Good morning!!!!

[dave1949]

Though Dave...you dump raw manure into the bed of your pickup?
what does that smell like on a hot summer day?
unlikely to be your go to dinner truck...

Got four NH T4.75 loader buckets full. Looks decent enough but needs to compost for a good while yet.

Drew, this is real truck :laughing:, no chrome tip on the exhaust. I just finished hosing it out. The dump hoist takes the work out of it but manure doesn't slide out clean on a wood bed.

I dithered a lot over an 8' metal dump bed or what I ended up choosing, a 12' wooden bed with rack sides. I filled the rack side gaps with treated 1x6. A guy really needs about three trucks.

 

[Larro Darro]

Back in my river-rat days I was tubing down the Chipola River and we pulled up and cut through the woods to pick a few melons from our patch. On the way back I stepped on a Canebrake rattler in my bare feet, with a melon under each arm. If there had been an Olympic event for standing broad jump carrying two melons, I would have won gold that day. Even though the snake didn't bite me, I killed him anyway, because he scared me so bad. Aren't the Canebrake and Timber rattlers the same thing? That one was the only one I have ever seen around here.

About 90% of snakebites occur on the hands or feet, with 65% on the hands or arms, and 24% on feet or legs. 70-80% of snakebites are to men, with a high correlation to alcohol consumption. Read that as drunk guys trying to pick up snakes. The others are stepping on or kicking snakes. With that said, I have had cottonmouth's chase me through the swamp.

On average 10 people die a year {in this country} from snakebite, while 40 die from bee stings. Now where can I buy one of those bee keeper suits?????

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .19 inches rain.

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Here ya go, Larro. Might be a bit uncomfortable in the summer though...

Amazon.com - Professional-grade Bee suits, Beekeeper suits, Beekeeping Suits - Eco-Keeper (X Large) - Suit Valet Stands

 

[rswyan]

75F and mostly cloudy @ 13:25 ... just woke up ...

Managed to get the carb for the Lawnboy mower disassembled and cleaned out after I posted last night. It hasn't been run for probably 10 years ... the bowl was filled with something that resembled, and pretty much had the consistency of, maple syrup. Still need to pull the plug and get some fresh gas for premix ... be interesting to see if fires right up ...

Had a couple of rumbles of thunder and brief showers overnight ... which is good: we needed the rain and it should make weed pulling a little easier.

The 'Cake just left to do grocery shopping.

 

[rswyan]

... RS I would choose grading that out a bit where the retaining wall was and call it good. From the pick it doesn't look like a retainer is really needed. One less thing to mow and trim around.

I'm likin' your take on it ... it would be much less involved, in terms of time and effort than rebuilding a wall there, and the amount of additional mowing will be insignificant in the big scheme of things.

And it's not like I have any shortage of other things to do ...

Glad to hear your back isn't bothering you any further :thumbsup:

 

[rswyan]

... RS, lots of work for the tractor.

Yup ...

Place looks nice.

Thanks ... it's coming along.

The house actually doesn't look too bad in those pictures ... despite the fact that it hasn't been stained in probably close to 20 years. Probably because that side was shielded from the sun quite a bit by the trees. The south facing side is considerably more weathered tho' ...

Hope ya catch a break with the rain for your mowing.

 

[rswyan]

... rswyan, my first house had juniper stumps all across the front of it, right next to the foundation. A friend was driving a tow truck at the time, and stopped by to help pull them. They popped right out, but a nosy neighbor called the truck's owner, and it cost my friend his job.

Ouch ...

So if you have a friend with a tow truck, make sure that stump of yours can't be seen from the street

LOL ...

Yeah ... I imagine it will be just me and the 'bota ...

Everything's so lush and green around your property, just beautiful!

Thanks ...

I think it has to do with the weather this spring: we had some decent precipitation followed by a period (couple weeks ?) of unusually warm weather ... seemed to make everything take off.

The tulips, daffodils, redbuds, hawthorns, and dogwoods have just finished blooming, the azaleas are in full swing, and the rhododendrons are about to pop.

Good luck on squirtin' your loader ... and remember: pics or it didn't happen

 

[mostly_gas]

Good afternoon all. 67F this morning, rain in forecast again, breezy and overcast. 1 inch of rain over the last two days. No runoff to speak of, the creek is still crystal clear. Working on finding and moving stepson's "stuff"

 

[B7510HSD]

Good Afternoon everyone. Cloudy and 53 here on the coast today. Spent my first day of retirement hauling my old shed to the dump to make room for a new garage. Also got the gutters cleaned out for the year we are ready!! :thumbsup:

 

[daugen]

RS, two cycle lawnboy? Emission control sure did them in. I bet we tried every different kind of trimming mower on our farm growing up, some didn't last one season. The toughest one of them all was a commercial version Lawn Boy, probably because all the slope cutting didn't starve the engine for oil. It was good for many years.

got some "before" pics on the woodshop now that the carpenters are out of there. Electricians coming back early next week to finish things off, hang the lights and get all the power on. Then I can go to work and have fun. Air compressor in room behind air line, air will go to Dewalt regulator bolted onto wall and then back to reel. That way I can drop the 130psi compressor pressure down to 95, which might be all that's needed or wanted for the air nailers.

Height of woodshop surprised me, lots of storage going vertically, good place to store all those bulky empty but we all keep them tool plastic boxes. The Paslode one is like a small suitcase... though the router one was equally huge. I'd rather have my tools out where I can get to them, and arranged by function. Cutting in one area, sanding in another, drilling, etc.

I told the carpenters to leave the work rough; I wanted to finish it off. Probably will put a piece of molding around the front edge of the "desk" area, at least. They were supposed to bring the maple in to the edge but it got left several inches away and I just said nothing...would have meant ripping it all apart and I can work with it. I really would have liked the maple to have come all the way to the front, it's so hard that it will wear like iron vs that soft wood now mounted there. So I think I will go over the edge with some oak molding if I can find it. I let the two carpenters use their own judgement and I'm pleased with what they did for the very reasonable amount they charged for two day's work. They both have their own woodshops so I sure didn't have to explain much to them.

Sprayed the orchard again, the leaves look much better after the last spraying but I saw something new so they all got another dousing. And then I handwatered most of them, the ones that hadn't drowned that is...seemed a bit strange, but they took the water quickly. And then I dragged water hoses all over watering things, came in, thoroughly showered that fruit spray off me, and have put up the closed sign.

however, always open for tractors.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

rswyan wrote: "Good luck on squirtin' your loader ... and remember: pics or it didn't happen"

Before:

After:

Here's the PPG formula for the paint:


Took the guard that protects the hydraulic lines on the loader in for the paint match, as the underside was unfaded. We'll see how close it is when I get everything back together tomorrow.

Had to pause a few times to let the breeze die down, but other than that (and a run or two) things went well. :thumbsup:

Mixed 20 oz of paint and covered in two coats, so there's plenty left to do the two props and the bed on the RTV900. :stirthepot:

The real proof of the paint is in how well it holds up, but at nearly $100/qt. my expectations are high.:crystalball::crossfingers:

Enjoy your evening, folks. It's beer-thirty here! :drink:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Lookin' good, Drew. I wouldn't worry about the plywood strip in front of the maple. Might even be a good idea, as it's probably easier to replace the plywood when it becomes damaged than the maple, and the front edge will probably see a lot of use. It sure does in my shop.

If you haven't already, give some thought to how you'll run the airlines from the compressor to the tools. Keeping water out of the air tools is important, especially in high humidity environments. Here's a pretty decent guide that I've found useful in the past:

Compressed Air Piping

 

[dave1949]

Good Afternoon everyone. Cloudy and 53 here on the coast today. Spent my first day of retirement hauling my old shed to the dump to make room for a new garage. Also got the gutters cleaned out for the year we are ready!! :thumbsup:

Congrats on retirement! New garage, you are off and running.

 

[dave1949]

rswyan wrote: "Good luck on squirtin' your loader ... and remember: pics or it didn't happen"

Before:
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After:
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Here's the PPG formula for the paint:
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Took the guard that protects the hydraulic lines on the loader in for the paint match, as the underside was unfaded. We'll see how close it is when I get everything back together tomorrow.

Had to pause a few times to let the breeze die down, but other than that (and a run or two) things went well. :thumbsup:

Mixed 20 oz of paint and covered in two coats, so there's plenty left to do the two props and the bed on the RTV900. :stirthepot:

The real proof of the paint is in how well it holds up, but at nearly $100/qt. my expectations are high.:crystalball::crossfingers:

Enjoy your evening, folks. It's beer-thirty here! :drink:

Looks good. You earned your suds today.

 

[daugen]

Lookin' good, Drew. I wouldn't worry about the plywood strip in front of the maple. Might even be a good idea, as it's probably easier to replace the plywood when it becomes damaged than the maple, and the front edge will probably see a lot of use. It sure does in my shop.

If you haven't already, give some thought to how you'll run the airlines from the compressor to the tools. Keeping water out of the air tools is important, especially in high humidity environments.

Thank you.
not going to pipe air in. Having the reel there allows me to pull the air hose pretty much wherever I want to.
What I might pipe in...is vacuum hose and hook the cutting and sanding machines up to that, although honestly rolling the shop vac over on a concrete floor is not hard duty. Not elegant, but sure works. So possibly yes to piping, but the sucking kind. Maybe a compact 2hp fine bag dust vac over in the corner, hooked up to piping on the one long side. The other side is where the vise and bench grinder is, and I positioned the bench grinder almost under the exhaust vent though the mess extended grinding makes would sure warrant an intake there, and I have a big plastic dust vac collector attachment that would work quite nicely on the grinder. Lot more piping for just that, nice idea but unlikely. However the dust vacs have at least two ports so adding a second line is easy, though it would have to go way up high over the door and then drop back down to the grinder.

yes to opening the drain line at the bottom of the compressor every couple of months. I don't run the unit enough to warrant more than that but my smaller one hp air pump in the garage spit out a nice deposit of water when drained recently. I turned the Quincy compressor off and came back in a week and the airpressure had only dropped ten psi and not enough to even turn the machine back on when I flipped it back on auto. Well, seems pretty tight. But that room is open to the outside humid air so you bet, blow it out. Or rust it out.

 

[300UGUY]

Great looking projects, guys. I spent the day with my brother in law, moving their stuff from Big Rapids to Howell. Real pretty country up thru their, but in winter, they get more snow than we do.

 

[murphy1244]

Drew, You may want to move your vise forward a bit so you can have clearance if the work is mounted up and down. Make the back jaw a bit over the edge of your Bench front.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Drew wrote: "yes to opening the drain line at the bottom of the compressor every couple of months. I don't run the unit enough to warrant more than that but my smaller one hp air pump in the garage spit out a nice deposit of water when drained recently. I turned the Quincy compressor off and came back in a week and the airpressure had only dropped ten psi and not enough to even turn the machine back on when I flipped it back on auto. Well, seems pretty tight. But that room is open to the outside humid air so you bet, blow it out. Or rust it out."

Every couple of months probably isn't frequent enough, especially in your humid environment. Might want to open that drain after every big project at least. You'd be surprised how quickly water accumulates in a compressor tank. I just worry that the lines you have planned will deliver lots of compressed, moist air to your tools. The moisture doesn't condense out until it expands and cools. The right angle taps and drain lines shown in that document show how to separate the moisture from the compressed air (by inertia as the air negotiates the right angle bend and the moisture condenses on the pipe wall), before it's delivered to the tool. Just file that link away, and if you start seeing water coming out of your air tool exhausts, you'll know what to do. :thumbsup:

 

[daugen]

lots of really good ideas. Vise just plopped in general area, agree completely to repositioning. This is all before...
I wanted the vise on that corner in case something had to go out the door. Going to put another support under that section plus under the drill press on the other side. Have lots of 4x4's left over from prior garden. Might as well make it sturdy.

never thought of water in the hose lines but yeah...fifty feet of line plus another ten say of various lead in lines and connecting lines. So sixty feet of hose offering a chance to condense, should one blow out the line before connecting a tool?
remember, never used air tools before but if there's moisture in there either trap it or blow it out.

Ok, I'll go blow out the air tank tomorrow, that should make a nice noise, and see how much water comes out since I first installed it. The tank valve is on the very bottom and ok to get at, though i'm not putting my face down there while opening that valve.

If I do build the new garage storage building next door, and needed a good air compressor, like an Ingersoll Rand type 30 or a US made Quincy to power equipment lifts, things I really want to work properly, and also higher air use tools, I would think about installing one of those air filter/drier kits in line. Kind of stuff is standard on rotary screw compressors, clearly the water should be religiously prevented from accumulating or damage will ensue. if the expensive compressors have this stuff standard, says something about the general need on smaller compressors. Even low hour ones.
Point well made and taken.