RollingAcres
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I was curious to find out so I googled it. Looks like their winter is more Fall-like weather for us.
https://www.australia.com/en-us/facts-and-planning/weather-in-australia.html
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https://www.australia.com/en-us/facts-and-planning/weather-in-australia.html
rachels.haven
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I'm a jerk. A few weeks ago sprayed the barn door and in the bee holes with the permethrin diluted for animal use when the number of holes got ridiculous and we still have no bees back boring holes-and I have a bunch of barn doors to patch now. I let it get way too bad.
I felt terrible though, because there were a bunch of non-aggressive yet highly destructive bees and larvae and pupa dying all over the grass afterward. BUT occasional spraying now while looking for another alternative might help your posts still exist in a few years in the mean time.
I felt terrible though, because there were a bunch of non-aggressive yet highly destructive bees and larvae and pupa dying all over the grass afterward. BUT occasional spraying now while looking for another alternative might help your posts still exist in a few years in the mean time.
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Senile_Texas_Aggie
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I wasn't referring to repelling carpenter bees from the fence posts, although if I have any, then I would like to do so. I was referring to how he set a bottle of used motor oil on the top of the wood beam and in 4 or so days the oil had traveled the length of the post. I was considering doing that to prevent the posts from rotting by repelling water. Even though the posts are pressure treated, they will still eventually rot at the ground level, and I would like to slow that process for at least 20 years. Do you folks think that an oil soaked post would last longer?
As for killing carpenter bees, please don't feel bad, Miss @rachels.haven. I don't mind bees around as long as they leave me and my property alone. But once they decide to be destructive, then I fight back. They have a whole forest around my place and they are welcome to make their home in the many dead trees out there. But when they decide to make their home in the boards of my house, then they have crossed a line.
As for cool places to reside, right now it is rather comfortable outside. But once it starts warming up again this weekend, I will start pining again for a cooler place to reside.
Booneville, AR, where we currently reside:
Cheyenne, WY, where we almost ended up residing:
Thanks again for everyone's input.
Senile Texas Aggie
CntryBoy777
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Where is @greybeard at??.....I don't remember him mentioning anything about "oiling" a post, but was pretty sold on creosote posts as anchors.....mainly telephone poles....if that really was advantageous....I'm sure he would be doing it....plus, the oil would contaminate the surrounding ground...may or may not matter in that location, but will kill good and bad insect life.....
AmberLops
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Nice! Looks like they have pretty comfortable winters
RollingAcres
Herd Master
that would be my concern as well.plus, the oil would contaminate the surrounding ground...may or may not matter in that location, but will kill good and bad insect life.....
RollingAcres
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Yeah, I wouldn't mind that kind of winters.Nice! Looks like they have pretty comfortable winters
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Senile_Texas_Aggie
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Calling all tractor owners!
How long do you warm up your tractor before revving up the engine? My tractor redlines at 2900 RPM, but the PTO speed of 540 RPM is obtained by revving to 2500 RPM. Normally when I first start the engine, I let it run at 1000 RPM as I drive slowly to where I am heading until the engine gets close to the operating temperature, then I will rev the engine to 1500 RPM for most of my tractor work. Because the brush pile is close to the shop, the engine is still not in the operating temperature range before I reach the spot where we will start chipping. I have been reluctant to rev the engine to the PTO 540 speed of 2500 RPM before the engine is completely warm. But maybe I am worrying for no good reason. I checked the owner's manual and there are no instructions regarding warming the engine before use.
Any comments?
Senile Texas Aggie
How long do you warm up your tractor before revving up the engine? My tractor redlines at 2900 RPM, but the PTO speed of 540 RPM is obtained by revving to 2500 RPM. Normally when I first start the engine, I let it run at 1000 RPM as I drive slowly to where I am heading until the engine gets close to the operating temperature, then I will rev the engine to 1500 RPM for most of my tractor work. Because the brush pile is close to the shop, the engine is still not in the operating temperature range before I reach the spot where we will start chipping. I have been reluctant to rev the engine to the PTO 540 speed of 2500 RPM before the engine is completely warm. But maybe I am worrying for no good reason. I checked the owner's manual and there are no instructions regarding warming the engine before use.
Any comments?
Senile Texas Aggie
Bruce
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I think we need someone who has had tractors longer than you and I to answer that question! I think I usually let mine idle for about 5 minutes to warm up. Until I started using the flail there was no reason to crank the engine to 540 PTO speed (2,300 on mine I think). I could move the wood racks easily enough at 1,500 and where I had been using the backhoe and might want to run at 2,000 (dealer recommended 'normal' RPM) was far enough that the engine got up at least to 2 bars. Normal operating temp seems to be 4 bars as it has never gone above that even when it was 85°F.
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Senile_Texas_Aggie
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All,
A little bit of this and that. This morning we finished chipping up the brush pile. I forgot to take a picture of the pile of chips. I will try to take that tomorrow. One thing I forgot to mention earlier when describing using the chipper is that sometimes when we try to get out of the way of the chipper, it can still whack us. Both my Beautiful Gal and I have been whacked in the head by limbs as the chipper draws the trees and limbs into the chipper. You can see in this video around the 7:55..8:03 mark where the guy, who is using the same make and model chipper as we have, gets hit in the groin by a tree as it gets drawn into the chipper:
Now another question for tractor owners: both yesterday and today, when a large limb got jammed in the chipper and the PTO shaft stopped turning, the tractor continued running because I have a "wet" PTO clutch on the tractor. Once I got the chipper unclogged and started the tractor back up, the PTO shaft started turning even when I had the PTO clutch disengaged. It was that way for some time (~10 minutes or so). Finally the PTO shaft stopped turning. But that concerns me, since I don't ever want the PTO shaft to turn when the clutch is disengaged. Miss @farmerjan, you have used tractors quite a while -- have you ever seen anything like this?
Yesterday afternoon, my Beautiful Gal and I watched a documentary on Netflix titled "The Great Hack". It is about the company Cambridge Analytica, which used the data gathered from Facebook to help companies and campaigns target potential consumers to get them to buy their products (either consumer goods or their votes). It was shocking to learn just how much data companies have on individuals and how they can use that data to influence their behavior. After watching it, I decided to delete a number of accounts I have with the different companies, or greatly reduce the amount of information I provide them. For those of you who have Netflix accounts, I strongly urge you to watch the documentary. It is almost 2 hours long, so set aside a block of time (although I guess you could watch it bits at a time). If you do watch it, let us know what you think.
Tomorrow I will be taking my truck back to the Ford dealer, as they want to do some more troubleshooting of the front camera of the truck. Right now, the image is blurry and it is not caused by the protective lens on the camera. It may take most of the day, so I may be taking my Gator on the trailer with me so I won't be stuck at the dealership.
Tomorrow I also need to get the master bedroom A/C fixed. It stopped getting cool on Friday afternoon, but we did not discover it until time to go to bed, after the A/C places had closed. So I hope they will be able to come out and fix it before the end of the day.
Well, no more news from here in western Arkansas.
Senile Texas Aggie
A little bit of this and that. This morning we finished chipping up the brush pile. I forgot to take a picture of the pile of chips. I will try to take that tomorrow. One thing I forgot to mention earlier when describing using the chipper is that sometimes when we try to get out of the way of the chipper, it can still whack us. Both my Beautiful Gal and I have been whacked in the head by limbs as the chipper draws the trees and limbs into the chipper. You can see in this video around the 7:55..8:03 mark where the guy, who is using the same make and model chipper as we have, gets hit in the groin by a tree as it gets drawn into the chipper:
Now another question for tractor owners: both yesterday and today, when a large limb got jammed in the chipper and the PTO shaft stopped turning, the tractor continued running because I have a "wet" PTO clutch on the tractor. Once I got the chipper unclogged and started the tractor back up, the PTO shaft started turning even when I had the PTO clutch disengaged. It was that way for some time (~10 minutes or so). Finally the PTO shaft stopped turning. But that concerns me, since I don't ever want the PTO shaft to turn when the clutch is disengaged. Miss @farmerjan, you have used tractors quite a while -- have you ever seen anything like this?
Yesterday afternoon, my Beautiful Gal and I watched a documentary on Netflix titled "The Great Hack". It is about the company Cambridge Analytica, which used the data gathered from Facebook to help companies and campaigns target potential consumers to get them to buy their products (either consumer goods or their votes). It was shocking to learn just how much data companies have on individuals and how they can use that data to influence their behavior. After watching it, I decided to delete a number of accounts I have with the different companies, or greatly reduce the amount of information I provide them. For those of you who have Netflix accounts, I strongly urge you to watch the documentary. It is almost 2 hours long, so set aside a block of time (although I guess you could watch it bits at a time). If you do watch it, let us know what you think.
Tomorrow I will be taking my truck back to the Ford dealer, as they want to do some more troubleshooting of the front camera of the truck. Right now, the image is blurry and it is not caused by the protective lens on the camera. It may take most of the day, so I may be taking my Gator on the trailer with me so I won't be stuck at the dealership.
Tomorrow I also need to get the master bedroom A/C fixed. It stopped getting cool on Friday afternoon, but we did not discover it until time to go to bed, after the A/C places had closed. So I hope they will be able to come out and fix it before the end of the day.
Well, no more news from here in western Arkansas.
Senile Texas Aggie
