Bruce
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Gee Bay, busy much??
Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you
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Baymule
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He said he wanted to read journals. I don't keep one, preferring to start a new thread when the subject changes. After all, it was my thread I Hate Greenbriars, that brought him to this forum!
greybeard
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Worse part of that is having to get off the tractor to hook up the chains, then do it again once you get the trees to the pile...unless you have a helper.
I have a couple sets of log skid tongs I sometimes use. Only have to get off to initially get them on the log...they'll come loose easy enough by themselves on the other end when I get where I'm going.
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babsbag
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@Senile_Texas_Aggie The only journal I have on BYH is the building of my dairy.
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/jumping-the-moon-dairy-things-i-should-have-known.31123/
As far as the fires, I have not personally been impacted other than by days upon days of smoke and ashes; the Carr fire came within about 10 miles of our home. The farmer's markets have slowed way down as have many of the local businesses that are not critical for day to day life and many are struggling. I have not visited any of the burnt out areas, I think that I don't want to see that much devastation and it is hard to wrap my head around 1000 homes being lost. It is just heartbreaking.
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/jumping-the-moon-dairy-things-i-should-have-known.31123/
As far as the fires, I have not personally been impacted other than by days upon days of smoke and ashes; the Carr fire came within about 10 miles of our home. The farmer's markets have slowed way down as have many of the local businesses that are not critical for day to day life and many are struggling. I have not visited any of the burnt out areas, I think that I don't want to see that much devastation and it is hard to wrap my head around 1000 homes being lost. It is just heartbreaking.
farmerjan
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I do not have a journal either, just make comments etc. on others journals mostly. And the thread that I started about Retiring - Social Security - and Medicare....
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Senile_Texas_Aggie
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Thanks to all for your comments and letting me know where I can find your different posts. I definitely will have a lot to read over the next few months.
Well, the cool weather has left and it's back to being really hot again. I am glad that we finished the pond when we did. Yesterday I took the tractor to Alma Tractor & Equipment to have them install a 3rd function valve and a grapple so that we can more easily move the brush piles to a big burn pile. We will also be able to move a lot of rubbish (old appliances, patio furniture, etc.) that the previous owners left in the woods behind the pond so that we can haul it off to some scrap iron places. I am also having dealer fix the occupant safety switch so that I don't have to place a wrench between the seat and the switch so the engine will start. I am also going to have them replace the canopy. After the tractor is complete, I am hoping I can go back to mowing those overgrown pastures.
I went to the shop a little while ago to work on our John Deere Gator 825i. It started running rough a couple of weeks ago, as in it seems that one or more of the cylinders often aren't firing (and considering that it is a 3-cylinder engine, they definitely need to all be firing!). It runs rough at all engine speeds and engine temperatures. I am not sure if one or more of the plugs are fouled, the air filter is clogged, there is bad gas, low fuel pressure (it's electronic fuel injection), or something else. Before I started to look at it, I noticed that the rocking chair that had come apart needed gluing. I happened to buy a pipe clamp kit at Lowe's yesterday, so I decided to glue the chair first before looking at the Gator. By the time I finished gluing the chair, I was drenched in sweat. So I am inside cooling off, and will go back outside to see if I can figure out what's wrong. You folks have any suggestions as to what might be wrong?
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Well, the cool weather has left and it's back to being really hot again. I am glad that we finished the pond when we did. Yesterday I took the tractor to Alma Tractor & Equipment to have them install a 3rd function valve and a grapple so that we can more easily move the brush piles to a big burn pile. We will also be able to move a lot of rubbish (old appliances, patio furniture, etc.) that the previous owners left in the woods behind the pond so that we can haul it off to some scrap iron places. I am also having dealer fix the occupant safety switch so that I don't have to place a wrench between the seat and the switch so the engine will start. I am also going to have them replace the canopy. After the tractor is complete, I am hoping I can go back to mowing those overgrown pastures.
I went to the shop a little while ago to work on our John Deere Gator 825i. It started running rough a couple of weeks ago, as in it seems that one or more of the cylinders often aren't firing (and considering that it is a 3-cylinder engine, they definitely need to all be firing!). It runs rough at all engine speeds and engine temperatures. I am not sure if one or more of the plugs are fouled, the air filter is clogged, there is bad gas, low fuel pressure (it's electronic fuel injection), or something else. Before I started to look at it, I noticed that the rocking chair that had come apart needed gluing. I happened to buy a pipe clamp kit at Lowe's yesterday, so I decided to glue the chair first before looking at the Gator. By the time I finished gluing the chair, I was drenched in sweat. So I am inside cooling off, and will go back outside to see if I can figure out what's wrong. You folks have any suggestions as to what might be wrong?
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greybeard
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Yes I know what's wrong. It's August.
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Senile_Texas_Aggie
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Senile_Texas_Aggie
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Miss @Baymule is right -- I was searching for information on pastures and her thread came up on the search results. The title alone got my attention, and once I started reading I found it so funny. (A great deal of the humor was that my wife and I had just had the same experience on a much smaller scale when we cleaned out from around our gate, which was full of green briars.) From there I decided to join this forum.
Regarding
I am afraid it is way above my Texas Aggie I/Q, but how do they come loose by themselves? (I do happen to have a helper. Actually, my wife provides me adult supervision!
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Miss @babsbag, I just looked at http://fire.ca.gov/general/firemaps and see that the area covered by the Carr fire is huge! I see Anderson is south of Redding, so I guess you are a bit west of Anderson. I am so glad you haven't been directly affected by the fire, but I am sorry for all of the businesses being hurt. I hope you make it through safely.
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I have read that thread, Miss @farmerjan. (In fact, I have read most of your recent posts, looking for your journal.) That was an interesting discussion.
Thanks again to all.
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