Clementine at the doctor's

[Boondox]

Clementine at the doctor\'s

The tractor doctor, that is. My shiny girl was carted off to the dealer today for her 400 hour service and the backhoe and sub-frame installation. She won't be back till Friday...and till then I have this big empty garage bay to sulk in. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

On the other hand, I could spend time with my wife /w3tcompact/icons/love.gif since she was the one who gave me the backhoe!

Pete

 

[RobS]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

I don't know Pete, it's kinda hard feeling sorry for anyone who's whining about a backhoe installation. Be sure to post some pics and stories when you get her back /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Moon]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

Yo Boondox;
You had me going for sure. Glad to hear its just a normal service trip AND adding a backhoe. WOW!!!!
I'll be real interested to see pics and hear how your gal Clementine handles the addition.
Congrats!
Moon

 

[Harv]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

Pete -

I was all ready to send you a "get well" card for your tractor, but now I see it's more of a maternity visit. Congrats on your newly expected arrival.

 

[1660]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

Boondox you lucky guy. I have had my 2910 now for a few months and I have several projects I need a backhoe for. I know you have had Clementine for a while. What is the acceptable time to wait before one approaches the wife and asks for the backhoe without sleeping with the dogs? Ed

 

[Boondox]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

What did it for me was asking for her help digging up stones in the meadow (by hand) for use in a stone wall I'm building around the family graveyard. Meadow stones never give you an indication of their size, and I think she just got tired of shoveling dirt!

Sneaky, devious and underhanded, you think? So what's your point? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Besides, she'll be thrilled with the wall, the transplanted apple trees, the water supply to her garden so she no longer has to shlep water in buckets, etc.

Pete

 

[ronjhall]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

Pete
Wax job, oil change, and a Backhoe. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif What else could your BABY ask for. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Boondox]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

Moon -- Hopefully the first pics I post won't be of me finding some long abandoned septic system! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif In one year I put 280 hours on the old girl, and I'm more impressed with her abilities (or maybe I'm finally developing some skills) now than the wintry day she first showed up. I'm sure it'll take me some time to perfect my hoeing skills, but I'm taking the last week of this month off just to play, er, practice.

Pete

 

[Moon]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

I know just what you mean Pete. I was "practicing" with my FEL last Friday. Learning how to fix up the very rutted and muddy parts of the road to my back 40. All was going fine. I had done 3 problem areas and was making a trench with the Loader and went a little to far. Wifey Poo had come back on the ATV to see the 3010 in action. I dug in for a scoop and WHOOSH! Hi presure sound of something letting loose. I thought i had busted something on the tractor. Nope. I had cut into my 1" gas supply line. Duh!!!!!! I knew it was there, but plum forgot about it. And worst of all, wifey had to witness it. Scared the heck out of both of us. I didn't take a photo essay like harv did of his project went awry - but my early evening project turned into alot of hustling about first turning off the gas supply to the house. It was just afer 5 oclock so off to Lowes for the fitting. Course they don't carry gas fittings like that. So, I had to wait til Sat morning. Off to the one supply house that does carry the fitting, and now they've started closing on Sat. Things just weren't going right. I finally found a place with the a 1" connector. Get it home and wifey notices that the fitting says for cold water use only ....in small print. I sure couldn't read it but I told the guy what it was for. Suppose he just didn't know. Anyhow, i used that part to patch the gas for the weekend and today (Monday) I got the appropriate fitting for a outside gas line. I know the water fitting is not ok'd for gas because over time the gasket corrodes and you'll have a gas leak. So i felt okay patching it for weekend use only.
So, good luck with your back hoe practice; sure hope it goes better than mine did.
Moon

PS. I've got another 1 1/2 hour of seat time since the "incident" so I feel better about it now. And i'm going to label the gas line so i don't forget about it again!!!!!

 

[Turfman]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

That's great. Which hoe did you get?

 

[Boondox]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

Woods 7500 with subframe, used for 8 hours, for $4250

Pete

 

[Boondox]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

Yeah, I live in dread of the things I might dig up. The house was built in 1835, so the septic has probably been moved a couple of times, there might be a well somewhere, water and power lines were run willy-nilly then abandoned, the list is endless!

Pete

 

[RichZ]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

So, Pete, basically what you're saying is that Clementine is in for some cosmetic surgery!!/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif It will enhance both her appearance and her abilities!! /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[frank_f15]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

PETE: sounds like clementine will come home all feeling and looking good, sporting a brand new BH and all! NOW U WANT TO TELL ME WHERE U FIND SUCH A WOMAN THAT WILL GET U A BH?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Boondox]

Re: Clementine at the doctor\'s

Vermont /w3tcompact/icons/love.gif I moved clear across the country from my home in San Diego when I found her!

Pete

 

[Boondox]

Visiting hours

I drove into town to visit the old girl today. She's all done and ready to come home! Sure looks good with those rear wheels set at their widest and that nice hoe nestled back there! Got to play a bit with the backhoe controls, connecting and disconnecting, etc. Handles like a dream. All the hoses are now color coded. Best of all, even at a fast idle the hoe had plenty of power...just slow. This will come in very handy for the learning curve. But it seems like the tractor hydraulics have all the ooomph I need. Really happy with this purchase!

So she comes home tomorrow while I'm at work. I might go in extra early in the morning just so I can come home in mid-afternoon and get in some practice time! Thanks everybody for all the advice. You might not be hearing from me much in the next few days! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Pete

 

[frank_f15]

Re: Visiting hours

PETE: GLAD U ARE GETTING THE 2ND love of your life back tomorrow. wish i was closer to u so i could come over and help u play(work)..can't justify a bh but would sure love to work with one . go slow and work safe. let us know how u make out.
Frank