RedNeckGeek
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Good Morning!!!! 44F @ 6:00 AM. Rain likely. High 49F. Winds SE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a half an inch.
A gentle rain started falling last night at around midnight, and so far it's accumulated to 0.35". Weather person is saying we'll get a dose of wind today and tomorrow. The forecast is calling for steady rain until Tuesday afternoon, when we'll get a little break, then more for Wednesday and Thursday next week, another break, and more rain starting a week from Monday. Almost as if Mother Nature is trying to make up for lost time.
Mr. Squirrel's winter coat looks nice and warm, Ron.
A few years ago, Bird, I had to go to an Apple Store on Black Friday to pick up an iPad I'd ordered. Drove around for half an hour looking for a parking spot, which turned out to be at the complete opposite end of the mall. And it was a big one, too, with three levels. Absolute mad house. I don't think I'll be making that mistake again. Glad you two survived and are none the worse for wear.
Yesterday started with a coat of paint on the saddlebag mounts. Didn't take long to figure out they were gonna need two coats.
But the painting didn't take long, and I was soon back in the saddle on the tractor, hitching up to that big tree I was wrestling with a few weeks ago. Still couldn't get it to budge, so I went after it again with the Makita chainsaw and got another limb off of it that was stuck behind another tree. That did the trick, and I dragged it over to the growing wood pile, with the tractor facing down hill and the tree out behind. I thought I'd left just enough room to back out between the tree and a large rock pile, but I didn't see a root sticking up, and the rear wheel on that side couldn't get enough traction to make it up and over. The downed tree wouldn't let me move over, so it was back on the chainsaw, bucking 18" lengths off the trunk. I was very lucky that there was just enough of an angle that after half a dozen cuts I had the room I needed to get out. I've had to call a neighbor before to get hauled out of a similar situation, and that was somewhat embarrassing. With all the rain coming in over the next week or so, it might have been next summer before that tractor could be got up and out of there.
That got me thinking about getting a set of chains for the tractor. I've used them on a 4x4 pickup truck to get around in the mud, and wonder if any of you have had any luck using them on a tractor?
By then almost six hours had gone by since that first coat of paint, and the mounts were ready for another one, so I took care of that. Went up to go get the mail in the side-by-side, and it was cutting out more than usual, so I decided I'd better replace the fuel filter with the one I got in town last week. I hope whoever designed that fool thing gets permanently assigned to changing fuel filters because it was a royal PITA to even get to. And the two bolts holding the metal guard over it were in there so tight I had to use a 1/2" ratchet handle and all the extensions I had to get 'em out. Had to wear a headlamp to see what I was doing, they were so far down inside the engine compartment under the dump bed. Then the fancy fuel line clamp I'd purchased didn't work worth a darn, and I lost about a quart of fuel when the old filter finally came out and I could get a pair of Vise Grip pliers on it. The leak left all the parts under there coated in Diesel mud, and soon I was covered in it, too. But I was relieved when I tried to blow through the old filter and found it almost completely clogged, and was elated when another run up the hill and back under full throttle came off without a hitch.
With all that fun going on I missed lunch, so that was it for the day. A spaghetti dinner and a glass or two of wine got me back on track, then early to bed and a good night's sleep.
Not sure what I'll get into today, but it won't be outside except maybe to ride up the hill and get the mail. Yeah, there's supposed to be a Sunday delivery from Amazon.
Hope you all enjoy the second half of your weekends.
A gentle rain started falling last night at around midnight, and so far it's accumulated to 0.35". Weather person is saying we'll get a dose of wind today and tomorrow. The forecast is calling for steady rain until Tuesday afternoon, when we'll get a little break, then more for Wednesday and Thursday next week, another break, and more rain starting a week from Monday. Almost as if Mother Nature is trying to make up for lost time.
Mr. Squirrel's winter coat looks nice and warm, Ron.
A few years ago, Bird, I had to go to an Apple Store on Black Friday to pick up an iPad I'd ordered. Drove around for half an hour looking for a parking spot, which turned out to be at the complete opposite end of the mall. And it was a big one, too, with three levels. Absolute mad house. I don't think I'll be making that mistake again. Glad you two survived and are none the worse for wear.
Yesterday started with a coat of paint on the saddlebag mounts. Didn't take long to figure out they were gonna need two coats.
But the painting didn't take long, and I was soon back in the saddle on the tractor, hitching up to that big tree I was wrestling with a few weeks ago. Still couldn't get it to budge, so I went after it again with the Makita chainsaw and got another limb off of it that was stuck behind another tree. That did the trick, and I dragged it over to the growing wood pile, with the tractor facing down hill and the tree out behind. I thought I'd left just enough room to back out between the tree and a large rock pile, but I didn't see a root sticking up, and the rear wheel on that side couldn't get enough traction to make it up and over. The downed tree wouldn't let me move over, so it was back on the chainsaw, bucking 18" lengths off the trunk. I was very lucky that there was just enough of an angle that after half a dozen cuts I had the room I needed to get out. I've had to call a neighbor before to get hauled out of a similar situation, and that was somewhat embarrassing. With all the rain coming in over the next week or so, it might have been next summer before that tractor could be got up and out of there.
That got me thinking about getting a set of chains for the tractor. I've used them on a 4x4 pickup truck to get around in the mud, and wonder if any of you have had any luck using them on a tractor?
By then almost six hours had gone by since that first coat of paint, and the mounts were ready for another one, so I took care of that. Went up to go get the mail in the side-by-side, and it was cutting out more than usual, so I decided I'd better replace the fuel filter with the one I got in town last week. I hope whoever designed that fool thing gets permanently assigned to changing fuel filters because it was a royal PITA to even get to. And the two bolts holding the metal guard over it were in there so tight I had to use a 1/2" ratchet handle and all the extensions I had to get 'em out. Had to wear a headlamp to see what I was doing, they were so far down inside the engine compartment under the dump bed. Then the fancy fuel line clamp I'd purchased didn't work worth a darn, and I lost about a quart of fuel when the old filter finally came out and I could get a pair of Vise Grip pliers on it. The leak left all the parts under there coated in Diesel mud, and soon I was covered in it, too. But I was relieved when I tried to blow through the old filter and found it almost completely clogged, and was elated when another run up the hill and back under full throttle came off without a hitch.
With all that fun going on I missed lunch, so that was it for the day. A spaghetti dinner and a glass or two of wine got me back on track, then early to bed and a good night's sleep.
Not sure what I'll get into today, but it won't be outside except maybe to ride up the hill and get the mail. Yeah, there's supposed to be a Sunday delivery from Amazon.
Hope you all enjoy the second half of your weekends.
Probably more bulb planting tomorrow.
