RDrancher's Photo Thread

[RDrancher]

The neighbor had some pretty cool old stuff. I couldn't talk him out of any of it! :laughing:

 

[RDrancher]

Some guys will try anything to get work!

 

[two_bit_score]

Some guys will try anything to get work!
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Seriously, are those fuel prices recent?

 

[RDrancher]

Seriously, are those fuel prices recent?

I wish! Those tanks have been empty for a very long time.

 

[dave1949]

Too bad you couldn't talk your way into one of those old trucks. That was a different sort of job; take this part of the lot and put it over there. :laughing: I think you will be back there eventually.

 

[Threepoint]

Discovered this epic thread tonight, and just finished reading it through from post #1. Whew!

Agree with everyone else that you do nice work, RD! Sounds like you're due for a good run after the problems with the CTL.

Also enjoying your progress on the Studebaker. Thinking about it sitting there at your customer's house since 1983 called to mind that song from Aaron Tippin. I bet the radio even works! :thumbsup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ice049QZFJA

 

[RDrancher]

Dave - I do a lot of that "movin' stuff around." It's all good! :thumbsup:

Threepoint - Thanks for checking out the thread! The Stude begs my attention. Maybe I'll get more motivated when it cools off.

Here's some photos of another grading and topsoil job. The before photos show how the builder's guy left the "final" grade.

 

[RDrancher]

Topsoil in.

 

[weldingisfun]

John, did we lose you again? Enjoyed reading your posts.

 

[oosik]

View attachment 391755View attachment 391756 Winter/summer view of my lake taken off front deck. The lake is 5 acres and 80 feet deep.

 

[lostcreekranch]

<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/photos/391755-rdranchers-photo-thread-martin-lk-winter-copy-jpg"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/photos/391756-rdranchers-photo-thread-martin-lk-sum-jpg"/> Winter/summer view of my lake taken off front deck. The lake is 5 acres and 80 feet deep.

Oasis;

I'll bet that water is cold as crap even in summer? Nice view in all seasons.

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[murphy1244]

That is awesome!!!! Hope John is well as this is the best thread going..

 

[oosik]

I have an aluminum dock down at the far end of the lake - not visible in the pics. We use it for swimming & where boat is tied up. I'VE never thought the lake was really that warm but the wife enjoys it. When I swim - I always stay in the top three feet or so - its the warmest. Below three feet the temps will drop 12-15 degrees - thermocline.

 

[murphy1244]

I have an aluminum dock down at the far end of the lake - not visible in the pics. We use it for swimming & where boat is tied up. I'VE never thought the lake was really that warm but the wife enjoys it. When I swim - I always stay in the top three feet or so - its the warmest. Below three feet the temps will drop 12-15 degrees - thermocline.

What kind of fish you have in there?

 

[oosik]

Murph,
I've got a mix of large/small mouth bass. Long ago we had rainbow trout. The trout route is too expensive. Trout don't spawn in a lake - bass will.

 

[Threepoint]

View attachment 391755View attachment 391756 Winter/summer view of my lake taken off front deck. The lake is 5 acres and 80 feet deep.

Oosik, don't want to hijack John's thread, but either you started with an abandoned rock quarry, or you have one heck of a story about how you dug 80 feet deep.

 

[oosik]

The little lake is 100% Mother Nature. It is spring fed from very large springs on the near end of the lake and flows into a big lake out the far end. The big lake is 120 acres and averages 8 feet deep. The big lake is fantastic waterfowl hunting. This part of Ea WA state is known as the scablands. Created by the many prehistoric outflows of ancient Lake Missoula. This property was purchased by my father in 1939 from the original homesteaders and came to me when he passed. The property was homesteaded in 1889.

The little lake water level will vary 14" over a twelve month period. This month and into next month is the low water level time of year. My property encompasses all of the little lake and 25 acres of the big lake. The thought of even attempting to excavate a "hole" the size and depth of the little lake would give me never-ending nightmares!! Besides, the little lake is etched out of solid basaltic lava. Those cliffs you can see on the far side and those you can not see on this side run from 25-40 feet high. "Cliff diving" was a sport that my son and his class mates loved to participate in.

 

[doxford jim]

It sounds like you would be ideally situated to generate your own electricity with a water turbine !

 

[RDrancher]

Thanks again for the interest guys. I was down for a week or so with my back out of whack. Plenty of time to catch up on Magnum PI, Roy Rodgers and Maverick reruns.

Here's a little driveway I did with my CTL. I needed to set a culvert in the center of the driveway and the ground in this area way too rocky for my tractor. On the positive side, I didn't have to bring in any rip rap.


Interesting M125 I saw on the dealer's lot.

 

[RDrancher]

I swear I hear banjos everytime I mow this place. The closest neighbor is Randy Travis. I keep waiting for him to streak the pasture while I'm there. Looks nice and smooth, but the wild hogs have torn up at least 20% of the pasture. It was a pretty rough ride.