Thanks! I've got about 6 hours of FEL work in so far since Saturday--a little bit of loader grading, and moving many tons of big boulders and rip-rap from the nice pile the dump truck left me in order to build an erosion barrier over the edge of a 5' steep stream bank that's starting to get undercut during high water. A problem, because if it kept going, it'd likely eventually collapse part of the road going up to the barn. Whoever originally planned that road just wasn't thinking about how streams work... Another 10 ton of rock to move, then on to driveway grading and re-graveling as soon as I get my back blade delivered. So far, the DK45 isn't even breathing heavy.
I can't take any credit for the barn-- it, the garage and the very solid post-and-beam house (new house, old methods and barn wood) were built back in '88 before we bought the place. It is a very nice well-built 3-stall barn, frost-free water, 50 amp electric, tack room,etc., 3/4 ac fenced flat sandy paddock just outside. We're not wintering over any animals in the barn this year, which is why it's so clean /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Once that changes again, I'll need another home for the tractor, so I'm looking to possibly pour a pad and build an extension off the side of of it next year for tractor, implements and more hay storage.
I hear you about construction costs right now, especially in New England. I just found out the estimated rebuild cost on our house is now almost double what we paid for house, barn, garage, shed, wood-covered steel I-beam bridge and 20 ac. Insane. If we ever lost the house, I think we'd just move into the barn /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Out of the Kioti BHs, the DK40 can take the KB2375 or the KB2385, same as the DK45. I got the bigger hoe, and will post a couple more pics when I've got it on.
One more oblig. tractor pic attached, in front of the garage.
--Richard
