Ron's Project

[RonL]

Ron\'s Project

View of my land from the country road.

 

[RonL]

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Further down looking in.

 

[RonL]

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View from the driveway. At far right is the electric service. Straight ahead is the power line right of way. Pile next to the pole is brush that has been chipped.

 

[RonL]

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Closer look.

 

[RonL]

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Closer look at the right of way. My property ends where the area is cleared. Before brushhogging, my property looked like the area beyond. Only part of the right of way could be brush hogged. The rest was full of downed wood that was left to rot, and stumps.

 

[RonL]

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One of the piles of rotting wood that was pulled from the right of way.

 

[RonL]

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Lined up, awaiting orders.

 

[RonL]

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Electric sevice waiting to be connected. Worked like a dog getting it set up so that it could be connected two weeks ago. It's still not connected. When they get back around to my area hopefully it will get connected. In all fairness, I suspect the linemen are assisting in the Mid Atlantic area after hurricane Isabel.

 

[RonL]

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My shipping container. I was rushing to clear the area for this when I cut my leg with the chain saw. Lesson learned. At the front are the forks for the backhoe. They're under the skid that I have my diesel transfer tank bolted to. Runs on 110 volt. I was running out of fuel for the backhoe. Picked the whole unit up and drove down to the neighbors house. Plugged in and filled my tank.

 

[lamarbur]

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looks like this is off of Dead Horse Hill in Leicester?

 

[RonL]

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New Hampshire, actually.

RonL

 

[ScottAR]

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Super nice setup... 420 or 430 Cat? I can't get scale in photos very well. Sometimes can't get scale in person. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Boondox]

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( when I cut my leg with the chain saw )</font>

Yikes! /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif What happened? Are you okay?!?!

Pete

 

[RonL]

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Scott

416C IT.

RonL

 

[RonL]

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Pete

I described it in SAFETY under the heading "Chaps". Not a pleasant experience but a valuable lesson.

RonL

 

[dieselsmoke1]

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Be Careful! Looks like you have way too much work to do to go lame now /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[ScottAR]

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Sweet... I'm <font color="yellow">yellow</font> with envy...
Any thoughts or improvements compared to other machines?

Few I've talked with have run the Cat machines as they are a newcomer to the area and my circle of contacts is small.
Seem a little more robust than some.

 

[Henro]

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Looks good so far!

I don't think I missed it...what are you building there?

I assume a house, barn or pretty fancy hunting camp?

Hope it's not too far from your home to the project site! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[RonL]

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Scott

Sometime in the near future I intend to do a review of the machines from the perspective of having previously owned a compact tractor with loader and Woods 750 backhoe attachment. The general gist is that for the bigger jobs you need a bigger machine. The bigger machines, however, become awkward in the fine detail. The Cat machines are well thought out machines with attention to details that increase productivity.

RonL

 

[RonL]

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Henro

Building a home. It will be a vacation home until I retire to it. I am , however, starting with a barn/workshop. Once the barn is up, the electricity from the pole in the picture will be fed underground to it.

RonL