RichZ
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- Joined
- Apr 4, 2001
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- Tractor
- Kubota 4630 with cab and loader
Here in upstate New York, it was so cold this winter, that none of our snow melted. That is until now that it's FINALLY getting warmer. The trouble is, usually there are some midwinter thaws to get rid of some of the snow, and this year there weren't any. So...we have RIVERS of melted snow flowing down our driveways.
To make matters worse, our front driveway has a wooden bridge, that we had to close in the fall, because the rapid onset of this winter didn't give me the time to replace all the rotted boards on it before they all froze to the steel supports. And that's the driveway that's less muddy!!
So...we have to use the back driveway, which is now composed of about a foot or more of mud soup. So we have to park our trucks at the beginning of our now closed bridge. The mud on the back driveway is so deep, that even our 4wd off road style pickup sinks down to it's axels. It'll make it up the driveway, but I'm worried it'll eventually get stuck. So now the back driveway is off limits!!
All this makes bringing hay and feed to the barn tough. We don't yet produce enough of our own hay to go through the winter, so I pick up hay every week from a dairy farmer friend. This weekend I had to back the truck up to the closed bridge, drive my loader tractor (Oliver 1550) down to the other end of the closed bridge, and carry the bales of hay from the truck to the loader across the bridge, and drive the tractor up to the barn, and repeat. Then I had to do the same thing for all the 50 lb bags of horse, goat and chicken feed that we need each week!
I waited all winter for it to be over, now I can't wait for all the snow to melt, and mud season to be over. 2003 is sure starting out to be a tough year!!! I expect we'll have hoards of locusts or something this summer!!!
To make matters worse, our front driveway has a wooden bridge, that we had to close in the fall, because the rapid onset of this winter didn't give me the time to replace all the rotted boards on it before they all froze to the steel supports. And that's the driveway that's less muddy!!
So...we have to use the back driveway, which is now composed of about a foot or more of mud soup. So we have to park our trucks at the beginning of our now closed bridge. The mud on the back driveway is so deep, that even our 4wd off road style pickup sinks down to it's axels. It'll make it up the driveway, but I'm worried it'll eventually get stuck. So now the back driveway is off limits!!
All this makes bringing hay and feed to the barn tough. We don't yet produce enough of our own hay to go through the winter, so I pick up hay every week from a dairy farmer friend. This weekend I had to back the truck up to the closed bridge, drive my loader tractor (Oliver 1550) down to the other end of the closed bridge, and carry the bales of hay from the truck to the loader across the bridge, and drive the tractor up to the barn, and repeat. Then I had to do the same thing for all the 50 lb bags of horse, goat and chicken feed that we need each week!
I waited all winter for it to be over, now I can't wait for all the snow to melt, and mud season to be over. 2003 is sure starting out to be a tough year!!! I expect we'll have hoards of locusts or something this summer!!!
