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    One year and 150 hours later - Kubota L3200

    Hopefully this works.
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    One year and 150 hours later - Kubota L3200

    My spouse is fond of saying that when we met, I was young, fit and trim. After 20 years of being together "I've been done wrong" because, well ... I'm older, not so thin and not so fit. :laughing: Well, it's now been one year since I've been "married" to my Kubota L3200. :) One year after its...
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    Cutting an access road on a slope

    The road is nearly completed. Shed at the end of the driveway removed and remaining work beginning. Road nearly completed. Now, I just need a good rain to help consolidate the soil and so that I can further modify the angle back towards the hillside and drainage pipes. Probably won't...
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    Cutting an access road on a slope

    Here's a picture showing use of the rock debris to build a dry stack rock/soil wall to help keep the next area of filled dirt in place. I was fairly lucky that the cut area on the hillside produced a lot of rocks that were fairly flat which made stacking easier. I was also lucky to have a...
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    Cutting an access road on a slope

    Dr. Zinj, Depends on the California hillside ... and the amount of water!!! Fortunately or unfortunately, my land has a lot of decomposed granite with only about 0-2' of top soil. So, while the granite tends to break easily after rain, it generally remains pretty solid. Also makes for a good...
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    Old Guy; New Tractor

    Okay, well I'm really not that old, but sufficiently seasoned in life experience. New to tractors and tractor work. My spouse and I used to rent a house on a large ranch in Dulzura, CA which is in San Diego County near Tecate, Mexico. We relocated to LA for my work. Ten years in LA was...
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    Cutting an access road on a slope

    I've been working on a similar project lately, taking what was a walking path from our upper lots down to our driveway and house and starting to make what will eventually be a continuation of the driveway. While I would have preferred working uphill, the easier and more available access was...
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