Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Got home about an hour ago 27 outside wind blowing at 30mph 500 gallon propane tank empty auto refill my butt they will hear about in morning lots of blankets for sure no hot water either but arrived safe and sound even made it up driveway

It is good news that you made it back. You could sue the supplier, or at least threaten them. I had to do that to a propane company I had up here,for the very same reason, it worked.
You got electricity, you've got hot water.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Sorry to hear about the dry tank, Buppies. I put one of these monitors on and can check the tank without having to go down to it. They have versions that work either with your WiFi network or with a cellular modem. WiFi's cheaper because there's no monthly fee, but your network has to be able to reach the tank.

 

[sodamo]

Is there an idler pulley on it? If so then maybe the bearings in it are going or gone.

Good point, Bill. 4 pulleys I believe and while I checked the spindles I didn’t check the pulleys,

 

[sodamo]

Appreciate the suggestions, but pretty much all going the wrong direction. Reading back, looks like I didn't really explain what I'm looking for, or why. There is a piece of schedule 40 pvc on it now that she thinks is too heavy and exerting too much pull on the grommets holding it at the top. I'm looking for something lighter and in the 1/2" to 3/4" diameter range. It's really just to keep the bottom of the material straight and give it something to roll up around (she's sewn velcro strips at the top to hold it up above the closet doors when rolled up).

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I'm thinking that PEX tubing might be the answer. It seems pretty lightweight, yet rigid enough to keep the bottom straight. Now, I just need to find someone to sell me a 64" section of it.

Wouldn’t the pex have a tendency to curl?

What about rope or cable? Can buy either by the foot at HD.

 

[Jim Shooz]

Yeah, February here is just a tad different than there, as you know. We're looking at single digit lows this weekend and all next week. The Giant will stay in the garage for a little longer.

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we did 30k on friday mostly single track mountain bike trails at Rotorua. Then sunday 40k mostly local streets but quite a few trails. Next week 3 of us are of to do the Alps to Ocean.320km but over 7 days. It's summer here and the temperature has been around 28 - 30C (84 -86F)

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-02-03, 0330

24 right now...high, about 30 today...

After clearing the snow yesterday, we had another dumping mid afternoon...maybe 2". Broke a shear pin when trying to push back some frozen snow partially blocking my neighbor's mailbox. I'll replace that today. Fortunately, it's the easy one to replace (two shear pins on a Frontier snow blower).
My other neighbor's son came over last evening to shovel the roof...not necessary to do the whole roof, but one section will result in leaking ceiling if not cleared. Since he hadn't been over after the last couple snows, and the temperature has been so cold, the snow on the roof was like concrete. Took him a while to break it up.

 

[Eric Salop]

A treat this morning to be able to enjoy others snow pics while here the temperature has shot up to the point where grass is starting to grow. It may not be much and likely only for a couple of days, even so every extra mm is most welcome this year.

Captain Tom, our national treasure who raised a fortune for UK health services using nothing more than a Zimmer frame and determination has died. There is sad irony in the fact that it was Covid that took his life, though having made it past the age of 100 and accomplishing so much, I doubt he would have been at all bitter about that.

PJ, ask around at work and see if anyone goes sea fishing. The butt section used for heavy duty glass fibre or carbon fibre fishing rods is stiff and lightweight - just don't tell them why you would like to borrow a rod

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Appreciate the suggestions, but pretty much all going the wrong direction. Reading back, looks like I didn't really explain what I'm looking for, or why. There is a piece of schedule 40 pvc on it now that she thinks is too heavy and exerting too much pull on the grommets holding it at the top. I'm looking for something lighter and in the 1/2" to 3/4" diameter range. It's really just to keep the bottom of the material straight and give it something to roll up around (she's sewn velcro strips at the top to hold it up above the closet doors when rolled up).

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I'm thinking that PEX tubing might be the answer. It seems pretty lightweight, yet rigid enough to keep the bottom straight. Now, I just need to find someone to sell me a 64" section of it.

Sounds like you might be looking for a curtain rod.

 

[Popgadget]

Sorry to hear about the dry tank, Buppies. I put one of these monitors on and can check the tank without having to go down to it. They have versions that work either with your WiFi network or with a cellular modem. WiFi's cheaper because there's no monthly fee, but your network has to be able to reach the tank.

I installed the WIFI version, I added an outdoor access point to communicate with the standby generator, so I had good signal. I think that it would be cheaper to add an access point than to use the cellular version. I discovered that my propane supplier uses them for their large customers, and was able to get them to communicate with my tank. My sporadic use as backup heat and generator required me to be an “on call” customer, but now they will fill it when they are in the area without me calling.

 

[mpham]

Morning all! 24 here going to 30 with clouds.
Looks like my 6 inch estimate was off a little. The wind blew the section of the walk in front of my house down to that. The rest of the yard and driveway was over the shovel (about 18 inches)with drifts up to 3 feet. The B2650 blew and plowed like it was nothing. Sure glad it was not as wet as they thought it would be. The town plow actually did a great job keeping our street open. Will have to clean up the drifts from overnight and clean around the mail box and fire hydrant but should be an easy job. Another storm coming Friday. Hopefully stays cold enough to snow not rain.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!