Category Archives: Machines

Dump Score

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

A Stihl weed wacker! It looked complete and had compression so I brought it home. Checked for spark and it had it. Put some ether in the cylinder and it fired up briefly. It won’t keep running which I think … Continue reading →

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New Snowmobile: 1992 Arctic Cat EXT 580

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Debaling

Posted on April 2, 2010 by

The round bales we bought are really tight and it got to be hard to pull hay off as I got in to the center of it.  I worked for a long time with a pick axe and a long … Continue reading →

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Misc.

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

The plants we planted yesterday don’t look so good, and we don’t know why.  The stems are still looking okay, but the leaves are shriveled and/or brown.  It’s almost like they froze, but it didn’t get below freezing last night.  … Continue reading →

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My First Time Was Awesome!

Posted on September 29, 2008 by

Yes – I’ve never done it before, can you believe it?  Sunday I did it for three hours and this afternoon for over an hour. OK – that’s about as far as I can take that.  This is a family … Continue reading →

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More Mowing

Posted on August 5, 2008 by

Today I mowed some of the really tall grass on the other side of the barn and along our road.  At first I found it hard to maneuver the tractor with the sickle bar, so I ended up missing spots … Continue reading →

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Sickle Mower

Posted on August 4, 2008 by

We’re considering getting horses next year so we’ve been thinking a lot about our facilities, where we can have pasture land, etc.  Our field is badly overgrown, so I wanted to get a sickle mower to cut it down.  I … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on July 4, 2008 by

This is going to be brief and maybe I’ll flesh it out later. I was sick and seriously lacking energy for quite a while which meant that most farm projects and pretty much everything else was put on hold. The … Continue reading →

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Motorcycle Progress

Posted on May 16, 2008 by

My speedometer now works.  The little rod in the front wheel that turns the square cable wasn’t turning, so I took the front wheel off to see what the problem was.  I was expecting to find a stripped gear, but … Continue reading →

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New Sandbox!

Posted on May 16, 2008 by

There are some old tractor tires out in our field.  Two of them are really big and somebody made them into flower beds a long time ago.  Every time we ride by on the 4 wheeler, I tell Delia that … Continue reading →

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