Quote from: anti-squirrel on May 17, 2023, 01:53:13 PMQuote from: maraudinglizard on May 16, 2023, 10:51:56 AMTractor fixed, ditch the back hoe and hook up the bush hog. Get some cutting done before it rains.I'm envious, Kris. Our most entertaining equipment is a Billy Goat brush mower and Sonja claims it as hers. My father-in-law has a 60s vintage sickle-bar mower but it is fairly terrifying to operate just due to vibration. Engine is well tuned now, but I'm betting it triggers earthquake sensors all across the Eastern Seaboard. It does make short work of tall grass but the Bill Goat handles the woods and especially brambles better.My wife and I have pondered what to do once we can't keep up the property. I think our last decision was to skip getting older since it's a real drag.Peter, the tractor has been my savior in maintaining my property. The backhoe with thumb is the real star of this show. Beats hacking and whacking, digging, and prying stuff up. I can even reach up and break stuff off if needed with it. The unit can be taken off with minimal effort and the 3 point hitch just takes minutes to hook up. The front end loader can be taken of as well. I can add more accessories to it but I didn't see a need with them, they would have been just sitting there. There are plenty of after market goodies that you can put on these tractors. I have installed an AR500 custom skid plate on it to protect the hydraulic fan since it is plastic, the wiring, and hydraulic lines. Another add on is a clamp on root rake to protect the bucket from bending. I also have a cutter blade for the bucket that protects the bucket when I don't need the root rake. There are a few more things I would like to get for it but it can wait.
Quote from: maraudinglizard on May 16, 2023, 10:51:56 AMTractor fixed, ditch the back hoe and hook up the bush hog. Get some cutting done before it rains.I'm envious, Kris. Our most entertaining equipment is a Billy Goat brush mower and Sonja claims it as hers. My father-in-law has a 60s vintage sickle-bar mower but it is fairly terrifying to operate just due to vibration. Engine is well tuned now, but I'm betting it triggers earthquake sensors all across the Eastern Seaboard. It does make short work of tall grass but the Bill Goat handles the woods and especially brambles better.My wife and I have pondered what to do once we can't keep up the property. I think our last decision was to skip getting older since it's a real drag.
Tractor fixed, ditch the back hoe and hook up the bush hog. Get some cutting done before it rains.
Wife is probably going to want me to replace the kitchen faucet in the travel trailer which means I'll be really hurting tomorrow 😞.
Hope you'll all pardon me, but I'm going to post about yesterday... My wife was thinking to herself that we don't know what the upcoming future is, and wanted to visit the one and only (I think!) A&W Stand left in the state. Middlebury VT. So yesterday we headed out. I looked at Mapquest on our computer and did not like any route's they showed, so I picked my own. We went down one side of the state, across and up the other side (145 miles) so we could get an honest to goodness A&W burger, fries and Root Beer. Saw a lot of the state we had not seen in years. A long day, but it was pleasing .
John, what do you plan to do with that?
Quote from: avator on May 20, 2023, 08:02:04 AMJohn, what do you plan to do with that?Bill, he will probably have to make a parking space for the trailer, believe me that trailer will get used more than the tractor. I had to do that, mine is 18ft. and comes in handy for hauling long things with out having to cut it up and stack it on the truck.Nice set up John, enjoy the back saver.
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