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The yellow 67 W30 was at Summit cruise in tonight. It didn't show a lot last year, and this is the first time I've seen it this year. It's an early car, 09B, but the laminated card he had on the wiper says the W30 was a late year addition. Hm.
Beautiful evening out. But of course the neighbor on the other side of my neighbor has a bunch of wet branches and the like in his burn pit, and it's smoking up the whole neighborhood. Burning was finished May 1 so he'll be on the hook for about 500 if someone were to call the fire department. No it won't be me.
Stopped by the shop for a moment on the way home. Everything is the same. That's a relief.
Gotta finish up a couple little things then off to bed. It will be a regular morning for work. Hope everyone has a good evening.
Beautiful evening out. But of course the neighbor on the other side of my neighbor has a bunch of wet branches and the like in his burn pit, and it's smoking up the whole neighborhood. Burning was finished May 1 so he'll be on the hook for about 500 if someone were to call the fire department. No it won't be me.
Stopped by the shop for a moment on the way home. Everything is the same. That's a relief.
Gotta finish up a couple little things then off to bed. It will be a regular morning for work. Hope everyone has a good evening.
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From: Harrison, Michigan
Herman Munster??
Thanks, Norm. I got the stairway up and it ended up 4' wide with 4 stringers. Pretty heavyduty. I am going to put up a temporary hand rail as the 2nd floor this goes to isn't in yet, just the beams now.
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mawn'in
Nice werk Greg,
Headed out to Casa De pot fer sum PVC and more white fence paint and another sack of fire ant killer
I'm not sure it actually kills the sucker buit it makes them move around to another location
Allan, Fer sum stupid reason, I've always wanted to take a VW Thing " and put Africa corps insignias on it. Kinda an ersatz Kubelwagon
Have a great day Olds friends
Headed out to Casa De pot fer sum PVC and more white fence paint and another sack of fire ant killer
I'm not sure it actually kills the sucker buit it makes them move around to another location
Allan, Fer sum stupid reason, I've always wanted to take a VW Thing " and put Africa corps insignias on it. Kinda an ersatz Kubelwagon
Have a great day Olds friends
Just an Olds Guy
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From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Good morning everyone,
Cool and overcast start to the mawnin.
Yesterday we bought some grape and tiny Tim mater plants from Costco. They are already large enough to have flowers starting. One thing I like about Costco mater plants is they are about 1/3 the price of a greenhouse and it's the same kind of plant. I'll put them in the ground today. Also bought some Doktor Doom insect spray that's spoda be somewhat effective to control the red lily beetles. More expensive but if it works I'm ok with that.
The missus and I went out for asian food yesterday for lunch. Nice treat for both of us. The bill came and how nice - there was a discount for seniors...
The jerky came through yesterday with flying colors. Made only a small batch around 2 1/2 lbs. The jerky monster will likely invade it and devour it before long...
Greg - Stairs look good and sturdy. I hate that many stairs though. Not so much going up but coming down. Bet it was heavy getting it into place.
Jim - ya ever tried killin em wit fire?? pour sum kerosene down the nest and light it on fire?
Cool and overcast start to the mawnin.
Yesterday we bought some grape and tiny Tim mater plants from Costco. They are already large enough to have flowers starting. One thing I like about Costco mater plants is they are about 1/3 the price of a greenhouse and it's the same kind of plant. I'll put them in the ground today. Also bought some Doktor Doom insect spray that's spoda be somewhat effective to control the red lily beetles. More expensive but if it works I'm ok with that.
The missus and I went out for asian food yesterday for lunch. Nice treat for both of us. The bill came and how nice - there was a discount for seniors...
The jerky came through yesterday with flying colors. Made only a small batch around 2 1/2 lbs. The jerky monster will likely invade it and devour it before long...
Greg - Stairs look good and sturdy. I hate that many stairs though. Not so much going up but coming down. Bet it was heavy getting it into place.
Jim - ya ever tried killin em wit fire?? pour sum kerosene down the nest and light it on fire?
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Same issues w/ fire ants here. Pretty sure my entire county resides on top of a ginormous fire ant hill. I go through about two large bags of fire ant killer each year. They are the scourge of my Ponderosa!
I hate these freaking pests. There's one Queen - which can produce either fertile or sterile eggs - BIT&*! Even when you kill the head Queen BIT&* some other female with wings will fly up in the air and mate with a winged male right after it rains. They do it in flight - like many insects i.e. damselflies, dragonflies, lovebugs, etc. But the fire ants fly up in the air right after a rain and mate - starting a new colony. I hate them. A friend of mine was walking through their garden several years ago during the evening when she thought she stepped into a fire ant hill only to look down and see a tiny copperhead bit her just above the ankle. She had to snap her leg upwards to shake/fling the little bugger off her leg. Six hours later, 4 ampules of antivenom & a precautionary overnight stay yielded a medical bill of $110K. I don't recall how much she spent on recovery liquor.
I hate these freaking pests. There's one Queen - which can produce either fertile or sterile eggs - BIT&*! Even when you kill the head Queen BIT&* some other female with wings will fly up in the air and mate with a winged male right after it rains. They do it in flight - like many insects i.e. damselflies, dragonflies, lovebugs, etc. But the fire ants fly up in the air right after a rain and mate - starting a new colony. I hate them. A friend of mine was walking through their garden several years ago during the evening when she thought she stepped into a fire ant hill only to look down and see a tiny copperhead bit her just above the ankle. She had to snap her leg upwards to shake/fling the little bugger off her leg. Six hours later, 4 ampules of antivenom & a precautionary overnight stay yielded a medical bill of $110K. I don't recall how much she spent on recovery liquor.
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From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
By comparison, my problem with the pesky red lily beetles is a drop in the bucket. I suppose I could just solve it by getting rid of all the lilies but we've grown that bed with different strains over the past 20 years so I'll just end up being the one man RLB vigilante committee.
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From: Georgia
Hi everyone.
Good first day back. The two loudest mouths weren't there today so it was pleasant to be there and work. Hope they stay gone. We drug our feet a little but still finished by 2.
It's beautiful out. Lower 70s. This is what we were supposed to have a month ago. As long as it isn't rain I'm happy.
Greg those are good looking stairs. Tell Herman we said hi.
Florida, you may know, is the termite capitol. My Mom has Terminix come out and spray and they told her not to kill the fire ants because they eat termites. That part is true. However, I can't see having a bunch of ant mounds in the yard when you have little kids going out to play.
Jamesbo you have some odd car ideas. Are we related?
Chiro day today. Think I'll give some attention to Tiger. Maybe not the kind he wants. More brushing but I'll do it outside. Have a good afternoon everyone.
Good first day back. The two loudest mouths weren't there today so it was pleasant to be there and work. Hope they stay gone. We drug our feet a little but still finished by 2.
It's beautiful out. Lower 70s. This is what we were supposed to have a month ago. As long as it isn't rain I'm happy.
Greg those are good looking stairs. Tell Herman we said hi.
Florida, you may know, is the termite capitol. My Mom has Terminix come out and spray and they told her not to kill the fire ants because they eat termites. That part is true. However, I can't see having a bunch of ant mounds in the yard when you have little kids going out to play.
Jamesbo you have some odd car ideas. Are we related?
Chiro day today. Think I'll give some attention to Tiger. Maybe not the kind he wants. More brushing but I'll do it outside. Have a good afternoon everyone.
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From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
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From: Marble Falls TX
Guys, get some of this. It's a stinky white powder. You use very little and it kills in hours. I have been chasing them here in TX for years.
They seem to pop up after a rain, that's when I sprinkle. When you open the stuff, I use a razor and just take about a 1/3 off the paper top.
They seem to pop up after a rain, that's when I sprinkle. When you open the stuff, I use a razor and just take about a 1/3 off the paper top.
Oh no, not again...
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From: Sherwood Park, Alberta, in the Great White North
Allan, the Mercedes in your picture is a G-3, produced from 1929 to 1935. It had a 4 litre flathead 6 in it, and all of 68 hp. Top speed was 65 km/h, and the fuel consumption was 30 litres per 100 km; - about the same as a Ford 460 in a pick up. They built only 2000 of them. That animal didn't even come with side curtains, - a little miserable at -40. A few of my relatives could have probably attested to that, but they never came back from Stalingrad.
The other picture of those friendlier looking guys is of course a real wartime Kubelwagen. That's of course a VW Type I chassis with a 4 door body. It's absolutely tiny; I looked at one in Seattle a few years ago, I thought it was 3/4 scale but they insisted it was a real one. I wouldn't have been able to climb into it. Those cars were incredibly versatile and tough; - that's why the Beetle made for great sand-rails in the post war period. The suspension was easily tweaked, and Porsche got the weight and balance just about right. They made thousands of them, and a lot were smuggled out of war zones once "liberated". My dad still has lots of pictures like that he got from his side of the family; - it's weird to look at people that one can remember as kindly grandparents and see them much younger, full of life and attitude and with crosses and eagles with swastikas on.
Jamesbo, - agreed; not a great car to show up at the Synagogue with, even less so if you turned up with the matching costume. The helmet at high speeds has an annoying whistle and tends to buffet on the head, - very uncomfortable because it's too bloody heavy to be clanging down on one's head like a garbage can lid; I'm amazed they could hear themselves think and didn't knock themselves senseless. Guess that's why they're wearing the felt hats in the pictures of them under transport. Yeah, I still have one of them. There's about an inch of dust on it and it's on a bookshelf along with its WWI counterpart. I used to have a thing for stupid hats.
Greg, good job on those stairs! That is something I've always wished I could do but never even remotely mastered; - carpentry. I can't do a thing good with wood except burn it for heat. My feeble attempts at carpentry are laughable, - those that held together longer than 10 minutes. My dad always claimed he was a carpenter but never built anything. So I never had anyone to learn the basics from. He was the same with cars, always claiming that he had a German mechanic's ticket but in reality couldn't even figure out how to open the hood, and I only ever saw him do one job; - installing a set of main and con-rod bearings in a 62 Olds Super 88, - lying in a hole cut in the dirt with the car above him, I learned a lot of interesting German and English words that day, and the most vivid memory is of him swatting bugs and hurting himself and spitting out sand every 20 seconds or so. I seem to remember the engine held together long enough for him to sell the car. He was my inspiration to buy the proper tools and learn how to do the job right.
As for you guys with fire-ant issues, if you can find that junk in the picture, - get it, it's slowly being banned like so many other things that actually work. The "green" alternative is worse than useless and just makes the ants madder, they laugh at it. I used a Orthene equivalent on a hill of black ants in my back yard before they banned it here and within minutes it wiped out the whole colony, no survivors. I actually felt bad that I had murdered so many in such short time. The next time it rained the crater that formed up as it sunk in on itself was incredible. It was 6 feet wide and a foot deep.
Other than that, not much going on, still feeling crappy, blood sugars are OK, they're actually a little lower than usual, but I still don't know what's wrong. Hope it's the flu...The problem is, by the time I get in to see my doctor I'd either be healed or dead.
The other picture of those friendlier looking guys is of course a real wartime Kubelwagen. That's of course a VW Type I chassis with a 4 door body. It's absolutely tiny; I looked at one in Seattle a few years ago, I thought it was 3/4 scale but they insisted it was a real one. I wouldn't have been able to climb into it. Those cars were incredibly versatile and tough; - that's why the Beetle made for great sand-rails in the post war period. The suspension was easily tweaked, and Porsche got the weight and balance just about right. They made thousands of them, and a lot were smuggled out of war zones once "liberated". My dad still has lots of pictures like that he got from his side of the family; - it's weird to look at people that one can remember as kindly grandparents and see them much younger, full of life and attitude and with crosses and eagles with swastikas on.
Jamesbo, - agreed; not a great car to show up at the Synagogue with, even less so if you turned up with the matching costume. The helmet at high speeds has an annoying whistle and tends to buffet on the head, - very uncomfortable because it's too bloody heavy to be clanging down on one's head like a garbage can lid; I'm amazed they could hear themselves think and didn't knock themselves senseless. Guess that's why they're wearing the felt hats in the pictures of them under transport. Yeah, I still have one of them. There's about an inch of dust on it and it's on a bookshelf along with its WWI counterpart. I used to have a thing for stupid hats.
Greg, good job on those stairs! That is something I've always wished I could do but never even remotely mastered; - carpentry. I can't do a thing good with wood except burn it for heat. My feeble attempts at carpentry are laughable, - those that held together longer than 10 minutes. My dad always claimed he was a carpenter but never built anything. So I never had anyone to learn the basics from. He was the same with cars, always claiming that he had a German mechanic's ticket but in reality couldn't even figure out how to open the hood, and I only ever saw him do one job; - installing a set of main and con-rod bearings in a 62 Olds Super 88, - lying in a hole cut in the dirt with the car above him, I learned a lot of interesting German and English words that day, and the most vivid memory is of him swatting bugs and hurting himself and spitting out sand every 20 seconds or so. I seem to remember the engine held together long enough for him to sell the car. He was my inspiration to buy the proper tools and learn how to do the job right.
As for you guys with fire-ant issues, if you can find that junk in the picture, - get it, it's slowly being banned like so many other things that actually work. The "green" alternative is worse than useless and just makes the ants madder, they laugh at it. I used a Orthene equivalent on a hill of black ants in my back yard before they banned it here and within minutes it wiped out the whole colony, no survivors. I actually felt bad that I had murdered so many in such short time. The next time it rained the crater that formed up as it sunk in on itself was incredible. It was 6 feet wide and a foot deep.
Other than that, not much going on, still feeling crappy, blood sugars are OK, they're actually a little lower than usual, but I still don't know what's wrong. Hope it's the flu...The problem is, by the time I get in to see my doctor I'd either be healed or dead.
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Evening gentlemen, figure I check in at least
See I missed out on a lot of reading, will catch up with.
Had to go do a couple safety courses, mine were to expire soon. Exhausted from sitting in class listening and reading.
Any ways, will catch up with you later. Cheers!!!
See I missed out on a lot of reading, will catch up with.
Had to go do a couple safety courses, mine were to expire soon. Exhausted from sitting in class listening and reading.
Any ways, will catch up with you later. Cheers!!!
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From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Happy humpday everyone,
Oh yay. Yesterday the missus was doing laundry and the washer sounded like it was a steam locomotive taking off. Clanking and banging something fierce. Mostly on the spin cycle. I Googled the cause and found out its one or both of 2 things.
A new machine is only $748!!! I don't understand her reluctance to buy a new one.
Raining here this morning. That's a welcome thing seeing how dry and windy it's been lately.
Kyle - Good luck with staying awake in those courses.
Oh yay. Yesterday the missus was doing laundry and the washer sounded like it was a steam locomotive taking off. Clanking and banging something fierce. Mostly on the spin cycle. I Googled the cause and found out its one or both of 2 things.
- Drum spider is shot (and likely also the securing bolts)
- Bearings on the drum are shot
A new machine is only $748!!! I don't understand her reluctance to buy a new one.Raining here this morning. That's a welcome thing seeing how dry and windy it's been lately.
Kyle - Good luck with staying awake in those courses.
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From: Ste Rose Manitoba Canada
Morning all,
Greg, sorry to hear about Jack. Not easy seeing family pets sick, then seeing them on their last days. Brought tears to my eyes
We have a small dog and 2 1/2 cats. the 1/2 is a stray that showed up last year and never left. My wife and kids think I am a hard *** to the pets. When they are not around, they get attention.
We lost a few pets, I know how you feel
Allen, thanks for the tip on blasting!!!
Maybe try finding an old wringer washers, them last forever!!! Cheap like borsch lol
One thing you have to consider. If you put 500 into it, what else is going to break in the next year since it being 17 years old??
Maybe worth it to buy a new one, ask to see if senior discounts as well. Seeing that more often now.
Yes safety courses, done for 3 years. By lunch, the whole class was like deere looking into headlights. I could never do school again!!! Hope I dont renew 2022, see how work goes.
Adrian, been told water and tornadoes swirl opposite compared to this side of the equator. Curious if true is all.
So with that said, your clock turn left or right!?!? lol kidding
Greg, sorry to hear about Jack. Not easy seeing family pets sick, then seeing them on their last days. Brought tears to my eyes
We have a small dog and 2 1/2 cats. the 1/2 is a stray that showed up last year and never left. My wife and kids think I am a hard *** to the pets. When they are not around, they get attention.
We lost a few pets, I know how you feel
Allen, thanks for the tip on blasting!!!
Maybe try finding an old wringer washers, them last forever!!! Cheap like borsch lol
One thing you have to consider. If you put 500 into it, what else is going to break in the next year since it being 17 years old??
Maybe worth it to buy a new one, ask to see if senior discounts as well. Seeing that more often now.
Yes safety courses, done for 3 years. By lunch, the whole class was like deere looking into headlights. I could never do school again!!! Hope I dont renew 2022, see how work goes.
Adrian, been told water and tornadoes swirl opposite compared to this side of the equator. Curious if true is all.
So with that said, your clock turn left or right!?!? lol kidding
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[QUOTE=Jamesbo;1172964]Nice day to bush hog the horse pasture, The ole Massey Ferguson jes keeps a going like the Energizer bunny
Jamesbo, how old the MF?
I had an old 8N Ford, sold it to a buddy couple years ago. She needed lovin, he is a power mech teacher. So all the lovin she needs
Jamesbo, how old the MF?
I had an old 8N Ford, sold it to a buddy couple years ago. She needed lovin, he is a power mech teacher. So all the lovin she needs
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From: Georgia
Hi everyone.
Busy morning, but we're at a lull. Came in early and signed of 10 wheels. It was only me and another guy but pretty much the whole rest of the shop. It's been quiet these last couple days because the two loudest mouths have been off. That ends tomorrow, so I'm enjoying it while I can.
The question of the day, which can't seem to be answered, is why the car in Married With Children was a Plymouth but they called it a Dodge. Everything we've seen on the internet says it's a Plymouth, but they pried the scripts off and made a big deal about it being a Dodge. Oh well, funny secret the producers aren't giving up.
Allan I'm in the same court as getting a new machine. Perhaps you could come up with a spread sheet to show your wife what a bad idea it would be to get it fixed. Subliminally, "spread" and "sheet" are laundry words.
Marc go sit in a hot tub, or a sauna, and cook the germs out.
Not much longer to go. See ya's all later.
Busy morning, but we're at a lull. Came in early and signed of 10 wheels. It was only me and another guy but pretty much the whole rest of the shop. It's been quiet these last couple days because the two loudest mouths have been off. That ends tomorrow, so I'm enjoying it while I can.
The question of the day, which can't seem to be answered, is why the car in Married With Children was a Plymouth but they called it a Dodge. Everything we've seen on the internet says it's a Plymouth, but they pried the scripts off and made a big deal about it being a Dodge. Oh well, funny secret the producers aren't giving up.
Allan I'm in the same court as getting a new machine. Perhaps you could come up with a spread sheet to show your wife what a bad idea it would be to get it fixed. Subliminally, "spread" and "sheet" are laundry words.
Marc go sit in a hot tub, or a sauna, and cook the germs out.
Not much longer to go. See ya's all later.
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From: Rowlett, TX
Good Morning Guys:
Lucy and I went out and got our morning walk in a little earlier today. It is starting to get a little warmer and we had the window guys coming today so I needed to be here when they arrived. I am probably going to pickup the big trailer later and get a couple yards of dirt for the flower beds and to cover the roots around the oak tree in front before I put the sod down.
Allan, we had a pair of Kenmore washer and dryer for years. I could go online and get parts for them and keep them running. A few years ago my wife and I went to Lowes for something and they were having a sidewalk sale. They had a pair of Samsung washer and dryer for $500. I snapped them up. They are both large capacity and that is a benefit with five of us living in this house. I did have to replace the idler pulley on the dryer but got it on line. Other than that they have worked great.
Jim, I wish I had a pasture to bush hog.
Marc, I hope you are feeling better.
That is all for now guys.
Glenn
Lucy and I went out and got our morning walk in a little earlier today. It is starting to get a little warmer and we had the window guys coming today so I needed to be here when they arrived. I am probably going to pickup the big trailer later and get a couple yards of dirt for the flower beds and to cover the roots around the oak tree in front before I put the sod down.
Allan, we had a pair of Kenmore washer and dryer for years. I could go online and get parts for them and keep them running. A few years ago my wife and I went to Lowes for something and they were having a sidewalk sale. They had a pair of Samsung washer and dryer for $500. I snapped them up. They are both large capacity and that is a benefit with five of us living in this house. I did have to replace the idler pulley on the dryer but got it on line. Other than that they have worked great.
Jim, I wish I had a pasture to bush hog.
Marc, I hope you are feeling better.
That is all for now guys.
Glenn
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Glenn, Come on down, the novelty wears off after 30+ years
Mike, I knew a guy that had a station wagon that said Dodge on the Front and Plymouth on the back,He called it is Plodge
Kyle, It's an 78 model 135, runs like a top. My 1st tractor was an 8 N and truthfully I hated it. Mainly because the PTO was live and too small to fit any equipment w.o and adapter.. I still have a little lust in my heart for and old Farmall garden tractor with the plows underneath
Mike, I knew a guy that had a station wagon that said Dodge on the Front and Plymouth on the back,He called it is Plodge
Kyle, It's an 78 model 135, runs like a top. My 1st tractor was an 8 N and truthfully I hated it. Mainly because the PTO was live and too small to fit any equipment w.o and adapter.. I still have a little lust in my heart for and old Farmall garden tractor with the plows underneath
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Well my day off isn't the best. Woke up @ 7:20 am with a stomach cramp, headed for the loo. Started to get a full body fever, next thing I know I'm on the floor, waking up after apparently passing out. I took a shower, where upon the water hitting the top of my head, I felt a little sting, hmmm hit my noggin on the baseboard or door stop it seems. Crawled back in bed, and looked at the alarm clock: 8:24 am. So, I was out for awhile. Called the Dr's office to let them know what happened, we both agreed that it was probably food poisoning. They said that they would talk to the Dr. and call me back. They didn't. I am just getting to the point of wandering out into the garage to piddle around. I was going to put a ladder up to the flagpole, but I think I better wait on that.
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Ha! Cooked dinner last night, 30 minutes later my stomach is distended, 30 minutes later I thought I was going to faint, thought my legs were going to give out and I'd collapse, 30 minutes later I'm squatting on the loo for 15 minutes, then again 15 minutes later, then again 15 minutes later until I finally tossed my guts. Felt like I was freezing, legs weak, body trembling, back on the loo. Took a shower, thought my legs were going to give out. Went to bed, back on the loo one last time before I fell to sleep. Pretty sure it was food poisoning, but who knows from what - bacterial or viral - it's a crap shoot. Many times it's not even food poisoning but instead some miserable pathogen lurking on some surface which you got - somehow - Listeria, Salmonella, E. Coli? Who the hell knows. Norovirus? I'm telling you, living is worse than dying when you get "the bug".
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I never cared for the Ford 8N. Some of these people restoring them don't even use them as a tractor I don't believe, if they did they'd find out why they aren't very user-friendly, IMO. I'm primarily a JD guy but those IH Farmall tractors were awfully nice and quite dependable.
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From: Georgia
I've mentioned before my Granddad was plant foreman for IH Works in Moline, Illinois. His best friend was plant foreman for IH Works in East Moline. Funny, Moline is home to John Deere. It's still home to John Deere but I don't think they do any manufacturing in town.
A friend of mine had an 8N at one time and I told him I thought I'd get me one, to drag stuff around at the shop. He hated his. Said the steering sucked and if you tried to turn with something on the back it would just push you straight into whatever you were trying to go around. I don't know if that meant the front end was light or he was always drunk when he was driving it. I just use the black truck to drag stuff around.
Norm it sounds like you cooked dinner for Dan.
Went to mail a couple bills and put gas in the dogmobile. So the dog came with. Also thought I'd go to the carwash and get all the bugs off the front, but out of about a dozen bays there were three cars and the rest blocked off and/or broken. Nice. So the bugs stay on another day.
Okay dinner. Early to bed for OT in the morning.
A friend of mine had an 8N at one time and I told him I thought I'd get me one, to drag stuff around at the shop. He hated his. Said the steering sucked and if you tried to turn with something on the back it would just push you straight into whatever you were trying to go around. I don't know if that meant the front end was light or he was always drunk when he was driving it. I just use the black truck to drag stuff around.
Norm it sounds like you cooked dinner for Dan.
Went to mail a couple bills and put gas in the dogmobile. So the dog came with. Also thought I'd go to the carwash and get all the bugs off the front, but out of about a dozen bays there were three cars and the rest blocked off and/or broken. Nice. So the bugs stay on another day.
Okay dinner. Early to bed for OT in the morning.
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Mike, That was true of an 8 N with a bush hog w/o the clutch adapter.on the PTO The bush hog jes kept running and pushing the tractor forward
Dan/ Norm, The only time in my life I ever called a hotel doctor. Ate sum takie outie on the streets of New Orleans . Prayed death would take me out of my misery. Missed the King Tut exhibit while ill
Dan/ Norm, The only time in my life I ever called a hotel doctor. Ate sum takie outie on the streets of New Orleans . Prayed death would take me out of my misery. Missed the King Tut exhibit while ill
Oh no, not again...
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Posts: 359
From: Sherwood Park, Alberta, in the Great White North
Jeez...you guys sound pretty bad; - luckily, I've never had food poisoning, but the symptoms you all are describing are pretty awful. Dan, get yourself another doctor, yours sounds like a quack. Norm, pretty vivid image painted about your last golf game, gonna have to use that one.
I used to volunteer at the local museum in Fort Saskatchewan and was sort of the "mechanical director" along with being the VP of the Historical Society there. We played with a lot of vintage tractors, and what's really nice about them is they are so forgiving and very, very tough. The last tractor I got running was a 1934 Minneapolis-Moline KTA, it was a pretty cool old beast once we got the canola out of the cylinders. It was designed to start on gas and would run on stove oil once it was hot. That stuff sure goo-ed everything up. It was a nice running beast though. Then we tried to take on a 1921 18/22 Hart-Parr, it was a cool tractor with a flat 2 cylinder motor, but we couldn't get the oiler to work. I think that's killed the machine initially too; - the back of the block was missing a chunk and you could see where a rod had flown apart, probably starved for oil. What was neat was the farmer had tried to fix it, he put in a new crank, sized up the babbitts really well, and the block looked like it was freshly bored and crosshatched. It would roll over by hand, but without the oiler, we weren't about to put spark to it. One of the other things I did was get some of the old cars they had there driveable and sort of parade-worthy. We had the old company ambulance, a 53 Meteor with a flathead V-8 in it, and a 49 Chevy. Both were in really nice shape. When I left the organization we were tackling a 63 Mercury Monterrey, I hope they got it back together and finished.
Just realized that was almost 20 years ago...wow...I'm getting old.
Otherwise, not much going on today. Like Allan says, wet, miserable and cool. My lawn is happy though, but the cat is not. She learned today that water is "wet" and very unpleasant on the paws.
Kyle, if you ever need help with the safety stuff, I'm an instructor now. I teach industrial safety at the plant I work at.
Still suffering with a touch of flu, but it's getting better, not feeling as bad as the last few days. I should follow Mike's advice, am going to look into it...
Have a great evening!
I used to volunteer at the local museum in Fort Saskatchewan and was sort of the "mechanical director" along with being the VP of the Historical Society there. We played with a lot of vintage tractors, and what's really nice about them is they are so forgiving and very, very tough. The last tractor I got running was a 1934 Minneapolis-Moline KTA, it was a pretty cool old beast once we got the canola out of the cylinders. It was designed to start on gas and would run on stove oil once it was hot. That stuff sure goo-ed everything up. It was a nice running beast though. Then we tried to take on a 1921 18/22 Hart-Parr, it was a cool tractor with a flat 2 cylinder motor, but we couldn't get the oiler to work. I think that's killed the machine initially too; - the back of the block was missing a chunk and you could see where a rod had flown apart, probably starved for oil. What was neat was the farmer had tried to fix it, he put in a new crank, sized up the babbitts really well, and the block looked like it was freshly bored and crosshatched. It would roll over by hand, but without the oiler, we weren't about to put spark to it. One of the other things I did was get some of the old cars they had there driveable and sort of parade-worthy. We had the old company ambulance, a 53 Meteor with a flathead V-8 in it, and a 49 Chevy. Both were in really nice shape. When I left the organization we were tackling a 63 Mercury Monterrey, I hope they got it back together and finished.
Just realized that was almost 20 years ago...wow...I'm getting old.
Otherwise, not much going on today. Like Allan says, wet, miserable and cool. My lawn is happy though, but the cat is not. She learned today that water is "wet" and very unpleasant on the paws.
Kyle, if you ever need help with the safety stuff, I'm an instructor now. I teach industrial safety at the plant I work at.
Still suffering with a touch of flu, but it's getting better, not feeling as bad as the last few days. I should follow Mike's advice, am going to look into it...
Have a great evening!
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From: Ste Rose Manitoba Canada
Kyle, It's an 78 model 135, runs like a top. My 1st tractor was an 8 N and truthfully I hated it. Mainly because the PTO was live and too small to fit any equipment w.o and adapter.. I still have a little lust in my heart for and old Farmall garden tractor with the plows underneath[/QUOTE]
Ha that's cool, a year newer than me!!! Lol
Them old massey where good tractors. I heard a story about Ford and Massey Ferguson. At one time they where called Ford Ferguson, Ford had the tractor and Freguson had the 3 pt hitch. Put them together and became Ford Ferguson. Any truth, I dont know.
Them 8N turn sharp, but yes the PTO does suck on them, dangerous they are.
Yes the old Farmall's. When we farmed, had 2 JD R's and a JD 820. Loud old buggers, would never die either!!!
Ha that's cool, a year newer than me!!! Lol
Them old massey where good tractors. I heard a story about Ford and Massey Ferguson. At one time they where called Ford Ferguson, Ford had the tractor and Freguson had the 3 pt hitch. Put them together and became Ford Ferguson. Any truth, I dont know.
Them 8N turn sharp, but yes the PTO does suck on them, dangerous they are.
Yes the old Farmall's. When we farmed, had 2 JD R's and a JD 820. Loud old buggers, would never die either!!!
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From: Ste Rose Manitoba Canada
Marc,
Them old MM's where beasts as well. Thats cool you got to play around with the old tractors, awesome history in them.
Its amazing how the stories come around on here, love it!!!
Which plant, north side of #16 or the south side of #16? Pipeline alley!!! Never was on any lines in there, hear its a nightmare tho!!!!!
I am not a fan of plant work, I try to stay away. Safety is heavy, every thing is big and bulky, very tight areas, H2S all over the place, clean shave, no hoodies. Not my favorite place to be, I love laying pipe. If nothing else for work ,will do bolt up. Hats off to you for working there.
Any ways, cheers gentlemen!!!!!
Them old MM's where beasts as well. Thats cool you got to play around with the old tractors, awesome history in them.
Its amazing how the stories come around on here, love it!!!
Which plant, north side of #16 or the south side of #16? Pipeline alley!!! Never was on any lines in there, hear its a nightmare tho!!!!!
I am not a fan of plant work, I try to stay away. Safety is heavy, every thing is big and bulky, very tight areas, H2S all over the place, clean shave, no hoodies. Not my favorite place to be, I love laying pipe. If nothing else for work ,will do bolt up. Hats off to you for working there.
Any ways, cheers gentlemen!!!!!
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From: Harrison, Michigan
Yesterday did a bone head thing. A cheap worn out aluminum ladder folded up with me on it. As you may remember we moved into this house in November. A couple weeks ago we noticed none of the outdoor faucets worked. I found a valve for one of them and it worked so yesterday I searched for another valve. I found it up above the toilet/shower in the basement bathroom. The basement has a drop ceiling with 2' tiles. Problem is above the toilet it is drywalled. I could see the valve but no way could reach it without 6' arms! Well only way to reach it was from above the shower. I put the ladder in the shower and could almost reach it when I fell. Ended up tangled up with the ladder in the shower. Got a few bruises but mostly ok. Broke the shower head. Finally went and got the 3' ladder and could turn on the valve on. Boy I have been working over in the barn being so careful and end up falling in the house. I was alone in the house, wife was gone. Could have been real ugly.. You never know when accidents will happen.
Weather was beautiful yesterday. We got the dock in a couple days ago so now I need to get the pontoon in the water. I think a good friend is coming up tomorrow and he will help me put the 4x8 OSB sheets up in the 2nd floor of the barn. After the floor is done I think I will switch gears and start doing fun Spring time stuff! Take Olds for a drive!! Yes!! Put boat in,etc. Wife is doing a great job on yard work. The older couple we bought house from haven't done much in years. Oh the wife was mad! She raked out most of the "wood chips" that were in the flower garden spots out onto the yard. Then she found the "wood chips" were really ground up red stained tires! The old guy put playground ground rubber in there! No wonder the wood chips really stank and smoked when we tried to burn them!! LOTS of weird things about this house! Well, have a good one!!
Weather was beautiful yesterday. We got the dock in a couple days ago so now I need to get the pontoon in the water. I think a good friend is coming up tomorrow and he will help me put the 4x8 OSB sheets up in the 2nd floor of the barn. After the floor is done I think I will switch gears and start doing fun Spring time stuff! Take Olds for a drive!! Yes!! Put boat in,etc. Wife is doing a great job on yard work. The older couple we bought house from haven't done much in years. Oh the wife was mad! She raked out most of the "wood chips" that were in the flower garden spots out onto the yard. Then she found the "wood chips" were really ground up red stained tires! The old guy put playground ground rubber in there! No wonder the wood chips really stank and smoked when we tried to burn them!! LOTS of weird things about this house! Well, have a good one!!
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Greg, Glad ya didn't put any in the smoker, Probably make your poke butt smell like a burn out
I only hurt myself doing stupid stuff, never have a good story like "Fell off my polo pony" I was gluing the bottom on an old wooden chair back together and turned it upside down and pulled on the legs real hard against my chest to re seat them Almost cracked a rib. I sure you get the idear
Have a great day Olds friends
I only hurt myself doing stupid stuff, never have a good story like "Fell off my polo pony" I was gluing the bottom on an old wooden chair back together and turned it upside down and pulled on the legs real hard against my chest to re seat them Almost cracked a rib. I sure you get the idear
Have a great day Olds friends
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From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Good morning everyone,
Yesterday I got the missus up to speed on the cost to repair the old machine vs buying a new one. On a spreadsheet though the cost to repair looks better than buying new. My cost to get the parts was $313 and then I'd have to do all the work. If I had a tech come in to do the work, sure enough he'd jack up the parts price about 20-40% or more, then add labor and tax. So that was also a selling feature of the spreadsheet. Bottom line was IF we got a tech to fix the machine it would cost around $700 and that's no guarantee that something else wouldn't go wrong. A new one would cost around $760. So off we went. I'd compared machines and prices on line and Casa Depot had the best opportunity. Henry waived the $60 delivery fee too. We bought new hoses and a 4 yr extended service plan (giving us 5 years parts and labor overall) and are also paying them $20 to haul away the old machine. This new machine is a top loader and 5.8 cubic ft drum so almost anything can fit in it, including duvets. The missus is pleased with it so that's what matters. Only thing is it won't be delivered till May 25 as it has to be ordered in.
Stopped in at a local market and picked up some fresh poke tenderloin. The missus cleaned, cubed and marinated it. I cleaned some sweet peppers and onjuns and put everything on some skewers and put them on the grill. Dang they were tasty. I made 6 skewers and we could only eat 1 each. This mawnin I see my son was able to decimate 3 and a bit of them...and no food poisoning for us either.
Greg - Glad you weren't hurt. Rubber mulch huh? No thanks. I can understand why your missus was upset.
Marc - Age is relative. Try not to think about it and it doesn't matter. Get better soon; that flu has been dragging you down for quite awhile hasn't it?
Dan - You and Norm must like the same kind of food or shop at the same markets? Share recipes?? Doesn't sound like any fun at all. Your Doctors office sucks. That's PPP (**** Poor Performance) on their part.
Mike - Doncha have a pressure washer? Sounds like the local car wash doesn't give a crap about productivity. Empty bays = lost revenue.
Kyle - So yer a stubble jumper at heart?
Yesterday I got the missus up to speed on the cost to repair the old machine vs buying a new one. On a spreadsheet though the cost to repair looks better than buying new. My cost to get the parts was $313 and then I'd have to do all the work. If I had a tech come in to do the work, sure enough he'd jack up the parts price about 20-40% or more, then add labor and tax. So that was also a selling feature of the spreadsheet. Bottom line was IF we got a tech to fix the machine it would cost around $700 and that's no guarantee that something else wouldn't go wrong. A new one would cost around $760. So off we went. I'd compared machines and prices on line and Casa Depot had the best opportunity. Henry waived the $60 delivery fee too. We bought new hoses and a 4 yr extended service plan (giving us 5 years parts and labor overall) and are also paying them $20 to haul away the old machine. This new machine is a top loader and 5.8 cubic ft drum so almost anything can fit in it, including duvets. The missus is pleased with it so that's what matters. Only thing is it won't be delivered till May 25 as it has to be ordered in.
Stopped in at a local market and picked up some fresh poke tenderloin. The missus cleaned, cubed and marinated it. I cleaned some sweet peppers and onjuns and put everything on some skewers and put them on the grill. Dang they were tasty. I made 6 skewers and we could only eat 1 each. This mawnin I see my son was able to decimate 3 and a bit of them...and no food poisoning for us either.
Greg - Glad you weren't hurt. Rubber mulch huh? No thanks. I can understand why your missus was upset.
Marc - Age is relative. Try not to think about it and it doesn't matter. Get better soon; that flu has been dragging you down for quite awhile hasn't it?
Dan - You and Norm must like the same kind of food or shop at the same markets? Share recipes?? Doesn't sound like any fun at all. Your Doctors office sucks. That's PPP (**** Poor Performance) on their part.
Mike - Doncha have a pressure washer? Sounds like the local car wash doesn't give a crap about productivity. Empty bays = lost revenue.
Kyle - So yer a stubble jumper at heart?
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From: Ste Rose Manitoba Canada
Morning all,
Finally had rain here, about 6 hours of it. Thanks Allen for sending the rain to us!!!!
Needed it bad, grass was looking like crap and trees were barely budding. Big difference today
Greg, you are very lucky. Could of been a lot worse!! I have done the same.
Allen, yes at one time. Hated it when I was a kid, miss it as an adult. I really miss harvest, was my favorite part of farming.
When Dad retired from the mine in Northern Manitoba, figured would be a great idea to start farming at age 57. We farmed half section, was organic when we farmed it. Made some decent money from it.
Any ways, got to go. Wife is sitting on the couch beside me going over what vegetables we are planting and what we need
Finally had rain here, about 6 hours of it. Thanks Allen for sending the rain to us!!!!
Needed it bad, grass was looking like crap and trees were barely budding. Big difference today
Greg, you are very lucky. Could of been a lot worse!! I have done the same.
Allen, yes at one time. Hated it when I was a kid, miss it as an adult. I really miss harvest, was my favorite part of farming.
When Dad retired from the mine in Northern Manitoba, figured would be a great idea to start farming at age 57. We farmed half section, was organic when we farmed it. Made some decent money from it.
Any ways, got to go. Wife is sitting on the couch beside me going over what vegetables we are planting and what we need
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From: Muskegon, Mi.
Greg, glad that you're ok.That could have turned out much worse. Stomach still churning this morning. More Pepto-Bismol I guess. Went out into the garage yesterday to put the Olds on dollies. I had to remove a box from the passenger side rear quarter area, and lo and behold, the reason why it wouldn't budge a couple of months ago...a flat tire. I aired it up, added a couple of pounds to the other side, threw it into neutral, and moved it back a bit. Turned the front tires so it will clear the garage door opening when we get ready to push it out.
