And more junk.

This HIP loan better work like the bankers say it will! I've dug myself a pretty big hole if not---LOL!
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Water line is dug in from the meter pit to the house. The old gent that owns the ditching company is 84 and was still using a shovel and a rake. His son runs the equipment and they had one laborer. Started at 7am, done by 1pm. Rain started about 20 minutes after they left. The plumber will be here Friday to do the house hookup, and the water co-op will be here to get it going while the plumber is here doing the under house connection and heat tape.

I lived in a little fantasy land for awhile, but today it was time to dismantle the slot car track and get the shop "winterized". Will take the '55 off the lift and put some tractors on it. Hoping that with the help of the bridge crane (thanks CJet) that I will be able to turn them sideways, possibly putting 4 on it instead of two. A couple will be bagged outside too. The MF8E has to stay on the floor for it's annual winter duties. Will try to put the MF12G, MF1450, MTD 660 and the JD110 all on the lift sideways. Should just see if I can get a couple hundred bucks out of the JD110 since it hasn't been used since last fall. I need some space in the shed it is sitting in. When the lift is back up will bring in the '55 and try to do some work on it this winter. Hopefully will get that plan going on Thursday. Got some running in town to do tomorrow.

DAC
 
Got some tractor seat covers from Temu yesterday. Didn't get to see if they will fit yet. Were only about 14 bucks each. 2 high back seats and one low back. I like the tool pouches on the back.
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After I got home from running around in town a package was sitting in the rain on the front porch. Order from my Medicare provider that has a couple hundred dollars a year of free OTC things. Ordered some various reading glasses. Some are for Loree too, not all pictured.

I think it is stupid that a person has to wear readers to read what power the readers are! Cut some stickers to put on the bow.
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Our cable TV provider sent a letter that all cable will be discontinued Dec. 12th! Upgrade to a full on streaming service or your done!
Spent about an hour with them on the computer chat session to find out what the heck is going on! Price will be about the same (still too damm much money) and will still get all channels we have now. 2 bucks more a month and they will put wifi in the shop and that will run both my TV's out here. There is some sort of hard wired switch box they would install out here included in the base price but I wouldn't mind having wifi.

Will decide what to do soon. Not a very productive day other than that.

DAC
 
MFDAC said:
Got some tractor seat covers from Temu yesterday. Didn't get to see if they will fit yet. Were only about 14 bucks each. 2 high back seats and one low back. I like the tool pouches on the back.
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After I got home from running around in town a package was sitting in the rain on the front porch. Order from my Medicare provider that has a couple hundred dollars a year of free OTC things. Ordered some various reading glasses. Some are for Loree too, not all pictured.

I think it is stupid that a person has to wear readers to read what power the readers are! Cut some stickers to put on the bow.
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Our cable TV provider sent a letter that all cable will be discontinued Dec. 12th! Upgrade to a full on streaming service or your done!
Spent about an hour with them on the computer chat session to find out what the heck is going on! Price will be about the same (still too damm much money) and will still get all channels we have now. 2 bucks more a month and they will put wifi in the shop and that will run both my TV's out here. There is some sort of hard wired switch box they would install out here included in the base price but I wouldn't mind having wifi.

Will decide what to do soon. Not a very productive day other than that.

DAC
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Got a couple of the seat covers, just as good as others but half the price.
 
olcowhand said:
Our tv package plus internet is stupidly expensive right at $200! It wouldn't be so bad IF one could find shows worth watching! I usually watch Mash reruns almost every night, but that's about it for a good show.
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Ours will be $198 with internet. Of course this new system they are going to requires their internet. I watch NASCAR and the weather channel, that's about it. Loree like dancing with the stars and some of those other dumb competition shows. There is ME tv that has old westerns a lot that we watch too. She also streams some networks and we have one racing streaming channel too. Probably over $250 a month before it's all said and done!

DAC
 
It is totally ridiculous what the networks charge the providers for little service. They load each option up with a bunch of junk channels so they can show that big number of channels available. $200 a month looks like their targeted price, and don't get the local channels we want either. Get the tv stations 100 miles NE of us but can't get the ones 70 miles West? Our weather comes from the West. not the NE. But I can sure tell you what the weather was yesterday with no problem.
 
The tall back seat covers seem to fit ok. Would probably fit better if I loosened the seat bolts and tucked the cover in tighter.
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Didn't like how the short back one fit the MF1450. Loosening the bolts won't help because the bolts are in the way of tucking it in tighter.
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Tried it on the MTD 660 LT. Will work better on it. I can tuck the excess in the front under. The original seat upholstery is still all there but the stitching has failed.
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They will all require some tweaking, but they are ok for the money.

Went around behind the shop with the air tank and filled the front tires on an old Craftsman LT Going to put the boom on the MF1450 and pull it around front. The plumber that will be doing the waterline under the house tomorrow wants the transaxle. Told him he could have it. I was gonna haul it to scrap.

DAC
 
I bought a couple seat covers very similar to those off amazon a couple years ago. Put one on Carolyns 1018 cub mower and the other on m 1862 mower. Both covers were a bit big but sure worked ok. Need to put a seat belt on her mower. She moves around so much it kills the engine every once in a while. Don't want to pull a wire on the seat switch as she is not that steady on her feet anymore and don't want her stepping off with a live deck.
 
chieffan said:
I bought a couple seat covers very similar to those off amazon a couple years ago. Put one on Carolyns 1018 cub mower and the other on m 1862 mower. Both covers were a bit big but sure worked ok. Need to put a seat belt on her mower. She moves around so much it kills the engine every once in a while. Don't want to pull a wire on the seat switch as she is not that steady on her feet anymore and don't want her stepping off with a live deck.
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That is a good idea leaving the seat switch operational for Carolyn, Rog. I left the seat switch operational on the Craftsman GT5000 too. Good thing I did since Loree decided to mow with no knowledge to operate it while I was in Denver for a few weeks. Don't think she had any close calls, but don't know for sure. When I use that tractor and shift my weight over for mowing the ditch or other inclines the engine will sputter for a second. Took me awhile to get it through my thick head as to what was going on---LOL!

We now are on the Rapid Valley water system so I can retire the well during the winter. The plumber installed a sillcock that is well only so If watering something is needed, we don't have to use the expensive water from the system. He didn't charge me for that sillcock. I have an old Craftsman LT that he needs the transaxle out of. I told him he could have it before we even agreed on a price for the under-house plumbing. When he gave me the invoice to give to the bank I saw he had No Charge wrote on the materials and hookup labor of that sillcock.

Will be hitting the shower tonight in system water rather than well water!

DAC
 
Cvans said:
Good for you. Nice to have that job done before the ground freezes. You’ll know if the water is softer after your shower.
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Thanks, Chris. I almost forgot to de-tune the water softener before the hookup, but got it turned down now for the water system. Went from 75 grain to 25 grain and recharge every 5 days instead of 3. Think I may be able to work the grain down to 15, as that's what the system says the hardness spec is for this water. Will use up the rust remover salt we have then just go to normal salt. Buck or two cheaper a bag. Flushed the water heater after the hookup was completed too.

DAC
 
WE lease a Culligan water softener. They do all the adjusting for the hardness, etc. Make the changes to take the alga taste out when it blooms every summer. They come in every 2 weeks and fill the salt tank and check the system. $35 a month lease fee, wice the seals started leading in the automatice valve system and they replaced the whole valve assembly with a rebuilt one.
 
Rainy day project today in my shop office. Furnace out in the lift bay is still out of commission. A good friend of mine is battling lung cancer. He was one of the coolest racers I ever met, and a very loyal customer. I got my MF8E from him as a trade for lettering over 30 years ago, long before I knew GT's were collectable. He say's his treatments are going well, but doesn't go into details. He moved back to his hometown, Albert Lea MN in 2000.

Around 20 years ago I built a slotcar of his 1995 season dirt track stock car. His was a Chevy Monte Carlo but all I had at the time was a Lumina body. Had to make do. It got raced hard and has plenty of battle scars. Going to leave the scars but convert it into a display car. Got a chassis about done and body inside alterations pretty much finished. Will re design a jewel box for it and internal graphics in the box. Probably will take a couple more full afternoons to get it done, but I have built quite a few of these "static" displays.
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This is the actual car with "Dick in the Dirt" standing behind it.
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Of course dealing with HO scale it is a loose representation but there are similarities at least.

DAC
 
Got that little car pretty much done but not the case yet. Been other stuff getting in the way.

Finally got to start winterizing the shop. Yesterday I cleaned the orifices on the furnace and got an improvement on how the burner sounds, but still need to figure it out. I run it long enough to take the chill out, but didn't need that today. The plumber is too busy to even come get his check and sign the mechanics lien waver so I am going to have to meet him in town tomorrow morning at a job he is doing. I have given up on raking the yard, so time to store some tractors. "They" say actual fall and winter weather is coming next week so need to get it done.

Ran the MF12G out, dropped the lift and ran the '55 out. Put the Denali on the lift and checked the front brakes and added some Lucas stop leak to the rear differential. When I did the rear bakes last week I noticed a little gear lube starting to seep around the axle seal. Hope it helps get it through the winter without it actually becoming a serious leak.

Got the tractor decks for the lift out of the '55 and put them in place. It was nearing dark but I set up some saw horses outside and put one of the panels from the old church sign on them. I figured 4-4' cuts in 1/2" plywood, I could knock that out in no time. I figured wrong! The batteries in both my cordless saws made a cut and a half! Drug out the old Skilsaw and a cord to finish up. The cuts look like it was nearly dark---LOL! Doesn't matter, they are just fillers for the center of the decks.

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Plan is to use the bridge crane and turn the tractors sideways. That's why I needed the center fillers. Not going to screw them down. Hopefully will get 4 on it rather than 2. That is tomorrow afternoon's project and possibly Friday too since I have to do more running in town.

DAC
 
The running around took longer than I had hoped but still got some stuff done. Got the check to the plumber. He is working on a new "peanut butter cup" plant. Not Reese's---LOL! He gave me a tour. Pretty interesting. Watched the mixer making dark chocolate in a vat, then there is an assembly line. Chocolate gets poured into a mold to make the cup and goes through cooling to harden it up. Peanut butter mix is filled into them then more chocolate poured on top and cooled again. Then they have a packaging machine a couple of girls were running. They get sealed in a wrapper and cut into individual candies. They are still dialing in ant wrapper machine. There were lots of free ones laying around as they are not fully up and running. I brought home 3 of them for Loree. I'm not a big peanut butter cup guy. The ones I brought home are probably white chocolate.

Had to go to Walmart after the tour then home finally. Had a sandwich and started moving some tractors on to the lift. Had to turn the MF12G sideways first. Used the bridge crane and some armstrong, well not so strong anymore but got it done.
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Then I tried to fire up the MTD660 LT. Dead battery. I think it's junk. Charged it up a week ago. Jump started it off the Mobility scooter MTD LT since they were parked side by side. It wanted some ether. Drove it on the lift and was able to jocky back and forth and get it sideways. It's light enough it wasn't too hard to drag it over by the 12G by hand.
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Then went out to the shed the JD110 is in and cleared junk that had accumulated around it and pulled it outside to put the battery from the 12G in it. It fought me to start too. Went and got the GT5000 and jump started it off of that. Had to use some ether on it too. It and the MTD660 still have the same spark plugs in them so new ones would probably be a good idea. Once it fired it ran great. Smooth quiet engine. The variable speed lever needs adjustment so will have to figure out how to do that. It's too slow to be right, even in high gear. Jockeyed it back and forth. It's heavier but slid ok up to the MTD ok.
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Still plenty of room so the tool box trailer was next. My chain saws and trimming tools are in it. It pushes easy.
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Still enough room for the MF1450. Will definitely have to use the bridge crane on it. I might take the trailer back off and see if that will give me some wiggle room for the 1450, but that's easy. I can move that around with one hand. 1450 has a couple of minor jobs to do tomorrow before it is put into winter hibernation with the rest of this junk.

The GT5000 and the MTD/Bolens mobility scooter will be put in body bags outside. Couple more nice days before cold sets in it sounds like.

DAC
 
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