Good morning!!!!

/ Good morning!!!! #24,141  
66F and .02 inches rain yesterday.

Off to Hilo, breakfast with wife, errands.

Be safe
Have a great day.

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,142  
Some interesting updates for sure!!!

Glad to see you posting Drew. Pace yourself. Glad your talk went well.

Don, that sounds like great news, congrats.

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,143  
80F @ 16:45 ...

Got warm enough in here that I turned on the AC when I woke up ...

Time to get moving I guess ...
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,144  
My feet still haven't come down to earth after watching the Aggies totally dominate (unexpectedly by all the pundits) South Carolina.
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,145  
I saw a maroon t-shirt the other day it said "Keep A&M Normal".

I suspect this is in response to all the Austin t-shirts that say "Keep Austin Weird".
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,146  
I saw a maroon t-shirt the other day it said "Keep A&M Normal".

I suspect this is in response to all the Austin t-shirts that say "Keep Austin Weird".

When was A&M ever normal?
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,147  
the movers have just left. They finished almost two hours ago and then on the way out buried the semi in the far ditch.
So here we are, four utterly exhausted guys, who all want to go home...I'd been up since 3:30am without a break.

so I suggested that I might try pulling him out with the Kubota, and the driver promptly agreed. Turns out I could not get in front of him; he had blocked the road and only left a deep ditch for me to cross. So, since he doesn't own the trailer..., he asked if I'd put the FEL under his bumper and push him hard. Which I did, in low range 4wd, and darned if that truck didn't move right on out. Boy were we all happy.

I'm so tired now I'm still wound; but boy that hot shower felt good.
I had to chuckle. Allied estimated 17K load weight, and Bekins estimated 14k and got the job.
the real weight?

25,000 pounds
good thing I got a guaranteed price.

it's all in and I don't care if the place is a disaster. I have the rest of my life to unpack...

and a big cheer for Kubota which saved the day.
now we had to make this a tractor story...;)
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,148  
the movers have just left. They finished almost two hours ago and then on the way out buried the semi in the far ditch.
So here we are, four utterly exhausted guys, who all want to go home...I'd been up since 3:30am without a break.

so I suggested that I might try pulling him out with the Kubota, and the driver promptly agreed. Turns out I could not get in front of him; he had blocked the road and only left a deep ditch for me to cross. So, since he doesn't own the trailer..., he asked if I'd put the FEL under his bumper and push him hard. Which I did, in low range 4wd, and darned if that truck didn't move right on out. Boy were we all happy.

I'm so tired now I'm still wound; but boy that hot shower felt good.
I had to chuckle. Allied estimated 17K load weight, and Bekins estimated 14k and got the job.
the real weight?

25,000 pounds
good thing I got a guaranteed price.

it's all in and I don't care if the place is a disaster. I have the rest of my life to unpack...

and a big cheer for Kubota which saved the day.
now we had to make this a tractor story...;)
Congrats on the move.
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,149  
Drew, glad you made it, and the Kubota saved everyone for waiting around for a wrecker. Nice. Now go to sleep. :laughing:
 
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Drew,

Glad to hear you made it ok ... you have now officially arrived ... :thumbsup:

Hey ... wait just a minute ...

How do we know you're really Drew ... and not just some nefarious impostor ?

:confused:
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,151  
yea, his location still says Holland PA :)
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,152  
yeah, that wrecker call would have cost the driver a big chunk of his profit, so I saved his bacon.
Utterly self serving actually; I wanted to go to bed...
pitch black country road, deep ditches on either sides, and the guy could have made it; saw his tracks and he cut too soon, had to back up and then he buried it.
I was right there guiding him all the way with the headlights of the truck while he was doing all this, and seeing him go in that ditch, well, it was not good thing, and I figured the only way to get to bed was to get his rig off my property.
And I realize now I did not push down on the diff lock, which I would have done if I had thought of it. But apparently plenty of traction with the R4's on sandy grass. I'll go look in the morning and see what kind of ruts I made, if any.

boy there was a bunch of high fiving going around...most of these guys were from Philadelphia, hard working and not a white man in sight. We all got along great as I went through hundreds of dollars of food and gallons and gallons of gatorade.

we ran so late tonight I had to go get dinner, so after ordering seven cheeseburgers there this lunch, I'm back ordering 8 pulled pork sandwiches, since they were low on fried chicken.

Now I figured these guys would love a pulled pork sandwich, with hot sauce and a little cole slaw on top.
So I come out of deli with another sixty bucks worth of food and guess what...out of four guys, three of them did not eat Pork. The local NC guy just chowed down on them, but the other guys gave various reasons, including one being a Muslim. He was hesitant to admit that, but did.

and lastly, because I think I'm finally fading fast, when I gave out tips at the end he seemed the most appreciative and genuinely happy to get a nice 50buck tip. The others said thanks and saw it I'm sure as a single. The bearded Muslim saw it as a triple. I was delighted to make his day. They all worked very hard, but the one day worker they hired locally was a thin wiry guy who outran them all. But he weighed half of some of these guys and when it came time to get the exercise equipment and the desks up to the second floor, he was never invited.

I paid eleven grand to have Bekins do this move. Now that I've been through it, and see the effort involved,
that amount seems quite reasonable to me. 11k cost divided by 25K weight equals...
just too tired to figure it out ;)

I hear the siren call of my pillow.
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,154  
Drew, Orange you glad you have the right tractor for the job?:eek: Glad you got moved and are still in one piece, Buddy. Sleep in tomorrow.

Larro
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,155  
Drew glad you made it safe and sound a lot of excitement for one day
 
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Great story Drew, glad it all worked out.
Reminds me back when we were starting our house build. Materials were delivered in 40ft containers which the truck company would leave for a few days for us to unload then return and retrieve the empty. One time the retrieving driver misjudged and got mired. I still have the pic pulling him out with my Kioti CK30. He too, was a very happy camper.

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,157  
56 this morning here in the mountains.
Going to be a work weekend getting boats out and the dock.
Wife is heading to Germany on Sunday for a couple weeks so I will do the close up prep work so it will be easier to finish in October.
Days are shorter and there is lots of leaf color showing up, sign of colder weather coming for sure!
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,158  
Coffee is done brewing. 66° with with some clouds this morning. Heading to 83° with chance of thunderstorms all day. Still laying back and enjoying our friends visit.
txdon, good news on your cure.
Drew, hope now you are going to do some relaxing.
Mike, hope your arm and hand get better soon. Need that beer hand.

Good Morning All.
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,159  
67 going to 86 and cloudy.

Glad to see this part of the move is over - now the fun part of unpacking. I'm sure it will be like opening presents on Christmas morning...not knowing what is in the box.

Don, nice to read about your health progress.

Well, my wife is back home from the beach so things are better here, too.
 
/ Good morning!!!! #24,160  
49F this morning. Upper 70's today and dry.

More tractor work in the field is today's plan. I need to get a swale crossing roughed-in and rocked before we get rain. It's mostly backhoe work and gathering the right-sized rocks.

Have a good one.
 

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