Not so pros 4 new and without politics or drama

[GCJenks204]

Good Morning All, 61f headed to 67 later today. Rain has been pushed back to the weekend.

 

[Stump Shot]

Good morning, more GTG getting ready for today.

 

[farminkarman]

Good morning gang. Sposta hit 88 here today…this heat makes me cranky. It’s like I’m back in central Arkansas.

 

[59billy]

Good morning, flaming fascists.

Wow! 68f here headed to 89.

Good morning. I don't want to go to work today..

Stay home. We can write you a note

 

[redline4]

Good morning, more GTG getting ready for today.

I chucked a saw in the back of the truck yesterday so I'm all set..

 

[59billy]

I chucked a saw in the back of the truck yesterday so I'm all set..

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust.
If not for bar oil
My truck bed would rust.

 

[redline4]

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust.
If not for bar oil
My truck bed would rust.

I'm in Wisconsin.
It will take more than bar oil to keep rust away.

 

[ray benson]

Good morning. Sunny 59°F/ 15°C going up to 82°F/ 28°C.

 

[Stump Shot]

I'm in Wisconsin.
It will take more than bar oil to keep rust away.

You need truck oil... duh, erevybody knows that!

 

[They call me Mr. Kibbs]

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Little different today. I got 10 minutes down the road this morning on the way to work and got a call saying they didn't need me today if I wanted to stay home. Played cattle farmer before I left so they were taken care of already. Spent part of the day taking down old electrical service to reuse on shop and patched the hole and replaced the shingles where the mast went through the roof. Got another foot and a half or so of ground rod to drive but my arms say otherwise right now.

Probably kind of late for this time Tony, bu t maybe will help someone.
Ran electric to the family's barn last year, barn's been there 70+ years and only served by 200' of extension cords. Needed to drive an 8' ground rod for the new sub-panel, and was dreading it based on situations similar to yours. I accidentally came across a video similar to this one

and figured no damn way in our hard clay. I had all the various hammers ready, but actually only needed a quart bottle of water and about 5 minutes to get the 1st 6 feet of rod in the ground. Had to pound the last 2' with a sledge, but I'll be dipped, it actually worked.

 

[hacskaroly]

Pounding ground rods, I don't miss that!!

 

[redline4]

You need truck oil... duh, erevybody knows that!

So what's the best truck oil?
Is there a ratio for it that's better than others?
Will the smell give me a headache?

 

[Stump Shot]

So what's the best truck oil?
Is there a ratio for it that's better than others?
Will the smell give me a headache?

Variables, ahh the variables... how the internet loves them so.

 

[59billy]

So what's the best truck oil?
Is there a ratio for it that's better than others?
Will the smell give me a headache?

Quaker State non-detergent 30 weight
1 can STP
Couple glugs of Marvel Mysterey Oil
A little atf or diesel to clean the valves

You can use the same formula with 2-strokes, but put the STP in the bar oil.

The smell won't bother if'n ya drive fast enough.

 

[whybother]

Probably kind of late for this time Tony, bu t maybe will help someone.
Ran electric to the family's barn last year, barn's been there 70+ years and only served by 200' of extension cords. Needed to drive an 8' ground rod for the new sub-panel, and was dreading it based on situations similar to yours. I accidentally came across a video similar to this one

and figured no damn way in our hard clay. I had all the various hammers ready, but actually only needed a quart bottle of water and about 5 minutes to get the 1st 6 feet of rod in the ground. Had to pound the last 2' with a sledge, but I'll be dipped, it actually worked.

Ground rod driver for the cordless hammer drill makes really easy work of it.

 

[jacktheripper]

Hooray 288

 

[legdelimber]

Trick with watering the dirt for digging or driving, is if you can wait a few hours, the water gets deeper. and helps even more!
Red clay with random quartz chunks all in it, where I grew up.
We used to sometimes set a jug or bucket of water, with a small hole in the bottom, wherever you needed to work. Fruit tree planting or just whatever plants needed a bit of a hole.
The yard was so danged hard that the tiller bounced mostly. Grass roots twernt helping.
I decided to put a lawn sprinkler out the afternoon before trying again.
Ran the the water for about 45 mins and shut it off. Next day the tiller worked a lot better.
I needed to skim and move something like 1 to 4 inches and it had to be a smooth surface as this was to control rain water runoff.

Oh and the leaky bucket trick works nicely for slow soak watering the new plantings also.