Finally - Pictures

k54frog · 12-09-2006, 06:53 AM

Hi Everyone,
After a year & a half of deliberating

I got my new ride - a Mahindra 2015 HST with top&tilt & a PHD. First order of business was to dig out a stump (pics attached), Smash down all the gopher holes & mole runs

, move firewood with the loader, dig a hole out back with the PHD just because I could and finally dig a small 4' trench with the bucket to see what it could do.
I'm so happy

I could just go out and buy a backhoe...(oh yeah, they cost more than my silly grins can buy...*sigh*).

Y'all take care now, hear? ! 5.3 hrs & counting

Egon · 12-09-2006, 07:10 AM

Really nice looking new toy err "Tractor" .

Now for some real work and some battle scars!

Enjoy but remember the seat will be kinda hard to sleep on for the first several days. After about a week it's time to shower and sleep on a real bed to prepare for another round of "Tractor work"

Thomas · 12-09-2006, 07:19 AM

Morning k54frog.
Congrats on your new investment.
Iam betting your arms,back,legs will be thanking you in know time....ahhh do I see another stump in third pic need to be remove.

Tractor safe.

k54frog · 12-10-2006, 04:33 AM

Yes Thomas there is another stump..in fact two of them if you look closely at Pic #1. However I'll have to be much more careful with them as they sit a mere 5 feet from the septic system!! (I have no idea why they put them so close since I have only owned the property for 4 years).
I forgot to mention that I was able to lift the front end of that old boat in the background of Pic #2 with the bucket and move it back & forth

(should be helpful when I tear it apart and remove it).
If I put my clamp on pallet forks about 6 inches apart on the bucket, I can ease them around the trunk of a manzanita bush and simply push & lift it right out, move to the waste pile and they slide right off the forks when I dump the bucket.

EGON... I may really like my tractor but I like my wife even better so there's really no conflict as to where I sleep. Besides, I made her drive it before I bought it. After her fear & trepidation subsided (about 15 seconds) she had a big ol' grin on her face too.
She gives a great back rub and knows that I work harder when I feel good

... nothing quite like a real win-win situation.
Well, gotta get off to dream land with visions of sugar plum tractors dancing in my head.

12-09-2006, 07:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Egon Super Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 9,924	Re: Finally - Pictures Really nice looking new toy err "Tractor" . Now for some real work and some battle scars! Enjoy but remember the seat will be kinda hard to sleep on for the first several days. After about a week it's time to shower and sleep on a real bed to prepare for another round of "Tractor work" __________________ Egon 50 years behind the times Livin in a Worn out skin bag filled with rattlin bones

12-09-2006, 07:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Thomas Super Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 6,650	Re: Finally - Pictures Morning k54frog. Congrats on your new investment. Iam betting your arms,back,legs will be thanking you in know time....ahhh do I see another stump in third pic need to be remove. Tractor safe. __________________ Thomas..NH

12-10-2006, 04:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
k54frog Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 49	Re: Finally - Pictures Yes Thomas there is another stump..in fact two of them if you look closely at Pic #1. However I'll have to be much more careful with them as they sit a mere 5 feet from the septic system!! (I have no idea why they put them so close since I have only owned the property for 4 years). I forgot to mention that I was able to lift the front end of that old boat in the background of Pic #2 with the bucket and move it back & forth (should be helpful when I tear it apart and remove it). If I put my clamp on pallet forks about 6 inches apart on the bucket, I can ease them around the trunk of a manzanita bush and simply push & lift it right out, move to the waste pile and they slide right off the forks when I dump the bucket. EGON... I may really like my tractor but I like my wife even better so there's really no conflict as to where I sleep. Besides, I made her drive it before I bought it. After her fear & trepidation subsided (about 15 seconds) she had a big ol' grin on her face too. She gives a great back rub and knows that I work harder when I feel good ... nothing quite like a real win-win situation. Well, gotta get off to dream land with visions of sugar plum tractors dancing in my head. __________________ "A candle is not diminished by giving another candle light" unk "Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills." - Minna Antrim Mahindra 2015hst, FEL, PHD, 72" landscape rake, 60" box scraper, 48" rototiller, middle buster, clamp on pallet forks, 2710 backhoe

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