Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

38 high of 63 today got some weed eating done water filter changed salt in water treatment tank, hot tub serviced and flag rope replaced new flag hung very nice to see that again

Prayers for all

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
52 out now going up to 69, should be a pleasant sunny breezy day.
Winds seem to kick up the most around middle of day and then die down later.

Ted, glad you got your mower fixed. Impressed with size of oil cooler on Kohler, should help that engine last longer, which it clearly has.
And somehow I bet it just ran "better" when you were done...

off to Food Lion this morning for a few things, then back to clean up rv, and get it ready for an early morning trip tomorrow over to other side of Raleigh to dealership.
Need to check air in tires, will be first time it has ran in a month at least. Dealer needs to replace a part on slide control, unstick a too stiff water valve and fix a broken door closer strut, all under two year rv warranty thankfully. Dealer was interested in making me an offer to buy back my rv, last number was kind of low...but they have almost no inventory, sold almost everything they
have and lot of their new units are marked pending sale. Rv dealers have had quite a year thanks to Covid changing folks vacation plans.
I emailed dealer owner and asked him to look at my rv when it was in his shop and make me an offer I can't refuse.
I won't be using it for at least six months and not looking forward to it sitting out in PA winter's snow and ice. I bought it to travel and snowbird and I have to get my health assured before
I do that in future. Besides, think I want a bigger one, a used diesel pusher with a washer/dryer this time. I have no debt so I can afford one "toy"...

Roy, those curtain rods really did you in...must have stretched or bent the wrong way. Feel better.

Hope you all have a great Monday.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 38° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 71° with sunny skies. Got lawn and fence line trimmed yesterday. I was beat when done. Garden Pond manatiance will get done today.
Found this leaf in the grass while walking Sassy. I am sure I will get plenty of chances for a better picture in the coming weeks.

Drew, good luck with RV repairs.

Eric, your aiming is off a little to the left.

Roy, good back is getting better.

Mostly, TV install went pretty good. Just took a long time to get all the updates and program setting that I want. It has a very good picture. Even on old black and white programs. Its a Vizio 40" D series.

Buckeye, I would like going to pellet stove. But my back would not like it.

LS, good lawnmower maintenance project.

Thomas, wife firing up wood stove. :dance1:

Everyone be safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

Ron, please remind us what camera you are using and what resolution these pics are taken at. Sure better than my Iphone...

 

[pennwalk]

Rv dealers have had quite a year thanks to Covid changing folks vacation plans

I understand real estate at the shore has been selling like hot cakes too. Sounds like there are a lot of smiling agents. If we ever get clear of this epidemic it will be interesting to see if people keep their shore houses and RVs. I have been thinking about a travel trailer but most look over priced and not that nice. Maybe next year.

Chris

 

[Thomas]

Mostly_gas.
"Thomas getting ready for winter?"

Roy and Phil are hinting and I'm listening.

 

[Thomas]

31F light frost mid 60's for high sunny.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Dump run,get critter food,remove anything from shed may freeze etc. put in basement,other than that no sure.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, please remind us what camera you are using and what resolution these pics are taken at. Sure better than my Iphone...

Today’s picture was taken with my Canon EOS 7D. 18 megapixels. Raw Data was 7.6 MB. I shoot most pictures in auto mode. Most critter pictures are taken with my EOS 6D. 20 megapixels. 20.1 MB.
Biggest difference is 6D is a full frame and 7D is a cropped frame. Full frame is the size of 135 film.
My iPhone 10 max also takes good pictures of close ups.
Here is rose I took with it.

 

[daugen]

Today’s picture was taken with my Canon EOS 7D. 18 megapixels. Raw Data was 7.6 MB. I shoot most pictures in auto mode. Most critter pictures are taken with my EOS 6D. 20 megapixels. 20.1 MB.
Biggest difference is 6D is a full frame and 7D is a cropped frame. Full frame is the size of 135 film.
My iPhone 10 max also takes good pictures of close ups.
Here is rose I took with it.
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the rose is very pretty but more resolution on your "real" cameras...
Problem is size of picture, 20mb may look good but you can't send two of them through most email servers.
Having said this, I'm still surprised how nice most phone pics look, and the important thing is you have the picture, not having the camera back in the
car or house...

I started off taking pictures as high school yearbook photographer with a double reflex Yashica camera, taking three pics of every shot trying to bracket the right F stop.
Boy have we come a long way baby...automatic usually works best for me too, camera is smarter than I am.

finished my shopping, waiting for it to warm up a bit then out to wash bottom of rv, take off covers, etc.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 69F @ 5:00AM. Sunny. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. High 89F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
AQI 157 and 328, inside and out. Winds have been coming from the east, moving smoke from two hot spots down canyon and making it difficult to breathe, even indoors. The weatherman's predicting a swing from the south to southwest, hopefully that'll improve the situation like it did last week.

The meadow wasn't very tall when you cut that swath, Eric. Were the sheep there ahead of you?

If RVs are in such demand, Drew, why not sell it yourself and cut out the middle man? Probably get more for it in Pennsylvania anyway, with it's more affluent population.

Very colorful this morning, Ron. Is that one off a tulip tree?

All that just for an oil change, Ted? You're a more patient man than I!

Dug into the instrument cluster on the van one more time to check the voltage regulator. Once I got the right pinout, it tested fine. Troubleshooting fault tree seems to point to the alternator as the problem now, but need another drive to make sure. And then I need to decide if I want to replace it with a rebuilt one, rebuild it myself, or try to find a new one. I'm not sure they're available any longer from the Subaru dealer.

Tried streaming some YouTube videos on the big screen, and the satellite feed just couldn't keep up. Too much buffering and blurry images. So much for the HughesNet propaganda.

Firmware update on the network gizmo didn't take, either. Probably the same problem with lousy data transfer rate.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a great start!

 

[toppop52]

I got the tractor disassembled, partially anyway. I had to detach the dash /cowl to be able to lift the fenders / floorboard high enough to get access to the trans. I am glad I decided to change the fluid.... it was all 'yucky' looking, a little foamy too. The tractor is 14 years old and the trans has never been serviced (supposed to be "non-serviceable" according to Tuff Torq and the owners manual).

After BEF was rebuilding his, I started looking into doing mine. That's when I found out the K66 is a heavy duty and used in a lot of commercial mowers. They recommend changing the fluid at 50 hours then every 200! SOOOO,.... we'll just let the homeowner ones just burn up so they have to buy another mower.....

Anyway, I gained access and cleaned everything up, no leaks noticed, even all the original stickers were still on. When I was ready to refill the oil, Thankfully I noticed I bought the wrong oil for it.... should be 5w50.... I got 20w50.... none to be had locally, so ordered online through NAPA. I can pick it up in the big city tomorrow. I will be going in to the city anyway for a Dr's appointment, so I will pick it up on the way home.

So, cleaned the mower deck and sharpened the blades instead. Finished up and called it an earlier day. Here's a few pics of the 'pile' of tractor parts.

What model Craftsman is that? I had a GT5000 that I put a Johnny bucket on and beat in it for years, sold and the you re still using it.

 

[toppop52]

“Randy and why did the plasma run out, what were you feeding it?”

Mostly, large quantities of electrons!

 

[toppop52]

Good morning all. Two more days of dry weather to come with a high of 21C/70F, after that the rain will be here to give me a break from brick work :dance1:

Catching up on here, I read a few posts about large European churches. We live on the outskirts of a small town - Whitchurch, Shropshire - and with a name like that, it is not surprising that the skyline is dominated by a church tower. St Alkmunds is not as big as some, but is still a very impressive building. This "latest" Whitchurch church one was built way back in 1712, after the earlier one had collapsed. That does not imply any shoddy workmanship, as the original had been giving service since the year 912.

St. Alkmund’s Church – Whitchurch, Shropshire

I regularly use the church as an aiming mark, though not for shooting! The route of the footpath that crosses several of our fields is not obvious where it passes over the undulating landscape, so if I am out topping, I will cut a path to guide new walkers, the very top of the church tower showing me which way to steer the Iseki. Of course this is no coincidence, as the original purpose of many footpaths is as a direct route to church.

Your churches only last 800 years?!

 

[ronjhall]

Very colorful this morning, Ron. Is that one off a tulip tree?

It's a Maple Leaf. I think some bugs have been chewing on it.

 

[ronjhall]

Very colorful this morning, Ron. Is that one off a tulip tree?

It's a Maple Leaf. I think some bugs have been chewing on it.

 

[txdon]

All that just for an oil change, Ted? You're a more patient man than I!

Says the man with the 13 year restoration Volkswagen Vanagon project. :biggrin::wink:

Ahh! now the Fall pics, can't wait. Fall officially starts Tomorrow but a Ron preview today. Fall is my favorite time of the year.

Eric, I think the picture on the hillside made your straight line to the church look like a curved line. (Stick to that story).

Good morning! Temp range today 68˚F to 70˚F with a little bit of a sprinkle this morning, .01". Cloudy with on and off small rain showers today, we are predicted to get 1.5" over the next 2 days from TS Beta as it heads right toward us and then tomorrow runs away from us.

Still waiting for the small seedling in the garage to sprout. Watching the rain is on the agenda today.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 48, high today should be around 82 again. Smokey haze.

Randy, the tractor is a DGS6500. It too has been used and abused. Keeps on going. The engine is the Kohler 26 HP twin.

Drew, yes, the oil cooler is a biggin'.... with the hot dusty climate out here, I figured it could really use the extra oil capacity (essentially doubled it). I had all the components left over from the Jeep and VW bug projects, so why not put it to good use!

Just to clarify, changing the engine oil is a piece of cake / easy peasy. All this disassembly is to get to the transmission.... supposed to be "maintenance free", but found out that it CAN be serviced, extending its life considerably. I am glad that it only should be done every 200 hours. This will probably be the only time it has to be done.... by me anyway

Today is errand day, with a Dr's appointment thrown in the mix. Hopefully they won't be backed up like usual.

Ron, nice pic of the 'first leaf of fall' , I presume. Spring and Fall are my favorite times of the year.

Drew, good luck with the possible sale of the RV. Hopefully the dealer will realize he should make a better offer this time!

Everyone have a great day and start to the week!

 

[toppop52]

Good morning to all! Low of 48, high today should be around 82 again. Smokey haze.

Randy, the tractor is a DGS6500. It too has been used and abused. Keeps on going. The engine is the Kohler 26 HP twin.

Drew, yes, the oil cooler is a biggin'.... with the hot dusty climate out here, I figured it could really use the extra oil capacity (essentially doubled it). I had all the components left over from the Jeep and VW bug projects, so why not put it to good use!

Just to clarify, changing the engine oil is a piece of cake / easy peasy. All this disassembly is to get to the transmission.... supposed to be "maintenance free", but found out that it CAN be serviced, extending its life considerably. I am glad that it only should be done every 200 hours. This will probably be the only time it has to be done.... by me anyway

Today is errand day, with a Dr's appointment thrown in the mix. Hopefully they won't be backed up like usual.

Ron, nice pic of the 'first leaf of fall' , I presume. Spring and Fall are my favorite times of the year.

Drew, good luck with the possible sale of the RV. Hopefully the dealer will realize he should make a better offer this time!

Everyone have a great day and start to the week!

Mine had a B&S 26hp. The only problem I had was the steering sector is weak in them and I replaced front wheel bushings with bearings to support the bucket that was often well overloaded.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Luckily, the 6500 came with greaseable wheel bearings. It was the heaviest built tractor in the Craftsman lineup at the time. There were a couple "upgrades" which just added foo-foo Stuff like bright yellow bumpers and cloth canopy.

These tractors were no comparison to the '72 Wheelhorse "14 Automatic" that I had. It was built like a tank, but parts were becoming really scarce and pricey.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Now if they only made wheelhorses like this today.....