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'round the pot-bellied stove / Re: Western Ohio Update
« on: March 18, 2018, 01:53:58 PM »
HELLO FROM WESTERN SIDE OF IOWA.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: April 14, 2015, 01:44:07 AM »
My nephews planted 90 acres of corn today. That was all the ground that was dry enough to go. My place is 8 miles south of them and we got a rain Sunday night of maybe a half inch. No planting going on around me. I have not even had a chance to plant my potatoes. I would have done that Sunday had I had the spuds ready, but I did not. It seems like it is always close to May before I get that done anyway, and the potatoes don't seem to mind.
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Tools, Trades and Engineering / Portable welding/grinding table.
« on: March 12, 2015, 09:54:04 AM »
I bought a small welding table with a vice and a container for water, etc as a part of it. All homemade but nicely done. Surface is small, maybe 3 feet X 3 feet. It is very heavy and I move it usually with the loader on the tractor if it has to go very far. I haven't been able to weld on it for about 3 years. It sat still too long and got covered up. I can still get to the vice, though.
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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / Who would like to own a tractor like this?
« on: March 12, 2015, 09:44:43 AM »
I really prefer them to be near original in appearance. However, I don't care what someone does with theirs. It IS theirs.
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Tools, Trades and Engineering / Tractor support frame
« on: March 11, 2015, 01:57:31 AM »
That is a pretty interesting tool. I can see where that would be a good thing. Especially for some of the lighter tractors.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: March 10, 2015, 02:03:42 AM »
Ralph, That blower mounted on the front like that really makes a nice outfit. I had very little snow except some pile remnants. Monday temps at 69F for the high pretty well erased them. Supposed to be about 3 more days like that in a row. Sure is nice. Robins are back, too. Now that it is warm enough to work on things, I find I am way behind. I will be okay, though. I am too old to be late anymore. I need to work on the transmission shifting on my Farmall 1566. Warm enough to tackle that now. It is a cab tractor, so there is a fair amount of monkey business to be done to even get the top of the transmission, so I did not work on it in the cold shed.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: March 07, 2015, 11:07:25 AM »
Gene, I have never liked snow. I only went sledding once as a youngster. Just did not like the cold and wet. As an older fellow, I really do not like it. My place drifts in badly. There will be bare fields and all the snow is in my yard. I have a gas 4020 with a Westendorf loader on the front and a snow blower on the back, most winters. I got the blower as I run out of places to pile the snow. I do not own this farm or even farm it. I only have the building site, so I am a little limited. This year I did not mount the blower and have used the loader only twice. Just no snow. I am thankful for that. A couple years ago I spent $1000 just on gasoline for snow removal. The 4020 is hard on gasolene, but there was a tremendous amount of snow at my place by my standards. 30 inches a winter usually covers it. This year so far we are open with cold temps. I can handle that. Stay in where it is warm.
I haul grain for a living, such as that is, and never go out with the semi when the roads are slick. I could have hauled all winter this year, but the farmers are sitting with the stuff in the bins. I have not started the truck since just before Christmas. And....the loader tractor has only been used to fetch firewood.
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I haul grain for a living, such as that is, and never go out with the semi when the roads are slick. I could have hauled all winter this year, but the farmers are sitting with the stuff in the bins. I have not started the truck since just before Christmas. And....the loader tractor has only been used to fetch firewood. Ron
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: March 07, 2015, 02:22:46 AM »
What the heck, Gene? Doesn't the wind blow there? Whenever I have that much snow it is in huge drifts.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: March 05, 2015, 02:56:24 PM »
No snow here in my neck of the woods just South of Sioux City, IA. Cold and wind, though. Was around zero F this morning, but the wind went to the South and now it is 23. The forecast is for 55 F tomorrow. That sounds nice to me, but it will be muddy. Most of our snow is just in drifts and road ditches. Fields and such have blown clear.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: February 07, 2015, 12:24:46 PM »
Ralph,
You enjoy the "wide open spaces" type of living and I envy that. I never had to replace any windshields until the last 25 or so years. Too much traffic, too much construction, too many people. Other than my truck, I am not on the road very much. About 10 thousand miles a year divided by 3 vehicles. Around 20 thousand miles a year in the semi which has only lost one windshield over many years. The pickups and car have several replaced and I currently have a cracked one in my Tahoe.
Ron
You enjoy the "wide open spaces" type of living and I envy that. I never had to replace any windshields until the last 25 or so years. Too much traffic, too much construction, too many people. Other than my truck, I am not on the road very much. About 10 thousand miles a year divided by 3 vehicles. Around 20 thousand miles a year in the semi which has only lost one windshield over many years. The pickups and car have several replaced and I currently have a cracked one in my Tahoe.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: February 06, 2015, 10:31:36 AM »
Bad luck there, Ralph. Gene, did you replace the 12-volt or the 110-volt lamps in your camper?
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: February 05, 2015, 10:24:38 AM »
Nice photo, Gene. I bet I could have one like that this morning, but it is too cold to go do it. It was around 7 below or lower @ 7 AM. Now it is clear up to 4 above and I am still staying put by the fire.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: February 05, 2015, 01:36:18 AM »
No mud here now, Gene. I am relieving some of the cold pressure from Ralph. It is currently 5 below.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: February 02, 2015, 02:27:12 AM »
Ralph, that is the original Freedom Rock just a ways North of Greenfield,Iowa. That rock was the object of much graffiti painted on it over the years. Some of which was not very nice. An artist in Greenfield started painting patriotic scenes on it to stop the graffiti. It worked. He changes it every year. The thing gets many visitors and it really is something. Several locations here in Western Iowa have come up with a huge rock for him to paint. Usually set up by the local VFW or American Legion Post. I don't remember what year that photo was taken. I go by there usually once a year. It was just the first photo I came to in my computer to try to post. It is the side of the rock. There was an automobile parked in the way to photograph the front that faces the road.
We got 8 inches of snow on mud. Drizzle turned to light rain turned to snow with wind. They say 7 below for morning temps and I don't have much warm wood left in the house for the morning fire. I guess I will be going out to the wood shed for more wood early tomorrow. Propane will have to do the job until I get more wood in. I had intended to get wood in before the storm, but I was laying under my good pickup replacing the starter in the drizzle and rain. That was no fun at all. I don't remember it being fun when I was a youngster and at 71 it danged sure was not. I did get it done and got the truck home and in the shed.
Ron
We got 8 inches of snow on mud. Drizzle turned to light rain turned to snow with wind. They say 7 below for morning temps and I don't have much warm wood left in the house for the morning fire. I guess I will be going out to the wood shed for more wood early tomorrow. Propane will have to do the job until I get more wood in. I had intended to get wood in before the storm, but I was laying under my good pickup replacing the starter in the drizzle and rain. That was no fun at all. I don't remember it being fun when I was a youngster and at 71 it danged sure was not. I did get it done and got the truck home and in the shed.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update
« on: February 01, 2015, 01:14:59 PM »
I'll be darned. I did it.
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