Good morning!!!!

[Dftodd]

Your telling me its not mugga puxels ??

They from New york city??? Boston maybe

 

[Buppies]

Local cat dealer having trouble getting parts sourcin hydraulic oil whoever has it they cannot get shell rotella t non existent. We run Amsoil not effected yet

 

[daugen]

on Wunderground if you go to the main map and click on windstream, it shows the cold air is going all the way down through Texas into Southern Mexico.

if you want a new Escalade, you'd better want it very badly.

Price Gougers: The New Car Brands Being Marked Up the Most

Car shopping? In this economy? Steer clear of these brands for a deal.

www.motortrend.com

 

[Dftodd]

Good evening all. 45ºF for the start, with temps falling, and .2 inch in rain gauge, overcast, windy. windy till sunset, overcast till sunset and temp quit falling at noon, at 33F. High temp was at midnight 62ºF, and low forecast at 11:59PM is 29ºF. Dew point has been close to temp all day. Started fire in insert, and puttered till after lunch, did stationary trainer ride and nap. Took Wife to diner and grocery shopping in town then fish club meeting.
Dennis I just ordered mine, did not get a firm date, just a blurb saying they are behind !!
Doug sorry about your mower, yes if it shakes you the bearing life will be much shorter. What do you do with snakes?
David good to hear guy won (again)
Bill I have plenty ashes Hope the carb cleaner helps the sensor.
Bird front went through here just after 2AM and ended with .2 inch in rain gauge whished it was more.
Billy hope you enjoyed your hike sounds like you earned it.
Buppies thanks for heads up, wondering when to put batteries back in boat.
Drew hope port procedure went well, when they took wife's port out it was piece of cake.
Dftodd what will you do with 300 gal of DEF?
RNG hope you have a nice trip.
Paul sorry about the load, I would have been frustrated too. Good to hear Emily is stable for now. nice
pic
Ken nic pic David(mossflawerwoods) was looking at some thinf similar in VA.
Rich not familiar with "dead skunk on the table" but have run into people like that in the machining/stamping world.
PJ you are getting some wild changes in temps.
Ted good to hear you are getting some snow, is soil moisture improving any? Know dear leader it was an experiment, I did not like the results. pizza party sounds fun and nice snow pics
RNG you never know, might shorten line at DMV for month or two
Bird I do not like hearing you had so much trouble online!
David sorry abiut the neighbor woes. Hope no pigs got in.
Buppies so plan when it warms back up put batteries in and go fishine
Doug Missouri and Texas require safety inspections to be able to renew license plate.
Rich your letter was effective
Dftodd that is a lot of rain
Billy ITOTKO ?
Drew sorry for the delay. Metal detector sounds like fun, good luck with investment research.
Thomas more goodies for skidder? Project creep?
Jim thanks for the explanation
Drew hope you sleep well.
Randy glad you caught the stop limit issue, good news on the vehicle change.
PJ glad you could get out of Doge before roads got real bad.
Kyle hope you have a good date tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/surgery infection, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes /rib, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /nephew - Covid /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

I work for a rental company. All equipment tier 4 over a certain HP requires DEF. Plus two semi's and a diesel service truck and diesel flat bed.

Some equipment we have can go through 10 gallons of DEF a day. That adds up quick if the customer returns it with a near empty DEF tank. Which happens quite often.

I can get the 300 gallon tote of DEF for 40% a gallon cheaper in bulk then the cost at the pump at the truck stop or the 2.5 gallon jugs from the auto parts store.

Currently our drivers have been filling them from the pump at the truck stop to save on everyone lugging jugs.

 

[Popgadget]

Harbor freight has SAE set screw assortments

Set Screw Assortment, 150 Piece

Amazing deals on this 150 Piece Set Screw Assortment at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

Here is a metric set from Amazon.

Amazon.com

 

[Buppies]

Next week (end of)starts the turn down in temperatures mild next week (thru mid week). March will start off rough east of Rocky Mountains

 

[wngsprd]

Thanks for the good ideas on set screws. I originally installed the handle when I installed the EA grapple 3rd function valve. Out of curiosity, I just looked on their site...they sell a different 3rd function valve now...boy, have the grapple prices gone up

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 52 and falling like a rock.

Rain is through here, high rate was 2-1/2” per hour, but it came through quick, only got 1/8”. Power was out briefly, generator started, not sure if it was out long enough to transfer the load. Winds are about 30 kts.

Yesterday’s first project was assembling a crib for DIL, spent a little time in the shop, and then got to the airport and made some progress there.

Today, the plan is airport in the morning, lunch with a friend, then put a remote start kit in daughter’s RAV 4, and then a musical get together with dinner in a crock pot for the attendees. Should be a full and productive day if I stick to the program.

Emily is continuing to do well, going up and down stairs and getting around pretty well. She is getting used to what she can’t do, and not being frustrated.

 

[Buppies]

We could all take a clue from Emily myself especially

 

[daugen]

Dftodd, what tales you could tell about customers wrecking your expensive equipment in creative ways.

I don't understand why they can't put the DEF in the diesel fuel and stop all this nonsense. I know the chemistry doesn't work that way, being a sort
of afterburner process but makes you wonder if they can't improve on ol' #2 fuel oil. Now it's ultralow most bad stuff but wonder if you dumped a gallon of DEF
in your diesel tank, how that would run. Don't try this at home....

And since it's urea/uric acid, sort of, I know there are some hillbillies trying to pee in their DEF tank.
Something tells me it wouldn't lubricate too well vs petroleum
It's an unfortunate solution to emissions.

But I have read many times how properly maintained modern engines run a lot smoother and start a lot easier than
Tier 1's and 2's. And use less fuel. My understanding is the improvement in fuel economy far outweighs the cost of DEF. And we have less nasties going into the atmosphere.
Bill and Buppies and others who run heavy trucks, have you seen a mpg improvement over the years? Of course then we get gouged for fuel because of international manipulation and
that extra 1mpg doesn't mean much when fuel went up a dollar a gallon. I'd think when fuel prices are highest that mpg would get really important to bottom line.
DEF is all about clean air. Just wish technology would advance to make it unecessary but I guess we are just waiting for electric everything to come.

You rarely see black smoke coming out of a big truck anymore, particularly fleet trucks. If you want black smoke go to a tractor pull.