Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Done for the day. Or is that done in for the day? The 300' rolls of 2" poly pipe were about all I could handle, being awkwardly sized at over 6' in diameter, slippery, and most of all, heavy. It was all I could do to get a roll on the side-by-side and get it up the hill without falling off, then as expected, it wanted to take off down the hill as soon as it touched ground. Ended up sliding it on its side to uncoil it, which fortunately got easier as the coils came off and the remainder got lighter. Did both rolls going down the hill just to get them unwound, then gradually worked them over to the trench. I had a bunch of 4' and 5' lengths of rectangular steel tubing left over from the pallet project, so set them across the trench at 6' intervals and slid the pipe onto them to get it centered in the trench. Then walked down the trench, lifting the pipe into it and tossing the tubes aside. Still got a few rocks and dirt clods in the trench, but not many, and they were easy to toss out. After lunch I got the splice made in the middle, and finished the lower lay. I did get one kink in the upper roll, and I'll probably end up having to make a repair since I think I see a pinhole. I'll wait for the pressure test to make sure, though. I'll do the 1" pipe tomorrow, then it's off to town on Thursday to pick up the rest of the 1" PVC non-metallic conduit for the Ethernet cables and level sensor line. Glad this one is done, as the two 1" lines are a lot lighter and should be much easier.

Found this video on how not to do it, made me feel a lot better about my rather physical approach.

 

[Alien]

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good morning all
Happy Anniversary Toppop.
going to be a mighty hot day today, HI well into 100's.

really like the pic of the rodeo rider, truly an American scene.

quite the pics of Ocean City MD's entire fireworks display going off like a bomb on the beach, too bad, real waste of money and hope
no one got hurt. Anyone here been near fireworks that went off very badly?

Roy, that is exactly what my Sony headphone did too, turns off after five minutes no matter how much I charge it. Are we doing something wrong?

I have JBL headphones. I don't use them a lot but only charge them every 2 -3 months at most. They were part of the deal when I got my Samsung tablet. Bluetooth range is great. I can walk all through the house and outside with them when listening to music.

 

[Alien]

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Done for the day. Or is that done in for the day? The 300' rolls of 2" poly pipe were about all I could handle, being awkwardly sized at over 6' in diameter, slippery, and most of all, heavy. It was all I could do to get a roll on the side-by-side and get it up the hill without falling off, then as expected, it wanted to take off down the hill as soon as it touched ground. Ended up sliding it on its side to uncoil it, which fortunately got easier as the coils came off and the remainder got lighter. Did both rolls going down the hill just to get them unwound, then gradually worked them over to the trench. I had a bunch of 4' and 5' lengths of rectangular steel tubing left over from the pallet project, so set them across the trench at 6' intervals and slid the pipe onto them to get it centered in the trench. Then walked down the trench, lifting the pipe into it and tossing the tubes aside. Still got a few rocks and dirt clods in the trench, but not many, and they were easy to toss out. After lunch I got the splice made in the middle, and finished the lower lay. I did get one kink in the upper roll, and I'll probably end up having to make a repair since I think I see a pinhole. I'll wait for the pressure test to make sure, though. I'll do the 1" pipe tomorrow, then it's off to town on Thursday to pick up the rest of the 1" PVC non-metallic conduit for the Ethernet cables and level sensor line. Glad this one is done, as the two 1" lines are a lot lighter and should be much easier.

Found this video on how not to do it, made me feel a lot better about my rather physical approach.

BIG job there RedNeckGeek. I don't have a backhoe so I intend getting one of these when I lay my irrigation pipes. They work well. The pipe self feeds.

SINGLE TINE TRACTOR RIPPER 80mm PIPE - Hayes Products - Tractor Attachments and Implements

Rated for tractors from 30-80hp The hardened steel cutting tooth is reversible and replacements are available Can be converted to Cat 2 using our Shim Kit Due to its size please ensure that your tractors 3PL can lift over 780mm high Specifications Horsepower 30-80hp Ripping Depth 780mm Max...

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[Bird]

Strangely, I was out on the tractor. Didn’t know about the quake until I came in about hour later and Sophie told me. Said it was quite a shaker, 5.2. Haven’t heard about any damage reported.

Many, many years ago I had to spend a few days in Sacramento, CA and stayed in a tall brand new hotel. In fact I checked in on their opening day. And the next morning I came down in an elevator from my room about 20 stories up, and walked into the big dining room to hear everyone talking about the earthquake we just had. I had thought it was just the elevator wobbling as we came down.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

BIG job there RedNeckGeek. I don't have a backhoe so I intend getting one of these when I lay my irrigation pipes. They work well. The pipe self feeds.

SINGLE TINE TRACTOR RIPPER 80mm PIPE - Hayes Products - Tractor Attachments and Implements

Rated for tractors from 30-80hp The hardened steel cutting tooth is reversible and replacements are available Can be converted to Cat 2 using our Shim Kit Due to its size please ensure that your tractors 3PL can lift over 780mm high Specifications Horsepower 30-80hp Ripping Depth 780mm Max...

hayesproducts.com.au

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I envy your soil, Doug! There are more rocks in the ground here than there is dirt. This little pile came out of that last two feet nearest the tank. That tool is a good idea, but I don't think it would last very long here. Besides, the trench will hold 1 @ 2" water pipe, 1 @ 1" water pipe, and 1 @ 1" electrical conduit. Would you have to make three passes with that thing?

 

[Alien]

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I envy your soil, Doug! There are more rocks in the ground here than there is dirt. This little pile came out of that last two feet nearest the tank. That tool is a good idea, but I don't think it would last very long here. Besides, the trench will hold 1 @ 2" water pipe, 1 @ 1" water pipe, and 1 @ 1" electrical conduit. Would you have to make three passes with that thing?

Yes probably. I have sandstone rock here in places. It does break up OK but there are some big ones buried. They can usually be dug out OK. I would do a empty run first to check for rock and then go over it the second time with the pipe. A backhoe is much more applicable in your case. Still a massive job though. I will be needing to run several irrigation pipes eventually and 1 electric cable which I will feed through the poly pipe. Tree stumps are more of a concern for me. I keep finding them under the topsoil everywhere but this thing can be used to break roots too. Just remove the pipe feeder.
I suppose you have the striped colors on your Poly? Plain black is thin, then blue and green. Pretty hard to kink the green as it is thicker.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Happy Anniversary Randy and Ellen! I hope y'all are having a great day.

Good morning! 72˚F cloudy, chance of rain. 1/3" rain yesterday.
If it dries I have gravel to spread on the muddy spots on the garden road, Yea - seat time.

Happy Anniversary Randy and Ellen

Kyle, they are testing for the Delta variant because even the adults at camp that had been vaccinated are coming down with covid.

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The folks in our capital are saying the vaccine prevents death from variants. One news source I heard on the radio says they are claiming it takes days and days for a delta variant test.

My oldest kid is just now 16, and I don't believe we will get her vaccinated just yet. They are talking about all kinds of symptoms in some kids...like heart inflammation....etc.

RNG, waiting for you to hit a large vein of gold. Then you can keep your mouth shut and buy anything you want.

Thomas, we have about 4 more months of hot days here. But it's funny you posted that.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

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[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 71F for the start, clear, light breeze. Light wind day, sky clouded up and threatened rain but none fell. High temp was 88F, HI 94F and DP 71F. Bike ride this morning then cut back yard then napped.
Covid update: Cooke 3247 confirmed cases, 3 active cases, Montague 1793 confirmed cases, 3 active cases, Grayson, 11374 confirmed cases, 13 active cases.
Randy nice pic and happy anniversary
RS interesting about the toad. sorry about the ground hog. Grill looks good.
Dennis Tn good for military battlefields, got to hike Shiloh trails back in HS
Kyle nice catch
Roy sorry about the headphones
Ron glad table/chairs are painted or stained. nice sunrise
Buppies good to hear vacationing with wife.
Roy I like the plain muffs but don't work with my hat brims
Billy hope you are still healing
Paul glad airplane made it out hope you didn't need much hand propping.
Ken hope you get better with sawmill. Dogs tend to do the same with bike riders
Kira welcome to GM thread
PJ glad you got studio time.
RS plenty opportunities
RNG still at 3 bikes, almost to 3200 miles for year, no broken records that I know of.
Drew good news on the mower front
PJ when water skiing on Mark Twain Lake, boater caught my ski rope in his prop. Destroyed rope handle, jerked him of the plane. All he could say was "sorry"
Chris if I knew what parts to hoard, I would not hoard so much
Don nice card work.
David hope you get all the packages you are looking for.
Davis sorry about PO
Thomas not nice to tease about cooler weather when so much hat weather remains
RNG congrats on getting the poly in the trench.
Doug would that attachment be cheating?
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, Bird/aging issues/daughter's foot, Billy/skin cancer surgery, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery/ diarrhea, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/vision issues, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery,RNG/fire season, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[rswyan]

75F and partly cloudy @ 23:30, headed down to an overnight low of 71F. High hit 90F today, cooler tomorrow with a good chance for rain.

Worked on moving dirt down to south side of pole barn in the morning until it started getting hot. There were high clouds that cut down on the sunlight and it wasn't all that bad.

Once it started to get really warm I came inside for a little break, a snack, and to cool off. After the snack it was all over: having only gotten about 3 - 4 hours sleep the night before, I went down for the count and had a 3 - 4 hour nap.

After I got up I did some cleaning (bird houses, buckets, and base for sparrow trap) around back, then adjusted the sprinkler nozzles and took the sprinkler rig over to the west planting bed. Was able to run it for 15+ minutes straight with no loss of water before I shut it off. Gives good coverage to the area.

Mixed up some food for the birds and refilled the hopper feeder.

Covered up plants in the garden with buckets so critters couldn't get to them.

Came inside after that, fed fish was final item before I knocked off for the day.

Hope everyone had a great day.