Recent content by In.the.Piñons

Gotta say I'm pretty happy with the truck/trailer. So far I've picked up 15 yards of mulch x 2, which would be close to the ~11,000lbs capacity of the trailer, per load. The truck towed it no problems. Like I said, I have a 4 mile climb @ 25mph which gains about 2,000ft. The truck was...

I would like to purchase a grapple for my 100 horse tractor. There appears to be a ton of styles/brands/sizes out there. I'd like to get something useful for the following tasks. Moving & loading old house building material like bricks, roof tiles, pallets, wood off cuts, old and rotten...

That's a serious setup, nice! 12 bales is a lot to haul at once in a 16ft trailer. Here's a pic of the new truck and trailer. It's already getting put to good use moving stuff around the ranch.

Nice dump truck! I though about going that route, but decided against it for all the reasons you listed. I miss driving a "big rig" since I sold my motor home with a 450 Cummins.

I was quoted $2,500 to deliver 140 yards of gravel. They wouldn't use their big end dump truck to spread the gravel due to the camber of my road, so it was going to be delivered in a lot of trips using smaller trucks. Maybe I could do better at one of the other gravel yards, but this trailer is...

I picked up the trailer yesterday. It's in really good shape, so if it's not a great fit I can always resell for what I payed. It was a seven hour round trip to pick it up. The 6.2 gasser got 16.2 mpg on the way down doing 75 most of the way. There were a few mountain passes, which it pulled...

Thanks for the help guys! I spent all day calling around to see what kind of a deal I could get. Best deal I could find was a Lamar that ticked all the boxes. It had 3ft sides, 7 gauge bottom and telescoping cylinder for $13,000 OTD. Then, just as I was getting ready to call the guy back to...

I should be picking up a new (to me) pickup truck in a few days. It's 22 F-350 XLT 6.2L V8 with 10 spd auto, crew cab with a 8ft bed. Tow rating is 14,800lbs bumper and 15,400bls (IIRC) for a goose-neck. Now I'm looking at dump trailers to haul gravel, dirt, trash, wood etc. I'm at elevation...

My dog does the same. I ride my motorcycles for fun, so don't worry about getting good gas mileage. They chew through tires/chains/sprockets etc, so much cheaper to take the MYP to run errands. So much fun to punch the throttle on that thing.

Some EV's can accelerate like a sport bike, so you have to drive them like one. Perhaps doubly so because no one can hear you approaching.

I bought a Road Boss C8 at the end of last year to redo 2 miles of road on my property. It works very well, but I think I need to get my act together and order a top and tilt kit from you to make it even better.

As others have said, heated bibs are nice, get a couple of batteries. Also merino wool base layers are great. A nice hot, high cal. meal before venturing out helps keep the internal furnace stoked. Keep your feet dry. Change your socks as soon as they get wet (even if wool) really helps.

I did try that, but my blade has a bunch of re-reinforcements and a pivot bearing box on the rear, so it just collects snow, even though I have the blade at an angle.

That does look like an interesting solution. My blade did come with a gauge wheel, but I took it off. It's only one wheel and it's not directly behind the blade like you have, but maybe I should try it in the snow? Trouble is I only have two rear remotes and would need to install a diverter.