Joezeppy
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My pool table does not collect dust...there's too many tools, boxes, and paint cans on it. Looked the same way in my grandfather's basement for 40 years until I inherited it, LOL.
I took my lawn tractor to our VA property for our son to use. He’s been downing trees, pulling rocks out of the ground and building a road. He was doing okay with what he had and then he got Lyme disease. Since I can’t be there all the time and when I am there not much help since I have two jacked up knees I decided this tractor would be of some help to him. We have ten acres with a couple of creeks and a ton of work to do.We bought a 22hp John Deere last year - with a loader and belly mower. It's amazing how helpful it has become. With the recent ice storms we had about a ton of debris to clean up - I was able to use the bucket to push it into a burn pile in about an hour (the old fashioned way would have taken half a day and a lot of Advil). I was most surprised in how well it mows - I am getting rid of my old riding lawn mower.
Nothing runs like a Deere except a Wheel Horse.We bought a 22hp John Deere last year - with a loader and belly mower. It's amazing how helpful it has become. With the recent ice storms we had about a ton of debris to clean up - I was able to use the bucket to push it into a burn pile in about an hour (the old fashioned way would have taken half a day and a lot of Advil). I was most surprised in how well it mows - I am getting rid of my old riding lawn mower.
Nothing runs like a Deere except a Wheel Horse.
Go wait out by the curb. Your tractor should be there between 9 and 3. Or was that the cable guy.You need another son by any chance?
You could buy a spare one and leave it on my property here in FL. I am about to enter on your son's journey and could really use a bucket, backhoe, ditch digger and bushwhacker for a start - LOL...
Oh. A grader would be cool too...
Oh. And a post hole digger...
How about a log splitter?You need another son by any chance?
You could buy a spare one and leave it on my property here in FL. I am about to enter on your son's journey and could really use a bucket, backhoe, ditch digger and bushwhacker for a start - LOL...
Oh. A grader would be cool too...
Oh. And a post hole digger...
Now that you mention it...How about a log splitter?
GOT to have a chipper! I had to clear a fairly large lot with many trees to build a garage. Bought a chipper that connects to our tractor's PTO. As I expected it saved me a ton of time as I cut down all the trees, cut the larger sections up for firewood and chipped the branches. It was a multi-day effort but I ended up with a nice pile of firewood AND wood chips that I can use for mulch. Without the chipper I would have had to drag all the branches to a burn pile.Now that you mention it...
And a wood chipper....
As I transition to the "country" I am learning the value of just talking to people.There was one small area remaining to clear when the contractor showed up to prepare the pad. He had a very large excavator which he used to dig a huge hole about 25 feet deep. He then just tore out stumps, boulders, and the remaining brush-- picked up and dropped all in the hole and covered everything up. Took him less than an hour to do this. What a SHOW OFF!
What he did in that short time would have taken me days to do. But-- he never looked like he was having as much fun as I did.
We were going to have a well drilled but decided to use the spring instead. Researching best ways to pump water from the spring to the cabin.As I transition to the "country" I am learning the value of just talking to people.
When the well guy came to quote he asked about my plans. When I told him about power distribution and maybe relocating or adding new poles (like 20 feet tall) he said, "If you get them on-site before we drill, we'll drop them in the holes for you with our 300 foot crane" - Nice!
I'll keep your story in mind for the cement pad guy - whom I haven't had in yet - LOL...
Back on the farm all our water for house & barn came from a spring. Some of it flowing through good ol' lead pipes no less! Seasonal cabin also supplied by spring water.We were going to have a well drilled but decided to use the spring instead. Researching best ways to pump water from the spring to the cabin.
At the rate you're going with respect to learning all the ins and outs, YOU will eventually be the go-to guy your neighbors come to with their questions.Still reading code and rules - buried vs. over head etc. etc. - LOL...
Half of me says, "Hire a contractor to deal with everything." - The other half says, "Go talk to the energy company first. They should be able to provide the straight and skinny about all this."