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My Mom came up to spend the day with us, and we worked on gardening, one of her favorite hobbies. It reminded me of when I was a kid, and we worked together as a family, so many happy memories.
The Flock decided to help with the gardening, and started moving around the dirt after my mom had weeded. This is a first for me.
We have been averaging 2 eggs per day from our flock, and we would like some more, so we have added to our flock. These two little gals spent their first hour outside yesterday, and they were not sure how to deal with that. The other chickens also were not sure how to deal with the new chicks.
Found a video on youtube of a Cast 430L in operation, that shows the one sided operation of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMTubLo8K1w
The three point and the front end loader both come off the back where the PTO shaft is. The disadvantage of this is you have to pick one. The advantage is that the weight of the engine is counterbalancing both the three point and the front end loader.
Yesterday, Steven Hawkins died, which made me very sad. I have never met him, but have read most of his books, and listened to most of his lectures.
He will be missed.
For SCIENCE!
I found some original sales brochures for the Cast . It’s interesting the subtle differences like the intake moving from one side to the other.
I wish I had the original pad, but it’s long gone.
Interestingly the problem I’ve had with the steering is touted as a sales feature here.
So I’ve started using the Cast, and it is a little beast. Attached below is the tractor using an old John Deer 3 point grader. The front and rear wheels are articulated, and supposedly it has power steering. There is a reverser cam on the center steering wheel so that when you swing the seat around to drive in the direction you want, it reverses the steering, along with the clutch and brake. On mine the cam follower is broken, so I will be making a new one, and posting dimensions for anyone else who needs it.
It uses stock category 1 three point equipment, and has two PTO speeds, a fixed 1000rpm, and one that is dependent on the travel speed of the tractor. It would be super easy to add a hydraulic top link , in that it already has the lever from the loader, which replaces the three point The hydraulic lifter mechanism lever for the three point is already re-purposed to be the grappler hydraulics on the front end loader.
The hood is off in the shot, and I’ve started to clean up the engine. The engine parts are available from Kohler, formerly Lombardini, formerly Slanzi. it’s close enough to the old 2 cylinder diesel found in the roadside signs from the 60’s though the 90’s.
They are noisy beasts, especially if the valves have not been cleaned of carbon, which needs to be done on a regular basis. The muffler is currently a vertical short piece that is acting like a resonator not a muffler.. That will have to be fixed, at some point… for now the shotgun muffs are a must.
Here it is prepping the spot for the new chicken coop.
So today the bad idea bears came into my life again…
Ellion musk made the joke that if he sold enough hats, he would build a flame thrower.
An honest to goodness flamethrower…
He sold enough hats, so I had to support his dream of making holes in the ground.
Must have…
https://www.boringcompany.com/flamethrower/
Here’s the original article:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/29/16944432/elon-musk-flamethrower-the-boring-company
Today has been a Laserfiche day…
I’ve been updating workflows and forms, in order to get the business I’m working for to spend less time doing lame tasks.
Do you not know what Laserfiche is?
Imagine that file cabinet full of papers that you hate but have to keep. Put it all online, indexed and searchable.
Then add a magic reminder that you have to look at this thing because Bob messed it up, or Sally completed her part and now it’s your turn.
Then add document removal… purging all of that clutter out of there at the time you don’t need it. If you’ve ever worked in accounting… remember the 7 year purge and rejoyce.
Check it out and then follow up for a demo.
This weekend was the first time I got the tractor up and running. It’s a 1960’s era CAST 430L, so finding parts is not easy at best. I so far have made great use of the lathe and the mill to bring it up to snuff.
It worked flawlessly as a land smoother… next step is to get the front end loader part working. I’m going to start posting more information about mine, as there is not many left as I go.
This is a test…
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