Ironhog, Massey, Mtview, thanks for the great links, I've watched the box one several times as it seems the most likely choice, but will watch the other just because I've never seen one work.
I should explain, my mile of drive way is half steep switchbacks to get us to the top of the mesa where we built our adobe home. [mostly by hand w/ an old nearly dead cement mixer to mix the mud for the joints] We traded a pickup for the adobes and did everything our selves. It took about 7 years to move in as we could only work in the summer. I worked at a ski area near by in Ruidoso NM in the winter.
The last half of the mile is almost flat in places with rocky stretches and a fair amount of alluvial fill from the rim of the mesa. We built in a small valley caused be a very long period of erosion. The switch backs are very rocky. This is a very good thing. We had water bars put in over the years to keep the water speed down and divert it off the road. The second switch back has a berm along the down hill side to keep the water from rushing down and eventually onto the first switchback. It works pretty well but needs upkeep. I hope kioti can help us improve it some and keep new material on the areas that need it. We get a limited amount of rain here but it can come down in torrents sometimes so Kioti will be a very big help. There is lots for koiti to do besides road work. We only have 20 acres but there is much land scaping to do and some trenching. I saw the tractor today and the bucket looks to be about 9 or ten inches wide. THe backhoe says kioti on it. I thought they got them made somewhere else. Or do they just put their name on them. It's kinda cosmic this tractor came our way. Coyote plays a big roll in indian religion and they are our neighbors sometimes. I saw one playing with a raven one time across a deep arroyo from the road into White Oaks NM where we found our land. The raven stayed just out of reach and would swoop down to make coyote jump. It went on for about 10 minutes and they ignored me. I felt pretty priviledged to see that. Sorry for rambling it's late and the coffee is strong. Can't thank eveyone enough for the help. I'll take some picks of our road next time I go out. It leads from and too a pretty cool place..... for us anyway.
Ron
