Pictures from a skid steer mowing contractor

[Lineman North Florida]

We don't have any wild turkeys in my part of Texas, so I'm raising a few so we can hear them gobbling!!!

I walked outside this morning just before daylight and heard 5 different gobblers hammering away still in their roost trees here on the farm, I called my oldest son to give him a report since he was working and to give him a heads up on where to set up Friday morning when he is able to go.

 

[Rustyiron]

We had a dozen in the yard the past couple of mornings.
The dogs love rolling around in the resulting turkey chit, on the snow.
I think we'll just let them out to chase them next time. We enjoy watching them, but having to wash 2 dogs before you're done with your first cup of coffee....
It's much easier to wash that stuff off before it "sets up"!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Worked on a little underbrushing job on a nice bass fishing lake that some customers bought and plan on building a house on, also cut down a tree that they wanted down while I was there, they say they want me to do a lot more work there over the next year or so, we will see, I also found a junk pile hidden in all those vines, looked to be an old bed frame and mattress, propane cylinder, oven and miscellaneous other junk metal. Hope everyone has a good week, and may God bless you all. Charlie.

 

[sixdogs]

Beautiful work.

What about getting into poison ivy or poison oak?

 

[Carl_NH]

Charlie, what do you do with the metal stuff you "find" or cut into? With the density of underbrush and hidden stuff do you hit it and back up and clear it? Or do you leave that area undone?

BTW great transformation from a brush backwater to a nice lakeside site!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Beautiful work.

What about getting into poison ivy or poison oak?

It usually doesn't bother me as long as I don't wallow in it, when I have a lot of hand work I usually have to deal with tic's and cat claw briars but I hate vines more than anything but they do get me a lot of work, being in the enclosed cab probably helps more than anything.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Charlie, what do you do with the metal stuff you "find" or cut into? With the density of underbrush and hidden stuff do you hit it and back up and clear it? Or do you leave that area undone?

BTW great transformation from a brush backwater to a nice lakeside site!

I cleaned up as close as I could to it and the next time I go I will take my grapple with me and I will move it to a location of the owners choosing, for either a scrapper to get or straight into a roll off dumpster.

 

[BackRoad]

Sweet location...any chance to negotiate some fishing access into the deal!!! I'll come help you on the days we go fishing!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Sweet location...any chance to negotiate some fishing access into the deal!!! I'll come help you on the days we go fishing!

It's actually a public lake with a public boat ramp, the name of it is Little Orange Lake and it's supposed to be 576 acres in size.

 

[paulsharvey]

It's actually a public lake with a public boat ramp, the name of it is Little Orange Lake and it's supposed to be 576 acres in size.

We camped with scouts at Little Orange Creek nature park years ago, up on the north side, right off Sr20.