Well folks we made it to another "Fine Friday"- what do you have planned for the weekend? I'm going to try a clean the crap out of the little drain plug behind the hood hinge thus getting rid of the water leak which resembles a shower stall for midgets inside Maxine the Wonder Benz. And Google "Ancient Roman Plumbing."

Watching as the most expensive tire I've ever purchased is installed on Henrietta the Wundertraktor. Might do a little work on the 'ol strawbale hut too.

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Do I dare ask the price of said tire? I trust you'll be supervising? Did you ever get the wild pig thing straightened out?

$261 for the tire (a 14.9 x 28 tractor drive tire) + $75 road service charge + hourly rate + $16 for water ballast. Dad's living out at the farm now so technically he'll be supervising/kibbutzing the tire change....but, if they don't get there in another hour or so, I'll probably get to see it first hand when/if they come tomorrow.

The pig activity has died off (pun intended)...my neighbor to the north waged war on the oinkers after they totally destroyed some spring planting he did. Over the course of 2-3 weekends, and using a timed feeder, he shot four adult sows, an old boar and several squeakers. Since then, I've only seen signs of a few small pigs in my creek bottoms and none have been in our trap either.

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Water Ballast,this brings back memories.

My Grandpa in Virginia always used concrete as ballast in his John Deere A's and Allis-Chalmers U orchard tractors,I remember the holes bored into the sidewalls where the concrete could be seen.

He always claimed it gave better traction in the moist soil with the additional benefit of no flat tires,and was a helluva lot cheaper than tthe cast iron hub weights the dealers sold.You ever hear of this?

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Concrete ballast on a tractor is new to me...but then, I'm new to tractorin'. I just wonder howintheheck they installed that concrete in the tire? Musta been frightfully heavy too.

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[QUOTE=R Leo;

The pig activity has died off (pun intended)...my neighbor to the north waged war on the oinkers after they totally destroyed some spring planting he did. Over the course of 2-3 weekends, and using a timed feeder, he shot four adult sows, an old boar and several squeakers. Since then, I've only seen signs of a few small pigs in my creek bottoms and none have been in our trap either.[/QUOTE]


Pig pickin' at the neighbors house? Their carcasses would have been on the BBQ, toot sweet around here.

Im going to attempt to weedwack this weekend, and take apart my sunroof to get whats left of the cable out.

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1982 300D "Melba" 332k
1985 4Runner "billygoat" 204k

$210 isn't really bad for that tire. The steer tires on my Freightliner cost me $450.00 each. If one goes bad you always have to buy two for even wear reasons. The drive tire cost in the neightborhood of $325 each, and trailer tires always cost atleast atleast $260 each. Imagine drives or trailer and having to do all of them. There are 8 drives, and 8 trailer tires. Those all can be changed individually, but steers are a must for changing them both at the same time. Cheere up buddy.

You're right. $210 wouldn't be bad for that tire but I had to fork over $261 + $75 install and they still left the old one behind for me to deal with.

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What a difference 18 months makes. I just finished ~57 billable hours on the Dozer. Handed the man a bill and received a check and a hearty thanks for a job well done.

Right now I'm lit on Jack Daniels and Coke AND LIFE IS GOOD.

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I put new shoes on the wagon... She's looking good.

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91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Pictures....we need pictures....

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

My wife and I are leaving Sunday in the '94 E320 (with newly installed XM radio) from Fairfax, VA to reach North Conway, NH for a week in NH, VT, and ME. I'd leave this minute if I could.
regards,
Mark

I laughed my a$$ off on the way home from NC last Sunday, listening to the Blue Collar Comedy channel on Sirius. What a great invention, satellite radio.

I'll be making somemore of the never-ending repairs to my house and then off to shop for a car for my older daughter. I'll find some time in there somewhere to smoke a cigar, I'm sure.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

We trust your looking at Mercedes for her? Your a good dad.

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL