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LMichaels said:
That is in the garage but I'm not done with the tractor yet. Still got lots of leaves to chop.
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I have two maple trees in the backyard whose leaves are still hanging on for dear life yet. I also dispose of my leaves by way of mulching them up with the lawnmower. I would like to make one more pass weather permitting, but sometimes it just doesn't work out.
 
Steve Hoch said:
I have two maple trees in the backyard whose leaves are still hanging on for dear life yet. I also dispose of my leaves by way of mulching them up with the lawnmower. I would like to make one more pass weather permitting, but sometimes it just doesn't work out.
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I'm sure hoping I can. On years we've not been able to I had terrible lawn conditions the following spring and my work load with over seeding and what not was terrible. Thankfully I can burn them here. So, if the maples and lastly my oaks overwhelm me but they're dry I can use the sweeper drive to the culvert dump and burn. Lots more work than mulching but I have times I can't get away from it.
Sadly we get these PIA Karen's that move here before they're realizing people can burn and they get all bent outta shape. "Oh I smell your smoke" "We need to get a law" Hate those people. Don't like it? Don't move here!
 
I just got my burn permit (Shasta County) the previous owner didn’t do much cleaning up and I have 1/2 acre of debris to rake up and burn. Too bad it’s going to rain like cats & dogs for then several days
 
I need to burn yard debris too.
In a perfect world I can sometimes use cooking grease/lard to help start the fire.
We keep a hose and a few garden tools out there when we got a burn going on.
 
My next door neighbor got a pile of eaves nearly 7' high. They lit that up and it's still going on day 3 now. So far, I've been a little lucky, between my walk behind with mulching blade, and the Predator blades under the big deck on my Kubota I've been able to keep on top of them and just keep on chopping away.
Some of the areas here though get all the "Karens" who move here then complain bloody murder about things. They complain about the farms, if you have a fire, blah blah blah. Seems like everyone is a cry baby. If you have an "issue" with something why would you move to an area it's allowed to be done?!
In any case I tend to avoid lighting them up, not because I think it's bad in some way. It's just more work than riding the tractor and chopping them up.
 
LMichaels said:
Some of the areas here though get all the "Karens" who move here then complain bloody murder about things. They complain about the farms, if you have a fire, blah blah blah. Seems like everyone is a cry baby. If you have an "issue" with something why would you move to an area it's allowed to be done?!
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Oh, man..... I really do not need to get started on the city folk who move in next to an ag operation.....

When we moved to Minnesota, we were looking for a rental. One of the houses we looked at was the old farmhouse from a farm that had turned into a pig farrowing operation. I knew that this was not going to be an option as soon as I opened the car door there, even with very mild weather. During the interview, I asked how many head were turned annually there. "About 4,500 right now." "Thank you very much." Even with my childhood, I'd have had a bit of an issue living there on a hot August day. My g/f..... yeah, her delicate sensibilities were thoroughly offended. But there's absolutely no way that anybody renting there should have any grounds or basis to complain about odor, noise, dust, etc.
 
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The weather has cleared up, and getting a bit chilly. The high today was 34 F around 0700, and has been dropping ever since, and rapidly since sundown. Right now, it's 21 F with a light breeze. Overnight forecast lows are dropping to around 8 F for Friday and Saturday and 5 F Sunday, daily highs of maybe 20 F. No precipitation.
 
There is no yard burning in the city limits here. I don’t burn leaves but, I can burn twigs and sticks in the “Hillbilly hearth” and there is no issue from John Law since it’s technically enclosed!
 
My next dilemma is learning more about how my BEV car is going to behave. And which car to drive to Grayslake on Thursday. If my calculations are correct, if I leave Cherry Valley at 100% given the projected temps in mid 30s we should arrive home with about 36% left in the tank according to A Better Route Planner. Shows just shy of 60 miles ea direction. And if what the vehicle has been reporting to me under these colder conditions holds true, I'm thinking it may be more like 20%-25% left. So a decent "cushion" there. But now with some fairly cold temps on us, I am seeing range has dropped due to using HVAC and the cold. From about 225 miles in more "comfortable" conditions down to about 180-190 miles.
Of course other conditions i.e. speed and headwinds primarily do change things a bit.
Saw that last Tuesday when driving to O'Hare to get daughter. On first glance looked actually better than I expected. Pleasant temps car was comfy with just the heated seat and under dash infrared heaters and HVAC (heat pump) off. 70 mph cruise control. Couple "bursts" when needed to 80+.
But, on arrival at O'Hare, it began getting colder. and wind picked up. I could watch range and miles left dropping like a rock because of heading right into the wind, highway speeds and HVAC on.
Now this AM I went out to get grandson. Inside garage about 47F got outside and temps were 24-25. Range then only showing about 160.
Same thing happens to ICE vehicles as well. Really shows up on Hybrids as well. My Highlander in cold would drop from avg 18-19 mpg down to 14 or so. But we don't think about it as much with ICE due to ease of fillup.
But, I am still learning the quirks and behavior of our new BEV
 
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