!!!!!Good Morning, Choads!!!!!
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Temps are getting cold. Will be up heating orchards, trying to save the delicate fruit tree blossoms from perishing in the cold air.
How do you heat an entire orchard?
We use giant fans powered by v10 running propane. They mix the air layers. We also use propane heating pots on the borders. The fans will draw the heat into the blocks.
Sounds environmental friendly.
Organically grown V10 heated.Sounds environmental friendly.
Snow again today, it's sure been a crazy April. Yesterday was sunny and dry and made for a brilliant ride. I cut 2 second off a Strava DH section and got into the top 10 this year. I know it's stupid but helps put a little fun into a trail I ride all the time.
Compared to what went on in the good ol days we are doing pretty good. 
Got half the garden planted/sown yesterday, after a short ride. Rain for today, but seems to be holding off a bit. Will try to sneak in a ride later, put in the rest of the garden over the next day or three.
Neighborhood once in a while riding buddy wants me to look at another friends 2003 Specialized Brain shock...
Non-functional, with a same year Fox fork of some sort. They don't want to put $$$$ into the thing. I said, sure, will see what can be done. No guarantee of anything.
Neighborhood once in a while riding buddy wants me to look at another friends 2003 Specialized Brain shock...
Non-functional, with a same year Fox fork of some sort. They don't want to put $$$$ into the thing. I said, sure, will see what can be done. No guarantee of anything.
Morning Monkeys.
I really do enjoy it over here, but holy hell it's cold! 26 freedoms this morning and my old ass isn't used to that in April. But I will take the quiet (between train runs).
Also either the neighbors have a bunny that wears a vest, or their house was being inspected by a very official looking bunny. I have never seen a bunny in a safety vest before.
I really do enjoy it over here, but holy hell it's cold! 26 freedoms this morning and my old ass isn't used to that in April. But I will take the quiet (between train runs).
Also either the neighbors have a bunny that wears a vest, or their house was being inspected by a very official looking bunny. I have never seen a bunny in a safety vest before.
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Slept in, stiff lower back from tossing hay bales yesterday. Wife is in a we ( read me) need to get organized rampage. I am not receptive whilst attempting to enjoy my espresso
Far sight better than the smudge pots I have to imagine. Air quality in the valley always took a major shit when it got below freezing, they were quiet popular amongst the orange growers, when I was but a wee lad.Compared to what went on in the good ol days we are doing pretty good.
HELLO, DALLAS! Pulled an all nighter. Always fun.
Woke up at 5 something, finally got back asleep around 7, wife let me sleep until 10. Much needed. Coffee and classical currently, limited agenda today due to rain. Clean kitchen, make pasta dough and sauce. Perhaps some laundry. Mystery knee pain still present.
Grilled fish tacos and beers on the patio last night... sleepy this morning. Still gonna get up to the hill and do a spring ski for a couple-three hours. Then, who knows? I should build up a new rear wheel for the squishy bike, but I'll probably nap.
@Pesqueeb
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These pots are still all over the place but only are broken out when it gets really hairy. True story - I found a guy from Idaho buying smudge pots. He was cleaning them and re selling them as redneck snowmobile campfire kits. I took apart 1400 pots to make 700 good ones. Hardly seemed to put a dent in the smudge pot stash.
New unit bearings seemed to have fixed my front end issues (no context thread), at least initial test drive indicates such. No more loose steering or pulling, ABS kicking on or visual tire wobbling up to 60mph, which would occur before.
Was going to do u-joints too, but when I got home I realized the guy gave me 2 u-joints that are for the driveshaft, not axles. Took that as a sign to leave them in there, as there's no slop or torn boots anyway.
Now sitting here while everyone else naps, wondering if @Adventurous is mangling some of my new tools replacing the BB on his Yeti before I even got the chance to use them. I hope he's following an exploded diagram at least.
Was going to do u-joints too, but when I got home I realized the guy gave me 2 u-joints that are for the driveshaft, not axles. Took that as a sign to leave them in there, as there's no slop or torn boots anyway.
Now sitting here while everyone else naps, wondering if @Adventurous is mangling some of my new tools replacing the BB on his Yeti before I even got the chance to use them. I hope he's following an exploded diagram at least.
Wait... how many miles this thing got??
Just under 70k. Close to 50k with the 35s....so not exactly shocked.
As a general rule of them, whenever you start doing shit like lifts, bigger tires, etc I would expect stock parts like bearings, u-joints, ball joints, etc to get half the life out of them, if that.
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Yeah... I was wondering, 'cause I have 125K on my '14 F150 and everything is still tight up front from what I can tell.
I am guessing a truck used primarily for grocery shopping isn't going to suffer from a lot of wear and tear.
Just turn it into a bro dozer, and you too can have major suspension components fail 75K miles early.
I'd rather replace wheel bearings every 75k in something fun and useless than head gaskets every 100k in something boring and practical
Chores done. Chill time
Rigatoni made, sauce simmering, french bread only has a few minutes left to bake. House smells awesome.
Nah - we walk to the grocery... truck is for bike rides and road trips. Rare 4wd excursions - but a few.
Found a farm on the way to the trailhead today, which has opened a new shop with fresh food. 100% need to revisit for their fresh everything bagels and soup. So much good stuff.
Had to resist buying everything and walked out with some soap stuff for the girlfriend and this stuff for me:
Making nachos tonight because rain. Will top with this cream stuff.
Had to resist buying everything and walked out with some soap stuff for the girlfriend and this stuff for me:
Making nachos tonight because rain. Will top with this cream stuff.