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Removed an old landing. Had to dig out the old post base.

Got a dumpster and cleaning out the junk pile. Little beast is not quite tall enough to get over the side.

From experience I would not trust it. In stopped traffic lady hit me from behind. Said her flip-flop slipped off the brake pedal. Her frame rail end to hit my hitch. The hitch bent down twisting the end of the frame rails. Had she been centered would have been a clean radiator shot...

Is it wrong to use the rear doors to hold the tarp corners? Helped my daughter move this weekend. Only 4 blocks in Washington DC. (Tied down the tarp for the loads to/from MA).

One a small scale I added a shelf for sand buckets to my blade for this winter.

Cheap vinyl cab makes a world of difference with snow blower. Typically don't even zip the doors. Cuts the wind and blowing snow.

My wife showed me this 'feature' in her car today. Seems to be made for the distracted drivers looking down at the phone while in line.

Neat tool. I have an all-on-one metric set that the shows the size. And real size on the other side.

Spot this recently. Pile of plywood held down only by the ramps.

The town supplies sand/salt mix. I fill up plastic buckets at the DPW when needed. Built a shelf on my back blade to hold 2 buckets so I can stop and sand the area that need it.

I mounted a 4-way joystick on the FEL control arm. up-down controls the chute deflector. left-right controls the chute rotation. Hand is at the same place to raise and lower the blower.

Put on my leaf bucket and starting hauling loads up past the tree line.

Removed and hauled away the old stairs on my shop.

This one drove by me today. Truck has Colorado plates. Trailer has Maine plates. Appeared to be heading to the highway.

On a nice weekend day my folks will get 1 or 2 turn around an hour. 99% turn on the apron to the main road. Once in a while someone will go around the circle.

Blindly following the GPS to make a u-turn Dump Truck Crashes Through Roof of Quincy Parking Garage - NBC1 Boston

Yesterday on the highway. Just before the exit Just after the exit. Tailgate being closed.

This guy decided on the cat bed the other night. Vet thinks he is beagle, heeler and something else mix. Smart dog with a drive for food. He has determination to open cabinets, trash can reach for stuff on the counter. Used to herd other dog and even children at times. Has slowed down, now is...

NC watermelon thief nabbed after he gets stuck in field/

Got some seat time on my folk's porch looking out at the ocean. Closest I got to a tractor was a neighbor raking and baling

My son captured this group at the local Kubota dealer. He is taking them on a peaceful ride to the lake. Will be too late when they spot the burn pit.

Spotted this in my driveway. The pile shifted and the orange strap was loose in the 1/2 mile from where my son picked up the pallets. He has another 5-6 miles to where the bonfire will be.

Finished my trailer mover. Built from broken quick attach. Rewelded broken ear and added bar for ball.

I have sloped driveway and BX w/ front blower. Don't need chains most of the time. But when when mother nature decides to drop the temperature and rain turns to snow with an ice base do need chains to get back up the hill.

Sheriff in California spotted a not quite right plate. They towed the truck because it was unsafe. Badly-made fake license plate leads to arrest in California

Made my ballast box and back blade slightly lighter by drilling holes to let the accumulated rain water out.

I have been harvesting more rocks. Pallet forks forks make a decent trenching bucket. And for removing more rocks. Making progress on ditch for french drain. Tractor has not been in the shed since last fall when lots of rain turned that area in to a mud pit.

Common sense is lacking in a lot of folks. GPS is a tool to help you find a destination. Many drivers fail to think and validate what is comes from the GPS. Every year news has stories about people that drive off a cliff or in to a lake following GPS directions. Map reading is an exotic...

Took off and put away the blower. Daring mother nature to send us one more batch of the evil white stuff this year.

Even a cheap unheated cab makes a big difference with the snowblower. Lighter side furry snow weapon Dog needs a little help after massive dumping of snow - YouTube

Picked these up years ago from a bunch of used tools for sale.

Our little dog got an ornament from the tree. played a little. Took it in the crate. Protective of it, growling at me and other dog if got near. Settled down and skinned it like he does with tennis balls.

Our downstairs cats. Mother and daughter can from shelter couple years ago. They picked that corner to be near me in evening. That dog is blind and tends to sleep on sofa during the day. We have another pair of cats inherited from FIL upstairs.

Took off loader installed snow blower. Little beast spending winter outside because the wet year turned the shed and yard in to a mud pit. Linear actuator for chute failed. repaired it last year. replaced it this year. Added an inline connector so easier to replace in future.

Slide one in here.

Very wet year here. Roofers are finally coming Wednesday. They said over 90 rain days this year. Have been working Sundays to catch up. Can't put tractor in the shed because that section of yard is a mud pit. I have been digging trenches to direct the water from hill behind and neighbor's...

Critters make life much better. I prefer cats. My wife prefers dogs. Currently we have 3 dogs and 4 cats in the house. Earlier this year lost my office Cat. The office and me were her territory for over a decade. My wife claimed to get the evil eye from Cat when she came to the office.

My leaf bucket is built of plywood and sits on the pallet forks. For chips could put a metal cutting edge the base. For moving chips I would use the standard bucket to load it then swap to forks to move it.

I move leaves up hill every year. Collect many bucket fulls and haul up past the tree line.

Like that blower. Would fill by leaf bucket real quick.

Received a pallet of parts for a project. Wouldn't lift it directly from back of truck. Was able to curl then back away from truck. Pallet was close to 400 pounds. Much nicer than breaking the pallet and carry the parts up the driveway.

The world is pushing Christmas commercialization earlier and earlier. Store used to wait for the day after to Thanksgiving to put out the Christmas stuff and start the sales. Today we went to Walmart. Giant inflatable Christmas tree out front. Sign in door: Santa visits starting 11/3...

Parts and hardware collection grows over the years. I have a bunch of drawer units mounted on a wall for common smaller hardware. Then a shelves full or parts storage cases. Larger quantities and items are roughly sorted in a few cabinets. Key is labeling whatever storage containers so you...

I have been cleaning it off after each snow storm. Last year I added 2 ft wide plywood on the rafters to support the cover. Just changed that 4 ft wide. Hopefully with that support and new tarp won't need to clean off the snow this winter. The original cover lasted about 2 years before...

Moved the tractor shed with carrryall and forks Then put a new tarp over the original cover.

Had this one pass me yesterday. Has the straight 3 sizes ball mount. Moving at good clip with flasher on. Left trailer light was out. Pictures come from my dashcam

I have a bunch of plastic buckets for winter sand/salt. Couple buckets fit nice in ballast box. Leaves room to pile chains or tools on top. Or 4 buckets if I want more weight.

I recently rented a towable manlift for weekend. Did look at both at rental place. the towable is smaller I could get in to tight corner using tractor with receiver and ball on bucket. The self propelled version would have not got in to the space. The auto leveling outriggers made it easy...

I have dug out and "collected" a bunch of rocks my BX can't lift. Recently used it to moved rented man lift in to tight space.

Removed base of old block wall. Leaf bucket Move blower and electrical boxes.

Rented a lift for the weekend. Got a little seat time stuffing it back in to a tight space. Most of the weekend was standing (and swaying).

Highway yesterday. No straps. Wood held down by water bottles and cooler. Nothing on sheet metal pieces on right side. Image from my dash cam.

Have a shelter logic shed for the BX. Raised on 2 rows of 4x4s so the ROPS just grazes the rolled door. Needed the forks late last year so didn't put the blower on until after the first storm.

sprayed in liner can get color match to truck. Will fade differently than truck paint. Rhino liner after 19 years. MY newer truck is red with black tonneau cover (rubber mat). Don't notice inside the box getting hot. Will get hot in the cab.

My son and a friend went kayaking. It was too much work to take canoe off my old truck (been there for a week so far). So they took cars. My son used a strap. Friend (car in back) just set it in car.

I have pair of trucks, 1997 Ranger and 2016 F150. Bought both new. Ranger has factory stock lift and larger tires. Both gates are about 33". F150 has taller box 54" vs 49". This shorter box makes the Ranger much easier to load and unload. Major difference is ride quality and comfort...

Christmas day tractor supply sale ordered spreader. Changed to more aggressive agitator and it will spread sand/salt mix.

I have a FEL bucket extender.

I mounted a grab hook on the ROPS. 20 foot chain hangs nice there.

Joy stick is single pole each direction so I mounted box with relays right on blower. Put connectors on the joystick and power from tractor.

My wife decided it was time to cut down some bushes and small trees today. Instead of the saw I got the tractor and chain and pulled them out. For weeding and clean up she started to load the wheelbarrow. I found a better way to 'push' the wheelbarrow.

Had both cars down for repairs and a bunch of travel to see family this weekend. Friday afternoon went to dealer and bought a new truck. 2016 F-150, crew cab, 2.7 Ecoboost. First 30 hours of owning it I put 450 miles on it. Rides nice and plenty of room. It is getting just over 21 MPG...

WANTED: John Deere Garden Tractors, Zero Turns, etc.

Your tractor does have hitch point on the rear axle below the PTO, between the 3-point arms. This in the point I connect a chain to when dragging big rocks, etc. It is lowest connect point on tractor and don't have to take ballast box off to drag. Also have 3-point piece like your second...

Or just hang a sturdy mailbox on a pair of chains. Let it swing away from whatever hits it.

I checked Messick's site parts diagrams The LA203A is on the BX1870 The LA243A is on the BX2370 & BX2670 The LA240A is on the BX25D All three of these loader us the same bucket. I have putting the Ken's Bolt on hooks to good use on my BX2370.

With all the rocks and washout ditches from previous owner's work the yard was not mowable. Had move RR tie to move trailer to move dirt pile. Anyone done jousting with tractors? [emoji3]

Continuing to work on smoothing out the yard. And pulling out buried treasures to drag over to my rock pile. That one only stuck a few inches above final grade.

On highway in Delaware yesterday. Pickup with 2 layers of sign posts in back with no straps or tie downs. He was doing 65-70. In NY saw a flatbed with crashed front corner behind wrecker. Still had crashed car on back of flatbed. Couldn't get picture.

Continuing to leveling my yard and finding rocks. Was 3 rocks pressed together. We dug around and separate them with bar to get chain wrapped and dragged them out the ground. Did find others I could dig out and move with bucket.

Continued to work on yard this weekend. Extending the level area from the house and using that dirt to fill wash outs and smooth the hill up to the tree line. My son drives with a single finger extended whenever I have my phone out. Found a couple rocks that were only a few inches above...

Look Velcro straps. On smaller stuff individual pieces with hole so can left attached. Or bulk roll and cut to needed length.

Ballast would have helped it from going over. Will put that back on before doing more. It actually went over fairly gently. I sat there and went for the ride then turned off the engine. Worst part of getting up was reaching underneath myself to unbuckle. Tipping it back up was easy...

Took ballast box off day before to move trailer. Do have rears filled. Moving dirt in yard to level out around rock that sticking up. FEL up ready to dump, moved forward a little. Front left wheel up on that rock tipped tractor. Does not take much to go over center.

Was wearing my seat belt today. Never know when things are going to go sideways.

Was moving dirt to fill and level around a bunch of rocks in the yard. Then drove front wheel up on one and got a Oh F**k moment. Used come-a-long to truck and engine lift to FEL frame to put it back on wheels. As I was clearing a path to yard for truck and lift heard myself say could use...

A few years ago my dad had a nasty squirrel in his yard. It actually caught and killed a bird at that feeder. I was there when he finally caught it in the trap. That thing was evil and full of rage. We had to wrap the trap in move it. Believe he took it little ways off shore for a 'swimming...

Received electrical cabinets for upcoming project. Once off the pallet just fit thru shop door.

Took off the blower and put on the FEL. Started pulling rocks in the back yard. Got a lot to dig out to make the lawn friendly to the mower.

For the first few years in this house had a constant flow of folk trying to save us. Finally after two group in an 1/2 hour one Saturday I put up these signs. My wife works as a church administrator. So I not permitted to too aggressive in chasing these folk away.

Could go with a 3.5' bed.

I have similar winch mounted on top of dual hitch extender from HF. Put it between truck and trailer to pull something on to trailer.

You are figure out the o-ring size from 2 measurements: the ID and cross section. Google o-ring chart, to cross reference from measurement to standard sizes. Many places sell cone measurement tools to figure out the size. Lines on the cone give standard sizes (ID) and notches on base find...

New BX much nicer than walk behind blower. Still need to automate my sander.

My dad borrowed my truck. 1/4 ton truck, 1027 lb pumpkin, 20+ miles to weigh off, straps left in tool box