Moving some dirt

[amarsh64]

We finally decided to fill in some of the big hole in the back yard a few weeks ago.
11 tandem loads of crushed shale in the hole and 2 on top for working around the yard with.
Yesterday I put in a small culvert to get me across to where our garage /shop will go in a few years .
now i can easily start dropping trees and removing stumps where it will go.



I cleaned out the culvert ends right after the pic was taken

Also my enclosure has been getting a little muddy as of late so I figured it was a good time to straighten it out while i had the material on hand.

 

[mred2]

The work(fun) will never end!

 

[Thomas]

Another reason to own tractor...nice work. :thumbsup:

 

[amarsh64]

This being my first culvert install I figured that I would buy the 24 footer. This would give me 12 feet for the garage culvert and I would have the other 12 footer for another part of my property.
Turns out that 12 feet turns into about 9 foot 6 after it's in and there is material runoff on the ends . (newbie mistake) In the winter there will be ice on this sometimes so that is not a comfortable width. One 18 dollar coupler later and I have about 21 feet of usable driveway across the ditch now. Much better. It would have been easier to couple before I put the first one in but learning from your boo boo's is always a good thing as well :thumbsup: .

 

[sodamo]

That’s how I learn - eventually

 

[Doofy]

Very nice culvert job. Well done.

 

[1 of U]

why does the tractor have a license plate on it ??

 

[amarsh64]

why does the tractor have a license plate on it ??

That is how our government gets their piece of the pie I guess. As far as I know every new tractor would come with a plate from the dealer. It needs to be registered every year to keep the sticker on the plate current. You need the plate to get insurance especially if you want to be on the road at all with your tractor. If you financed I am sure they would want to see insurance on it. I might not be completely correct with this but it is along those lines.

 

[mred2]

I was once stopped by a new county deputy that just moved to Alabama from Florida. I was driving my tractor from one property down the highway about 200 yards to another property on the other side of the road. He asked where my tag was. I told him that tractors here did not have to be tagged. He told me that if he caught me on the highway again with the tractor, I would get a ticket. I called his office. Never saw him again. I do believe tractors are required to show the orange triangle on the back. Not sure about lights.

 

[amarsh64]

Yeah it seems to be a little different wherever you go. I asked an RCMP officer that was getting gas beside me one day where the proper spot for my plate was seeing as there was no designated place on the tractor. He said as long as they can see it easily anywhere was good. On the rops it went .