitamin D.
Picked up a fresh container of meal worms on the way back from town last week, and the lizards got a treat. The beer was so cold it almost hurt my hand, but between it and the hot shower water, my back sure felt a whole lot better.
Still haven't heard back from the contractor if they'll be here today or not.Still need to get the welding table cleaned off so I can finish the battery stand, so that's first on the agenda for this morning.
Sheesh, Wednesday already. Happy Hump Day, folks!
