Your friend probably has a better chance of winning the lottery than being checked by DOT


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I would agree with this.

Now for the splice.
I’d do it at the factory connection at the engine.
Get caps made to the tank and plug onto the hard lines.
Anyone with aftermarket fuel lift pumps probably has these.
Your friend may have them if the air dog has been removed from their truck.
Or they may know a guy that can provide said connectors.

An hour and how much fuel?

Likely only a couple or few gallons.
I only have a 20 gallon tank and it goes a long time.
Now I likely burned a couple swirling the ice out of the way too.

To be short yes.
There is likely still a lot tucked out of current and in bays, but for the most part it’s gone.



This was part of the ice I had to move and push out of the marina. 50 odd feet locked in between shore and the breakwater. These chunks are still a foot thick and make some aweful sounds hitting the hull…



Made me a bit of a hole.



Heave Ho and off we go.



6.6 km/hr or a tad over 4mph. Not too bad. Somewhere just over 5 the far end of the dock submarines. Notice the water temp, skyrocketing with the ice gone.



A bit of ice along the way.



And just like that summer has officiall started.
Three weeks ago I was still on my snowmobile.

For anyone keeping score this trip was just o er an hour start to finish.


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If I were to guess the funny antlers are just growing and this could be a good sized buck come fall time.

Well. Today I needed to get some concrete placed. There for the cement heads I said it the way you say it supposed to be.

I’m inside a week to get home likely and need to tend to this better this time than last.

Not a lot of pics as I poured this between two meetings this morning in just over an hour.



I hydrated it slightly more and vibrated it in hopefully enough.
Couple hours of set up and not quite ready to finish.
It’s now floated and brushed where needed, covered with packing blankets and wet. Should be good.
Zero beers involved this time around and I think I’ve got a winner. Will unwrap the package next week.
It’s been raining off and on since I poured it so had to get it covered as soon as I worked it.


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So, is it mostly all gone now?

Honestly I’m not sure.
I doubt it as I think only the main river channels have cleared.
There is still ice locked between the islands across from me.
There are many square miles of lake surface that are still ice covered based on info from people on land.

I’m still seeing ice pass by but the big show for now is done.
We’ve got a few nice days ahead and then some rain so that may unlock the rest.

 
I’m a grandpa.
Grandson born this afternoon.
Mama, baby and his dad are all good.

So, all that timber, and concrete, and blocks being carried out there on your boat?

You are on a complete island, right? No land bridge/road at all?

It either comes via boat in summer or via sleigh in winter. (Spring for normal folks)
Winter is much simpler as you can deliver it to where it needs to go.
Summer you have to wrestle it in and out the boat, the go where it’s needed.

 The Timbers all came on a sleigh. Just can’t find the pictures of when. Mama likely has.
That was a load, Timbers and at least a lift of 8 foot 2 x 6 amongst all the rest of whatever it was.
I do remember the trailer was covered nearly completely about 3 feet high.

Did some more slopping at the crib. Can’t call the goo I was removing digging. The sun got into a few more inches, made melty of the surface ice and turned it into a slurry of sorts. You can see it running into the holes at the edges.
I did however get the top clearanced three more inches and the darned thing ain’t dropping.
I will leave it be as I suspect Jack Frost has a part being played.



I am debating embracing this drain. I have pipe here and am debating driving it out to shore. Then add some excavation and ballast and pour cement. Just not sure all the effort will survive the freeze thaw cycles. So I’m pondering that for about another day. This needs to dry out regardless before I can dig any further.

So off to the next project.



Time to reform the pizza oven base.



As I got to this point HH6 needed to talk…
Then didn’t answer…
Anyhoo, grand baby is coming.
She’s a leavin’.

And yes I crushed most of the old concrete to rubble as well. Couple more chunks to bust up but nearly back to gravel…

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So yesterday things changed.



All the ice had turned a greenish hue. As the day progressed I noticed brownish areas. Out water is very turbid and I’m assuming this is river water saturating the ice.









An hourly time lapse from 1900 - 2200.



And todays 0800.

It’s very windy today. Things could change a lot again.


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So, I see it changing color in places. I assume those are areas where it is melting or covered in water?
Other places I am still seeing the frosty white stuff that looks like shaved ice. And of course the open water.
What is the water temp there now? I'm guessing somewhere in the mid upper 30's.

Fairly accurate observations.
All getting greenish now but not a lot of wholesale change.

Water temp will still be around 33-34 until the ice cover is gone.

Ok morning update for ya chief.



To the east things are getting rotten. I believe the brownish spots are taking on the river water and nearing their end.



Looking straight across. The normal window view.



Looking west.


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Still all boring chief.
Most up to date are there. Well except for the one out the window this morning.

The icebergs are ah comin’.

Not sure how epic they will be usually just football field sized chunks floating along.
But we shall see every one of em.

***update in big ice boss.

And as I set on mamas swing chair I’ve noticed that the trees have begun to push buds.
Spring has officially arrived.

So to not let any grass grow under me today I started to tackle the uneven crib and decks.



There was a time not many years ago these were all level and even. The yard drains to the junction of the side deck and walkway and flushes soil out the bottom onto the lake.



So I had to dig out rock. Yes rocks again today.



And I popped the deck out with the big bar. Still not so good.



Time for some sketchy stuff.



Tie quad to tree…this is smart right…



Press the go button.



Voila.


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So stuff started happening today.
I noticed it this morning when I was starting to fix the crib up.
Well I ended up doing the tour again.



This was at Clint’s.



At Corinne’s.

Considerable change at both places.



Chris, still locked up solid.



And from the cabin not a lot looks different.


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Well it snowed last night. Not a lot and not total ground coverage but none the less it snowed and melted where I suppose more heat was in the ground.

I have intel coming from both sides that it’s moving at both dams either side of me.

But here:



Is the 08 picture from today. Must have been tired as I slept in apparently.
Way across, appears to be opening more each day as well.



But it is also slow going.

Oh, and imagine that, our weather folks missed the mark again. Looks to be the start to a glorious day. Full on sun, and hardly a cloud to be seen.


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Glad to hear you’re back up and running chief.
My boy grew up on the MacBook.
Mama tried, and now the boy has a new MacBook.
She’s back to windows too.

I had to run the charger for a few hours last week when it rained for two days off and on.

So with the electrical all changed it came to light that the charger output cable was undersized. At least to me it was, as it got hot! Like checking it every 10-15 minutes hot. Now I could still touch it, and Lester has been around forever, but too hot for me.

Staring down a second day of rain or snow tomorrow I’m expecting to need it again possibly.

So out it came, tore apart, and the suspect cable removed.



The original was marked as 12awg but seems too small next to the 10awg I’m replacing it with. If I get bored I might pull out my wire mic and measure it but I doubt it.



It is a very robust charger and added ring terminals and redid the connections.
For those wondering it is a Lester E series, 24 volt smart charger. For floor washer machines and the like.
Will do a test run but suspect it will not be hot now.


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Oooh. This is something different.

Will be an odd oil change for here…

 

Been puttering with trim work on the sunroom. I’m a framer not a finisher. So I hate trim, carpet all that crap.

Started at the table saw with the resawn cedar.



Heck of a pile of sawdust. And not a lot done. But alas, some trim work is done.





So now just windows left. And that I’m totally not looking forward to. The cedar boards and the window frames are not exactly aligned, nor are they any two the same.
So yeah, not looking forward to that.


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Quote from: Sammconn on May 18, 2022, 12:39:16 PM

Good to know…
Which ones did you go with?
Did you put in new bolts at assembly?

PPE
I installed the allen head bolts they supplied, but a third of them came out in the 10 years those manifolds have been on that engine

Oh boy… I’ll need to keep en eye on them then.
That’s what I used as well.

Looks like we’ve sold our condo.
Listed 48 hours ago.
Great timing I suppose.
Hope we didn’t list too low.

But it gone I think so that is good.

Had been bought when our boy was in university.
Has since been rented to him, then within his group.
The last of the 912 gang has bought their own so the timing was good.

Good to know…
Which ones did you go with?
Did you put in new bolts at assembly?

More sent.
Be strong for those that need.
Also easy to say not always easy to do.

Ok Chief,
This is from close to 07 today.



The birch may be trying to push bids but If I recall they are not new. I’ll update that one.
Grass is starting to think it’s time where water has run on it.

But…


Yestertag. The pile doesn’t indicate well, but the sleigh was near to full. I did walk the path prior but there was no need on this part of the ice.


Close up of the surface. Two days of rain did a number on it. Fully candled now. And wow what grip the peaks provide.



The thaw is slowly moving along. The ice here I likely could have still drove onto the lake over. I’m keeping me safe and mama sane however. My adventures forward are all land based.



Open water in one of the channels. Around the end of the island from me.



And it is getting rotten at the shoreline. I stopped to take this and all of the candles fell without me needing to break them off.


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