Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well at least the ground dried out fast, if you had done that here you would have had to pump the water out of the pond you would have, then work in knee deep mud.

Lucky there was a good breeze, and the sun was baking. The humidity was at 7% today... stuff dries quick. It will fool you, dry on top, muck about 6” . We dug out about a foot below, then shoveled in a bunch of dry dirt.

I remember quite well when we lived back in Pennsylvania, having to run water pumps 12 hours a day to pump out our basement when we were building.... and that was from just the rain!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

RNG, as far as I can tell, it was a 45 degree fitting that broke. When I caught the pipe, I got it a few feet away from the break. I forgot it sloped up towards the 90, catching it there. It pulled away from the 45 like it was not attached, so I assume it had broken there.

I think it was either stressed from settling of the dirt after initial install, or I did not get it glued right when I installed it. It has been pressurized for 8 months, so I am again assuming it was from settling.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

BEF, I would love to have to mow at your place... absolutely beautiful!

 

[sodamo]

Quite a day, Ted

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. Yesterday's pic was from Katy trail ride used to MKT railroad ran from Ft Riley KS to St Louis, (last 27 mile were actually UP track). Only 1 true tunnel on that stretch, I can post pics if you like. 66F for the start, showers in area, light wind. Wind cranked up quickly, drizzle and light rain on and off early in day, high temp was 85F. Bike ride early only 41 miles, one bike had shift issues and we headed back. We pass a horse farm on route, and saw very young colt trying to stand up. Did get nap in this afternoon. Stepson got tested for Covid the other day, should get results Monday, coworker tested positive for it recently.
Covid counts, Cooke unchanged, Montague unchanged, Grayson, up 4 to 38.
Buckeye, so you are getting 30 min. flights? nice work so far.
Roy hope you can get haircut, good luck with vent repair.
Billy, If I remember, that is a road , don't remember why it was no left as a level grade crossing.
Don, don't forget about electrolyte levels.
RNG sorry about the conduit break and losing juice. Hope rest of job goes smoothly.
Mike hope daughter gets through isolation ok
RS enjoy your seat time
Buckeye, when I first read your post I thought you had the BBQ and the cat was sucking up
Jay nice splitter, had similar luck with mine.
RNG glad repair guy is working with you, that trench is getting deep.
Thomas, sharing cheese burgers?
Ted, sounds like quite the day, glad you got it fixed with minimal issues.
RS sounds like productive day.
enjoying the drone videos
prayers for all
stay safe and healthy

 

[sodamo]

Not the busy, productive day of some of you, but I’m happy.
Rototilled a strip along fence in front of cottage, 4 passes. Main purpose is to plant eggplant, have 2 long varieties from UH seed lab. My hope is they are like the plants I had when I lived on Oahu, basically a perennial bush that was very productive. Will put in 5 or 6 and need to determine 1 or 2 companion plantings, maybe something that will like the fence.

Spent some time planting seeds in starter. A first for me as I have always direct sowed in past. I’m hoping I get good starts to transplant.

I see mowing in my near future, but not today.

Time to enjoy a cold 1 or 2, fresh from the tap.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Outside too much yesterday. Up early with lots of sinus congestion.

Glad I finished the mowing, I hear rain outside.

I did pick up Chinese food last night. Really good, and a change of pace. Went for a little drive with my wife first. Stone bridge over the river.


LeGore Bridge - Wikipedia

And a covered bridge. This area flooded Thursday from the rain.

 

[wngsprd]

57 going to 82, probably showers and T-storms.

Ted, you win, for the worst day. Glad you had the skills and equipment to get the job done. My pipe from the well to the house cracked 2 years ago and I discovered it by noticing a soggy place in the yard when there had been no rain.

RNG, at least the Utility truck may have given you a head start on clearing that path down to the lake.

Dis some lopping, pruning, mowing and general clean up yesterday.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-05-03, 0610

51 right now...high in the low 70's...and maybe rain (hope not)…

Barbershop was closed, so no haircut. I did replace the Zero-turn tank vent. Removing the broken one was difficult, replacement vent was a fairly easy job. Although the lawn doesn't really need it, I might give it a fast trim today, as long as the rain holds off.
Probably see if my mower can use this seat suspension kit:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M64CDT...olid=3EKPXQK1J1CEK&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

I'm having lower back pain and, although my Deere Z920 does a great job, it's a rough rider.
Any of you guys got suggestions or experience with this seat suspension?

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temp is 41°F and going to a high of 52. Wind W 7 mph. Sunny with 0% chance of showers.

I am not sure what I will be getting up to today, but you can be assured it will be no good.:laughing:


Have a safe and healthy day all

 

[Buppies]

68 high of 81 today breezy thunderstorms tonight

Prayers for all

 

[Buppies]

Mostly old R.R. beds make good riding trails and the old tunnels and bridges works of art

 

[Buppies]

Roy our ZTurn has toro suspension seat 15 years old now helps even out rough terrain

 

[Buppies]

BEF bridge looks like Blue Ridge Parkway

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all, a calm, cloudy and dry day ahead, just about perfect for messing around outside.

I have spent a couple of evenings cutting up the invasive weed on the top ponds into strips about 6 yard wide by 12 yards long with my Mk 3 Crassula cutter. New technique is to plunge the grim reaper (an old scythe blade, let into a buoyant wooden shaft) down vertical to the bottom , then extend out away from my feet and bring up in an arc and wiggle the blade until the tip of the scythe makes it through to the surface. Pulling it back to me with a sawing motion then opens up a slit that I can shuffle into as I take a few steps forward and repeat (I'm telling you the details in case someone ever needs to explain to the coroner how I drowned :ashamed.

I had kept about half the water clear, the rest has spread over a number of years, once more forming a dense mat that is 6-9 " thick. Last time I let it get so bad I said I would never do this again :confused3:



Yesterday after tea my wife volunteered to drive the Iseki while I waded out with chain and ropes to lasso a strip of weed which she then dragged out onto the bankside. We got it half done by nightfall, I need to give it a rest today as my fingers ache this morning from tugging on rope and anyway, I don't want to risk giving my wife too much lockdown fun all at once.

RNG, slow down, you are making it look too easy again. Next you will be running the backhoe and flying the drone at the same time.
Nice pic BEF
LS, hope you have a drier day today !
L4N, hope you enjoy your dry day too (you made me laugh with your drinking "unless I was alone or with someone").

 

[buckeyefarmer]

2020-05-03, 0610

51 right now...high in the low 70's...and maybe rain (hope not)…

Barbershop was closed, so no haircut. I did replace the Zero-turn tank vent. Removing the broken one was difficult, replacement vent was a fairly easy job. Although the lawn doesn't really need it, I might give it a fast trim today, as long as the rain holds off.
Probably see if my mower can use this seat suspension kit:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M64CDT...olid=3EKPXQK1J1CEK&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

I'm having lower back pain and, although my Deere Z920 does a great job, it's a rough rider.
Any of you guys got suggestions or experience with this seat suspension?

I’m interested also. My kubota dealer talked me out of the suspension seat, they offered this type for around $300 and full suspension seat at around $700. He recommended the full seat if I felt I needed it.

Northern tool has K&m model exact same pics

Then there is rotary 12530 also with same pic.

My mower is 11” front to back, 11.25 side to side. That is slide bolts to the base. This goes between slide and seat, maybe they are different. Might take mine apart later to measure the actual seat.
Buyer on amazon said the rotary 12530 will fit my mower, exact fit. $200. This looks same, but I’m concerned about dimensions.

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy our ZTurn has toro suspension seat 15 years old now helps even out rough terrain

Thanks! But I'm not really looking to trade the 920... Has less then 500 hours and is fully paid for

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, at least the Utility truck may have given you a head start on clearing that path down to the lake.

My preference is that access on that abandoned road be blocked to anyone but me and the neighbors on the adjoining properties the road crosses or borders. I've found drug needles and campfire ashes along it, and where it terminates at the lake, neither of which are legal. But I'm afraid of retaliation if the road is closed; the northern neighbor did stretch a crude barbed wire gate across the entrance at the cul-de-sac, and it was soon unlatched and left laying on the ground.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I am not sure what I will be getting up to today, but you can be assured it will be no good.:laughing:

Glad yer settin' a good example for the rest of us to follow, Bill...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Are you wearing any sort of life preserver during your search and destroy missions in the ponds, Eric? One with a CO2 cartridge with pull string trigger would let you submerge if needed, but still get you back to the surface in an emergency. If you drowned, who would tie up the weed mats for your wife? Not to mention depriving the rest of us of your dry English wit!:laughing:

RNG, slow down, you are making it look too easy again. Next you will be running the backhoe and flying the drone at the same time.

I think it was Ted that was asking for drone pics of the tractor, Eric, and what you're suggesting would seem to be the only way to make them. So...:shocked: