powwow
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Shop envy here...nice!!
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So...what are you doing to keep yourself occupied while the world is jammed up?
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Shop envy here...nice!!
akbeemer
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akbeemer
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It is a separate shop of 2,200 sq/ft.
36654
New member
I would hate to see how many mowers he would need here in the east? Our per acre haylage production is nominally 2x that of the dry west.
6322
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Start the day with a two hour hike up the mountain in my backyard. Three miles up, three miles back, climbing 1,400'. Catch up on morning readings and news.
Work on own bikes and others. On mine, '00 R1100RS, changed fork seals and oil, changed braked fluid, synced throttle bodies. On the '83 R80ST, changed fork seals, gaters and oil, changed brake fluid, need to change neutral switch and trans oil, change coil and plug wires, adjust and sync carbs. On the '85 K100RS/eml, need to change temp sensor, coolant and spark plugs. On the '93 K1100LT, continue building this custom project, turning it into a stripped down, standard K similar to a C.
Bringing in firewood, continue yard work and watch the elk, deer and turkey in the yard and on the mountains, around the house.
Riding will have to wait until the governor's order of shelter in place is lifted. Physically, riding is easy from here while being socially distant, but trying to set an example of obeying the order. There are already too many folks who don't believe it applies to them so are out and about but this is the only way we'll beat this C19 thing.
Take care, stay well and ride when you can. This too shall pass.
Work on own bikes and others. On mine, '00 R1100RS, changed fork seals and oil, changed braked fluid, synced throttle bodies. On the '83 R80ST, changed fork seals, gaters and oil, changed brake fluid, need to change neutral switch and trans oil, change coil and plug wires, adjust and sync carbs. On the '85 K100RS/eml, need to change temp sensor, coolant and spark plugs. On the '93 K1100LT, continue building this custom project, turning it into a stripped down, standard K similar to a C.
Bringing in firewood, continue yard work and watch the elk, deer and turkey in the yard and on the mountains, around the house.
Riding will have to wait until the governor's order of shelter in place is lifted. Physically, riding is easy from here while being socially distant, but trying to set an example of obeying the order. There are already too many folks who don't believe it applies to them so are out and about but this is the only way we'll beat this C19 thing.
Take care, stay well and ride when you can. This too shall pass.
akbeemer
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I have a buddy that is a full time hay farmer and part time rancher. He has an irrigation canal that runs thru his spread that is fed by the Missouri. He irrigates with three pivots and some wheel lines. He gets three cuttings a summer of grass and alfalfa. The first two are near chest high. The ranch next to us has been in operation by the same family since 1863 and he has water rights that allow him to divert the creek that runs through our valley. He uses a network of ditches and little dams to flood his fields. He gets one decent cutting on a good year. Hay is big business in Montana. Cattle here must have their feed supplemented for around six months.
akbeemer
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Annie and I have been trying to tear down a beaver dam in the creek that runs thru our place. We got a 60 pound beaver this fall. Their dams are something to behold. Short of explosives it takes a lot of work to tear one down. I cut a canal through the center and overflow created a few others. Now we have three islands.
Grandson Jack and I inspected our work today. We are on alert for other beavers moving in.
Grandson Jack and I inspected our work today. We are on alert for other beavers moving in.
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No Hay
I would love to give any body some of our excess water since October 2019 the farm has received 21 inches of rain, and 4.85 inches in the last 30 days. After crop is planted and harvested corn usually averages between 250 to 275 bushel/ acre.
No hay but corn is a member of the grass family.
I would love to give any body some of our excess water since October 2019 the farm has received 21 inches of rain, and 4.85 inches in the last 30 days. After crop is planted and harvested corn usually averages between 250 to 275 bushel/ acre.
No hay but corn is a member of the grass family.
36654
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According to the NWS, you're in for another wet spring
36654
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When is Turkey season in ID?
rich
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Go on a nice long walk every day.
Been working on a few small home improvement projects. Need to build a new deck yet when the ground thaws.
Ride motorcycles when the weather allows, the 310 has been my go-to lately.
Day trading! And with the volatility in the market it has been rewarding! Lots of good deals out there for long term investors also.
Be de-winterizing the travel trailer (toy hauler) very soon.
Have the house shipshape and plans made for the evening meal when the still-working wife gets home from work.
Been working on a few small home improvement projects. Need to build a new deck yet when the ground thaws.
Ride motorcycles when the weather allows, the 310 has been my go-to lately.
Day trading! And with the volatility in the market it has been rewarding! Lots of good deals out there for long term investors also.
Be de-winterizing the travel trailer (toy hauler) very soon.
Have the house shipshape and plans made for the evening meal when the still-working wife gets home from work.
Well, looks like I just got through a stabilizer rebuild on my old Woods BH750 backhoe. I'm not sure if they are available anymore, this one is circa 1983. It doesn't owe me a thing but it's getting harder to get parts when I need them. The good folks at Messick's in PA hooked me up (again) with the current (generic) seal kit- actually 2 kits, and I dug in. I haven't done a lot of these and the generic seal kits have parts for a number of the "similar" cylinders and as a couple of seals came out in pieces that looked like stepped on macaroni, it was tedious.
This one was leaking to the point of the stabilizer "creeping" down when it was parked with a little fluid loss. The other side is "wet" and I will tackle that one at a later date. As "Experience is the thing you get just after you need it", I will be able to do the other side considerable faster......Made some notes, including that the 1-5/16ths internal nut has red Locktite on it.
I rate repairs in the amount of tools I needed to get the job done. This was a 35 tool job.
OM
This one was leaking to the point of the stabilizer "creeping" down when it was parked with a little fluid loss. The other side is "wet" and I will tackle that one at a later date. As "Experience is the thing you get just after you need it", I will be able to do the other side considerable faster......Made some notes, including that the 1-5/16ths internal nut has red Locktite on it.
I rate repairs in the amount of tools I needed to get the job done. This was a 35 tool job.
OM
