Actually, they called when they left the dealership, and my wife and I did go out and wait in the yard for the delivery. Quite a sight to see! We got it off the trailer, did the once-over thing, got a few pointers, and switched the implements around a bit for practice. Took the loader off, then put it back on. Didn't do the Post Hole Digger - but understand how it works.
Boy, this thing has power! The power-steering makes it so easy to steer that you almost forget that you're sitting on almost 4,000 lbs of tractor/loader/bb. I over-controlled the 300CX FEL at first, then remembered a TBN tip and lowered the RPM - instantly much easier to control. Showed the wife this trick, too.
Hooked up the box blade and started working on the driveway. OK, I can see there is some technique that I still need to learn, but even with my ham-handed approach, the driveway is no longer full of little ripples and washouts. Gotta figure out how to get the crown right, though...
Next I put on the MX5 and let it much on some overgrowth in the corner of my yard, where the little JD LX178 just couldn't fight off the brush... Literally 10 seconds later - gone! Vaporized! Unbelievable. So then I tried "mowing" the yard a bit with the MX5. No clue if I've got it adjusted right or not, but I didn't scalp anything, and the highest weeds are down. (Still no grass to speak of, thanks to our summer-long drought.)
Finally, we loaded up an old truck bed cover that had been dumped in the corner of our property, and took it out to the road, and put a "Free - Take Me" sign on it. It will be gone in a couple of hours... One man's junk is another man's treasure!
I've got a slow network connection here, so pictures will be coming only after dinner - gotta feed the wife or I'm in trouble. We kinda missed lunch, waiting for the tractor, and she wants food.
I had a ball today! And we haven't even gotten out to the property yet! More later!
