Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

2016-08-18, 0710

A muggy 66 right now...bit of fog too. It's pretty overcast too and rain is in the forecast. The predicted high is upper 70's. Glad I got the mowing done yesterday!
My neighbor wants to give my an old Onan PTO generator. I don't recall the output in kW. The problem is, it's not putting any juice out and he (neighbor) thinks a diode had been installed (during a relatively recent repair) wrong. I'll take the generator...see if there's anything that can be done with it without breaking the bank
No other plans today

 

[Thomas]

65F light mist falling now maybe thru out the day w/high low 70's.

Not all that much plan for today other than run to town for the basic than little puttering.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[farmer2009]

66 this morning and headed to 84 today. Dense fog advisory out. .31" of rain yesterday.

Another new calf yesterday. Have had 4 in 3 days. Always nice to see. So check cows again today and then plan on taking oldest to the quick care. Acts like his throat hurts. I woke up in the recliner last night and he was in my lap crying. He had been asleep in the recliner next to mine. But went back to sleep. Normally when he gets up he's up for a few hours. Maybe I'll get to haul some hay today. I need to get hay fields reseeded.

 

[lennyzx11]

18SEP16 in SE Oklahoma. Raining here this morning.
Got back from fishing yesterday to find a new treasure had been dumped in the yard.


My brother had had enough of it. He had bought it on CL and after showing up the guy had told him everything works it wouldn't start. So he pulled it up on the trailer and brought it home. Thinking it was a low battery. All the normal ways to try to start it and it still crank slowly. So out came the starter and went to be rebuilt. Then come to find out, still slow crank. So out came the crank which was in bad shape so he got it turned and new bearings installed. Then the three point doesn't work.
I fiddled with it last night and adjusted the points and carb and got it to running fairly well idling and took it for a drive. With a Kubota sitting in the driveway, I had to say that driving this thing was fun and brings back some kid days of a hay pasture.
Appears to be a 47 2N (same as 9n). Not really sure what to do with it but since it runs, I can't just let it sit. Not quite as handsome as Drew's new MF huh?

So now I'm searching for rear tires and tubes one is worthless and other not far behind. My god, them tires are expensive! Anybody know a cheap alternative? It won't get worked much from now on knowing me. Just pull the wood trailer around and maybe a mower or cutter occasionally but I only mow about an acre so far.
Since I'm at the house alone, I was out there trying at midnight to decipher the serial number and certain features to determine what it was.
Gotta get chores done so not much tractor stuff today other than putting everything away. I fly out tomorrow and be gone a month or two this time. I'll work on the three point after I get back.

Time for 2nd cup. It looks like the rain let up so a little more internet cruising and get after it.

 

[B7510HSD]

A muggy 66 right now...bit of fog too. It's pretty overcast too and rain is in the forecast. The predicted high is upper 70's. Glad I got the mowing done yesterday!
My neighbor wants to give my an old Onan PTO generator. I don't recall the output in kW. The problem is, it's not putting any juice out and he (neighbor) thinks a diode had been installed (during a relatively recent repair) wrong. I'll take the generator...see if there's anything that can be done with it without breaking the bank
No other plans today

2016-08-18, 0710 Roy you need to get caught up you are a month behind!!

 

[RoyJackson]

2016-08-18, 0710 Roy you need to get caught up you are a month behind!!

Oops!!!

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 95˚, this week is suppose to have record breaking hot days, just when I thought Summer was over . . . .

Eric those rocket launchers would be perfect for blasting dead limbs out of trees.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Love the old Ford N tractors.

Rockets on a forklift is pretty awesome.

 

[rswyan]

75F and mostly cloudy @ 14:00 ... chance of thunderstorms, Accuweather says rain starting in 37 minutes ...

Was up in the shop pretty late last night (after 01:00) ... got quite a bit done. Late getting up today though.

New pipes on table grate all welded in, welded on a 7" piece of 3/4 solid round to the table grate to allow it to rest on the hitch receiver to serve as additional support when the drawbar is removed, threw some water in the 2nd hydraulic reservoir to leak test the pipe bung I welded in for a drain. Did a little (very little ) clean up.

Also fabbed up the guard for the log lift side of the unit and got that all welded on. Still need to bend the ends of the round bars on the left towards the back, while I'm down at U.B. for torch work.

Hopefully will keep any large rounds from falling towards the back and destroying stuff.

Pic of the table grate from the front, showing how wide it is:

Today I'm going to work on fabbing up the guard for the engine/operator side, mebbe see if I can't get the hydraulic tank actually mounted and plumbed in (assuming no leaks in the pipe bung tank ... which is probably unlikely ... )

Also need to pull out the gas bottle for aluminum and see if it has anything left in it, so I can fix an aluminum two-wheeler for a friend.

(Edit: Build thread updated with additional pics and info)

 

[rswyan]

... RS like the looks of the splitter. Looks like it is very well designed.

Ed,

Thanks ... a lot of credit goes to Timberwolf for the basic design ... but I still managed to get a few of mine own tweaks in there ...

There are a few things I wish I had done differently, hindsight being 20/20 of course ... but overall I'm pretty happy with how it is turning out.

BTW: Happy (belated) birthday ! :thumbsup:

 

[rswyan]

:laughing: You got me, I saw the receiver and automatically thought that end connected to the pull vehicle.

Don,

Sometimes, it does ...

 

[rswyan]

... RS you ought to take up welding as a hobby, you look like you are good at it.

LOL ...

Actually, it looks like I might be taking it up as a new career ... have a couple fab/welding jobs in the pipe ...

 

[Larro Darro]

I know what you mean. One yesterday was a first calf heifer. She didn't like me there but just balled and lunged. She was close enough I could touch her nose, and did a couple of times. All I wanted was an ID tag in the ear. I do have 3 cows I can forget about tagging calves as a new born. They will come over the calf at you. But they are the only ones with Brahma in them. Most of mine will back off 5 feet and ball at me, so I make it fast.

I always hated working with the 1/2 Brahma mixes. They tend to be crazy. We had a heifer we tried to sell because the bull on that herd was her sire. We rebuilt the pen about five times, but she would climb out each time. The one time we got her in the back pen, where the loading shoot was, Daddy fought with her with a long lighter'd rail from an old rail fence. Several times he just got behind the steel gate just as she charged into it. We ended up keeping her until she died of old age. You know how cows will come running when you come in the pasture with hay. She would take off running the other way. Wild as a deer.

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Afternoon. 1615, rain, 79F with 68% humidity. Our high today was 86F, and the forecast low of 72F with a 40% chance of rain tonight. {I had to erase partly cloudy and type in rain as it just started to pour here about a minute ago. Where I'm sitting at my PC, I can see I need to clean the gutters. Why is it I never think of it when it isn't raining?} Margie and I went to Panama City this morning to do some shopping. Sam's Club, Big Lots, Walmart and 5 Guys Burgers. {and a quick look in a shoe store} We're a couple of Silk Stocking Avenue folks, you think? This afternoon I've slept through most of the Singapore Grand Prix. I foresee an early supper, then heading out to the camp.

You guys have a good one,

Larro

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG had a Kawasaki shaft drive. The shims on mine were easier to replace just depress the valve enough. The knock on that system was the possibility of shim leaving it appointed position and cause damage on over rev condition. I never had a problem 'cause I didn't ride like that.

Sounds like Kawasaki knew how to design a maintainable valve train, Mostly. The first longitudinal 3 and 4 cylinder BMW K-bikes had those types of shims, too, and they could be removed/replaced by using a special tool (easy to make) to depress the keepers and pull out the shim with a magnet. No pulling the cam, didn't even have to replace the valve cover gasket because they used a thick rubber one that would just last and last. BMW knows how to do it, but they farmed out the engine design on the F and G series bikes. They're fine if you have lots of money and just let the dealer maintain them; my local dealer told me that they are among the most high maintenance and expensive bikes in the entire BMW lineup. And a Kawasaki KLR is a whole lot easier to ride on dirt roads and trails, which is supposedly the target environment for the F/G BMWs.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Ahum,,,joke ahead,,,,don't read if you aren't into low class humor,,,,,,You could always just burn that leftover wood.....I told you it was a bad joke.

No worries, Kyle, that one just went right over my punkin' head... :laughing:

 

[mostly_gas]

Good afternoon all. 68F this morning and thunderstorms, leaving .8 in rain on the ground. Clear now, high of 93F (HI 102F). Bike ride went well, finished in 3 1/2 hours, but got overheated at VFD fish fry fundraiser and left early, HI was 100F+ and no wind made it HOT. Have a line on possible truck in STL and stepson was to look at it this weekend, but he hasn't called me back yet

 

[txdon]

. . . but got overheated at VFD fish fry fundraiser and left early, HI was 100F+ and no wind made it HOT. . .

Our electric co-op - Bluebonnet, supplies these large water-cooled fans during our annual August FF. This year the temps have switched it was only in the high 80's that day, a month ago, while 100˚ now. :confused3:

 

[txdon]

Last night Gray2 (our cat) was napping on the ottoman when I went to the kitchen and saw a big wad of skin and fur laying on the floor, I called my wife over to look at it, she leaned down to see it better and lunged at her. She screamed, it hurt my ear. It surprisingly was ___________. Stay tuned for the ending tomorrow morning on the Good Morning thread. Unless you are Eric then it will be in the afternoon.

hint: (It was not a mouse, lizard, bird, snake or spider but our initial thought was a gray cat hairball since it was the size of a golf ball, which is was not, and until it surprisingly moved, we could not figure it out.)

 

[RoyJackson]

Last night Gray2 (our cat) was napping on the ottoman when I went to the kitchen and saw a big wad of skin and fur laying on the floor, I called my wife over to look at it, she leaned down to see it better and lunged at her. She screamed, it hurt my ear. It surprisingly was ___________. Stay tuned for the ending tomorrow morning on the Good Morning thread. Unless you are Eric then it will be in the afternoon.

hint: (It was not a mouse, lizard, bird, snake or spider but our initial thought was a gray cat hairball since it was the size of a golf ball, which is was not, and until it surprisingly moved, we could not figure it out.)

I'm tingling with anticipation!