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Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 61° heading to a high of 83°. Sunny and clear for the foreseeable future. Whirlwind of a work week this week. I'm so ready for the vacation next Friday. Will be nice to sit in an airplane and do nothing for 24hours straight. Picked up a larger...

Tell her not to feel too bad. Same thing happened to me a while back. While I was lucky enough to not have the bungee action happen to the hoses on the grapple, it did loosen the U-bolt holding the 3d function outlets on the tractor side. Make sure those are on tight when you go to re-attach or...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 61° heading to a high of 74°, sunny and clear. This morning when I left the house it was in the 40s. Could just barely see my breath in the shadows. A good weekend, got to see the firewood buddy and his wife on Saturday. They have a new pool table...

Huh, I never knew that! To me it was always just treated hardwood mulch. I thought we called it tanbark because the chips were lightly tanned after the treatment process. I assume the treatment was to help it break down faster and prevent fungus growing on it. Learn something new everyday.

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 64° heading to a high of 86° sunny and clear. We had a grand total of two downpours for maybe 5 minutes a piece, probably a total of half an inch of rain. We needed it badly. A little tractoring this week spreading some tanbark. We've finally got...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 68° heading to a high of 78° sunny and clear out here. Weekend went well, a peaceful Saturday and Sunday, Mom is still hacking up a lung from the double whammy gifted to her by her grandson. When she laughs, she wheezes, I've been calling her Muttley...

BEF: We're further south than Mt. Union. We're about 30 minutes away from Newport, PA m7040: Not a bad idea to girdle them with glyphosate, at least that's what Penn State Ag recommends. There are some mature locust trees in that grove that just need a little help to keep them under control...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 63° heading to a high of 76° cloudy and cool. Maybe some rain later but nothing on the radar. A busy week at work is in the books. Nephew gifted GG a stomach bug, that's on top of the cold he gave her from last time. Kids, they're walking petri...

Stihl 271 Farm Boss for the small stuff 500i for the big stuff Rugged Made 37 ton splitter with a 4 way wedge for the big ones, 6 way for the smaller ones. If they're really gigantic, I just let the standard wedge do it's thing. I've only seen it refuse two pieces, everything else it's cracked...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 71° heading to a high of 79°. Sunny and clear for the foreseeable future. Nephew's party was well attended, watching him try and shove a whole slice of cake into his mouth was entertaining. He's already enjoying the stuffed bulldozer I got him and...

Good Afternoon to All who Celebrate! Currently 81° going to a high of 83° sunny and clear Busy morning, which is why this post is late. Parents shoved off this morning to go help set up for nephew's first birthday. Great Grandma couldn't shake her cold and bowed out of the trip, so it's just...

Allegedly, the guns of the Missouri are laid in the direction the attack wave came, to signify that the Missouri is watching over the Arizona so that the men within her can rest in peace. "Fair winds and following seas shipmates, we have the watch." An incredible experience to see it, like...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 68° going to a high of 75° and cloudy. Had several rainstorms pass through last night, a welcome break from the heat. Weekend went well, dog didn't run away. Spent a lot of time with my aunt and grandma up at the cabin. The closer we get to Labor...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 77° heading to 88° hot, muggy, calling for scattered thunderstorms. Off work yesterday for another drive up north to look at another property, On my way up I was thinking of happy memories going up about this time of year for school. I can almost...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 68° heading to a high of 89° sunny and clear, at least for the foreseeable future. Busier weekend than I anticipated. Getting the tag and title for the trailer took all of 15 minutes...and almost $700.🙃 But it's registered for the next 3 years until...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 72° heading to a high of 82°. Hazy and sunny. Week went well, not quite so much of a whirlwind, but still busy, moving things right along. Dermatology appointment went well, scheduled a date in October to get the big lipoma on my arm sliced off...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 81° going to a high of 85° this is the summer weather I can tolerate! Sunny and clear. A not-so-busy weekend, which was what I needed. Dad wandered out front with the pole saw, so grapple and tractor got tapped for the cleanup. At least those branches won't...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 62° heading to a high of 77°. Cloudy with a smattering of rain. Heard some wind last night but we didn't get nearly the amount of rain or the severity of storms called for. Glad this week is over, it was a whirlwind of a week at work. Heat makes...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! Currently 80° going to a high of 93° sunny and clear but so humid you can cut it with a knife. Finished up most of the mowing, still have the hill left, not that you can tell the difference. With all the heavy dew in the mornings, the grass is just slurping...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! 78° going to a high of 95° (Yeouch) sticky, hot sun out there now. 'puter says rain in 3 hours, but I'm pretty sure it's lying to me. Whirlwind of a week this week, despite work being slower, my boss has been in and out this week with car trouble and today...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 73° going to a high of 84°, sunny and clear until the weekend allegedly. Glad to be back at work, usually any longer than 3 days in the house and I go a little stir crazy. Other than beating back the cold, I went and looked at the land. It sure is...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 81° going to a high of 81° Cloudy and humid maybe rain later tonight. Well, it's officially my turn to have the cold my sister brought for the 4th. First my mother, then dad, now me. Great. Started feeling not so hot yesterday morning, battled through work...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 77° going to a high of 83° scattered thundershowers this morning. Some storms blew through last night but no damage that I could see this morning. Friendsgiving went well. Campground owning friend's sister is a professional chef, so we were in for quite the...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 76° heading to 90°, clear and sunny. Calling for thundershowers later tonight though. Happy belated Birthday Happy and Mostly! Here's to many more! Work was busy until Wednesday and then the brakes suddenly slammed on. Not that I'm complaining, we...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 80° going to a high of 91°. It's "Close" as my maternal grandfather would have said, hot and humid. Spent most of the long weekend doing as little as possible. Nephew came down and had a triple threat: He had a cold, teeth coming in and sleep...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 78° going to a high of 89° with thunderstorms and high winds forecasted. Was very close when I stepped outside this morning. Weekend went well, saw both properties and wasn't too impressed with both of them. The one in foreclosure was too close to town and...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 65° heading to a high of 71°, cloudy and some showers forecast for later tonight. Hallelujah the heat has passed....for now. Busier week than I anticipated, a few properties around here have struck my interest, but the problem is cost. They just want...

Do you have a grapple? Placing a large log close in front of the tractor with it and then removing the battery when you leave might offer a solution. But with serious thieves you're kinda hosed no matter what you do.

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 86° going to Hotter-than-the-sun° (99°) sunny, hazy, and dry. Finished mowing Friday after work before the heat came down. Saturday helped mom try to beat back the Bishop's weed that's invaded the front garden bed. So far it's been tried weeding, weed eating...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 76° heading to a high of 83°, bright and sunny out there. Campground friend called off the log splitting due to forecast of storms and 95° heat. We'll likely take a crack at it in the fall. So instead, reached out to my other friend to see if he'd...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 61° going to a high of 66° cloudy and drizzly for the remainder of the week. Had a good weekend with just the dog and I. Burned all the cardboard that accumulates from my mother's Amazon addiction on a rainy Saturday. Got only one yard mowed before the rain...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! 74° going to a high of 83° and cloudy. Rain forecast later this afternoon and the next week, allegedly. It's been a rollercoaster of a week here by myself. Two major outages, Comcast decides on Thursday that it's going to do work on Friday near one of the...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 65° to a high of 85°, cloudy, drizzly, wet to thunderstorms. We need the rain, but the grass is growing out of control. Sadly, my offer was rejected. "Too many contingencies and wanted a cash sale." I don't know about y'all, but I don't know of many...

16 Acres, was an old hayfield with a wooded hill down towards a swiftly flowing creek Ask and ye shall receive: You can just barely see the powerlines from the ROW I mentioned in the previous post I think the view makes up for the ROW don't you think?

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 74° going to a high of 85° with scattered thunderstorms. Sticky, hazy, pollen-y fun out there right now. Really hope we do get the forecasted rain so that will tamp everything down, or make it into a stew pot, depends on the rain. I am pleased to report that...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 61° going to a high of 76°, clear and sunny until the weekend. A slow weekend, Spent most of a rainy Saturday not doing much of anything. Sunday, dragged my campground owning friend up to the property to do a proper walkover. It's not perfect, but good enough...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! Currently 67° heading to a high of 77° scattered clouds and sun but rain forecast for later this afternoon. Short week, crazy week. Everyone's trying to get the things done they pushed off for the long weekend. In the process of putting an offer in on 16...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 60° going to a high of 72° with cloud. Turning to rain later this afternoon, some new type of pollen must be in the air as my eyes are scratchy this morning. Busy weekend, went up on Saturday to investigate the land. Two plots are for sale, the 17...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 57° heading to a high of 63° rain has finally stopped, cool and calm out there right now. Slower week this week, can report that parents made it back safely from the beach. With rental season just starting, they're stuck here until it passes...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 60° heading to a high of 72°, cloudy. Looks like rain but the weather guessers say it's to clear and then rain tomorrow night. All that to say what do I know? Good weekend, got almost all the mowing caught up on Saturday. Still need to do the outer...

Mine is made by Savage and comes in .17HMR. I mainly need the Havaheart so I can see it. The dog tends to keep it denned up so I hope I get a crack at it.

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 64° heading to a high of 84°, cloudy with rain promised mixed in with thunderstorms. Despite my long trip to the Northwest (6hr round trip for work), this week was a little more sedate than the past. Finalized and booked my trip to the Philippines...

Oh trust me, I looked, we looked. Later, after all was said and done, it was found under a piece of firewall protection and then under another piece of plastic, but I believe she said it wasn't red or there wasn't anything noting that the jump point was there. There was a large nut marked -...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 65° going to a high of 81° Storm clouds to roll in this afternoon and then rain for the rest of the week. This weekend has been...Eventful. Saturday morning, up early. Mom collars me halfway through a bowl of cereal. "Let's go rent that stump grinder and...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 62° going to a high of 76° and rain forecast for the next two days. I bring tidings today as tomorrow will involve a 6 hour round trip, don't think I'll have time to post. Price had increased to $700 on the mini-zero turn up at the cabin. My aunt was in a...

My girlfriend threatens me with the same. I tell her I can't sleep in the bucket, it's not big enough.

Very sorry for your loss jyoutz, may your lady rest in peace. Praying for you and your family.

Good Morning To All Who Celebrate! 66° going to a high of 70° and cloudy, more rain coming. Golf was good on Friday, got a little too much sun and a slight burn. Some good shots, some bad. Better than sitting in the office. Had an interesting service call on Thursday. My aunt had been mowing...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 53° heading to 73°, clear and sunny, though they're calling for thunderstorms tonight. Posting today as I'll be on the links tomorrow come h*** or high water. News on the fires is good, the smaller one closer to me is contained and being put out. The...

Friend of my father's bought a hunting property from an estate sale, Farmhouse, Newer metal barn and probably a dozen assorted outbuildings. Place was owned by an eccentric doctor before my father's friend. Dude was beyond bizarre, smarter than a whip and his tastes were beyond eccentric. One...

Once Upon a Time I came upon an old man at a shooting range who had the best philosophy when it came to dealing with your better half: "When she comes home with her shopping, you just smile and nod and ask for the receipt politely. You note down what it cost in a little notepad. When the cost...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 65° going to a high of 75° and sunny. No more news on the fires, heard zero percent contained but I can't smell any smoke or see the smoke anymore. Rain on Saturday helped I'm sure. Busier weekend than I anticipated. Woke up early on Saturday, got...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 56° going to a high of 79° cloudy and hazy. Major News has been a major wildfire breaking out on the mountains nearby, a little further southwest from me, but I can clearly see the origin of the smoke. 1000 acres already and 0% contained. I imagine there's...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! 58° going to a high of 69° and cloudy. Rain forecast for the evening. We need it, we're way behind for the spring. Mowing cycle has begun again with me mowing out front. This time I had two supervisors (The neighbor boys) watching from behind their chain-link...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! currently 52° heading to a high of 79° clear skies. Mowing is all done, just in time to do it again this weekend. 'tis the season. ZT is running like a watch, but needs new blades soon. Farm boss ran well with new filter, dropped the smaller half of the tree...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 46° to a high of 69°, Partly cloudy with showers coming and going. Got the last bit of brush hogging knocked down and mowed 8/10ths of the lawns. Swapped filters in the Farm Boss and it fired right up. But it's done this to me before, where it will...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 41° to a high of 44° cloudy with scattered showers turning into a rainstorm later this afternoon. Mowing season has officially begun, Dad mowed the front/back yards before the rain came. So when it dries out on Sunday I'll do...the rest of the...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 38° going to a high of 44° with rain, just an all together miserable way to start the week. At least the coffee is hot. Held down the chair this weekend, unintentionally took 3 hour nap after taking the dog for a walk. Still managed to sleep OK. Due...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 55° going to a high of 65°, cloudy and scattered showers forecasted. Boy did we get a world ending thunderstorm last night! Surprisingly no damage that I could see on my way out to the truck this morning. 2/3 meadows brush hogged, 2/2 rabbits evicted...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 60° with rain and thunderstorms forecasted going to a high of 72°. Was wet when I left for work this morning. I went over to Grandma's the night before I was going up to look at the land, went to show them the listing: PENDING GRRRRR..... This has...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! Currently 44° going to a high of 62° and partly cloudy. Rain forecasted this weekend. I am not going to purchase the mower, but I have good reason: LAND HO! I found 40 acres of forest, not in a ridiculous gerrymandered shape, not with a deep marsh or sheer...

I have the bigger brother of that, the 37 ton 30" stroke splitter. I've only seen it refuse two pieces: A green gnarly maple log (About 20") and a nasty burl from an oak. Everything else it's cracked like an egg. The log lift is a godsend, once the hydro oil is warm it can certainly produce...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! Currently 44° heading to a high of 62° and cloudy. Some rain fell last night, just enough to be visible it seems. Weekend went well, did a great job at making sure the chair didn't go anywhere. This week, need to schedule a tee time for Wednesday for the...

Good Morning to All who celebrate! 36° going to a high of 55°, windy this AM. No real storm activity here, we could do with a little more rain. Going to have to put off the mower again for another week, better to bring it in when the folks are gone and then pretend like it's always been there...

Prayers for you and your family Ken, may your father rest in peace. Hoping things go as smoothly as possible for you in this difficult time.

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 50° and mostly cloudy. Hard to get out of bed when the weather is yucky, but I managed to do it somehow. Weekend was successful, knocked down that pile of dirt from the old maple with the blade, scooped up with the bucket and piled nicely elsewhere. A nice...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 38° going to a high of 62°, cloudy and setting us up for rain this weekend. A good time to do my errands and get the suppressor. Mower will have to continue waiting until I feel properly motivated. Oil change on the tractor went smoothly, everything...

Good morning to all who celebrate! 39° going to a high of 67°, sunny, some frost on the truck this morning. Prayers for all those facing illness, difficult to read about, but I'm praying for good outcomes for all! Weekend was a busy one, white pine fell up at Grandma's cabin. Missed the...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 39° heading to a high of 57° with wind. Last night was especially windy, but looks like no damage, at least so far. Work week had been busy, so by the time I clocked out, I was ready for bed. Didn't check any of the fluid levels in the tractor or...

There's a guy on YT who raves about a pull type grader box, Neil Koch. In the video I linked, he's using a large one with a Kubota L4740 They seem to do good work for him and offer a great deal more control than a 3 point hitch one.

Good Morning To All who Celebrate! 31° to a high of 42°, partly cloudy and cold. No frost on the truck this morning. This past weekend was a whirlwind. Off Friday to look at the farm. Thursday night, call from realtor. So sorry, property is already pending. GRRRR.... So, instead of that...

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! 47° heading to a high of 53° here, partly cloudy. A little frost on the truck this morning. List has finally been wound down to almost zero: Farm Boss finally got some attention, just cleaned the air filter out and put back together. Idles fine now. Glad that...

Standard double wall stove pipe to the thimble, through the thimble and remaining chimney is double wall insulated class A. Picture for clarification After the 3 ft double wall stove pipe through the wall connector there is 21ft of chimney, due to having a tight house he also has an outside air...

"6 inch double wall insulated class A stainless" He was raving about some of the shagbark hickory that he was using and really enjoyed. I think that's the case that both you and @RedNeckGeek mentioned, the wood just isn't seasoned well enough. I'll bring my Tree Identification guide when I...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! 25° going to a high of 32°, it has been cold enough for long enough. Really hope we're turning the corner on Winter up here. No ice on the truck this morning despite the cold. Scheduled some time to go see the house next Friday, Realtor wanted me to sign on...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! 27° going to a high of 31°, wind advisory today. We seemed to have dodged the worst of the storms, but I can hear the wind whipping at the roof. No ice on the truck this morning. Got the taxes done and dusted. Last year was the year I managed to cancel ACA...

This was under contract, but the deal fell through. The house needs some work, but isn't hopeless. Not the best, but far from the worst. I've seen places around me currently fail to even hit the market, handshake deals and done before the recorder can even keep up.

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 31° going to a high of 35° Partly cloudy and a little breezy. No ice on the truck this morning. Snow amounted to barely a covering, but was pretty. Work was slower this week due to a big sales powwow south of here. Hey, after the hours we've put in...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 32° going to a high of 39° and cloudy. No ice on the truck this morning. I've been grappling with a cold since Friday night, a pretty nasty one that either my mother or my boss kindly managed to gift to me. Hate being sick on Fridays because you...

Do you have a rough estimate of the size of the project? I would strongly recommend a horizontal splitter with a log lift instead of the vertical ones. Also, look for one that will push against a wedge rather than bringing a wedge down. I can't tell you how much time I've saved with mine having...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 38° going to a high of 39°, windy and feels colder than 38° No ice on the truck this morning. Ice storm was a whiff here. Think it was too warm for too long, freezing rain but the ground was too warm to ice proper. Still, took my time and picked my way...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 47° with a high of 47°. I'll take not having to scrape the windows of the truck in the morning. Makes life easier all around. Friday I had picked up some sort of bug, but had to stay on at work due to my boss having to take care of his whole family...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 32° going to a high of 42°, that's going to feel tropical. Rain and snow forecasted for this weekend. Think I'll leave the snow-push on to keep the snow away. The list did get shorter, just not by as much as I wanted. oil changed in the truck, ready...

That's a strange looking ornament, wherever you go the eyes seem to follow you.

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 26 going to a high of 29 here with some snow showers. Conference room is taken and the door is shut. This whole No Coffee thing is for the birds. Planning an escape for liquid energy here soon. Did not get to any of my list this week. Just too dang cold for...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! Currently 16 going to a high of 21. Clear and Cold. Roads were a mess. Can see why boss took the day off today and dumb ol' me had to come in. It has been quite the weekend, which started on Saturday with my father wanting to remove some junk trees that were...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 32 currently going to a high of 39, just enough snow last night for a coating, nothing major. Co-worker of mine learned a hard lesson on Tuesday: SLOW DOWN. He was coming down the stairs of his house to a landing that turns 90 degrees, foot was off the...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! 35 here going to a high of 42, cloudy. That's going to feel tropical after last week, now that I have my insulated overalls, it warms up. Isn't that always how that song and dance goes? Did manage to swap the snow-push out for the bucket and burn the...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 20 going to a high of 34 today, snow expected later tonight into Saturday morning but that remains to be seen. A much quieter week at work so far, the snow really helps put a damper on things. If I feel so inclined after work, I might get out and swap the...

I think the fronts are R4s, I believe the rears are standard Ag tires. At least that's what the dealer told me. Oh yes, it will be eyeballed carefully, and any scars I'm sure I'll hear about it. I do not have a rototiller, I was contemplating putting the blade on anyhow just for weight, but...

A rare second day in a row Good Morning to All who celebrate! Currently 24 with a high of 32, breezy and cold. Some severe drifts in my commute to work today. I returned home early from work yesterday to get to plowing, and the snow-push worked admirably. Trick is getting enough down-pressure...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! 26 and 3-5" of snow. I had an interesting morning, woke up and checked to make sure we had a plowable amount. Got all set, started the trudge out to the barn and lo and behold, Dad parked within 3 feet of the garage door. I'm good, but I'm not that good...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! Currently 24 and calling for snow showers totaling 2 inches allegedly. I specifically did not put the snow pusher on, so 2 inches I'm sure will end up being a foot. Got a nice string of days off this week, good to finally be able to relax. Now of course...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 32 going to a high of 44 and cloudy. Supposed to be 60 later this weekend. What a bizzare winter. Arctic one week, tropical the next. The madness of Christmas is passed, house is slowly emptying out. Nephew loved his Forage Harvester plushie, all...

Good Morning To All who Celebrate! 10 degrees and a thick layer of frost this morning. Little late to work because of it, at least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Thanks all for the birthday well wishes! Did lots of wood at the Firewood Processing Session on Saturday. Several dead red...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Currently 32 going to a high of 37 with periodic snow showers here. a few flakes on the truck but nothing major. The week that everyone tries to be a superstar at work is over, Corporate bosses have finished going around to all the branches holiday parties so...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! Currently, 36 going to a high of 42. Still, some snow sticking around from yesterday, about half an inch. Just enough to be a pain. The weekend went well, The Gun show was well-attended. Prices have come down significantly from the last one in November...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! Currently a brisk 26 going to a high of 32...and windy. Snow forecast for Monday, but time will tell. Gifts have been figured out and ordered, still need a few that I can't order online. Plans for this weekend include a gun show, so we'll see if I get out of...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 41 with a high of 47. Rain is forecasted for the next three days, it has been threatening rain but I haven't seen any rain yet. Logging Chain and Rachet Straps arrived, seem to be well made and good quality. Very excited to try them out, Mytee Products if...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! 30 currently with a high of 34, windy and cold. Allegedly some snow showers rolled through, but I didn't see any. Dad shoved off this morning to go chase deer again, Mom returned with a nasty cold that she's currently nursing. Otherwise just trying to hang...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! 24 here this morning heading going to a high of 39. Sunny and cold. The house went from full to empty in 72 hours. Dad went hunting and proceeded to miss two bucks on two days. Mom went on her Post-Thanksgiving Winddown Vacation with her girlfriends. Sister...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 41 here with a low of 24, rain/snow forecast for this evening. Ate far too much yesterday, feeling like a slug today. Coffee helped. Pre-winter cleanup is mostly finished, just some stubborn leaves out front that the old maples refuse to let go of. Lots of...

The Great Firewood Gathering Session has passed. It started with roading my Kubota 3 miles: That was an interesting experience, but it went smoothly both ways. The grapple was handy in getting the logs to the processing area, and the tractor also safely pulled down a hung-up tree. All who...

Mostly, sorry about your luck with the splitter. My uncle has one of the electric 5 tons and he enjoys it. I don't know if I'd like to split a cord of wood with it, but for that price I can see why it's attractive. Did you have the trolling motor batteries on a trickle charger? That always...

I have a friend who works at Trijicon. The retail price compared to his employee price would make your eyes water. I have asked "politely" (read, with a couple of Ben Franklins) for him to procure one of their best optics for me. He's already bought his allotment of scopes before HR starts...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! Happy Veterans Day to all! 57 going to a high of 67 with a heavy fog. Rained hard last night here, which is all well, we needed it badly. Could quite literally hear it soaking into the ground. Had some stomach trouble this past Friday, and didn't truly feel...

Younger brother of my logging friend referred to me as "Mr. *FriendwithTractor*" this past weekend. Listen kiddo, I'm only 4 years older than you. I'll see you in the nursing home later, stop pretending I'm your old man. Come to think of it, No one has referred to me as Mr. *lastname*...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! Currently, 44 going to a high of 62. Partly Cloudy. Another light frost this morning. Saturday went to the roaming Gun Show with one of the logging crew, It's always good to see him. We were both sorely tempted but managed to get out without filling out...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! 66 this morning going to a high of 72. A smattering of rain last night, just enough to dampen everything. Coffee is tasting mighty fine this morning. I went to order some felling wedges off Amazon, felt good about that but then realized I didn't have an axe...

Add me to the same boat. Also tried to post in GM thread this morning, Won't post at all.

Good Morning to All who celebrate! Currently, 41 heading to a high of 67, sunny and crisp this morning. The coffee tasted pretty good. There was some frost on the truck this morning. I can report that I survived the work week, barely. Just another 7 hours to get through then off to mow the...

Good Afternoon to all who celebrate! Apologies for my late posting, however work demanded my attention in another location for most of the morning today. Currently 78 and sunny going to a high of 79. No frost when I left this morning. I can finally report that the snow pusher is set up, and no...

I have a ported 500i. She eats both through the wood and the gas, but that's to be expected. If I'm going to be in small wood, I have the 271 which I would classify as a chainsaw. I don't have any strong feelings about it it does it's job and certainly fits the category as a farm/homeowner saw...

Good Morning to all who Celebrate! 56 going to a high of 58, partly cloudy and gusty. A smattering of rain on the truck this morning. Friday after work, I took a load of firewood to one of my logging crew, understanding that his assistance and 400 C-M would be payment rather than cash. He was...

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! A brisk 45 going to 70, light frost this morning. Truck needed a few minutes to clear that up. The best-laid plans of mice and men...Major outage at work this week. A driver not nearly as skilled as L4N took out an entire power pole pulling out of a warehouse...

I would also check out the dealers and see if they offer a "tractor clinic". The large John Deere Dealer near me seems to have one every other month. A great way to try before you buy and get some knowledge directly from the dealer. Welcome to TBN and happy tractoring!

Good Morning to All who celebrate! 62 heading to 69 with sun here, some rain last night but not enough to wash the truck off. Mowing all caught up, branches all cleaned up with the grapple. When I reached for the first one, the grapple decided it no longer wanted to be attached to the SSQA...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! Currently, 62 degrees heading to a high of 67 degrees with scattered showers. Allegedly we'll see the sun sometime this week. The weekend went well, it was a little too damp to run the saws, so my buddy and I picked up a quarter of beef and had a good lunch...

Good Morning to all who celebrate! Currently 69 degrees heading to a high of 72 with, shocker, more rain. It's that time of year where I feel like I blink and months go by. I picked up a snow-pusher yesterday for the 3901 so I don't scrape the new seal coat off the driveway this winter. Newly...

It is pouring down rain here north of you. I hope the mushroom hay market is good and you can rest your back this week. Best of luck!

Ohhh she was flirting with me! Now you tell me! About ten years too late! Related to "Don't Do It." Don't rush to pick up free furniture that the person requesting isn't sure about...Thanks sis, I sure could have used that time to do anything else.

Clever solution! Well done.

Yes, it was indeed fitting. Both come from large clans so I feel honored to be included among a very tight guest list. He's been my friend for going on 20+ years, included me when he didn't have to and even included me with his family's prayer. I feel that this is only a small token of...

Well Gentlemen, I am pleased to report that Operation Wedding Gift has been completed: Slinging that over my shoulder and walking into a barn wedding was defiantly an interesting experience. It did not fit on the gift table, as the next photo shows. Only slightly out of place. I hope you...

Not a problem! Happy grinding!

Gordon, A coworker of mine rented one of those and told me in no uncertain terms to "rent the bigger one." He said the manual one was a hefty workout swinging it back and forth and not worth the price. For the three stumps I did it took me roughly an hour and a half of pure grinding time, so...

This past weekend I patronized my local rental service for this: There were three stumps that absolutely needed to go. Two of them I was sick of mowing around and the one in the above picture needed to go to make room for potentially a new fruit tree. In action: My experience at the rental...

My friend has recently installed a woodstove in his newly constructed house. He's chomping at the bit for heating season to start. I keep telling him he won't be so gung-ho about it come mid-March, but a shiny new toy is a shiny new toy. I took the advice of several from my last post and found...

Adding onto the Training & Software: I guarantee that those were purchased by corporate off of a slick-talking salesman who says that the software will work seamlessly out of the box, give 99.9% uptime and the employees who use it will either s**t or go blind from how amazing it is. Also, your...

Re: "It doesn't need maintenance!" I am an IT guy by trade, and for 99% of my career, I've butted heads with upper/middle management about replacing/repairing equipment. I get it, this stuff is expensive and full of magic smoke that no one knows how it works. They get bonuses for keeping it as...

Oh Boy, Where do I start? 1.) I know the sign says road closed, and I've believed them...but closing a road on Monday morning while I'm on autopilot is just mean-spirited. 2.) I and my boss appear to be the only corporate staff this week...obviously, I missed a memo somewhere. 3.) Just...

My good buddy and stalwart firewood gathering friend is getting hitched at the end of this August. He goes on and on and on about my 500i so: I decided it was time to get him his own. I think this might look a little strange on the gift table, so I'll put the manual in a nice gift bag and a...

There is a bend in the roll-up door where the tractor lives. ROPS is maybe 4 inches in the clear, but the door has to be ALL the way up. An old cement planter sure looked like a snow drift with 6 inches of snow on it. It stopped being a drift after getting hit with the blade and forced into the...

I have a question, apologies if this has been asked before, but how did you get started in this business? did you start with hay or with mowing?

Re: D4 Utility Trailer "Low Mileage Utility trailer, all original parts, good tread on tires, current inspection, 10k OBO no tire kickers I know what I got."

Haven't heard much about the AT&T Hack, but the business system software hack affected a few of our competitiors (Heavy truck dealership) I can assure you some big money lawsuits are getting drafted about that...multiples of millions of dollars in lost revenue alone, someone's going to take...

To chime in on this, there was an interesting documentary called "FoxCatcher" I believe it's available online. A true tragedy for all involved. I believe John DuPont had an untreated mental illness that many wrote off as simple rich guy eccentricity, which is a shame given the resources at his...

After speaking with my friend, I overestimated. Two IBC totes.

He used to sell a backhoe bucketload for 15, that was the old way. I'm all for giving people a deal, but that was plain robbery! :ROFLMAO:

I just spent a day off helping my campground owner friend make bundled wood for the 4th. Three of us processed a cord into bundles in about half an hour. At $7 a bundle, everyone wins. Campers get reasonably priced local wood at the campground, friend gets an extra income stream, and the local...

My last statement was people treat dogs less like pets and more like children. People lose their minds when Fido isn't welcome somewhere. When I was growing up, dogs stayed with a family friend or in a kennel on vacation, now they're tagging along everywhere for the flimsiest of reasons.

I'll add on to the "Emotional Support Animal" chain. As I've stated in other threads, my friend owns a campground. A perfectly acceptable place to take your well-trained pooch to spend an enjoyable weekend in the woods. However, his insurance requires breed restrictions and his hands are tied...

I never knew the depths of care that went into these fields until I perused this thread. Keep it up! It's fascinating to see what goes on before the Friday night lights come on.

A Good post! Literally! *Badum tiss* ... I'll see myself out.

When I was landscaping post-COVID, all of our fleet were Dodge Ram Tradesmen. 4wd with a bench seat. Dependable and hauled landscape trailers for a living.

Drew, Those fake Microsoft updates are almost always browser takeover ads, designed to scare you into calling a call center in Jalhalpsbad, India where they'll take as much money as possible from you. 9 times out of 10, if you close the browser and reopen, it can be resolved. On the 10th time...

Boy, you guys are gonna get sick of me chiming in. Normally I'm happy to get my fix of outside projects from you all from the confines of my windowless office space. If you'd like to take the cheap route, I've heard very good things about Windows Defender and Virus Total to scan downloads...

Originally, when texting first became popular. (I'd hazard a guess to say mid to late 2000's) I received my first cell phone around that same time, it's a habit that has stuck with me ever since and I've unlearned a certain portion of it for work emails and the like. But you know what they say...

A fine choice, Ryzen AMD CPUs have a reputation for quality, AMD's response to the Intel i5s and are significantly cheaper than Intel. Onboard graphics from them are not known to be slouches either. XPSs like your previous one are not cheap dates but are known for long lifetimes. I cannot say...

This, I've seen bison IRL before and nothing made me think "I should get closer to this animal." They are immense, and anyone who thinks getting closer is a good idea is a fool.

More grappling this weekend, knew getting my father a pole saw was a bad idea. But it gave me an excuse to buy the grapple, so it worked out in the end.

Processor speed is mhz, Cores spread the load. SSD is the new HDD, Just pulled an old 3TB HDD out of my machine that had served me well for 11+ years but was finally showing age. SSD is able to access storage faster than a spinning disk could, so you will see improved speeds. However, they...

I have a 0660, only complaint I have about it is the zerks popped off when I went to grease it after the first 10 hours. Otherwise, no issues. "Bite" force is good. I don't think I'd be digging big rocks up with it, but it certainly is capable for what I've been using it for, tree and large limb...

I plan on a pre-nuptual. It would be a different story if she had built this with me, but if a woman wants to come into my life, she better have enough respect for all I've done to sign a legal document stating that she has no right to what I've worked for if the marriage doesn't work out.

As a younger guy (31) my friends and I discuss this regularly. I certainly am not about to have a kid with a woman without three things: 1.) A good job 2.) a house and 3.) a piece of property I have one of three currently. That's also assuming I can find a stable enough woman who wants to...

Hit 80 hours on the Kubota this weekend (I got it at 32 hours). My mother swears we're taking down trees one limb at a time. One of the maples out front shed an oversized limb from all the rain (And the late, heavy snow probably didn't help earlier this year) I've said it before, and I'll say...

Ah, finally this thread surfaces again! After using my Landpride SGC0660, I'll never be without a FEL and grapple again! It makes taking down trees and limbs a trivial undertaking. Only negative I have to say about it is that the grease zerks came out when I tried to grease it. No biggie...

Finally took down the ugly half-dead tree on the corner of the orchard (I haven't the slightest idea what it was, all I know is it was a broad leaf something) . Don't have any pictures as my buddy and I were in a rush however there was a serious appreciation of the grapple. Several times I would...

Friends and I were playing a card game with my parents. One of the cards was "Give us your best hog call." My friend made a game attempt, but compared to my mother who called hogs...I think the entire neighborhood heard her. Grandmother used a housebell to summon her kids, and later the...

I wish, on both accounts. That being said, it did give the hair I have left a certain luster and aroma.

It isn't? So I've been smearing hydro oil on my forehead for no reason?!?

An ex of my friend used to work at that Krispy Kreme...I maybe gained thirty pounds before they broke up. :ROFLMAO:

Played Hooky this past Friday to head up north to help my campground-owning friend cut up some trees that had fallen. 500i got a good workout. The best part was this was just a dice-up job, didn't get involved in moving the wood as he needed something to do this week. An ex-camper had...

"Man plans, God laughs." I keep that thought in the back of my head every day I get up. I'm on track to get to a place that I believe will last me for the rest of my natural days. I've acquired the equipment and am now working on the place. Every day gets me a little closer. The place might...

Apologies for the thread drift, but I was just looking at Trimax and I'm curious what you think of it? I mow quite a bit with a ZT and would like something to cover the more open areas with my tractor or am I overcomplicating things?

#3 for me. Ordered grapple 11/23 Potential Delivery date 4/24 Then all this happened, Charged back 2/24. Temporary Credit, EA is on the clock. Add me to the list of people who enjoyed their videos and explanations of how to use the tools. Currently in the process of purchasing a Landpride...

What an incredible thread! 10/10 pictures and research. Currently eating some of my grandmother's beef potpie, the kind of country cooking that will soon only be a memory. The sit around for half an hour afterwards and then "Well, let's get back to work!" meal. This thread has been a superb...

"Go buy your grandpa a pack of marlboros, tell'em I says it's okay!" Crazy thing is that worked. Of course, if I had tried that without the OK I would have gotten the literal short end of the stick! Word always would get back.

Easy fellas, There's no reason to be hostile here. Let's take it down a couple notches before we get this thread locked.

I like your backup mirror. Where did you happen to get one? Despite being a younger guy, my neck is still stiff from all the snowplowing lately. Thanks in advance!

Good Morning to all Snow warriors! Currently 32 degrees and still snowing. This stuff is HEAVY by comparison. Tractor struggled on the main push out from the barn, but got there in the end. Huh, that's not supposed to be there... Looks like I have an excuse for a grapple soon. Co-dominant...

This is second hand, so take it with a grain of salt. My grandfather and father hunted a large piece of property (200+ acres). The SxS was instrumental in getting my grandfather to and from the stand, as well as just out of the camp. I imagine he enjoyed hunting many more years than he would...

For those that don't know, I work for a large heavy truck dealership. I know salesmen who would skip their mothers own funeral to contact a customer. Especially if they know it's going to make or break a sale. The bosses over those salesmen would go apocalyptic if word got to them that a...

I've seen many things in my life, but I've never seen a D6 fly. I imagine it must have been quite the sight!

Many moons ago, I was a young intern at a data center. I had the privilege of watching this monster work. Easily the most nerve-wracking typing I've ever done. While watched closely by 4 people.

Well, what lowered the boom for me was calling and getting "voicemail full." That made my decision easy. CC refund was easy, don't even think it took me 20 minutes and I could almost understand the agent's accent. it's in their court now. Much rather would have had the grapple than this...

I'll ride it out till the expected delivery date of March. I also reached out concerning the status of my order. If I don't hear any communication from them, or see something otherwise, they can take it up with my CC company. I've had no reason to believe anything would have changed or this...

Well Rich, let's hope ours ship. It would be a real shame if they go under, I know there's a lawsuit going around about their new factory. Perhaps maybe they just stretched a little too far?

I know too many people who came a little too close to a chain to not wear chaps. Sure, they're not cheap, but neither is 100+ stitches in the ER. Cheap insurance comparatively.

I found This guy recently on my recommended page. Funny as all get out and certainly makes me appreciate the ground we have here rather than on the Emerald Isle.

How about Sweet tea vodka? Is she into that? Although, If I bring that, the place we're at better not mind me passed out on the lawn. A couple of glasses of that is all it takes to put me down.

I've spent quite a bit of time in much more unsavory parts of the internet, and by that I mean forums where unless you were breaking the law, it was no holds barred. What it really boiled down to was when there was umbrage it came down to two people having a verbal tennis match while the rest...

That's how she goes sometimes. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Here's hoping this week goes better for you!

That I'll have to look into. Rather see them be used than turned into ash.

The other day, I took advantage of the rainy weather to haul five bucket loads of cardboard boxes down to the garden to turn into ash. It seems like every other day another cardboard box shows up. My mother claims to be breaking them down to recycle them...however I simply found the broken down...

I ordered mine in December and believe a March-ish date is the ETA for mine. I've also noticed they've had trouble with emails lately. If you log in to their website you should be able to see your order and I assume it would change from "processing" to "shipped".

My college experience was far from what's been described in this thread. I was fortunate enough to have my parents cover my cost, of which I am forever grateful. However, I definitely was not living high on the hog. Many a time I scraped by eating plain rice out of a rice cooker in my dorm...

First dog in my memory is a low slung black and white mutt we called Zeke that was part beagle part everything else. She had many misadventures in a long, well lived life. When my parents were first married, Dad bought an old beater Ford F-150 that was mud brown. After purchasing Zeke, she...

Woke up this morning to 3-5 inches of light fluffy stuff covering the land, currently 25f. Put my "Gonna be late" email out to work and set to plowing, 30 seconds of glow plugs and tractor fired right up. I'm certainly getting better with the blade, much more grass and driveway stayed where...

I'll explain why I chose to spend more and wait for an EA grapple: Shortly before I was born, my father purchased a compact tractor and several implements when they moved onto the property they currently reside on. I'm now 31 years old, cut my teeth on that little tractor and the implements...

There were a few jarring experiences. This tractor has a lot more down pressure than the one I'm used to. Found that there's a "float" type range on the three point hitch. I know it's not good for it, but learning experiences rarely come free.

I would like to apologize. Despite me putting the blade on, it still snowed. The nerve. First time out with this tractor, I'm impressed. Much more grunt in the push. Surprised there's still any driveway/grass beside the driveway left. Still getting used to the three point hitch lift controls...

Don't worry. I'm leaving work early today to put the blade on. Once I do that, it will do nothing but rain. I guarantee it.

Forecast is calling for "Plowable snow" this weekend. I've learned not to get my hopes up, but...I can always hope right?

Underrated post. Smile, nod, say "have a nice day." Let the attorney be the bad guy. Of course, I'm fortunate to have three of them as immediate family.

A buddy of mine reached out on Thursday, asking if the splitter and I were free for a whole day of work this past Saturday. An old boss of his had asked for help getting some wood put up for the winter. I rarely have plans, and the Rugged made needed a proper workout since I replaced the main...

Then it becomes hers and you just found an excuse for a bigger one. The couple that tractors together stays together! :)

Do you guys deal with Mile-a-Minute weed? (Not Kudzu, sorry southerners) That stuff got several mature wild cherry trees before we finally managed to mow enough of it back regularly enough.

Having an idea for a post but not having the vocabulary to express it without getting banned. Especially in this thread. I can only self-sensor so much when I'm worked up.

The Idiot "So C'mon you fine young fellers who've been beaten to the ground. There's self respect and a steady check in this refinery. Oh the streets aren't clean and there's nothing green, but the government dole will rot your soul back there in your hometown."