Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

a cooler morning, low sixties going up to mid seventies today. Haven't checked the rain gauge but a downpour last night dropped about a third of an inch, unfortunately all at once. Definitely will need to make a stick run this morning.

I studied the radar yesterday, and hustled to get the travel trailer done, and off it went to the local rv campground. Got it settled in ok by myself, did not hit any trees (good thing...these things are built like tin foil) and once the right power adapter was bought, ac was on, the a/c went on (flat charge of electric per day, running the a/c to keep the mold out)

The River Mersey, my do we learn things here....that song is humming through my head now. Back in the days when you could actually understand the words to songs...No autographed John Lennon sweatshirts Eric?

Forecast is dry for several days, then gosh on Sunday it shows rain for five days. Looks like I'll be mowing lawn all weekend to get ready for that. But I'll take the rain, the orchard and veggie garden sure like it. This is the time last year my orchard partially drowned so with my new ditches, bring it on.
He said with fingers crossed.

Going to sharpen mower blades this morning, will pick up the JD with the FEL, and yes, yes, yes....lots of wood blocks and jack stands underneath. What happened to Mike in Texas should be a hard lesson to us all. It really can happen to us....

Somehow I find sharpening blades very satisfying. I know many folks who throw out perfectly good blades when they get dull and buy a new set. ? Our grinder on the farm was from my grandfather's old Ford car dealership in the 30's. Big old freestanding unit that shot sparks out the side of the motor the brushes apparently were worn through...Getting the blades off the bushhog with a hammer and wrench was really the worst. Today with air powered tools this is so much easier. And safer.

 

[farmer2009]

57 this morning and headed to 79 today. Cooler for next couple of days with rain on Saturday and Sunday. NWS is still surveying Wednesday's damage from the storms. No reports yet.

Take care of birds and then hook up trailer and take a little trip. Headed to get a new side X side. Wife caught me looking at them a couple of weeks ago and surprised me when she asked last week to stop and look at them. Then she asked Saturday if I was going to buy it or not. So I found the best deal I could and pulled the plug Tuesday. Will call before I leave just to confirm its ready.

Then back and maybe a hair cut for me and the boy. His birthday and birthday party is tomorrow. He got to play on his new swing set yesterday. Liked the slide but not the swings.

Eric interesting history there.

 

[mkr7734]

Good Morning,
Sun is half out here but cold 56 and damp. Maybe hit 57 later. Wife is home and whenever she gets moving I would like to go to Krogers and get that grocery shopping over with .
Eric, that was a good old song. farmer, happy birthday to your son.

 

[rswyan]

50.3F, damp, and overcast @ 09:00 ... high today only predicted to be 56F ... cool temps and rain on and off over the next week or so ... not much good for getting stuff done outside ...

Got one of the filters cleaned on the 55G yesterday and did a partial water change of around 12G. It's been a long time since I've done anything with the tanks but everything was looking good - especially the plants - but the nitrates were way up, so that's no real surprise. Will have to do another pwc here in the next few days to get things under control.

Swung by the LFS after I got my hair cut to pick up some food and they had a sign posted in the window announcing they would be closed Wed. and Thurs. this week only ...

Have started to think about the next build project ... it will either be an LPGS or a tow-behind lawn vac. Both are on the list ... just a matter of deciding which one gets done first. I'm leaning towards the LPGS.

 

[toppop52]

49 going to 63 in drizzle. Got a couple of gully washers last night - added up to .93 inches.

Gerry and the Pacemakers - brings back memories! Always figured it was an actual river - good to read this interesting history.

Same weather here, getting tiresome!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Expecting storms tonight. Ready to throw in the towel on the garden. Flooding has taken a toll on the mater's. Thinking about covering with clear plastic to solarize the soil over the bot months.

 

[300UGUY]

Another day in Florida! Need to get busy on a couple things for the folks, but first, some vacation things for my wife. We are going to see the manatees.....

Have a good one!

 

[wngsprd]

Clover in the drizzle.

 

[toppop52]

Clover in the drizzle.

I have more buttercups than clover now.

 

[wngsprd]

Yep. More buttercups this year than I ever remember.

 

[B7510HSD]

RNG I think I found what you are building out of that VW....

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Are the state license tags still cheep for old volkswagens?

I won't know until I see the DMV teller, but the last 1 year registration I renewed was for a 1993 BMW motorcycle, and it was over eighty bux. I think the F250 is close to three hundred. I know driving is a privilege, but it's a costly one here in the Golden State.:shocked: Worse, now that the politicians have successfully driven most older, non-fuel efficient vehicles from the highways, and the price of gasoline is about half what it used to be, they're talking about drastically increasing, you guessed it, vehicle license fees to compensate. And the current Lieutenant Governor, who has aspirations for the Governorship in '18, is going to qualify a ballot initiative for this election to require a license to purchase ammunition and ban the ownership of magazines holding ten rounds or more. We'll have a choice of selling them out of state, destroying them, or giving them to FFLs or LEOs.

But don't get me started...unch:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning! 56F @ 8:15AM. A mix of clouds and sun. High 78F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

Highs are headed into the mid 80s with lots of wind for the rest of the weekend, nice temps but also increased fire danger from the winds. But it'll keep the bugs at bay while I'm out camping. :dance1:

Thanks, Eric, now I can't get the Pacemakers out of my head. Time for a little CCR.

Ya got me, RS. WTF is LPGS? :confused2:

B man, that's a bit bigger that what is planned, but the color is kinda catching... :laughing:

I'm shootin' more for something like this:


TGIF!!!

 

[rswyan]

... Ya got me, RS. WTF is LPGS? :confused2: ...

Land Plane/Grading Scraper ...

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .11 inches rain last 4 hours.

Took sitters to airport yesterday. Start getting back to old routine.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

Land Plane/Grading Scraper ...

that was a tough one, worth bonus points...I was starting with liquid propane and getting nowhere...

Kyle, you may have to do what I did and go up. Raised garden. Mine is going bonkers.

spent two hours greasing the Kubota and the FEL and taking the time, this time...to clean out all the old grease. What a gukky job but
sure looks better. Exterior grease does nothing but collect dirt but I'm not **** enough to be constantly cleaning out those little zerk orifices in the FEL.
Although I do a basic zerk clean before and after; no sense pushing the dirt into the bearing.
Tractor just turned 300 hours, still looks pretty good, trying to keep it clean.

I have two air powered grease guns, one a Napa and one a noname. Neither worked before and neither worked today. And I got covered in grease for my efforts.
Both grease guns make a pumping noise but nothing comes out. I must be jinxed. So back to the old manual gun which never fails though it sure would be easier on me to get them working.

And since I was seriously grimed up I changed and sharpened the blades on the JD X750 by lifting it with a strap on the tractor's FEL. Backed up by a chain. And two six ton jack stands, and the flip downs on the FEL, though not sure how much they would do. Still makes me uncomfortable under that heavy lawnmower but I was careful and that's all one can do. I think my blades are dulled more by blasting through red ant mounds than all the mowing I do, more than five acres a week. Blades should stay sharp for several months. It is nice to have the mower lifted up so I can Kroil and oil linkage underneath.

 

[toppop52]

Drew, the hardest thing on blades in normal mowing is sand. Mine have to be sharpened much more often in dry weather when the sand and dust are worse.

 

[daugen]

Drew, the hardest thing on blades in normal mowing is sand. Mine have to be sharpened much more often in dry weather when the sand and dust are worse.

agreed, my challenge is the soil is sandy, the ants leave the big mounds of sandy soil along the roadside which I can't always avoid. On my own property I'm not mowing over sandy areas, not much is kicked up other than normal dust, which I'm sure has an abrasive nature to some degree. When I hit the ant hills, every once in a while amazingly an ant will land back on me and bite me. nasty bugs

one thing for sure, no dents in the blades. No rocks to hit...

Tomorrow I'm going to sharpen the Gravely's blades. Almost did it today after the JD but all that horizontal crawling around is not good on my fused neck.
Need to take it in small doses. I wonder how many dozens and dozens of times I have sharpened that Gravely's mower blades. I'm on my second set.
Repair shops/dealers seem to love to grind off one quarter of the metal so it looks exactly like new. I just sharpen the last quarter to half inch; why take off metal that's doing just fine sitting there...I also do a slight grind on the opposite edge so I wind up with a slight knife edge instead of a cleaver edge.

 

[toppop52]

I do that as well with my blades, I often do them completely with a file, my soil is either sand or clay in about 70% of the area I mow.

 

[wngsprd]

Drew, is it easier to lift your JD to sharpen your blades than take the deck off and flip it over? My JD is a lightweight model, but take 5 cotter pins off and pull the belt a bit and the deck can be pulled off and out...then flip it over...it's much lighter to maneuver mine, I know. Just wondered if I move up into a real garden tractor how it will work.