Good morning!!!!

[lostcreekranch]

Good Morning! It's 62°F this morning and partly cloudy. Forecast says 79°F for this afternoon ..... sunny and humid.

Sunday's are usually tractor maintenance days but, due to rain, neither has moved for 10 days.

Was going to watch NASCAR today but ...... race was yesterday. . DOH!

Guess I'll just pressure wash .....something?

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms!

Everyone have an excellent Sunday.

Prayers to all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Another engineer in the house.... Lol

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!
And Happy Mother’s Day!!!!! I hope that all who still have Moms have a quality time day celebrating and that everyone else can celebrate with family.

Today’s high temperature of 48ºF was at midnight; a rainy 39ºF presently; and temperatures will continue to fall today with rain possibly mixing with sleet/snow around here. I see rain possibly mixing with sleet/snow into Wednesday. I was able to take advantage od yesterday’s sun and finally get some real seat time on the NH moving wood chips to different garden areas. It’s really much too wet to stray to far afield around here. I kept the loader loads fairly light to minimize sinking the front R1’s. I dropped the boxblade in anticipation and hopes that the ProMets were correct predicting the rain coming late, today. They were wrong. Within 5 minutes of putting up the bird feeders this AM I had 11 different species of birds feeding. It looks like for the very first time that we might have nesting pair of Baltimore Orioles. We rarely saw them here in years past.

David- Slowly, ever slowly you are making headway. Thanks for sharing and good luck

Bruce- You are welcome.

BEF- Congratulations on your Son’s graduation and I wish you a safe return home. Please get some rest.

Phil- The weather in MA today is conducive for sleeping, napping, and resting protesting muscle groups. Take care.

Eric- An awesome display from your crabapples. Thanks fro sharing.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 59F @ 7:00AM. Mostly sunny. High 86F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Happy day to all the mothers out there!

Exciting news about the oriels, Jay.

Ted, does your new tractor have a hydrostatic transmission, and if so, how many pedals does it have? And I hope you have an easy time dismounting the backhoe. Do you have a stand for it? I used a piece of log for mine before I made one just the right height from scraps of steel tube.

Even a little progress is a good sign, David, especially if you still have a path forward.

Finished the first mowing yesterday, or at least have done all that I could. The last bit meant backing down hill to a little two foot drop to the driveway, hanging the flail mower over the edge, then going back up. That was working fine until the last pass when a few feet up the wheels started slipping again that the tractor sliding back down. The brakes held it, and lifting the mower let me get back up. There was more to do, but it'll take someone with bigger stones than I have this year to do it.

Or a better tractor. On the way up the driveway to do the other side of its berm, an expensive crunch came from the right rear gear case and hydraulic fluid started pouring out. The axle had shifted out of its seal, but at least the wheel was still attached. I slowly backed down the drive until the front wheels locked, but the tractor took off again when I got it out of 4WD. Got it stopped with the brakes, but it was out of fluid by the time it got to the bottom of the hill and now there it sits. I hope to get a neighbor to help me tow it to the garage and get an autopsy done today so I can order parts when the dealership opens tomorrow. But this is the last straw for that tractor, and I'm thinking perhaps a tracked skid steer would be a lot safer on the hills around here anyway. If I got one big enough, it might even be up to the excavation work I need. But maybe not; I've got some homework to do. I'm very happy the tractor failed when it did; very likely it would have flipped over backwards had I tried to back down the slope where the wheels were slipping.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend.

 

[daugen]

RNG, sorry about your tractor. Get something safe...

picked kale and lettuce for several hours this morning, that's all I had planned, now a day of rest

Brewed a pitcher of decaf iced tea, something folks ask for and almost impossible to buy. I had some old tea bags that were well wrapped and smelled good when opened, so ten bags in the pitcher and it came out nicely.

 

[Rich B1]

American Flat Track racing is live right now....You have to give them an email and password to log in

So-Cal Half-Mile Presented By Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys - Perris - 5/11 - Fans Choice

:thumbsup:

I was at a local race last night. Was helping Johnny. We had a great result in the Vintage 250 race. We were parked next to the Vanderkooi痴.....came home with a JV20 hat.

Ronnie Rall was racing last night at the tender age of 80 on a rigid frame, brakeless HD KR!

Maybe some pics later.

 

[Rich B1]

Congrats to BEF on the Graduate.

Happy Mother痴 Day to mother痴 everywhere!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Quote-----"Ted, does your new tractor have a hydrostatic transmission, and if so, how many pedals does it have? And I hope you have an easy time dismounting the backhoe. Do you have a stand for it? I used a piece of log for mine before I made one just the right height from scraps of steel tube." -----RNG

It's not a hydrostat....decided to go with gear due to greater power. The little MT was the first hydrostat I had, liked it, but just wanted a gear. 12x12 w/ the three ranges. I have the dolly / stand I had made for the old one, but I think it needs some modifications. The new BH has a large subframe that comes off w/ it (you can see it in the pics under the tractor). So I have to see if I want leave it attached to the Bh and make the dolly to fit, or go through the trouble each time to remount it to the BH, then back to the tractor.
It should only take a few minutes to actually take it off, only 2 pins hold it on. Takes more time to get it prepped for removal.

Sorry to hear about the problem with your tractor...hopefully an easy fix.

 

[jbrumberg]

Drew- We missed our chance yesterday to brew some "solar" iced tea. For us it seems hard to find/purchase ice tea that is unsweetened around here.

RNG- I am glad that you are able to post about the "runaway" tractor experience, but sorry to read about your tractor. Good luck with the retrieval, repair, and hopefully the acquisition of a new tracked machine. With all the still-ongoing surface flowing water around here in my lower field I am seeing new ground surface "anomalies" that may present new rotary cutting challenges this Fall if the field ever dries sufficiently.

The wild blueberries in the lower field are starting to flower It looks like a good year for the local wildlife; with luck maybe I'll be able to pick a few. I have never picked any of the wild strawberries that grow in profusion in the lower field.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there

65°F and .20 inches rain. Will work another extension to my pipe after coffee.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day