Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Maybe not progress kinda progress, but satisfying none the less. Finish the outside cleanup.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I am at the edge of apple country so we buy them straight from the tree. So much better than grocery store. So many orchards available. We like yellow delicious. Cider is made at the orchard also.

 

[rswyan]

I would have found them when I walked the dog just before going to bed. Amazon has been running really late in our area.

It's not just your area.

They scared the daylights out of my daughter delivering a package at 9pm to her house over the weekend.

Saw a thing in the news recently about UPS not taking anymore deliveries from like six or so different companies.

Between the 'Rona and normal holiday season, the package delivery companies are having trouble keeping up.

 

[toppop52]

Sodamo, that’s sweet looking!

 

[Dftodd]

It's not just your area.



Saw a thing in the news recently about UPS not taking anymore deliveries from like six or so different companies.

Between the 'Rona and normal holiday season, the package delivery companies are having trouble keeping up.

I saw the same thing. Can't remember where I saw it posted. Maybe here on a different thread.

This was the year locally to go black Friday shopping. There wasn't squat for people out.

 

[toppop52]

35 out now, calling for over two inches of rain, Friday into Saturday.
Hauled off the last of the pumpkins, had the loader bucket full, I dropped them in the woods for the deer and coons. Got some decorations up,repaired Peanuts inflatable and put a new bulb in Lucy’s head. Not a fan of inflatables, but I like Charlie Brown. Got the Nativity up but still have to run a cord, got outside tree in place and hooked up the remotes to the receptacles so I can click them from the living room. Still got a bunch to put up. I hope we can finish before the rain hits.
Have a good night folks.

 

[sodamo]

Sodamo, that’s sweet looking!

Thanks, pretty pleased so far. So is Sophie.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 39F for the start, overcast breezy. Got windier, overcast all day, and high temp was a whooping 43F. Stayed inside and feed insert after cleaning some ashes out. Did get nap in and got bike ride spreadsheet up to date. Good shot to reach 6K miles again this year.
Covid update: Cooke 1153 confirmed cases, 157 active cases, Montague 765 confirmed cases, 90 active cases, Grayson 4670 confirmed cases, 376 active cases, local unchanged.
Roy I would think the snows will work a bit better for you.
Doug no rain when promised is common in Texas and New Mexico, just ask Ted
David roads were not the problem in Missouri, it was the bad drivers having wreck at bad places
Phil enjoy puttering your neighbor's tractor
Thomas, let me know if the refusal works
Eric enjoy your Christmas tree, like the cartoon
Drew enjoy your nice day, Good luck with Covid list. Hope genny works fine on the 30# bottle.
Luther have fun puttering with shed and tractor
Bill enjoy you town trip,
Paul glad trip went fine What carries that data that was on the screen?
Billy I'd guess combustion heater. ( update: guessed wrong) Wonder what shook house., here would be a golf ball, two hit today
Dennis thanks for the extra load :scratchchin:
Ron why is it the older we get the heavier stuff gets. very nice pic
Don good to hear you are still taking care of your Mom. Wife got me a magnet for that kind of work.
Drew Paul was in the Jet stream
RNG good luck working out a shut-off on the Honda. That could be a hard sell to IRS that a roller stool is a safety item
Lou thanks for the meteor report. Good idea on the metric studs
Paul hope the door opener is a easy fix. sorry about your package delivery
David I day that at the end of every project, but doesn't improve much
Drew looks strait forward
RS sorry about the hard ware MIA, hope you can replace it. Good score on the Redi Niche(s). HF hmmm wet tile cutter?
Ted got a good chuckle from the email. Hope you can work in shop this afternoon
Ken thanks for the link, that was good!
David good to see the supervisor ready to go to work.
Don rules for thee but not for me
DF enjoy the wedding!
Roy glad you got the tire replaced, snow tire don't last well during summer.
Dennis getting a good collection of tractors.
RS whole lot of running around to get project going!
David looking much better after clean up
Randy glad decorations going up. You know a pic is worth 1,000 word
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel, Ron/hearing/son, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, and Country
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Looking4new]

BEF, you should have one tractor for every implement.

Someone with a newer Volvo Class 8 tractor and trailer failed to negotiate a straightish section of road on Hwy 11 this morning. Both units are a write off. Trailer is twisted bad and the barn doors are sprung open. The frame on the tractor might be okay. They had a softer landing though, thanks to some snow on the ground. When I came back south I looked for skid marks...none. Tracks in snow in the median indicate to me that they were going south bound.
Snoozing and cruising usually is to blame. IF the driver was alone AND no witnesses, he could blame a moose. He might get away with that lie to the cop, then again he might not.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Keep in mind that the propane doesn稚 flow if the engine isn稚 running. The regulator on the engine maintains 0 pressure, it depends on suction from the Venturi in the carb to draw the gas into the engine. So you would need a failure of the zero regulator for there an issue when the engine quits, although it isn稚 likely that the engine would run if the regulator stuck open free flowing gas.
If it doesn稚 sit around totally unsupervised for long periods, you would be fine without the solenoid. Although I would likely do it myself just because I like to tinker. If you decide to proceed, PM me, I likely have a surplus 12v shutoff.

I did a homemade conversion on a Honda twin, and was astounded at what a narrow range of mixture that propane would run on.
Unlike gasoline which runs best at approx 14-1, but will run on either side at a wide margin. Propane has to be spot on or it doesn稚 fire.

Thanks for the explanation, and the warning, Paul. The "instructions" that came with the kit are very general, and don't go into any details of how the regulators work. Yes, there are two: one to drop from the high pressure of the bottle down to something much lower, and a much smaller one that thanks to you I now know acts as something of a shutoff valve to meter propane into the engine based on the needs of the combustion cycle. Being conservative when it comes to safety, no way I'd leave the valve on the bottle open unless I actually want the compressor to run. But now that you've explained the function of the zero regulator, I'm a little more comfortable with the use case I outlined. Still might implement your solution, but might try to get the generator running with what I've got first...