Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

68 high of 85 for high very humid strong storms this afternoon

Hope it isn’t something bad Drew

Prayers for Toppop

Prayers for all

 

[daugen]

Sweet spot for old iron. Bought and sold my Farmall Cub for the same price. But it took a lot of my blood with it. LOL.

It is hard for me to forestall downsizing in the next year or two and since my land lease ends next Spring, time to sell when
someone can actually use it right away. My potatoes are coming out Saturday after next, that's what I used the Super A for most, hilling and cultivating.
My arms and wrists hurt so much after driving it I came to the fast conclusion I needed power steering for the future.

Snicking that shift lever back and forth from 1 to R without making a crunch and getting the motion smooth at the end of the row, that was
fun. Everyone on YouTube grinds their gears. This is where having a new clutch put in helped. 1001 shift. You just can't rush it...
That gear shift lever is light action and makes a nice sound.
Changing implements is a struggle for me, always need help, and since I'm done using it,
and this tractor is a dripper, might as well have it drip somewhere else...
Have all the attachments including three point hitch.

sun is coming up and time to go pick tomatoes.
Those girls got into the cucumber patch yesterday and did pretty well so likely not
going to find much there. All the time they spent giggling and literally squealing with delight when they found a
new baby watermelon will be a nice memory for me.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning! It's 75°F this morning and raining since about 3 a.m. forecast is for a high of 82°F and rain pretty much all day.

"Rick, picture of you sitting in your tractor waiting for mud to run off, I had to smile, now that's dusty! You might need to change your cab air filters sooner than expected; do you do that once a year?"

This is normal, with our sandy soil, if we have a period without rain Drew. Cab filters, on both tractors, are cleaned often. Every time I clean them, I'm glad tractors have cabs and I'm not breathing all the dust. Ever try to smoke a cigar ..... while wearing a dust mask??



When I got rained on yesterday, there was about 4" of dust and grass on top of the cutter deck. Job one today will to get, what's now 2" thick mud and grass .... washed off.

Randy .... good luck with your therapy.

Drew .... selling the Super A? You WERE ....... our best hope of a one tractor / implement man.

Everyone have a great "Hump Day".

Prayers to all.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 60° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 78° with scattered thunderstorms all day. Nice to step outside in shirt sleeves this morning. Got a shopping list to get done this morning. Hope to get Hammer Blades installed on Flail Mower today. While typing this post someone dumped a bucket of water over house.

Eric, finding Sassy on floor has been a problem. Most of the dark colors are puppy hair. She should be lighter color when she is older.

Drew, hope your found on your back is nothing serious. People enjoying harvesting/maintaining your garden got to be good memories.

Randy, hope rehab stay is short.

BEF, continue rest. Cutting lawn cannot be good for pneumonia.

Rick, when we stayed in AZ for the winter. One of my complaints was dust would collect on car. Then a few drops of rain would hit the car and turn the dust to mud. Glad you got enough rain to clean windows off.

David, the overhead view gives a whole new perspective of your project.

Kyle, glad you are doing good.

Thomas, do you have problems with bugs in basement with all that firewood.

Scrambler, wish I could go back to sleep after waking up in the morning. Guess it's not in my genes. Everyone on my mothers side of family complains about it.

Prayers for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

Eric's "shearing story" reminded me that I received my Skin So Soft sun block, bug guard, skin lotion, snake repeller, and solar flare eliminator last week, on Amazon Prime. It doesn't smell like the original Skin so Soft but, seems to work very well so far. It's not greasy and easy to apply. AND we've not had a solar flare or snake appearance since receipt.

That's good news, but how about the bugs?

 

[lostcreekranch]

That's good news, but how about the bugs?

Seems to work ... so far.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 71F @ 4:30AM. Mostly sunny. High 97F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

I don't sleep well after getting up in the middle of the night, but I sure give it a try!:confused2:

Good to hear you're still with us, Randy. Hope they're not too hard on you in PT. And that you're back in that Monte Carlo before you know it!

Hoping for something benign, Drew.

I think we're closing in on the final design for the solar power system; had a good conversation with the sales gal yesterday. Downsized the battery bank considerably from the original quote, based on the availability of a whole house generator in times of high demands/long spans of no sun. Not to mention the system will still be grid connected. Batteries will be AGM; have yet to settle on a brand, but the bank will run at 48 Volts.

Spent the morning reading up on the various components and am pretty impressed with the quality of the Schneider Electric documentation. I don't understand everything about the overall system design yet, but have a high level of confidence I'll be able to connect everything together correctly.

That left me working on the tractor in the hottest part of the day, and I quickly learned the gear case was too heavy to lift into place. Had to let that side of the ROPS down off the jackstand that was supporting it to get a floor jack in place to lift the gear case, then use a PortaPower to lift the ROPS back out of the way. Then wiggle and pump until the case was in just the right place to slide home over the studs so the bearings dropped into place. Had to stop several times to clear the sweat from my eyes, and soaked through my clothes in the process. That was enough for one day, and I like to give the sealant over night to dry before adding oil anyway. Hope to get an earlier start today, changing out all the hydro filters and oil, and maybe engine oil as well; might as well start everything off on the same foot, so to speak.

Happy Hump Day, folks!

 

[wngsprd]

67 going to 85 and storms likely later...weather man said maybe 70mph winds a little south of us...hope not.

Randy, good to hear you are making progress...you're a tough ole TarHeel so you'll be back to normal soon.

BEF, glad you pneumonia is a milder case.

Rick, when I get caught out on the tractor in a storm, I get wet, too - no roof and no cab.

With nice 40s temp early yesterday, drove up to the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah NP. Had a nice hike with my wife on Bearfence Mountain and chatted with a thru-hiker (hiking the entire 2,000+ mile trail from Georgia to Maine). Then lunch on the deck at Big Meadows Lodge...surprised how tasty of a meal we had, and great views looking down on the valley.

 

[cat fever]

Good morning all,

50 and a clear blue sky right now. It rained some yesterday, fields are looking nice.

From reading this thread it sounds like there are a few with some health issues. There is something going around here too. Lots of respiratory issues, me included. I went to the doctor yesterday and got some meds. Sure hope it fixes me, tired of not being able to breath.

Short but very sad story here;

A neighbor has a 10 year old niece living in Afton Wyoming. She got a cut on her leg, mom cleans it up puts bandaid on it. Girl complains for days that it hurts, finally she takes a picture of it and sends to my neighbor. They see picture and said get her to the hospital asap. Local hospital takes a look, loads her on a plane flys her to SLC children's hospital they proceed to amputate her leg clear up to the hip joint. After a day or two she is still not doing well. Yesterday more surgery, the infection is still going up. They tell the family she might not live through this. I do not have more details than what I've said but it sounds like mom should have paid a little more attention to her daughters complaints of pain. I hope you'all would include this little girl in your prayers. She'll be in ours.

Prayers for all, have a nice day.

 

[riptides]

67 going to 85 and storms likely later...weather man said maybe 70mph winds a little south of us...hope not.

Randy, good to hear you are making progress...you're a tough ole TarHeel so you'll be back to normal soon.

BEF, glad you pneumonia is a milder case.

Rick, when I get caught out on the tractor in a storm, I get wet, too - no roof and no cab.

With nice 40s temp early yesterday, drove up to the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah NP. Had a nice hike with my wife on Bearfence Mountain and chatted with a thru-hiker (hiking the entire 2,000+ mile trail from Georgia to Maine). Then lunch on the deck at Big Meadows Lodge...surprised how tasty of a meal we had, and great views looking down on the valley.

Bear fence is my favorite go to spot for a quick hike.

Just saw possible tStorms here now. Summer tie pattern is upon us.