Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Thanks for pic, Ron. Nice job.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. It has suddenly warmed a little here after a night well below freezing and the expected snow is coming down as sleet. Dog got pelted in the face as soon as the door was opened. He turned round in a flash and escaped through my legs back inside.

Ron, that looks a super Dolly - Louis Armstrong grade. Good to hear your "furnace" is running again.

Furnace is a word I still haven't got used to in a domestic context, always makes me think of a crucible of molten metal

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, was 10 last might but is up to 15 now, calling for 35 ans mostly sunny. Did not get anything done yesterday, fine with me, tired. Hope to get some stuff done in the shop today, we will see. Trying to design a way to cut perfect segments for a lathe turned banjo pot with hand tools takes more thinking than action. Mom finely gave up making her bed yesterday. It took her a 1/2 hour because she had to stop and rest a few times, so wife does it now. As she says, getting old ain't for sissies.

Dab, praying for your wife's heart Dr app.

Randy, fun is a good thing, life goes on.

Gap, thanks for the video.

Buckeye, praying for even better news.

Ron, well thought out dolly, praying for you two as well.

Have a great day, Ed

 

[mpham]

-7 here this morning. Going up to 11 for a high. Pellet stove is busy turning pellets to ash!

 

[DABSGT]

Good morning 5 deg now and one day closer to spring

Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

 

[daugen]

one day closer to spring


now that's the right attitude! And you are probably knee deep in snow or soon to be...

floor tiles in shower a bit chilly this morning; 19 degrees going to 42. And surprisingly, warming up a bit Saturday before the
the real cold hits. 51 tomorrow and sunshine, can't waste that. Actually I'm going to wait until it warms up and then
go put the fertilizer spreader on the little Massey and make sure the pto shaft is the right size.

Pto shafts are my waterloo... I melted part of the yellow plastic cover on my nice Woodmaxx chipper pto shaft due to the shaft being slightly too long, built up heat right in the middle strangely. Luckily no damage
though I now make sure there is a little play in there before I crank it up. For sure don't want to mess up thrust bearing on tractor side or whatever bearing that isn't going to like
having the shaft jammed back into the tractor. Actually not good for either end of course. Chipper bearing pillow block pretty massive, but I doubt it was designed for
end thrust. Most importantly, I took out an adapter that was adding length. Problem is pick the chipper up too high and the pto shaft
comes apart without the adapter. Well, better alternative than a too tight pto shaft.

maybe we can get rid of all pto shafts and make them wireless.


Farmer, hope your chickens are staying warm.

 

[Buppies]

17 high of 36 today see if I cannot get weather station installed

Prayers sent for Riptides Buckeyefarmer and Toppop and DABSGT wife

 

[Buppies]

Wireless that's the ticket

 

[Looking4new]

-20 and going to a high of 0 F. Wind E 5 mph.
This will be our warmest day until next Tuesday.

Cold seems to be somewhat better. I don't know if the hot toddys are helping or not. I should find out today, the one I am drinking now is a 'virgin'. All the rest have had Sherry in them.

You people stay safe.

 

[daugen]

L4N, if you stay in your warm cab, a little sherry will surely improve your driving.
If you get out of the cab, alcohol makes you colder...so stay in the cab!
Hard for most of us to understand just how cold it is when you wake up in the morning.
You realize how close you are to the Arctic...