Good Morning!!!! 66F @ 6:00AM. Partly cloudy skies this morning will become overcast during the afternoon. High 86F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
Yesterday's high was 88F, warmest it's been all year. Time to get readjusted to warmer temps; shorts felt good and will again today, too. Chance of rain Sunday, but only a few hundredths of an inch are predicted.
:welcome: gstrom99! Did you try to read all of this thread from the beginning?
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I'm not sure what I'd call the feeling I have for that new tractor at this point, Wng. We got off to a little bit of a rough start with the air filter fiasco, and I'm still pretty nervous driving the thing around. There's a lot to keep track of there, and I need some practice before I tackle the hills around here. Pretty sure that 'hoe on the back will make it extra tippy on side hills, too, so extra caution is the order of the day.
Glad you like the drone, Ron. Always nice when a recommendation works out, not so much when it doesn't.:ashamed:
Got the engine oil changed in the tractor yesterday, and really liked the way I could prop the long funnel up with the FEL boom on that side and it stayed in place all by itself while I poured. Took just shy of two gallons to fill it. The package of filters from Messick's came while I was pressure washing it. I didn't know when I placed the order that this tractor takes two of those sixty-five dollar HST filters, and there was only one in the box.:banghead: Still need operator's and shop manuals, so I'll tack the missing filter onto that order. The paint is getting a little chalky on the tractor from sitting outside, and I'm thinking about putting one of those ceramic paint dressings on it. Also thinking about getting a tarp for it, but also don't like the idea of fooling with a tarp every time I want to use it.
While pressure washing, the intake nozzle from the air cleaner housing blew out from under the radiator. No wonder the tractor wouldn't run with the cap on the housing; I'd mistakenly taped over the intake hole!. Trimmed a little metal off the patch where the nozzle mounted and duct taped it back on, and now the tractor starts and runs fine. A new housing isn't available separately, and the whole assembly is $365. But that includes $115 worth of new filters, so that takes some of the sting out. That next Messick's order is gonna be a doozy, though.
Still need to check tire pressure and wheel bolt torque this morning, then I think I'll try it out on one of the stumps around here. That'll be a good warmup for finishing that trench, and I'll get to see what's involved with swapping the quick change out on the bucket. Ran the grease gun over it yesterday, too, but on reviewing the operator's manual it looks like I missed a couple fittings. The quick attach on the old tractor has always been stiff, and the one on this new tractor has zerk fittings to prevent that. Nice touch.
Sheesh, it's already Hump Day!:confused2:
