Tractor time...

[leroy]

Mark....

 

Listen carefully to these folks... They will straighten the tractor thing out for ya...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DOa5lbtdjU

 

leroy

[Mark A]

Well, while I am reviving older threads...

I had a blast putting around at like 3 mph this summer. It was a fair amount of work but we planted a ton of trees, dug out some stumps, spread winter rye, cut swales and spread a bunch of chirt.

I'm not the fastest tractor guy in the world but I'm learning a ton ( proving my wife wrong that the old dog can learn something still). I'm pretty good at using the backhoe to dig a trench but really bad at scraping a shallow area, just need more seat time.

Added a tooth bar and also bought a quick connect plate that has a hay spear and forklift attachments. Having the forklift capability is really helpful when getting to the farm with a bunch of seed etc in the back of the truck. I stick stuff on pallets at work and load them in the truck and then fork them right off when I get to the farm.

We finished our 30 x 40 building, smoothed a place for our camper, and cut a path through the woods from the front pasture to the back pasture.

And now, I am completely broke...

This winter will mainly be continuing to knock down trees, especially where the house will be built. I know a pro could come in and do it in just a few days but I have a couple of years to get it done and my wife thinks I'm out working hard so as long a she doesn't read this post I'm going to keep on keeping on...

In the next few weekends I have to mark out where the house goes so the soil guy can come in and perk our soil. Then we can get the septic tank in. Going to run a branch line over to the camper. Don't mind carrying water to use and easy to load the generator for power but hauling icky stuff back is not any fun. So, septic tank time...

We've saved for this for 20 years and sometimes it seemed like this day would never come but it is here and I love it. In the next year or so we will get the well dug and then we can start a garden up there. I can't wait to have a serious garden to grow stuff in.

Mark. Edited November 2, 2014 by Mark A

[gregintenn]

It's a great feeling to have your own place. You can pretty much do what you want there.