Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Popgadget I have a 10' wood attic stairs in the garage and need to replace it because it is too heavy and awkward, I need to stand on a separate ladder to close it. Do you have some pics of you attic stairs/ladder? I would like to remove just the wood stairs, leaving the existing wood frame opening and door, and replace with an aluminum stairs or ladder that I can handle by my self.

PM sent with pictures

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Field is cut! Had to go over it 2x. I have to check the blades.... should have easily done it in one pass.

Also finished up the small front yard areas with the garden tractor.

Didn't get to finish with the string trimmer due to getting chased in by a t-storm. The big tractor was left outside to put the loader back on.

Got a 1/4" out of the storm. Took the opportunity to get loader on and the tractor put away. Closed up the garage and it started raining again. Thank you Mother Nature for washing the dust off the tractor!

Radar shows a few more storms possibly coming our way.

Time for pizza!
Everyone have a quiet evening.

 

[Thomas]

The classes for farm stock are strictly by weight and original factory rated PTO Hp.
You can enter any and all classes you are legal for, we only ran in the 4500 pound class we could have added a 1000 pounds to each tractor and ran them in the 5500 pound class, but neither of use is up to slinging a thousand pounds back and forth among tractors and classes. But many will run in 2 or 3 classes. Once in awhile someone will try to run in the enhanced class (hot rodded) with a "stock" tractor but it doesn't work well.

Class 1 - Stock - Under 4,500 lbs. & under 49 PTO hp. 3000 RPM
Class 2 - Stock - Under 5,500 lbs. & under 49 PTO hp. 3000 RPM
Class 3 - Enhanced - Under 6,700 lbs.
Class 4 - Stock - Under 6,500 lbs. & under 80 PTO hp. 3000 RPM
Class 5 - Stock - Under 8,000 lbs. & under 102 PTO hp. 3000 RPM
Class 6 - Enhanced - Under 8,200 lbs.
Class 7 - Stock - Under 9,500 lbs.. & under 102 PTO hp. 3000 RPM
Class 8 - Stock - Under 12,000 lbs.3000 RPM
Class 9 - Enhanced - Under 9,700 lbs.
Class 10 - Stock - Under 14,000 lbs.3000 RPM
Class 11 - Enhanced - Under 11,200lbs
Class 12 - Enhanced - Under 13,700 lbs.

Thank you for explaining.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 11.9C and it's presently 19.5C, clear & calm. There was 3.8mm in the gauge from a brief t-storm yesterday evening.

These mild/warmer temperatures, especially for late Winter, certainly are confusing. All the signs of Spring are happening; spring birds have returned, such as the Welcome Swallows and a small 'field flock' of Flame Robins. My wild Snowdrop plants are also in bloom.

I discovered that our Church's, somewhat public, handicapped toilet' cistern & related plumbing was broken. Fortunately, whoever or whenever it happened managed to turn the water off. (and nobody did a #2) Anyway I've locked the toilet block and will call 'our' plumber later today.

My shoulder is not happy this morning.

I feel for you, Mate. Although nowhere near your injury, my Left shoulder has developed one of those, "It only hurts when I do this, Doc." niggling pains. Bugger.

Well, that's about it, take care all.

 

[LouNY]

Thank you for explaining.

I should also add that every pulling association and pull will have some what different rules and specifications as to what is "stock" and whats not. And some pulls will even start at 3000 pounds and go up in 500 pound increments.
This fairs pull they had changed the drawbar requirements slightly, the pull point were the sleds chain hooks to the tractor had to be a 3 1/2" diameter hole for the sleds hook to fit, previously it had to be 2 3/4". The pulling sled for this season had upgraded to a larger hook requiring a change to the drawbar spec. More then a half a dozen tractors had to go off the track after backing up to the sled and try to find a way to open the hole for the hook many could open it up with a cutting torch a few couldn't hook.

 

[check]

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.

How is your knee coming along, Don?

 

[Looking4new]

Check, did you get another place near Huntsville/Dorset area?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 77ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 97ºF, HI 102ºF. Made coffee to start day, Chapel set up, attend chapel, and chapel tear down. Breakfast with group, worked on credit cart slips match up and filing paperwork. Got email notice SS# found on dark web ugh more work. Got nap, and grilled brats for dinner.
Resuming Friday 10:56 AM CDT post 195,451 :
Drew no idea idea on how many bushels of corn on cob to make a bushel of shelled corn.
Dennis hospital throws in Janitor, but he may pass tip jar Bet Hospital say they bill for scan machine time, but Dr say he bill for his time & expertise. Hope good town trip.
David hope you don't float away in Agnes rain.
Ken glad no bone movement, hope they find source of pain.
Dennis beauty shops don't have the manpower to bill like hospital.
RS that is a lot to load/unload. Good to hear mowing progressing. Lot of weed eating to catch up on. Hope you catch the bait stealer. Good luck with rescreen pile.
Drew glad garden weeded and trimmed. Hope nap was good.
Frits that is novel way to deal with groundhog. Hope mowing went well.
Dennis hope corn was good. Glad wife got her apples.
Dennis good luck with Son's accident bill.
Drew good to hear heating oil down. Hope you don't need root canal, not good way to start trip.
Ted glad you survived the grocery store. Hope Costco is survivable. Thanks for medical billing info
Mike sorry to hear about your medical billing issues.
Masseyrider glad dentist did good job on cracked tooth.
Don nice rain, glad not 100ºF. Sorry painting hurt so much.Hope you got some sleep.
Randy(wag) nice rain. Hope indoor day was good.
Newbury sorry about seat post.
Dennis pic of the Huffy please.
Larry welcome to GM thread, good to hear chainsaw running good.
Buppies sorry about wife. prayers sent.
Saturday morning 3:44 AM
Ron hope you getting sister phone and Ipad squared away. Boat cruse to wildlife spot sounds fun. Hope energy conservation was successful. Great Sassy pic/
Phil hope summer party was fun. Glad replacing fuel filter help tractor. Sorry about insurance cost 10K per year, WOW! Neat wood project picss
Drew sorry about tooth. Hope you can get in Monday. Hope projects went well.
Thomas hope afternoon went well.
Bill hope wood room clean up went well, sounds like a good system.
Buppies glad heat return not staying. We are back to more seasonal temps
Mike sorry you and wife not on same schedule. Congrats to daughter becoming home owner. Hope mowing went well.
Scott(vt) have fun in Saratoga. Nice to be needed.
Plowhog hope your houses below 8,000 feet elevation. Hope Rigby's new play area coming along. Love the Rigby stories.
Billy good news on your mom graduating to rehab. Glad good PT to help her. Sad event at intersection, hope they talked him down.
Don 3/4 inch rain impressive. Hope pool cleaning went well. Rain lower pool temp? Sorry about hawk hanging around.
Paul glad wifi working in home. Looks like they need a slingshot at gun range, nice pic. Glad music fun, great pic of GS with you!
Lou yes the traffic leaves a lot to be desired.
Drew glad projects going well. Hope good news from endodontist.
Frits hope you and wife found something interesting.
Ken glad you got some wife time. Sorry about leaves in the pool. Hope broken tooth gets fixed ok. Hope Dr can help pain. Many of the St Louis suburbs organize deer hunting by bow because they have same type issues.
Ted hope you got some rain over the weekend. Hope trimming went well.
Drew glad oil on Gravely rider went well except for filer incorrect. Congrats on weight loss.
RS sorry to hear about other lift cylinder letting go. Hope repair goes better than first one. Hope mowing went well. Hope the turkey fryer works for canning. Hope your nap was good.
Bill glad wood room clean up done. Hope you got chimney guy scheduled.
David hope no wind issues. Hope lunch was good. Good luck with hydroponic veggies.
Dennis sorry about truck oil filter. Hope vehicles do well in inspections.
Davis sorry you had to cancel. That is some rain
Scott(vt) glad you only lost $20. Taking the pontoon boat?
Dennis glad expensive corn was good, along withe the garden peppers.
Randy(wag) hope god service. Hope net term of warden goes well.
Kyle that was the weekday 20 mile ride. Glad you got a rain shower. Hope church went well.
Sunday morning 1:34AM CDT:
Buppies heat is the hardest part, put ice in neck cooler twice. There was one road with chip seal missing about half it's chips. It was rough.
Scaredy Good to hear from you, was wondering how you were doing. Hope you can make the house buy out. Glad good family visit.
Ron hope shopping was good. Nice to hear Trac-Vac got some extra work. Hope mowing went well. Nice cardinal.
Plowhog 38 cold start. Glad new Rigby fence done. Would love to see him try the body slam.
Bill wind forecast looks good for new roof.
Drew hope you were able to wake up. 78 or 80 looks like a good setting.
Don glad you are about done with the 100's. Hope the darker color covers better on next coat of paint.
Thomas I did sleep well.
Paul mud job looks good. Glad trenches are filled. Hope you made progress on little plane.
Drew glad you can have brother come over and check house. Glad you can feed smaller birds for a while.
Scott(vt) you are going to be busy a while. Nice pic.
Frits sorry shoulder not happy with you. Hope clean up and moving trimmings went well. Steam yard and shop sound interesting, get good picks.
Ted glad you got some rain. Sorry trimming not done hope you got it done today.
Lou sorry tractor too nose heavy. Sorry about sunburn.
Ken hope you got most of your brush cutter work done. Sorry about late oil filter and more downed ash to deal with. Thank for the compliment.
David hope you can stay hunkered down.
Drew haven't changed a fuel filter since Saturn Vue. Hope trip prep goes well.
RS sorry about another bait steal. Hope garage sorting and cleanup going well. Glad you got some sleep. Hope you got to most of your agenda for this afternoon.
Should finish catching up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 66° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 88° with mix of sun and clouds. Got grass mowed yesterday. It got too warm outside for do anything else. Good relaxing rest of day with my sister. Going to East side of Metro Detroit to fisit my wife cousins. Have not seen them for a couple of years.
Yesterday's Sunrise.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 59 and going to a high of 84°F. Wind calm. Sunny.

I am up too early, but the good thing is that I can go back too bed and score another couple of hours later.

I may install a rear work light on the Kioti today while the BH is on. Then I wont need a ladder. Junior can lift the roof off if it is needed, in order to install a new relay.

I looked at the construction of Arrow carports (which with the right tarps I can make into enclosed shelters) and I don't like the prices. Seems to me that I didn't like the prices the last time I looked at them.
On to Shelter Logic portable garages, a smaller version of what I have now. I have the alpine roof shelters (they shed snow easily) and I am thinking a more rounded roof line. My neighbour has one that he keeps his Firebird in.
I may just end up building a platform to drop the Hoe on and cover it up with tarps like I did last winter.

Ron, nasty looking sky! Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
56 out now, going up to 87 today in sun and clouds
and I can't wait to get to endodontist this morning, still can't chew on that side
I have to look at the bright side, glad this happened before I left vs trying to find a doc
on the road.

meanwhile trip food is ready and will finish packing today
also need to cut back beans and pull down one tomato plant that is not going to last.
will have some beans tonight, am surprised they produced for so long

I always try to leave the house nice when I leave for a while. Will leave outside water on but will turn off
inside, plus will turn off the hot water heater. My brother said sure to coming over in early October to switch the thermostat
from cooling to heat, so got that covered.

hope you all have a good start to the week

 

[wngsprd]

Autumn in August has ended...64 going to 91, with increasing humidity.

Mostly, that's too hot for a 6+ hour ride!

Sounds like Rigby is having fun...I bet that fence slam would make a good video.

Lou, neat that you drive in tractor pulls. I enjoy watching those.

Gave the blade trimmer a good 2 tank workout Saturday. Still need to clean up all the brush laying on the ground. It gets a little lighter after it has dried a couple of days.

Grabbed a chance to go to mountains yesterday for the last pleasant day for a while. Hiked an incredible area (if you're into geology, like me). I only saw 3 other hikers in over 12 miles on a Sunday...however, it is remote and steep getting into the canyon.

 

[wngsprd]

While rock hopping to cross this stream, started to step on a rock and this guy jumped off into the water. I nearly fell in myself.

 

[riptides]

65 outside this AM, heading to upper 80's.

Got home late last night, from middle daughters. Her big move day will be Friday with friends. We gave up a few items and I did the tool thing for her. Gave her a Weber grill (to carry on the charcoal tradition) as a back porch present. Along with all the needed utensils, of course. She has a nice layout on the house and property.

Nothing accomplished on our house front, except for care of the animals. This week the plumber may come by for final Milk House hookups. Our projects here have always been on the months and years timelines to finish.

Hope all have a great start to the work week. Be safe.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 64 going to 84 no rain in the forecast for the next many days.

Watered some of this years planted bushes by getting a small stream running from the hose and leaving it at the base of the bush for an hour per plant. Amazingly there was no run off and it all disappeared into the ground.

The yard hydrant at the barn is leaking under ground and making the ground around it very soggy. Turned off the water from the house but will have to look at today. May just be that the rod pushing down on the under ground valve will have to be adjusted at the valve handle. If not time to dig it out

Sorry Wag that you also have shoulder problems. I am adapting to my limitations but sometimes slip up

 

[txdon]

How is your knee coming along, Don?

Knees are doing well. No limping no pain. They are not as good as the originals when I was 20 but a lot better than 65 year old knees. Can’t kneel easily or bend them as far. I’m hoping the shoulder will come out as good as the knees.

 

[Thomas]

59F going to be partly cloudy day once the fog burns off mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...trim ditches and steep banks,than see what rest day offers.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Buppies]

62.8 high of 91 today mid 90s Wednesday maybe high heat index. Went to funeral home yesterday employee who worked for us over 20 years died he will be buried today. He caught Covid then pneumonia 77 years old going to miss him great sense of humor

Scaredy prayers sent sorry about rough road mostly, Don prayers for upcoming surgery, m7040 hope shoulder feels better, bad snake wngsprd, glad fellowship good BEF, congratulations to middle daughter riptides on new home special times

No grass mowed yesterday prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 62 going to 81, with pretty high humidity! Possible late afternoon thunderstorms!

Do you run rear tire weighted?
What do you run for rear tire air pressure?

Thomas, that is a widely held secret number, not to be divulged!

I usually enjoy visitors and have a fairly wide open schedule.

Lou, thanks ! My life seems very busy since having grand kids ! Hoping things will slow up a little when they are old enough to enter kindergarten!

Hoping to go for an early morning walk before it gets to hot.

Wngsprd, was that a copper head ?

In the north east we only have copper heads and timber rattlers , and not to many of those !

Hope all have a good start to their Monday!

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
62°, 90% RH under a hazy sun, highs in the upper 80’s.
Summer isn’t done with us, even if it’s the first day of school around here.

Yesterday I finally got back to the little plane and made some progress. Decided to put new spark plugs in, they were all a bit worn, one had an out of tolerance resistor. At $48 each I thought for a while about replacing them all vs only the failed one. Didn’t find much else wrong, got the oil screens cleaned and the oil changed.

Did some more cleanup in the old folks home, drywall dust is pretty pervasive. I have a nice Stihl shop vac (made by WAP) that filters very well. That means that I had to clean the filters at least 6 times as the performance degrades pretty quickly and noticeably. But the worst of the dust has been sucked up.

Wife was picking out wall colors laying the tile and hardwood samples on the floor and looking at color charts. I told that I was as concerned about the paint color as she was with the boiler specifications (which I poured over for weeks). I’m not sure how well that was received. It’s going to be light, neutral colors anyway, whatever she picks will be fine.

Today, it will be more punchlist stuff, painters are going to prime everything starting tomorrow. We need to make a Costco run, I’ll probably not get back to the little plane today, spark plugs should be here tomorrow, and the painters will have taken over the place, making it a good time to go to the hangar.