Good morning!!!!

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
38 and supposed to get to near 60 and keep going up this week.

Up too early this morning to help the wife pack. She is heading to Nashville for a couple of days.
Yesterday was spent going to HF and picking up their two stage compressor pump to replace mine. Spent a good chunk of time trying to figure out RPMs, pully sizing, and rotation directions. Had a hard time wrapping my head around it and will confirm it when I get the compressor out of it's shed maybe today. Not looking forward to it but I'll get it out.
Spent the rest of the afternoon watching the Falcons win and put the Panthers in the playoffs for the first time in over a decade.
No hurry to do much over the next few days but of course the wife left a to do list

Time for a second cup
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[riptides]

23 outside right now, heading to mid 40's.

Vet visit this AM for not my dog. Gets stiches out of paw. Yippie.

Daughters all meeting up today for Christmas celebration. Will head out to a nice eatery for all.

Hope all have a great day and a good start to the work week. Be safe.

 

[WinterDeere]

And now they are back, having gone forth and multiplied as they sure do.

Deer are way up, because hunting in central Bucks is way down. Our family still owned about 400 acres in New Hope when I was a kid, a small fraction of what the prior generations had tied up in farming there, and we and others hunted all of it. Other families that'd been farming that area of generations did the same, before selling out to either developers or private owners in the 1980's/90's. Now most of it is broken up into 6 acre McMansions, with almost no one hunting any of it.

but at least we don't have signs here saying
The Moose Are Loose or an elk. Majestic animals.

My brother managed to hit an elk with his Jeep Wrangler, in Colorado. Bent the front bumper back to where it was rubbing a front tire, but the elk just looked at him and walked (maybe limped?) off. Low-speed collision in a snow storm, he was on a down-hill and just couldn't manage to stop after cresting a knoll and being surprised by an elk in the road below.

 

[WinterDeere]

That first Monday of the year is always the hardest.

 

[B7510HSD]

Good Tractor Morning,

Peter thank you sir

Thomas, nice to win but , didn’t help us when it comes to the draft

Steve, Kathleen would have me eating the profits

Steve, you need to explain to me what you do as a MARS station. I understand the just of it , but not the particulars, and is your Kenwood modified to accept MARS frequencies? Thanks Steve

Scott Yes my radio's are modified for out of band use. Take a look at our web site it may answer some of your questions or message me...AFMARS

 

[Engineer42]

Moon burning thru the clouds this am.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning Steve,

Scott Yes my radio's are modified for out of band use. Take a look at our web site it may answer some of your questions or message me...AFMARS

Thanks Steve
I’m trying to eventually get involved with ARES. Although if I ever found I had the time, I think I would like to get involved with Navy MARS. My Pop served in the Pacific Theater WW2, in the Navy, so that holds dear to me

Will look into that website when I have more time.

 

[daugen]

That first Monday of the year is always the hardest.

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those look like some happy dogs
run that fireplace for a couple days and I bet that hearthstone gets toasty

 

[B7510HSD]

Good Tractor Morning Steve,

Thanks Steve
I’m trying to eventually get involved with ARES. Although if I ever found I had the time, I think I would like to get involved with Navy MARS. My Pop served in the Pacific Theater WW2, in the Navy, so that holds dear to me

Will look into that website when I have more time.

Scott the Navy dropped out of MARS quite a few years ago. The only choices now are Air Force Mars or Army Mars. Over half of my Wing members are transfers from Navy MARS. Our "Wings" are the similar to FEMA Regions. (we have 10) I am in the 10th Wing. (WA.OR.AK.ID)

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 24 going up to 37 and cloudy, might snow a bit
Off to Dr in a bit.
Dog seems fine now.

Outside time was limited yesterday, just too cold with the wind.

Spent time yesterday documenting back to Sep 2022 when I started having issues for the Dr appt today. Not expecting much, but....

Be well,

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF, sounds like a restful trip...remind me, is the B&B your wife's mom's place?

yes it is. Was wondering if you was hiking in SNP. I should have been instead of sitting around all day.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The moon was huge last night on our drive home, looked like the great pumpkin, all orange as it came up.

woke at 6 am, but managed to get back to sleep till 9:30, so now I feel doozy. Cats enjoy being home.
Snagglepuss came around last night, so she got to sleep in the garage with food. BB came by this morning, so now he is eating in the garage.

Wife wants some shelving put up in the unfinished room upstairs to store the Christmas stuff. She doesn't want to put it back in the crawl space any more. I like the metal racks with wheels, so I can move them if I want. I have quite a few of them between the garage, barn and basement, but not cheap.

signed up for fiber internet hookup to the house, they supposed to come by sometime this week to preinstall before the official hook up date. Same clowns that strung fiber all around my house last year and trespassed thru my back yard. I told them I want to talk to them first before the do any work. I would like to have it come in the back where everything else comes in, but hard to get to with the deck and everything there, so might just have them come in the back of the garage.

I recall stihl had several versions of farm boss. Mine is a farm boss, but think it is 290, which used to be known at the 029 years ago.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
28° and a high overcast, forecast is for partly cloudy and getting close to freezing, so not much change.

Yesterday was spent doing online training. This course has a required time per module, which I usually accomplish in no more half the allotted time, so I have to go back and click or scroll every ten minutes until the clock runs out. The overall experience does not leave you feeling very fulfilled.

I did get a load of firewood hauled up, and dumped the ash can after adding what I cleaned out of the fireplace before loading it up again for last night’s fire.

Today will start with cleaning out the fireplace and loading it up for the next fire, which likely won’t be tonight.

I’ve got someone coming over to have me make a cutting edge for a snow plow blade. That will involve cutting a pattern of square holes in a piece of 1/2” x 8” flat bar.

Then it’s back to the training, it’s gonna take 16 hours to complete the course. Probably 6 hours of coursework and 10 hours of aimless waiting. So much for governmental efficiency.

At least I’ll enjoy making the cutting edge, maybe have lunch with friends. Oddfellows meeting this evening.

 

[WinterDeere]

those look like some happy dogs
run that fireplace for a couple days and I bet that hearthstone gets toasty

We have two of those "walk-in" fireplaces in this house, although that one has had the floor raised almost a foot, so now you need to duck a lot farther to walk into it. The stonework holds in the mid-80's, even 12 hours after the fire has gone out, and can continue to keep the space somewhat warm up to 24 hours.

Of course, unless we are out of town several days, the wood stoves almost never go out!

 

[LouNY]

Good Morning
28° and a high overcast, forecast is for partly cloudy and getting close to freezing, so not much change.

Yesterday was spent doing online training. This course has a required time per module, which I usually accomplish in no more half the allotted time, so I have to go back and click or scroll every ten minutes until the clock runs out. The overall experience does not leave you feeling very fulfilled.

I did get a load of firewood hauled up, and dumped the ash can after adding what I cleaned out of the fireplace before loading it up again for last night’s fire.

Today will start with cleaning out the fireplace and loading it up for the next fire, which likely won’t be tonight.

I’ve got someone coming over to have me make a cutting edge for a snow plow blade. That will involve cutting a pattern of square holes in a piece of 1/2” x 8” flat bar.

Then it’s back to the training, it’s gonna take 16 hours to complete the course. Probably 6 hours of coursework and 10 hours of aimless waiting. So much for governmental efficiency.

At least I’ll enjoy making the cutting edge, maybe have lunch with friends. Oddfellows meeting this evening.

I am looking for new cutting edges for my back blade, amazing how difficult to find for an almost reasonable cost. For what used to be a standard hole pattern.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 33 going to a high of 43 very nice change

brought over more firewood and cleaned out the ash container. Sifted to the side the coals in the stove and emptied out ashes and loaded it up and away it went

Running more oil heat this year in the other side of the house to make wife happy

I like the 261C because of the quality and the way the choke works not have to worry about flooding the carb
Running with 20 inch chains which is on the big side for a 50 cc saw. The new one has magnesium case and is a bit lighter than the older 261C

I believe they are considered as professional saws by Stilh

Not sure what I will get into but should get out there to enjoy the milder temps

 

[Looking4new]

Good Tractor Morning,
Ct, 18 to start and I believe it doesn’t make it out of the 20’s today. Today it’s work, so it will be a chilly one. Need to make some breakfast for myself, maybe a couple scrambled eggs and a piece of toast.

Frits is the Stihl 261 the Farm Boss? I have the Farm Boss at the Vermont house, that’s a great saw.

RS , beautiful job on insulating the walls in your cellar. I should tea do the same thing. Although I think what holds me back is if I lose power and then the sump pump won’t run , everything could get damaged.

Hope all have a blessed day

That is the main reason I have a genny for backup. Sump pump and wood furnace fan down stairs and the fridge, a table top lamp and electric frying pan up stairs. The genny power is too dirty to run my 'puter.

I ws up at 4 this morning, ate and went down for a power nap at 7 and got up again at 10. Was snowing when I went back to bed and still snowing now. I think I will be plowing everybody today and hauling the litter.

 

[ponytug]

I am looking for new cutting edges for my back blade, amazing how difficult to find for an almost reasonable cost. For what used to be a standard hole pattern.

Have looked at TSC? I bought a weld on Impex boron steel replacement edge for my 4N1 a few years ago. It will probably outlast the implement.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/search/Impex?isIntSrch=written

FWIW: Implex does offer a range of bolt hole spacing, not all of them available at TSC.

All the best, Peter

 

[sodamo]

68°F and 2.55 inches rain and raining

Relaxing day watching football with son yesterday

Happy Hour in town this afternoon

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great tractor day

 

[LouNY]

Have looked at TSC? I bought a weld on Impex boron steel replacement edge for my 4N1 a few years ago. It will probably outlast the implement.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/search/Impex?isIntSrch=written

FWIW: Implex does offer a range of bolt hole spacing, not all of them available at TSC.

All the best, Peter

Yes, I have. My blade is a bit different then most, it's a 10 foot blade with 2 five foot blades on 3-3-12-12-12-12-3-3 bolt spacing I have gotten a couple quotes and am waiting for a couple more.
The first ones I got was around $500 each, no way. I have found one at $108 and am waiting for a response.
Well before I'll spend a $1000 on cutting edges I'll be welding on either one 10 footer or a pair of 5 footers.