And then while you’re COMPLETELY mindin’ your own bidness - a Human goes and STEPS on you, LOL!Then when there's chickens involved .....
My buddy up the road has been doing his Spring burn off. I might have to do a complete burn here like I used to do. Considerably less bugs, namely ticks and chiggers but also anything else that is currently living in/under those leaves or at the base of the tall dead grasses.
Makes things nicer to look at and makes the place look bigger too, especially if I keep it all mowed.
Cold temps coming back in first of next week with lows in high teens so far. Will see how the forecast progresses in the next few days. We could get a couple more fake springs.
My son gets to play woodchuck. Chuck this firewood on the rack in the house. Chuck this other firewood on the rack outside. I play woodchuck too. Pick out what I want and chuck it in the back of the truck and let him take it from there.
Bought my firewood this year and wasn't super happy with the first load but bought a second load when we had single digits. I guess they hold back the good stuff for cold snaps because the second load is nearly all red oak. Nice and solid with no rotted sap wood. We haven't touched that wood yet but some will get chucked soon.
Firewood, property burning, mechanical work, spring cleaning, shed cleaning, shop/manure cleanup, garden area cleanup, water run(s). Plenty to choose from. Mid 70s Wed/Thurs will feel like summer, aside from the 30-35 mph gusts. Probably no burning. Might snow Fri/Sat but too warm to stick. Then it gets cold. Wacky Ozarks weather.
My little 1981 Mitsubishi tractor originally had turf tires. Rear had a criss cross pattern and front were 8 inches wide balloon tires with 6-7 perimeter grooves. Both were worn out and before too long, split and had inner tube sticking out. I bought AG lug tires a few years ago for the rear and had already replaced the front with rear riding mower tires because that's all that would fit the rims. Last year I found narrow 3 rib AG tires for the front. Right diameter for the rims but the rims were twice as wide as what the AG tires needed. I narrowed the rims this morning.
Original rim with the two "halves" that bolts together.
The two narrow "halves" fit the new tires perfectly.
I had a feeling it would work out that way because some of these tractors came with AG tires so Mitsubishi would just use two narrow versions for the front for those. I just needed to make the wide "half" of the rim match the narrow half.
Little math and some cut lines. I'll have ti drill new valve stem holes for the tubes. 13/16" off center.
New narrowed outer half with 3-1/4" removed plus old inner half.
Two narrowed rims
Ran to town and got some primer. The red oxide primer said nothing about rust. This gray stuff did. Most of what they have these days is DTM paint. DTM = Direct To Metal as in no primer needed. I had a buddy back in FL who was a auto body supply rep who talked about DuPont DTM 20 years ago so it's been a thing.
Neighbor's dogs hung out on and off.
Tomorrow I'll see about tackling the leaky radiator. For a few reasons, that will be more involved than this.