Camp property found, now updates.

[jjeff]

Considering where mr arlys camp Covington is located and how far hed have to move it just to get to a drivable rd, not advocating for it but sometimes torching flammable junk is the only most cost effective alternative. I remember on my property up there besides a uninhabitable mobile home there was a snake and rodent infested 8x 12 shed with rotted floor and bottom half of walls I cleared out anything I could use loaded up my old "dumper doo" 1 ton dump truck scrapping any metal objects and tore down that dilapidated shed with my 3 point bh and torched it in sections. One wall and parts of roof at a time.

 

[ArlyA]

A few points for participants of this thread.

The realtor asked if we cared to close on Friday, and we said yes.

We are not new to purchasing real estate.

There is not much stuff out there, in fact, it was one of the cleanest properties we looked at out of the 20+ we viewed. Nonetheless, we want the current owners to get their items out, many of which are personal mementos. They reside a 8 to 9 hours drive from here.

What they leave behind will be used by us, burned, recycled or put in the trash.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Alright so now that we got that out of the way...

Other then the obvious road improvements and brush clearing what are some of the first improvements you want to make to the structures of the place to make it more liveable?

 

[dodge man]

Arly, got your eyes on a particular tractor or will that wait until next year?

 

[ArlyA]

Arly, got your eyes on a particular tractor or will that wait until next year?

Still looking at 4 series JD's but if we bought it now, we'd need to store it and hopefully in the Covington metro area. Lots of logistics so we might need to wait until spring.

 

[ArlyA]

Alright so now that we got that out of the way...

Other then the obvious road improvements and brush clearing what are some of the first improvements you want to make to the structures of the place to make it more liveable?

Well, since we've only stayed one weekend out there, we are still pondering that very good question. One is next summer would be installing a propane/115volt refrigerator. Brushing back the road and the camp site is going to be quite the job all by itself......

 

[EddieWalker]

For a remote country property I don't think I would want a cab. I have a Massey Ferguson with a cab and it's awesome for mowing big areas around my farm during the heat of the day. But for almost everything else, I'm either on my 2wd open station Deere 5065E or my 2wd open station 555e Ford/New Holland backhoe. Both turn on a dime, they have amazing visibility, and they are very simple to maintain and repair.

Since you live in snow country, 4x4 is probably a must. When it snows here, we just wait for it to melt. None of my tractors use DEF, and for a tractor that sits for long periods of time, I think it's a good thing to not have to worry about DEF issues.

Having a way to take off the front bucket and use a grapple or pallet forks is also very nice. Even required to get the full potential out of a tractor.

I'm not a big fan of Deere. They have some quirky issues that keep surprising me, but overall, it's a solid tractor that I enjoy having. I like my Massey a lot better, but it's not something that I would want to leave sitting alone for any period of time with nobody there. Even with GPS tractors on it, I wouldn't feel comfortable.

 

[2manyrocks]

Well, since we've only stayed one weekend out there, we are still pondering that very good question. One is next summer would be installing a propane/115volt refrigerator. Brushing back the road and the camp site is going to be quite the job all by itself......

I've always just cut back brush with a chainsaw/polesaw by hand, but after having seen how much faster and better results can be had by hiring a forestry mulcher, that's what I'd recommend to you. They can grind smaller trees to bits in minutes that would take an hour by hand, plus you'd still have the trunk and limbs laying around if you cut it manually.

The other big thing they can do for you quickly is to bring a dirt bucket and cut back the berms on your roadway so the water will drain.

They can do the bulk of the work you need done in a day or maybe two that you'd spend months trying to do by hand. And the results will be better.

 

[deezler]

For a remote country property I don't think I would want a cab. I have a Massey Ferguson with a cab and it's awesome for mowing big areas around my farm during the heat of the day. But for almost everything else...

Since you live in snow country, 4x4 is probably a must.

Eddie, its probably a pretty foreign concept for ya but where Arly's camp is here, it can snow 10-15 feet per year and some blowing snow nearly every day at times in early/mid winter. Plus temps in the 0-20° range with overnight lows approaching -30°F for weeks at a time. On the snowy days in Dec/Jan it's basically dark out 15-18 hours per day. So a tractor with a cab is well appreciated for snow-clearing operations, in the inverse reasoning of your summer mowing.

 

[ArlyA]

For a remote country property I don't think I would want a cab. I have a Massey Ferguson with a cab and it's awesome for mowing big areas around my farm during the heat of the day. But for almost everything else, I'm either on my 2wd open station Deere 5065E or my 2wd open station 555e Ford/New Holland backhoe. Both turn on a dime, they have amazing visibility, and they are very simple to maintain and repair.

Since you live in snow country, 4x4 is probably a must. When it snows here, we just wait for it to melt. None of my tractors use DEF, and for a tractor that sits for long periods of time, I think it's a good thing to not have to worry about DEF issues.

Having a way to take off the front bucket and use a grapple or pallet forks is also very nice. Even required to get the full potential out of a tractor.

I'm not a big fan of Deere. They have some quirky issues that keep surprising me, but overall, it's a solid tractor that I enjoy having. I like my Massey a lot better, but it's not something that I would want to leave sitting alone for any period of time with nobody there. Even with GPS tractors on it, I wouldn't feel comfortable.

For working with snow and in cool temps, a cab is a must in my book.