I would go for late february again. I just pulled spiles. I love making syrup. Got any Maple trees? 
Actually I should be asking Bruce.
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Two weeks ago, the sun was just at the top of the tree, now it has sunk down below it. No more sun on the deck till spring.
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It is coming our way now so it is our turn for a while 
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There is a farmstead on the north 40 with some old Sugar Maples…I am a diabetic and consequently sugar is a no no. Just breathing the fumes from a pan would send me to the ER. LOL
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I just like maple syrup season. It is too bad you can’t enjoy it too! I wasn’t sure sugar maples grew up there. I usually just see pine trees.
As a side note, I bet I can’t drive fast enough on those roads to the ER in under an hour.
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Today i got my homemade engine to run, just wanted to share, as im happy as a pig in sh*t 
There is going to be a video in English in the future as promised, when some small fixes are done (like the cooling system) anyway you could hear it pop, engine language is universal.
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Goran, thanks for the video, you once said you envied me because I have some old motorcycles, I don’t know who should envy whom more? 
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Wow Göran, that was great. Really nice build and it even looks as an old engine. Taps in a bit towards steampunk with the camshaft drive sprocket from a Saab V4 used as ignition control.
I think it really is jawdropping, I like it a lot
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Lots of rain over night but it doesn’t effect my fire 
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It looks like our wether from last year travelled your way. Overhere no rain for the last six weeks.
Just making ready to sleep. Easy with the v10 sound. Thanks Mr Wayne, I love it.
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Thanks Wayne, for the video. No rain here either and still no green stuff.
I knocked down a big maple at our daughter’s the other day. It was leaning heavily towards the house. The cut produced lots of sap, so I guess bursting buds will be here as well - in a month or so.
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göran. really nice great work!!!
this motor must get a place in your living room, near to the woodgas corner!!
yesterday also for us was a exiting day…first test run with the pasquali ex diesel on chargas…
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Water water everywhere… We’re under water, or at least the house is. No pictures of it just yet, because we’ve evacuated. They were calling for 57 feet at Lockport, higher than the historic highwater mark from the 1937 Mississippi flood. They’ve backed that off a bit now, to 54 feet. Still that’s 9 feet of water around our house. Couple photos from the area taken by neighbors and local news:
We are safe, and we should be able to get back in by Friday. Cleanup will take awhile. However I’m not sure the status of DOW books, we’ll have to see if they all got wet. Orders may take some time to process at this point. We will at least get you website access while we wait on new books.
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Praying for lower water, wisdom and endurance for the clean-up.
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Yes, that looks like a disaster not just a lot of water. Strength with the clean up.
How fast did the water rise? How much time was there to get away? Tools and stuf? Real set back for a homesteader. Besides the personal stuff of course.
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The water rose steadily over several days. This is not a flash flood. Here’s the chart.
Water started rising April 1st, went over the road Friday at 2 pm (36 ft), and got in the house Saturday (44 ft). By Friday they were forecasting 55 feet, which would have been 11 feet into the house, reaching 3 feet into the second floor. Saturday they raised it to 57 feet, which would have broken the local record set in 1937. They later backed it down to 54 feet, and it crested last night at 53.5 feet. We’re thankful for every inch we got back.
I was able to move the majority of my tools out in time. Some larger things like the slip roll and table saw were just too big to move. My welders are safe. Unfortunately the old woodgas truck, two tractors, old loader, and a dump truck, will be totally submerged. They weren’t in running condition, and I ran out of time to drag them around. The Massey Ferguson I rebuilt is safe, the BCS tractor, the chickens in their rolling coop, and a 16 ft trailer full of tools, are all parked on a road nearby that has a significant rise. A neighbor that is staying put (their house is on high ground) has been checking on the chickens for me.
I’ll make a photo album at some point. Right now, we’re making plans around cleanup. We’ll get a Uhaul truck to load everything that’s still good, a dumpster for things that are ruined. Lots of documentation for the insurance company. They don’t cover contents, but they do cover the house itself. We’ll be tearing out all drywall and insulation. It’s a chance for an upgrade, I’ll put rockwool back in. Hardwood floors probably need replaced.
After we moved everything Friday, we exited the back way. We have a logging road that goes up the hill on our property to an upper road. So we delayed leaving for several hours past the road being flooded, much to the surprise of several friends. That was enough time to get things elevated in the house, and save a lot of furniture etc from the water.
We are staying with my Dad in Frankfort, and I’m able to continue working (remotely) for Broadlinc. We should be able to get in the back way Thursday morning, and by the normal road by Thursday evening. Mary’s folks are coming down to help clean up. It’s going to take a long time to get it back to livable conditions. We are definitely considering our future plans, in particular a shop built on the high ground that we could store a majority of our stuff in, and possibly live through a flood in. Then of course the new house site is well above the water line. Here’s a photo taken at the crest, where the house will go:
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When I burned down my shop I dug a big hole and buried most of the debris. It was going into a landfill anyway. Some day some archeologist with dig it up and find a old Atlas Lathe. Kind of wish I would have tried to salvage it now but too overwhelmed at the time.
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Thanks for the update Chris . We are praying for you and family. Glad yall are safe .
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