Thanks for the news on glyphosate, Drew. I've always been careful about skin contact, but only recently started wearing a respirator with cartridges approved for organic chemicals, the same one I wear when spraying paint. It's a real killjoy for the spraying job, but then again I suppose cancer is even more so.
When I've had to move things I can't get to with the pallet forks, I've either hooked enough log chain together to reach between it and the tractor, or used jacks to lift it and put steel pipes under it so I could roll it. That only works on concrete or asphalt, though.
Remember I said the forecast for fire weather never materialized? Well, I was wrong. I've always seen it on my WeatherUnderground page, and today it wasn't there. It was plastered all over the NOAA page, though, and a good size thunderhead just rattled overhead. I just got home after my ride, with enough time to squirt some Gunk on the bike, and now it's raining lightly, probably still going to need a hose and brush.
Maybe I spoke (wrote?) too soon? Radar sez there's a blob of yellow and orange that just sprung up out of nowhere taking pretty good aim here. So maybe I'll get a free bike and VW wash!:cool2:
Oh, and the flat spot is gone, there were no oil leaks, and after some thought, the static I hear in the audio system might be coming from the tachometer pickup wire going to the new dash instrument. It was wrapped around a spark plug cable, which according to the instructions, was an OK thing to do. But because this fancy German ignition system apparently fires each plug three times instead of just one, the RPM reading is way high. I disconnected the tach wire to avoid the flashing red light from the instrument, but now I think I'll hook it to the same terminal that my analog tachometer uses and see if that takes care of the static. Otherwise it was an interesting ride. One of the roads I was on just a couple weeks ago now had a stream crossing, only about five feet wide, but deep and soft enough to get my heart started. When in doubt, gas it was never more true. And the Buck's Lake road between Quincy and Oroville is still out after going on three years, and they were working on the dirt fire road when I came through. It was wet from a water truck, which left me a bit anxious with the mud, but about half way through they were spreading gravel and rolling it, mostly in the oncoming lane. I took it easy and had no problems, but it sure makes me wonder if there are any plans to fix the highway, or if the county just can't afford to.:shocked:
