Recent content by g_man

A few weeks ago we had a real gully washer. It's a little hard to see with all the mottled shade but it washed out some minor ruts in a couple down hill spots in our road - like this one. First time I used the grader this year. I made about 6 passes total, all up hill. Filled in the...

Your prairie mix looks really good ! We have some wild openings and road sides like that I have tried to keep native w/o much trouble for 25 years. But this year, out of nowhere it seems, we have a lot of Hedge Bedstraw in them. Pretty but invasive of course and I see it all over town. gg

1. Any reason not to use a lock n roll hitch? Do you mean Rock n Roll ? or Pintle Hitch - I would always use a Pintle or equivalent hitch in the woods. Even with level ground you might have go thru a ditch or over a rock or large root. I have never, knock on wood, had trouble with my hitch...

When I first started experimenting with my winch mounted crane and trailer it worked pretty well for what it is. But I thought that it would be better if I put some outriggers on it. So I bought a pair of el cheapo fold up and adjustable RV stabilizers from etrailer. They were a big...

Hard work, especially in the heat. Glad you are getting to appreciate your winch. I noticed a nice tree stand off to the side (y) gg

That's quite a story - it's amazing what happens and how fast. I've gotten caught by the pinch and role trick played by wise guy logs but one never managed to grab my boot :):) Two good examples of the importance of PPE if you value your body parts . gg

I think that is Common Mullein if you mean the tall plant. We have them in wild fields - yellow flowers. They can have white flowers too. EDIT: You got your answer way before I got here - I should have read the rest of the thread first I guess. gg

Just a long story with a maybe, maybe not, happy ending. About a month ago I put the chipper on the M5640 to clean up a mess from a broken off pine. I noticed that when I engaged the pto the tach did not switch over to pto RPM. When I got done chipping I checked to see if the engine would...

Thanks - that is what I thought. The reason I asked is because we have a Glossy Buckthorn problem where a beaver pond used to be but drained when the dam broke about 15 years ago. I have been doing cut and squirt since then with 40% Glyphosate to no avail. A losing battle, but here in VT land...

What do you spray the buckthorn with ? gg

The 12 year old hemlock box around my wife's asparagus bed was falling apart so I put a new box around the old. Cut pieces to length in the garage and used the tractor as a vise while I drilled the pilot holes. 2 X 12 X 16 PT is pretty heavy so I carried the kit out back with the tractor too...

I had to do that with my L3010 belt too. I bought a new seat belt belt for dozer and 2 weeks later it was chewed in half by some critter. I guess it doesn't pay to get a new belt. gg

Last March the top of a pine broke off and landed in the access to where I keep my summer/dirt work implements. I couple days ago I hooked a choker onto it and dragged it out into the woods and out of the way. Today I put the BearCat manual feed chipper on the M5640. And cleaned...

How about a back-pack blower. I see state park guys using them. They blow out the trench and then clean up the road with a rake or blow the leaves across. Not sure what they use but they sound very powerful and blow sticks and small stones as well as leaves. gg

In my case the shed is supported mainly by the 6 flat stones. The thickness of the stones vary to make a level plane to lay the sill on. When I finished the sill the right side was pretty much at ground level and the left side was up about 8" off the ground. I dumped in 3/4" washed stone and...