Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! 69˚ cloudy heading to 84˚. With a few showers yesterday the tractor work was put off again.

Tomorrow my Mom makes her last Turkey - or so she says. Today I start by making some of the sides and use my new stand mixer to make the dough for the dinner rolls and the cinnamon rolls. The appetizer kale chips are made and the corn chips are in the dehydrator now. Later we will make the chocolate pumpkin pie, cranberry relish, stuffing, gravy, etc. . .

Rlgustafson keep us informed of how you end of attaching the boards on your trailer. I also need to re-bed my 20 year old 5X10 trailer.

Ed hope you back continues to improve.
Randy, time heals but it goes so slowly. Sounds like someone at SS is confused.

Have a good day all!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

The boy had bronchitis and the Doc said it could have manifested to pneumonia if not treated. Antibiotics and a breathing treatment. He was getting stir crazy so I sent him to school after being out 2 days. His fever is gone. Thanks for the well wishes.

I have an old Deere CS40 chainsaw that wouldn't oil the chain. I tore into it and did some google research and just found that the pump was fouled up with wood grit. I also learned to try and keep the grit out of the bar oil tank when filling it. It has a small orifice breather hole, maybe .020" and after cleaning everything, the thing runs like new with plenty of oil going on the bar and chain.

It is 69F going to 83F today. Really damp and cloudy.

I'm hoping my wife doesn't see wngsprd's post about doing windows....


Have a blessed day all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Rick, consider square drive screws. Our Canadian neighbors call them Robertson drive screws. Other than time consuming. I would pre-drill and tap all the holes. Then put anti-seize on all the screws when installed. You will need good quality galvanized screws for treated wood.



Good Morning All.

Thanks Ron, sounds like a lot of work compared to self tapping screws.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Rick, sounds like you're doing a really good job on the trailer, so hopefully you won't have to repeat in 10 years.

Me too!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Rlgustafson keep us informed of how you end of attaching the boards on your trailer. I also need to re-bed my 20 year old 5X10 trailer.

!

Will do Don.

 

[txdon]

I'm hoping my wife doesn't see wngsprd's post about doing windows....

If she does I highly recommend this from Windex. After rinsing no spots or streaks.
Target : Expect More. Pay Less.[*GCLID*]&gclsrc=ds

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I installed "tilt in" anderson windows on all the upper windows to make them easy to clean from the inside. Just had to teach the wife how to tilt them in.
Kyle, glad your son is better.

 

[PJSprog]

32°F and some freezing light fog this morning, going up to 57° today.

I've been muttering to myself this week about gasoline here jumping recently to $2.50/gallon. After reading some of the other posts and doing a little math, my £0.50/liter doesn't seem quite so bad after all. Perspectives.

Out of curiosity, though, our prices here in the US seem to fluctuate wildly over the past few years. Our prices jumped almost $0.40/gal about a week ago, in one day. Do you guys in England or Australia or Canada see the same wild jumps?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I think I've read threads on "best" garden hoses, but does anyone have a favorite?

I don't have a favorite, but can tell you that the NeverKink brand should have been named NeverBuy. Of all the hoses I've had, the one NeverKink always seems to do exactly that, and kinks if you just look at it crooked.

 

[newbury]

Thanks Kyle. Pre-drilling and crawling around under trailer, is the step I壇 like to avoid. McCoys has some ceramic coated self drilling trailer deck screws but ...they are Phillips head screws. I consider them fair to install, terrible to remove in 10 years. I know there has to be similar coated screws with Torx heads?

The original screws, on this trailer were rusted but, a few (maybe 1/2) could be removed with impact driver and Torx bit. Some just broke off. On others the head was badly rusted and bit just spun.
Will be grinding off the screws I couldn稚 remove or broke, manana.

Instead of grinding off screws can you maneuver to use a sawzall and just cut them off between the board and the frame? That's how I redid my deck that had annular ring nails. Got one board off, reached through with the Milwaukee Sawzall, slipped the blade between the joist and the deck, cut away. Seemed a lot faster than grinding heads.
And similar with putting bolts in, get all but the last board done by working above.

 

[CWB Wyo]

Don't think we hit the low this morning, 32* and still going down. Yesterday high was 44*. It's just started snowing, have about a inch so far. It may snow for rest of the day.

Don't have much planned for the day.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 43F @ 6:30AM. Clearing skies after some morning light rain. High 52F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 40%

Even after Kalifornia bumped both vehicle registration fees and fuel taxes, my heart still goes out to Eric and everyone else across the pond for the way politicians levy taxes on things people just can't do without. Last time they tried it here, though, the then governor lost to a Republican Gubinator, Arnie, in the next election. This time around, gas taxes got a big bump, and Diesel fuel an even larger one. That wasn't deemed good enough, though, and they also added at least $25/year to the vehicle registration fee. That will effectively double the registration on some of the smaller motorcycles in my garage. And as expected, the Republicans in Sacramento are vowing retribution next November, and I hope they get it. We already had some of the highest registration and fuel taxes in the country, and they were supposed to be used to maintain the transportation infrastructure. Instead they're being wasted on stupid initiatives like the Bullet Train. And apparently we need a constitutional amendment to prevent the same thing from happening with the new taxes, and that'll be on the ballot next year, too.

California gas tax increase - what it costs and what it does | The Sacramento Bee

As expected, not much had happened on the van in the last two weeks, and the mechanic wasn't even at the shop. We spoke on the phone and I let him know about his former partner wanting to buy the engine, which would finish his involvement on the project. That triggered another littany of excuses, and a promise to start work on it again, but I told him we've been through all that before and it hasn't worked. He's still going to see what he can finish this weekend, but I doubt it'll be much as he keeps running into problems with parts not working or not fitting. I also spoke with the partner yesterday, who is still interested in the engine, so likely after the holiday we'll all sit down and decide how to tie this off.

Got home and tried the modified wheel truing stand, but the hub wasn't running true and I don't see a way to correct it. I don't think side loading ball bearings was a very good idea, and the steel hub ends are digging into the aluminum cones so the hub isn't free to seek its center. I have the parts needed to reassemble the bearings into the hubs now, and think I can support the wheel on the axel and hold it in a vise, so I just need to figure out how to indicate off the side of the rim. Probably involve a heavy piece of steel on the bench and a magnet base. Two steps forward, one back...

Burning the wood stove to stay warm pretty much every day now, and it works as well as ever. This is the fourth season for it and it shows no signs of wear and it's still kicking out the BTUs.

TGIF gang!:drink:

 

[Bird]

If she does I highly recommend this from Windex. After rinsing no spots or streaks.
Target : Expect More. Pay Less.[*GCLID*]&gclsrc=ds

Don, I think you were the one who fieat told me about that Windex all-in-one window cleaning system and I've used it at last twice; quite handy.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Where's drew today?

 

[sodamo]

62°F and .63 inches rain.

The power washing continues. Did get the area of major concern done.

Off to Hilo for breakfast with wife and some errands.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[newbury]

Where's drew today?

In trailers forum.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/trailers-transportation/388202-just-fun.html

 

[txdon]

In trailers forum.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/trailers-transportation/388202-just-fun.html

Whew, glad you found him, I just hate that knocking on the door to see if they answer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Whew, glad you found him, I just hate that knocking on the door to see if they answer.

And i didnt have time today to drive to NC to knock.

 

[Looking4new]

32ｰF and some freezing light fog this morning, going up to 57ｰ today.

I've been muttering to myself this week about gasoline here jumping recently to $2.50/gallon. After reading some of the other posts and doing a little math, my ｣0.50/liter doesn't seem quite so bad after all. Perspectives.

Out of curiosity, though, our prices here in the US seem to fluctuate wildly over the past few years. Our prices jumped almost $0.40/gal about a week ago, in one day. Do you guys in England or Australia or Canada see the same wild jumps?

Someone at one of the many refineries in the US, (our gas is refined in the 'States), gets a hangnail and our gas goes up overnight. When and IF the price comes down it does it very slowly.

 

[daugen]

And i didnt have time today to drive to NC to knock.

knock knock
who's there?
guests for the morning fellas, I've been busy.
Good friends telling me how to meet women in this town.
Now that was an interesting topic...
However, for public consumption, I had started another thread on a quiz on old cars and was, ahem, distracted.

helpers now showing up, hope to use man cage for first time on FEL with power pruner to beat the woods back.
Low rent version of the thing I rented before which scared the cra% out of me and this time I get to sit in the tractor seat.
Now is when I wish the cab had a glass ceiling or panel.