Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 8:15AM. Sunny. High 76F. Winds light and variable.
Looks like a beautiful day on tap, but the Red Flag Warning comes back tomorrow morning and will run through Tuesday. The power outage rating jumped to a Watch yesterday, and the juice will go off again sometime tomorrow after 2PM, and won't resume until sometime late Tuesday.

Speaking of juice, I finally got through to the solar contractor yesterday, and was told his partner should have gotten back to me three weeks ago. Talk about throwing someone under the bus! I forwarded another copy of the punch list to him, and was told he'd be meeting with the partner in an hour and he would call me back. No call, so I'll try him a little later this morning.

More fine fall colors, Ron. How long between fillings for the bird feeders?

Good luck with that defogger, Don. I have a shelf with a half dozen brands that don't work. Better you should figure out why your mask is leaking air, though, as it's not providing the protection it's supposed to.

What will happen to the metal that came out of the doorway, David?

One step closer to the carb install on the white bike yesterday when I epoxied a cam lobe to the throttle gear to increase the stoke on the cable pull. It's something I've done before, needed to adopt the older carbs to a newer bike. I'd left the gate open for a FedEx delivery, but found a parcel from DHL on the driveway in front of the garage. It had the new ignition system in it, less than a week all the way from Germany! Got busy making a bracket to hang the new twin coils. Paper patterns first, then cut the metal and drill it. I'll get it welded and painted this morning. The old unit triggered off the cam, and this new one triggers off the crank. No more timing variation due to timing chains, but now I need to make up a plate to blank off where the old ignition mounted. That would have been a perfect project for one of Kyle's CNC machines, but I'll make it in two pieces by turning cranks...

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[RoyJackson]

The rear 3PH controller is really cool! Haven't tried the creeper (inching) control yet...raining now.
The quick hitch is on the 3PH, but the adjustable lift link (for leveling) won't rotate to adjust. I sprayed PB Blaster on it and hope it frees up. I don't want to rig the blower until I can adjust (level) the lift links. I might have to remove the QH to use a long pry bar to break the stuck lift ling loose...only about half to 5/8ths out of adjustment
That's a bummer, but as long as it isn't cross threaded, it should loosen up after a few hours. If not, I'll ask the dealer to take care of it...might need replacement, but that'll be a dealer decision. I'm not going to fault the dealer...but did notice all grease fittings except this link had been greased.
Rain isn't hard...just sprinkling, actually...but enough to get the leaves wet and difficult to use a blower on the gutters or the lawn. I expected to do that job tomorrow anyway.
I did get a 50' outside (heavy duty) extension cord, so that task is complete.
Guess I'll have a beer, maybe watch a movie...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I meant no disrespect when I mentioned paying somebody for my upcoming project. You were a victim of someone who talked big and delivered little. Sorry.

No worries Kyle.:laughing: I've learned my lesson about trusting people, and should have done the van work myself. Even if I had to do some of it over again in the learning process, it would have been done correctly and in less time.

The last power outage ended at 12:27 PM yesterday, as logged by the solar power control computer. Didn't run the generator except for the normal Friday exercise period, all done automatically. I do find myself scheduling activities that need a lot of electrical power for the peak sun hours of the day; it's a use it or lose it situation with solar once the battery bank is fully charged. Doesn't always work out, especially when it's hot and I need to run the A/C overnight. When I was off the grid during the fires earlier this year, I did use the generator to keep the battery bank charged, but only put four hours on the generator during that time. During a two day outage last year about this time, the little Honda generator ran 25 hours keeping the 'fridge cold and running the TV and lights at night. Now the battery bank takes care of those loads easily, and no messing around with gasoline and patch cords. So far the solar power system is the best purchase I've made in 2020!:thumbsup:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Just ran across a horrific statistic put out by CalFire. So far this year, there have been 81 arson fires here in California, 58 of them were wildfires. The rest were on buildings. Hard to believe someone would deliberately cause such destruction and loss of life, but I guess it's another sign of the times we're livin' in. I can't imagine a punishment severe enough for these sickos, except maybe burnin' 'em at the stake.

 

[polo1665]

Rick, besides the logo on the seats what makes it a Texas edition?

It'll only make right turns...…..can't go left.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I remembered to take pics of the tractor mirrors (before being distracted by the next shiney thing...)



Then I also remembered my other addition on the tractor.... an "air ride seat"..... poor man's edition..... seems to be working so far!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning! 49˚F heading to only the high 60s. Winter is back. Went to the outback yesterday to deliver provisions to Mom. Y'all remember when you choose your "forever" place to make sure it has medical facilities in the county and a grocery store that delivers or move closer to you kids.

Ron the tractor pic yesterday was mulch (wood chips) not compost. The green house wants to till in compost and plant things in the area around it. I think my mistake of mulch was a better idea, mulch it to keep the weeds out and forget it. Oh well, that is an area I don't have to keep up.

Roy those are some neat things you have on that Deere, it will be fun.

Kyle, for some reason I'm excited about our new Steiner project. I see where there are two different Kubota motors, do you know which one yours has? Are there any attachments that come with it, I see they make 26.

Still no fall colors here but the greens are a getting duller.

As I was shopping for Mom yesterday I found 1 container of lysol laundry sanitizer and stopping at another HEB grocery store found a spray can of lysol they had just stocked so I'm good for another 2 months.

I could not find any defogger mentioned here but I did order another spray defogger for glasses with mask wearing and it is a 5 star product. It's Fogaway from amazon. It's sprayed on and after it dries (I use a hairdryer to speed up the process) you wipe it off. No fogged up glasses anymore, yea! (And it's made in Ohio.)
Amazon.com: Anti Fog Spray for Glasses | Prevents Fog on All Lenses and Devices such as: Glasses, Goggles, PPE, VR Headsets | Safe on Anti-Reflective Lenses | Made in the USA | FogAway by Gamer Advantage: Health & Personal Care

Don, likewise. You are right, there are 2 models of Kubota diesels, and I believe it depends on which year model it is. I don't know which one yet. Looking at the exhaust and intake photo is the only clue I believe it's a diesel, and the dash has a glow plug light. I've already looked at a post where a guy showed how to take apart a Sundstrand hydraulic pump and repair it. The thing belonged to a state gov't entity, and I'm hoping that maybe something little caused it to die. There are very few repair centers for them (especially down here), so I'm guessing that repair costs/logistics had prompted them to sell it. It certainly could use an "Imron Overhaul" too. I initially talked to a guy at the complex and he said that they had equipment to help load it. Then I got a snarky reply from the administrative assistant that NO help would be offered. The thing was placed on an old trailer and still sits there. The guy also initially said he would get it off the trailer. So I asked Ms. Snarky to just have him take it off the old trailer and place it on the ground where I can access it. I need to get a come-along and some straps. I hope to go on Tuesday or Wednesday to pick it up. You want to go with me? It's about 2.5 hours southeast from here.

Here are all the evidence photos I had to determine to buy it or not...Time and knowledge will determine what we have.

They are not necessarily the most eye appealing things, but diesel, hydrostatic, similar to Deere F series like Ron's, and Toro makes them too.

 

[RoyJackson]

It'll only make right turns...…..can't go left.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!!!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

There are very few repair centers for them (especially down here), so I'm guessing that repair costs/logistics had prompted them to sell it.

You're in luck, Kyle: Messick's carries Steiner parts!

 

[sodamo]

70°F and no measurable rain.

Will cut the big do in this morning. Using lessons learned hopefully quicker and neater.

Sophie off to town. Local Outdoor Circle giving away 2 trees per vehicle.

UPS delivered security gateway very late yesterday.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day