Good morning!!!!

[K5lwq]

Good Morning!

81 and cloudy. Day 13 of quarantine and no symptoms.

Just a trace of rain yesterday, not enough to settle the dust. Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temp here is around 70 or so, pretty cloudy, might rain.

The last time I checked in it took me all day to read the posts to catch up, not this time. I must confess, I didn't read most of them.

The crew I am hauling to got rained out yesterday and now this morning the road needs to be regraded. I am in my favourite truck stop way back on party row, waiting for them to start. Both oilers are full, so it will be a while. This is good for me as I am doing a 'reset' on my logbook at the same time. (As soon as I arrive at the unload point I am relieved from duty, the oiler drivers can do all the work. I reset and get paid for it, too. Win, win. Tomorrow at 4 A.M. I will be good to go to the terminal 15 minutes away, 45 minutes to load and 30 minutes back to the TS.
Friday we will be going back 'down south' to the Timmins area, that is about a 9 hour drive for them and I will be going straight through to North Bay for a load. Most of the crew comes from Timmins. The haul will be longer and the logbook will take a beating, we also will have an extra set of trains hauling to us. Hopefully he comes up with a fresh logbook (having done a reset will give him 70 hours before he needs to do another one).

Other than being slow up hills, (all loaded trucks are slow going uphill) these air ride trains are a dream to pull. IF I remember to keep the 5th wheel on the back of the lead trailer well greased then they are a dream to back up, too. Just tricky.

Some pics of moose encounters, just for you guys that have never seen one 'in the flesh'.

Moose damage on trucks - Google Search

Have a safe day all and stay healthy.

 

[Looking4new]

Drew you did not ask my opinion but here it is

I do not like games you folks agreed to a price now a revision he feels you are in a weakened position personally I would counter by raising the price and move on the buyer will never be satisfied. We are still in a sellers market there will be others. If you agree to this there will be more I believe

You an I are of the same opinion there. Here is my price, you don't like it? Then you surely won't like my counter offer. I raise the price, not lower it.

 

[riptides]

You an I are of the same opinion there. Here is my price, you don't like it? Then you surely won't like my counter offer. I raise the price, not lower it.

Yep...may get them to think multiple offers are on the table. But the 40k difference should have been the "buyers" offer from the start. IMHO.

 

[lostcreekranch]

67 going to 90 here, too.

Kyle, nice decoration on your radiator fan.

Thomas, you reminded me I need to do the same - roll out the generator and give it some run time.

Rick, we need to help remind you when it's time to go for pizza. I'm gonna guess they don't deliver out where you are, like here. Funny, the first time we went back into a restaurant, last week, was for pizza.

Mowed for over 3 hours yesterday, but had things come up, so still have things on my list.

"I'm gonna guess they don't deliver out where you are, like here. "

Yep. We're 12+ miles from closest towns and 35 miles from closest Dominos.

Please remind me .. in 2023 to get more pizza.

 

[Thomas]

txdon
Getting ready for new law ($1000 fine) Face mask Friday.
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This going to get real interest quick.
Read in todays paper Ivy college I use to work will have new stiff rules regulations when college opens this fall for all,with all the different personalities along with different counties I have feeling going to be BIG honest nest one should stay clear of.

 

[Thomas]

Looking4new
Some pics of moose encounters, just for you guys that have never seen one 'in the flesh'.
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Least in truck one has chance of surviving encounter compare to mid size or smaller vehicle...hit moose in the knees good chance next stop front windshield.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It's 79° with 90% humidity ..and our high should be 91° this afternoon. We had a shower of rain about 5 a.m. and a 20% chance of more this morning.

I didn't get to PW of last patio and fire pit yesterday so .. that's on the agenda for this morning.

I did get a couple of long fence lines cleaned up then mowed along fence lines and around a few dozen trees with the zero turn. I'll finish with the 55 HP tractor and rear finish mower late today.

The house cleaning lady is coming tomorrow afternoon so, I need to pickup / put away a few things.

Drew .. all I can offer is ..RUN Forrest .. RUN! As others have offered .. it's now a seller's market. The realtors, on both sides don't care. They'll .. get just slightly less than they'd have gotten at full price. You're the one they're ALL trying to screw .. probably trying to take advantage of your present situation. If you give .. even an inch .. it won't stop here.

Hope everyone has an excellent "Hump Day Eve".

Prayers to all.

 

[kenmbz]

66 going up to 84 and sunny so far.
Got curtain rod up, spacers cleaned out a but more with new bits. Non-Dremmel labeled bits are awful, went through 2.
Built a small carpenter bee trap based on some threads I've seen on TBN

Drew- realtors got in the way and incited buyer of my old house to ask for more,more,more - I talked to the buyer after the sale and he didn't think it was necessary-realtors can be annoying. Maybe a cooling off period while you try to get your realtor to do an open house and get some offers?

Too hot yesterday to wire the winch or do the weed wacking, weather keeps saying 80's but it's been in the 90's and humid.

Stay Safe and be well.

 

[Looking4new]

Looking4new
Some pics of moose encounters, just for you guys that have never seen one 'in the flesh'.
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Least in truck one has chance of surviving encounter compare to mid size or smaller vehicle...hit moose in the knees good chance next stop front windshield.

Hit them on a motorcycle and the odds are against you. I have seen truck drivers die as a direct result from hitting a moose. In my position I cannot swerve to go around one, just stand on the brakes and hope for the best. My exhaust is kind of loud and the jake brake barking helps to scare them back into the bush.

I first see this cow at the 9:42 mark, i am traveling at 60 mph. Ya i know it is a 50 mph zone. Some of the big down hills I get up to 70 and at the top of the hills I am down to 40. It all averages out. I am also loaded 140,000 lbs, gross. You can hear the exhaust barking and that is what spooks the cow to vacate the area quickly.