FEL, TORO Groundsmaster Put Together

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Needed some gravel on a bare spot on the driveway. The bucket was already on, so I went to what is left of the gravel pile and scooped some.

Went back for more.

Missed it dumping out of the bucket due to shutter lag.

From the seat, good view of back dragging with the bucket edge.

Finished result.

 

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Still using the 27 year old TORO that I have owned for 14 years. :thumbsup:

Had some small dead branches laying around, so I hooked on the little dump trailer and put it to good use.

It is the beginning of the new burn pile!

 

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And here is the burn pile 3 months later.

Side view:

The TORO started the pile, but hasn't added to it.

 

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And what it looks like today:

Side view:

 

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Yesterday I checked the wind forecast on Windfinder.com, saw that it would be a good time to burn:

Parked the Ranger EV at the pile for a size perspective:

Poured some diesel on it and used a propane torch to start it burning about 2 PM:

At 5 PM:

At 6:30 PM after some more consolidation:

 

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From 10:38 AM today:

And 11:05 after more consolidation:

 

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7:05 PM, not much left:

 

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8:42 AM, the branch next to the big trunk had completely burned up and the trunk is still smoldering:

And the other trunk has almost burned away from the roots:

Added some small twigs to the thin spot at 8:49 and the heat started them burning:

Checked at 11:11 and it had burned through:

Flipped the roots around to see how much will burn, there is some red clay in there:

That is a root now on top of the trunk.

 

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Checked at 1:12 PM, the big smoldering trunk smoldered all the way through, leaving two pieces:

Flipped the small piece around next to the big piece, to let it burn some more:

The root ball on the other trunk burned a lot. I knocked more red clay off and put it on top:

 

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Went out at 5:44 PM, the root ball is completely gone, plus a lot of the end of the short trunk:

The small piece next to the big smoldering trunk is now a lot smaller:

Rolled the small smoldering trunk around against what is left of the big smoldering trunk:

Put twigs on them to get them burning again: