Good morning!!!!

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 47 this morning going to 82 and mostly sunny. Need to mow grass and make a dump run today, we will see how things work out. Tired this morning.

Buppies, Getting sprayed does not sound like fun. I worked for Marvin Templeton out of linchburg when I was young. Ran a loader in where they got sand out of the river and then was a sander on a paving crew. One day a woman let her show poodle out to pee before going to the show and it ran under the tack truck and came out the back as it was spraying tar. She was mad to say the least, when she said she was going to call the governor a couple men fell down laughing. Hope the manager took it better than that.

Wngsprd, Yep have been there and walked the trail but it has been years. Not turning much here, the dry weather has the leaves just turning a little and falling off.

Have a great day, Ed

 

[Thomas]

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Spme one going to get KP duty for spell.

 

[Buppies]

Marvin Templeton is a good company Ed one of only two in Lynchburg but sense you were there have been bought out twice to Boxley Materials the Summit Materials. Lawhorne the other paving producer in Lynchburg sold out to Adams a division of English Construction. Was told once on orange Ave that due our paving on Orange avenue they were going to see the Mayor and get me fired

 

[Thomas]

48F full moon mid 70's for high.

Pick bunch cherry and steak tomatoes last evening,plants looking mighty thin now.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Buppies]

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Spme one going to get KP duty for spell.

This employee is a pet project of mine has aspers good worker hard to keep on task mind wonders a lot. I need to impress safety to him

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 47° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 76° mostly sunny skies. .06" rain yesterday. Good visit with friends that traveled to Alaska this summer. Always thought it might be a good idea to travel up there in my motorhome. Not. But it may be something to think about taking a cruise. Wife wants to visit the new store that opened up next to Menards. At Home. Home Decor place. This could get expensive. Last remodel of our place was in 2005.
I like music and listen to it a lot. But remembering the person's or group's name does not seem to stick with me. But the ones mentioned are on my playlist. I guess I am a Lite Rock fan. Then throw in some Country Western and Surf and you have my playlist of about 800 songs. Never listen to same song in same day.
Buppies, tarred not good. My latest cleanup towel has been TUB-O-TOWELS. Amazing how well it takes paint and other dirt off. Took roof coating off and did not leave skin burning light paint thinner.
Drew, nice small tractor. What would you use it for?
Welcome, back Irv. We need to meet for coffee someday.
Good Morning All.

 

[lostcreekranch]

+1 on the Tub-O-Towels Ron! I discovered them about a year ago. About to order another one.

 

[PJSprog]

70° and cloudy this morning with some light drizzle falling, going up to 82° today.

Boss asked me yesterday to come in at 6am today to measure some new parts on the CMM. Still sitting here waiting on those parts. Oh, well ... probably leave at 3 this afternoon and beat the traffic.

Carpenter returned yesterday to start buttoning up the remaining walls in the basement now that the electrician is finished. I have taped and mudded walls in my studio now! :thumbsup: Progress.

 

[toppop52]

ok, who broke the site
gateway errors for some time, glad it's back up.

might get into trouble, little Massey calling to me today, only five grand, Iseki 27hp 4wd less than 1000 hours, owned by dealers BIL since new.
Just needs paint and two inexpensive front tires.
hmmmmmmmmmm

They're great tractors, that would sell for around $3000-$3500 in this area without attachments. But as they say, it's worth what it's worth to you. I'd like to have one, perfect size for my property.

 

[toppop52]

Warming up today after a foggy morning, getting near 80. Still looking at tractors, haven't found what I want exactly, still haven't replaced my burned building, gotta get moving!

 

[Bird]

I like music and listen to it a lot. But remembering the person's or group's name does not seem to stick with me.

All my life, I've had the same problem with reading; almost never remember the author's name. Patrick F. McManus is about the only one I remember since I think I have all of his books.

For music, the old men's gospel quartets have always been my favorite, and besides the recordings I have, YouTube has a great deal of that from many years ago.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 67˚ heading for the 90s. Clear skies. I forgot to tell you I got my Senior Park Pass in mail a few weeks ago. I hope to use it just as soon as it gets a bit cooler.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning! 67˚ heading for the 90s. Clear skies. I forgot to tell you I got my Senior Park Pass in mail a few weeks ago. I hope to use it just as soon as it gets a bit cooler.

Still waiting on our passes, we signed up in early August.

 

[rswyan]

63F and overcast @ 09:00, headed up to a high of 71F for the day.

Woke to sound of thunder up to the north. It had rained enough that everything is wet, but it doesn't look like there's any standing water anywhere. Looks like there is a large area of rain off to the west, hopefully that will hold together and make its way over here.

We did get a brief shower yesterday while I was out on the tractor ... but it only lasted a minute or two. Wasn't even enough to settle the dust.

Finished gathering up the firewood rounds from the chips and piled them up and then started scooping up the junk wood and piling it up on the burn pile. It was mostly poplar and pine, but also includes anything that is odd-shaped and can't be split or stacked easily. Got about 12' x 24' area cleared so far, which is probably about half the area I'm trying to clean up. Finishing it will probably require some hand work and/or the grapple.

Have put another 35+ hours on the Kubota since I did the valve adjustment.

 

[daugen]

They're great tractors, that would sell for around $3000-$3500 in this area without attachments. But as they say, it's worth what it's worth to you. I'd like to have one, perfect size for my property.

This is funny, I saw that tractor and actually thought of you Randy, your old SCUT, thought to myself, this would
be a good Toppop tractor. We were on the same page...

I need the tractor to pull my steel utility trailer because I am ruining/bending the hitch on my Gravely garden tractor. Constantly using the wagon and the Kubota is too big and both big tractors usually have something on the back already.
I looked them up online, 5K is a little high, but I'm sure he gave his BIL too big a trade-in on a new Massey cab tractor, particularly since he sold it to the guy twenty years ago. It's only been used to mow, which is good. And it is literally bone dry throughout the engine/trans area. I would crawl under one more time, but I'm interested. Not yet sold.

The challenge is that half the things I'd use it for would involve a loader. Like delivering loads of mulch to gardens where I can't drive the big tractor over the septic system. I do so much tree planting that I can see putting my old small phd on it, much easier to maneuver in tight spots.
If it were 8 grand with a loader, I would not hesitate, like finding a used Kubota bx with loader, but just none around here.
Iseki is fully competitive with Kubota, Japanese tractor which could look like new with a paint job.

Do I need it? I suppose...Could also be used with cultivators if I got into that next door.
One of the main attractions is that the selling dealer sold it new, and has serviced it constantly.
And they recommend it, saying it sat out too long without cover and that's why it looks bad. but take off the covers
and it looked great inside. Radiator was clean, treadle hydro worked well in all ranges, just seemed like a lot of
functionality for the money. Just like my current Massey is/was.

I'm about to sell my Jag and the rv since I don't use them enough. Thinking this might be a better idea.
The hydrostatic was key, very easy to use.

 

[daugen]

RS, good to hear from you and send that rain this way please. Maybe this weekend.
I'm back on the watering chain gang.

 

[rswyan]

RS. That's a nice change for you to have an excess of wood to burn, a big difference to a couple of years ago :thumbsup: I'm feeling a tinge of firewood envy :ashamed:

Yeah ... I sure don't want to have to go through that again ...

 

[rswyan]

RS, good to hear from you and send that rain this way please. Maybe this weekend.

I'll do my best ...

I'm back on the watering chain gang.

I've managed to avoid that this year ... and things are suffering as a result.

The lilac bushes seem the worst ... leaves are yellowed and turning brown in spots.

That little Massey seems like it would be a nice addition to your fleet ... :thumbsup:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 64F @ 9:00 AM. 0% Precip. / 0.00 in. Sunny. High 81F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

Sounds like if you pass on that little tractor, Drew, you're gonna regret it. Why not bring it home, and if you don't end up using it as much as you think, you can always sell it? No regrets then...

Yesterday I verified that the speedo drive gear in the old bike transmission is damaged and needs to be replaced. But there are two versions, and the transmission needs to come apart to determine the correct one. That requires a special puller which I don't have, and that neither aftermarket supplier can provide for at least two weeks. It's not a complex tool, so I sat down at the computer and started to design one. I'll use a Grade 8 nut and bolt to save me some machining and provide the strength needed to take 200 lb. ft. of torque, which I'll pick up while I'm in town later today. Then I can finish the design and start making chips. The DIY approach will take a few days, but will end up saving me some money and leaving me, assuming it works, with a nice sense of accomplishment. And I'll have a tool for the next time something like this happens, as it'll work on all the air cooled BMW motorcycles in the garage.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[sodamo]

70°F and another.37 inches rain. Maybe get some more today?

Finally got my brush cutter delivered to my neighbor.

Easy day if it keeps raining.

Be safe
Have a great day