yellowrosefarm

Somebody should tell people who drink milk that

Man, those eagles really go to town on a dead cow. Do they just go for the fresh meat or would they clean up the whole thing over a period of time?

OOps, forgot about that.

Is that a 12 JC or a 15? I've always wanted one of the diesel models which would be a DJC. Found one a few years ago that a fire dept was selling and was on my way to get it when one of the firemen decided to sell it to his friend instead. I'm still looking. A really, really good genset. Did you get a transfer switch too?

I just did mine on the new 01 Yukon. I noticed all of the bolts, caliper guide pins, caliper bracket and backing bolts all had thread locker on them, so I put it back. The sheet metal backing plates had pretty much rusted off and I was thrilled to find Dorman has a 2 piece replacement. I was certain I would have to pull the axles. The rotors were still OK so I went back with stock pads. When it needs rotors I'll put the Performance Brake slotted and dimpled ones on that I have on my other trucks.

On the truck head gasket. See if you can find someone with one of those "block tester kits" with the blue fluid. My 86 1/2 Nissan uses water but doesn't run hot or show any other symptoms. The blue fluid says the head gasket is blown. It's a farm truck for now so no big deal. I'd gladly loan you my kit if you were closer. I actually have it in my possession at the moment. Just got it back from another friend who was checking a Honda. A little blue fluid goes a long way. I bought it originally for a 78 Ford 460 I had that was overheating at idle. Wasn't the head gasket but turned out to have the wrong fan on it. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/oes-27145?seid=srese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-srese1-_-oem-specialty-tools&gclid=CNOw_82RvtICFVmBswod1eYIYQ https://www.summitracing.com/parts/oes-25739

We're getting the weather you got last year, IIRC. Supposed to be 70 today. Only had 2" of snow so far. I totally get what you are going through. Care of animals + cold snowy weather is no fun.

This is going to sound crazy asking a dairy farmer this question, but, have you had your Vit D levels checked ever? If you're consistently getting colds and fevers more than you used to it might be worth checking. I was getting 3-4 a year for weeks at a time when the Doc checked mine. It was 12 and should be in the 40's. I'm there now after taking 5000 a day for 3 years and haven't had a cold for the last 3 years. It's one of those things no one ever routinely checks as most people get enough from diet and being out in the sun. But, I live in the south and get plenty of unfiltered sunlight on bare skin and was still way low.

Do they put anything else in the fuel up there in the winter? That really looks like chemical degradation of the rubber. Very typical of what I have seen from Ethanol.

So, when was this, about 11AM? My brother and I visited some friends of his in Fairbanks in 1982 in the middle of July. After being there for a week, I felt like I had been up for a week. The only place I could sleep was in the guys basement. His friend was a firefighter and had some great stories about what they had to deal with in the winter.

Being in need of a newer vehicle, I've been looking at a lot of early 2000 Suv's lately. What I'm seeing is that the bodies look darn good, but the frames are rusted junk. When I was a teenager, it seemed the opposite. Body work can be done or spray foamed, but when the frame is done, it's done.

I love this picture! Dairy calves must be a lot more tame than beef calves. No way any of mine are letting some critter crawl up on their back, no matter how little and cute.

Gotta watch those "fugitive dust emissions" Has anyone been shut down or fined for that out there yet?

I worked for a crane company back in the 80's that sold HIAB truck cranes (from Sweeden) as one of their lines. All the fittings on the crane were oddball, generally unavailable here at the time. So, they have a long history of that sort of thing. They were really good cranes and people loved them..............until they blew a hose. I found a source and bought a big stock of the common fittings to keep in the parts department. About 2 years after I quit, I got a call from someone at the dealership wanting to know where the fittings came from. They had finally used them all up and were too lame to do the homework to find them again. My memory wasn't too good that day either, hahahahaha.

One thing they like to eat is termites. I had a bunch of hills all through the area where my wood pile used to be for a couple of years and nothing since.

I'd be suspicious of the rear brake hose from the frame to the axle. If it's coming apart inside, it may be acting as a check valve holding pressure on the calipers. I've had that happen twice in my life.

I've got rotors from http://brakeperformance.com/ on my 2 Ram's and my wifes Toyota Sienna. All notoriously hard on front brakes. The first I put on the 3500 Cummins dually back in 07, about 60,000 miles ago, most all towing a 24' gooseneck trailer loaded. They are the dimpled and slotted ones and still look like new and stop with no shudder at all. Expensive the first time around? Yes, but I couldn't be happier with the performance and not having to do that miserable job again anytime soon. The Sienna went through a stock rotor a year for 3 years warping them and these have been on for 4.

I'm amazed at how many C's are still out there doing stuff. I have 2 and have seen about a dozen runners for sale around here in the last few months.

XX2 , Sure as h*** Don't want clinton appointing SCJ... You mean you don't want Supreme court Justice Obama?

Tony, on the 1210 I used to have with a 392 I originally installed a set of headers. Nothing I could do would stop them from glowing cherry red and I eventually switched back to center dump cast manifolds. I've talked to others who had the same problem and a few who didn't. Maybe someone here knows more about it.

Looks like you need a PTO kit for that Jeep

So, you're saying that these are really made with the export market in mind and you guys are buying them before they get in the container. I'm just trying to get my mind wrapped around this concept. Hay is plentiful here, I make some and buy some a mile up the road. How do you handle those 200# bales, bucket or clam or what?

What kind of baler do they use to make those bales with the 3 ties? They are really funny looking.