RedNeckGeek
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Good Morning!!!! 67F @ 4:00AM. Plentiful sunshine. High near 90F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.
The regulators we use with our propane tanks reduce the pressure so that the liquid turns to a gas before it gets to the burners or spark plug. The kit I just purchased for the generator has two: One at the bottle, another just prior to the generator that reduces the pressure even more.
Hope you can get your meds wittled down, Drew, and you handle this infusion without issues.
Don't know where I ran across it, Eric, but I've known about the Texas City explosion for a while now. Probably in relation to the Oklahoma City bombing when that happened. Pretty sure ammonium nitrate is now regulated here so large quantities have a more difficult time finding their way into the wrong hands.
I've had problems with butane quality in the past, Bruce, with too much particulate causing clogs. Hoping to avoid that by filling from my own tank, which was supposed to be cleaned and reconditioned before I bought it, and using picnic bottles of recent manufacture. Been working fine so far with the BBQ...:crossfingers:
Glad all the east coasters can report an all clear this morning, and hope the clean up isn't too bad.
Hope you can get most of the little stuff up with the smaller grapple, Rick, and avoid a lot of bending over.
Sorry about your corn, Chris. Would live trapping do any good?
Was able to squeeze some tooth paste into the rotating joint for the firetruck float and get it running freely again. Then lots of 3in1 oil worked into the bushing where it passes through the wall of the tank. No good access to the outside, so ended up dripping it down from the top, a drop of 18 inches or so. Got the stub of the float shaft removed, cut new threads on what was left, and reinstalled the float. So it should work again, if I ever put water in the tank again. A vendor seems to be able to make up hoses with the correct NH fittings, but didn't call back yesterday to confirm. Hopefully get that ordered today. Went around inside the tank with a die grinder and a ScotchLoc disk cleaning off spots of corrosion, so it's ready for POR-15 this morning.
Spent the rest of the afternoon working on the next project, a 30,000 gallon water tank for the top of the hill. Looks like about $450 for the building permit, and something like $0.60/gallon, including installation. I can probably cut that down if I can do my own dirt work, and find one that can be installed on a gravel bed instead of concrete. Hope to get a couple of quotes today.
Happy Hump Day!
The regulators we use with our propane tanks reduce the pressure so that the liquid turns to a gas before it gets to the burners or spark plug. The kit I just purchased for the generator has two: One at the bottle, another just prior to the generator that reduces the pressure even more.
Hope you can get your meds wittled down, Drew, and you handle this infusion without issues.
Don't know where I ran across it, Eric, but I've known about the Texas City explosion for a while now. Probably in relation to the Oklahoma City bombing when that happened. Pretty sure ammonium nitrate is now regulated here so large quantities have a more difficult time finding their way into the wrong hands.
I've had problems with butane quality in the past, Bruce, with too much particulate causing clogs. Hoping to avoid that by filling from my own tank, which was supposed to be cleaned and reconditioned before I bought it, and using picnic bottles of recent manufacture. Been working fine so far with the BBQ...:crossfingers:
Glad all the east coasters can report an all clear this morning, and hope the clean up isn't too bad.
Hope you can get most of the little stuff up with the smaller grapple, Rick, and avoid a lot of bending over.
Sorry about your corn, Chris. Would live trapping do any good?
Was able to squeeze some tooth paste into the rotating joint for the firetruck float and get it running freely again. Then lots of 3in1 oil worked into the bushing where it passes through the wall of the tank. No good access to the outside, so ended up dripping it down from the top, a drop of 18 inches or so. Got the stub of the float shaft removed, cut new threads on what was left, and reinstalled the float. So it should work again, if I ever put water in the tank again. A vendor seems to be able to make up hoses with the correct NH fittings, but didn't call back yesterday to confirm. Hopefully get that ordered today. Went around inside the tank with a die grinder and a ScotchLoc disk cleaning off spots of corrosion, so it's ready for POR-15 this morning.
Spent the rest of the afternoon working on the next project, a 30,000 gallon water tank for the top of the hill. Looks like about $450 for the building permit, and something like $0.60/gallon, including installation. I can probably cut that down if I can do my own dirt work, and find one that can be installed on a gravel bed instead of concrete. Hope to get a couple of quotes today.
Happy Hump Day!
