Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Some nice chunks of wood y'all! Popgadget, good that you are flipping that monolithe. If it splits, it could just be considered "character" and you could fill it with some of that cool 2 part epoxy to fill the cracks and then finish it??? Painting the ends makes my mind wonder if that just slows the drying process, and therefore helps prevent cracking by giving more time for the cells to adjust to the stress? Time will tell.

Drew, hope Rushmore is a sight to behold. Thanks for sharing your journey. Sorry about leaks. I think Ron may have offered the best advise for a pressure regulator. Hopefully it is something simple.

At work/school, they just came down on electric mobility devices. If they have over 750 watt motors, Not allowed on campus. We have a huge campus and a huge student population. Maybe the largest in the USA. This cancels out all the units that are similar to Drew's. Only the scooter type with small wheels typically have the smaller motors. We used to allow them into the building ONLY if they fold up. No more. They have to be locked to the bike racks and there are not enough bike racks. We were talking about bad drivers the other day, well, 18 year olds on scooters, riding on sidewalks nearly hitting pedestrians is the problem. Where there is a road, they have to use it and follow all the same rules as cars. They currently will go anywhere on the road including the other side to not have to stop for pedestrians on crosswalks. And students crossing crosswalks with their nose on their phone screen and headphones on, don't pay attention because they have the right of way....it is a bad recipe. I pray nobody gets hurt badly. I have to drive really slow, with my head on a swivel getting to and from my parking lot. White knuckle slow. It is better if you can time it when there is not a class change time.

RS, prayers for your wifey.

PJS, glad to see you posting more. Prayers for the step son. I'm hoping your job is working out good and is rewarding for you.

Still waiting for the grass to dry a little to mow.

 

[daugen]

pretty sure my small ebike has a 750W motor and can go about 20mph, though I sure wouldn't on it. I bet the school wants stuff regulated to 12mph like many golf carts

Kyle, that was some hard drilling. If grade 5 breaks, probably good that it does because something gave that mower a mighty wack

47 degrees out, haven't been in a rush to get out in that. Only doing water and electric today so easy. I did use my leveling blocks to restrict extension of the hydraulic leveling rams and that has worked well.

Just like a fire ladder truck at full extension, these things aren't so heavy duty when fully extended. Lot of pressure in a small area and that I bet broke the one I had. Not me...must have been the guy before.
Thank goodness for prior owners to blame everything on.

Watch says one thing, computer says another time, but watch rules, it's mountain time. Time to get moving.
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[Looking4new]

My e-trike has a 500 watt motor and can hit 20 mph easily. Got it up to 21 mph down hill, but I got on the brakes as I don't want to go that fast on something I am not all that comfortable with right out of the box. I don't have a rear view mirror, so I don't know what/who is sneaking up on me to clock me. Namely the cops. If you can go over 20 mph on a level flat road then you need to have a license (suspended) and insurance and all that crap. I DO wear the brain bucket.

Both cats I let out at 7:30 this morning wanted back in at 9:15. They didn't waste any time coming in either. The deck was wet so I guess they got rained on.
These two sure are different than my Smokie, the Maine Coon. She would saunter up from the old hen house (150' away) in the pouring rain with not a care in the world.

Drew, when Davids' LS is acting up it hasn't got enough power to get out of its' own way.

 

[Engineer42]

Mine had a Holley 4 bbl. Ya fuel mileage sucked, but it was cheap. $0.499/Gallon here, then. Mine had a 391 gasser and wouldn't pull the skin off a peach. But it hauled gravel all day every day of the week except for Sundays.

His had the 534 I believe

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 71 going to 76 and cloudy, calling for some rain.
That will make the kids party today spend more time inside, maybe.
Dinner was nice, son liked his present.

Wagtail - a 2 fer when the tree falls perfect and the cat is caught without major chasing/scratching.

Well , pool is ready and heat is on anyway if the kids want to use it.

David/Sodamo - wish this LS thing would be fixed. Did the dealer ever get the parts in they ordered to fix it? Do you even think that will help? Hope you find something soon.

Be well,

I did see a fox on the door cam the other night, but we have some squirrels and rabbits left.
Wandering cats catch voles and leave them on the driveway for us :-(
And of course, deer by the truckload.

 

[Hay Dude]

Mornin!
More hay mowing

Onto the next field

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 69
We finally broke out of the 70s in the morning but warming quickly to the 80s with clear skies and a N wind.

The robot is working full time cleaning the pool of sawdust and leaves. Today he will do a double shift with recharging in the afternoon,

Have a few flowers to replant and some bird vases to look at today. Trying to do as much as I can with one hand. I’m still under a lot of restrictions 9 days after surgery. Pain level still very tolerable. I have not been released to drive, hopefully next week when I see the Dr.

 

[Looking4new]

His had the 534 I believe

Yes it did.

 

[Looking4new]

The people I worked for were too cheap to get the 534 in the '60s, but the 1974 Louisville they bought me had the 534. A 25 ton hoist, too. That was one sweet truck, especially when we put the main shift lever out of a 1970 Louisville into it. Made the main shifter 8" shorter than any other truck. I have long arms and in 1st, 3rd and 5th gears the shift knob rested on my fingers with my arm extended straight down. NOBODY messed with my truck, they couldn't shift the main unless they put the seat on the floor, then they couldn't see over the dash.
In 1975 a garbage disposal company bought the pit and all the buildings and trucks. I went west.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 46°, high expected of 80°, no rain in the 10 day. Bummer.....
At least the temps will stay about the same all week.

The storm that grazed us a couple nights ago took off the top half of our biggest purple robe locust tree. Split it at a "V". Definitely a weak spot.

The saw and pruners will get put to the test today. Going to trim back the branches on the remaining half to "lighten the load". We are hoping the tree will make it.

The worst part is that we barely got more than a trace of rain from the storm. Mostly just wind.

Then, while out in the "jungle", noticed the willows were infested with willow aphids! Not a few spots, but almost the entire trees. I will hose them off, then apply some soap.

Still contemplating how to spray the soap....
1) pressure washer w/ foam gun. 2) nozzle that goes on garden hose that will add soap to water stream (basically from a bottle of 'house wash').
Or 3) a 1 gallon pump sprayer.
Number 3 the least preferred option, being time consuming and not effective on large trees.

Ran out of nursery pots for our transplants. In the past, I have had good luck getting pots from the nurseries in town for free. Not this time. Called the 3 biggest nurseries.... none to be had. Ordered 150 deep pots for $40. Hopefully they will get here by mid week.

Time to get after those 2 projects. Not looking forward to either.....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[m7040]

I grew up with trucks and learned early on to drive them. Dad had a cabover chevy at one time with two speed rear end that I loved to drive when allowed. Then the truck I liked the most was a Mercedes diesel 5 ton truck. 4 speeds plus a crawler gear. Neat exhaust sound that really had a tone to it. Rebuilt it for my dad later on when apprenticing as a mechanic

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 80F @ 7:45AM. Sunshine and clouds mixed. Hot. High 101F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.
Low 80s to mid 90s by mid week, can't get here soon enough.

I still remember a docent led tour of part of the Custer battlefield, Drew, not just because it was very interesting, but because I was freezing my butt off in mid July. It would make an interesting day for you if it's close by.

By going to a thicker bolt, Kyle, is there any worry that they won't shear soon enough and damage the mower? Or is the in line clutch going to take care of that? If so, why are there shear bolts to start with?

I did get the battery swapped up at the gate yesterday, finding a fox or coyote turd laid down across one of the terminals. It went to dust when I moved it with my pocket knife. The display on the gate charger looked like it was charging with about an amp of current, so hopefully the problem was the old 2016 battery. But it's on the Battery Saver and seems to be taking a charge, so only time will tell.

The new house came with a Swiffer, which I brought up here for a try out. Found a video online to see how to use it, and it did a fairly decent job, even on some black heel marks. It's no vacuum cleaner, though, so that'll be the first step from now on.

Also took apart the deep well controller and found that what looks like some kind of variable resistor came apart on the board. It sets the idle time between pump starts when the pump cavitates in an empty drill pipe, which happens toward the end of summer before the winter rains start. Not an easy repair, so I ordered an eight hundred dollar replacement which should get here tomorrow. Still way cheaper than calling out the well guy again.

Gonna get started on painting the gate up at he cul-de-sac by washing it off with water. With today's temperatures, it's sure to be dry by tomorrow. Got some wiring to tidy up in the pump house, then inside jobs the rest of the day.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend...

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .22 inches rain. 50% chance of more.

Wx will be determining factor today. Hope to get more mowing with BX, but we’ll see. Plenty of piddling about to keep busy.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good breakfast with the gang. Stopped at 3 orchards on the other side of the mountain, 2 we had never been to before, and bought 2 pecks of peaches, and half bushel of ginger gold apples. Wife likes them for apple sauce. peaches are Victoria and one we didn't get name of. Got free peach slushie at the one stand, as first time customer. The other stand let us try a peach before buying. Will need to call and get name of the peach. also bought corn.
Rain this morning, wasn't sure it would come east far enough to hit the house, but got home and now at .18", and neighbor is mowing his yard in the rain.

 

[rswyan]

58F @ 12:30, has been cloudy but Sun is peeking out now. Low this morning was 52.3F. Clearing this afternoon with a slight chance of a shower. Calling for a high of 62F for the day.

High here yesterday was 83.3F but I was gone most of the day.

Fresh coffee made and tasting good ...

Got the back mowed day before yesterday then worked on doing a little clean out of the van for Friday's trip.

Topped off the oil and the coolant.

Scattered some more seeds for the ground feeders.

Both glyphosate sprayers refilled and ready to go.

At some point over the past week I hauled down 5 or so bucketloads of wood chips and got some mulching done on the new hosta planting area.

Headed out around 09:00 Friday for Marietta to pick up the hit-n-miss engine. Got down there a little before 11:30.

Engine loaded and secured and headed back north.

The guy had a bunch of hit-n-miss engines ... including several very large ones (40 HP ?)

Stopped at Bob Evans on the way back, had the Big Egg Breakfast with links and hash browns. Was pretty good.

Got back up here and started to unload just about the time the skies opened up.

Got the engine off and then loaded a large square plastic tub (50G ?) that was full of scrap boards that I'll use for starting fires in the double barrel stove this winter.

Might use the tub for an electrolytic de-rusting set up.

Swung by Panera after I got unloaded and picked up some corn chowder for the sick one and then headed home.

Kicked back on the couch and recovered for the rest of the evening and hit the rack early.

Rain continued off and on through the night. LWS reports a total of 0.72" ...

On the agenda for today:

Refill bird feeders.

Maybe get east side mowed.

Unload that plastic tub out of the van, probably stick it over in the barn for now.

Move all that pipe over there as well, while I have the pallet forks on.

Swap out the forks for the shrub bucket after that.

Probably going to see about digging out some more plants (hosta, day lilies, and maybe the hydrangeas) out on the north side of the garage, since the ground has gotten some water.

Maybe spray strawberries and various hosta plantings with stink juice once the chance of rain has passed.

Re-bait the live trap.

See what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday ...

Hercules 1 1/2 hp hit-n-miss engine:

According to the serial number it's 106 years-old ...

 

[txdon]

David, don't throw those pineapple peelings away, make tea.

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[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Kyle,
I’m thinking.439 oversized 7/16 carbide reamer !

 

[daugen]

safe and sound at Horse Thief campground in Hill City SD, not too far away from Mt Rushmore.
I took a ton of pics today, need to go through them, get some off my good camera, like the zoom on the presidents' heads. I need a nap first.

this campsite is awesome, what a view every which way.
time for a nap and then a long hot shower. They have a bathhouse not far away, I bet it's nicer than the last one I tried. Most of them skeeve me.
I got going the wrong way today and did too much mountain driving.
but alls well that ends well and this has ended nicely indeed.

I can't wait to zoom in on Washington's nose...

 

[daugen]

well I kept at it.
current height is 5500 feet. I believe the hill behind my rv in first pic
is St Elmo's peak, 6500 feet. The heads at Mt Rushmore are at 5700, but it would have been quite a walk. That's why we have zoom lens.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Started tearing apart ductwork to remove the old geo unit. What a PITA.

.19” of rain was total. Sun now out. Nice cool breeze.