Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Evening Thomas,

I shall continue working on my 1968 new years resolutions 2026.

Isn’t that the truth my friend

 

[Looking4new]

Good Tractor Evening Bill,

Low RPM shifting is what I learned with unbelievable amount of torque, I could be in the wrong gear and still pull the load with that Mack

That is one thing about a Mack, they pull like stink. The company I just retired from had a RSX model Mack with the V8 Mack motor. The speedo was a little bit off, I got caught going to Oshawa from Guelph out in the hammer lane most of the way (this was a straight job). The cop hauled me over when I got off the 401 at Harmony Rd., do you have any idea how fast you were going young fella. Well officer I have a speed recording device (tack-o-graph) right here that proves I was doing 62 mph. The cop say with a giggle, come back to my car and I will show you what the radar says you were going. 85 mph...Is that the same radar that will clock telephone poles speeding? He laughed and told me to get the speedo fixed. No ticket. Got out of that bucket of excrement smelling like a rose.
That Mack had walking beam tandem suspension. One rough riding truck. Most of the other R models I drove had camel back suspension. Pretty squishy when you had a big load on them. All of them were full tandem drives.

 

[Wagtail]

Good New Year Day (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 8C and it's presently 23.8C, mostly clear with a breeze as the day goes on.

For a small town, the traffic was pretty solid yesterday. Still, I was able to get my weekly grocery shopping done... just needed to keep a smile on my face plus eyes in the back of your head to dodge other shopping carts.

I did make it to midnight and rang in the New Year. I watched the Sydney fireworks, which lasted for 12 minutes, then straight to bed.

Proceeded to wake up at my regular time this A.M. Again, nothing really planned.

That's about it, take care all. All the best for 2026.

 

[Engineer42]

Woman has the Bob Evans sausage out thawing, for the dumplings and sauerkraut.

Mine has the Black Eyed Peas on low simmer, . I obediently eat one spoonful after midnight.

 

[Highlandr]

Black-Eyed peas are soaking in the crock pot, will be seasoned appropriately in the morning and heat applied. Turnip greens will go on in the morning, prepared like this. Ham goes in in the afternoon. Gonna eat large!

Tonight it's beef tenderloin from a local outfit... and probably a tater.