Spading the garden

[jinman]

The finished result with the pile of rocks removed.

Nice job, Egon. It's amazing that little garden spot had so many rocks. Can you imagine what it would have been like to do that without a tractor?

Your pile of rocks looks very familiar. Here's a picture of the rocks I took out of my neighbor's corral for him a couple of weeks ago. I suspect my rock bucket made the job a little easier than yours.

 

[Egon]

Yes a rock bucket would have been easier. Most of those rocks were placed in the loader by hand. I could only load some of the bigger ones just by using the bucket.

On your avatar: is that a normal running position for your tractor??

 

[jinman]

On your avatar: is that a normal running position for your tractor??

Yeah, I found out that if I keep the oil in the front of the engine where the oil pump can't pick it up, it stays cleaner. What the heck, a diesel is supposed to clatter anyhow, isn't it?

I can assure you that as steep as that looks in the avatar, it felt much steeper in the seat of my pants. . . ROPs up and seatbelt very tight...BONZAI!

 

[Egon]

Maybe you should consider a dry sump oil pressure system.

 

[Bird]

It looks good, Egon, and looks like someone did a lot of work.

 

[Knight9]

End result looks great Egon! I hope you'll get paid with some of the goodies out of the garden! I'll be in my garden this weekend, tilling and planting. You can bet I won't be hitting any rocks like you pulled out!

 

[Egon]

There are times I dream of nice deep black soil.

But today all I can think about is [ in the terms of Stomping Tom ] "And my back still aches"

 

[pennwalk]

Now can you load those rocks on a pallet and sell them to somebody. I understand people pay good money for fieldstone.

Chris

 

[Egon]

Here; rocks are rather common. No market for this type of rock. No one would even pick it up for free.