WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)

[EL TATE]

Bobby, If you're on the clock I believe that would be an OSHA violation of the highest level!

[cudakidd53]

Came home at 0130 from Senior Prom supervision and applied Grub killer in a tux in the dark.......peaceful AND managed to miss every doggie landmine somehow!

After 2.5 hours of sleep, awoke at 0500 to restless mutts in the basement whom I put off until the auto-brew kicked to life on the java pot!  Discovered and installed the new "Nest" smart thermostat that was on the front porch.  Now awaiting rain to come and water-in grub killer so I don't have to eyeball the dogs so they don't eat grass & woodchips laced with said grub killer.

[Flyin6]

Weed killin' in a tux

Totally new concept there Mikey

[Sammconn]

Well I found and fixed his...



Had a rotten valve stem I needed to change.
Popped the tire off and Holy smokes...broken spring.

Of course I've used up all my spares unbeknownst to me.
Luckily my buddy had an axle hanging kit at work.
Went and grabbed it and had U-bolts.
Had to pare a 5k spring back a couple leaves.
Hopefully it is about right.



Packed all the bearings while I was at it as well.

[TexasRedNeck]

05:00, coffee. Watched trump not bow to the Saudi king. Got to the shop and replaced a controller and temp probe on a smoker I'm refurbishing for my dad. Bad igniter. Amazon order.

Poured rain for an hour. Did inside chores with the youngest. Cleaned both bathrooms, washed dishes, did a load of clothes, swept the floors. Went into town for chicken wings and to return some stuff to lowes and HD. Went to tractor supply and picked up a 25ton log splitter. Got home, fed the fish, split some wood. Took a shower and had leftovers for dinner. Whooped the youngest at rummy.







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[stlaser]

Tex, don't throw any big twisted forks at that 25 ton. I broke my 40 ton more than once doing that......

But all in all that splitter looks like a nice unit.

[TexasRedNeck]

What happens when the break Sean?  This one was right for the money. Walks out with it for $900 as opposed to $1200. Good enough for what I have to deal with.


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[stlaser]

Depends on the design, I've welded the end plates back on other people's more than once (they ripped off the end of the I-beam). My old one I clean ripped the splitting wedge off the back end. Essentially the twisted piece of wood weakened the steel around the welds enough that after it fatigued more it just tore loose. Nothing you can't fix with a welder.

[TexasRedNeck]

Good to know. As long as it's not a catastrophic explosion of metal shards like a shop press and a bad Ford axle bearing.....


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[stlaser]

Good to know. As long as it's not a catastrophic explosion of metal shards like a shop press and a bad Ford axle bearing.....


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FYI: hardened metal explodes, structural steel (regular plate, angle, channel etc) tears it does not explode. You will see the end result coming most likely. When I tore the splitting wedge off of my splitter the welds holding it on were triple pass btw........

[Bigdave_185]

From the diesel people, what trans stuff do you put in the tank for your injectors? 


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[longball]

From the diesel people, what trans stuff do you put in the tank for your injectors? 


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I've been using this stuff since I replaced the injectors in my LB7.

http://www.xtremediesel.com/XDP-Diesel-Power-Plus-Fuel-Additive-XDDPP116.aspx


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[Bigdave_185]

I have used stanadine for years but looking for something different.


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[longball]

I started using the XDP stuff about 50k mi ago because it was inexpensive but felt like it made an improvement. I ran out about a month ago and bought some Diesel Kleen to use in the meantime. It may be all in my head but I don't like it as well.


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[JR]

I use either bio diesel or wally 2 stroke oil.

[TexasRedNeck]

I'll just leave this here.



In addition to this I did some box blade work split more wood had my little one help stack it. The. Weeded the garden and harvested some chard, cucumber, sugar snap peas, cherry tomato, and some jalapeño. And then planted a watermelon and some zucchini.


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[Sammconn]

Dang, just finished supper, now I'm hungry again.
Those. Look. Awesome.
 

[Bigdave_185]

As proof I am to big for this neighborhood. Pulling my trailer home I had two inches between my trailer and my neighbors


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[JR]

Heck, we used to scrape the 40ft all the time in the yard. 2 in is plenty!

[Farmer Jon]

Wife and kids and I went to visit some friends 3 hours away. So we took the camper and made a weekend of it. First night ran out of propane but we had an electric heater. It was in the 30s pretty chilly. Drove home yesterday in 20-30 mph winds. Lost a window. I don't know where it went or where I'm going to find another one.

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[Bear9350]

Got some junk buried.  All the lathe and plaster, bricks from 2 chimneys and other various garbage from the remodel was just pulled out of the house and dumped in the back corner of the property.  That was almost 2 years ago now and I have been wanting to get it cleaned up for some time.  I rented a mini-excavator and used my uncles Kubota to take care of it this weekend.

At this point I had already started pulling some of the debris into a hole.






The excavator made pretty quick work of digging a hole.  I ended up hitting the water table and my hole started filling with water.  I could have went deeper but didn't want to add any more wet soil to the mix.  We have been getting plenty of rain and it was already wet enough.



Holes dug, junk buried and then covered.  I have some really heavy soil with a bunch of clay in it.  Makes it hard to do anything with, especially with how wet it is.  Hopefully it will dry out enough for me to work it a little bit and level stuff out.  Looks a lot better than it did though.



I was pretty impressed with the performance of that Kubota tractor.  I didn't think it was going to be able to push as much of that heavy soil around as is did.

[EL TATE]

Sold the trailer on Sat, and bought a boat on Sunday. '95 Larson 20ft bowrider w/ a 4.3L Mercruiser w/ radiator and EZ load single axle trailer. Custom Seahawks interior got my attention, but the outdrive is new, all new stainless braided hydraulics, most of the electrical has been updated, new bilge, pretty new tonneau cover and only 240hrs.

edit: screen shot has facebook crud on it, but I can't seem to crop it. oh well.

[Bob Smith]

And the fun begins....Now for some sunny weather.

[EL TATE]

And the fun begins....Now for some sunny weather.

Looking at 75 and sunny 

[Bob Smith]

And it's Monday and you are most likely at work....

[JR]

Went Kayaking on Folsom lake with the scouts Saturday. They had fun but not like having a boat.

Nice score Tate, you know the 2 best days right?

Jon, what size window do you need? I have a couple just sitting here looking for a home.

[EL TATE]

Yes, that is true, but memorial day weekend is looking like a mirror of this last weekend, mid 70's to low 80's. ima try to go break somethin'. lol

[Sammconn]

B.O.A.T.
Break out another thousand...
Best two days, yeah...

But they are fun.
Looks like a nice unit. And we'll done on the trailer sale.

I got the mustang loaded and home.
It will sit on the trailer for a couple weeks till I know what all is going on.

[Nate]

Sold the trailer on Sat, and bought a boat on Sunday. '95 Larson 20ft bowrider w/ a 4.3L Mercruiser w/ radiator and EZ load single axle trailer. Custom Seahawks interior got my attention, but the outdrive is new, all new stainless braided hydraulics, most of the electrical has been updated, new bilge, pretty new tonneau cover and only 240hrs.

edit: screen shot has facebook crud on it, but I can't seem to crop it. oh well.

did somebody PUKE seachicken all over that thing tate......................

[stlaser]

 

Bah ha ha ha

[TexasRedNeck]

Good looking boat Tate. Those 4.3 mercruisers are pretty solid. Had one in a 20 ft that would do 57 flat out on a perfect surface.   Buying used makes all the difference.  I had mine for 3 years and only lost $2000. Sold it back to the place I bought it from.

Highly recommend what is called a "topsider".

http://m.northerntool.com/products/shop~tools~product_390306_390306?hotline=false

Works wonders on oil changes.


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[Farmer Jon]

Went Kayaking on Folsom lake with the scouts Saturday. They had fun but not like having a boat.

Nice score Tate, you know the 2 best days right?

Jon, what size window do you need? I have a couple just sitting here looking for a home.

I will have to measure it. I will get back to you tomorrow. Thanks.

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[stlaser]

FJ, I'm sure you know of the rv surplus places in northern Indiana & southern Michigan? They have tons of windows FYI

[JR]

I think I ordered mine on Ebay. Got 2 50gal fresh water tanks and 2 40gal waste.

[TexasRedNeck]

Spent the last four hours contemplating backup storage scenarios and cloud backup. I'm officially in analysis paralysis.

Did get a new pair of salomon speedcross in the mail from Amazon today so it wasn't a total waste


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[stlaser]

Did get a new pair of salomon speedcross in the mail from Amazon today so it wasn't a total waste

I'm in the market for a new pair of workout shoes and leaning towards hoka's. Quite a few of the guys around here who run wear and swear by them.

[TexasRedNeck]

I like the salomons so much I keep two pair. One to wear with casual clothes and the other to work out and just work in. When the latter gets worn out is about the time I've soiled the newer pair and I just rotate down and buy a new pair.


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[cruizng]

I received this in one of my feeds yesterday. Seems like pretty good price break for those that like Salomon Brand. 

https://www.tacticaldistributors.com/collections/salomon

[TexasRedNeck]

Not bad. I paid $84 for my black speedcross on Amazon. If you find discontinued models you can get them cheap.


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[EL TATE]

Good looking boat Tate. Those 4.3 mercruisers are pretty solid. Had one in a 20 ft that would do 57 flat out on a perfect surface.   Buying used makes all the difference.  I had mine for 3 years and only lost $2000. Sold it back to the place I bought it from.

Highly recommend what is called a "topsider".

http://m.northerntool.com/products/shop~tools~product_390306_390306?hotline=false

Works wonders on oil changes.


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I like this.

[EL TATE]

Sold the trailer on Sat, and bought a boat on Sunday. '95 Larson 20ft bowrider w/ a 4.3L Mercruiser w/ radiator and EZ load single axle trailer. Custom Seahawks interior got my attention, but the outdrive is new, all new stainless braided hydraulics, most of the electrical has been updated, new bilge, pretty new tonneau cover and only 240hrs.

edit: screen shot has facebook crud on it, but I can't seem to crop it. oh well.

did somebody PUKE seachicken all over that thing tate......................

Yes, and it still smells like... victory. TBH I wasn't thrilled about the coloring, I'd have done more away grey and blue, but it's woven mesh, new foam and not cracked failing vinyl w/ rotted foam so I'm not going to complain... too much.

[Nate]

I cant figure out which color scheme is worse............seachicken puke or pound puppy purple.......

[Nate]

honestly, nice score!

[TexasRedNeck]

Made my wife happy. She's been wanting her iPhone to play music in her SUV and I finally made it by the custom stereo place and they had the gizmo I couldn't seem to find on the web. 20 minutes in and out and she can control it all from the steering wheel controls.

And watched my oldest win student of the year in math at her school in 7th grade


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[Sammconn]

Just finished damage assessment on the dock.
It's been two boating seasons since it's seen land.
Overall not too bad. Some minor damage to weld up.
I pulled a float bottom off... still frozen to the ground.
So that is extra work now.
I'm planning on putting my collection of bent 3500# axles under it for easier land movement.
I have three, and have a use for them now. The fourth is under the car trailer, and will soon become 5000#, more fitting for a car hauler IMO.

[JR]

Nice TRN on both counts.

I don't miss real winters.

I tolerate my 511 boots. One of these days I will get something really nice that fits. I used to wear Rockys at work. Made for walking on pavement, felt great just haven't ponied up the $$ for them since I retired.

[JR]

Youngest made Webelo 2. Also he liked the this log better than a Kayak.

[rpar86]

Actually got to use the truck as a towpig today. Most of the time it is just a grocery getter and kid taxi.

Hauled a buddy's new-to-him Ford 8N tractor.... Man, I tell ya, I'm always towing Fords... 1929 Fordson tractor for my Uncle a while back, then this buddy's F150 (in the second pic), now this tractor... ;)

[Bigdave_185]

That's a good looking tractor for sure.


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[Wilbur]

Cool seeing old tractors that have been restored  (or just taken really good care of). I'd love to have some acreage to need an old JD 4020.

Been running like a chicken with my head cut off lately. Helping Mom get into assisted living, co tractors at her house, contractors at my house, going to Mom's town boards about selling her additional land. It.just.sucks. sheesh