squonk 41,052 #6851 Posted June 4 Ready to launch the new Venus lander! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,206 #6852 Posted June 4 3 minutes ago, squonk said: Ready to launch Hoping you do better than NASA and Boeing 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,052 #6853 Posted June 4 10 minutes ago, Handy Don said: Hoping you do better than NASA and Boeing No people on it. Throw caution to the wind! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,834 #6854 Posted June 4 I have had two fresh sharpened sets of blades for my 52” SCAG since last spring. I decided today is the day. Wow, what a difference in the cut quality and speed I can run! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,114 #6855 Posted June 4 (edited) Stocked our local Rod and Gun Club pond for the kids fishing derby this Sat. I'll have around 300 trout to filet. Beautiful day on Sat. and the kids caught some trout. We fileted over 300 fish. Edited June 10 by Ed Kennell 6 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,525 #6856 Posted June 4 Very cool!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 2,046 #6857 Posted June 4 I put a water pump in an Explorer. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,500 #6858 Posted June 5 9 hours ago, adsm08 said: I put a water pump in an Explorer. That doesn’t sound fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 2,046 #6859 Posted June 5 46 minutes ago, 19richie66 said: That doesn’t sound fun It's not. Despite no actual heavy lifting I have a strained back and a pinched nerve from all of the stupid positions you have to be in. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,114 #6860 Posted June 5 Watched the Neighbors planting cantaloupe today. Mother driving the two Belgians pulling a wagon wheel planter at a snails pace while Father and 6yo son insert the plants in the holes punched in the plastic by the spokes of the wheel. Their other two sons 1 and 2 year olds watch and learn from their seats on top of the planter. They usually harvest over 150,000 melons plus sweet corn, pumpkins, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. 3 3 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,052 #6861 Posted June 7 This morning we slid in a new steam heat exchanger for one chiller and whilst the boys were buttoning up the piping, I mosied over to another bldg and got our nat. gas fired chiller going . Dewpoints close to 70 today. 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,998 #6862 Posted June 7 (edited) Update on one of our ongoing projects. We are progressing further in the restoration of the porch on our 1914 house in Mo. I've gotten the brick porch railing with stone caps put together. Got started on continuing the brick columns to match the pilasters on the house today. Just 378 more bricks to go. Trick will be to keep the columns vertical. Got a lot of small finishing details to tend to as well. Talked with our friend who is also a landscaper on Tuesday. Got him lined up for this fall. Got to get a concrete contractor lined up to replace the front walk before then. Edited June 8 by 8ntruck 7 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,525 #6863 Posted June 7 Nice work @8ntruck!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OutdoorEnvy 1,522 #6864 Posted June 7 Got out on the lake yesterday and had one of my best limits of walleye/saugeye! In Oklahoma you can keep 6 with a 14" min slot. These six are 19.5-23"! Can't believe I culled a 18.5"! Never thought it would happen. Looking forward to a great fish fry! 4 3 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,834 #6865 Posted June 7 On 5/9/2024 at 7:41 AM, Pullstart said: I built a little exhaust for a coworker of Mrs. P. He’s got himself a very clean original Ranger. 2.3L 5 speed. It sounds pretty ok and was in his budget. I told him of my under vehicle inspection, let him know a rear end oil change and a new gasket would be a good weekend project for him. He’s learning to tinker. I finally got around to posting a video of this little ripper… 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JPWH 6,033 #6866 Posted June 8 (edited) I watched roofers all day. New shop roof and chimney flashing repair on my house. The shingles on the house are about 18 years old and NLA but the roofer did a good job getting close to existing. Edited June 8 by JPWH 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #6867 Posted June 8 Because of the massive rain the last few weeks, Grass raises like crazy. Leo is 77cm tall and this Pict is 4 day‘s old. so you can imagine how high our Grass is. For get a good place for the drone to start i need few smaller areas to mow ahead to fawn save. flight time is limited each battery to 20min so i need at least on 4 fields a way into and was allowed to mow me a small Way. To be able to cut it i thinkering it be probably a good idea to mount the Suicidal Discmower on the Beast. More clearance under it and lot‘s of light so i can mow me my Way even in the dark or night. as said - done Firstly i thinker about a Mounting hitch for the FEL. a 10mm thick Steelplate is the Baseplate on the euro mount. few cutted Pipes give me the ability to secure it but have it woobly mounted, so that it can follow in each direction to the Ground. tilt sideways is at 38 deg limited what is more than i need. One Bolt in the upper fix it in place that it have littl play. Than i attached the Oilmotor, it is a fast runner and i hope it has enough rpm to drive the discs as fast as they need. it‘s just a trial and error built, so i don‘t calculated much ahead. The belt describes a triangle, so if needed i can easily change the Pulley to change the rpm‘s. simple design hope it works. That thing looks dang dangerously but i had a small issue since today... While mowing the Hedge with my Hedgetrimmer on the Beast, i try to down the Hedge a little more, where brances up to 1,5cm thick be inside. Ok i be curious if the Hedgetrimmer was able to deal with that. about the Oilmotor i be shure he can handle it. So here we go..... When i was nearly finished, i heared a unregulary unknown „knocking“ noise. Curious what that was, i stopped the Beast and see this rip on the Oilmotor excenter... huh - not soooooo good - dang. it seems the cutting of that thick Brances overloads the mechanic little 😎 the Oilmotor does it‘s job very well so the question of it‘s power is now clear. (more than enough) ( it is the same oilmotor as i used on the disc mower.) but dang, 7 mm thick and 25mm wide flat steel rips that way???? ok, time to weld it again, but not before the Big Show. when i would set the Beast into the Shed it wan‘t fire up. Starter works, black smoke occurs but no more action was taken. i opened the fueltank cap and try - nothing i checked the fuel line - ok i checked the Airfilter - ok i checked the bowdens for foot throttle and hand throttle - ok After about 40 min in shadow i try it again, it fired on one cylindre that few seconds running the second cylindre fires up. i hope it‘s be just the valve setup, i never checked it because it still has not reached it’s timeline and it runs each time when i need and use it. i hope i will not regret.🤪🤐🤫 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #6868 Posted June 8 After that i can not sit still arround and while it was raining now and the Beast was in the Shed i decided to check at least the valve gap and remove the valve cover to do so. Inside i found all intake Valve rocker screws become loose - Don‘t ask me why - I let the Engine rework at an Engineshop back in 2015 when i bought the Beast. The engine Guy told me i should not do anything on the valve drive because it was set to its optimum. I was now able to twist the screws simply with bare hands. ok that could be the Problem and it‘s easy to solve. So fix grab the feeler gauge and set valve gap as it should be. 0,25 the intake 0,35 the outlet valves as i have described in my Documentation. The moment of truth. i tried it without a preglow and it fires right up with a big black cloud of smoke and than smoke reduces to normal. Few throttlepulls later the Engine becomes a smoothly idle. Again a check about the Valve rocker screws - tight. Than i close the Valve cover, pull on the oil drain pipe and jump into the Seat. Flicking into 6th Gear and have a ride to the Dump with it’s filled FEL ( with all branches of the Hedge) i love my new big Bucket with it’s bigger load capacity. It runs as smoothly as never before and fires right up without preglow with a gently tickering sound i never heared before.. Before it sounds more like a hammering and felt i would say the gap before was too much. the Engine also becomes feeled much more agility. It was the first time i checked myself the valve gap after rework of the Engine back in 2015. Even on my ride to the dump it runns much smoother than before and rev now much quicker. Maybe the base settings was not that optimum before as the guy told me and it feels it have much more punch when i drive uphills. Be Happy👍😇 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Treepep 562 #6869 Posted June 8 On 3/18/2024 at 5:32 PM, 19richie66 said: 3600 in parts, rest is labor. Both headlights are broken in the back, frame horns bent, motorized louvered pieces behind the grille, (not to mention complete grille) are busted out, a/c condenser is bent in so they are replacing it so evacuating the a/c to replace that, painting the hood and passenger fender, bumper and all parts for it. It was a rather large deer for around here. This is the second time around for the front. Last time a car burnt ip in a parking lot and she was parked in front of it. Eh, wife's fine I trust? All that matters Yeah? Tough to cough that up but beats the snot outta the alternative 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,998 #6870 Posted June 9 @Tractorhead that crack looks to have started right at the edge of the weld. Any chance you had a little bit of undercut there? You have what is known as a fatigue failure. The edge of a weld is a stress concentration to start with. Adding some undercut adds a notch into the mix, making a "break here" feature. I'm also going to guess that your suicide mower has some amount of vibration, which helps cracks from at "break here" features. If you have a pneumatic needle descaler, run it over your repair weld to beat the heck out of it. Doing this will reduce the chances that a fatigue crack will form. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #6871 Posted June 9 1 hour ago, 8ntruck said: @Tractorhead that crack looks to have started right at the edge of the weld. Any chance you had a little bit of undercut there? You have what is known as a fatigue failure. I think you be absolute right with your estimation. 👍 as written, i stressed the Hedgemower much more than i used it normally i believe when i set down the new hedge height at about 20cm deeper than ever before. 🤪 I believe that was the „common overload“ itself to initiate that fatigue faiure.😇 However i will rework it after my USA Trip, but now i do my USA trip first 👍😇 just 5 day‘s left until departure🍺 basically the Hedgemower was a simple Sicklebar mower and made for tall grass and maybe some stroh, but it was not the intend of the original manufacturer, to anytime cut hedges with it. 🤪😎 They be good enough for fresh growing hedgepart to trim it down but not - as i knew - to cut down a Hedge completely. 🤪🤫 again what learned - a sicklebar is easily able trim cut a Hedge on it’s complete width with the correct setup👍 - you should never fell trees with it..😎 - except ya need a massive dimensionated excenter 😂 👍 I find my estimations was close to perfect ... 😇 this thing just needs a better excenter 😎 Btw. this Excenter was never built as an excenter for a Hedge Cutter, it was Basically ( no joke) a Shifterpart from a Footrest for a Harley Davidson. i just misused it - and for that it lasted dang long. than we can see what is next weakpoint on my Hedgemower... 😂😂😂 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,500 #6872 Posted June 9 10 hours ago, Treepep said: Eh, wife's fine I trust? All that matters Yeah? Tough to cough that up but beats the snot outta the alternative They were both fine….. deer not so much. It hit us for the deductible but everything got taken care of. Back on the road. Thanks for asking. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheel Horse 3D 3,791 #6873 Posted June 9 Once again Dug saves my back, and me from a ton of aggravation! Moved table and chairs and accessories for the rent house up the slope! 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,401 #6874 Posted June 9 This weekend has been a busy one. Yesterday we all started in moving firewood. I was having trouble moving because of the high humidity so i switched to working on the Mackissic chipper shredder. Trina and her momma kept working on firewood along with the garden and helping me do some shredding later. Today we did indoor work while it was raining. Started on the insulation in the new workshop. 1 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,834 #6875 Posted June 10 We got Colleen out of the field last night! 6 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
