TODAYS SEAT TIME

Sysop · Sep 11, 2014

Today didn't rain from 6AM to 6PM as the forecast 'suspected' it would, so I actually got a little seat time in. I gathered loader buckets of earth and attempted to fill in around my septic tank. Even being as slow and deliberate as I could, I couldn't get much more than about 15-20% of each load to "fall" into the hole around the tank. This made for a slow day of quickly gathering a bucket and dumping it on the tank (as much in the hole as possible), then slowly shoveling it from the top of the tank into the hole around the tank. The main difficulty is the size of some of the chunks of clay which need broken up before they will fit... Wanting it as compacted as possible as it was filled so there would be very little settling later, I knew much would be done by hand, but I had hoped I would get more in the hole with the loader than I'm able to.

I think I made some decent progress, I'd guess the sides are now about 75% filled...

Larro Darro · Sep 11, 2014

daugen said:
haven't unpacked my camera yet, but I mowed my lawn for the first time, about three hours of riding around, sometimes at pretty high speed on the JD X750, diesel, 60 inch deck. It sure was comfortable; the suspension seat was downright cushy.
Kept hitting ant hills; never had them before, (upNorth)and while sort of harmless, it must be dulling the blades blasting through all that sandy soil. Not much to do about it,other than put a front tire on it first.

Drew, those sound like fire ants. Be careful of them, they will put a hurting on you. They are native to Brazil and have no natural predator here, so they are everywhere. They will wrap you up before the first one stings you, then you will find out how they got to be called fire ants.

Larro

tor · Sep 12, 2014

No seat time so far this morning but pulled up a couple of these guys

I'll probably hitch up my brand new Woodmaxx chipper this afternoon and start chipping.

cartod · Sep 12, 2014

Brought the old 820 up to the house for an oil change and a bath.

Larro Darro · Sep 12, 2014

tor said:
No seat time so far this morning but pulled up a couple of these guys

Is that a mole? We have a much smaller mole that is called a Salamander around here. They are only 3-4 inches long, but cost me an arm and a leg in mower blades from all the dirt they pile up.

Larro

daugen · Sep 12, 2014

lot of critters out there trying to be mower food.
Larro, you bet, fire ants. I was told today to drizzle dish soap on the hill.
or gasoline. Right, I know better than that. I'll try the soap first...
There must be at least twenty of these things out there. Some have built up around posts more than a foot high. Probably eating the post too.

it's a jungle out there...