What did you do today?

[Handy Don 12,235]

Just now, Pullstart said:

Just cleared the coop roof and brushed the fence but no damage.  
 

Break time.

 

Nice work there, Mr. Bunyon!

 

Big tree down the street fell yesterday taking out power for the street. Two crews restrung the wires and we had power back in about an hour (yeah, amazing).

Then a private company came to clear the tree as it was blocking a neighbor's driveway. Sloppy planning of their first cut dropped a big branch onto the wires shorting them out. Darkness falling and long estimate for repairs so out come the generator and emergency supplies. 

Three+ hours later, the lights were back on.

Two outages in one day--a very new experience.

Today putting away the cords and lanterns and tucking the generator back to "sleep" to await the next time.

[Pullstart 62,905]

38 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Nice work there, Mr. Bunyon!

It’s been a while, but I am generally quite skilled at felling a tree exactly where planned.  That’s speaking with my Husqvarna in my hands.  An old axe?  It took a bit more finesse and whittling.

[Handy Don 12,235]

39 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

speaking with my Husqvarna in my hands

It is pretty cool what a chainsaw, some wedges, a mallet, and a little practice can do when felling trees. There is one YouTube video where two (patient and very practiced) guys drop an 80' tree in a back yard within a foot or so of where they planned it. 'Course there are some laugh/cry/cringe fail videos too. 

[ebinmaine 67,593]

2 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Two outages in one day--a very new experience

Maine is the most heavily forested state in the nation. 

Add to that we live kinda rural. 

We've had multiple outages per day a time or two.  

We've also had multiple day outages ... More than a time or two. 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

Get a stick the length from finger tips to armpit. Hold it vertical in your hand with arm out stretched. Walk backwards from tree. When top of stick lines up with top of tree, that's where it will fall. Usually! 

 

As what have I been doing today? Watched the rain bucketing down, lane flooding, ponds over flowing and drainage ditches that were dry, filling up. Cumbria and SW Scotland have taken a battering. 12" of rain yesterday, 14" today. And more to come they say.

 

Edited October 28, 2021 by Stormin

[ebinmaine 67,593]

13 minutes ago, Stormin said:

Get a stick the length from finger tips to armpit. Hold it vertical in your hand with arm out stretched. Walk backwards from tree. When top of stick lines up with top of tree, that's where it will fall. Usually! 

 

That's an interesting method. 

I THINK I understand. 

 

Could be useful to us here when I cut  a 1/2 dozen trees that are near ish to the house and shed.   

 

Out in the forest we:

Choose sick or dead tree.  

Cut it down. 

See where it falls and what carnage of other trees it causes. 

Process all for firewood. 

 

[squonk 41,150]

Power outages ? I've lived in my home for 33 years. I think the power has been out for a total of about 5 hours. I know I'm due.

 

Now when I worked at the hospital, different story. Get called in on a Sat night for an outage. Power comes back and I spent an hour getting stuff up and running again and another hour babysitting in case some thing critical isn't working correctly. Go home and 10 min. later and WHAMMO! Phone rings and I go back and start all all over again! 

[Ed Kennell 38,209]

1 hour ago, Stormin said:

Get a stick the length from finger tips to armpit.

Hmm...now I'm curious.    I'll have to check this against  my method.    Using the level and 45 degree angle on a machinist square.

[19richie66 17,508]

I just wet my thumb, hold it up to the wind, close my eyes and say a prayer 

[Maxwell-8 4,277]

I cut out a part of our asphalt driveway to make room for a flowerbed. Used my Husqvarna I bought a way I would never recommend... I bought it online, and had it shipped to me. When It arrived It wouldn't start luckily it was just a loose fuel line. 

Anyway, it did a good job. The 300mm blade was just big enhough.

 

[ebinmaine 67,593]

Pretty much ever since we installed the wood stove upstairs Trina has been wanting to change the look of the factory mill scale colored steel heat shield that sits on the wall. 

 

 

 

Over the last few weeks she would get the stove so it was cooking right along and then feel the wall behind it. Always warm. Never hot.

 

So she commenced to the standard issue poking around online and was able to find some stickers that are a metallic base of some sort and rated to withstand a continuous 120°.

 

Some very careful stickah placement and a sharp razor blade around the pipe and here's the result...

 

 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

 So far today has been the same as yesterday and the day before. Watching the rain belting down or taking the dog for quick walks. Did manage to clear up the heaps of soggy leaves in a slight lull. 

  Looks as though it's clearing up a bit now and the water level has dropped a bit on the lane. You can see the verges now.

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Did the change yesterday.

 

while ago, we where at a Class meeting from Mrs.Tractorhead.

i see a Van, an old Ford Tansit MK2 Type 100, what i drove at my first Job Training and the first Year as Technican.

I just inspected the Van, because i loved that Van and i knew it‘s most horrible Rust nests and be Surprised,

that it have not too much Rust after it’s 40 years of use.

sure there be a few, but nothing that prevents a rework.

 

A while and few Beers later i talked to Klaus, because he looked for a small Tracta for his Wife.

Se had a small Store where she sell‘s products from local Farmers.

The Farmer just put it outside their Areal, because the Way to the Store is too small for the huge Tractas

and she must carry all the goods with a Wheelbarrow to the Store ( about 500m).

To solve that, Klaus was looking for a small Tracta and we decided quick - we did a change.

 

Van to 212 WheelHorse.

 

Ok, we have a Deal !

 

yesterday Klaus arrived with the Van and we put it into the Shed.

 

than we loaded the Wheelhorse onto the Trailer and he got a good new Place.

 

 

it was a funny Pic the Wheelhorse on that Trailer, there was place for more....

but no, i keep my 656.

 

doing an Oilchange, check the Airfilter and the timing Belt and also the Coolant.

The Battery is done, my spare Battery is on the Charger...

 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

 

 

It‘s a 2.0 litre Pinto Engine, sat for few years.

unbelievable first Start... with the old gunk of fuel.

i be impressed.

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,593]

5 hours ago, Tractorhead said:

 

 

It‘s a 2.0 litre Pinto Engine, sat for few years.

unbelievable first Start... with the old gunk of fuel.

i be impressed.

 

 

Excellent!

 

I hit subscribe too!

 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Vaccumed the complete Air Heater system .

2 vaccum boxes later, the whole Airpath for the Heater is again free.

Lots of leafes and Nuts where inside and blocks the Fan.

Now it runs again on both Airspeeds.

 

cool, the basics doesn‘t look Bad.

 

The foldable roof is an absolute Highlight and was just sold only very rare.

Spareparts nearly impossible to find but it is in excellent condition, even the Vinyl is still at once without damages.

 

Than i begin the hardest part - a deep honest Rust check.

The basic bodywork is in nice good condition, also after some Winteruse.

Just in the rear left she has a hit with a little Damage and the wheelarch outside has a bit of Rust.

but that can be fixed (patched) even so the Front left and right behind the bumper but this are typical known Rustspots.

Just few spots but nothing that kill‘s my Plan.

 

 

I thinkering about after Bodywork to save them with Raptor Paint.

Do anybody have experiences with the Raptor paint, what is normally used for loading area sealing?

 

is this a good idea or a bad idea?

 

 

[Gregor 4,846]

Remember this

and it morphed into this?

After I completed it last spring, it never snowed again. I never got a chance to try it out. I've heard we can expect an early snowfall.

 

 

  It's baaaaaack! 

 

Only Casper is white now. The 2 Lawn Boys fired right up after a summer nap.

 

Is this one 2 stage snow blower, or two single stage snowblowers?

Or maybe just a bad idea all the way around. We shall see. Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow.  Just once. That's all I want this year. Then I'm done.

[Ed Kennell 38,209]

The rain and wind kept me out of the deer stand this week.   So I spent some time rigging  the new (1962) crabbing boat for next year.

Tore out the old 15" transom and installed a new 20"er.

Made a cleat and roller for the bow to assist in pulling the large crab pots and the anchor.

 

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314]

Didn't do a whole lot today, but I did get some parts for 1927 Maytag 92 #234879 cleaned up and blasted. 

[ebinmaine 67,593]

17 hours ago, Gregor said:

Is this one 2 stage snow blower, or two single stage snowblowers?

Yes. Definitely.  

 

I'm really looking forward to hearing if/how well that works.  

 

[19richie66 17,508]

Eating a well balanced breakfast. 

Edited November 7, 2021 by 19richie66

[8ntruck 7,016]

Yesterday's activity.  There has been a model train show/swap meet here in Sedalia for about 7 years.  The proceeds from the show have gone to support the Sedalia Historical Society.  

 

We built a portable O gage trail layout with a Polar Express theme to use in kid's programs at the KATY Depot Museum.  After one of those programs, we got invited to display the layout at the train show pretty much from its inception.

 

Here are a couple of shots of the Polar Express layout and a second layout for some of my other trains:

 

 

 

[19richie66 17,508]

That’s cool! Love model trains.

[Andy N. 2,154]

I was going to start cleaning up some leaves with the chipper/vac, but apparently there was a mouse living in my shed this summer and he made me have other plans for today. He also chewed through one of the coil wires.

[Handy Don 12,235]

24 minutes ago, Andy N. said:

also chewed through one of the coil wires.

It was clearly impeding the nest construction and had to be removed...