Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

54F light rain low 60's for high on/off showers all day.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Boo had company show last evening,both bears push each other around roll on the ground it was all playful like cubs two do,Mrs. recorded action but forgot to press record button.

Plans for today...Eves are dripping so little to no outside work been put on hold,like to remove 3 limbs hanging over the driveway,put mower deck back on the rider and test spin.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 52 going to 73 wonderful day

Mowed the upper area tree plantings yesterday. A few shelters are down agin. Bears deers pushing them not sure

Taking it easy today. May do some more trimming.

Cody is checking out the old MF tractor. It was the only tractor for years. Strong 16 GPM hydraulics and Perkins diesel engine. Rebuilt the engine.
Had to split the tractor in many pieces to do it

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 73˚F. Glad to see reports of cooler weather after our hottest day of the year yesterday, 105.8˚F. Today is going to be another 105˚ day but then a gradual cool down to a hundred and upper 90s by the weekend. The pool temp is still staying at 92˚ in spite of the hot temps because of the longer nights. Yard got mowed yesterday and now will try to paint a blue bedroom alabaster before next week.

Good news on your mother wngsprd.

 

[m7040]

The bracket in the bucket was for the Myers snow plow moved over from the F250. It made it easy to lift it up or use it to push out if stuck

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 68F 2 4:30AM. Sunny. High 93F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
It's supposed to cool down substantially for the end of the week up here, and maybe even get a spritz of rain on Friday. First hint of Fall?

When I am at the top of the pedal stroke my upper leg is level. With my butt on the seat the ball of my foot is on the ground instead of my tippy toes.

Everybody's different when it comes to ergonomics, Bill. I pedal with the balls of my feet, a habit enforced by cleats, or in the old days, toe straps and cages. The seat height is set with me sitting on the bike, leaning against a wall or other support. Knee is slightly bent at the bottom of the pedal stroke. YMMV on "slightly", but that gets me in the ballpark for maximum efficiency.

I'm with you on ladders and heights, Drew. I especially don't like getting onto the Promaster van roof from a step ladder. Even worse is getting off. Nine feet up is a long way down, and I don't bounce nearly as well as I used to. There never seems to be anyone around to spot for me when I engage in those kinds of gymnastics, but at least I make sure the cell phone is in my pocket. Just have to avoid landing on it...

I'd be more than annoyed if a dealer tried to pull that crap on me or an SO, David. I'd have a heated discussion with the service manager, and probably start shopping for another dealer.

wondering whether replacing a five year old radiator cap makes any sense if it works ok. Same thing with thermostat.
you know it will fail, but when?

Good that you bought them and will take them along so you don't end up stuck in BFE waiting on parts.

I got almost all the wooden parts of the gate fence painted yesterday, but just realized I didn't do the tops of the three new posts. So that's on today's agenda. Also saw that there's some rust showing through on the gate itself, so will pick up a few cans of Rustoleum and paint that on the next visit.

Today I need to grease the FEL on the tractor, and that means getting the van close enough to the garage to plug in the compressor that's been sitting in the van for a month or more. The thing is just too heavy to load and unload easily, and I need it at both ends of the commute. That'll balloon into unloading the van, sweeping the floor, and repacking so there's enough room for a couple of pallets of firewood and some empty wooden pallets to stack it on at the other end. That'll probably be it for today.

Wow, Hump Day already.

 

[Looking4new]

Things are looking up for my mom. She should be released from the hospital Thurs or Friday. Lou, thanks for sharing your experience.

Mowed for 3 hours...grass tall now that we got a couple of decent rains. But first, tried to plug leak in rear zero turn tire tread. Still leaks. Hole kinda big. Had fixed a year ago, but always slow leak. Replaced the plug twice yesterday. Any body ever tried to use two plugs at the same time? Or maybe I can find bigger ones...or maybe there will be a better approach when I get time to research.

Put first plug in hole, cut off the excess plug sticking through the casing and put a boot on the inside. Use lots of glue on the plug. Let it all cure good BEFORE you air up the tire. That should hold it until you get around to getting a new tire.

 

[Looking4new]

RNG, back when I had the old CCM single speed I had 'rat trap' pedals and again on the 10 spd I had in my late 20s and 30s. I liked the rat trap pedals when I was a kid because my 'friends' wouldn't 'borrow' my bike. They hated those pedals. Ya, I know, questionable friends. I got the rat traps right after I busted my knee racing. RTs and a strap and I could do all my peddling with one leg. Cut the pedal off the other side so my casted leg didn't get caught up in the pedal. It was on the left side. Still kept the bearing retainer. I had two identical bikes except the other one had boogered up front forks (the reason I was sporting a busted knee). 12 weeks in a cast, 6 in hospital and another 6 on the street.
That accident is probably part of the reason why the left knee is giving me all kinds of grief now. Oh well, live and learn.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 57 going to 73 and sunny. Getting downright chilly.
Some general pool cleanup.
Had to get wifes tires replaced, 30,000 miles and worn down to belt on one of them ....another $1000 away. Will need to replace Jeep tires before winter too...

L4N - Seems like a QC miss on the bike. Have you contacted the company yet?

Good news on your mom Wngsprd

Be well,
New landscapers doing an awful job, but they don't charge anything, just a few flowers.

It's fig time:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It’s that day again

 

[gstrom99]

I got this pic sent to me from the SIL. I just replaced the water pump and did an oil change. I'll head over today, to see what happened "this time"... Looks to be leaking further back from "where I was", so I'm thinking a hydraulic hose. It's pretty old, as I am getting. He's eyeing a new/bigger unit, which would be nice.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wngsprd, good news on mom.

We stopped at lot last week, grass real tall. Tomorrow it gets cut.
Today I mow here, also tall, but only 8 days, not a month. When it dries up.
62° now. Animals all fed, wife took Honda to try it out. Socket not quite deep enough, didn’t fully seat on sensor, and slipped off when tight.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I got this pic sent to me from the SIL. I just replaced the water pump and did an oil change. I'll head over today, to see what happened "this time"... Looks to be leaking further back from "where I was", so I'm thinking a hydraulic hose. It's pretty old, as I am getting. He's eyeing a new/bigger unit, which would be nice.
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Hope not the middle.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 49 to start going to 71 ! Clear skies and no humidity! It has a fall feel out here today.

Ron , nice picture of the moon !

Wngsprd, I don’t know the tire size but is a tube an option? I repaired the front tire on the WH last year with a tube and it worked great !

In work this morning cleaning up the truck for fall. A little wash and wax.

Here is the new Toro ZT ! In Ct we only have an acre and don’t even mow all of that so this machine should be plenty for this property.

Hope all have a good Wednesday, we are heading north later this afternoon!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice mower. Which engine? I would like to pick up another zt for va lot, but need a shed first.
That way I could mow on a trip passing thru, like last week, and not have to make dedicated trip with the truck.

 

[LouNY]

Things are looking up for my mom. She should be released from the hospital Thurs or Friday. Lou, thanks for sharing your experience.

Mowed for 3 hours...grass tall now that we got a couple of decent rains. But first, tried to plug leak in rear zero turn tire tread. Still leaks. Hole kinda big. Had fixed a year ago, but always slow leak. Replaced the plug twice yesterday. Any body ever tried to use two plugs at the same time? Or maybe I can find bigger ones...or maybe there will be a better approach when I get time to research.

My mower thought that it needed new shoes and I just didn't feel like messing with that route this spring so I went this way.

My larger rear tire was losing air fast enough that you could see it going down, it took almost a half gallon or maybe a bit over a half I don't recall exactly how much for the tire size it was. But it hasn't lost a drop of air this summer. One day I need to do the other rear which means breaking it down and pulling out the tube that is in there a bit twisted, install a new valve stem and give it it's dose.
It is much more effective then slime or the other similar products.

 

[gstrom99]

$45 PER GALLON? Wow!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

the other one had boogered up front forks (the reason I was sporting a busted knee). 12 weeks in a cast, 6 in hospital and another 6 on the street.
That accident is probably part of the reason why the left knee is giving me all kinds of grief now. Oh well, live and learn.

Twin sons of different mothers, Bill.

In the early '70s I saved up my paper route earnings and bought a Schwinn Paramount brand new for $300. We used to ride weekends out in the country, and we'd sprint for county and city line signs. One afternoon at the end of a ride I was going for one of those signs when a car backed out of a driveway right in front of me. I swerved but still glanced off the back bumper. The bike hit a fire hydrant and I ended up flying over the handlebars and landing on a sidewalk. Got skinned up pretty good and left knee was too painful to walk on for a week or so. Car driver paid to replace the frame. In those days, I didn't even go to the doctor, so I got nothing for medical. Local bike shop sent the frame away to Schwinn to be repaired, but after a couple months went by they admitted they'd lost it somehow. So I took the refunded money and bought a Legnano frame, a smaller size that fit me better, with Columbus tubes that were stiffer, too. Fast forward a year, and the bike shop calls and says they found the bent frame. My dad paid $60 for the repair, and built up the frame with mostly Campy Record parts. Except for Shimano brakes and bar end shifters. I think he rode it maybe a dozen times. I had it out a time or two when I went back to visit in the summer. Both bikes are still in the closet in the spare room, and I should try to sell them as I don't like riding on the roads out here because of the traffic and congestion. Back in the '70s in Ohio, there was a country road every mile in the flat parts of the state, and even the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in the southeast part of the state had lots of roads that only had local traffic on them. Good riding on bicycles, and later, motorcycles. Those were the days!

 

[riptides]

Good Morning,
Ct, 49 to start going to 71 ! Clear skies and no humidity! It has a fall feel out here today.

Ron , nice picture of the moon !

Wngsprd, I don’t know the tire size but is a tube an option? I repaired the front tire on the WH last year with a tube and it worked great !

In work this morning cleaning up the truck for fall. A little wash and wax.

Here is the new Toro ZT ! In Ct we only have an acre and don’t even mow all of that so this machine should be plenty for this property.

Hope all have a good Wednesday, we are heading north later this afternoon!

Interesting height and speed control functions.

What's the cut size?

No roll bar?

 

[JDGreenThumb]

Good morning to all my TBN friends. 67 degrees on this beautiful North Alabama morning with low humidity. Highs in projected to be in the low 80's!!! Looking forward to a great day here in the Heart of Dixie. This is the day that the Lord hath made. Y'all have a blessed day.

 

[kenmbz]

Good Camel.

Wife and I went to Egypt and were by the pyramids, a few years before my son was born.

Guy came over and asked if we wanted to ride some camels.
Shows us a beautiful, clean white one and has another brown one behind it.
Has me get on the white one.

Brings the second one around for wife, and it's covered in flies and dirty.
Starts chasing wife with the camel for her to get on, saying Good Camel, Good Camel.
Like Keystone cops , but with camels. Wish I had video.

We finally just put her on my camel and wandered around for a while.

So when someone tries to pawn something crappy on us, we use the code words good camel!