What did you do today?

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,770]

@ebinmaine same here, the humidity and heat from the door opening and closing at work this week has been a challenge. but the weather today has been great at the family camp. I’d bet having your truck moveable must help creating space to work on tractors.

[ebinmaine 79,452]

5 minutes ago, MainelyWheelhorse said:

I’d bet having your truck moveable must help creating space to work on tractors.

 

It's great that the truck is finally heading the right direction.  

Doesn't matter for tractors though.  They're in two different work areas.  

 

 

[adsm08 4,733]

Today I had to work on the air conditioner.  The capacitor that starts the compressor crapped out. The temp in the house was slowly going up, but our unit ends up in direct sun exposure in the afternoons, so it took a while for us to start questioning it.

 

At least it was easy to fix, and I was able to get the part today. 

[Handy Don 16,867]

18 hours ago, MainelyWheelhorse said:

My niece Sadie’s name in Maine accent will unintentionally trigger Siri pretty regularly.

I gave up very quickly on “Hey Siri.” Too many false starts and no starts. Now I use the button. 

[ebinmaine 79,452]

Great day today working with @Natejc_98 on his 1973 8 HP 4 speed. 

 

Got a lot done. Got it to run on sprayed gas. Need to clean the carb and replace the throttle cable. 

[Natejc_98 18]

32 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Great day today working with @Natejc_98 on his 1973 8 HP 4 speed. 

 

Got a lot done. Got it to run on sprayed gas. Need to clean the carb and replace the throttle cable. 

Thank you @ebinmaine and Trina for all that you’ve done to help me out and inviting a stranger like me to your place. It was a pleasure meeting you both!
 

Looking forward to hopefully many more projects and diving down this deep Wheel Horse rabbit hole.

[19richie66 17,915]

8 hours ago, Natejc_98 said:

diving down this deep Wheel Horse rabbit hole.

It’s very deep…….

[ebinmaine 79,452]

1 hour ago, 19richie66 said:

It’s very deep…….

 

Trina and I have quite the collection here as you know. Also, several other machines. Quite a few implements. As we were showing @Natejc_98  around, you could tell he knew he was... "in trouble."

He even mentioned that going to @JCM Jim's Place in the fall was probably going to add to this.

 

[Ed Kennell 46,435]

Made some sugar and vinegar cucumbers.   Added a few radishes and spring onions for bling.

 

Picked enough blackberries for a pie.

 

 

Then outa the kitchen to the shop to make a connecting link for the 20hp kicker motor on the boat.  The motors 150 and 20 hp Johnsons could be started and shifted from the helm, but only the 150 could be steered.   The 20 could not be steered so when it was being used, the 150 was used as a rudder which was not a very responsive steering system.

With this connecting link both moters will be steered from the helm making it much more effective when pulling crab traps.

 

[adsm08 4,733]

My uncle hit a deer Saturday night. My evening was spent trying to put his car back into something resembling it's original shape.

 

I didn't take before or after pics, but for it showing up looking like the Crash Dummy car and not installing any new parts I think it looked pretty good when I was done.

[8ntruck 9,017]

Busy week.  Picked up the exchange student we hosted in 1999/2000 schoolyear and his family (5 kids 8 to 17, and his parents) at O'Hara in Chicago last week Sunday.  Went to the Art Museum on Monday and the Field Museum on Tuesday - downtown in a Transit 250 15 passenger van.  Drove to our lake house in Michigan on Wednesday.  Went Shopping inLansing (1 hour drive) on Thursday.  Chilled out at the lake Friday and Saturday.  More shopping in Grand Rapids (1 hour drive) on Sunday.  Drove to Dayton, about 5 hours, today. 

 

The rest of this week looks as busy as last week.  We will end up in Bowling Green Ky. before returning them to O'Hara for their flight home next Sunday.

 

I absolutely loved watching his kids at the lake.  Just made the lake house really come alive.

 

I'll have to mark up our travels on a map of the US to show them how small the area they traveled is compared to the rest of the country. 

[Handy Don 16,867]

1 hour ago, 8ntruck said:

I'll have to mark up our travels on a map of the US to show them how small the area they traveled is compared to the rest of the country. 

Gist of a long conversation with a seatmate on a flight from Frankfurt to NY in the late 80’s--mostly in German, some English (back when I was fluent):

Handy Don: Vacation or work trip?

German Tourist: Vacation
HD: What are your plans?

GT: I’m renting a car and plan to drive to Niagara Falls, Washington D.C., Boston, and then back to NYC. I’d like to spend a day or two in each place.

HD: (initially speechless) You may not realize how far that is. Probably close to 1,500 miles, or about 2,400 km. How long are you staying?

GT: I leave next Saturday on the overnight flight. [We are on a flight arriving on Sunday at about 7 PM--so not quite six days]

HD: Are you aware the speed limits are less than 100km per hour on most of your planned route? That will mean many hours in the car. 

He wasn’t. I tried to convince him that 12 hours driving for an hour or two at Niagara falls wasn’t a good use of his time, but that NY, DC, and Boston were each worthy of several days. The Falls was non-negotiable but he agreed to skip Boston!

Edited 9 hours ago by Handy Don

[adsm08 4,733]

7 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Gist of a long conversation with a seatmate on a flight from Frankfurt to NY in the late 80’s--mostly in German, some English (back when I was fluent):

Handy Don: Vacation or work trip?

German Tourist: Vacation
HD: What are your plans?

GT: I’m renting a car and plan to drive to Niagara Falls, Washington D.C., Boston, and then back to NYC. I’d like to spend a day or two in each place.

HD: (initially speechless) You may not realize how far that is. Probably close to 1,500 miles, or about 2,400 km. How long are you staying?

GT: I leave next Saturday on the overnight flight. [We are on a flight arriving on Sunday at about 7 PM--so not quite six days]

HD: Are you aware the speed limits are less than 100km per hour on most of your planned route? That will mean many hours in the car. 

He wasn’t. I tried to convince him that 12 hours driving for an hour or two at Niagara falls wasn’t a good use of his time, but that NY, DC, and Boston were each worthy of several days. The Falls was non-negotiable but he agreed to skip Boston!

Europe: if you leave Berlin driving West at the posted speed limit and drive for 2 hours you have crosses two international borders.

 

US: if you leave Dallas and drive West for two hours at thebposted speed limit you are still in Texas. If you did it at rush hour you are still in Dallas.

Edited 2 hours ago by adsm08

[ebinmaine 79,452]

4 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

Europe: if you leave Berlin driving West at the posted speed limit and drive for 2 hours you have crosses two international borders.

 

US: if you leave Dallas and drive West for two hours at thebposted speed limit you are still in Texas. If you did it at rush hour you are still in Dallas.

 

Back around 2000 my parents took a month-long road trip to go from Massachusetts to Southern California and back. On the way out they went south. On the way back that came across the north part of the country. Texas was the only state that they did not cross in one day.