What did you do today?

[WHX?? 48,815]

Nice Ed looks like it grew there! 

 

Unloaded the HF tool cab and moved to the shop. @Shynon 

This thing is HEAVY and woulda never done it by myself without the FEL @cschannuth!  busted a gonad just rolling it to get it back on the skid. 

 

Edited March 24, 2022 by WHX??

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

@Ed Kennell you need to go buy a lottery ticket…!!!

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

Power out… 

 

Hooked up the whole house generator… neat feature is remote monitor and plugs. Keep by back door for easy check on generator demand and performance…

 

DTE says 3 hours… heard that before…

 

ugh.

 

 

 

Edit: Power came on at 5:30 pm so I took opportunity to change the very hot oil…

 

Good to go for another outage… 

Edited March 24, 2022 by SylvanLakeWH

[19richie66 17,505]

I watched it rain today. 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

4 minutes ago, 19richie66 said:

I watched it rain today. 

Yep. Us too.  Sleet too.  

[lynnmor 7,305]

Wet day so I wasted time doing the final bookkeeping and income tax.   It will take a few more wasted days to complete it due to having a business and a rental. 

[JoeM 7,874]

Drove my brother to the eye Dr in beautiful downtown Pittsburgh 

only had to lay rubber twice! 
these people drive like they are from the city! 
Water line construction all around 

waiting and hoping he is out before rush hour 

[Achto 27,571]

Today I sat through 4hrs  of jury selection and was not selected out of the pool. Case sounded interesting, kinda wanted to sit in on this one.  Too late in the day to go back to work so I decided to throw this little 11hp Briggs back together. .020 over piston, std OEM rod, lapped and fit the new valves. Should be ready for many hrs. of service again. It's a worker so I didn't bother with giving it a fresh paint job.

Edited March 24, 2022 by Achto

[ebinmaine 67,484]

3 minutes ago, Achto said:

Today I sat through 4hrs  of jury selection and was not selected out of the pool. Case sounding interesting, kinda wanted to sit in on this one.

I've never been selected. 

Wondered more than once about the process.  

[Handy Don 12,217]

42 minutes ago, Achto said:

Today I sat through 4hrs  of jury selection and was not selected out of the pool. 

 

27 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I've never been selected. 

Wondered more than once about the process.  

 

Last time I went for jury duty I ended up the chairperson on a 21-seat Federal Grand Jury that met twice a week for two years. When we finished the judge gave the thirteen of us who'd gone the whole time a letter thanking us for our service that he called the "get out of jury duty for life, if you choose" card. 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

1 minute ago, Handy Don said:

 

 

Last time I went for jury duty I ended up the chairperson on a 21-seat Federal Grand Jury that met twice a week for two years. When we finished the judge gave the thirteen of us who'd gone the whole time a letter thanking us for our service that he called the "get out of jury duty for life, if you choose" card. 

I lived in MA for 11 adult years. Here in Maine for 22 or so. 

I was selected in MA a few times but only had to show once. 

I mixed up the days and never went. Called the next day and they said I was all set. 

 

Here in ME I've never even been called up.  

[Achto 27,571]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

I've never been selected. 

Wondered more than once about the process.

 

In Wisconsin you get selected to be on a jury duty lottery for 1 month. I was selected for the month March. Can't win $2 on a Power Ball or Mega Millions lottery, put me on this type of lottery and I get picked 4 times.. They start off with about 35 to 40 people and whittle it down to 15. Yes I know a jury is 12 but they choose 15 in case the are circumstances where some juror's need to be excused before the trial is over. If all 15 make it through the trial, 3 are chosen at random to be excused before the decision making process starts. 

 

My first appearance this month, I was chosen and then dismissed as I stated that I would find it hard to be impartial given the nature of the accusations against the plaintiff. (& we'll just leave that as it is) Second appearance was resolved before the trial so I didn't have to appear. Today I was never even chosen to sit in the jury box, but still had to sit through the whole selection process.  I have one more appearance on the 31st, will see what comes of that. After the 31st I will not be up for selection again for 4yrs.

Edited March 25, 2022 by Achto

[ebinmaine 67,484]

11 minutes ago, Achto said:

I would find it hard to be impartial given the nature of the accusations against the plaintiff. (& we'll just leave that as it is)

In certain situations that would be an issue for me too.  

 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Yeahhh internet is Back.

Few day’s earlier an idiot on an excavator 2 valley’s ahead has ripped the complete fibre wire whilst digging the wrong depth -

the result 4 Valley‘s without internet for a few day‘s.

 

Ob boy... 

 

however, i do some Garden cleanups 

began with the cutting of several brances and 2 little trees.

with the help of 3 useful machines...

 

the Beast with the FEL to secure the Brances i cut

 

 

The Chainsaw to cut

and my Wheelhorse to do the main job - clean up.

yes, it could also be done with the Beast, but riding with the Wheelhorse give me simply much more Fun.

 

 

doing several rides to the dump..

 

 

aaand reload...

 

 

after that, i cleaned the backyard.

all lumbers and branches from the winterstorms must be removed.

 

 

8 rides to the dumpplace today.

a great Wheelhorse day after a snowless winter this year.

 

at least i egalized the molehills with an idea

i use my snowplow and my selfmade back rake as a perfect combo.

 

if anybody needs a good idea to egalize molehills, i be absolutely satisfied with the result.

Take yourself a closer look in the picture if you see where the molehills was before.

 

What a great Day.

[ebinmaine 67,484]

We been out playin' in the mud. 😂😂😂. 

 

Worked on the pond and stream. 

 

 

Placed a pallet bridge.

 

Didn't set right so we moved it. 

Much more bettererer. 

 

Getting the fire 🔥🔥 piles ready. 

 

Small pile we'll be adding to just behind the BBT. 

 

Big pile we're touching off. BBT for scale size.  

 

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

A  couple weeks of spring temps  blossomed out all the fruit trees.   Now we have 3 days of 25F temps.      Same thing happened last year and I lost everything but a few plums.

Trying to prevent a killer frost this year.

 

 

 

 

Wow, I got them cover just in time.

 

Snow, sleet, and freezing rain  just now.

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2022 by Ed Kennell

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

1 minute ago, Ed Kennell said:

A  couple weeks of spring temps  blossomed out all the fruit trees.   Now we have 3 days of 25F temps.      Same thing happened last year and I lost everything but a few plums.

Trying to prevent a killer frost this year.

Oh… before I read the post I thought you were just going ahead and bagging your leaves now so you would not have to rake  them in the fall…

 

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

Worked a little OT today inspecting the installation of an 8 inch sewer lateral and private man hole…

Now it’s time to get home and work on the 1984 Work Horse GT-1600…

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

44 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

Oh… before I read the post I thought you were just going ahead and bagging your leaves now so you would not have to rake  them in the fall…

 

 

That is an excellent idea! Quick - get the patent... "Uncle Ed's On The Tree Leaf Collection System"... As seen on RedSquare! Set of Ginsu knives for the first 50 callers...

 

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

4 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Uncle Ed's On The Tree Leaf Collection System".

No plum pie for you.

[rjg854 11,361]

Had to replace the overhead door operator, so that gave me something to do today. Can't believe I only got 20 some odd years out of it. Aren't they supposed to last for the life of the barn?  

[EB-80/8inPA 1,641]

Got the snowblower off of the C-160 and a few other odds and ends done before the sun disappeared and it started sleeting.  It was a really nice day for about one hour there!

[19richie66 17,505]

Sold my enclosed trailer to a friend, delivered it and picked up 1/2 a tractor in northern Pa. 

Edited March 26, 2022 by 19richie66

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Cleanup today the Spindles from old Grease.

 

 

spindles now work much smoother but the Motor still is not able to lift a Car or either a Truck.

but it lifts the Horsie...

 

 

 

also not bad for a faster Service in backfriendly height.

gearoil change, motoroil change and a complete Geasing of all zerks is done pretty simple.

 

It appears the motor i buyed is a little to weak.

It has 2,2 KW like the old one but it must work with 3x 230V in triangle instead of 3x 400V in star connection,

so i loose about 30% of possible power while working with a VFD.

Let‘s see if i can improve the torque by changing some vfd settings, if not i may built a Jackshaft for another Gear reduction.

The motor via the VFD can easily spin the double the rpm‘s so another 2:1 reduction can do the Trick.

We will see.

 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

Had a great day getting some serious cleanup done in and near the newly cleared garden (+)  area behind the backyard and outdoor workshop building. 

We had our hiking buddies Kevin and Samantha over to help out in trade of the usual surly attitude and fairly decent coffee along with a nicely done BBQ chicken/veggies meal by Trina.  

 

 

As a size reminder this pic shows Trina in front of the larger of the two piles we burned.  

 

We also took a bunch of waste boards and pallets along with many other branches/sticks/brush from the surrounding ground. 

 

 

Here's Trina and her mom working at the smaller pile. 

 

They were pulling from the area to the left of and behind the pile clearing brush. 

 

Trina about to hand off a grabful of brush to the Mama. 

 

I spent a bunch of time sorting out the leaves from this huge pile and plopping the sticks on the burn pile. 

It was burning fast enough that with only feeding it I could barely keep up. 

 

 

 

I can't lift anything heavy with my left arm for a bit so Trina and Kevin moved some of the old construction waste to the burn mound. 

 

 

Here's Kevin standing at the last of the fire. 

Note that the entire pile behind him... ISN'T.  

There's also quite alot of old woodstuff missing from behind him on that little hill. 

 

I've been in this house 17 years and don't remember ever having that area completely emptied. 

 

 

I other news, Trina has taken it upon herself to dam up the new frog pond and raise the level a little. 

She's been strategically placing stones, mud, and now this yellow birch log to do so.  

 

 

Another excellent day in the life of a Large Bear 🐻🐻.