Muddy Path

[s1120]

The paths I have through my woods are not to muddy, but I do have a few hills.
P.S. this is my outher "tractor"

Paul B

 

[heehaw]

have you seen the special on the history channel about the Jeep??? they actually had post hole diggers, plows, disc and all sorts of "tractor" equipment for the ole jeeps..
heehaw

 

[JonE]

Yeah it sure does get sloppy! If you look at the pic I posted on the "tractor pictures" page, that same area my tractor is sitting is usually under about a foot of water during the spring thaw time.

 

[Harv]

Paul B -

Your "other tractor" is a fine looking rig.

Not much room for improvement, but I do have one suggestion (see attachment). /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Bird]

Harv, you forgot the stickers on the side. I can't tell whether that's a B, L, or M series. Oh, I guess that's a J series./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

 

[RobertN]

My '70 CJ5 has a complete rear drawbar; most of the CJ series till '76. It is notched for PTO shaft. They made a hydraulic system for the rear, so you could have lift. The tank sat between the front seats in later setups. My brother-in-law as the PTO assembly for his CJ2A; it's set up to run a pto winch on the front. It's real easy to run a PTO off a mdl-18 transfer case.

There are a couple CJ7's running around the Sacramneto Ca area with back-hoes on them. I've seen them around over the last ten years doing odd trenching jobs.

Check this link out:
http://www.film.queensu.ca/CJ3B/FarmJeep2.html


RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif

 

[s1120]

"LOL" It does need a repaint, so you never know.

Paul B

 

[s1120]

You guys are giving me a lot of ideas. My wife will not like you guys anymore. "LOL"

Paul B

 

[Harv]

Old projects never die -- in my case, they just never get finished. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

Last year I bored y'all with my 100-foot stretch of muddy road that kept me from reaching most of my property last winter. I got some terrific advice from this board about how to build it up proper-like by laying down coarse and then fine crush after removing what I could of the organic stuff and laying down some geotextile road fabric.

I still intend to do just that, but since the ol' budget took a real header this year, I've had to put off buying the materials until (hopefully) next year. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif What I've done instead is scraped it down as best I could with the box blade and rippers, lowering the road bed about 8" to a foot. It's amazing how that gooey stuff turned into a concrete-like substance when it dried out. Remind me to attack it before it bakes out next time. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif

My only hope for this winter is to divert as much of the runoff as possible from the road itself. To that end, I dug a shallow drainage trench from the low point of the road to a nearby creek. Would have done a better job, but I was using my Armstrong Oh-My-Aching Backhoe. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Not really looking for advice this time -- just sharing my meager tractor exploits. Pictures attached.

p.s. Winter can't seem to get going out here. Less than an inch of rain on the one day we had it. Dug out my long-sleeve shirts for a few days, then put them away again. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

 

[scruffy]

Harv, wish I could say that I enjoyed your pictures, but if its a .jpg file with the link, I have been unable to open any of them on TBN today.
Anyone else having that problem?
I've been getting the ol' HTTP 404 error. Now where have I run into that before? Time to go do some searching.