Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Here is a link. Check it over

Shelter-Maintenance.pdf

I buy occasionally from this outfit, I have gotten the seedling/shrub protectors 16” and have them on our blueberries.

tree protectors | Forestry Suppliers, Inc.

tree protectors | Forestry Suppliers, Inc.

www.forestry-suppliers.com

 

[KilroyJC]

I need an image link, so just posting this here:

 

[daugen]

Bill, our gas prices have been going down. I saw regular for 3.19 and diesel for 3.69 recently.
Hope lower prices make it up your way.

I still stick with "certified" gas and stay away from no name brands.
you pull into a station and see the fuel filter on the pump is all rusted and looks like it has been on there for years....drive away.
am supposed to put premium in my Volvo due to turbo and supercharger, but it runs ok on mid grade. I usually run several tanks of premium, then slip
in some lower octane stuff around half tank.

my young friend with his new GMC full size truck is averaging 23mpg with his 3 liter straight six diesel engine.
That's better than my car.
I think a new Silverado High Country with that diesel and Super Cruise would be a sweet set up. 25+ mpg on the road.
Rated for 13k towing.
I think you give up too much ride comfort going to 3/4 to 1 ton pickups.
The interior of Buppies' Suburban was beautiful, real wood, nice leather, large dash screens, GM finally has made a really nice interior.
Now if GM would only offer four wheel air suspension like Ram does.

and we can't look to EV's for a solution here either, lots of recent press about how their range goes in half, or less, when towing.
I'd get the optional 42 gallon diesel tank. No range anxiety with that.

I found this pic of my 2015 Ram 3500 dually. Laramie interior, wood and leather, the first of the nice truck interiors.
High output Cummins. Originally bought to pull a fifth wheel, then I found the farm in NC. No time for rv'ing then.
I think I paid 60k for it back then. Ordered it with factory fifth wheel setup in bed, and never used it.
Sure would make an amazing rv tow rig now. Fritz has something similar in a Ford.
I had just driven across NC to pick up some new implements from Everything Attachments

trucks are always fun to talk about...

 

[Buppies]

Drew the Yukon has all air ride suspension and corvette ride sensing shocks get 21mpg on road with 420hp, 17mpg in town

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

 

[Buppies]

Ram has air bags in rear handles and rides very well 17 mpg in town 21 to 22mpg on the road biggest redeeming factor huge back seat and Cummins diesel 70000 miles now

 

[Buppies]

.25 inches of rain last night very cloudy this morning high in 70 more rain tomorrow

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[daugen]

got an email from my old neighbor saying the drunk farmer with the wrecked farm next to us in Washington NC had finally passed away after
two years in nursing home as an indigent. He wrecked his tractors, he wrecked his farm and along the way he wrecked himself with alcohol.
Hopefully now the heirs will sell place to someone who will bulldoze it. This pic was taken early on when I got there. I think that is a 140 pulling the non running 1010 JD.
I40 wound up broken and overgrown by ten foot tall weeds. Which eventually covered his entire property.
He truly ran it into the ground.
He never once thanked me for all the stuff I did for him. Not sure he knew how in his pickled state.

And then his trailer trash daughter told my neighbor/friend that she thought I was abusing him or taking advantage of him.
They were all nuts. I mowed that guy's fields, his lawn, scraped his driveway and took him box after box of food.
I rented two acres from him at more than twice the going rate, to get him some cash to pay his overdue tax liens.
I never asked for anything, all his stuff was wrecked, generations of old farm equipment broken down in the weeds. Half a dozen transplanters, all broken.
Seems everything he touched he broke. Pretty sad actually.

my favorite picture is him driving his Farmall over my nice front lawn, over my garden irrigation pipes near the property line, breaking one, completely oblivious.
Had lost his license long before due to drunk driving, but no one would take his tractor away from him. Until it ran no more, finally dying on the front lawn.
once he got into nursing home, and dried out and fed properly, he lasted quite a while, even with dementia, until some abused organ finally quit on him.
The "collard man" and his dilapidated farm will now pass into history.

and because it is Sunday morning I hope he rests in peace.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 63 going up to 73, sun is up.
Humid yesterday but got tomatoes and peppers planted.
Met sons gf father, seems ok, and I guess we were ok to him, she stayed for a few hours. Nice kid.

M7040 - those shelters are nice. The ones used around here seem to be rolls and people forget to remove them (since put on by paid landscapers) causing the trees to die most of the time. The shelters you show with the seams look like a great solution.

That forestry supply place has reasonable prices. But the covers would need to be huge as the bucks love scratching on the pines.

Be Well

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 43°, heading for 66°. Chances of rain now decreased to 30%.... didn't get any yesterday either... so another missed forecast.

Considering the heavy cloud cover yesterday looked like it was about to dump on us and not a drop fell, my expectations for any precip today is not high..... just some spotty clouds so far....

Got the materials cut for the next 3 planters / raised beds Cut to size and predrilled. Still have to cut the metal sides.
Those will get completed today.

The reason for the planters not being completed yesterday:
There is a 'local guy' who digs evergreens out of the local mountain forests, then brings them into town to sell out of his truck. We have been waiting to see him, as we needed another pinyon pine to match an existing one at the end of the drive (one on each side). Told him an approximate size.... he went and dug one up and brought it to the house.
Needless to say, a big hole got dug and a big 7'H x 5'W pinyon got planted. I am really glad I have the tractor...couldn't even stand it up due to the weight. Glad I have a lifting strap that works great with said tractor!

Did an 'abbreviated' (half as much) drip irrigation schedule yesterday, in anticipation of all the rain we were supposed to get today..... Might get some precip, so will hold off on running it again until midweek.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 77F @ 8:30AM. Abundant sunshine. High 93F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.
No rain and highs in the 90s for the rest of the 10-day. So much for spring...

Yesterday was a mental health day; didn't get much done besides laundry. And falling into the YouTube. Thanks for the feedback, David, time for a deep dive into YouTube TV.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[sodamo]

Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there

65°F and .10 inches rain.

Continuation of the pressure washing today, see how many walls I can get today.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

69F and sunny @ 12:00, calling for a high of 74F.

Total rainfall yesterday was 0.41".

That will keep things greened up and growing ... which is a bit of mixed bag (saves having to water the plants, but could stand to not have to cut the grass so much)

Snuck up to the shop last night after Woman went to bed and got wings welded on the grapple:

It needs some addition repairs and modifications to reinforce it, but those will have to wait till later for a rainy day ... after I have the shop straightened up/cleared out.

Will get that moved out of the shop today so I can put the Light Material bucket in there and get the wings welded on it some evening.

Otherwise, agenda for today will include:

Refill hopper feeder.

Check mealworm feeder and refill it if needed.

Mow down here around the house.

Gather up all the chains that are floating around and see if I have enough length to safely pull down the several dead ash trees that have broken off at the base but are still standing, leaning up against the maples.

Finish cleaning cab of van.

Bring live trap over from barn for that 'coon that keeps showing up at the feeders.

Maybe get some mulch spread.

Plus whatever else come up.

Hope everyone has a happy Mother's Day ...

 

[rswyan]

Anti-seize is your friend here. I applied it after beating off the rotors so next time hopefully good

Yup ...

Would have to check my maintenance logs to be sure but I'm pretty certain I did the anti-seize on the mating surfaces last time I had the rotors off on the Sprinter. Always do it on the threads.

Know for sure I did it on the Passat (alloy wheels)

One thing I did run into with wheel bolts on the Passat, which probably applies to any other vehicle as well, is that the threads aren't the only place that they will seize.

The mating surface where the bolts contact the rim can also be problematic ...

At any rate I did get a good look at the front brake pads yesterday up at Discount Tire while they had the wheels off: 50% or better left ...

 

[rswyan]

Just heard a huge CRACK ... followed by a loud THUMP !!!

... so maybe one less tree to take down ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

“Tow dig trees” are “two fig trees” after Autokowrecked sneaks in and edits my text without me realizing it before hitting Post reply…

One of these days I’m going to post what’s on the screen, which isn’t usually what I type.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Taking mom to brunch up in Pigeon Forge today,— but we refuse to go to Asheville since they got so stupid there and it has become too dangerous.
!

Didn’t realize you was in that part of NC. Went thru Asheville a month or so ago. Roads were terrible and so was traffic.

 

[m7040]

Good morning, (late) easy day, 73 now likely the high for the day. Mothers day

But did get the oil and filter changed on the engine on the RTV using work arounds to save the shoulder for strain. The regular oil filter wrench could not get on without full use of both hands since it has to pushed past a hose. (Kubota at its best) but was able to find some alternative oil filter wrenches that I forgot I had. The skid plate was also a challenge but held it with shoulder while getting the screws threaded. The small Bosch impact worked great for this
The Milwaukee hood light works good on the loadbed and lights up the engine bay pretty good.

Ken, the tree shelters are best when removed but if not they split pretty easily

 

[buckeyefarmer]

74° and sunny.
Worship went well. My son led singing for 2nd time at morning worship.
Went to local place for Mother’s Day meal. I got rack of ribs and they disappeared.
Glad to see everyone well and productive. Well, except Drew’s old neighbor. I remember all the tells. Drew, you did good trying to help him. Some people just refuse to be helped. Here’s current google view of his mess

 

[m7040]

Yup ...

Would have to check my maintenance logs to be sure but I'm pretty certain I did the anti-seize on the mating surfaces last time I had the rotors off on the Sprinter. Always do it on the threads.

Know for sure I did it on the Passat (alloy wheels)

One thing I did run into with wheel bolts on the Passat, which probably applies to any other vehicle as well, is that the threads aren't the only place that they will seize.

The mating surface where the bolts contact the rim can also be problematic ...

At any rate I did get a good look at the front brake pads yesterday up at Discount Tire while they had the wheels off: 50% or better left ...

I don't do it on the threads because it can distort the torque settings. Just clean off rust and check with torque wrench

 

[Popgadget]

Good Day.
It was under 50 when I got up, 68 now and will likely top 70.
A beautiful day out there.
Yesterday was slow moving, but stayed occupied.
I turned off the power to the rack with the hard drive recorder without stopping the recorder on Friday night. That left the drive unreadable, even though it did record 24 tracks. So as a project, I created a new header for the drive to to make it readable and recovered the tracks. It was only a practice, the recording was not really important, but it was a good exercise.
That took way longer than it was worth, but it was a good learning experience.

Noticed the the tail wheel was missing on my RC cub, looked out on the runway, but didn’t find it. So today I dug through my parts and found some music wire and a wheel, and made a crude replacement.

Took Zoe for a walk to the pond, where she got all muddy, discovered afterwards that squirting her with the hose spooked her.

Walked her onto the scale in the barn, she was 82lbs at 6-1/2 months. She looks the part of an adult, but has the impulse control of a toddler.