Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Nice truck, Farmer. Bet you get a lot of use and enjoyment.

 

[sodamo]

Hope for the best for Coco.

 

[sodamo]

No report from Ed. Good news perhaps?

 

[sodamo]

Not a very productive day. Wife’s Dr appointment was way longer than it should. For some reason Dr had a struggle to get her prescription with Express Scripts. Worth the wait though as mail order is $60 cheaper than in person pickup.
Put off getting Tractor filters, either get them tomorrow or perhaps just drain and clean everything and replace and refill Thu.

 

[RoyJackson]

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67 right now...high in the upper 80's today...

 

[Eric Salop]

We have aluminum wheels so maybe no sparks if it did get to rim?

I also used to think aluminium was a fairly benign metal and got a shock when I worked in the mining industry to discover why it is banned from use underground. Friction between aluminium and rusty steel (not clean steel), can release a lot of energy.

Thermite Spheres: Reaction of Iron Oxide with Aluminum - YouTube


Iron oxide and aluminium are used to make "Thermite" , that intensely hot stuff beloved by bank robbers for burning through anything that is in their way. Youtube looks to have lots of Thermite videos for entertainment while eating breakfast today

Thermite vs. Car - YouTube

 

[Eric Salop]

All the lambs went off to another farm yesterday for weaning and in return I got more ewes that need to recover condition before the tups arrive. Fewer lambs have gone to market this year as the poor weather conditions slowed their growth and market prices have been lower as some people without grass have been forced to sell what they have prematurely.

Wng, sorry to hear that about Coco, hope you caught her early enough for treatment to be effective and that you haven't got it too.
Have you thought about buying some of that permethrin treated clothing for your hikes? When I'm not wearing knee length rubber boots, I now put DEET on my socks to get any ticks when I'm out where the grass is long.

 

[wngsprd]

Nice morning - 66 going to 90. Got a nice t-storm about 10pm. Clear now, saw one of the stray Perseids this morning.

Today is the 49th anniversary of the start of Woodstock. Anyone go?

Farmer - really nice truck. Sounds like you will get a lot of use of it.

LS - hope you get the R/E tax and escrow corrected without too much trouble.

I'm hoping Ed was out in his shop with his new lathe last evening with a big smile.

Thanks for the well wishes for Coco. She is taking doxycycline for a month. The urine/kidney test showed zero damage, so hoping we caught it early. Some days she acts stiff getting up, but has no problem chasing down and catching a frisbee before it hits the ground even as far as I can throw it. I use DEET only rarely, usually when I know I'm going off the trail into the thicker stuff, but will have to check into the clothes you mentioned, and maybe use DEET more often. Funny thing with Coco is that she has been on anti-tick medicine (Frontline) her whole life.

Got a couple of hours on the tractor yesterday...using the rake to pull some washed out sand and dirt back into a food plot and smoothing it out. Had a big 5 inch rain earlier this summer on top of several days of normal rain, all right after I had tilled and planted sunflowers. So planning on replanting that plot today with a fall mix of beans and peas and clover that should sprout and give a better ground cover and something for the deer to eat until frost.

 

[Buppies]

65 high of 90 today sunny and hot

Farmer b&w hitch factory installed, short bed, air bags with air compressor due to soft suspension on F250 load trail gooseneck. I still would say Cummings is a better motor

Wngsprd hope Coco gets better soon and that you show no signs

Ed hope you found your lathe

Prayers for all those in need

 

[wngsprd]

Youtube looks to have lots of Thermite videos for entertainment while eating breakfast today

Thermite vs. Car - YouTube

I just couldn't wait until breakfast. Great video. Don - don't watch...too many fire department violations. I love the way the British pronounce aluminum...but I don't see how you get 5 syllables out of it. Oh, I just reread your post...I never knew that you spelled it differently. Often when I see an old car like that, I think about the fact that one day long ago, that was someone's brand new car - a sparkle in their eye.

 

[daugen]

Billy, good news about Coco.
how do you plant your beans and peas?
I have a field where I'd like to do that. Planters are sure expensive...

two nice days ahead

 

[Buppies]

Wngsprd our golden tested positive every year placed on anti biotics never showed any ill effects and she lived till she was 13

 

[Thomas]

66F heavy fog upper 80's for high t-storm here and there.

Finish trimming side field last evening for mowing this evening,but if its raining trim banks and ditches.
Momma gray fox yet to bring the newborn out in the open,and poppa fox always near by patrolling....hmmm.
E muffin feed little critters and slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[daugen]

No report from Ed. Good news perhaps?

We hope...nice to see Ed doing something fun for himself when he does so much for others.
Plus we are all going to learn something about metal lathes which I never would have otherwise.

Gosh I need a new wheel for my mower. Oh, no problem, I'll just make one. :thumbsup:
Ed can you make me a set of Minilite wheels for my JD garden tractor?

is using a lathe called machining? Or part of machining, which I think is a much bigger term.
so many of our technical terms came from England or Europe.
Then I would pick Germany and Japan for cutting edge precision, no pun intended...

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 61 going to 86 and mostly sunny. Well I now have a "new" lathe parked in it's spot in the garage. Only took a little over 9 hr to go down, check it out, load, and drive home. Can't find any ware on the lathe, from what I can see it lead a very boring life sitting in the corner watching life. Only thing I see wrong is the cross slide hand wheel got wacked somewhere along the line but still works fine. Was kinda top heavy and a few turns that were banked wrong were not fun. Weighs 1120 lb and is 51 in tall so the half ton pu had it's hands full. The neighbor helped me get it off the truck and placed with the engine hoist. The guy had a dream place with his own dock in sight of the shop on Kerr reservoir. Very tired today and plan to take it easy. No pics of the move, never thought of it.

Farmer, sweet truck, would like one like it one day.

WNG, hope coco does well, our Bo was tested about a year ago and was said to have a bad case. During the antibotics he started running around again and wanted to play. He had been very dull and slow for a bit.

Have a great day. Prayers sent. Ed

 

[Ed of all trades]

We hope...nice to see Ed doing something fun for himself when he does so much for others.
Plus we are all going to learn something about metal lathes which I never would have otherwise.

Gosh I need a new wheel for my mower. Oh, no problem, I'll just make one. :thumbsup:
Ed can you make me a set of Minilite wheels for my JD garden tractor?

is using a lathe called machining? Or part of machining, which I think is a much bigger term.
so many of our technical terms came from England or Europe.
Then I would pick Germany and Japan for cutting edge precision, no pun intended...

Drew, think that might be a little above my skill and tooling level, but thanks. Yes lathe work is machining or a part of it. Ed

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 62° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 88 with partly cloudy skies. Got oil changed in both cars. Then relaxed rest of day. Wife has a doctor appointment this morning. Then maybe cut lawn. More relaxing time for rest of day.

Farmer, nice truck. As far as one of the big three being better than the other. I think all of the big 3 do the job very well today. It then comes down to pocket book and personal desires.

Ed, congrats on the lathe.

Drew, with a 12" lathe maybe a wheel for a golf cart. Buying that piece of aluminum may be more than what a new wheel cost.

Wngsprd, hope Coco recovers quickly and that you do not have it also.

Prayers for all those in need.

Good Morning All.

 

[riptides]

Morning. Yesterday I worked on the mower. Changed out filters and fuel. Seems to have made a difference. I will attribute the issue to humidity and rain. Fuel must have been compromised.
This AM I just returned from a road trip from Richmond to Baltimore. Yeah.. I am wired.

Got to really watch out for tick born diseases on us and our pets. My animals and family were/are hit hard by Lyme and a manifestation of alpha-gal.
Nice truck, farmer.
Good on the lathe, ed.

Have a great day all. Be safe.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 65F @ 4:45AM. Sunny. High 89F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Congrats, Ed. Glad the move went smoothly, and hope you get many years of service out of your new tool.

Just my opinion, but Ford hasn't made a good Diesel engine since the 7.3L Powerstroke. And International made that engine. My neighbor has a fairly new Ford and wants my help to put a Cummins in it next time the 6.2L dies (I think he's on the third one).


Got the basics fabricated for one of the bag mounts on the old BMW yesterday. Fit is good and it's very stiff; don't want anything getting into the swing arm or wheel. Need to get the openings in the square tube closed up and fit one more bushing at the rear for a cross member, then I get to do it all over again on the other side.

Most of the smoke has been staying to the west for the past couple of days, and the temperatures have moderated into the low 90s as well. A little Delta Breeze kicked up last evening, and it was almost pleasant while I sat on the patio and enjoyed a barley pop. A fence lizard was watching me, probably wondering "where's mine?". :laughing: It shouldn't have, as I'd fed it four mealworms earlier, and maybe it's my imagination, but it seems to have grown an inch over the last month. It's now walking onto my open palm to take the worm, a most unusual sensation. Gonna try to start it climbing up my leg; that should go over well with guests.:laughing:

Since I was up early yesterday, I got a couple of outside jobs done. One was to swap out the shade cloth sails I'd installed on the west side of the house for some plastic tarps that block 100% of the light. That should drop the temperatures on that wall by 20F and maybe save me a bit of electricity with the air conditioner. Last month's bill was over three hundred bux, and that was with just running the A/C in the late afternoon and evenings.

Happy Hump Day, folks!

 

[wngsprd]

Billy, good news about Coco.
how do you plant your beans and peas?
I have a field where I'd like to do that. Planters are sure expensive...

two nice days ahead

I don't have a planter or rear remotes. I used to use the 3 pt. fertilizer spreader, but it so hard to control the volume of seeds, especially when I use a mix that includes small sorghum up to larger buckwheat, sunflower, cowpea, and soybean. I've been planting a blend sold by Pennington, called Rackmaster for this area that does very well...

So, since I like to walk, and seeds have gotten so expensive, I use my small plastic hand spreader. Really not too bad. Throws about a 10-15 foot wide spread, depending on the weight of the seed. I put a bucket or bag of seeds at each end of the plot, then refill the small hopper as necessary. If I want to add clover or chicory, I make a second pass since these seeds are so small and more expensive, and need a smaller opening on the spreader. My biggest single plot is only about 1.5 acres, most are less than 1/4 acre, along edges of field/forest. Biggest problem is covering/packing the seeds. I use the drag for some applications, other times I just drive over the seeds with the tractor in parallel runs until all the ground has been "R4" packed. A cultipacker is on my wish list, more so than a planter, although no-till planting would be nice, I just don't have a big enough application for that big of an investment.

I've thought about asking my neighbor farmer to plant using his big equipment, but he's very busy, and I enjoy doing it, and I have many small plots that don't lend themselves well to provide efficiency for big equipment.