Toro, thanks for the vote of confidence.
Really hasn't been much going on though.
I went to HD and got a bolt, cut the bolt to size, and used that for the pin in my ORC. Has worked for about 2 hours of cutting so far.
Watching the veggies grow ever day a little taller. The chickens are basically taking care of themselves now. I could go 2-3 days without even looking over there anymore. Don't know if I said, but the chicken tractor is a bit heavy to pull by hand.
Today I hooked it to the tractor and pulled it to another section of the yard. Now they can fertilize that area for a few weeks.
I did have some fun this evening! A neighbor is selling four acres and trying to get it in shape. He was cutting 3'tall weeds with a riding mower. I stopped in and offered my services. He quickly threw in the towel and has me doing the whole thing. I got about half bush hogged this evening. Rains coming in, so the other half may be next week. Anyway, this was my first time bush hogging anything that truely required a bush hog! How much fun is that!
I could do that for a living and be better for it.
Most of it is 2.5' or so of weeds and grass, but about a half acre is the tall tree stuff you see in the photos. I was pushing my way through 7' trees and leaving a trail of mulch on the back side!
The front I-beam bumper was quite handy at pushing everything over. How come noone ever told me what I was missing? I've already had another neighbor ask my wife if I'm for hire. I wouldn't mind a few hours a week of mowing. I've got so little to do for myself.
Yes, I've got to go through all those hollies you see in the background.
I did about an hour and a half this evening, and at the end of the night noticed about 2-3 tablespoons of gear oil had spilled out of the breather vent. Could this be an indication of a problem? or do you think I just had it overfilled?