Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

Ted- It is frustrating for me to read your ongoing MCL challenges; it must be far, far worse for you and depressing. Is there a clue as to why your knee is not mending? Hang in there.

Buppies- A belated happy anniversary wish for you and your wife. I am happy to read that it was a pleasant anniversary. I wish you both many more happy and healthy anniversaries.

Don- Good luck.

An 18ºF start to the morning and I expect temperatures to rise to ~30ºF later. The deer were active early this AM= so was Brogen (~2:30AM). There seems to be a lot of territory marking going on.

Storm #1; today is passing overhead this morning is moisture starved. Storm #2 Thursday-Friday is loosing strength, but I may see ~3” and the hyped Saturday-Monday snow storm will probably become a wintry mix with lots of sleet/ice to pack down the initial snowfall here. It could get really nasty here. Northern and Western NE will probably see all snow….. I am hoping that the snow/rain line tracks more southeasterly. And then it gets real cold…

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[PJSprog]

32°F and light mist falling this morning, going up to 37° today. Expecting rain later tonight and into tomorrow. Predictions for the weekend are above 0 now, but in the low single digits. Will undoubtedly change again before we get there.

Happy Anniversary, Mr. & Mrs. Buppies.

Short of replacing the track, Tractor-Daddy-in-Waiting, I'd probably stick a chunk of 2x4 up in there and try to hammer it a little flatter, then grease the bejeebuz out of it.

Speaking of BMW motorcycles, I remember talking to a guy at the local shop back in the early '90s who said he was on a factory tour there and saw a prototype 4-cylinder boxer engine sitting on a stand, and asked the tour guide if that was the rumored 1600. He said they quickly threw a cover over it and refused to discuss it :laughing:.

 

[LouNY]

Just saw the weather forecast for you guys in the NE and north.....watch out...looks like it's going to get nasty this weekend. Better batten down the hatches! Be prepared and stay safe !

It is winter in the northeast, it has been mild with lots of mud till the last week 10 days,
top of the tractor fuel tank, maybe get some more done on hydraulics for the used 10 ft rear blade I picked up.

 

[Thomas]

ronjhall
Need info on the DEER FEEDER

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Its crude design by that I mean items just stuff laying around here and there free... cost so far $0.

Plastic thick wall round trash container,4 feed holes 3" opening opposite from each other,plastic gutter trough 4" long for feed to run into,4 Unistrut legs,legs bolted thru 3/4" plywood also thru plastic trash container.3/4" plywood fasten to bottom of plastic round container able to fasten gutter trough,plastic cover lid keep weather elements out also raccoons which jack chain use to secure two opposite sides,tall orange road safety inside to help gravity feed to allow feed exit from feed opening.

More tweaking will have to been done once more deer show up....mostly flow of the grain etc.

 

[Thomas]

LS mt125 owner
Just saw the weather forecast for you guys in the NE and north.....watch out...looks like it's going to get nasty this weekend. Better batten down the hatches! Be prepared and stay safe !
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Yup looks like old man winter going to spend the weekend up here. :thumbsdown:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

28 high of 49 today nice winter day before the cold stuff gets here Sunday and Monday

Celebrated 42 anniversary last night nice quiet dinner

Prayers for all in need

Happy Anniversary.

Looks like mainly a rain event for us, but will turn to snow and ice as the bottom falls out of the thermometer sunday night.

 

[toppop52]

Up to 37 so far, feels colder in the breeze.
Ted, good luck, I hope you get relief quickly.
Had breakfast with the guys and bought an LS-1 engine for future transplant into the Monte Carlo while I was there, I’ll go look at what I bought one day this week.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My first thought also was someone ran into the door but I can't find any evidence. The door weighs about 400 pounds and can only slide off one end. Hopefully it can be fixed by sliding both doors to the other side of the rail.

The expectations of a clean tractor are not very high so there is no pressure on keeping it clean but If I do I would be considered a better qualified TD.

Very likely wind did that. Wind can make a slider sail, and that will bend the track. Been there, seen that. Our church building has a large barn that came with the property. 5 of 7 very large and very heavy (15 ft x 12ft) doors ended up blowing off in high winds. I have replaced all but 1 with roll up overhead doors.

 

[lostcreekranch]

51° and overcast this morning. Forecast is for 60° this afternoon. We're expecting below freezing temps for this coming Sunday and Monday mornings.

Haven't posted or caught up for last two days. I got a call from the electrical contractor first thing Monday that another job was delayed and he had two guys and scissor lift available to come install my overhead light fixtures. I was actually on my way into town when he called so ..... made a u-turn and headed back to the ranch to move everything out of the way. Luckily all my big shop tools, table saws, work tables, etc. are on rollers so ....... got everything moved before they arrived.

When they arrived and unloaded the scissor lift we reviewed the job;

Replace five existing 8' fluorescent fixtures, hanging 16' above shop floor, with 8' LED fixtures in main shop.

Replace two existing high pressure sodium security lights, about 18' above ground on ends of shop, with Honeywell 5000 lumen LED security lights.

Replace four existing 8' fluorescent fixtures, installed about 12' above floor, with 8' LED fixtures in "pavilion" next to main shop. The "pavilion" got it name by my wife. It's where we held our wedding almost 11 years ago.

There are two dual flood lights about 20" above the floor, under the roof extensions, on both ends of the shop that had 90 watt halogen flood light bulbs of unknown age. I decided, since we had the scissor lift there, to replace all four bulbs with 120 watt equivalent LED flood light bulbs.

The guys thought it would be a stretch to get everything above done in one day but, they got busy about 10 a.m.

The first fixture replacement took about 30 minutes, as they figured everything out. The next four, in main shop, took about an hour total. These fixtures were all hung on chains and individually powered from above thru BX cable.

The four pavilion fixtures were attached directly to the frame structure and powered thru 1/2" EMT so install went a bit slower.

The guys took an hour for lunch and still finished everything by 4 p.m.

I'm glad I went this way and the scissor lift really helped all the installation get completed quickly and safely.

The difference in light, everywhere, is even better with all the LEDs than I expected.

Now to put the shop back together so ..... I can get back to numerous projects.

I'll try to get some pictures today.

Hoping for an excellent "hump day" for everyone!

Prayers to all.

 

[mpham]

29 now with a high of 32 expected. Sitting in the hospital waiting for my wife to get out of a heart procedure. Been a long wait(been here since 6:30) once she gets out it will be a 4 or 5 hour recovery. Prayers needed.