Bruce's Journal

[Bruce]

Not sure why the pictures in the prior post are attachments rather than inline. Oh well.
Here is the tractor in its "home".

 

[Baymule]

You sure seem to have all the small annoying problems with equipment. DR equipment is not cheap stuff either. Our neighbor has a splitter, we use it for our DD's firewood. It never gives a bit of problem, but then we don't service it-he does-and just brings it over for us to use.

 

[Latestarter]

Pond is looking really nice. How much higher will it come up the banks before full? Appears the top is about another 2-3 feet.

 

[Bruce]

That would be about right @Latestarter, I'm guessing the deepest part will be maybe 6' now. That is good, plenty of water under the ice in the part that fills first if it fills all the way. Still don't know how the fish and frogs made it through prior winters.

Well splitting today was a bust. Wasn't supposed to start raining until after noon, started around 9:30 just after I got started. Good chance of rain tomorrow during daylight hours but it is not SUPPOSED to rain on Wednesday so I will try again. Still have plenty of logs to cut to 16" as well, none nearly as big around as the pile I showed yesterday.

 

[greybeard]

If they want people to do proper maintenance, they could have designed it so it was fast and easy to get that shield off.

You can thank the leftists and alphabet agencies that are concerned about someone taking the guard off or even leaving it off.
I have read requirements from govt agencies that plainly stated that was their aim and intention....Design it in such a way as to make public access to moving parts so difficult that many would opt to take it to a shop to have the work/maintenance done by "factory trained & qualified personnel'.
Mantra...
"Must
Provide
Safe
Spaces
and
refuge from
Real
World...."

 

[Bruce]

In this case I think people would be MORE likely to leave the cover off. They say to grease this thing every 5 hours (of use I presume ). Not something you would take to the dealer. If they put turn button like fasteners on it so you could take the one side off without tools, I bet people would do the maintenance. It isn't like there is any stress at all on the thin plastic cover, certainly no need for bolts with a 9/16" head on them.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Mr @Bruce,

Your pond is looking great! When I read through your journal and all of the work you did to clean out the sediment that had filled it, I though, "Wow! That is a lot of work!" And now you reaping the rewards of that work!

It is a shame that you can't have some of the wood I have. I have all kinds of wood and nowhere to burn it! And the gas fireplace insert is goofing up, so I don't even have that to keep us warm!

I hope you get your splitter fixed and it will prove to be less of a burden to use.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[Rammy]

Your future BF @Latestarter will buy them for you when he wins the MM.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

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That would be cool...a BYH wedding...and all that great farm fresh food, no pressure here.... (sorry Rammy, I couldn't resist joining the teasing)

 

[greybeard]

It isn't like there is any stress at all on the thin plastic cover, certainly no need for bolts with a 9/16" head on them.

Tell it to CPSC. They set the standards for what kind and size fasteners are to be used on things like safety guards.