Good morning!!!!

[hawkeye08]

Had a talk with Dr and head of nursing. Will see how tonoght goes. Had first PT of day, more later.

Praying for some improvement in the staff taking care of you!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good Morning!!!! 71F @ 6:30AM. Plentiful sunshine. High 96F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Kyle, several sections of the Deere dealer's quote featured a Customer Discount line, but none even got close to 15%. 11% on the base tractor, then down to 6% on the loader, even lower for the accessories like the top'n'tilt. No discount on labor. The same family owns all the Deere dealerships in the area, so I'll have to go at least an hour to find anything different. I've skimmed the ads for used tractors, but there's a problem on the early ones with a valve in the FEL hydraulics that apparently takes a lot of persuasion to get a dealer to fix. Don't need that right off the bat. I'm keeping an open mind about LS, so I'll see what I see at the dealer this afternoon and then figure out what the next steps are.

Hope all of you are taking it easy in this heat. Drew, you're smart getting an early start, and even smarter for coming into the A/C when the temps spike. Hope the leg cramps stay away.:thumbsup:

Good luck with the pipeline man, Don. Hard to see him wanting to compromise, though, with the law in his back pocket.

I wish clowns were only to be found hiding in boxes around here, Rick!:laughing:

I like the wind chime idea, Thomas. A rat trap or two might make the bear step more carefully...:laughing: What about the ol' pale of water balanced over the door trick to dampen his spirits when he tries to get in the shed? Maybe a tablespoon or two of ammonia in the water would help him remember he's not welcome?

That's a lot of hungry mouths, Ron. Congrats on all your hard work!

Headed for another motorcycle ride'n'camp with the Airheads this weekend, and decided to put the eve painting off 'till next week. So instead, yesterday I dug into installing the new instrument on the big enduro bike and got it all working. Lots of cut-solder-shrink wrap, lots of head scratching with the vague instructions and cryptic electrical schematic, and lots of button pushing to get all the settings right. This morning I'll tidy up the wiring and reinstall the headlight and front cowl, and that job'll be done.

Then off to see the LS man before it gets too hot to sit in the seat. He says he has both a XR4150H and XR4155H (both open station, which is what I'm wanting), and he'll drop the prices by $6K if I don't want the backhoes that are already installed on the two units on the lot. I've only used my backhoe a handful of times in the last 9 years, but I was really glad I had it when I did. But my Nardi is pretty anemic, and just not up to even middling tasks like digging out a root ball from just an 8" trunk. And getting it on and off the tractor is an ordeal as well, so I'll have to think some more about a backhoe, and if I'd be better off to just use that money toward a used mini-excavator.

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

Is your present back hoe a 3 point mount? The LS backhoes are subframe mounted. You don’t have to remove 3-point lower arms either.

If the LS tractors have LS LB3104 backhoes installed, ask the dealer what he would charge for a new backhoe later. I believe the LB3104’s are over $7K. I can get a price from my dealer ...... if that helps you?

Backhoes | LS Tractor

Interesting Thread for you.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ls-tractor-owning-operating/386760-xr4155-backhoe-removal.html

 

[sodamo]

72°F and .38 inches rain.

Off to town, breakfast with wife, a few errands. New battery for my diesel pump.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Is your present back hoe a 3 point mount? The LS backhoes are subframe mounted. You don’t have to remove 3-point lower arms either.

If the LS tractors have LS LB3104 backhoes installed, ask the dealer what he would charge for a new backhoe later. I believe the LB3104’s are over $7K. I can get a price from my dealer ...... if that helps you?

Backhoes | LS Tractor

Interesting Thread for you.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ls-tractor-owning-operating/386760-xr4155-backhoe-removal.html

The Nardi came with a 3PT mount that was very, er, flexible. To the point of being scary to use. I made a frame mount that is very solid, but that requires a lot of jogging 'round with the stabilizers and boom, and more than a little crawling around in the dirt, to get all the bolts lined up. I won't be sad to see that setup disappear up the driveway when the time comes.

The quote sez the backhoe is an LB3100, but I could find no mention of that model on the LS web site. This salesman has been sloppy with his info, so it could be just a typo. We'll see.

Thanks for the link. Doesn't sound as bad as what I'm dealing with now, but a mini-ex with a thumb still sounds a lot better. I think it would work better for one of the big jobs I have ahead of me, that of pulling all the burned tree stumps out in the surrounding uncleared areas of the lot, all in the name of fuel reduction. The ground is pretty steep, and my guess is I'd be using the boom to row myself back up the hill pretty frequently, something that's not so easy with a tractor.

 

[lostcreekranch]

The Nardi came with a 3PT mount that was very, er, flexible. To the point of being scary to use. I made a frame mount that is very solid, but that requires a lot of jogging 'round with the stabilizers and boom, and more than a little crawling around in the dirt, to get all the bolts lined up. I won't be sad to see that setup disappear up the driveway when the time comes.

The quote sez the backhoe is an LB3100, but I could find no mention of that model on the LS web site. This salesman has been sloppy with his info, so it could be just a typo. We'll see.

Thanks for the link. Doesn't sound as bad as what I'm dealing with now, but a mini-ex with a thumb still sounds a lot better. I think it would work better for one of the big jobs I have ahead of me, that of pulling all the burned tree stumps out in the surrounding uncleared areas of the lot, all in the name of fuel reduction. The ground is pretty steep, and my guess is I'd be using the boom to row myself back up the hill pretty frequently, something that's not so easy with a tractor.

I think LB3100 is a series and the LB3104 is model specific to the bigger XR41xx tractors.

 

[hawkeye08]

Took off early from work yesterday to go help daughter and SIL on house build.. They were putting up the floor trusses (have daylight basement walls mostly done).. They are almost 36' so a bit awkward at times, and after awhile, they were getting tired. We had them all up when I left last night, they just needed to fasten the last 4. I got home around 9pm, very tired.. thought of Bird and his long days recently.. I had some dinner and fell asleep in my chair after a nice shower. They are pushing to get the floor done so they can set the main floor walls today and tomorrow. SIL has been on vacation for 3 weeks, goes back to work on Monday, so they are trying to get as much done as possible.. They have until Aug 15 to get ready for the trusses (delivery scheduled for up on the top of the walls).

I am trying to decide if I can/should take more time off today and go help. They have some folks coming today to help set walls, but they still have the floor sheeting to put down after finishing up the trusses this morning..

 

[ronjhall]

While I did not see any body damage to golf cart. The abrupt stop against a tree bent the rear axle spring on passenger side. A nice 90° curved bend. What kind of spring can be bent like that without breaking. Removed spring and used 20 ton HF press to straighten it. Everything seems to be working good on cart now.

 

[daugen]

good job Ron, takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'...

started mowing the lawn around 7am and got done just before 11, then mowed fields for an hour, wow that was nice in a/c.
Then fireman neighbor wanted to borrow my bush hog so I said sure, but how about doing my potato field weeds while you are at it.
Even in this heat, he wanted seat time and was happy to help, even with the dust and bugs.

earlier this morning was very cloudy and relatively cool, surprisingly nice to be out. No longer, just an oven out there.

 

[Thomas]

rlgustafson

Thomas ..... maybe some mods to your feed box?

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Only way I could move that fast extra dose ExLax. :shocked:

 

[Thomas]

Eric
BEF, here is a puzzle pic to help pass a little time. Can you spot the buzzard ?

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You got me :confused3: I give up.

 

[Thomas]

ronjhall
Thomas, I put out some owl spinners this spring. They have worked well to keep deer, birds and other animals out the 2 lean to's we have. But I store no food in those areas.

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Another good idea add to list...thanks Ron.

 

[jbrumberg]

A foggy, drizzling 66ºF for today's low and the fog and drizzle hung in there to ~ noon. A humid overcast 68ºF presently; and I expect a cloudy, humid PM high in the low 70ºF's. The NWS has issued Hazardous Weather/Excessive Heat Watch for the weekend. I am not a fan of HHH weather.

Despite the A/C it was a bad night for sleeping. HHH weather seems to fire up the neuropathy.?. A "patrolling" Brogen and finding a post shower dead/dying tick on me did not help matters. At least this one was real.

Eric- Your haystacks add to the scenery . Thanks for sharing,

BEF- I am sorry to read about your challenges with the "rehab" staff (excepting the PT staff) as well as the ongoing challenges with the pain and neuropathy. Auto-immune disorders and what drives them is still not clearly understood; despite what some of the "professionals" profess. I hope your neurologist can figure out what's going on and how to treat. My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

"I have always found bribing the nurses worked wonderfully"- Drew. . Flowers work too. I agree about the unhealthy eating habits of the nursing staff.

RonJH- I am sorry to read about your golf cart, but pleased you could repair the spring.

Don- Good luck with the pipeline guy.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[Bird]

80 degrees for the low this morning and 93 now with a heat index of 99, going for a high of 96. I had an appointment with my retina specialist this morning for a checkup and they dilated both eyes, so I haven't been inclined to get out in the sun and work on the yard today. Instead, I plan to get started mowing before daylight in the morning.

 

[wngsprd]

Thomas, thought about you when I read the article about this bear, "named" Ringo by the locals in Minnesota...he got his head caught in a plastic garbage collar while robbing bird feeders and garbage cans. Hope your remedies work.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Evening,

I did manage a test drive at the LS dealer this afternoon, he's actually more like a distributor. This guy's property was huge, and he wholesales tractors all over the Western US. Stacks of riding mowers, rows of tractors in all sizes, and a pretty good selection of attachments, too. He had tires stacked in columns high enough to be a fence, and they want on for several hundred feet. David, if you need tires, Lane Tractor Supply in Los Molinas, CA can surely help you out. Anyway, they put me on an XR4150H, a 50 HP CUT, the largest frame they sell with a Hydro transmission. It drove/rode similar to the JD, and like the JD, the FEL performed pretty sluggishly. Even when I bumped the hand throttle up to 1500 RPM, it was noticeably slower than what I'm used to on the Kubota running at maybe 1000 RPM. Also, unlike either the orange or green tractors, this blue one wouldn't go very fast until the hand throttle was used to boost the RPMs. On the other two, the pedals act like the accelerator pedal in your car; the harder you press, the more RPMs/speed you get. I asked the LS dealer about using the hand throttle, and he said they're all like that.:shocked: Basically that means that when doing loader work, or any time you need power, the hand throttle would be set to 3-4K RPM and left there to keep the tractor and FEL moving at an efficient rate. Or at least that's the impression I was left with. Am I wrong?:confused2: I'd also asked if I could take a scoop or two of dirt, and was told fine, but they wanted to put a used bucket on the tractor first. Even better, as I wanted to see how easy it was to swap implements on the front. Turns out visibility of the SSQA isn't very good, being mostly blocked by the bucket arms. Or was it the front tires, I forget. Still managed to hitch and unhitch the bucket without any problems, so it wasn't a show stopper. Between the two, though, I'd rather operate the Deere, but I'm not sure it's worth another $22K.

But the really big news of the day came when I stopped by a Mexican concrete statuary yard, which just so happened to be right next to a very large adult store.:laughing: They had a perfect little birdbath and wanted only $35 for it, so it came home with me. I wasn't out of anything, so I skipped going next door and finished the day grocery shopping in Chico.

I hit the road early tomorrow, so I hope you all have a productive and/or restful weekend!:drink:

 

[Jim Shooz]

Let me get this right: you went to buy a tractor and came home with a birdbath ! ! !

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Let me get this right: you went to buy a tractor and came home with a birdbath ! ! !

No, pay attention 'cause I don't wanna have to repeat myself again.

Ready?

I went to LOOK at tractors and BOUGHT a birdbath.

FWIW, I've been shopping for a birdbath far longer than for tractors, so insignificant as it may seem, bringing home that birdbath was something of an accomplishment!:laughing:

Just like the tractors, there are a variety of birdbaths available, ranging all the way from $20 birdbaths to $300 birdbaths. My needs (or rather the birds' needs) are pretty simple, so I thought I did well picking a $35 jobbie that'll keep 'em clean and refreshed (though they'll probably end up drinking a lot of their own bathwater):yuck::laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[sodamo]

Let me get this right: you went to buy a tractor and came home with a birdbath ! ! !

By way of a large adult store...
Is that same as Plus Size or something else?

 

[sodamo]

Thanks for info RNG

I don’t believe I’ve ever consistently run any of my tractors much past PTO speed, maybe 2800 tops. You can run 3-4000?

 

[sodamo]

Decided I needed a cup holder on my LS, so made one from scrap on hand