need to get out with big red horse troy bilt tiller again . I can not imagine converting to electric .
I have had thing flip when hitting furrow in clay . I found a way to bring in tractor and disk but need to bring in tiller before planting .
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This is just a pony, Henry. A tree fell over once and bent the handles and the engine was already toast so I stuck it away. If I converted it I would just be using it for weed control. No heavy digging. I could probably come up with a tread mill motor but if I had to run it 24 volts minimum that would be two car batteries. Would be lighter to mount my 2000 inverter-gen on it and run the motor off AC. It’s not like I need a new project right now anyway.
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You can probably divide the hp of the gas motor by 2.5 safety and replace it with an electric motor that size. From all the reading I have done gas motors are oversized about 2.5 times the electric because of the difference in torque curves. I am looking at running a 12 gpm hydraulic pump for my case ingersoll garden tractors off an electric motor because I am sick of the diesel exhaust from the 10hp diesel I currently use. But it is very low on my project list more like a dream than a project at the moment.
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My tiller has a transmission . I looked and did not recognize it . It said 4 speed . You need to change a belt to change the ratio . I am not sure you have that . Rather then have engine stall belt sequels
If it was electric motor it would burn up .
Well, I have about a zero chance of getting a medical certificate. But the lessons are my best life experience. Plus it would be fun to pass the written. There will be a point where diminishing returns kick in.
Indeed !
My second lesson was rather bumpy. Came close to landing on the middle yellow. Got into ground effect for a few seconds, then a big gust hit us and pushed the 150 off center. The instructor took the controls there.
That means a lot to me. Thanks Bob !
Back to upper 90’s weather. Next week a bit of a cool down to about mid 80’s. Not much rain but maybe some next week. We really need it. Got some firewood out and weeded the garden. Finish planting tomorrow morning.
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The leaves have finally popped out this week. Last Monday we woke up to 25F but then warmed up to 65 that day. It’s been above freezing since.
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Bill, it looks exactly the same around here. Birch leaves are the size of mouse ears. The old saying is that’s when pike and perk bite. The river is flooding though.
Put potatoes and peas down yesterday. I hope the ground is warm enough, or peas will rot. It’s really wet. I’m still unable to get my timber home for milling. Too muddy. Sun is shining early mornings but rain in the afternoons. Still not warm enough to drain tar outdoors.
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The Bielefelder chicks came today. They are a German sexlinked breed so I know I didn’t get any roosters as they all have the dark strip. They grow to be about 10lbs and are suppose to be good laying chickens. Something different to try this year.
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Up In Smoke.
Not a good resolution picture but you can zoom-in and see the limbs piles being burnt across the street from us from taking down one of the 115 year old, 135 foot tall, stand alone trees.
To the left of that now-legal burning pile is the stump ground down chipped pile.
Farther left the new young couples new house.
Great folks married 1st month of COVID shut-down; with now a 4 month old son.
The tree had been getting lighting struck and was failing needed to come down for safety.
I lusted after the one to 1 1/2 cord of the best limb wood. No benefit to them - they would have still had to burn.
Wife then later lusted after the big pile of stump ground chips/shavings. No benefit to them - they needed the rotting down volume to fill in the stump depression. Soil enrich for their grass.
Ha! Instead we barter with them for our eggs.
I get fresh lake caught Kokanee. Yum. Yum.
But those Grid electric easy-living can never truly ever appreciate wood-for-power IMHO.
Steve Unruh
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Can’t beat those cokes, I chase them pretty hard. Excellent table fair! I’ll need to head to clear lake or riffe lake down the road to get some soon now the opening day craze has worn off
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I’ve noticed that rubber boots aren’t made of rubber anymore, instead they are made of some pathetic Chinese garbage polymer. I’m lucky to get a good month or maybe 2 out of chore boots. And it doesn’t matter winter rated, high price, all the same garbage.
Anybody know of any old quality boots out there?
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I use “MUCK” boots but not really enough to wear them out. They have always lasted well for me but I don’t know where they are made now. I think even “Red Wing” sells a boot made in China now.
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Muck boots are Chinese made I am pretty sure but the ones I have bought have lasted long enough for me to get holes in the heal using them on my farm. I can get about a year out if them. I just wish they still made the ones with actual tread on the bottom and the shorter over the ankle length. I had to buy the taller ones to get any decent traction and those are hard to put on and hot.
I bought a cheap set of Amazon brand alternatives about 6 months ago and the rubber is cracking now but $35 for 6 months or $135 for a full year seems clear that I can replace them more often and still save money. That is my biggest problem with muck boots the price is just too high for something that best case lasts one year.
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I wear MUCK boots And Carhart Leather boots I wear muck boots on rainy days and I get a year or two out of them. the one thing is they don’t handle heat well. I had a pair on welding and I burnt quite a few holes in them.
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Keep those leather boots out of the manure. I learned that one the hard way when I thought they where the only solution for work boots. Cow manure will destroy them in a mater of 2 or 3 months. Which makes them useless around my farm.
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I have used them in cattle barns a lot they seem to hold up fine. but thanks for the tip.
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The manure gets into the stitching and will make them leak then eventually it will ripe open along the stitches. It didn’t seem to matter if I treated the leather and washed the manure off it would fail right at the stitches. I like leather work boots if I am not in the barn.
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DanA,
I had the same-same problem with the now all-made-in-China. They would at crease points, work harden, then crack and leak. $80-115. out in the trash not even making it past 6 months.
I finally switched to CHINOOK brand. $39-49. USD
Made-in-USA thermal plastic molded.
I Use their Badaxe model top rolled down, Pac-boots as slip-ons.
Their Kickaxe model are the uninsulated.
Try and find a stocking dealer to try on. I have to down size a full size to fit right.
I now get one year hard wear until they soles wear through.
S.U.
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I will definitely look into them as mine are on the way out. Thanks
Those do look to have a decent tread as well.
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Iv had “decent” luck with boggs. Not the best but they do ok. Better then the chinesium at Walmart. I destroy those in 2 weeks of daily wear, but I have a few pairs just for pouring concrete
My dad swears by his lacrosse boots, they have been going strong for 3 years of farm work. Like a pitbull grabbing the cheek in the cost department, but many folks in the trapping community swear by there rubber waders as the toughest on the market by far. Also unsightly expensive to purchase but trapping is extremely tough on a set of waders. I destroy a few pairs a year chasing beaver otter and muskrat. Neoprene gets wrecked by the briars and brambles around here
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