Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

55°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 62° today. Drove through a bit of drizzle in the city on the way to work.

Rained on us pretty much all weekend. Got a short break Saturday morning, and used that to make the trek to Tractor Supply for chicken feed. Also stopped on the way home at a newer mower dealer in Highland, where The Wife had ordered a trailer hitch bracket for the back of the zero turn mower. It apparently came in sometime last week, but they never called to let us know. Probably won't last long doing business like that.

Spent most of the rest of the weekend inside. Wife finished a long-running cross stitch project, and I spent the majority of my time in the studio working on a couple of recording projects. Not a bad way to spend a weekend.

I spent a lot of my teenage years peddling my Gitane Tour de France 10-speed. It was a fantastic bike, which I found at a garage sale in 1979 for $75 (also grass cutting money). My best friend and I put on some serious miles over the next few summers, probably close to what mostly_ does these days.

Hope all is well with Drew.

 

[sodamo]

72°F and 0 rain.

Continue progress in the tractorshed in the middle bay today. Need to make a PO run.

Virtual Happy Hour this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

Curl/Dump cylinder seal kits ordered from local Kubota dealer - along with 6 new pedal covers for the clutch, brake, HST (fwd/rev), and diff lock pedals, a little can of touch up paint, eng/hyd/hst filters, gasket retainer for the fuel tank cap gasket, and 4 new balls to repair the detents on the loader valve. All items they didn't have are in stock at the warehouse in Columbus, should be in in 2-3 days.

Turns out the seal kits were (by the loader serial number) the less expensive ones ($38 each vs $70+ apiece) and the prices were cheaper than I could have gotten them for elsewhere online.

And the parts guy said their service department will pop the cylinder gland nuts loose for me ... :thumbsup:

Shop clean up so I can get the tractor in to remove the loader and work on it starts after I grab a shower and shave.

Still need to find a source for the bushings for the rod ends of the cylinders.

 

[Thomas]

riptides.
Only 7 cords this year...thanks for kind words.
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wngsprd.
Chipmunks and red squirrels like there new hide out...looking forward some pics of your bears.
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RNG.
Yes it is a lot wood but if Mrs. nose and toes are warm during winter well worth it.

 

[rswyan]

Bushings located - only had check through 1st 300 threads my search terms found (out of 3000 )

Shop cleaning in progress ...

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning 55 going up to 67 and full cloud cover.
Was able to move bits of the Ash tree off the driveway Saturday.
More plants in, including tomatoes and some more flowers for the ms.
We had a new visitor, only 2 days old in our front lawn. See if you can spot our guest in the picture
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Be safe and stay well

The fox pup is under the crooked branch of the tree.

 

[Looking4new]

Thomas; happy wife, happy life.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 59F for the start, partly cloudy, light wind. Light wind day today, sky cleared off and high temp was 85F. Rain in forecast 8 of the 10 day forecast. Started with mowing got yard don this morning, then lunch and nap.
Covid update: Cooke 13 confirmed, 2 active, Montague 9 confirmed , 3 active,Grayson 165 confirmed, 92 active
Roy nice to see you are getting some 70's
Eric good to hear someone is catching fish. wind is affecting the fishing here also.
Buppies, good to see you back, don't float away on the 6 in rain
Bill should be able to get haircut by then.
Mike sorry about zturn mishap, good to hear pool open, is it heated?
Thomas hope the change helps
Rick good luck with drill and 90's temps
Thomas nice stack glad peanut gallery approves.
Ron nice pic of mrs bluebird, easy to find duck on computer screen, glasses or no.
Billy have fun dog sitting.
Don hope your potatoes are not getting to much water
RS have fun with your tractor maintenance. hope you can get right parts.
RNG sorry about the trench and conduit, was that a three blade fan? My guess is bad water pump let fan go.
Phil, nice tensioner
Randy with no deadline why not wait for the good weather?
Ted have fun with your drip irrigation
Ken, way out in the grass?
RS sounds like tractor getting a makeover as well as loader seals.
prayers for all especially Drew
stay safe and healthy

 

[txdon]

New Dentist routine.
1. call from parking lot when arriving. Will call you when to come in,
2. wear face mask (you are given one if you come in without one)
3. sanitize hands
4. use pen in sanitize jar and the put it in dirty jar when finished
5. sit in waiting room by yourself till called
6. dental hygienist wears mask face shield and gloves - never see her face.
7. you finally get to take off your face mask to get x-rayed.
8. Rinse mouth with hydrogen peroxide solution.
9. Teeth cleaned and then checked by dentist - can't see his face either.
10. leave $99 (what a deal) ((I had one of their first visit coupons)) (((no added $50 or $20 sanitization fee like other dentist)))

Mostly with all the sunshine and low humidity, 25%, things are dry again, tractor day scheduled for tomorrow.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have a phone visit with my dr tomorrow.

Since I haven’t seen Dad since thanksgiving, here is a video of him baling hay with the L5030 a few yrs ago.


L5030 Baling Hay - YouTube