I used the L3901DT and grapple to move logs to my bucketing and splitting area. This is the second day this week that I have worked on firewood.
I also moved some dirt to try to level out the "floor" of our lean-to where the tractor, log splitter and walk-behind tiller live.
Couple days ago I used the L3901DT and grapple to move leaves. Blow them in a big pile and pick them up with the grapple and drop them in the woods. This is one thing I don't like about living in the woods.
Yup, leafing ain't fun. I use my little Husqvarna YTH22V46 to mulch and bag 'em, dump the bags on a tarp in a little trailer I built 20 years ago, and then haul that to the back with the LX. Makes for a few less trips and I don't tear up what little lawn I have with the LX. The tarp lets me empty it quick as long as the leaves aren't damp. Then they're too heavy to pull off with the tarp and I have to raise the tongue as high as possible to get gravity to help me out a little. I had 17 trees removed last year, so the leaf cleanup has been a bit easier this year. Still get some red oak and elm from a couple trees I left, but nothing like the massive loads of water oak (never mind the millions of marble sized acorns). Up until last year, I was hauling at least 8 loads of leaves 5 or 6 times a year to some old erosion ditches in the back part of my lot. Been dumping leaves in that hole for 20 years, and it still ain't nowhere near full.
Might go out today and stockpile some topsoil out of a rather large compost heap I started 5 years ago when I got the LX. I pushed tons of leaves and underbrush into a big pile when I cleared out the back part of my lot and have let it rot down. I need to see if I can find some kind of mulcher that can chew up the rest so I can use it in the mosh pits in the chicken yards. I call them mosh pits because that's where the girls party down and scratch around for worms and bugs. They love it when I put fresh mulch in the pits.
