Newbie hello

[k6dyc]

Did you get any of that Colorado snow in your neck of the woods? It sounds like you received the Toolcat just in time.

We only got about 12"-18" on this side of the Rockies which is unusual, we usually get more than the front range. I went out at night and plowed a driveway path with the bucket, no problem.

Today we're trenching from the house to the new barn for water and power lines. It's too big a job for the tc so we'll be using a friend with a backhoe. You can watch the action on the Canon pan-tilt-zoom cam. Pan to the right of the chicken coop and sheds.

 

[jmfox]

All you need is the trencher attachment for Hanukkah.

jmf

 

[k6dyc]

Yesterday we finished construction on my barn and now its time to clean up. I bought a set of teeth for my bucket and the grading of frozen dirt is going a lot better. I wasn't able to use my Toolcat to backfill one part of my water trench because of the steep hillside so I called in the backhoe guy that dug it for me. I can handle the rest of the backfill as soon as the automatic waterer is installed.

I love the teeth, but I know there will be times when I want to do better finish grading and would prefer they weren't bolted on. It only takes about 20 minutes to install or remove them, so we'll see how it goes.