Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Had a real nice trip about 80 miles south to pick up a pool for SWMBO. Saw some areas we'd never been in before, gorgeous country in Lewis Co NY. Also found out I have a couple of new projects for her I wasn't aware of. Seems I'm building her a duck pond where our always wet dog kennel sits now. It's not a bad spot at all for a small pond, lousy spot for a kennel though! That means I have to get those crawler tracks, which means another trip to Vermont- using a paper road map this time!!! Also committed to buying a 5 foot 3pt rototiller from a friend locally. He and his Mrs are wonderful folks that market garden and make maple syrup. He had to make the decision on what to sell to be able to swing the new side by side he's getting. So the 4wd ATV is going as is the Ford 5000 tractor loader (which I would have bought instead of the exact twin I already bought, and his doesn't need the rebuild!) and the tiller. We cut a deal and he said he'd have to get his old Troybilt Horse going again to do the gardens. "No George, you just call me and I'll till them!" Sometimes he forgets Marines like he and I stick together! Anyway, the side by side is so he can get around sugaring, gardening, getting firewood, trapping and hunting easier. He's in his mid 70's and while he's in good shape an very active, an ATV is a bear on the shoulders if you use it a lot. He went through some siattica (sp?) issues last fall and couldn't do much. Drove him nuts. Anyhoo, I think he'll be happy with the SXS, especially at sugaring time. They have a lovely sugarhouse, all new construction, just a gorgeous set up. You don't really make money at sugaring, but it helps pay the taxes and gets you out of the house after 4+ months of winter. So the tiller will come here so I can stop trying to make my old Simplicity riders tiller work "one last time". The poor old thing was probably fine for lighter soils but trying to chop up clay is way too much for it. This newer rig will do the pressing need of restoring the old pool pad, plus tilling up areas rutted with tire tracks in the fields. Nothing jars your teeth more than hitting tire ruts while concentrating on mowing hay!
Got most of the lawn mowed again, had a set of lambs last night sometime but the ewe only got one up. The other looked like it was a breech and didn't make it. Not doing real good in the lambing/kidding line so far this year.
Got most of the lawn mowed again, had a set of lambs last night sometime but the ewe only got one up. The other looked like it was a breech and didn't make it. Not doing real good in the lambing/kidding line so far this year.
Oh? You've been gone?