Finally - Pictures

[k54frog]

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]

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]

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]

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.