Did you say Cat? Now I'm jealous.
Becoming one of my neighbors is your choice. Not to boast, but taking care of my neighbors first is a top priority with me. My motto is "the way to have good neighbors; make sure that each one of my neighbors owes me a favor at all times"That's a heck of a machine MM. I encourage you to become my neighbor so you can do work for me too....
An oak savanna in the east is an interesting concept that bears more studying
Any equipment with a Cummins diesel is automatically worth a good bit more. One of the best engines ever built.
I like making a few mountains of brush every year. The rabbit population instantly increases when I have lots of brushpiles.
If you’re talking about that first video that was a long ago as a brand new operator on my own property then I understand yourAny equipment with a Cummins diesel is automatically worth a good bit more. One of the best engines ever built.
I can't imagine you without the case dozer. I still have images stuck in my brain from you pushing down the big oak tree
face...I work it 3-4 times a week for the past 2 years and it’s a whole different deal now...
I wasn't making fun of the video, I enjoyed it. Big trees come out hard, especially hardwoods...If you’re talking about that first video that was a long ago as a brand new operator on my own property then I understand your
That’s a 60’ x 220’ pad I built out of a mountainside using only the material that was already there after also clearing it of all the trees. There is a warehouse on it now...
Another absolutely flat pad I built out of what was already in place for a big shop addition...
An old demolition of house and 2 barns...
And a clean up job where I was asked to come in behind not one but 2 other operators. This first picture is after both operators left...
This is what it looked like when I left...
Nice but my rule is never get rid of guns, equipment, or women. One never knows when their need will resurface.This is our newest addition to the family, a 9000 lb machine with 78hp, it replaces the grapple for my FIL that I just sold, which was handy for cleaning up trees and brush, but I can do that and so much more with a CTL, and we have some habitat projects that I want to get done.
One of the biggest uses for this machine is logging road repair and food plot cleanup. I have some newer models of skidloaders that we use at our construction company, but it's cost prohibitive to use a newer loader for general habitat work where the machine is parked most of the year, a new machine drops so drastically in value every year, that even if it's not being used it expensive, whereas something like this 2006 model holds most its value year after year, even if it's parked.
It's in good condition with 2000 hrs, about half wore out, and we paid about 1/4 of new price. My goal is to get a lot of my earmarked projects completed in the next several years, and then I should be able to sell it for close to what I paid for it.
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Riding into the sunset on 4-20-22.
This is the first time that I ever planted corn with snow on the ground (a roof edge snowdrift from an earlier storm)
Our weather has really warmed up this week, average highs in the mid 60's, today it was 77, which follows our yearly weather patterns. I know my soils and keep records of planting dates, and always plant corn more by the calendar than by current temperatures. If it's unseasonably warm in early April it's still a bad idea to plant corn, because it could still freeze, and if it's unseasonably cold in mid April like this year it's not a good idea to wait, because the last week always warms up drastically.
PA is starting to come around on fire. There is a PA fire council. I'd suggest reaching out to them, to see if there's interest in helping you burn. Somehow I got on their email list. I can't remember if it was an accident, or on purpose.
Elizas Choice crabapple in full bloom.
The corn emerged in 10 days even though its been unseasonably cold here, this picture is today, 16 days after planting. We had a steady rain all day, probably 1.5 inches and still coming down.Riding into the sunset on 4-20-22.
This is the first time that I ever planted corn with snow on the ground (a roof edge snowdrift from an earlier storm)
No, I'm zoomed in which makes those little shale chips look like rocks. That gravel is no bigger than 1.5" and rain washes them clean, making it look worse than it is.
Take another gander at our PA dirt! This is the same field as the prior picture, but a better representation of our dirt without all the gravel washed out on top. It's nice dirt but by category it's a poor soil type for row cropping simply because it has no binder in the composition of the soil, therefore its prone to erosion, making tillage on slopes a no no. I do mostly no-till, but on the flatter fields sometimes I like to loosen it up with a chisel plow.
