RedNeckGeek
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- Jan 1, 2011
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- Butte County & Orcutt, California
- Tractor
- Kubota M62, Kubota L3240D HST (SOLD!), Kubota RTV900
85F @ 8:00AM. A mix of clouds and sun. High 106F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
Farmer, maybe after 15 years it's enough that parts are even available. And you're right: If all of those gearboxes are the same age, it might be wise to keep a couple or a dozen on hand for when they break on Sundays. Or when they decide to stop makin' 'em, or offshore production so that they last only a few years. And the numbers for your chicken operation are truly mind boggling! Don't know how you keep up with them :shocked:
Drew, just be glad you decided to drive yourself instead of take the bus. :laughing: Think I'd use a router to inlay that angle iron into the top and front of the workbench; that would produce an edge that would last forever. Clean it up with a course belt in your sander and it would even look nice. A wipe with an oily rag once in a while would prevent rust, so there would be no paint to chip. Or spend a few more dollars and get stainless steel (you're not going to be purchasing all that much). I'm not much of a fan of the lip idea. Too often I'll be working on something that is either too big for the bench or needs to hang off the edge for one thing or another, and a lip would make it rock and not sit steady.
Mostly, I still have boxes I haven't opened from a move five years ago because I have no shelves on which to empty them. Sounds like you're makin' great progress under less than ideal conditions, and I admire your drive to keep going.:thumbsup:
Eric, I have a bumper crop of yellow star thistle this year, I think in part because I first tried to cut/mow it last year just before it flowered. The plants just redoubled their efforts and flowered again, this time below the cut level of the brushog. Ended up using glyphosate on the whole meadow. That killed the plants, but I think they had time to form seeds before they died. This year instead of cutting, I'm spraying first. Then after the plants dry out and become brittle, I'll use a landscape rake to gather them, and hopefully their seeds, into a burn pile I'll light in the coming winter. Hope this works, as at this point I'm clearly losing the battle.
Rip, try an ad in Craig's List. You may be surprised at who responds. :shocked: Seriously, though, I've had very good luck with CL ads, and have met some really fine folks through the buying and selling there. At any rate, it's free, and in spite of the media horror stories, safer than eBay.
Good point about the drought, Don: I only mowed ONCE this year. But I'd gladly trade a little more seat time for enough rain to keep the well pumping. Even though we got a bit more than last year, they're draining the lake faster than last year, and it didn't start off as high to begin with. Unless something changes, we'll break the all time record low level, and who knows what's going to happen to the ground water levels as a result.
Off to town this morning so the doc can have another gander at the unblinking eye. Hopefully it's just routine, but I'm not taking any chances. Then swing by the Kubota dealer to pick up those alternator brushes, and order the cover that should be over the electrical components on the RTV. I noticed the other day that it was missing, mainly because everything was covered in a thick layer of dust.
Harbor Freight as a winch mount on sale, so I'll pick up one of those so I can get some use from the 8K lb. Warn that came off my Toyota 4x4 years and years ago. Then I'll have no excuse not to get busy adding receiver hitches to the box blade and front chassis on the tractor. Could have used it last year to self rescue when the thing got stuck at the top of a terrace I'd cut for the propane tank, and a another time when it got wedged up against a tree and cost me a wrinkled fender. Might even rig one up on the Ford as well, though 8K is a little small for that monster.
Yesterday was the start of this years Iron Butt Rally, a cross between an Easter egg contest and an endurance run for die hard motorcyclists. This year's theme is 50 parks in 25 states, with the winner visiting as many parts as possible during the 11 day duration of the event. There's a new commentator this year offering lively recounts of each day's events, and a map tracking the positions of the riders. Fun if you're into watching other people suffer. :laughing:
Iron Butt Rally - 2015
Happy Tuesday!
Farmer, maybe after 15 years it's enough that parts are even available. And you're right: If all of those gearboxes are the same age, it might be wise to keep a couple or a dozen on hand for when they break on Sundays. Or when they decide to stop makin' 'em, or offshore production so that they last only a few years. And the numbers for your chicken operation are truly mind boggling! Don't know how you keep up with them :shocked:
Drew, just be glad you decided to drive yourself instead of take the bus. :laughing: Think I'd use a router to inlay that angle iron into the top and front of the workbench; that would produce an edge that would last forever. Clean it up with a course belt in your sander and it would even look nice. A wipe with an oily rag once in a while would prevent rust, so there would be no paint to chip. Or spend a few more dollars and get stainless steel (you're not going to be purchasing all that much). I'm not much of a fan of the lip idea. Too often I'll be working on something that is either too big for the bench or needs to hang off the edge for one thing or another, and a lip would make it rock and not sit steady.
Mostly, I still have boxes I haven't opened from a move five years ago because I have no shelves on which to empty them. Sounds like you're makin' great progress under less than ideal conditions, and I admire your drive to keep going.:thumbsup:
Eric, I have a bumper crop of yellow star thistle this year, I think in part because I first tried to cut/mow it last year just before it flowered. The plants just redoubled their efforts and flowered again, this time below the cut level of the brushog. Ended up using glyphosate on the whole meadow. That killed the plants, but I think they had time to form seeds before they died. This year instead of cutting, I'm spraying first. Then after the plants dry out and become brittle, I'll use a landscape rake to gather them, and hopefully their seeds, into a burn pile I'll light in the coming winter. Hope this works, as at this point I'm clearly losing the battle.
Rip, try an ad in Craig's List. You may be surprised at who responds. :shocked: Seriously, though, I've had very good luck with CL ads, and have met some really fine folks through the buying and selling there. At any rate, it's free, and in spite of the media horror stories, safer than eBay.
Good point about the drought, Don: I only mowed ONCE this year. But I'd gladly trade a little more seat time for enough rain to keep the well pumping. Even though we got a bit more than last year, they're draining the lake faster than last year, and it didn't start off as high to begin with. Unless something changes, we'll break the all time record low level, and who knows what's going to happen to the ground water levels as a result.
Off to town this morning so the doc can have another gander at the unblinking eye. Hopefully it's just routine, but I'm not taking any chances. Then swing by the Kubota dealer to pick up those alternator brushes, and order the cover that should be over the electrical components on the RTV. I noticed the other day that it was missing, mainly because everything was covered in a thick layer of dust.
Harbor Freight as a winch mount on sale, so I'll pick up one of those so I can get some use from the 8K lb. Warn that came off my Toyota 4x4 years and years ago. Then I'll have no excuse not to get busy adding receiver hitches to the box blade and front chassis on the tractor. Could have used it last year to self rescue when the thing got stuck at the top of a terrace I'd cut for the propane tank, and a another time when it got wedged up against a tree and cost me a wrinkled fender. Might even rig one up on the Ford as well, though 8K is a little small for that monster.
Yesterday was the start of this years Iron Butt Rally, a cross between an Easter egg contest and an endurance run for die hard motorcyclists. This year's theme is 50 parks in 25 states, with the winner visiting as many parts as possible during the 11 day duration of the event. There's a new commentator this year offering lively recounts of each day's events, and a map tracking the positions of the riders. Fun if you're into watching other people suffer. :laughing:
Iron Butt Rally - 2015
Happy Tuesday!
I read the op manual online once before I bought it but will have to read it again once I get some lime.
