Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Saturday) morning. Overnight Low of 15C and it's presently 22.4C, partly cloudy & calm.

Yesterday I did get all of the pruned branches disposed of. All that's left to do is to cut up the larger branches for some extra firewood, which I should/may get at this arvo.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[WinterDeere]

Trailer is done! Damn, it’s been years since I’ve worked any project with that much scope creep. Months of “might as wells”, while I had it apart.

I may loom the battery cables a bit more in spring, but it’s all good enough to put back into service today, and not a moment too soon, I need some logs!

Batteries were relocated from tongue to aft of axles, for better tongue weight balance:



AWG-2 from each battery forward to junction box at winch stand:



Solar maintainer and battery charger powered from tow vehicle re-wired:



All done, ready to move out of my driveway for now:

 

[two_bit_score]

Frist cup of coffee has been poured. 17° with light snow falling this morning. Heading to 22° with cloudy skies. Plugged block heater on tractor to warm it up before starting it yesterday. Did not take long to clear walkways and driveway. Checked temperature just after sunrise. -5° Brrrrr. Got the plowing done quickly. Bakc into house to get warmed up. Going have to do some walkway cleanup today. May get some shop time in. Need to make a mounting bracket for new bird feeder I got for Christmas.
Bird seed bell did not last long.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

Nice birds Ron!

 

[ponytug]

@WinterDeere Congratulations! That looks like a great trailer to have around.

Can you recommend a brand of solar panels to use as a maintainer? With our limited sunshine here, I couldn't keep two batteries maintained with a 20W panel during the winter, and had to go to 2x20W. I suspect it is more the panel, than the solar illumination.

Gorgeous moon rising through the faint clouds that are already showing the signs of the incoming rain forecast for later tonight.

All the best,

Peter

 

[two_bit_score]

Buccees was packed. We bought a couple of BBQ sandwiches. I got her chopped beef to help her eat it easily. I got the sliced beef. My sandwich was crap with at least 50% fat. They must not trim the fat off the brisket and I'm Jack Sprat. Her chopped beef was better than my sliced. Also, I saw they now offer "no sauce" option. I will go for that next time as IMO they put too much sweet sauce on it. Good brisket doesn't need sauce.

I'll pass up Bucc-ees for Texas Burger anytime.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Evening Billy,

Billy, me at 64 and Kathleen at 72 just entertained 4 adults and 4 grands for the past 5 days

Billy, I wish I was 64 Let’s add another 10 on that number

 

[Looking4new]

Good Tractor Evening Billy,

Billy, I wish I was 64 Let’s add another 10 on that number

Add 15 for me.

 

[Wagtail]

Good Tractor Evening Billy,

Billy, I wish I was 64 Let’s add another 10 on that number

And here you had me thinking that Kathleen was a cradle robber.

(mind you, your age is in your profile)

 

[WinterDeere]

@WinterDeere Congratulations! That looks like a great trailer to have around.

Yep, it is a great trailer. I've been using it to haul logs and tractors the last 10 years, now it's refreshed for 10 more!

Like everything, if I could start over from scratch, I'd have configured it a little differently from the factory. But overall, I'm very happy with it.

Can you recommend a brand of solar panels to use as a maintainer? With our limited sunshine here, I couldn't keep two batteries maintained with a 20W panel during the winter, and had to go to 2x20W. I suspect it is more the panel, than the solar illumination.

I can definitely recommend staying far away from Battery Tender brand, I burned out 3 of theirs before switching brands.

I've been using the model linked below the last 2 years, which is about a year longer than any Battery Tender brand ever lasted, and it does a great job of keeping my pair of rather large batteries charged all year. I do adjust the solar panel inclination a few times during the year, but probably don't even need to bother with that, I'd suspect.

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Amazon.com : SOLPERK 50W/12V Solar Panel Kit, Solar Battery Trickle Charger Maintainer + Waterproof Controller + Adjustable Mount Bracket for Automotive Motorcycle Boat Marine RV Camping Roof : Patio, Lawn & Garden

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