Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

We have had mandatory mask in Texas since July 3 or face a $250 fine. I have seen 100% wearing mask. However just yesterday I started seeing a lax of wearing the mask correctly. Some noses are exposed or the mask just covering the chin. One lady had the mask sitting an inch away from her face, I think she had wire instead of elastic holding it in place around her ears. Expect to see compliant but noneffective wearers of the mask as time passes . . . .

We've had mandates on a county by county basis, depending on what the status of COVID-19 infections were ... kind of similar to what your Governor is doing.

The county I live in came under the mandate within the last week.

I wish I could report that I've seen 100% mask wearing but that has not been the case.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Just picked up more branches from a really violent storm that just came through. Power was in and out. Enough that all the directv boxes reformatted themselves. Of course the one branch that was hanging from the previous storm....is still hanging. Other branches around it came down. It figures.
Looks like a couple of RTV trips to the burn pile are in the plans for the AM.
Wife says should have got a grapple for the tractor. I told her it is not too late for that. Major hint.

I guess Mother Nature balances things out. I gotta check the pool for water level. I like not taxing the well for the pool refill.

Have a good evening all. See you in the AM.

Good luck to you Roy. Here is to a healthy outcome.

Once you get a grapple .. you'll never know how you've lived without one. You'll need a 3rd function solenoid valve also and I can vouch for the WR Long. I've got them on both tractors and a prior tractor.

The Everything Attachment's Wicked grapples are a real value IMHO. I've got a 73" WG for utility tractors, on my 55 HP tractor and an 84" Blue Diamond on my 100 HP tractor.

I went with this one to get the 42.5" jaw opening primarily for picking up brush and trimmed tree limbs.

Mega Compact Utility Tractor Wicked Root Grapple from Everything Attachments

I use the big grapple for moving complete trees.

 

[rswyan]

... RS hope you can save the reel, ...

Thanks ... we'll make it happen ... :thumbsup:

hope you can fix the trespassing issue and phone changeover is smooth

Was relatively smooth ...

Flagged down the junior woodchucks today as they were cruising through and got their story. A couple of neighbor kids who live one house apart. Seemed nice enough. Likely that they didn't see the signs, given the route they were using.

The guy who used to live in-between them (and directly behind us) had a problem with them traversing the gas line right of way to go to each other's houses apparently and (supposedly) felled a tree to prevent them from going over his property. He was pretty much an old stick-in-the-mud ... but he's no longer an issue, in this world at least. They said his wife was very nice and is in the process of selling the house.

I told them they could go ahead and ride on our property to get to each other's houses - but to pay attention and just be mindful of widow makers when they are riding through the woods.

Gave them my name and cell number to give to their parents.

Good luck on your property acquisition ... :thumbsup:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Afternoon all. High of 84 today. Less humidity made it bearable. 63 forecast for tonight so I'm loving that!

Nothing says love and commitment like buying a headstone with both your names on it for your 34 anniversary. (today)

This two week covid vacation is costing us a lot of money.
New bed/mattress. All new bedroom furniture. New hard wood floors ordered for the un finished part of the house. Air conditioner repair, headstone,furnace and fuel tank repair,paint for walls! etc.etc.etc.Phew! LOL.
No more shopping or I won't be able to retire. Not really all planned and saved for long ago.

77 Thomas' days to go.

Happy Anniversary Phil and wifey! You need to go back to work to stop the insanity!!!

Eric, the yard registered about k2Puer on the skunk scale this morning.

LOL.

RNG, you have a perfect rolling hot tub party vehicle. You already have a place for the water and you have the pumps. A party firetruck!!! Only in California.
With slide in baffles and a snap on top you could be ready to fight fire.

93˚F
heat index 102˚F
wet bulb temp 78˚F

humidity 51%
1422 W/m2 solar radiation
UV 6
wind 3 SSE

Don's got it figured out. Rig up slideout baffles. Hot tub. I would have went a route that used a plastic tank. Then you could have sprayed the whole county with round up since they like it so much in CA. I hate rust.

Air Compressor Saga....

Work, stardate 7/21/2020, Ingersoll Rand Scroll compressor UP6-30. I spread out some painters plastic drop cloth and used a HF radiator cleaner/blower (which would hardly spray any chemical even with the adjustment screw all the way out...). and I commenced to spraying out the radiator/intercooler. It was full of oily dusty gunk. Before I started, I sprayed it liberally with WD40 to help break down the greasy grime...then I scrubbed it with a soft brush. Next I used some simple green and the sprayer and it was an hour of huge mess, but I got it clean. The intercooler uses about 2/3 of it's area to cool the oil coolant, and 1/3 to cool the air prior to going into the tank. So after putting it all back together, there is a good delta T between the line in and line out. As of this afternoon, I've ran it about 15 hours and it seems good. There is a little bit of "bearing rattle/noise" when the scrolls unload after a pressure up cycle, then it goes into idle mode, until the pressure drops and the switch kicks it back in load mode. I told management to start planning a doomsday plan, and not to spend any more big money towards this unit. They are happy as of today. I am turning it off at the end of the day right now, but next week I need to leave it on 24 hours a day for some testing on a project.

Home, Speedaire (Not ready for prime time yet): So I get home yesterday and noticed the speedaire tank at about 85psi, and wondered why hadn't it kicked in to pump back up??? After checking things out with a multimeter, it appears the motor is kaput. Any electric motorheads out there? Dayton 2 hp, single phase, 240v. Pretty sure it had mud daubers' nests in it when I started it up a couple of weeks ago. I took the fan belt off, and it won't even take off on it's own. No hum, like if the capacitor wasn't giving a boost... Could it be the centrifugal switch? It has a red reset button, but it does nothing. Maybe the reset button itself is fouled up. It spins freely. The pressure switch was giving it 2 legs of 120volts, and the ground was tested. Anyway, I brought home a large bodied 1hp Baldor that can be wired 120 or 240v, just to see if it will pull the compressor load. It did it fine on 120volt. Rated for 100% duty too. I will re-wire to the high voltage, and connect it to the pressure switch. This motor had very little time on it. They were going to throw it away in a "too much stuff, not enough room" purge.

Buzzbomb: Still need to indicate in the aluminum cylinder and bore it again on the mill. Then make a teflon compression ring.

 

[sodamo]

Thanks ... we'll make it happen ... :thumbsup:



Was relatively smooth ...

Flagged down the junior woodchucks today as they were cruising through and got their story. A couple of neighbor kids who live one house apart. Seemed nice enough. Likely that they didn't see the signs, given the route they were using.

The guy who used to live in-between them (and directly behind us) had a problem with them traversing the gas line right of way to go to each other's houses apparently and (supposedly) felled a tree to prevent them from going over his property. He was pretty much an old stick-in-the-mud ... but he's no longer an issue, in this world at least. They said his wife was very nice and is in the process of selling the house.

I told them they could go ahead and ride on our property to get to each other's houses - but to pay attention and just be mindful of widow makers when they are riding through the woods.

Gave them my name and cell number to give to their parents.

Good luck on your property acquisition ... :thumbsup:

Sounds like a very good resolution. Good on ya

 

[sodamo]

Somewhat surprisingly got that Hilo section flailed. I usually take 2 days for that area, but had a really good day, just hot and dusty. Of course to be honest there are two sloped areas that would take about another hour, but might forego this time around. The slopes are one side of old cane road and the other a conservation berm. Can only mow by repetitive backing upslope.
Really pleased with the results, first time with flail since left in disarray by the sweet potato farmer. Still a few more rocks to be picked up.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, rain just starting and expected to hang around for the rest of the day. Even at low altitude there is plenty of wind to keep the reading down if I had one of Wng's skunk meters.

RNG, I can't think of a reason why you can't add an anode if there isn't one there already. Simple lumps of magnesium with bolt on tabs are often much cheaper per kilo of effective material than probes. Of course they only protect the part of the tank that is below the waterline, so yet another incentive, in addition to fighting fires and not flipping over on bends, to keeping the tank filled up.

My self employed engineering work has ground to a halt thanks to this virus. Like Phil, I had intended to finish in October anyway, now I have the added bonus of a few more months to adjust to retirement before winter arrives. Only dilemma is should I start another project to fill my time, or should I try for the novelty of finishing one in less than a year instead ?

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-07-23, 0541

66 right now...high in the low 80's and 60% probability of rain..

Since all or most know I have a couple medical tests this morning...the bummer is no food or liquids after midnight. Although I slept in to 0530 (alarm set for 0600), I sure would like a cup of coffee.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Only dilemma is should I start another project to fill my time, or should I try for the novelty of finishing one in less than a year instead ?

I suppose it all depends on which you enjoy more: the work that goes into a project, or the feeling of accomplishment on actually finishing one.:confused3:

 

[Buppies]

69 high of 90 today this is getting old

Prayers for all

Prayers for Jay and the wife Kyles daughter Drew and our country