Tractor "Play" Time

[edski]

Tractor \"Play\" Time

OK, I'm not asking anyone to admit that every hour of seat time isn't productive and of the utmost importance, but...

Sometimes you just need to get away, air out your thoughts, escape, whatever, and how better than on your tractor.

So what tasks do your perform while "pretending" to work?

Personaly, I like to push the woods back into the woods. You know the growth on the edge of fields that try to take over. Brambles, russian olive, multflora rose, sumac, etc. Before I got a FEL I'd use a box blade, but the FEL with toothbar is just too much fun.

If in a bad mood there is always bury the groundhog hole, or bust the beaver dam. Not very productive, kinda spiteful, but better than kicking the cat.

So fess up! What's your favorite tractor playtime activity?

 

[Bowhunter]

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While not exactly play time because it is a necessary task, my favorite tractor activity is bush-hogging my food plots. I don't have a FEL or tiller yet, so I don't yet know how fun those are. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[frank_f15]

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I NEVER PLAY with my tractor , it is always SERIOUS WORK /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif BUT I do the same as you push back the woods from all my clear cuts, right now i am going to fill the FEL bucket with water and go water some trees i planted last week, easier than carring buckets. Got to go play ( i mean work ) now. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[bczoom]

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I rearrange the rocks in my creek.
After the winter or a good storm the banks and bed have been changed. Using the box blade and FEL, I re-build the banks and grade the bed (so we can run the ATV's through it, normally for a bath to the undercarriage).

Not a smooth ride as I get bounced everywhere but it's the closest thing I do that constitutes "play".

 

[PineRidge]

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I'm not a tractor operator, I'm a certified pilot.

Once we get the 40D in the woods we take the grapple and start picking up downed trees and I pilot here, then I get one and pilot there, and pilot another over here, and here too......... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

My wife does say I'm certifiable though.

 

[Freds]

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Pine,
One of my friends used to unload cargo for US Air and when asked what he did for a living he would say he was a pilot for US Air. "I ask them where they want it and they say pilot here".

Edski, does the tractor have to be running? Sometimes when I want to get away and air out my thoughts I hop on the tractor and drive it out to the middle of my field, turn it off, slouch in the seat, put my feet up on the loader arms and just enjoy the day for a while. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif Maybe now that the brush hog is on I'll actually do a little "work" on my way to and from. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[edski]

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Bowhunter,
If it makes you think about hunting, you're no longer working.

frank_f15,
Point taken, I won't tell the wife. I like the water transport idea. On hot days Freds can sit in the bucket. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

bczoom,
If you're in water or mud (intentionally), it constitutes as play.

PineRidge,
You're a sick man, I think that's what I like about you.
Add 5 gallons of diesel...now that's a far.

Freds,
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Edski, does the tractor have to be running? )</font>
There are no rules. Feet up seat time sounds good to me!!!

 

[Mith]

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I clear land, the destruction is refreshing /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I love the feeling of AWESOME power as you drive into a 7ft high wall of brambles and watch it spew out behind you as dust and logs, I have pics to verify the height of the brambles if anyone wants!

I also love driving out and watching the sun set over the hills, a beverage of choice helps too /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Highbeam]

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Please post pics, pics are always welcome.

I find great joy in just traveling. Taking the loop around the permiter to "check the fence".

 

[SCB]

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I've been known to dig a hole just to fill it in. There is something about digging with the backhoe when there is no object that lets me collect my thoughts and decompress.