Another trip to the sawbones today; just a blood draw for my heart patient. Picked up a Walmart order. Stopped at the booze emporium and restocked the liquor cabinet. Forgot to get vodka to make cherry liqueur with the coming harvest of Cornelian cherries.
Neighbor came and mowed.
I'm thinkin' that at some time in the not too distant future I'm going to invest in a piece of machinery that I can use to mow, garden or retrieve a deer that didn't drop until it was 150 yards from the house.
Previous owner had a Kubota subcompact tractor with most of the bells and whistles, but he and his Mrs. were heavily into gardening. I think we could be classified as, more into watching other people garden. Only gardening we're expecting to do is a food plot and some vegies that we'll cultivate in a greenhouse.
I'm thinking the next step down, a garden tractor. From what I've read, the problem with those is a short lifespan.
Opinions?
Ya, me either, and never with fine grained powder. (Will we go to hell for lying?)Ya I never dun that......to a full loading block . That 2400 flows really well through the flash hole, don't it?
Never did that, but whilst wiggling around under our 57 Olds to try and extricate myself from beneath the engine after reinstalling the drain plug, I managed to kick over a brand new full jug of Valvoline 10w-40 in the driveway. Of course the cap was loose. I just used a dab to lube the gasket on the filter and didn't put the cap back on properly. Grass and weeds wouldn't grow in that spot for two years. Much better than Round Up.No worse than forgetting to put the pan plug back in when changing oil, you'll catch it when you see the spill. Might have seen that happen once or twice. . . . .
I haven't ever tried filling cases that lacked primers. No, not me--not ever. UH-UH.Last time I did a scope job for my son-in-law, I said he'd be doing the next one. The next one was late this afternoon.
He works part-time for an electrical contractor, so after he got the scope all squared away I had him replace a
1981-dated recalcitrant pre-GFI outside outlet. No wonder it was recalcitrant -- one of the wires came loose when he pulled the receptacle away from the box. Now we have a spiffy 2021-dated GFI outside outlet that has a spiffy spring-loaded cover. There's even a wee green LED that shows it's powered. What'll they think of next . . . a red LED that shows it's not?
Loaded a small batch of .30-'06s with Lee's 311-41 (174-grains) and 16.0-grains of 2400. Started dumping 2400 into the next batch of test 6.5X55s but forgot to prime them. Tomorrow . . .
Glad your OK man!!!Got the head one at the ER, no brain bleeds, did ask the doc if he saw any rocks in there. This one is annual heart scan.
I can see that if there is a loader or backhoe on it. I've almost done it with my skidsteer. I don't know that it's a function of HP so much as a function of a fairly narrow width to fit in peoples garages and be easily trailerable combined with a relatively high rear wheel and usually small front tires. Add a loader and a hill to that outfit and they can get tippy. OTOH, I ran a tricycle (narrow front) tractor on side hills for a log time and never had an issue. But I darn near flipped my 800 Ford with the nice wide stance on the same side hill. Why? The tricycle tractor had me sitting about 30" higher which accentuated the "tippy" feel and made me think more than the low seated tractor that "felt" more stable but wasn't really!My ICF and cement guy is a born and raised local. He raises cattle, too. When he was here, doing construction on the house. He told me if I ever considered a tractor. Don't go smaller than 30 HP. With the slopes/inclines around here, the smaller ones are prone to tip over. Having said that, Smokey's back acreage is steeper than mine.
The GFI's have had the green light for some time. House was built in 2011 and I have them.Now we have a spiffy 2021-dated GFI outside outlet that has a spiffy spring-loaded cover. There's even a wee green LED that shows it's powered.
House was built in '58, in '81 added an 18'X21' family room and expanded the kitchen three-feet. Old, two-wire (excluding kitchen and family room), pre-polarized, pre-GFI wiring.The GFI's have had the green light for some time. House was built in 2011 and I have them.
The GFI's have had the green light for some time. House was built in 2011 and I have them.
If I had the financial resources to buy an ATV, a zero-turn mower and a tractor and build another garage to store them in I'd do that.I wouldn't even think about a modern "garden tractor". You won't be happy. If you want to get something handy, I'd look in the compact utility tractor line. You'd be amazed how handy a front loader bucket is! And it'll do your bait pile... I mean food plot! Or you can go the ATV route if the loader seems unneeded. Either way you can spend as much as you can afford, or you can go used. An older small farm tractor of 35-45 hp is an even better option IMO, but to each their own. If you go that route, forget the 9N, 2N,8N Fords. Cute, non-threatening and near useless. Try to find something with power steering, live hydraulics and that someone local can support.