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I mowed off a few hilly trails in the back 40.

The weather forecast said I had about 90 minutes to get some trails mowed. About 30 minutes in, there was a deluge. I put my phone in the plastic toolbox to keep it dry. Hosed the mud and grass off before putting tractor back in barn.

WD40 and grease rags.

We had a ~1920s dairy barn and concrete silo that were taken out by a tornado on 4/3/74 (super outbreak day). The remnants are still piled up over the hill from the barn.

I was having problems getting consistent spark on an old Honda rototiller during daylight hours. When the area was dark, I could see better consistent spark. I probably have a gummed up carb.

My son's right side ball joint popped out, luckily in the driveway. We managed to lift the front end and tow it to where he can work on it. The closest and less steep route was through the field.

I used Hotmail until Microsoft bought it out and allowed it to be flooded with spam. It was useful once upon a time.

I moved some dead trees, logs, and vines out of the field using just the loader. Bush honeysuckle and bittersweet vines are thick in that fence row. Used the loader to pop some medium sized trees and bushes out of the ground. Next step is to use a pole saw where needed, then cut the vines and...

I recommend Capitol One checking and money market accounts. I've had nothing but good experiences dealing with them. Their money market account interest rate is 3.7%.

I plowed another garden today. I ordered a replacement share. I bent it yesterday, but still worked OK.

It's an AgriSupply special moldboard plow. Carbon steel plowshare.

I plowed the garden for the first time in 4 years. I managed to hit a rock resulting in plowshare dysfunction. Need to straighten it out.

I installed edge tamers on my bucket and did a practice run on the driveway. Loader was in float mode. Picked up some gravel, not much snow in driveway yet. For the folks that use edge tamers, ~what angle do you run the bucket while pushing snow? The picture below is bottom of bucket parallel to...

I am saying there is a strong possibility that there are undercover FED agents trying to entrap people here. However, I haven't seen any such profiles this year. They may be on a short leash now.

I have seen several profiles here whose 1st message was to inquire about DPF emulators.

I went for another walk today.

I took a walk through the trails in the property yesterday.

Car companies (at least used to) get "carbon credits" for adding things like active grille shutters, electronic controlled compressors, forced recirc intake, humidity sensors in HVAC, engine shutoff at idle if conditions are right, etc.

I use 89 octane gas with ethanol and 2 oz/gallon sea foam. I rotate through the gas cans no more than 6 months. With 2 Stihl leaf blowers, 3 string trimmers and 4 chainsaws, the MS180C is the only problem. I have replaced the carbs with Stihl OEMs. I run the 011 avt dry since I don't use it often.

Here is the problem with the Stihl gas caps. You have to do a twist lock operation, kind of like a combination lock, to get the gas cap on correctly. It can appear to be on tight, but another high torque twist is needed. You can hear a click, but it's not tight. I bet the Stihl Engineer got an...