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My first track loader!
- Thread starter boone
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Spring is well under way. Been a beautiful week here. I scratched around at this little section of woods for a few hours this weekend. We had previously pushed the remnants of burnt pile into this ditch. I sorted through the pile and got the logs out. This weekend I deepened the ditch enough to get the remaining rock into the bottom. It's a slow work in progress, but I really enjoyed the day. I took off on Friday and just had the itchin' to go play in some dirt.
Pushed the logs up to this pile.
Fired up the loader and fueled up.
Pushed the logs up to this pile.
Fired up the loader and fueled up.
Here's a rough before and after shot of the same frame. Believe it or not, to the left of the tree used to be some mounds and low spots that my granddad used as a dump for all kinds of junk. We started on some of this last year so the mess that it was is not as obvious. I'm trying to bring some of the dirt down the hill to the lower area. We're trying to get this area in the kind of shape where it can be maintained with a bushog.
Pinhead159
Active Member
Boone,
Just read entire thread. very inspiring read and glad you stuck with it!
Just read entire thread. very inspiring read and glad you stuck with it!
It seems we've spent a year working on this, but really it's just been a few days over the course of a year. Lot of rocks in sections of it. Lovely dirt in others. But I think we've got it in decent shape. I'll include a few shots from back in November to compare.
Loader was pushing between these two trees in the pic above. Lot o' dirt excavated this weekend.
Nov shot
Loader was pushing between these two trees in the pic above. Lot o' dirt excavated this weekend.
Nov shot
Same shots below.
I was cutting into the tree roots more than I'd like.
There was a very deep ditch with a lot of buried rocks and limbs in it just to the left of the forked tree. Trying to bridge it with a slight dip so that we can mow it. It might wash out some, but that'll be alright.
I was cutting into the tree roots more than I'd like.
There was a very deep ditch with a lot of buried rocks and limbs in it just to the left of the forked tree. Trying to bridge it with a slight dip so that we can mow it. It might wash out some, but that'll be alright.
Misc shots
The rest of these are just shots of the equipment and the surrounding area.
Looking down from up in the woods. I was using the loader teeth to rake this area to make sure there weren't any large holes or rocks.
My brother pushing some rock back up in the woods. We're planning to preserve all of that and it's a good place to hide rock.
Worked her hard, she deserved a break in the shade.
The rest of these are just shots of the equipment and the surrounding area.
Looking down from up in the woods. I was using the loader teeth to rake this area to make sure there weren't any large holes or rocks.
My brother pushing some rock back up in the woods. We're planning to preserve all of that and it's a good place to hide rock.
Worked her hard, she deserved a break in the shade.
Snakes
We bush-hogged this weekend and between the three of us saw 5 snakes. 2 chicken, 2 racers and 1 copperhead. Unfortunately, the copperhead I found with the loader in the spot we were landscaping.
He's very well camouflaged...looks just like a stick.
I was pushing out a pile of debris when I saw a copperish colored stick moving. I jumped down off the loader and didn't see it.
I quickly jumped back on the loader and pushed the dirt pile a little more. That was when I snagged him with the bucket.
We bush-hogged this weekend and between the three of us saw 5 snakes. 2 chicken, 2 racers and 1 copperhead. Unfortunately, the copperhead I found with the loader in the spot we were landscaping.
He's very well camouflaged...looks just like a stick.
I was pushing out a pile of debris when I saw a copperish colored stick moving. I jumped down off the loader and didn't see it.
I quickly jumped back on the loader and pushed the dirt pile a little more. That was when I snagged him with the bucket. He was still very well capable of delivering a painful and poisonous blow. He was around 3 feet long. Pretty common in these parts. I don't think he would've survived after I got him with the bucket. We still didn't want to take any chances, so we put him out of his misery.
sealark37
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His skin would make a nice hat band for a Stetson, but I would shiver every time I looked at it. Regards, Clark
Nitelite
Senior Member
A copperhead ant no match for a track loader! The loader has bigger fangs.
It would take me a while to put that thing around my head. I had the hee-bee-jee-bees for the rest of the day and night. I saw a baby copperhead earlier this year, but this one was the biggest I've seen in a while.
Got that right! I was putting those loader fangs in some ripe places. I was glad I had the loader to climb to after I lost site of him the first time.