The cool ocean breeze has left after the last 2 days Steve talked about, back to just dripping hot with motionless
air.
Asphalt is hot to stand on today! I used the shade as long as I could then put the hood on so I had some more shade to work in
Asphalt is hot to stand on today! I used the shade as long as I could then put the hood on so I had some more shade to work in
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LOOKS like your getting it done- I need to sort out some of my stuff just make room to find what i keep- are you moving out of state.
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Yeah Marcus, back to full sun working alright.
Two hours set back because a dumb-assed pushed the side door latch into locked. Hmm. Of course we have keys. We did back in 2006 last time it was used.
Nope. No keys. I had to get it unlocked down here at the old place with still most of the tools and means.
Sigh. An old, old skill I left back in the 70âs. I hate wafer disc locks. Just too sloppy.
Then, best to change out the r.h. side tire gone flat over night. We bought this used with two spares from an old elk hunting couple. Darn wheel bolts just will not come off!! Out with the air impact I havenât used in?? 10 years! Rattle- rattle, very little movement. Hmm. I recall a similar situation once back? 1999? Opps. The big âLâ means left handed threaded dumb-assed SteveU.
Marcus, youâd know that. BobMac with his older Dodge motor home would know that.
Clouds went bye-bye. I sweated it out and got it done.
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Hi Kevin.
No not moved out of Washington State.
Like Marcus did too, just moved to a more Rural county. Less people. Less problems. 50% less taxes. 40% lower power bill.
Yep a poke to the big Urban areas and airports now.
I do not miss it.
Regards
Steve Unruh
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Like the Mac big rigs left side of the truck
Righty tighty, right side of the truck? Lefty tighty. Easy way to remember whole truck lugnuts loosen towards the hood
Then find the one where some jerk put left side studs on the right side mixed with the right sides. Tire gun go snappy breaky dammit. Been there done that
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Yes, thats how it works. Single pass is enough. Not all pop up, certainly, but it is quite easy to check the rest.
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OK thanks kamil- do they sell them tools or was it home built idea- or what they call them.
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Look at Coreyâs post above. Itâs a potato plow or potato harvester. Itâs very common tool readily sold by all agrohobby retailers.
But DIY might be easy. Central arm from 2"x1/2". Angle 15°. Triangle spike at the front from 1/10" plate, width at the base 8-10 inches. Prongs from 1/4" should be enough. I suppose that more of them and longer will do better job than few and short.
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Do those two wheel tractors have a belt or pto? I wonder if it could pull a digger or add a shaker to it. More like this:
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Mine one have a PTO. Some other as well, while the other ones depend on belt transmission.
There are even profi potato hervesters using PTO for two wheels walkbehinds, like this one
My mistake. After double check I see that this one do not use the PTO from the machine but have some proprietary chain transmission
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this is one reason i want to keep my tiller, it was advertised by troybilt as a rototiller because that was the standard attachment it came with. But the tiller itself is removable and is pto driven, and it was available with a dozer blade on the front, a generator head, the furrowing attachment, a log splitter, a Harley rake, and a chipper attachment. It is more or less a self driven power station. Anything low power low flow hydraulic i could find a way to attach it, from a small brush hog to a trash/water pump and more. Plus sentimental value, it was my wifeâs grandfathers handed down to her mother and to me. I never met the man, but Iâm told we would have got along great and the tiller has the best home it could have where it will be put to work. Built back in the days where a man would sweat to grow his food and carve out a piece of dirt to live on with less means, the days I wish I was born into. And a neat piece of farming history in the USA, not completely unlike the bcs walk behinds our friends have here
I didnât think about it till I wrote that⌠I have been brainstorming a hydraulic drive for a wood chunker, it has been sitting right in front of me the whole timeâŚ
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That is a design I havenât seen before. It goes fast, but it leaves the potatoes scattered all over the place.
here is a commercial one for a walk behind, but I would be grabbing the welder they want $2700 for it, and the ones with the moving chains are like 6k. Apparently it only works with hilled potatoes, and there was another video that added 100lbs of wheel weights to the machine.
Your style is $200, so I completely understand that decision. 
It would be quite a bit of work to make a more mechanical one. And probably not worth it unless you sell them or are growing for multiple families.
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Today was a fun day, Johan and JO visited me.
I got a ride in the Volvo, which went very well, it seems to work very well with a smaller engine too, Iâm a little jealous.
JO, and Johan tried my car too, Iâm impressed that JO was able to drive it straight away, but itâs clear, heâs been using Gengas for many years.
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Just out of curiousity, how many times do you leave that parked unlocked with the windows down and the keys in the ignition. Just to laugh at someone that tries to steal it? 
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Most people have no idea that we are currently in a War Marcus. The globalists stated aim is to eliminate the majority of humans on the planet and control those strong enough to survive. Every things you see going on is part of their offense against us. The education systems that are bending the minds of the kids today so that elementary school students are made to question their own gender. The contamination of the food supply. I wonât rant on but we are the enemy, with our insistence on self determination. I think we are winning because there are so few of them and so many of us despite their current grip on economies and media. These battles are coming to a head now. Wonât be long until we see how this shakes out. If we win then the things you long for will come of necessity.
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What we struggle with today ( electricity,running water, heat in the winter, healthy foods and exercise) were daily life 100 years ago. The USA I believe above all has become so reliant and complacent on the system to provide every last thing we need to go through daily life, that we have forgotten to look at the label and they took that advantage to take us out. Why did our grandfathers somehow live into their 90âs regularly but currently life expectancy is 65 years old and in the ground? Have to question these things. What has changed. And what needs to change for a better quality of life to happen again. 18 year olds going to war, Trucks with fuel tanks behind the seats, eggs fried in bacon fat, smoking tobacco and whiskey were staples of life. People are scared to go outside! To touch grass! To breath fresh morning air!
Not I. I will not live a life in fear. Itâs a harder more rewarding life I seek.
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I wonder if one like this is big enough?
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I leave the car unlocked with the key in the ignition every night. I might start thinking about this. perhaps. 
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Thank you Jan for a very nice day, we enjoyed your hospitality, our talks, the beautiful surroundings and the tour of course.
I think your S10 ran very nice on woodgas (once J-O figured out the controls 
), very smooth ride. Well done Jan 
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Two wheels walkbehinds have always trouble with the adhesion when doing some hard work like plowing. The have enough power in no doubt, but their wheels usually scratch the path and dont bite in the soil. All is about weight. You may see me in my video posted above to push really hard my machine. Because itâs still too light to pull on itself. I have already several iron pieces which I inted to use as weights to improve the adhesion and make plowing more easy job.
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