FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.

[norseofcourse]

Prayers for your grandmother, glad you'll be going to see her. Lost mine nearly two years ago, still miss her terribly.

 

[Ferguson K]

Just picked up one bale today. Going back for more.

It smells amazing!

 

[babsbag]

I think I would look at the payload on that poor new truck and take a trailer next time. I haul those bales every week and they weigh 1200-1400 lbs. and I bet your truck is rated for 800 lbs max. Be careful....be very very careful, those leaf springs are sad.

 

[Baymule]

I think I would look at the payload on that poor new truck and take a trailer next time. I haul those bales every week and they weigh 1200-1400 lbs. and I bet your truck is rated for 800 lbs max. Be careful....be very very careful, those leaf springs are sad.

My husband cautioned much the same thing to me when I used to stuff 750 pounds of horse feed in my Ford Focus. I just shrugged and asked him what's the difference between horse feed and 5 fat people?

 

[NH homesteader]

I put way too much grain in my car and say the same thing!

I have a bad habit of overloading vehicles.

 

[Ferguson K]

@babsbag

The truck needs new springs. It's rated well enough it should have (and did) haul the name with ease. However, John had already said he's going to replace them. The truck sits low. It didn't actually squat much, there's a leveling kit on it that lowers the frame.

The plan WAS to take the big truck and get 6 bales. That obviously did not happen. I ended up taking my truck because John wasn't going to be home before dark.

Afterall, I bought the truck to do just this. Haul feed and hay. I buy 30 bags offeed at a time, that's almost a ton,same weight as the bale I just brought home.

 

[Ferguson K]

On another note:

June had to be milked tonight. She is the squirts. She's now back on the stand, really excited to see this udder level out.

I had to clean her up pretty good before I milked her. She had lots of post delivery goo.

 

[babsbag]

You are braver than me. I worry about rear end, springs, and brakes. Just be safe out there.

@Bruce does the tester actually tell you where the short is or just that there is one?

 

[Ferguson K]

I worry, too.

I just was out of hay and desperate.

 

[Bruce]

I think it is something you figure out based on the Amp and Volt readings. I've only used it to see how it worked since apparently I didn't screw anything up installing the hotwire and charger. The one I got will tell you the direction the current is travelling. You compare a reading at "location 1" on the wire with the reading at "location 2". If they are significantly different, there is a problem between those points.