Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

I will wash the green off but leave the original paint and wipe it down with a diesel rag.

 

[Buppies]

That is a cat 2 looks like mine I do believe

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

View attachment 497497I've been off work for a week and usually don't get on here much at home. Many pages back I mentioned getting a new sled. First trip out was great. It far outperforms my old sled (2012)
In SLC it is raining a little with more rain/snow mix until Wednesday. Temps are mild with it being 48 right now at 11 pm.

Man, with a sled like that, you might wish for winter all year long...

That looks like a lot of fun.

Roofing contractor came over. I've been doing a lot of research. White metal is most efficient. Actually substantially better than galvalume in the emissivity factor, which is the ability to shed heat by radiation.

Here's a link to a video that I am going to follow his guidelines fairly close.

Video | Houston Cool Metal Roofs

Don, the uncertainty comes from your question about keeping the pests and insects out. Contractor says the standard is to put a long drip ledge at the fascia board and give the drip ledge about a 1/8" air gap. I have used Scotch Brite sanding pads in the past in crevices of construction to allow breathing. But from the video above, it needs good air movement....so I need to research that a bit more.

I will be blowing in more insulation in the attic.

 

[txdon]

Ahh, the making of kale chips for the big game.

 

[hawkeye08]

21F this morning, snowing hard. It snowed on and off overnight and stopped mid day today. Temp up to 37F, about 8" new on top of the frozen 8" under. Still missing a 1099 but got going on the other tax stuff.

 

[Mousefield]

Got another 8 inches of snow over night in addition to the four we got yesterday and still getting flurries.

 

[olPete]

Sorry I can't get it to display temp in Fahrenheit but... warm northwest breeze and clear blue skies.
That nice back blade would look good here, but shipping might be a little pricey. Am going to seek a shade tree and get the saw going for the afternoon.

 

[olPete]

Got another 8 inches of snow over night in addition to the four we got yesterday and still getting flurries.

Beautiful!

 

[txdon]

Don, the uncertainty comes from your question about keeping the pests and insects out. Contractor says the standard is to put a long drip ledge at the fascia board and give the drip ledge about a 1/8" air gap. I have used Scotch Brite sanding pads in the past in crevices of construction to allow breathing. But from the video above, it needs good air movement....so I need to research that a bit more.

I looked at the video in theory it looks good. At night the airflow should stop so as not to bring all that humid night air in. For the bottom edge instead of sanding pads I'd use copper mesh. I use it around the house in the weep holes of the rock. over time it looses it's shine and takes on the color of an old penny. It does not turn green or corrode. It comes in rolls and you can fold it in half or fourths to stop pests from invading that 1/8" air gap.
Amazon.com : Stuf-Fit Copper Mesh 1' Rats, Mice, Birds Control : Home Pest Repellents : Patio, Lawn & Garden

 

[cat fever]

Weather here is still nice for this time of year. 50 degrees and real cloudy, snowing in the mountains though.
For those who ask how I get air going uphill, here it is. In this picture we are jumping off the cornice going down. However, that hill would have been great for going up and jumping at the cornice. All it takes is a lot of speed. The snow was fresh and soft in this picture so I think if we would have jumped uphill we could not have gotten enough speed and might have gotten stuck on the landing. Thats why we were jumping off not up. In the prior picture (red sled) I was going about 45-50MPH when I hit the top, so lift off was easy.:thumbsup:

 

[toppop52]

Randy, I think they call this a class one and two, right?View attachment 497569

Yes it is, either way, I glanced at it and thought it was a $800 blade, my mistake, that's a very nice unit.

 

[toppop52]

That is a cat 2 looks like mine I do believe

It's setup to work on cat 1 or cat 2.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

got sapcicles on my maple tree where I trimmed branches a couple weeks ago.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 43F this morning, heavy overcast was back, light breeze out of the south. overcast didn't start to break up till about 3, forecast wind did not blow, and temps only made it to 50F. Slow day, went biking and tended the fireplace and napped New bike is a Volagi Viaje, frame is 4130 Crome-Moly tubing. Going with steel because of the ride, and cost, carbon fiber rides well, but not field repairable, and expensive. Bike will still be about 10# lighter than the Trek or the 10-speed.

 

[300UGUY]

What price would you put on this blade?View attachment 497439View attachment 497440View attachment 497441
It's a 7 foot blade, 6 way - with manual tilt, angle, and offset.
Stand included.

I'd pay way more than 300. Being a cat 1 or 2, its a heavy build. I had a Kewaunee transport disk, it was old, but it worked great. I sold a Woods 8 ft blade a few years ago, it was virtually new, but got zero response advertising it. There are way fewer cat 2 tractors out there. This had all the brackets for hydraulics. I could not get 500 for it, settled for 350. Of course, this was during the recession, and this area really got hit hard.

 

[mostly_gas]

Don, what are you pouring on the Kale. Looks like salad dressing and I know that can't be

Cat Fever cool "sledding" pics!

Mousefield, is it normal for Vancouver Island to get that much snow?

 

[toppop52]

View attachment 497616got sapcicles on my maple tree where I trimmed branches a couple weeks ago.

I've got 2" new growth on some trees, wild onions are growing in clusters around the edge of the property.

 

[Thall303]

Weather here is still nice for this time of year. 50 degrees and real cloudy, snowing in the mountains though.
For those who ask how I get air going uphill, here it is. In this picture we are jumping off the cornice going down. However, that hill would have been great for going up and jumping at the cornice. All it takes is a lot of speed. The snow was fresh and soft in this picture so I think if we would have jumped uphill we could not have gotten enough speed and might have gotten stuck on the landing. Thats why we were jumping off not up. In the prior picture (red sled) I was going about 45-50MPH when I hit the top, so lift off was easy.:thumbsup:
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That looks like a lot of fun............until one day it's not!

 

[cat fever]

That looks like a lot of fun............until one day it's not!

Thall,
I have caused several of these, but never been in one. Real close 2 times!

 

[Eric Salop]

New bike is a Volagi Viaje, frame is 4130 Crome-Moly tubing. Going with steel because of the ride, and cost, carbon fiber rides well, but not field repairable, and expensive. Bike will still be about 10# lighter than the Trek or the 10-speed.

Mostly, I'm with you in preferring a steel frame for all those reasons and also if it should ever fail, it is likely to go slowly, unlike carbon fiber which may snap without warning. From the Volagi website I see their frames are a little different to many others, with curved stays and top tube. At first glance it looks a little like it's taken a front on impact, but about as sexy as a bike frame can get !