Texas Fall/Winter thread!

Bird · Mar 11, 2016

I've only gotten about 3.56" in my gauge in 4 days, but it just stays misty; barely enough to have to use the windshield wipers.

lostcreekranch · Mar 11, 2016

bindian said:
We got a drop or two over 7 inches. Yesterday morning I went out to the island pond and studied all the run off behind the dam. Now I got a better idea how to enlarge the pond. Especially after bringing this bad boy home........View attachment 460494
It's a 1992 Ford F700.
hugs, Brandi

Nice! I tried to find a decent dump truck, like yours, back in early 1990's when I was doing a lot of digging along a seasonal creek bed. Everything was either a pile crap or sky high $$, even two piles of crap that were sky high$$.

Kyle_in_Tex · Mar 11, 2016

bindian said:
We got a drop or two over 7 inches. Yesterday morning I went out to the island pond and studied all the run off behind the dam. Now I got a better idea how to enlarge the pond. Especially after bringing this bad boy home........View attachment 460494
It's a 1992 Ford F700.
hugs, Brandi

Nice. If you keep getting more equipment, I'm gonna sell you some land near me.

bindian · Mar 11, 2016

Kyle_in_Tex said:
Nice. If you keep getting more equipment, I'm gonna sell you some land near me.

That will work. The more gullies and ravines...............the better. Most folks don't like them, but I see ravines at a blank canvass.
hugs, Brandi

SirReal63 · Mar 12, 2016

We managed a total rainfall of 5", that will really help the Oaks but is putting a damper on our garden plans.

Nice dumptruck Brandi! 7.3 liter diesel I hope?

Bird · Mar 12, 2016

I only got a total of 3.70" and the sun came out before noon today. Now I need to get the truck washed.

lostcreekranch · Mar 12, 2016

We got 6" last Wednesday and overnight and another 3/4" that came thru about 2:30 am today.

Had to go down and pull out 2 vehicles at our neighbors who showed up this morning. They are here 2-3 times a year and still don't know that this sandy soil is quicksand for a few days after a big rain. Their place is really low, part of one of our pastures drains down to their entire 17 acres. They managed to dig both vehicles down to running boards and only angle I had, to retrieve them with NH TL100A, was 90 degrees to both vehicles. I think they now understand, or maybe not.

bindian · Mar 12, 2016

SirReal63 said:
We managed a total rainfall of 5", that will really help the Oaks but is putting a damper on our garden plans.

Nice dumptruck Brandi! 7.3 liter diesel I hope?

Jack,
I do not care for V8 diesels. I'm a inline 6 fan. It is a Ford 6.6l inline 6 turbo diesel with a Eaton Road Ranger 9 speed backing it up. Ford power only because Cummins powered trucks were too new, thus expensive. I think Cummins started putting diesels in Ford F700s in 1993. I measured the bed yesterday and it is a 7.75 cubic yard bed!
hugs, Brandi

SirReal63 · Mar 12, 2016

The inline's were great and a solid engine, and you found a good one. There aren't many of those engines around any longer. That is enough capacity to do just about anything you would want to do.

bindian · Mar 12, 2016

rlgustafson said:
Nice! I tried to find a decent dump truck, like yours, back in early 1990's when I was doing a lot of digging along a seasonal creek bed. Everything was either a pile crap or sky high $$, even two piles of crap that were sky high$$.

It's odd how prices go up and down and the exact opposite at the next auction.
hugs , Brandi

bindian · Mar 13, 2016

SirReal63 said:
The inline's were great and a solid engine, and you found a good one. There aren't many of those engines around any longer. That is enough capacity to do just about anything you would want to do.

Exactly............it will do nicely.
hugs, Brandi

blueriver · Mar 13, 2016

bindian said:
It's odd how prices go up and down and the exact opposite at the next auction.
hugs , Brandi

Nice truck !!! Congrats!!

bindian · Mar 14, 2016

blueriver said:
Nice truck !!! Congrats!!

Thanks BR!
hugs, Brandi

MM22UC · Apr 9, 2016

Very nice truck. Congratulations.
Mark

bindian · Apr 9, 2016

MM22UC said:
Very nice truck. Congratulations.
Mark

Mark,
Thanks. Welcome to TBN. Where in Central Texas do you hail from?
hugs, Brandi

MM22UC · Apr 9, 2016

bindian said:
Mark,
Thanks. Welcome to TBN. Where in Central Texas do you hail from?
hugs, Brandi

Thanks Brandi. Originally from Austin, currently in San Antonio, with a small place near Cedar Park and the eventual retirement place near Lockhart.

bindian · Apr 14, 2016

Rebecca and Chloe came over last weekend. She always wants to ride the CAT and the tractor. While I had the grapple on the tractor, Chloe took time out for a break in the bucket................