Good morning!!!!

[newbury]

Had a couple productive tractor hours.
Then I got it high centered

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Unable to get it unstuck with what I have available, BX, Mule, Ridgeline as I can’t get traction.

Neighbor with tractor off island for medical. Hopefully can help tomorrow.

Why don't you cut that with a sickle-bar?

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 66 going to 90, should be the last really hot day ! Thursday is going to be much cooler with low humidity!

Paul, are you going to be in New Haven at Tweed any length of time ? I’m not that far north of there !

Drew, sorry to hear about your electrical issues, hope for quick resolve !

David, wow those grasses are thick ! Glad you got unstuck !

Think I will wait for tomorrow to do the mowing here, need to get the yard trimmed up before we leave on Friday for a beach vacation with the kids !

Hope all have a great day !

 

[plowhog]

Then to REI where their sale is on.

Is the big sale at REI when they mark everything down to normal retail price? I love that store but find them a bit pricey ...

Our heat has returned, so its back to working outside in the morning then finding something else to do.

I was really surprised to read the campground breaker would no longer trip if you did not use the water heater, then read later the water heater was propane powered. Hope you get that sorted out soon!

Everyone have a great day !!!

 

[Looking4new]

64F partly cloudy mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Had short scuffle last evening,different bear show up for the first time and try pushing Boo from his area taking his blanket,Boo was little undersize but his strong spirit sent other bear on fast trot down the driveway.

Enjoy your day all.

Don't you think that it is time to discourage bears from hanging out around your place?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Paul, you chose well using a builder. Moving right along. Does he work in S VA? . I have an IBC tote almost full of humidity behind my house. More than I can use. Watered using several bucket fulls last night.

78° and 86% humidity. Probably got 5 gal dripping from me. Got out before sun got high. Calling for 99°, may be hottest day of year.
Got rest of potatoes dug. Just need to remove large pile of weeds.
Snagglepuss was a little help. She wouldn’t dig potatoes, but she did chase away grasshoppers, then took a nap beside me.
AC still not fixed.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Found a weird potato.

Most potatoes were very small, many starting to rot on the ends.

 

[Popgadget]

Paul, are you going to be in New Haven at Tweed any length of time ? I’m not that far north of there !

~12:30-5:00

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 77 going to 95 and cloudy
Got oil changed on lawntractor.
Got generator and splitter started and warmed up to check oil.
Mowed some side areas.

Generator no start was user error. Amazing when you do a job at the end of a hot day vs. first thing after day job. Gas valve not all the way open.....

Simplicity oil change is always so easy, open up valve on side of oil dipstick, oil comes out into pan below through hole in chassis. Oil filter set so there is an opening below for oil to go into pan. Most of my other oil changes, just a bolt on the engine, which is up against the metal engine support plate so oil always gets onto something no matter how careful. Why can't the designers do what simplicity used to....

Drew-hope the transfer switch is not a goner. Does it have a manual override? Hope ti gets fixed quick.

Sodamo, great neighbors are priceless.

Be well,

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 73˚F heading to 90 only with a 10% chance of rain, at least clouds in the afternoon will take away the extreme heat.

It dried up nicely yesterday after the morning inch rain and was able to mow the yard at sunset in 83˚ temps. I see my condensation buckets are full and need to distribute to the plants, in 24 hours the two two gallon buckets fill up twice giving me 8 gallons of chemical free water to the plants. The robot is cleaning the pool and I'll check the chlorine levels later after that nice rain we had yesterday. Water temp has dropped 6 degrees now 88˚.
We have a chance of rain for the next 8 days, if just half of those days produce rain here we will be in good shape with the yard but the pool may turn into just a water feature if the water temp drops below 83˚.

Hope you find the problem Drew.
Glad you have good neighbors David.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 6:15AM. Foggy early, becoming sunny this afternoon. High 74F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.

Could you lift the front end up with the FEL and throw rocks or logs under the wheels to get you off, David? Oh, never mind, I read you got a tow.

Do you have one of those plug in testers for testing 110VAC receptacles, Drew? Or drive over to see if your rig would work OK at another site?

Got the second pallet unloaded from the van yesterday morning, working straight through without a break. I'm feeling it this morning.

Fired up the lawn mower and took care of the front and back yards, maybe four bags full. Tried to get the lawn edger started and didn't have any luck. Plug was wet, so it's getting gas, but maybe flooded. Choke lever isn't marked, so no telling when it's on and when it's off. Left plug out and will see if I can find an online version of the manual. RTFM...

Got some electrical work to do on the back patio, hooking up the big air compressor, and outlets for an RV so Drew can run his AC when he shows up. If weather stays like this, though, all he'll need to do is open a window or three.

Hump Day already, where does the time go?

 

[m7040]

good morning, 80 going to 94 today much warmer

A bit of good news yesterday when D9 visited. Earlier in the day she took GD to Johns Hopkins for check up on her autoimmune illness and the blood platelets were within acceptable limits and only two infusions per year going forward. D9 also wanted to come out and help splitting an stacking firewood

The backup alarms from neighbors property are back this morning. How much can you do to a 5 acre piece of land? Seems like a good size dozer would have this done in a short period of time.

Maybe a good day for a drive around the property on the RTV to check for trees down

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Paul,
I don’t know what your plans are but i could drive down to Tweed and meet you ! Let me know and possibly get together!

 

[Looking4new]

All the cats are in. Started raining about 9 A.M.
They made sure when they jumped in through the kitchen window that their wet tails dragged across my bare legs.

I think I will take a power nap.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 53°, going up to 76°. Still a good chance of a t-storm today at 60%, drops to 20% tomorrow. Then back to 50-60% for the weekend. Didn't get a drop yesterday.

Drew, hope you can get the issue sorted out. Electric gremlins are tough to pinpoint. Start with simple stuff. Hope you can get the service guy in a reasonable time.

Thomas, glad Boo held his ground... and blanket. Hope the new visitor got the message. Haven't heard you mention the foxes. Are they still frolicking around the yard?

Bill, a power nap sounds like a good plan. Good that you are getting some rain. You made me chuckle about the worklight...
About 3 years ago, I mounted a worklight on the dipper stick of the backhoe, ran the wire, and even put a disconnect plug on it.
Then, wired a switch / relay on the tractor side.... just never ran the wire from the switch to the back of the tractor.... maybe on some rainy day.....

Not sure of the agenda for today other than a trip into town. I might try to tackle the Jeep coolant flush, at least get started on it.
Anyone have any reason why I couldn't leave the cleaner / flush stuff in the system for a couple days? I would start it up a few times to circulate it.

Even though there is a chance of showers, drip irrigation is in progress, on an abbreviated schedule.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[LouNY]

Good morning! Low of 53°, going up to 76°. Still a good chance of a t-storm today at 60%, drops to 20% tomorrow. Then back to 50-60% for the weekend. Didn't get a drop yesterday.

Drew, hope you can get the issue sorted out. Electric gremlins are tough to pinpoint. Start with simple stuff. Hope you can get the service guy in a reasonable time.

Thomas, glad Boo held his ground... and blanket. Hope the new visitor got the message. Haven't heard you mention the foxes. Are they still frolicking around the yard?

Bill, a power nap sounds like a good plan. Good that you are getting some rain. You made me chuckle about the worklight...
About 3 years ago, I mounted a worklight on the dipper stick of the backhoe, ran the wire, and even put a disconnect plug on it.
Then, wired a switch / relay on the tractor side.... just never ran the wire from the switch to the back of the tractor.... maybe on some rainy day.....

Not sure of the agenda for today other than a trip into town. I might try to tackle the Jeep coolant flush, at least get started on it.
Anyone have any reason why I couldn't leave the cleaner / flush stuff in the system for a couple days? I would start it up a few times to circulate it.

Even though there is a chance of showers, drip irrigation is in progress, on an abbreviated schedule.

Everyone have a great day!

Some of the older (better) flushes were a bit rough on the systems so they couldn't be left in. There was one that recommended pulling the thermostat and driving it a while to do a good job.

 

[rswyan]

80F and "Fair" @ 11:30, heading up to around 91F for the day's high. DP 69F, HU 68%, "feels like" temp = 83F.

Yesterday's high hit 96.8F at the LWS.

Got the right lift cylinder pulled, disassembled, and cleaned up ... things were going swimmingly ...

Started to replace the first seal ... the internal seal in the gland nut ... and it immediately started to crack and tear in multiple spots.

WTF ?

So I called local Kubota dealer to see if they had another of those seal kits in stock and they did, told them to set it aside and I'd be over.

That was a little after 16:00 ... and they close @ 17:00 ...

I-277 was closed for repaving so I had to double back and take I-77 ... which ended up being a parking lot before I even got to the Central Interchange.

It was clear I wasn't going to make it buy closing time, so I threw in the towel and headed back for the barn.

The seal is probably some kind of polymer and doesn't look anything like the one that came out of it.

Old one is green, new one is light colored ... yellowish beige.

Old one appears to have been a solid ring, like a thick washer with a square profile ... new one appears more similar profile wise to an oil seal with a distinct wiper lip.

Kubota parts website shows a choice of 4 different lift cylinders for the LA402-1 loader, with 2 different seal kits. Each kit fits two different cylinders. One of the 2 kits is NLA ... but there are still some NOS out in the system at various dealers.

Using the numbers on the cylinder, I still can't quite figure which one mine is ... the numbers appear to be one digit off from a cylinder that is discontinued (mine is 7J040-63011, discontinued item is 7J040-63010):

I already used one of these kits to rebuild the left cylinder and I don't recall having any issues like this. And that cylinder is not leaking as far as I can tell ... although I probably should take a closer look at it again.

This seal kit was sitting out on the countertop in it's package next to the vise. If it's not a defective seal, the only thing I can think of is that perhaps the seal material was somehow effected by strong UV light when I was welding either in the vise or on the welding table.

At any rate, it will be another trip today over to the dealer with the new kit and broken seal + the old green internal wiper seal to try and sort this out.

Hope everyone is having a decent Wednesday ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Now 92°, but a little breeze blowing feels good on the porch.
Got garden weeds cleaned up. Then sharpened mower blades. Keeping new socket in bright red package it came in. Haven’t found old one yet.
Did clear off welding table to take grinder outside to sharpen. They didn’t look too bad, just dull on tips.
Ended up mowing most of the yard just to try them. Been a dry week, only needed mowed in places, but did all around house and the field, did not do back hill or along creek.
Got trailer put away from last trip south to mow.
Time for a cold water, shower, and relax rest of day.
Had osprey helicopter fly over a couple times.

 

[sodamo]

71°F and .26 inches rain.

TS Gilma approaching but weakening. Likely more of a rain event. That said, I’d like to get a start on regular mowing before she gets here. So that’s my hope for the day, get the Laupahoehoe end of property done today.

Paul, the old folks home is really shaping up.

Mike, pics of the Milkhouse soon?

Drew, hope your sidetrack adventures are over.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Some of the older (better) flushes were a bit rough on the systems so they couldn't be left in. There was one that recommended pulling the thermostat and driving it a while to do a good job.

This one says to drive it a bit to get it up to temp, then drain. Being the Jeep has been neglected big time, and the heater core is probably 85% clogged, I was hoping to let it stay in there and eat the corrosion.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

A surprise..... the wifey said "let me cut your hair"... yep, all in for that! I was really getting scraggly looking.

I'm thinking it's because I finally shaved after 3 1/2 weeks. That scruff was gone, so the head scruff was more noticeable.....

Now I have 1/8" uniform fuzz. Feels much better.

Now, off into town....