Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

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Roy I think you are ready for the snow. Do the cabs also have AC up North?

Yep, AC and heat...also, a radio/CD/Bluetooth player (optional). Other than a quick run up to PTO RPM, I haven't really determined if I'm going to need hearing protection when mowing or snow blowing. A blue tooth head set would be nice though. I occasionally use one when mowing with the zero-turn mower
This tractor also has ePTO...runs the PTO at lower RPM. I don't know much about that yet.
The dealer had to order a manual...probably two (one for the tractor, one for the loader). In the interim, I've been reading the online manual.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-10-23, 0326

52 right now...mid-60's is the high...pretty much a repeat of yesterday.
Some of you may recall we got a major finding during our AS 9100 audit a couple months ago. The auditor will be returning today to see if our corrective action is effective. Well, I've done my part...the inspection guys better do their part and we'll be OK

Thanks for all the nice comments about the new (to me) 4052 Deere.
Must admit, I was very pleasantly surprised to get the text from my stepdaughter about it being delivered. The things I wanted installed (block heater, 3 bucket hooks and rear wiper) were ready. In my experience, Yanmar engines are pretty good in cold weather starting, but block heaters make it so much easier on the engine. There's supposed to be a hydraulic oil heater available too, but I haven't found one of those when doing online research (yet). Maybe one of you 40xx series tractor owners can provide some info...or if it's even necessary

 

[Eric Salop]

The day started off with a really nice orange glow to the west, which I missed taking a pic of because by the time I had taken a cup of tea up to my wife it vanished, replaced by a drab dark slab of cloud. It is going to rain, only a question of time.

Great looking tractor Roy, should be nice and stable too with those widely spaced rear tires. You will probably find you hardly ever need to touch the brakes now you have a good hydro. I though going clutchless was fantastic - plus getting rid of a pedal gives more space for putting junk on the floor of the cab

Wng, those turning leaves, rocks and water on your trail make for a gorgeous picture. Looks to be the sort of place you could happily fish all day, even with no hook on the line.

Don, you got to be careful with that mulch dumping and moving again - they are sure to guess it was all an excuse to get more time on the free tractor if you repeat it too often

 

[NHBX]

Good morning folks

55 now dew point 52 high of 62 and cloudy today.

Cleaned the leaves from the driveway. Shut off outside water and put hoses away for the season.

Roy nice looking tractor, love the cab.
Good luck with the AS 9100 stuff that’s one thing I don’t miss from work.

Enjoy your day everyone

 

[Buppies]

57 high of 76 today a little cooler than 82 yesterday still very nice for late October

Off to do much smaller job today

Prayers for Kyles daughter, riptides and shoulder, Jay and wife, our country

Sodamo 1000 tons a day is the mark to shoot for but difficult to achieve on parking lot

 

[riptides]

59 heading just below 80 again today. Heavy fog.

A good day to be outside. I need to finish laying some more 4x4's for the horse run ins. Managed to cut the grass yesterday. Need to finish that up today. The grass is nice and green, and surprisingly, void of major bugs.

Also, I think today is paint the porch ceiling day. That's been a long time coming. I did the final once over just before the sun went down last night. A busy day for sure.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe. Enjoy.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
another foggy morning, 63 going up to 73 today. So wet out in morning almost like a constant drizzle.

Amazon delivered my 10x14 wool rug for bedroom much earlier than expected, was so heavy I could barely get it inside. Waiting for help (and pad to arrive) to lay it down.
Funny that normally Amazon emails me saying your package has delivered, and sure enough within minutes it's outside my front door. But this time. rug is shown as not even shipped yet.
Hope they don't send two, or they will have to come pick it up, too heavy for me to get to UPS. Amazon driver was really nice, he looked at rug and said do you need a hand with that? I sure did... So he picked the thing up by himself and hauled in inside to kitchen floor, where I could barely drag it from there. That was service above and beyond. :thumbsup:

Am off to DMV for third time later this morning, with SS card in hand, photo ID from NC, Medicare card, two envelopes addressed to me at new location, SS statement sent to current address, etc.
Then headed to friend's home to pick up some moving blankets, then meeting friend at Uhaul place to pick up trailer for tomorrow's trip. Not looking forward to that trip tomorrow in his
aging diesel Jeep Liberty. Going to take a back pillow and my noise cancelling headphones for sure.

Pleased that electrician's estimate for installing the portable gen hookup came in under my budget, so sent all that info off to landlord for her approval. Came in around 900 dollars to install 50 amp receptacle on exterior wall, make a custom cord to hook up gen. and modify interior panel to work as interlock. House only has 100 amp panel though in this case not a big deal since gen doesn't put out that much power anyway. Now hopefully Westinghouse gen will show up Nov 4th as promised. Same dual fuel gen I bought for 1050 is now listed for 1800...big shortages are driving usual price gouging.

leaves are changing colors here nicely, very pretty driving country roads where limbs overhang roads with a constant color show

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 56° with mostly clear skies this morning. Heading to 74° with afternoon thunderstorms. Got mine and Sassy's hair done. Both of us can now see without having to get hair out of our eyes. Did Menards shopping also. Grocery shopping today. No other plans.
Road in front of my house.

Roy, tractor looks good. Very nice comfortable cab. Does it have a rear camera?

Drew, good luck with DMV.

Don, that compost looked good enough for mulch.

Riptides, pictures when celling painting is done?

Randy, hope your arm is getting better.

RNG, good to know power transfer is working good.

Kyle, hope you can get Steiner running.

David, hope container cutting goes good.

RS, hope you are sending all your 11% coupons in. Another week. I think they are going to go for rest of the year. Will let you know when they end.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning,
the temp is 40°F and going to a high of 57. Wind E 13 gusting to 19 mph. Rain, heavy at times, up to 2.4".

Today is going to be an energy conservation day.

That is a great picture, Ron.

Have a safe and healthy day all

 

[Thomas]

Roy...nice really nice looking JD :thumbsup: it's like showroom condition.
You'll like the hydro when doing loader work also when come to stopping,the only issue I found if wearing big snow boots.
Santa going to have to bring you steering wheel spinner.
Does it have tilt steering wheel?...those are nice.

I'll send all the snow I can your way so you can get some seat time.

 

[Thomas]

52F foggy mid 60's for high mostly cloudy day.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...errands in town get critter food,one of BIG maples decided to shed over half of it's leaves over night guess I be busy cleaning that area etc.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

Ron...That's kinda picture would make some just set and view and reflect years gone by and enjoy nature. :thumbsup:

 

[wngsprd]

55 and heavy fog again. Going to 76.

Roy, congrats on a real nice looking tractor, and beautiful place you have.

Ron, we went to the mountains yesterday and the colors were nice, but nothing as beautiful as your road. We hiked up to the Calvary and Chimney Rocks and talked with some interesting folks.

RNG, one couple parked a bright red (white top) '71 VW camper next to us...the gut was from London, and the lady from Minnesota...they had been traveling and driving the camper on 3 continents as they worked in different restaurants and hotels. He showed me the inside with the two burner, sink, potty and bed setup. They had been living in it for 5 solid weeks on their way to Florida from Minnesota. I asked if he had put a Subaru engine in it, and he said, no, he had thought about it, but it was on its 6th VW engine (I forget whether he said 1.7 or 1.9L). Said he only could go about 25mph up the mountain, using 2nd gear.

Also talked with a fireman sitting in the most modified Tacoma I've seen...real nice job on it. Turns out he lives near our son on Long Island, NY...he had a golden doodle puppy in his lap that he and his girlfriend had just picked up that day. Named it Ember (he's a fireman). Cool puppy. They have one of those tents that sits on the top of the truck bed and folds out for sleeping...he really likes it...can still use the bed underneath for carrying stuff.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

80˚F at 8PM.

Kyle is that Steiner going to be like someone's van? A source of entertainment for years!. Looking forward to see if we can get it running.

Rick your pic reminds me why I looked like mud after mowing without a cab.

Roy I think you are ready for the snow. Do the cabs also have AC up North?

Today started off pretty bad with breaking my tooth on a banana and e-muffin this morning and then I found out that all the mulch I put around the greenhouse was supposed to be compost.

BUT the dentist was in and put on a temporary crown and I was eating lunch by noon. I got an abundance of exercise and tractor time loading the FEL by hand, funny I dumped 7 buckets but it took 14 to remove the mulch - lots of quality tractor time - not too bad of a day. My parts even came in for the Honda tiller and it's now fixed with new lines and filters.

Loading-er-up.
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Don, it can't be like the van, because I can't afford to pay someone to bungle it up. If the motor is toast, or a main transmission component is wiped out, it will be a wait and see. I've seen similar 230's (that run) go for $3500

sorry about the tooth. Hard muffin? I broke loose a crown once, eating my ex-MIL's thanksgiving day dressing. The hard crusty part that was outside the turkey. Ooops.

 

[Bird]

:cool2:65 degrees for a low temperature today and going for a high of 67 according to the NWS. But the best news is that it started raining at 7 a.m. for the first rain in exactly one month and one day.:cool2:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 64 @ 5:00AM. Sunny. High 81F. Winds light and variable.
The Red Flag Warning expired last night, but firefighters were busy again with three call outs, one on the north side of Oroville again that resulted in a brief evacuation for nearby residents. It was held to 10 acres, while the other two were much smaller. No word yet on the causes, but almost all of them so far have been caused by people doing things they shouldn't have been doing.
Power is still off but will likely be restored once the copters have had a chance to fly the lines. The next shutoff is shaping up for sometime Sunday, a stronger system that will likely last into Tuesday.

Fall is putting on quite the show for you this year, Ron. Thanks for sharing!

It's good to screw up once in a while, Don, if for no other reason than to remind folks that nobody's perfect.:laughing:

Glad you got some help, Drew, and best of luck at the DMV. A while back a buddy of mine gave me a couple KN95 masks, and after a little googling, I learned that there is a lot of variation in quality. There was one website put up by a university that listed test results for a large number of masks, many of which failed the N95 standard used here in the USA. The gifted ones looked like they are among the failures, so they sit here unused.

Lost a couple hours yesterday morning to YouTube watching wet blaster videos, RS. Seems like lots of home brew setups out there, but the same basic problems remain of keeping the grit out of areas where it doesn't belong, and removing metal plating from parts that need it. Dry blasting with ultra fine media will produce the same finish as the wet blasters with a lot less trouble.

Had to google Steiner 230, Kyle, and as usual, there were lots of references here on TBN. Here's hoping you found a diamond in the rough!

Did some straightening up in the garage yesterday, uncovering some bench space but not enough. So more of that today. FedEx is supposed to show up with more security cams, enough to have one watching each side of the house. Not sure I'll get a start on mounting them, though, as all will need wires run up in the attic and it's still gets hot up there early in the day. The fairing I purchased for the white bike needs some repairs, so I'll probably get it cleaned up and get out the fiberglass to make a start on that.

TGIF gang!:drink:

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning all, 58 going up to 72 and cloudy/misty , leaves are more than 1/2 down already-wish it would dry out so I can move them around.
Another day of long day job hours so not much got done outside again

Roy- that is one fine looking tractor, congrats, it looks well worth the weight
TXDon - mulch/compost - that must have been one unripe banana -
Mostly - Gopher hunter success!
RS-sounds like you took it easy yesterday-not!
Drew - good luck at DMV - third times a charm??
Kyle - Steiner - looks backwards - pretty neat little tractor-can't wait to see pictures and hear about your success in getting it going.

Be safe and stay well

 

[daugen]

Roy, congrats on tractor. Nice you have inching feature, you must have the loaded R model. I almost bought that before I bought my Kubota, but JD dealer was awful and far way while Kubota was close and a great dealer. Both were comparable tractors, am sure you are going to love the cab, staying warm and dry. Let it snow!

yes Ken, third time had better be the charm. What is almost humorous is I'm the last person they need to worry about.
This reminds me to get my passport renewed in near future, I let that lapse. Now this is strange, went online to confirm
Flemington NJ passport office, now it says no passport offices in PA, NJ, NY or Delaware. Wonder how that is possible...
Perhaps I can accomplish this online with Real ID or at local court house.

 

[kenmbz]

And it's definitely Fall!

 

[toppop52]

Got down to 57 headed to 76 if this fog clears. I’m in Easton this morning, about an hour from home, Ellen has an appointment to excise a mole behind her ear that’s basil cell carcinoma. Not sure how long that will take. The doggie and I are waiting outside.

I use a combination of Gunk and kerosene in my parts washer, I clean the filter regularly, I only clean the sludge out of the bottom about every six months, but I don’t use it too much anymore.
My arm is still bleeding, I’ve got a call in to the doctor to see what I can do. Good old Eliquis is good at its job, preventing clotting.

Roy you will love the hydro after a couple of uses, especially for loader work.