Recent content by g_man

I happened to need a flow restrictor and that was a convenient place for it. gg

^^^ Just add a coupling between the top QD and the RT angle. That's what I did. - but I''m pretty sure you knew that already. gg

Boy @ NCL4701 I am glad we don't get poison ivy like that here. We get plenty but it is like brush and only 16" high or so at most. Never saw a vine that ran up a tree. I did a small job today. There was a smallish standing dead and dry Red Maple that blew down into one of our trails last...

^^^^ Nice job nerwin !! gg

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...