Karbon Kounty Moos

Yesterday, most of the knuckleheads had moved. Back to where I had moved them from. I went all the way up to the high water well, anyhow. As I approached the solar panels, I noticed was that the pump wasn’t pumping. Oh, no… Got out, looked at the pump motor - well done - melted wires and all. Couldn’t have been that way too long though, the water tank was full. I stood there for a moment, listening to the batteries cooking, hissing, spitting, sputtering and splashing acid. Hmmm… Here goes nothing. Touched a wingnut. Well, no shock there, so I disconnected the first battery wire. Then the second. Went to the toolbox. Back to the motor. Disconnected the wires. Back to the tool box. Took the motor off the pump jack. Put it and the belt in the pickup. Looked at the batteries again. Didn’t want to mess with them, but disconnected every wire and box on the thing, and brought all of it with me.

The guys weren’t too thrilled about the burnt out motor. But they seemed glad that I had taken it home.

Worked on the books this morning. Had half a dozen things to do before I could run to Billings to have the motor fixed again. This is the same motor that was repaired earlier this summer. I didn’t get “to town” until after noon. When I left, I noticed the baler was stopped in the field. So I drove over to check if it was something major (NO) or if I’d need to stop for parts for it, too (YES). Dropped off a couple of things in Bridger, stopped at the bank and the Post Office - then hit the road. There’s construction at Rockvale, but still made decent time.

The work on the motor won’t be started until tomorrow, so I’ll be back in Billings before the week is out. What I really need to do is get in the garden and try to locate my vegetables. Most of the weeds are taller than me, since I haven’t found five minutes to work in the garden in the past month.

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