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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: January 02, 2017, 03:26:50 PM »

Happy New Year guys and hoping to put up a few more drone videos. Gets a little cold on the fingers this time of year plus battery life is shorter than normal. Its pretty much the wild West out here as I can fly where I like. Nearest airport is over an hour away and the nearest neighbour a mile. I haven't dared go beyond beginner mode yet so altitude is limited to 90 feet. But one of these days I'll risk it.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: December 29, 2016, 10:20:29 AM »

Hi Gene
Good to see someone else here for a change. I was beginning to wonder what happened to the  list. You did better than me if you finished harvest. I still have about 100 acres of flax that will stand through the winter. It just got to the point  I was getting nowhere  and nearly burning the combine  down with straw wrapping on the beater. Hoping for better in the spring.
Winter has been easy so far with only a little snow. That week of below normal temps was  not  so nice but we are back above normal this week.
I have been doing  a little flying without actually getting my feet off the ground lately. I put some video together  from a few flights showing my yard and my brother's.
[video=youtube;oWOkK0Wv53Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOkK0Wv53Q[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: October 03, 2016, 12:35:54 AM »

I see by my phone today that Ralph is swathing a pretty good crop of oats, even though some is laying flat. Keep it going, Ralph.  We were down to 38 F last night.  Winter may not be as far away as we think.



I just now found Gene's morning post.  Great looking combine.  Looks new.

For Dean:  Watch those cats.  Not exactly sure but I think I am feeding 20 now.  They sure are good at math.  Multiply like HE double toothpicks.

Charlie

Hi Charlie
I could use a few female cats here. All I have are three tomcats.
Harvesting going in stops and starts due to rain. Worked til 3:00 am one morning and would have kept on but rain stopped me. I'm down to the last field of flax with a rainy week forecast.
Here is another chapter in the yet to be concluded harvest 2016 series. I hope it ends before winter starts.
[video=youtube;tVrepCilKiM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVrepCilKiM&feature=youtu.be[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: September 25, 2016, 11:57:24 AM »

Gene, its good to see you back on here again and still doing what you do . Now if we can just get an update from Charlie.
I'm sitting and waiting for the weather to dry up and resume harvest. I'm about two thirds done until this inch and a half rain hit.
Here is some video of before the rain while I was combining.
[video=youtube;lK2N1H7kUQw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK2N1H7kUQw&feature=youtu.be[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: September 12, 2016, 04:07:45 PM »

Got another tractor driving video on youtube from the past weekend. Pulling the early fifties vintage one way disker working a patch of summerfallow.
[video]https://youtu.be/xWpjGbDKZRU[/video]
[video=youtube;xWpjGbDKZRU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWpjGbDKZRU[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: September 11, 2016, 03:26:47 PM »

Not as busy as I'd like to be here. Only got a couple of days harvesting and its been damp or rainy now for over a week. So we wait. And hope for three weeks of warm weather without a drop of rain. It does give me time to do a few other jobs. And of course keep the old Mercury exercised. Took this photo out on the driveway a few days ago when the sun was out for a while.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: August 19, 2016, 12:38:00 AM »

Ralph,

Your picture is an awesome nature shot even without the Mercury, but better with it.  Good to see that you are getting a lot of enjoyment from the old girl.

Charlie

Thanks Charlie. It got even better last weekend when I drove the Merc to a local museum antique car show. My SIL drove the Chevy II along behind as a support vehicle in case anything should go wrong in the Mercury's first long trip since 1969. It all went well and I got some video of the trip uploaded to youtube last night.
[video=youtube;-n0ZsAilj7w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0ZsAilj7w[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: July 27, 2016, 01:43:48 AM »

Charlie, sorry to hear about your wife's health issues. I can see how that would keep you busy. I think I've seen a comment or two from Gene on the old ATIS list but it could be longer ago than I realize. It usually is.
We have had ample rain here to grow good grass but not so much as to be a problem like it has in the past few years. Crops are off to a good start and if we miss the hail it should be a good one.
No doubt some are tired of seeing the many pictures I take of my dad's old 52 Mercury but I never get tired of it. This shot from a week or two ago is my favourite.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: July 25, 2016, 03:27:14 PM »

Just checkingto see if the forum is still alive. No replies since my last comment on April 11 and here it is July 25. Hot summer day here. Almost too hot to work when its over 80 unless I'm in an air conditioned cab.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: April 11, 2016, 10:23:50 PM »

Gene you will have to get yourself a "drone" now so you can still fly and take pictures. I'd like to get one some day for shooting pictures and videos.
Been some real extremes here lately with a couple of warm days and then cold, wind and snow flurries. Ground frozen hard this morning and barely thawed out in the shade today. Better things tomorrow they say. Still a long way from gardening or grass cutting here.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: April 03, 2016, 11:14:01 AM »

Union county is the next county east of me. West of us in Mercer county U.S. rt127 is closed with downed poles and trees. actually had snow showers yesterday afternoon with the 50 MPH winds. I did take advantage of the one good day on Wednesday and got the lawn mowed for the first time. Forecast for more cold weather all this week. Hope spring comes back.

Gene

Looks like we have had a better week in Sask. than you Gene. We hit over 60degrees yesterday. I was a little over dressed and found it hot working around the yard. Day before was so nice I took the Merc out for a spin to test out the new brake parts I've put on. I could have driven with open windows, if the windows would open.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: March 30, 2016, 10:51:56 AM »

Early spring here in Sask. although we did see a replay of winter a week ago. Hardly a sign of snow left now though as temps get up in the 40s most days. Nice to be able to work in the shop with bare hands and not freeze.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: March 07, 2016, 01:56:25 PM »

I tinkered with the 3600 for a while this evening after spending most of the day on projects in the house.  Changed the antifreeze mostly on general principle since I didn't like the look of the stuff that was in it although it tested fine.  Right brake doesn't seem very strong so I played with the adjustment a little with the tractor sitting in the barn, but by then it was getting close to dinner time so I didn't take it back out to see if there's any improvement; probably be next weekend before I have time.   At this point I'm mostly just enjoying the process of getting familiar with it.

Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio

Dean, I forgot to comment on what a nice looking tractor your Ford is. Should be real handy for you.
We are enjoying spring like weather here with record breaking high on the weekend. I'm still in the snow belt here but 20 miles South there is hardly any left at all. We hit up into the 50s on Saturday so that was nice but not normal. Still near a foot and a half of ice on the sloughs yesterday when I checked.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: February 28, 2016, 01:45:27 PM »

Gene, good to see you are hard at work getting firewood. I did a little of that again yesterday helping branch the logs after the guys chain sawed them down. Later helped take away blocks from the splitter. Some of the bigger blocks needed splitting but it is easy with this hydraulic powered one my brother built. Hoped to get some video but just got this still shot.
Dean, the Wisconsin I referred to is the 65 year old V4 engine off my Dad's first Case combine. It sits inside the "engine room", an old granary. Belt runs through the wall to run the saw. There is no name on the saw that I know of.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: February 21, 2016, 11:28:38 PM »

We exercised the old Wisconsin and saw yesterday cutting up some firewood. Still not a lot of snow here but it started coming down pretty heavy while we were cutting. No great accumulation though. Sure been an odd winter here.