Home maintainance

[JeffH]

From my experience in a past life (solar supplier and installer) I do suggest that inverter generator sets are the bees knees.
I also suggest never buying a two stroke gen. set -cheap and nasty and prone to blowing up appliances.
Also, a handy hint -never let a gen. set run out of fuel when it is being used; you might be very sorry at the collateral damage!

[keldaw]

thanks for that tip Jeff , about running out of fuel ,
I have a 1000  Honda   and my brother has the 2 kva Honda .
and that is good to know that .
mine has an emergency switch to stop it if it gets low on oil ,
and so does his 2 kva Honda ,.    ,, kel ,,

[trout]

From my experience in a past life (solar supplier and installer) I do suggest that inverter generator sets are the bees knees.
I also suggest never buying a two stroke gen. set -cheap and nasty and prone to blowing up appliances.
Also, a handy hint -never let a gen. set run out of fuel when it is being used; you might be very sorry at the collateral damage!

I always top up the fuel and check the oil before starting ( farming background) a genset so I haven't experienced an out of fuel problem as of yet.
My old genset and my newer one have a rather big tank on them and can run for more than 20hrs, The new inverter jobbie has only enough fuel to run for 6hrs so running out of fuel could be a real possibility .
The only things that would be hooked up to the genset would be the 2x 12/24/240v fridge/freezers , the fridge in the van ( only works on 240v) that is not a compressor type and works like the old kerro fridge's and a battery charger.
The Waco and Primus fridges automatically revert to 12v when the 240v is removed and Mrs Trouts TV runs via an inverter as does my laptop.
Other than blowing a bulb in a 240v light if I leave it on and the genset runs out of juice I can't foresee any other issues, hopefully , maybe :angel:
All the other stuff lights, fans etc run on 12v.

[JeffH]

May I suggest you do not commence a project like this during a heatwave! Hard yakka shovelling dirt and breaking up and prising out rocks on these hot days.

[Unicorn]

There's gold in them there hills!!!!!

Your Husky is a lot later model than my LTH1542. Wheels, seat and deck look to match. (Oh ..... and I don't have a stubby holder).

Wheels, seat and deck look to match.

Maybe not the deck, I just noticed your height adjustment on the left hand side, mine's a lever at the front on the right next to the motor.

[JeffH]

Yes, and the highest setting is too low and any of the three lowest setting are the same as the jockey wheels hit the ground. I will get around to seeing if I can lift it a little one day. It's a YTH2042.
I was happy with my old John Deere (gave many years of good service) but the Husky is a much better built unit.

[Unicorn]

You have 5 more horsies than mine. They are certainly a great unit. Mine has gone forever just about. Had it since around 2002, I had the short motor replaced after about 2 years (which was done for free ..... apparently the initial batch of short motors had an issue). Since then it's gone great. Probably 10 sets of blades, 3 pairs of mandrels, 2 drive belts, 8 deck belts and 2 batteries, so for 14 years I reckon it's done well. The bottom of the muffler is pretty much non-existent now so she's a tad on the loud side but headphones on JJJ fix that. :laugh2:

[robbiegal]

What are you building Jeff?
A trench to hide your gold in?

[JeffH]

Not exactly.
A clue -we have a pump up septic disposal system.

[robbiegal]

OK Alluvial Gold it is (***giggle**)

or should I say A loo vee al     ha ha

[JeffH]

This is an old gold mining area but I never sighted even a speck.

A section of the old trench collapsed and "And up through the ground came a bubblin crude". It was black but definitely not "Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea".

A little research showed that disposal trench techniques have vastly improved since this place was built. The secret now is Geomat which stops soil entering the trench and stuffing it up -soil here has high clay content and just turns to a slurry if it gets too wet.
Fascinating (if that sort of thing interests you). I had no choice but to take an immediate interest.

[Unicorn]

Sounds like good stuff Jeff! (Would save you having to sort the s... from the clay). :mocking:

The wikipedia link resolved Diana Fisher's critical question .....



..... yes, it does come in different colours!

[JeffH]

"Bubbles" was well known for that question. Most important decision when you are going to bury it. I didn't even think to ask when I ordered a roll -grey arrived but the picture on the label shows white. Have I been dudded?

[trout]

Just got back yesterday from 8 days fishing at Carrarrang Station.
A great spot where you can catch Pink Snapper over a meter long from the beach, the best I did was a  7-800mm fish.
We also caught yellow finned bream up to 5lb some nice sized Bluebone groper with a few nice whiting and norwest snapper also going in the bag.
Here are a few shots I took with my Samsung 5.
Unfortunately I forgot to get any images of the fish , I was far too busy filleting them prior to vacuum sealing them and drinking a few well earned coldies

Our campsite


The track in


Other views

[Unicorn]

Wow Trout!!!!

Those are some serious FISH!

Glad to see you had fun. I love the lone fishing chair in the first pic! (I'd imagine it was surrounded by empties for a brief period).