Ed Kennell 38,162 #1 Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) Some sure signs of spring this morning. The daffys are blooming. The plum, pear, and apple trees are budding. The plums are starting to open and this has me worried as some 28F temps are in the forecast next week. The neighbor lad has been prepping the ground for planting the sweet corn. This will all be under plastic. Wait for his zero turn radius. Edited March 28, 2023 by Ed Kennell 2 9 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,316 #2 Posted March 28, 2023 You can tell those five horses have worked together before... Excellent. Must get a tad fragrant with the manure spreader in use tho... 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,297 #3 Posted March 28, 2023 Wonder if all that horsepower gets non ethanol feed . 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,316 #4 Posted March 28, 2023 FIVE HP - just like a 502 !!!!! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,162 #5 Posted March 28, 2023 Just now, ri702bill said: FIVE HP - just like a 502 !!!!! Yep, a 5 HP 20 wheel drive tractor that weighs 8000 pounds. 3 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,084 #6 Posted March 28, 2023 Looks like a Turbo model to me! 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,316 #7 Posted March 28, 2023 50 minutes ago, squonk said: Looks like a Turbo model to me! Watch out for the exhaust..!! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,815 #8 Posted March 28, 2023 We got five foot drifts yet... 3 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,843 #9 Posted March 28, 2023 It’s 43 degrees here. I just got home from an 80 mile ride to help my BIL pick out some supplies at the green🤢 box store ( @ri702bill that one give me the heebie jeebies the worst!). Time to thaw out a bit! 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,815 #10 Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, ri702bill said: FIVE HP - just like a 502 !!!!! 502?!? What who where when? I might as well keep the blade on ... calling for snow end of week. No offense Ed but you can stick yer daffies where the sun don't shine! Edited March 29, 2023 by WHX?? 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,843 #11 Posted March 29, 2023 @WHX?? I’ve been preaching to you for years how amazing my 502 is. It took you getting one to realize I’m right. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,815 #12 Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Pullstart said: @WHX?? I’ve been preaching to you for years how amazing my 502 is. It took you getting one to realize I’m right. Ahhh Noooo it took me a short time to realize how good they were right out the factory... and mine has still got a fine running tecky... shhhh don't tell Sqounky... You obviously haven't caught my comments about Sylvia's fine looking B Hoods and a angle grinder have you! No more mentioning 502s @ri702bill... gets me off on a tangent... Edited March 29, 2023 by WHX?? 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPINJIM 1,981 #13 Posted March 29, 2023 Spring has sprung in my part of PA also: 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,316 #14 Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, WHX?? said: No more mentioning 502s @ri702bill... No can do - working on mine this week..... and yes, an impressive machine, a tad too light in the front unlike the 7 & 8 HP cast iron Kohlers..... no quick releasing the clutch pedal. Edited March 29, 2023 by ri702bill 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,843 #15 Posted March 29, 2023 Light Fronts Matter! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,316 #16 Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) Is it me, or does that look like a character from a Mad Max movie??? Edited March 29, 2023 by ri702bill 1 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike'sHorseBarn 2,998 #17 Posted March 29, 2023 12 hours ago, WHX?? said: You guys with the snow make me jealous! I didn't touch anything more than a shovel all winter! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,843 #18 Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, ri702bill said: Is it me, or does that look like a character from a Mad Max movie??? my radio cut out for about 30 miles. Nothing but me, clinky cold things ‘tween my legs and some beautiful exhaust notes. I felt a little mad max-ish! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,843 #19 Posted March 29, 2023 Happy Spring Time! Just Kidding! - Mother Nature. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,843 #20 Posted March 29, 2023 It really is supposed to be 60 in two days… 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,162 #21 Posted March 30, 2023 The sweet corn is going in today. All planted under plastic. Every four rows are a different variety with a different mature time. Spaces out the pollination and harvest times. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 9,743 #22 Posted March 30, 2023 we’re well into Spring. This is a bumper crop year for Blue Bonnets in the Texas Hill Country. Lots of motorcycle and car clubs making the rounds on the back county roads sight seeing. 1 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,162 #23 Posted March 30, 2023 It warmed up a bit so the boys came out to help. They shovel the dirt on the plastic when they start a new row. There are actually two rows of corn under each sheet of plastic. 3 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,207 #24 Posted March 30, 2023 On 3/28/2023 at 3:59 PM, elcamino/wheelhorse said: Wonder if all that horsepower gets non ethanol feed . Jim, you got it backward (cart before the horse if you will). Horses produce ethanol as well as methane. As @ri702bill said be careful around the exhaust! Michelle O’Malley knows good horse poop when she sees it. While at MIT, the chemical engineer scooped up some manure from Finn, a grass-fed horse at a sustainable farm in Concord, Mass. That offal has led to a potential breakthrough in turning grasses and nonfood crops into an alternative fuel in attempts to wean motorists from fossil fuels and stem man-made climate change. O’Malley, a chemical engineer at UC Santa Barbara, has isolated a fungus that could more easily unlock the sugars used to ferment ethanol. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,843 #25 Posted April 4, 2023 In town yesterday, I noticed how high the river is. This is a kayak launch site. The stairs are about 1/2 way under water, then the floating ramp/dock is generally another couple feet down. We had hours of rain yesterday after the pictures were taken and two more days of rain are forecasted. This is right below the dam and the backwaters are regulated to control flooding upstream in a small community. I bet there are still basements underwater up the way. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
