TODAYS SEAT TIME

[1quik70]

Not a good day on the homestead yesterday...

WE are still working on the house hoping to get moved, so while I was waiting on drywall mud to dry I decided to run the mower around the front yard. All was going well, then on the second pass I end up with a flat... No big deal, I grabbed the 4060 out of the shed and drug the ZT back to the barn.

Fast forward an hour or so, I again was in between jobs and took the tractor down to the woods to mow our ATV trails. I make it to the farthest point from the barn and get a stick in my rear tire! I had no idea what had happened, I heard a POP, and then was instantly covered in a nasty brown liquid!!! At first I feared Hyd. Line, but then realized the terrible sticky mess was coming from the tire. I jammed the ol girl in high gear and made it to the barn before the tire went flat, I sit here at the desk this morning making calls to find someone who can fix it on site....

Another day in the life!!!

 

[1quik70]

Not a good day on the homestead yesterday...

WE are still working on the house hoping to get moved, so while I was waiting on drywall mud to dry I decided to run the mower around the front yard. All was going well, then on the second pass I end up with a flat... No big deal, I grabbed the 4060 out of the shed and drug the ZT back to the barn.

Fast forward an hour or so, I again was in between jobs and took the tractor down to the woods to mow our ATV trails. I make it to the farthest point from the barn and get a stick in my rear tire! I had no idea what had happened, I heard a POP, and then was instantly covered in a nasty brown liquid!!! At first I feared Hyd. Line, but then realized the terrible sticky mess was coming from the tire. I jammed the ol girl in high gear and made it to the barn before the tire went flat, I sit here at the desk this morning making calls to find someone who can fix it on site....

Another day in the life!!!

 

[Gordon Gould]

Moved to the second of five wood piles I have scattered around the woods this year. This one is on the ugly side but has some good yellow birch and maple in it.





gg

 

[Eric C]

Not a good day on the homestead yesterday...

WE are still working on the house hoping to get moved, so while I was waiting on drywall mud to dry I decided to run the mower around the front yard. All was going well, then on the second pass I end up with a flat... No big deal, I grabbed the 4060 out of the shed and drug the ZT back to the barn.

Fast forward an hour or so, I again was in between jobs and took the tractor down to the woods to mow our ATV trails. I make it to the farthest point from the barn and get a stick in my rear tire! I had no idea what had happened, I heard a POP, and then was instantly covered in a nasty brown liquid!!! At first I feared Hyd. Line, but then realized the terrible sticky mess was coming from the tire. I jammed the ol girl in high gear and made it to the barn before the tire went flat, I sit here at the desk this morning making calls to find someone who can fix it on site....

Another day in the life!!!

We may be distantly related. Yesterday I decide to take my new grease gun to the barn and try it out. I saw the hand pump models on sale this winter and had read on here how much people like them...so I go me one. I get in my truck, start to roll the windows down and the passenger window pops very loud and drops about half way down. The cable/gear in the door breaks. I'm like....you got to be kidding me......I just put new batteries on it Saturday. Not going to let it bother me, I go on to the barn, load my new grease gun and start to work.......I pump about 1/2 a tube and it stops working. I take it apart about 3 times, pump it, change tubes, etc...can't get it to work to save my life. I have grease gun that is prob 10 years old and it has never let me down. Today I drive a rip of a little car I keep for running around. It overheats on way home. I guess I will hitch-hike to work in the morning. Last week I bought a pull behind spreader at Sears, put it together after work one night only to figure out the cable that operates the little door on bottom of the hopper is broken. I feel your pain. Keep calm and hang in there!

 

[dragoneggs]

I dug a hole for a friend. This is approximately 22,000 gallon addition to his already 20,000 gallon Koi pond. He had put the three sides up and I came in and dug it out. Took about 7 hours on the clock. Tractor was running very sluggish. Found out today the brake pedal was not fully releasing. All better now

Wow nice project. I love fish keeping but haven't ventured in a pond... yet! But it is in the plans.

 

[daugen]

a little seat time, but mostly hard work redoing the front walkway to my home. My teenage assistant yesterday no showed so I wound up pulling all the pavers out myself, not that hard actually. And today I had help from two local firemen, big boys... who got most of the install done, and will finish tomorrow. Used the optional underlayment boards that hopefully will keep everything more level. Found two small sinkholes in the walkway. One shovel went down half its length. Not very reassuring...

 

[Larro Darro]

Looking good Drew. Both are big, but one of your helpers is in better shape than the other. The one fellow looks like a linebacker. And don't forget to tie a rope around your waist when you are probing your sink hole.

 

[CanuckPT]

I needed my backhoe today for the 1st time since last fall to dig out a blue spruce stump. I dropped the tree last night & hauled it off to the woods. I'm still struggling to learn the nuances of efficiently getting the backhoe on & off!! Stump is gone though!!





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[KevT]

Dumb question... wouldn't it be easier to use the backhoe to drop the whole tree? If you dig the backside of the root ball and use the weight of the tree as well as the height then the backhoe will push it right over, then you are cutting it in a safer environment? Just asking?