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There were a couple of FLIR units on my potential list - sounds like you got a good one for all sorts of things! Never even considered some of those (would prefer not to ever deal with some, too). and we have moles. . . THANK YOU!

I just got an email from StarLink last night (that I didn’t see u til now) that I can get the “best Effort” service — is it worth it?

Verizon, AT&T and their hangers-on. . . terrain-wise, we are in a very “folded” topography, and a lot of pine needles to interfere as well. ALLEGEDLY we are getting fiber. . . But the “allegedly” has been for more years than we have been here. . .

My cell coverage is marginal at best

I am still on the Waiting and Waiting List for StarLink.

Except out here in the woods the cell service sucks too.

And just now:

I am also over 24000 wire feet from the CO. three service calls ago, the tech said the telco should never have given us DSL, but since they did, they have to make it work. yesterday morning:

Currently we are using the telco-provided Arris NVG4438 modem it is a MAJOR improvement of the NetGear 2200s they used to utilize!

Hi all! indont need a $15G imager, but I don’t want a cheap POS. I am not really warm&fuzzy on the cellphone attachment types,s once I have a flip phone. . . What one do you have/use? What do you like/dislike about it? I would also like to be able to get my WIFI signal bubble diameter to be...

Any Cloves? Or the other stuff? 😂🤣

Scrooge!!!!! 🤣😂🤣

Happy Christmas Morning! God has given us a Savior, who is the reason WHY we have another chance to get it right one again. glad to hear power is coming back online - STAY WARM EVERYBODY, and make sure all our critters stay warm, watered and fed some extra calories. 14.5Fright now. Had to...

I dunno about you, but I think I would be very happy if Santa filled my stocking with coal tonight 😂🤣😂

Happy Christmas!!!

Cell service is down in our area,covering several miles. So much for Christmas Eve texting. . . UPDATE: 8:54 PM service is back - just got a text from electric company about “powering down unnecessary electric items to prevent rotating blackouts the next 48 hours”. It was fun while it lasted. . .

(Pssst - the tag is readable. . . Anonymity may or may not be important to you but I’d edit the photo a bit)

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/things-you-find-in-the-woods-post-your-pix.461711/

We a lso have a copper wash kettle by our stove - I keep kindling and newspapers in it 😁👍

If you need a good DIY tooth anaesthetic, try cloves. Clove oil used to be used by dentists as a local topical anaesthetic. large quantities of rum can help, but remember: it doesn’t stop the pain, you just stop caring about the pain. . .

Welp, after a week of decent speeds, our DSL is back to “normal”

Embrace the Healing Power of -AND-

Hope you get up and running quickly!

FA RA RA RA RA 😂🤣

Great for pulling wires, terrible if there is a fire. . .

The white gas version will work in lower temperatures than propane stoves/lanterns will, and sometimes, even if you get the propane to light, the evaporation in the tank will drop the temp enough that it won’t evaporate anymore, even if there is no regulator.

One good thing about this cold snap is we are finding all the places that need to be re-caulked. . . 🫤 Does anyone have any recommendations on a decent thermal imager? I don’t need a $15G one, just something that I can look for the air leaks.

You need one of these, just in case:

happy Christmas Eve Morning! God is giving us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly) and we will celebrate His Greatest Gift shortly! currently 2F, went to 1F at 3AM. Here is a handy-dandy website for temperature info near you - you just need to know the...

stay warm everyone 😁

It is so cold my car is saying my butt is going to stick to the outhouse seat. . .

Wall-to-wall Carolina Blue Sky right now, but temps are dropping. Now 11F. You should be clearing up shortly if you haven’t already. Stay Warm!

UPDATE (now that it is brighter out) the white stuff is ice, not really snow. You can see how the fans are off the edge, I will address that later after breakfast.

When we lived in urban decay, it was an envelope and a case of beer 🤣😎

one of our deck gates and a screen door, all night. . . plus our inflatable Nativity slid partially off the platform, and the foam blocks I put under the fans are Gone With The Wind, so the north side of the house vibrated like someone was drilling into the wall until I went out and pulled the...

No-name house brand cooking spray in Walmart is $3.37 a can. . .

Owwww! i can sympathize - I often tell people “in spite of my mother’s best efforts, my hands do not look like this because of 7 years of piano lessons. . .”

Good morning God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). Happy First Full Day of Winter! stove data update: woke up about 40 minutes ago, stove had about 4 inches of coals, flue temp 225, stove temp 200, upstairs 74F downstairs just under 70F. Added...

I have one of those Caframo fans on top of our stove for moving more heat around, but before I got that, I used a 4” 120v muffin fan from an old 386 PC, and when the temps drop far enough I still point that at the stove for some extra heat extraction and circulation. Now, I also remember years...

That’ll be us tomorrow morning, but with less white stuff

Why are you rethinking? Other than the obvious issues with adding in an additional hydraulic circuit. . .

UPDATE: it is now another 20 minutes later, wood has pyrolized, air is now set at zero% (which really isn’t, it is actually about 2% but that is what the damper scale says) flue temp is 300F, firebox temp is 300F, and it looks like this:

So. . . about 45 minutes ago, I had a 4” bed of coals going. I added 5 pieces of firewood. my air is set at about 7-1/2% open two minites ago: flu temp 275F firebox temp just shy of 300F will not add any wood until heading to bed. and it looks like this, because the wood is pyrolizing and...

I have been binge-watching this guy the last couple months. He just got an excavator a couple weeks ago, and he just put this video up:

Thank you! Adding that to the reference file

We got the Woodstock Soapstone Co “Progress” wood stove https://www.woodstove.com/the-progress-hybrid-wood-stove it is very easy to miss posts here when it gets busy 🤣👍

Exploring the woodlot, now that leaves are down and snakes are gone. Found this rusted steel drum with a copper fitting. Gee - I wonder what this could POSSIBLY be used for out in the middle of the Appalachian woods next to a water branch??? 🤪 so. . . What strange things have YOU found in the...

We are expecting a dusting to two inches of Global Warming on Friday.

Wouldn’t thing of not getting a thumb! unless we get a Ford 555 instead of a trackhoe - but a thumb can be added to that, right? 🤣😂

Yep. and that part about Glock saying not to use it? I learned about it in my first Glock Factory Armorer Course. It is a wink-wink-nudge-nudge “DO NOT DO THIS” for liability reasons. and the best part is if you do not like the results, you can just reinstall the original parts and go back...

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). overslept this morning - didn’t wake up until 7:20. We all have been fighting off good Ol’ fashioned bronchitis for two weeks, and finally started feeling better. I guess the body decided it...

Apropos of nothing whatsoever, as a former Glock Armorer for a state-level LE agency, IMNSHO the two best upgrades you can do on a Glock are: 1)installing the 8lb New York Trigger Spring and the 3.5lb connector - it gives the stock 5.5lb pull BUT removes all the creep, so you get a great trigger...

Oh that is some serious trouble right there 🤣😂🤣

M16/aR15/m4 mags can be reloaded with stripper clips and ”spoons” - and adapter that fits over the end of the mag and keeps the stripper clip on line for proper loading. SKS also uses 10rd stripper clips into a fixed mag

It may be time for a red-dot sight. Upgrade the classic with some newfangled crap—- but those dot sights do work!

I finally remembered to bring my tablet up to the woodlot today! here is the beginnings of my slabwood-to-firewood rack, made from slabwood, and a piece of scrap wood in the “V” (the decrepit vehicles in the background are on the adjoining lot):

That makes sense - old habits die hard! I always wanted a Smelly bit i didn’t want to get into a caliber that did not easily cross over to other platforms.

Yes I am being pedantic: *magazine*

Good morning! God has given us another day to get it right (or at least not screw it up too badly). Currently 33F. Going to do the last grocery run before Christmas Today. It is close enough to keep things fresh and far enough to get in front of the last-minute shoppers. It stayed below...

If you are installing a high-efficiency stove, don’t forget that there is a 26% Federal tax deduction on both the stove AND the installation

It should be: ”Black as Night, Hot as Hell, and Sweet as Love”

“Best economy EVER!!!” according to some dude on TV. . .

Way back when, on my my first car (1975 Chevy Impala), the heater quit. it was in the switch. I drilled a half-inch hole under the dash and installed a pull-chain switch from a lamp to turn the heater on/off. if I had a rheostat I would have used that, but that would have cost money back then...

When I rode, I had heated gloves, and they had a 2-pole flat plug (like a battery maintainer) so if you have a battery maintainer for your tractor, you should be ready to go (but you may need an extension depending on where your connection is).

Our current bill is $128, last year was under $100.

Good morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). I have hit upon a technique with the chickens to get them in the coop at night: when I let them out, I then close the covered run gate and the gate connecting it to the coop, and only leave the...

Our alerts are off by about 25 degrees, so we always have to guesstimate exactly where it will track

Yesterday morning we had an AWESOME ISS pas at about 80 degrees overhead. Almost 7 minutes of visibility —- with the leaves down thisnianour best viewing since March!

Slip resistance May get done today - yesterday just got away from me. . . Best laid plans etc

Mmmmm. . . Brisket. . . .

The classic spring-loaded clothespins are my preference on cotton cordage, followed by the one-piece (I wish I could find 5” clothespins!) round clothespins. I am curious how well things stay on a metal cable like this: EDIT: correct link...

If you were a bit closer I’d be interested, but 8 hours each way is a bit much!

Hah! Those dumb clucks all decided to sleep out on the roost bar again. I guess when we get into consistent low 20sF and below I will manually throw them into th coop. I got one of those rubberized hook-tangle-free fishing nets, just in case. . . 😂🤣😂

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). got my final WoodMizer parts delivery! When I called at 2PM for status, dispatcher said expected time is 3:19. Went to the pickup location at 3:00. Tuck showed up at 4:50. . . MrsKilroyJC was...

6 mil sheet plastic is awesome for keeping snow/ice off your vehicle. I cut pieces long&wide enough to lock under the hood and into the tailgate, and down to the bottoms of the doors. I have had 3” of frozen slush and it all comes off very easily with a couple shakes

Hey all! as a displaced inner-city sprawl&decay Fresh Air Fund kid now living in Appalachia. . . I grew up with three cotton sash cord clotheslines that stretched from the 2nd & 1st floor window and basement back door to the telephone pole in the backyard 50 feet away. I am FINALLY getting...

Mine too - I still have the piece of steel billet that my grandfather used as an anvil to straighten nails (and I still use it).

Update to the day: was doing some work outside, finished up, brought one batch of tools back to the shed, left door open when I went for second batch, came back and Mr Treerat was in the shed. . . Yay. tried to scare him out, of course it didn’t work. got my quart bottle of Oil of...

MrsKilroyJC came from a family that never repaired/always replaced. Suffice to say I usually get grief about trying to fix things, and more grief when it doesn’t still work, even though there is no loss when trying doesn’t work except for a bit of time and effort. But crickets when I do fix...

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). it is 26 degrees F colder this morning than it was this time yesterday — but it is DRY! So hopefully our delivery goes well later. All nine hens decided that they were going to sleep out on...

The Prince of Darkness: Lucas

I had a lot of success with Crocs. other than the fact you look ridiculous in them. . .

This is the first year that we have done inflatables. I am finding that they are better left inflated during precipitation, but YMMV. I also use wooden vertical supports and paracord guylines for wind stability, as our inflatables go on a platform I built on our deck railing, since that is the...

Our W-F branch is a regional training site, so it is always staffed at all the windows, but generally the process is slow because all but two of the tellers are newbies. . .

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). internet is back up - the technician switched us over to a completely different pair from the CO to the next-to-last appearance point. Speed is the same, but noise is down by about 1/2 dB and...

Here’s a fun video:

MrsKilroyJC is hot enough already 🤣😂🤣

Duh - I switched 29&31. . . I used to work in Trenton and would take the ”scenic route” on Wednesdays if traveling between the northern and central offices 😂🤣

Off-topic question: is the Golden Nugget Flea Market on 31 on the Jersey side still open? on of the things I do miss about leaving Jersey is all the good fleas. . .

you may start a new trend! Remember a couple decades ago, when some corporate execs snidely stated “nobody wants a mushy chocolate chip cookie” and yet someone persisted until “Soft Batch” became all the rage? this could be the bleeding edge of the latest thing!

Yeah, that is how mine started the first time - it felt like someone had duct-taped a triangular rock right in the middle of my heel. I trated mainly with stretching and rolling a golf ball under my foot. It would come and go over the years, but it was manageable once I knew how to handle it...

One of the things that can be very important is whether it is a mechanical thermostatic operation or electrical. power outages do happen, after all. Our stove is straight manual, and, once you figure out the idiotsyncracies (which you need to do with ANY stove), running fully manual is not...

“Honey, it isn’t a muffin - it is a really tall cookie!” problem solved 🤣😂🤣

Good morning! The Lord has gifted us with another day to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). it is 55F and drizzling here in The Smokies. Weatherman lied, it did NOT drop into the low 30s, so I ran the woodstove and it was rather toasty sleeping. . . To the point that...

Is your PF the ”sharp rock taped to your heel” or “broken glass in your arch” or “rusty nail between/behind the balls of your foot”?

The second rod is your “vehicle’s extended service warranty” 🤣😂

It really helps! I just used rigid dryer vent tube, a couple elbows, a 4” hole saw, and a hammer&chisel to bust through the block foundation. I also fashioned a big screen/spark arrestor out of aluminum mesh window screen.

I forgot to mention that I also added outside air intake, which greatly reduces drafts because the fire is consuming air fed by a pipe which comes into the foundation, up through the floor, and into the back of the stove. Well worth the extra effort!

I get a stress test every time I turn on the news. . . If I don’t throw something through the screen, I passed

Daily routine: around 5-6PM I add some wood to the remaining coals and get the flue temp up to about 325-350 and then flip to cat operation. After about 20swconds, the stove starts to take off and I have to turn the air supply down by about 75% or it will start roaring and shaking in runaway...

I was inspired to post about that by your previous posts About that. we went with a Woodstock Stove Co hybrid soapstone stove https://www.woodstove.com/the-progress-hybrid-wood-stove...

I have had several bouts with PF - it sucks. The brace is a PITA in bed - I have had good results with a Strassburg Sock Buy The Strassburg Sock from Strassburg Medical The worst part of the brace (for those who don’t know) is that it hurts the ankle bone on the OTHER foot every time you roll...

16000 pages of GOOD MORNING! Wow! 👍 Happy Friday! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). i went back to the traditional wood stack in the woodstove and it burned all night just fine - electric heat never kicked in. It also helped that it...

Go on YouTube and see some noise reduction videos - it really doesn’t take much to send sound toward your neighbors 🤣😂

And a couple of strategically-placed pieces of plywood to direct the sound away (it does not have to be fully-enclosed) will further help.

Good Morning! God has once again gifted us with a chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 23.5F at the moment, just added wood to the woodstove. The chickens are finally sorting themselves out. Monday night, two of the four new birds simply refused to go back into the...

Way back when, just after Hurricane Sandy, I installed a diverter valve in the fuel line on my generator, and also installed an Evinrude fuel connector. This way I can run directly off of 5-gal marine tanks, and the hot swap is very easy - just switch back to the onboard tank while swapping the...

I would also go to your county Tax office and demand a revaluation to reduce the taxable value of your land by 20%/30%/pick-your-% since you are no longer getting services you are paying for. bring everyone who loves on your road with you.

The inflatables we got this year for Halloween and Thanksgiving all came with tie downs. the nylon cord is -ok-. . . The stakes are laughable. You’d really better off with the classic yellow plastic tent stakes, or even bushcrafting some wooden ones! feel better!

Good Morning! thank you God for another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly. . . 50F and raining here in Appalachia, rain allegedly ending in about a half hour. we put in several hours of pulling vines and saplings ad moving rotted down trees yesterday. double leg log...

Happy Indigestion Day! God has given us another day to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly), which may be a bit easier with the belt set on a different notch. . . Dinner went well, the bird came out great! DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NO ASSCOCIATION WITH NOR DO I RECEIVE COMPENSATION FROM...

And to all my Italian friends: if you are not putting this stuff into the red stuff you put on your pasta, you are NOT making “gravy”: (I figured this is a good way to start a non-political Thanksgiving Dinner fight 😂🤣😂)

Thank you!

“Oh the humanity!" “Oh! They're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes!”

Give Thanks to the LORD, For He is Good, His Love is Everlasting! Happy Thanksgiving all you tractorheads!

My first pre-coffee thought when I read that was the doctor must be pretty desperate for billing if he has to order a test to see if your son had actually been bitten by an alligator. . . Like, you kinda HAVE to know. . . post coffee I realize it is for the infection. having had a...

Horrible to hear about water damage - I always worry about the pea in our house. There are some definite advantages to copper in that respect. . .

Billing. . .

good Morning! God has granted us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). We are officially in cold weather mode: yesterday I stuffed 1/2” backer Rod into all the gaps around the double doors out the deck. What a difference it makes! One of these years they need to...

There aint no such thing as a free lunch (Sci-Fi fans would know. . .)

TANSTAAFL 😎👍

Our total monthly electric bill averages about $110/month. We have a 2-zone heat pump system, which we absolutely HATE heating with. Our primary heat once the weather gets COLD (as opposed to chilly) is a Woodstock Stove Co. Soapstone stove with hybrid air+catalytic burn that we installed just...

Whew— that’s a relief 🤣👍

Good Morning! thank you Lord for another chance to get it right (or al least not screw up too badly) slept in a little, didn’t get out of the sack until 6:10. looks like another decent day — temps are already rising (went from 23F to 24.1F from my driest check until just now) moved one of our...

Hey - this is a family show! 🤣😂

Good Morning! God has gifted us with another day to get it right (or at least not screw it up too badly). 16.0F this morning in Appalachia, supposedly going up into the mid-50s. Yesterday it hit The mid-40s but is was a nasty, raw 40’s, so most of the outdoor activities were suspended for an...

Poplar is the most common tree on our woodlot, followed by pines. there is one poplar I am eyeballing that could potentially supply most of not all the lumber I need to build my sawmill shed, I just need to clear enough to get to it with the tractor after felling. the poplars here are mostly...

THANK YOU! info like that is very helpful 😁👍 And, In the neighbor’s wood line there are a couple two- and three- blade plows. . .

I thought NOAA only issued “No-Snow” advisories up there? 🤣😂

Wave as you Go past! bonus tip: Kostas Restaurant in Dillsboro is closed Wednesdays, but is a good stop for lunch - take the US441 South exit toward Atlanta, at the bottom of the hill make a left and it’s about 50 yards on the right.

1962 Case 430 Diesel 2WD, loaded tires

Most look like Virginia Creeper. I am trying to avoid chemicals as much as I can, and since I only have a disc plow but not a bottom plow, I figure a Subsoiler would be the simplest implement to deal with as a first “treatment”

Macon County -how about you?

Good Morning! I think I need a subsoiler, because I am clearing some badly-overgrown land with plenty of vine roots, brush roots, terr roots, roots roots and more roots. Plus rocks. I looked at the CountyLine Subsoiler from TS, but based on reviews, the weld quality is inconsistent. or, if I...

My directions say to first set the stop bolts for exactly one inch. Later, it says to set the blade rollers for 1/4” deflection downward. So I should be able to get a final,board of 3/4. However, Technical Hotline Dude said not to cut less than one inch. . . screw it - the blade just clears...

The scale on my WoodMizer (which was applied to the scale plate at the factory so I DID NOT SCREW IT UP) is reading about 11/16” off, so WM is mailing me a new scale sticker to apply over the old one. which means I won’t have to do mental gymnastics figgerin’ out the math with my shoes on. . .

I really wish someone would make a PUMP in .38/.357. . .

Happy Sunday! God has been good enough to let us have another day to try and get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). we picked up four new pullets to add to our little flick, bringing the total to nine. we Put the new hens in the covered run last Evening while the old hens were in...

Just putting up a general THANK YOU! To everyone who posted so far. I will be doing more research, but at least I have some things to consider like climate and frequency of use, precision, ease of use, etc. if anyone else has comments please post them!

I need to put some stabilizers on my lift arms, because I had the frame of my 3pt dump bucket catching on the treads of my tire, and I really do not want to have to replace a tractor tire unnecessarily. what do you use, and why do you prefer it? thank you for any advice or tips!

You say it like it is a bad thing 😂🤣

Every time I see places like this in operation, this is what I hear:

I am sortakinda a bit of a record-keeper/packrat type person, so I am already logging by board-footage because *reasons* 🤣 but I am also gonna be dropping trees in earnest for our projects!

I am going to *attempt* to space the floor joists so that I can have each of the feet (pretty much) over a joist. I also think I shall willingly eat a fair amount of wastage on the floorboards by doing them in either a diagonal or herringbone (depending on whether or not I do a center beam or...

Today I cut 8 boards 10’x10”x1”, three 10’x4”x1” boards, about 4 gallons of sawdust, and a bunch of offcut slabwood. I am starting to think that sawmilling is like cleaning fish: you catch a 20-pound fish and you land up with about 11 pounds of fillet. . . or less if you are not good at filleting

But I don’t own a planer . . . Yet. . .

Well, if the walnut stickers are dry, but the freshly-milled lumber is wet. . .

at this moment, the only short logs I have are walnut, and that is no good for stickers (staining). Stickers are good practice for me at the moment, and I am using top growth logs for this.

I am still waiting for my bed extension (on back order… since August. . .) so 13’ is the absolute max i can mill yet. I am still fine-tuning and learning, so stickers are good practice right now. and I still have to make a landing zone for boards to dry, I will probably start with a couple...

Today was a good day for making stickers!

There are bobcats in our area, but very few and far between. more likely to cull Coyote than ‘cat! I am going to take one of those boards and make a sign for the mill shed — “The Wood Butcher Shop” or “Wood Butchered Here” or somesuch . . .

Mill is up and running! And I performed my first acts of wood-butchery:

Some people learn by reading. Some people learn by observation. And some people. . .

If the unit sends the charge as an intermittent pile, you may have tested it between pulses. . . The grabbed it at exactly the right (or wrong) time 😂🤣

YouTube. I have rewatched the official video several times, then watched a couple of actual user videos too. I am at the blade adjustment stage, we got pretty much everything assembled, but I decided to watch some videos one more time before actually firing up the engine with the blade on. And...

After church this morning (and after it warms up sufficiently for MrsKilroyJC…) we will head up to out woodlot and hopefully complete assembly of about WoodMizer LX55. The remaining assembly is: the lifting cables and crank assembly, clutch control, measuring stick, and foam handle grip (Which...

Winding down assembly of the sawmill. The only items left to assemble are the lift crank, lifting cables, coolant tank and lines, and final squaring and alignment. no work on it tomorrow - we will be going to our town’s Pumpkin Fest, the highlight of which is a competition in which pumpkins are...

Good Morning! 23F here in Appalachia, and God has given us another opportunity to try any get it right — but with extra layers on… I guess I will have to unbox the chicken waterer warmer soon. I have started retraining the hens to go into the coop at night - we have a secure steel mesh run...

Yep

My problem with a cyclone is that it requires sufficient flow to work effectively, and my volume is rather low (I hope to have a figure this weekend, I have not been up to the lot for a couple days because MrsKilroyJC got a spider bite on her foot and it got infected, so extracurriculars have...

Getting a little further along, and there is a tractor in the photo to boot! I broke down and got out the shovel and leveled several of those blocks, primarily to keep MrsKilroyJC happy. . . Maybe by this coming weekend I will be making big pieces of wood into little pieces of wood 😂🤣

I found a water pressure gauge at a flea market, so I bought it for $3 (I think that was pretty good) and measured 62PSI, which comes out to roughly 140’ of head. Even if it is off 20%, it comes out to a minimum of 100’ish feet of head, so that is pretty good for potential micro hydro. I may...

Lately Mrs. has decided she doesn’t like bacon as much as she used to, which means MORE FOR ME! I picked up a bottle each of Stubb’s Liquid Smoke in Hickory and Mesquite for experimentation purposes. and now I need to head to the fridge…

I am not too fussy! 😎👍

this is just until I can mill some 6x6 Timbers and about 200sf of board flooring so i can build the floor and posts for a real wooden sawmill shed. I am going to assemble it and make a bunch of stickers first, to dial in adjustments and vibrate/settle the current mishmash in a bit beforemdoing a...

The brakes hold pretty good when foot activated, and there when I set the parking brake it engages on the second of four teeth (where the brakes will not hold) but will not engage on the third tooth of four (because I cannot depress the pedal that far), so there should be plenty of asbestos on...

I posted this under another topic heading and it got no views, so I am hoping it might get some traction (slaps knee) here instead: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/parking-brake-retrofit-1962-case-430-and-i-remembered-pix-before-making-the-post-this-time.458776/ thanks for any input!

FINALLY getting the sawmill assembled. Yes it is nice that lumber prices are coming down, but the quality I saw last time I went was total crap. I needed a couple 4x4 posts and every single one had bark on at least one corner. Several had bark on all four! The bed rails have been leveled, and...

The other photo:

The parking brake on my tractor is pretty much useless. It is a coarse-stepped metal tab on the starboard-side pedal that engages with the footboard (you can see the wear in the photos) and the steps are so far apart for the ratcheting action to provide sufficient pressure to keep the tractor...

UPDATED UPDATE: Last night, while sitting on the porch watching the leaves fall, the chickens scratch, the sun set, and the pillbillies go up and down our road conducting ”free enterprise”. . . I had a couple more eggs & snausages, and MrsKilroyJC said to me “You know, that smells really good.”...

Yes - the one I got has two forks that are 48” long and approx 2”x3” square tube (same material the frame is made of), with points welded on them, and a spear point to keep the roll from rolling off when transporting. The spear on this one is about 14” long, while all the newer ones I have seen...

I will likely end up making a batch of pickled beets, and making the jars 50/50 beets and eggs for MrsKilroyJC - she is SERIOUSLY averse to any hot stuff (and I can’t get enough, which means MORE FOR ME 😂🤣😂)

The smoky flavor from the sausages definitely makes a difference — I will keep the liquid smoke idea handy for the straight egg jars. THANK YOU AGAIN! 😁👍

UPDATE: i did not open the first batch of eggs from 11 September, but I just cracked the batch I made on 20 September with the eggs and little snausages and I have to say— HOME - FREAKING -RUN!!!!!!!!! Too bad MrsKilroyJC does not tolerate spicy food, I need to figure out how to do this with a...

The forks on my hay roll fork are 48”, so I can easily put a pallet on it and move lighter stuff around - I wouldn’t try to move a pallet of 6 full fuel drums but one drum at a time would be fine IMO.

Creative Writing 101 vs Creative Reading 301 😂🤣

(Slaps knee)

It always hurts when some idjit carelessly destroys everything you worked very hard on building up. there’s a metaphor in there somewhere. . .

Thank you! Decorating needs a trip to Big Box for a couple more extension cords, but otherwise REALLY CLOSE to done!

Go back a bit in the posts and you can see how far we got today - it takes a while to post photos with our redneck DSL so I don’t want to reload…

Thursday night our local price was 3.24. Friday lunchtime was 3.35 this morning was 3.59. glad I topped everything off on Wednesday!

Stapling hammer is good for vapor barriers, insulation, “Posted” signs, rough upholstery, and uses standard T50 staples, and doesn’t require air or electric…

Ask him if he was ever at the old Bomarc site at Dix - that might explain the myelomas. . .

Wood Mizer LX 65. I am still waiting for some accessory parts (”Supply Chain Issues” 🤬) but I have enough to start squaring cants and making boards for the “real” sawmill shed. But first, I need to make a whole bunch of stickers! Which will help me dial in, fine tune, and practice with the...

UPDATE: got the track base assembled! MrsKilroyJC wanted to help, so i handed her two ratchets and set her to snuggling down the nuts&bolts. she is learning that “mechanic stuff” is harder than it looks 😂🤣😂

I should run my backup backup generators…. Thank you!

Back when I had a bout of GERD I became a HUGE fan of Gaviscon. Feel better!

Temporarily, I plan on using the 5-tine as a coarse rake for vines and bigger limbs, but thank you for the tip!

Good Morning! God has given is another day to try to get it right! currently 41.2f here in Appalachia. The chickens are awake, but not down from their perches yet. The later sunrises Are having an effect… Plans for the day include finishing the Halloween decorations, and FINALLY starting...

I think the hog is the newest piece, early 90’s vintage. The boom may be newer, maybe not, but a boom is pretty much a boom. I cannot find markings on the 20 disc, but it seems a bit newer than the two-disc, which is a Gen-U-Wine Ferguson (and not a hyphenated-Ferguson) unit.

The Case tractor has a hand crank side link that is pretty easy to use from the seat, and I am thinking about fashioning a hand wheel to put on the mechanical top link to make it easier to turn rather than the two short stub handles on the casting. hydraulic top link would be nice, but our...

I figure between the scoop and the scraper, I have most of my needs covered - the drive at the house is paved, and the lot where the tractor is will require a lot of clearing before I need to worry about using a box blade to make any roads pretty - they just need to be usable right now!

Since acquiring a tractor back in April, we have been steadily buying implements. The 2-disc Ferguson Plow and 20-disc harrow were in the weeds on our lot, everything else we picked up used. Today we got the scrape blade and brush hog. previously acquired were the 5-time cultivator (pictured...

Will Rogers had a good line about that…

Glad to help 😁👍

Four years ago, we fenced in about an acre around our house, wood posts & crosspieces with cyclone fence, about 5’ to 6’ high, depending on the grounds terrain. I put a solar fence controller and wire around the entire perimeter, atop the fence and two rows along the side, with additional...

The oil breather sits above the hood, about 8 inches to the rear of the radiator cap and about 24 inches in front of the fuel cap. It sits on a rigid type that comes up from the engine, and does not rotate when I turn the breather cap. the sheet metal drops below the level that I can see the...