TODAYS SEAT TIME

[Soldier415]

Started a roughly 300ft ditching project on my road yesterday afternoon. I figure I got maybe 80ft of it done with my L3901 and the rear blade. The grass and sand was easily 4 inches higher than the road in spots from getting washed out further up whenever we get heavy rains. It'll take me a few days of picking away at it but when it's done my hope is that it permanently resolves one of the biggest areas for erosion on our road.

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How are you cutting the ditch?

 

[Ryansweatt2004]

How are you cutting the ditch?

I was mainly using my woods RB84 rear blade for the majority of the ditching and then digging out the row of dirt left from the blade with my bucket. After I dragged each side with my landscape rake and guadge wheels before back dragging everything with my bucket.

 

[CanuckPT]

I got a project underway for a friend today who wanted a pond he had dug years ago made deeper so he can have ice to shoot pucks in this winter. I hope this works!

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[daugen]

I got a project underway for a friend today who wanted a pond he had dug years ago made deeper so he can have ice to shoot pucks in this winter. I hope this works!

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that sure looks like fun. Like having your own adult sandbox

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Well, today was a VERY good day! I spread the last of the TP! (turkey poop) and I'm so glad to have that done! Here's the last of it, going out!

Did I mention that I'm GLAD to have that done? lol

SR

 

[jimjumper]

Finally got some seat time on my newest acquisition! After 15 years of getting by with my 8N my neighbor finally gave me her deceased husbands old tractor, a Yanmar 240D! It had been sitting uncovered for 6-7 years and the last time she tried to drive it she put it in the ditch. I went down and got it out and she parked it. Left the key in it and never touched it again.
I got it up to working condition today and just drove it around for a half hour to see what leaked or made weird noises. Ran like a champ!

 

[dieselcrawler]

I spent some time on both tractors today. Used the BX to mow around the mud truck and logs in that field, and the JD to move some implements I had stored around the trucks. The mud truck and another old chevy like it have been sitting there a while, the goal is get the other one that belongs to my stepson out of the weeds, running, and road-worthy. He turns 16 next month. His dad and I built it about 10 years ago.

 

[Eric Salop]

Well, today was a VERY good day! I spread the last of the TP! (turkey poop) and I'm so glad to have that done! Here's the last of it, going out!

Did I mention that I'm GLAD to have that done? lol

SR

I can well understand your relief at getting that job over. When I was younger I used to fish a pond that was next to a huge pile of TP - but only when the wind was in the right direction.

The PP (poop pile) I was moving was from cattle and nowhere near as eye watering as TP.

If I had to nominate the best PP odour, for me it would be well rotted pig manure, mmmm

 

[daugen]

Finally got some seat time on my newest acquisition! After 15 years of getting by with my 8N my neighbor finally gave me her deceased husbands old tractor, a Yanmar 240D! It had been sitting uncovered for 6-7 years and the last time she tried to drive it she put it in the ditch. I went down and got it out and she parked it. Left the key in it and never touched it again.
I got it up to working condition today and just drove it around for a half hour to see what leaked or made weird noises. Ran like a champ!

Welcome Jim. You will have fun getting to learn that tractor; I'm sure it needs an oil change and filters sitting there that long. Or maybe that's been done (working condition your mentioned). Yanmar has made great products for a long long time. I always thought they were the Honda of diesel engines and small tractors.
There is a Yanmar area of this forum you can ask technical questions in and then take some pics of you operating the tractor and post them here.

 

[daugen]

I can well understand your relief at getting that job over. When I was younger I used to fish a pond that was next to a huge pile of TP - but only when the wind was in the right direction.

The PP (poop pile) I was moving was from cattle and nowhere near as eye watering as TP.

I hope you guys have lemon scented powerwashers for cleaning off after that manure. Does the smell permeate into your tires?