Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

M7040, it sounds to me like he has quit fighting. I'm hoping for a favorable outcome.

I agree on the mower issue, gotta be something in the tank after 30 years. Rust or something.

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Up here the wood pellets are worth $408.04/ton and you pick them up.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
Ron, the Traeger units are very nice, my Vt neighbor has one and it’s a beautiful unit !

Phil, beautiful work on the bowls !

Dennis, that is very interesting! We toured the Robert Todd Lincoln estate today just got home. Entire estate is 412 acres with some spectacular views ! Also overlooking Mount Equinox!

For some reason I am unable to upload any of the pictures !

 

[daugen]

tbn server still unhappy, won't upload mine either, still

 

[Looking4new]

My solitude. No one can see me unless they fly over. But I know where to look to see my closest neighbour.

 

[Buppies]

Got wall weed eated, sidewalk, wall side yard 1/2 of pond and 100 feet of fence at road. I’m whipped turning into pansy,

Good Evening

 

[m7040]

I think Aaron Ohio must have changed since I traveled there. Used to be a lot of upscale places there. Had a client team building session at the Firestone Golf Club years ago. Client had company planes at the airport we could use when the executives did not have them in use. I know how Popg's customers must feel like to take the private plane and avoid airport check-ins etc

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Frits, prayers for your brother and family. I have sympathy for him, it gets old getting prodded and checked every hour or so. He might just want to be in a comfortable place surrounded by family. My dad did almost the same thing. He went back in for the last bit.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Finally a granpa...View attachment 873189

Super Congrats Fuddy! The fun starts now!

Scott, stalling problem started last Dec. only time before it also threw error code for moisture in fuel which I immediately corrected.

Thinking I may have a contributing problem. Fan belt squealing at times. Tension seems fine, alternator charges battery and temp stays near center. The squealing comes and goes, but always at startup, and to be honest I haven’t paid much attention to when working. Something the tech should have noticed immediately and hopefully checked. So I wonder, could the fan maybe slipping just a bit, affecting temp at ECU? I can see where this maybe a problem only when tractor is running under load and not just a sitting idle. I picked up new belt in town yesterday to install today.

Some ECU's control, or ramp up and down the alternator's output. On my little toyota, if you turn the key on, but wait a few seconds, it won't squeal the alternator belt. They say the few seconds allow the ECU to adjust down the draw prior to starting.

We had a perfect day on the lake yesterday, found a nice quiet spot on the lake to anchor and idled away a few hours swimming and sunning while having lunch ! Water was surprisingly warm for this early in the season !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

I'm with TxDon, I like water about 84F to swim in....There is a cooling lake south of my hometown that people would go water ski on decent days in the winter due to the warmer water. Usually a shorty wetsuit was sufficient.

Coldest I've ever purposefully dove in was 50F and I was fully wetsuited, even had a hoody. Still was cold as a well digger's rear in Alaska.

David, sounds like some sage advice. If the ECU is erratic, it can be heat caused possibly, but hard to diagnose. Can you take the hood off, allow it fresh air, and mow for a long time? Put some alligator leads on the fuel pump and mow, checking voltage, then if it stops is voltage getting shut off? Or like Lou stated the fuel shutoff checked too?

I took my son down to Port O'Connor with a buddy who has a floundering rigged boat. We went out Friday night until almost 1:30am, did not get to the hotel until well after 2am. No flounder to be seen. The conditions were horrible for this type of fishing. High tides and murky water. We did however get to see the porpoises take advantage of the lighting we were providing. As you scoot along a weed bank, the mullet will dart out away and the porpoises have learned to follow the flounder boats to get an easy midnight snack. A symbiotic relationship. They get within about 8 feet of the boat or closer. Boat performed well. We had a major storm the next morning with a Tornado warning in our area. We saw one telephone pole cracked and falling over on the trip home.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Drew, for general internet/email/etc computer needs, like ken said, the SSD will make the most noticeable difference. If you're doing cad work or video editing, then a powerful computer is needed.

These are on sale 50% off for I don't know how long, maybe only today. They will take 50% off of this price you see. Great deal IMO for $350. plus tax.

You have to put this code in the coupon box to get the deal: DELL9410DEAL

Dell Latitude 9410 2-In-1 Touch

Dell Refurbished Off Lease Refurbished Laptops

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

PS, don't share my secret cheap computer connection with everybody ha ha.

 

[txdon]

Don, I wonder if a leaf blower would help

After I ran the drill brush through (on each side) I put the shop vac on it to suck out any loose lint then I blew it out with the leaf blower.

 

[m7040]

David, some alternators have a clutch where the pulley is mounted on. When it fails it will make the belts squeal on startup. I had that happen on the MB V6 diesel and it eventually failed and tore up the belts and did damage. You may want to check that out

 

[newbury]

@Drew -
I can vouch for the Dell refurbs. I bought the one I'm typing on now back in November. Dell 5411, 16GB, 512GB SSD, ~$300. Had a few scratches and the battery is only 84% health according to Belarc.
But before my other 8GB, 1TB nonSSD took about 5 minutes to boot, this boots in about 30 seconds or less.
/edit - and that 5 minutes was on a GOOD day.

 

[Thomas]

Brother was hospitalized with water in the lungs. Wrote himself out after 2 days and doing poorly at home. Not good

Thoughts prayers for you brother.

 

[Thomas]

63F, overcast, and damp out @ 12:30, calling for a high of 71F for the day. Some lingering showers in the NEO area.

Got meds doled out first then yesterday morning.

Then got all the mowing done down here around the house.

Mixed up some seed and put it out for the ground feeders, tube feeders will need refilled today. They also need relocated, squirrels have figured out how to get to them by climbing up on the old cedar stump and jumping over.

Bluebirds back at Nest Box No. 2, will check it to see if they have laid another batch of eggs. Maybe put out some mealworms for them.

Checked the one remaining tire on the rolling seat that was loosing air, and it's happening pretty quickly ... so will head up to Menards in Kent in a bit to pick up 2 foam-filled tires/wheels and be done with messing around with it.

They supposedly have black mulch in stock, so will try to pick that up as well.

Drilled five 1/4" holes in the little tray on the rolling cart so it will self-drain if it gets left out in the rain.

Took both the pneumatic tires off and moved them up to the shop for the upcoming bearing swap, along with some other junk including the oil drain pan and got that emptied into the 55 gallon waste oil drum.

Located the small pan that will be used to heat up the seal that needs to be heated to install on lift cylinder piston while I was up there.

Woman continued cleaning up around the outside of the shop, sprayed several gallons of glyphosate, and I reloaded the sprayers for Her several times.

Ran over one of the short t-posts with a wire cup brush in the grinder then got it primed. Also got about 1/2 the topcoat applied (one side)

Moved the one arched trellis up so the bottom is about 1' off the ground and reattached it to the t-posts. (Gives the plants more room to grow) Will do the other one when I get the t-posts for it repainted.

Planted 1 Hot Lemon pepper and 1 Habanero yesterday to see how they would fare overnight with the critters. Looks like they came through the night undisturbed ...

Trimmed some seed heads off the rhubarb, it is doing very well:

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Probably will relocate that to an unfenced area this fall since the critters leave it alone.

Russian Sage has also gotten to the point where it probably should be divided:

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Same deal with that: relocate to an unfenced area since it isn't prone to being eaten.

Woman just went around back to release a bird that had somehow managed to get inside the netting over the strawberries.

She made shortcake from scratch a few days ago to go with the strawberries She harvested, was delicious.

Burning daylight, need to get moving ...

Hope everyone is having a decent Sunday ...

Indeed a green thumb.

 

[rswyan]

Trip to Menards successfully completed.

Got the foam-filled tires/wheels, also picked another can of Rustoleum Rusty Metal primer (12 oz can - on closeout) and a 18" Libman stiff bristle push broom (on sale) for use outside ... plus the 30 bags of mulch (was on sale when I originally ordered it) that the Massillon Menards was out of.

Noticed the Meijers up there had the cheapest diesel prices that I've seen in a long time (53 cents cheaper than the cheap station in The Lakes) so I hit that and filled up the tank in the van. Might be enough to last most of the summer ...

Got the mail on the way back in and then stopped at the shop and swapped out the bearings from the old wheels onto the new ones.

Started a little fire while I was up there to take the chill off.

Installed new tires/wheels on the rolling cart when I came down to the house and got the bearings lubed up plus greased the adjustment screw on the seat.

Speaking of which, can anyone speak to how well those Lock-N-Lube couplers seal on the grease fittings ?

While I like the new Lincoln grease gun I bought (last summer ?) the coupler don't seal worth a crap.

Plus got the one sprayer topped off with glyphosate and the other one about half-filled.

Woman now off to the Indian place to pick up dinner.

She went over to let the neighbor's dogs out while I was gone and that turned into a fiasco (has a couple of new dogs and the little male is a PITA)

Plan is to head up to the shop and finish up the lift cylinder rebuild after dinner.

Still cloudy here but I think the rain is over ... is supposed to be very nice tomorrow ...

 

[rswyan]

Indeed a green thumb.

Was just using the grease gun which doesn't seal well on the fittings and is loaded with green Lucas grease ... so yeah ... green thumb and fingers ...

 

[Thomas]

I’m whipped turning into pansy,
Good Evening

Nope...you do more in one day than LOT of 20 years olds do in week!!!

 

[Thomas]

70F partly cloudy sky.

Was productive day...grass trim under all spruce trees also front field,front and side field mow plus long banks on small stream trim tomorrow more trimming and mowing.
Small streams dry up brooks running low rain coming Wednesday least until Friday.

Time head out on the deck with smooth cigar and bottle ice water see what critter shows up.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[rswyan]

RS, what happened in Akron, shootout at OK Corral?

Somewhat ironically, there's a drive-in fairly up the road a bit from where that happened.

It's name is/was "The Corral"

Their signature burger was a large (like 8" wide) burger called ... (wait for it) ... The Nitemare ...

The Corral: A Tasty NiteMare

Good stuff.

might not want to drive in that neighborhood at night.

Yeah ... I've driven through that general area plenty in my life ... and at night.

But I wouldn't make it practice to hang out there ... especially off the main drags.

must be gangs blasting away at each other
24 people shot after midnight

Could be ... or it could be just another random act of senseless violence.

Somewhat emblematic of the larger gun culture that constitutes modern America. Sad.

might want to get home earlier on your downtown night out...

It's not really downtown Akron ... more east side.

About 800' from Goodyear's World HQ campus.

I thought downtown Akron looked pretty nice but perhaps if one strays off
Firestone Avenue...the neighborhood changes.

Like many areas in America, there are good areas ... and then not-so-good areas.