what did you do today?

[gtermini]

Started playing with a couple kitties today. Put an extension on the ejector on one. The other will need hitch work.

[Rural53]

My view this morning, pleasant autumn morning.

[walrus]

On Saturday a buddy and I headed north to see a world record  get set. 1234 ft Diameter ice circle  cut in Long Lake in St Agatha Maine, about 10 miles from Quebec border. Cutting the circle is hard enough but the record is actually for the biggest ice carousel. The ice in question is 27 acres and weighs 55,000 tons and has to do one revolution. Powered by Ford 300 6 cylinder fitted with a 24 inch brass prop it did a revolution in 2 hours. This has been an ongoing contest between Minnesota, Finland and the Northern Maine Ice Busters. It was cool to see, the ice was shaky at best with the really warm winter we had plus the really warm April we have had. Slush was deep enough for us to question whether we should walk out on to the carousel but we had driven 4 hours to to do so we did. They did it for fun and they hold the record for now.

https://fiddleheadfocus.com/link/maine-recaptures-world-championship-ice-carousel-record/

[slip knot]

Thats pretty cool. but yall can keep that hard water up north.   I get chills just looking at the ice form on my water troughs.

[Rural53]

I agree, that is pretty cool. I also agree with slipknot, you can keep that hard water! It is just starting to feel like autumn here and I'm just thinking I need to put a sweatshirt In my ute in case in need it on evening.

[slip knot]

Hauled a load of kid goats to the market. I had 17 that I was feeding out, was aiming to sell at @ 80-100lbs but the market report from last week had the 40-60lb kids selling upwards of $4/lb.    Load up the butt heads on the trailer, we went for a ride. 

[DeadNutz]

I wasn't planning on starting the day shoveling snow but we have at 5" already and big flakes are really coming down. We do need the moisture though.

[bonneyman]

I wasn't planning on starting the day shoveling snow but we have at 5" already and big flakes are really coming down. We do need the moisture though.

I typically ignore meteorological scare terms but my vegetation proves we are in serious trouble. It is so dry and has been for so long our desert landscaping is struggling. Three varieties of cactus and two of aloe vera are barely hanging on. The forecast says some rain might be possible next weekend but then the weather woman said it was most likely going to be virga (i.e. rain that evaporates before hitting the ground). I'm running the evap cooler for cooling and put the bleed off line on different trees and plants each day so they get some moisture. Our night-blooming cactus is trying mightily to survive but I think it needs a day of dribble moisture as help!

[DeadNutz]

Our snowpack was below average this winter and this snow will help and I will take all the moisture we can get. This snow is very wet with a lot of water in it. I hope we get a good thunderstorm today. I hope your landscaping survives.

[hickory n Steel]

I recently ordered a pair of Coleman bt200x mini bikes.
Yesterday I received and assembled them.


After a few hiccups both are running great now, they topped out at 18mph respectively till I dealt with the throttle limiting screw. Now mine settles in at a top speed of 21mph and his settles in at a top speed of 23mph  they were both made on the same day too.
I'm not going to bother doing any more though,  the free speedometer app I used is not that accurate I'm sure.
Mine needed a front axle nut that it didn't come with as well as a carb bowl plug screw.
The other which I bought for my dad wasn't running,  then I learned about a device in the gas tank which the manuals don't mention.
Long story short I figured gas was sloshing so it should start, but it needed more gas 

Today the rear racks I ordered for them arrived so I mounted mine and a cheap $10 Walmart toolbox I had laying around.




Tomorrow I'll mount the rack on the other.

[pep]

 Repaired the TIG welding stool, the Harley way.

[bonneyman]

Our snowpack was below average this winter and this snow will help and I will take all the moisture we can get. This snow is very wet with a lot of water in it. I hope we get a good thunderstorm today. I hope your landscaping survives.

Our local water is quite hard, and evap cooler pads clog up quickly with calcium and such. A bleed off attachment is the only thing that sort of works, but it's hard getting people to flush that much water down the sewer pipe in the desert. I tell them put a roll of 1/4" black tubing onto the bleed-off and water your shrubbery with it. I've got a 100 foot roll of tubing, and move the tip every other day to a different tree or bush, and that way water things with waste water that going to b discarded anyway. Works well!

[hickory n Steel]

[Rural53]

Grindz Cafe turns into the hole in the wall Fat Burger at night. A good start to the weekend.

[Rural53]

Every Saturday morning lately, on my local Facebook Marketplace, a big tool sale has been advertised. Yesterday I went and had a look. It is in an industrial unit in one of the new industrial areas of town.


Lots of interesting stuff.

Tipco


SK



Elora - West Germany


Sidchrome ($120/US$85)


More Sidechrome


Crescents


Craftsman


Dreadnaught

 




And then I lead Midnitemack into temptation by sending him pictures....