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What's your hoe doing?

Willie B

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T-town said:
Worked in a light drizzle today..... some winter??

Had to make a "right turn" on that electric service....
Did not realize that by feeding the meter from underground, I was limiting the location my load side runs to the adjacent panels/disconnects.
The utility will not allow any cables to be crossed ( line/load)..... so my initial install had to be taken apart..
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My load runs would have 180'd around the bottom of the meter base and then split left and right to top feed the panels.
My underground conduit runs from this 'rack' are set so the orientation of the panels could not be changed....
So this is what I came up with.. Bottom right corner of the meter box is the only place I can run from.
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the conduit bodies dang near bankrupted me :( Shame to have to not use all that space on the topside of the meter box.
Have to drop in the 4" run underground to the future pad transformer..... which is a short run( 2 sections) thank goodness ... and run the cable between the boxes.( 4/0 Al)
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I'm not a fan of entering the side of any box exposed to weather without a waterproof fitting. I use a Myers style hub, or find another way. Plenty of very competent electricians will argue it doesn't matter if the cut is low on the box. I ALWAYS prefer to enter the bottom.
 
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My hoe had a lot of very worn looking hoses and still has a few. The place I was having make them was using a different brand foreign made hose every time I went. One that went to the crowd cylinder and was right on top failed in 3 years and looked as bad as some of my oldest hoses. I don't remember brand but it was made in Italy. That was a turning point for me. I now have all my hoses made with Gates hose and fittings.

The hose that failed in 3 years was subjected to direct sunlight at the highest point but still. I had it wrapped with cover on top of switching brands.

I don't think country of origin has everything do do with hoses failing. My grapple has Made in USA Parker hoses on it and the covers are all cracking. We should probably be putting covers on all our hoses to protect them from UV.

I had the company I stopped using make all new hoses for the loader on my John Deere. They used Balpac Balflex Shark Skin hose on it. I don't remember the country of origin for those but they look to be holding up great.
Somewhere along the way I bought a whole flat face oring assortment. Not sure why because they give me orings with my hoses and the orings themselves never fail.
 
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Definitely a concern with this set up... Thats one of the main reasons this will get a covering ( roof) over the top,,, in addition to the visual value.
Do inspectors have an issue with a bit of sealant being used after the fact?

.... and a Happy, Healthy New Year to you all..!
 
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I guess it is preasure that makes them leak. I noticed whenever I dig in a hard mainland area , I have a leak, or I work in a hurry on clay. Or Rocks. Happy new year man.
 
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Well done !! I'm amazed you're able to get anything done. I see south of you was getting dumped on by the lake affect.... are you all too far north to get that??

I've camped in the summer up that way a few times... Coles' creek is one....
that valley is a great looking part of the country for sure.

Is that your typical soil for the region? Any rocks??
I would think your top is frozen now... no trouble getting through ?
 
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T-town said:
Well done !! I'm amazed you're able to get anything done. I see south of you was getting dumped on by the lake affect.... are you all too far north to get that??

I've camped in the summer up that way a few times... Coles' creek is one....
that valley is a great looking part of the country for sure.

Is that your typical soil for the region? Any rocks??
I would think your top is frozen now... no trouble getting through ?
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Thank you. Yes. Most of the Lake Effect stays South of us. Coles Creek is nice. So is Jacques Cartier State Park. Plenty of rock. But this use to be a farm many years ago. So many rocks collected and into rows and old fence lines. And a decent amount of topsoil, then clay underneath in a lot of it. I have quite a few large boulders all over property. Some areas have small stone. A few with some flat rock underneath. Top is just now frozen about 2-3 inches. This hoe has no problem with that. I’m trying to get as much done before we get a significant snowfall. Then I’ll be done until a good dry spell after the spring thaw. Hoping I can get a couple more weeks in though. Been fortunate so far.
 
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Love the look of that old CAT!

Haven't been working mine much lately. Got it all greased and ordered some isolators for the engine and trans mounts today. Factory mounts were available here and there but nobody had 4 of them. Always looking to save a nickle I bought some by size from McMaster Carr.
 
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NH575E said:
Love the look of that old CAT!

Haven't been working mine much lately. Got it all greased and ordered some isolators for the engine and trans mounts today. Factory mounts were available here and there but nobody had 4 of them. Always looking to save a nickle I bought some by size from McMaster Carr.
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Thank you. So do I. And so far, so good. It’s a real workhorse!
 
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I can't post pictures, my phone is fighting with my computer. I have 8 experts eat at my table, all agree, something is wrong.

Today we ventured to one of those jobs where the propane people refuse to cooperate. We had a husband customer panicked about not having a generator, with a wife who has declared it ugly. Wife appears once each day to proclaim our work ugly.
The sweetest giant St. Bernard dog ever steps out each day to inject 2 LBS of feces into the mud we wallow in this year.
Surprisingly, they are somewhat similar to the family I have.

Unpleasant women: "Did you ever meet my mother?"
Angry men: "No worse than 50 % of my past customers."
Plumbers & gas plumbers still live in the same place in my heart.
Today, we also had an 80 year old neighbor generously giving advice how to unload a backhoe. Thank God he was available! I'd have had to go home without his advice. Turns out, it'd be better if we drove in instead of backing in. We should have unloaded on top of his split rail fence, & instead of winter sand, I needed a bigger truck.
 
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Ah "Unpleasant Women", most unpleasantry to come to mind is 300+ pounds of Raw Woman in Spandex Tights waddling across a Room, the thought Two Racoons in a Burlap Feed Sack wrestling for control came to mind.
 
Willie B

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DMiller said:
Ah "Unpleasant Women", most unpleasantry to come to mind is 300+ pounds of Raw Woman in Spandex Tights waddling across a Room, the thought Two Racoons in a Burlap Feed Sack wrestling for control came to mind.
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You digress.
This one tiny, 110 Lbs, pretty, blond, 55 years old. Just HATES generators. Has no problem with 4 central air conditioners surrounding her house, but she's deeply offended by a generator hiding in the brush 80 feet away. I think she & her husband should have worked this out first.

I myself have been married a very long time, I thank Mrs. B for not being this lady.
 
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Never understood the female aspect of inanimate objects being acceptable or not based on a look. Not much difference a Box AC or a Box Generac. Then the advantage, the AC, among other equipment will not run in a power outage without the Generac.
 
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Fred from MO said:
Working/skidding out the old dead trees for firewood and using the thumb to keep from bending over with the chainsaw to cut the logs. Best invention around for wood cutting-the backhoe. Now I still wonder about those splitters that fit on the hoe end? View attachment 252022
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I'm a failure at finding again, but You tube has a clip about a guy removed his bucket, built a very simple splitter. He demonstrates, It works perfectly. He splits large rounds down to where they are twice the desired size, then splits last time over the trailer. Pretty impressive I say!
 
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