Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

42 going to 54. Reached 62 yesterday.

Randy, I need to learn your trick on how to yank a mole out of the ground. After having a couple of years with almost none, they have invaded this winter. I guess the 17-year cicada larva from 2013's infestation have gotten eatin' size. If I can't find a mole, I'll just shine a flashlight on Coco before light to make a shadow.

Finished taxes for a family LLC yesterday. First go at doing LLC taxes and K-1 forms. I'm not an owner, but manage everything. That "tax return on a postcard" idea sounds even better. Still working on my own taxes...hoping to get the last forms I need in the mail today.

Lookin4new, looked up North Bay on the map...you do live in Northern Ontario! Photos on google look real nice. Gas prices dropped 6 cents in town yesterday.

Looking like Super Bowl Sunday may bring us some snow.

Well, hoping my splitter will start up this morning without a fight. Straight grain red oak...I almost feel guilty using a splitter since it is so easy to split, so I'll take the maul to some of them, just to honor Riptides.

 

[Buppies]

47 high of 55 later working on entrance to shop today where a brand new roundabout is being constructed

Nothing wet here until Sunday

 

[mpham]

23 here going to 30's. Not enough snow to start the tractor. Shoveled the driveway instead.

 

[Thomas]

21F mid 30's for high,1" snow fallen so far possible little over 3" when said and done.

8 hours at grind snow clean up after work pretty much sums it up for today.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[daugen]

47 high of 55 later working on entrance to shop today where a brand new roundabout is being constructed



I bet that will be paved quite nicely!
Will you be on your Kubota or using other equipment? The big stuff...

 

[riptides]

34 out this AM. When the sun comes up, it is to the maul I return. Thanks for the honor, wngsprd. I must say, the swinging time has improved my back, it's cutting and lifting the wood that hurts.

I got some more black walnut, and what looks to be hickory. I think the hickory is the stuff giving me issues, Cuts fine, splits, with immense difficulty.
I'll be looking at an electric splitter this week. I need turn key and go, I am done with gas/ethanol/oil mixing and carb work.

Have a great day all, be safe.

 

[daugen]

if I remember Riptides hickory is stringy, strong wood often with interesting colors inside. A log splitter really is the way to go.
Split the easy stuff by hand. The wood that goes pop when you hit it.

I am working on a project with another TBN member to design/build/install a hydraulic lift on my log splitter.
Still in discussion stage. Cheapest one with lift from Northern Tools is way out of budget, like five grand or some huge number.
My TSC 35 ton splitter works great, but those 24 inch rounds are just too much for me to wrestle with trying to get them lined up for
a vertical split. I need a lift, a good mechanical workaround. Maybe by next winter...if this project gets anywhere I'll take pics.

 

[wngsprd]

if I remember Riptides hickory is stringy, strong wood often with interesting colors inside. A log splitter really is the way to go.
Split the easy stuff by hand. The wood that goes pop when you hit it.

I am working on a project with another TBN member to design/build/install a hydraulic lift on my log splitter.
Still in discussion stage. Cheapest one with lift from Northern Tools is way out of budget, like five grand or some huge number.
My TSC 35 ton splitter works great, but those 24 inch rounds are just too much for me to wrestle with trying to get them lined up for
a vertical split. I need a lift, a good mechanical workaround. Maybe by next winter...if this project gets anywhere I'll take pics.

Drew, if you don't have too many huge rounds, use your FEL to lift them to the splitter. I load several in the bucket and roll them onto the splitter horizontal style. More cumbersome, but not needed too often. Otherwise, I have broken some into manageable sections vertically, then finished them horizontally.

Hickory is tough to split by hand, especially if allowed to dry out.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning. We are having a warm spell. 12 and going to a high of 23. It is snowing out right now, nice fine powdery snow. No good for making snowballs or snow forts but the skiers will love it.

daugen; I keep my beard on year round. It makes good insulation against the heat. I already get mistaken for someone in their 50s. If I shave my beard and cut my hair would I pass for 20 again? I think not.

 

[Looking4new]

Drew,
Hickory is tough to split by hand, especially if allowed to dry out.

The trouble you have is not enough real cold nights to freeze the wood. 3 or 4 nights of -40F and the Hickory would split like Cedar.

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour second cup of coffee. 48° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 72° with lots of sun. Picked another 2 bushels of oranges yesterday. Still several bushels left. Today I plan to spend lots of time on patio. We have a little over 10 weeks to spend here in AZ. Before heading back to MI. That should just about right for spring to start.
Looking, that's over $3.26 a gallon USA. Thought those kind of prices left North America.
Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Looking, that's over $3.26 a gallon USA. Thought those kind of prices left North America.
Good Morning All.

The price is WELL over the $3.26.
$4.23/US gallon for regular and $5.03/US gallon for the 'good stuff'. Those prices are in Canuck bucks. The only thing I can do to lower my fuel costs is run regular loaded with ethanol gas and I wont do that to my Jeep.

 

[toppop52]

Going out today to stake out my mole of choice!
Bunch of 50's-40's-30's over the next several days, some rain Sunday maybe. Upper 20's this morning, 51 later, same as yesterday.
Beard, no beard, I ain't looking 20, or 40, maybe 50 with enough shadows.
Gas here is around $2.15.

 

[PJSprog]

36°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 46° today. No precip forecast here until Monday next week, and that will be rain.

The dry and warmer weather this week is allowing our carpenter to move ahead on the sunroom. He got the footings poured yesterday where the deck used to be, and will be removing the old back porch today.

Bummer about your fuel prices, L4n. We've been holding around US$2.20/gallon around here for some time. I certainly don't miss those $4.00+ days. I had to trade my Jeep for a Kia Soul a few years ago, because I grew tired of spending $100/week just on gasoline to get to and from work.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning! 42F @ 7:45AM. Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming cloudy during the afternoon. Slight chance of a rain shower. High near 55F. Winds light and variable.

Bushwacked by paperwork yesterday, but did manage to get the holes filled in and the conduit buried again in the side yard. Found the piece of steel channel I've been looking for and placed that over the spot that was crushed, and made sure to keep rocks away from the rest of it so maybe it'll survive being driven over for a while.

Back on the radiator fan shroud today.

Happy Hump Day!

 

[hawkeye08]

1F here this morning, seems like I just get over a cold and another comes along. Such is life... Stay safe.

 

[sodamo]

63°F and no rain since midnight

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

now for those of you in the frozen North, I got some seat time on my Massey mowing annual rye. Didn't need it at all...mulched some leaves I guess, but a great excuse to get outside on a 70 degree bright sunny day. Friday morning we may get snow flurries.
With the help of two strong guys, we beat on the frozen spindles on the Gravely deck ultimately successfully, though the motor had to come off, it's really stripped now, and two of the bolts had to be cut off. It needed a brute force approach and that worked nicely. Now to order some new spindles and start learning how to weld. I suppose better not to weld right next to that Honda motor anyway. I'll clean up the mess tomorrow, I went right from this to dumping garden mulch for the helpers and then to mowing. Trying to pace myself no matter how nice it is outside. Like Don working on that challenging fence line of his, only so much you can do in a day and still have fun.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kyle, the gravel is screened to get the big rocks out, it has a lot os different size particles and after one rain hits it it settles good the sand and smaller gravel seeps into the open spaces of the larger gravel locking it together. It was $290 a load/ Yards?

Insulation does not go next to the metal, the Ice and water shield does and the solid plywood decking and then insulation. I agree with your roofer if batted insulation is next to the R panel which has ridges to allow humidity to enter and then needs air to dry it out. The rolled raised seam does not have ridges so the holes at the end of the panel do not need covering. What type of underlayment is your roofer using?

He says to leave on the existing roof and that it will provide the final barrier. But if I want to pay for underlayment, I can. As of now, thinking of putting down a 1x 4 lattice work and putting tin on top of that. I'm open for suggestions. I see Grace makes a synthetic felt for about $125 per 1000 sq ft. My guy says to put that under the lattice work.

 

[Buppies]

47 high of 55 later working on entrance to shop today where a brand new roundabout is being constructed



I bet that will be paved quite nicely!
Will you be on your Kubota or using other equipment? The big stuff...

This was a job off I81 exit 150 close to where the old TA truck stop used to be. No tractor but skid loader mini ex paver and roller all day job but V DOT was happy when we were done so all is good