Stump pullin'
We've been shuffling what time we do things based on Caleigh's swimming lessons and swim team practices. When they were earlier in the day, she and Wendy would come home from the pool at 6ish and rush-rush-rush to get dinner ready to get Caleigh to bed at a reasonable hour. Now, the lessons are later and we have redefined what a "reasonable hour" is to conform to them. This means that dinner is no longer at 6, but several hours later which means I have time to work on stuff after the shop closes for the day.
Today what I worked on is tearing stumps out of the ground and using the dirt that was generated to start building an earth berm to create a better 50 yard shooting position at the range.
This spring we bought a 4wd tractor with a bucket and I have been slowly learning to use it to do stuff I would never attempt without one. An excavator would make the job easier, but the bucket works, you just have to be patient. Dig around the side of the stump and work the bucket underneath it to loosen it, then angle the bucket just right. Put the tractor in low-low and crawl forward, rolling the stump out of the ground.
The tractor has 3 forward speeds and one reverse, but it also has a 3 speed rear end so it had 12 speeds in all. It is rated at 41hp. I also got a set of forks that mounts in place of the bucket to unload trucks and move pallets of stuff around. It definately earns it's keep.
Once the stumps are gone from the range, I'll be able to drive the tractor with a small dump-cart behind it in a circle there, thus it will make it easier to haul stuff there and back. It makes a nice route for mini-hayrides as well. It will just look nicer too. Without the tracotr, there is just no way I'd be digging up stumps just to make an area look nicer!
Today what I worked on is tearing stumps out of the ground and using the dirt that was generated to start building an earth berm to create a better 50 yard shooting position at the range.
This spring we bought a 4wd tractor with a bucket and I have been slowly learning to use it to do stuff I would never attempt without one. An excavator would make the job easier, but the bucket works, you just have to be patient. Dig around the side of the stump and work the bucket underneath it to loosen it, then angle the bucket just right. Put the tractor in low-low and crawl forward, rolling the stump out of the ground.
The tractor has 3 forward speeds and one reverse, but it also has a 3 speed rear end so it had 12 speeds in all. It is rated at 41hp. I also got a set of forks that mounts in place of the bucket to unload trucks and move pallets of stuff around. It definately earns it's keep.
Once the stumps are gone from the range, I'll be able to drive the tractor with a small dump-cart behind it in a circle there, thus it will make it easier to haul stuff there and back. It makes a nice route for mini-hayrides as well. It will just look nicer too. Without the tracotr, there is just no way I'd be digging up stumps just to make an area look nicer!
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