Load 16 ton, what do you get?

[Diggin It]

I dunno, but loading 10 ton of gravel with a shovel and rake will get you a sore back, shoulders and pretty much everything else..

Had 10 ton delivered yesterday afternoon. Needed to get it laid before the next big rain. Little blue bomber did most of the work, but there were a couple of places I could only use it to dump piles that later had to be spread and raked by hand. Hence the shovels, rakes and sore body parts.

Got it done though. Now to let the pain killers settle in.

Stuff is herd to estimate though. Figured 10 would be enough, but it looks like I could use another 5.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

Funny timing. I just found this cover not too long ago. This guy is good!

 

[alexpops]

I was gonna say a fine for being overloaded, so ... another day older & deeper in debt.

 

[wisconsitom]

I did a lot of gravel spreading with rake and shovel. Can't remember the tonnage, but several truckloads.

Shortly after that I bought a tractor. Hey, never said I was smart!

The good news is, there have been a number of loads since.

 

[seville009]

Machines make life so much easier......it's like when you're moving dirt with a loader, and one clump of dirt isn't cooperating so you get out to move it by hand and you discover it's too heavy to move manually.

 

[Moxie 15]

Machines make life so much easier......it's like when you're moving dirt with a loader, and one clump of dirt isn't cooperating so you get out to move it by hand and you discover it's too heavy to move manually.

This is true but made me chuckle. For the last five years I have been telling my wife I need a tractor. She always says "I know, I know!". Lately it has just come down to "If you want that I need a bigger shovel." Well recently she has had to help me roll wrapped round bales into the pasture as I have not been able to use the mud to help slide them like I could with the ice, so she is actively searching for a tractor that we can pay for.

Earlier this winter the bull caught me and proceeded to use me for a crash test dummy half way across the pasture until our Great Pyrenees got him off me and protected me while I got the heck out of there. She had a long list of reasons we could not get him butchered then. Well last week he got out of the pasture and tore up everything he could get close to including the pasture fence, the goat pen, chicken coop, dog run and equipment. He caught her side the head with his horns, pinned me against the gate leaving me battered and bruised and hit Auggie, the Great Pyrenees when he helped me. Any guesses who is going in the freezer this weekend?

 

[Jstpssng]

Earlier this winter the bull caught me and proceeded to use me for a crash test dummy half way across the pasture until our Great Pyrenees got him off me and protected me while I got the heck out of there. She had a long list of reasons we could not get him butchered then. Well last week he got out of the pasture and tore up everything he could get close to including the pasture fence, the goat pen, chicken coop, dog run and equipment. He caught her side the head with his horns, pinned me against the gate leaving me battered and bruised and hit Auggie, the Great Pyrenees when he helped me. Any guesses who is going in the freezer this weekend?

You're a lot more patient than I am. Any animal which did that to me wouldn't see another sunrise. I have no tolerance for a mean animal.

PS: I hope that you, your bride, and the dog are all OK.

 

[Moxie 15]

You're a lot more patient than I am. Any animal which did that to me wouldn't see another sunrise. I have no tolerance for a mean animal.

PS: I hope that you, your bride, and the dog are all OK.

My wife is in her 70's and I am in my 60's so we are not near as resilient as we once were, but we are okay. Auggie is 10 months old and has backed the bull down several times so was getting rather cocky about things. He is far more respectful of the bulls horns as of late.

After the bull hit my wife I got my 12 ga shotgun and loaded it with 00 buckshot. I had it against his forehead when Wifey said "Don't shoot him, it is 8:30 pm and we will have every predator on the hill down here by dawn!" And if I had of killed him I have no way to hang him so would have had to butcher him were he fell.

 

[Jstpssng]

And if I had of killed him I have no way to hang him so would have had to butcher him were he fell.

That's the kind of thing I would have thought of just after pulling the trigger...

 

[dirttoys]

This is true but made me chuckle. For the last five years I have been telling my wife I need a tractor. She always says "I know, I know!". Lately it has just come down to "If you want that I need a bigger shovel." Well recently she has had to help me roll wrapped round bales into the pasture as I have not been able to use the mud to help slide them like I could with the ice, so she is actively searching for a tractor that we can pay for.

Earlier this winter the bull caught me and proceeded to use me for a crash test dummy half way across the pasture until our Great Pyrenees got him off me and protected me while I got the heck out of there. She had a long list of reasons we could not get him butchered then. Well last week he got out of the pasture and tore up everything he could get close to including the pasture fence, the goat pen, chicken coop, dog run and equipment. He caught her side the head with his horns, pinned me against the gate leaving me battered and bruised and hit Auggie, the Great Pyrenees when he helped me. Any guesses who is going in the freezer this weekend?

You are a good sport, had cattle for years, always fed them grain everyday, if I had one I was afraid to turn my back on, it went to the sale.

I do fear somethings, but, I won't be afraid of anything I pay to feed.

Best,

ed