Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

2015-07-05, 0744

58 and a bit foggy right now. The predicted high is going to be 81. We had a bit of rain last night...none in the prediction for today.

Got my work done yesterday and did grill...good chow, but I really am losing my taste for red meat. Loved the grilled veggies though.
Today...dryer is making some noise, so I've got to check that out. If time, I'll mow the field.

 

[Thomas]

63F clear sky high mid 80's.
Yesterday was putter day w/nice late afternoon early evening ride looking for wildlife...we watch healthy bear for an half hour eating.

Today not to much plan,maybe some weeding before it get warm.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[dave1949]

Warmer week ahead, low to mid-80' most days.

Not much going on today. Walk Milos a bit then go play in the field is the plan.

Safe trip to you folks on the way to various places.

 

[deerseeker001]

63 with some Fog and Sun and clouds with a high of 82 and humid.I did some afternoon grilling which was Good.

 

[riptides]

68 this AM. Cloudy with chances of spot rain. Had another gully washer late yesterday afternoon. Dense fog in area last night. Both in head and on ground. Fireworks were A M A Z I N G.

Recovering now...must recover....

 

[300UGUY]

Nice fireworks last night. Working on a range shelter for our chickens. Building out of stuff I have on hand. Going to be interesting...

 

[Eric Salop]

The sky has just turned dark and the first drops of rain are rolling down the windows. Getting hay in is proving more difficult this year, with no prolonged dry spells. I have been helping a friend get his bales under cover. The best we could do was to stack them in the field for now and cover each stack with a truck tarpaulin. Looks like we made it just in time.

Eric,

Do you know anything about the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales? My son is interested in riding it some day.

There are several small private railways in North Wales thanks to the once numerous slate quarries. When we were on holiday there last year, we took our grandson on the other railway in Porthmadog. The track up to Blaenau Ffestiniog is a much longer journey, so perhaps we will try that one day when he is older. I think Ffestiniog is the oldest private rail track, where they originally hauled the empty wagons up the long steady incline with horses, loaded up with slate at the top, then got the horses to board and let gravity return them back to the port.

Some of the old mining towns and slate quarries are still quite desolate places. The hillsides are covered in broken discarded slate, with neither grass nor trees being inclined to grow there.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

There was a slight amount of hooking discernible on the teeth:

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... so when I reinstalled them, I swapped the hub/sprocket assemblies from side to side, to reverse the hook direction. Then I pumped the hubs full of the red Mobil 1 synthetic grease, after I got the castle nuts and cotter pins installed.

Given the sprocket diameter, I'm pretty sure there's enough tooth left to outlast me.

If you're just using the mower for yourself those sprockets should last you a while. They will however not last as long (compared to new sprockets and new chain) as they'll prematurely wear your chain. Turning them around was a good choice. You should be fine unless you get into the commercial mowing business.
Those pumps look heavy duty compared to today's models. Will you give them some TLC?

 

[farmer2009]

88 this morning and headed to 91 today here in Fort Myers Beach Florida. Well we made it in. 15 hours turned into 19. Between traffic and traveling with a two year old. Then get here and the bridge is closed for fireworks that cost an hour in itself. Be the last time we try it in one day. On way home we're leaving a day early. No tractor time this week.

Good to here everyone had a good forth. Safe travels to others.

 

[daugen]

glad you made it there safely Farmer but what a long miserable drive. You need a nap.

nice day out, did some light food shopping, will now wash the front porch. That's about as energetic as I want to be today.