Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

5+ hours and flail mowing is done for another round. Maybe the driest I’ve ever mowed. Had to spot and clean the air screens 6 times to get temp back down. Lots of dead grass from previous mowing.
Glad to be done. Feet up and relax after a nice shower.

 

[sodamo]

Roy, we have a bungee on both the Scag and BX mid mount deflectors. Usually mow with them up.

 

[rswyan]

69F and cloudy @ 22:30, heading down to a low of around 64F overnight. High hit 81.9F here today.

Finally got a decent night's sleep last night, ended up sleeping almost 12 hours total, after waking up in the morning and rolling over and going back to sleep.

Yesterday was horrible: lack of sleep + intense itching from the bites and stings. Seems like it goes away for a day and then will erupt the day after, complete with swelling. The itching was bad enough that I could have scraped the skin off if I scratched them as much as I would have liked to.

Woman picked up some Benadryl and Calamine lotion yesterday, and I took one of the Benadryl last night which might account for much less itching today. Probably go ahead and take another one tonight.

Good news is that I haven't seen any evidence of activity back where the nest was and I've looked repeatedly over the last couple of days.

Got most of the rock pile dug out today, had a lot of dirt in it which made it tougher - used the box blade to separate it and then did some pick up by hand on the smaller ones. Got the rocks moved up along the driveway. Just a little bit to finish tomorrow if it's not too wet.

If it is too wet, I'll probably work on screening that clay since it's on higher ground that should drain fairly well.

Having that area cleared off will give us a large area to store and tarp stuff that's currently in the barn. Just need to finish grading it off.

Have some grading work to do as well in front of the barn now that the area has been cleared of the clay pile and trees (+ other junk), initially so that I can get a man lift in there to clean out the gutters and get the gutter covers installed:

Forecasts show rain moving in tonight and continuing into the morning and then a dry period in the middle of the day before showers return later tomorrow evening.

Tuesday through Saturday this coming week is looking pretty good so hopefully more progress then.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 61ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Very light wind, some cloudiness in afternoon, and high temp was 87ºF. Humidity too low for HI much above actual temp. Bike ride ( 43 miles) to start morning no group ride this morning. Nap after lunch and that was it.
David we designed previous house much the same as yours, single story, big doors and wide hallway, to get furniture in and out. Good thoughts on solar.
Scotty glad rain beat fire, hope fire is out soon.
Scaredy nice car to ride in for ice cream cruising.
Drew glad you are getting some seat time if only to teach your young pupil
NHBX glad trimming done, hope you got mowing done.
Billy glad you got good long hike in, sounds like you got an interesting cross-section of people, sorry about no breakfast invite. nice trail pics
Drew I was never a fan of the 305 engine, almost always very de-tuned.
Thomas thanks for response, quite the parade of critters. Glad you can take the afternoon off.
Mike hope you got your mowing in. Sorry about the whole day being devoted to insurance, and still needing to cough up some serious cash. Good luck filling fridge with food
Scotty hope road work went well, nice Mustang.
Dennis hope you can find land. I would hate to have to quit to get time off, been down that road before.
Roy hope you finish healing from previous fall. Hope mowing was not too bad.
Dennis nice ramp your friend built.
Buppies hope you found something useful and entertaining to do. Too bad no car shows today.
Bill safe travels
Frits, nice roofs and damage repair
Frits good to hear your wife recovered after all the injuries.
Roy sorry to hear too wet to mow. I am holding out for Grandma's german potato salad.
Frits looks good.
Ted sorry about no rain. Hope transfer case has no snags. Took me a minute to get what you were talking about, hope you have plan B for tools.
Paul hope landscapers do a good job for you, hope the get trimming done . Nice customer support from Tempest
Drew nice tractor, bet you had fun playing er tutoring on it. Chains will help with snow/ice as well.
Roy good to hear ZTR better with deflector up, good luck with tree cut up, cleanup.
Dennis got a lot done hope rain does not slow potato harvest down.
Frits wow and after all the she travels without a bodyguard.
Dennis kitty looks like it is in attack mode.
RNG good thoughts
Ted if not sure you can get bearing out, and bearing feels good, I would leave in.
PJ glad you got some rain, and got some mowing done as well. Neat jaw bone, and sunset pics.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and family drama, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy / RIP /condolences to Family, Roy /palpitations, /angina /wife ankle, Billy /wife back & hip, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, /getting dehydrated and cramping, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /vetran son with mental issues, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife headaches, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans and land purchase and development, / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) arvo. Overnight Low of 4.5C, the sun was out this AM and there was a steady breeze before heading off to Church. There was 2mm in the gauge and the High reached, briefly, 17C.

Chores are done and finally finished all of the GM posts... gees, we do rabbit on at times.

Take care all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good evening! High temp today only hit 76°.... hazy sunshine, from both smoke from the west and high thin clouds. A t-storm passed to the west of us, not big at all. No rain.

Got the transfer case taken apart, after breaking my snap ring pliers. So a trip to our now local HF for a new pair. 45 minutes later and bearings are out. Well except for one.... it's a blind hole roller bearing. Can't just tap it out.....

So, contemplating leaving it in. It seemed to be tight, no noticeable damage. But, I don't know the tolerances. This bearing could be the culprit making the noise --- or not.....
It's the rear of the front output shaft, inside a 'cup'.

Any suggestions or comments from the machine experts here are welcome!
WOULD YOU GUYS LEAVE IT IN?

I can go try and rent a special puller, but I think it's too big by looking at the picture online.
The pullers I have are for pulleys, applying pressure to the center shaft. Saw a guy on YouTube crack the 'cup' using one like I have. I don't want to do that.

Good thing ---- no abdominal pain at all! I believe it was some new bug....

harbor freight slide hammer to pull it? I've had to literally destroy the thin shell cup type to get them out. Once, I used a small carbide ball mill in a dremel, to cut thru the thin shell wall all the way to the back. It will collapse when done. It really doesn't matter if you nick the walls as long as you don't have any "proud" resultants. And be sure to flush out the chips and debris.

 

[Alien]

2.45 p.m. and 24.4 C here Wagtail.

LS
We used to run a weld around inside the bearing cup and that would shrink it enough that they fall out.

 

[sodamo]

Was thinking how I often talk about mowing different areas and thinking that ‘s a bit meaningless. But, I do have a old, crude map. At least I know where I am and so does Sophie.

I did have a heartwarming experience earlier. Mowing bottom left corner of Hilo Far. Neighbor was down there having done something at the stream. A quick visit. About 15 minutes later we see Sophie coming in the Mule. First time she had ever driven Mule in that area. Can’t see in pic, but that area cannot be seen from the house as it is down slope and also a berm. No cell coverage.
Yes, she hadn’t seen or heard the tractor in a bit and came to make sure I was OK. ️️️

 

[daugen]

good morning all
great map David, looks like you could plant something interesting in Hilo Far. What is growing there now in those nice straight rows?

rain coming in soon, will rain all day, no big storm, just rain. Temps in mid 70's. Fine by me, if it's raining on Sunday morning, much quieter at church since no motorcycles
roaring past on main road. A pox on Honda Gullwing owners who crank their stereo up to the max on Sunday morning. Those bikes must have some serious speakers in them.
Just more noise... At least the Hondas are otherwise quiet going by. I do remember one Sunday that the noise did get a chuckle; someone had Sinatra's My Way cranked up and we could
hear all the words as they went by. Sinatra isn't too bad.....

We've talked about this before but I'm old fashioned, think there should be a lid on noise on Sunday morning. I seem to be in the minority .

hope you all have a lovely peaceful day

RS, be careful, sure you don't want to see a doc on that? Sorry you are so uncomfortable.

 

[daugen]

a family omelette
Step brother's garlic
SIL's roasted corn
my pepper and tomatoes
yum

 

[Thomas]

Probably shouldn’t be advertising that.

Wife has 7 more qts green beans canning. She’s giving about half a large grocery bag away.

Finger muncher attacking me
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Kitten..."Is there a problem,you want some of this"

 

[Thomas]

Bike ride ( 43 miles) to start morning

Dang...I don't even like to drive one way that far.

 

[daugen]

good one Thomas and we aren't peddling...

I'm amazed and a little in awe of the physical condition of some of you. Wngsprd hiking over the mountains, Mostly bicycling more miles than most of us drive,
Rich still whizzing around motocross tracks, keep it up.

 

[Thomas]

I'd read on another thread the ZTR grass deflectors weren't too good, so I used a bungee to hold my ZTR deflector up. I was quite amazed at the better grass clipping dispersion...no clumping at all.
Only downside is when I mow with discharge close to a wall or fence, I get a lot more grass clippings on both the mower and me. Admittedly, I probably mowed shorter than I should have, so there were a lot of clippings.
I'll be removing the deflector and changing how I normally mow.

Also use bungee on defector on both rider during mowing season,once the leaves start falling no bungee help with leave clean up.

 

[Thomas]

61F cloudy sky mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...putter and watch some football.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[wngsprd]

70 and drizzle, going to 78.

21 years ago...I'll never forget. Prayers for those who lost loved ones.

Sodamo, I love your map. I also have one, but with boring names compared to yours.

Kyle, you deserved a rest day yesterday. I do that often.

PJ, beautiful sunset....nice crop out there...soybeans I believe.

My wife gave me a much needed haircut yesterday...it bugs me when it gets long, even though I was a long hair for a few years about a million years ago. Then I cleaned up and shaved and we went to visit her mom...they had a luau at her place, although I don't think David would have recognized it as such. We had a gift card, so tried some hoagies at Potbelly's on the way home.

 

[Popgadget]

Any suggestions or comments from the machine experts here are welcome!
WOULD YOU GUYS LEAVE IT IN?

Not sure how it would work on a needle bearing, but I have removed many a pilot bearing from the back of a crankshaft by filling the cavity with grease, and then putting a close fitting shaft into the hole and giving it a smart blow. Never failed to pop the bearing or bushing out. Otherwise destroy the shell with a die grinder or Dremel and peel it out.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 72 F @ 5:00AM. Partly cloudy. High 92F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Maybe something like this would work for that bearing, Ted.

I have to agree with you on the motorcycle noise, Drew, and expand it to include those monster bass speakers people put in cars. Ear plugs with stereo speakers in them are available, and you can turn them up as loud as you can stand and not bother anyone. And don't get me started on loud exhaust systems, either...

The high temperatures from last week have moderated a bit, but not enough to lure me out into the garage for some wrenching. Instead, I made up a new batch of nectar for the hummingbirds, then roasted the chilis I brought home last week. Several had gone soft and were discarded; I didn't know they would do that. Finished the day updating some web pages.

Hope everyone enjoys their Sunday...

 

[daugen]

I have an interesting memory of 9/11, since I went through there with my boat a few years before.
Maiden voyage, floating around under Statue of Liberty, awe inspiring from water and guy in dinghy took this picture.
Prayers for the families of all those people.

 

[m7040]

Not sure how it would work on a needle bearing, but I have removed many a pilot bearing from the back of a crankshaft by filling the cavity with grease, and then putting a close fitting shaft into the hole and giving it a smart blow. Never failed to pop the bearing or bushing out. Otherwise destroy the shell with a die grinder or Dremel and peel it out.

Yes fill it with grease stuff it in good behind the bearing. I used this recently when I changed out the engine on the BCS tiller. Used tight fitting wood dowel to give it some blows. Also a hook attached to slide hammer works sometimes