It seems we will not see the 30s until Saturday
- - -- lows 10 to 15 above and highs 15 to 25 all week. I just hope we get enought sun to get rid of some of the ice.
It is dangerous to walk. :???: There is enough crust that if you take a different path each time you can get some traction.
The roads are clear and we don't have any precipitation in the forecast so it could be much worse.
At least all the forecast are in the + side of things. Had to go to the son's hog floor yesturday and drill a heat unit out of a nipple waterer. I don't like the set up and will go back to help him improve it later today.
He is taking advantage of the weather to open some drainage ditches on the farm he and his new wife bought from her parents.
I have low ground pressure pads ( extra wide) on the excavator but it is so swampy where these ditches are ( no attention for 30 or more years) that the frozen ground lets us go well.
With the horsepower and weight of the unit digging the frozen ground is not a problem. Just break thru once then rip the top off and dig under it.
The new Daughter-in-law was very impressed that he could just walk up to trees 24" in diameter and push them over, pick up the tree root ball and all and just walk over to the pile and lay it on top. Its so easy to impress them when you have only been married 2 weeks.
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