Going Off Grid in East Tennessee (ranking, basement, famous)

[marmac]

why is the hitching done to the bucket of the loader and not to the drawbar (rear) of the tractor?

Also, the hitching is done to the side of the bucket.
You're lucky you didn't have more power or that bucket would have gotten twisted and bent.

You don't see farmers pulling heavy loads by going backwards with the load hitched to one side of their bucket.

[Katsmeeyow]

Lisa - Thanks for the post, and I have no criticisms!

[smilinpretty]

Lisa,

Thank you for sharing. What a beautiful piece of property. I so enjoy reading your posts. I can't wait until the weather warms up for you and to hear about the planting of your garden.

[marmac]

Beautiful pictures, beautiful scenery.

I am puzzled why you and Mike enjoy working in that muck on that culvert so much.
After the first time you posted about muck filling your culvert, many posters offered suggestions on how to prevent that from happening.( controlling and slowing down the erosion farther up the hill in the ditch)

It is your choice to ignore the suggestions, but you will be facing that culvert problem many times in the future by doing nothing to prevent the muck from getting that far.

[1967hammer]

Originally Posted by Katsmeeyow

Lisa - Thanks for the post, and I have no criticisms!

I second that Kat!

[Hawk J]

Howdy Sis/Bro L&M.....................

the baby calf is Beautiful & ............the pic's are Beautiful..............


imho perhaps 2 chains wood be best to use, i to be used to pull the tire backout the way it went in..................


perhaps to start out use somethin' smaller then a tire to pull thru culvert, maybe like flat barbell weights attached to chain. U kin probably buy some cheep at the second hand store or Goodwill, Salvation Army,etc...........


Have a Fantastic Day Y'all................................. .........................

[Hawk J]

Over 4 lustrums ago i put in 2 metal corrugated culverts (12" diameter x 30' long?) (angled down) (not perpendicular) my very steep shale rock/gravel logging road driveway. The first few winters i had some partial clogging but nothing completely, only maybe 25% clog. My road is very steep so the flow was moving pretty swiftly. After the soil in the ditch's compacted i no longer had any problem.


Best Of Luck to Y'All..................................... ..................

[younglisa7]

Hi all and thank you for your warm wishes and encouragement. Just to clarify about the clogged culvert. We are not looking for sympathy. It was our own fault that we let the culvert fill up in the first place. We knew we weren't finished with the ditch lines and when the cold weather came in we never checked on it. We won't let that happen again, lol.


wwm- We didn't get a larger tractor because after this summer we really won't need it. Besides if we never made mistakes how would we learn, lol? We thought about calling the county and also the fire department but Mike is concerned that they will get stuck in here with no place to turn around.

Originally Posted by Jaxson

Nice update YLisa. Boy you didn't miss the birth by much since mama still has her after birth hanging out. New life is always a blessing to witness! Have a grand week to the both of you.

Wasn't that awesome? I love new life.

Originally Posted by marmac

why is the hitching done to the bucket of the loader and not to the drawbar (rear) of the tractor?

We had limited space to work in so we hooked the rope to the front of the tractor but when we used the chain for the heavier tire pulling we turned the tractor around. Sorry I didn't show you that picture.


Also, the hitching is done to the side of the bucket. Not enough room. Couldn't be done.


You're lucky you didn't have more power or that bucket would have gotten twisted and bent.

And that is how we would have learned. Mike likes to learn on his own mistakes and all.



You don't see farmers pulling heavy loads by going backwards with the load hitched to one side of their bucket.

Sorry I don't know or see any real farmers around here so I don't have that experience. You are lucky that you know farmers.

Originally Posted by smilinpretty

Lisa,

Thank you for sharing. What a beautiful piece of property. I so enjoy reading your posts. I can't wait until the weather warms up for you and to hear about the planting of your garden.

Thanks and I also can't wait to start gardening. I will need lots of help with that, lol.

Originally Posted by marmac

Beautiful pictures, beautiful scenery.

Thank you.

I am puzzled why you and Mike enjoy working in that muck on that culvert so much.
After the first time you posted about muck filling your culvert, many posters offered suggestions on how to prevent that from happening.( controlling and slowing down the erosion farther up the hill in the ditch)

It is your choice to ignore the suggestions, but you will be facing that culvert problem many times in the future by doing nothing to prevent the muck from getting that far.



We didn't ignore suggestions you just must have missed that Mike and I "don't" work in the cold. We haven't had that many nice days yet to work outside but little by little we will get it done. Thank you for your concern. We have plans to prevent the muck from building up but we aren't completely out of the cold weather yet.

Have a great day everyone. Live and learn and you will be wiser for it.

[Katsmeeyow]

Lisa - I used to work for a road paving company. Sometimes one of the crews would ask me to buy a ball - the round rubber kind that we used to play kick ball with wayyy back in school - light red rubber? Anyhow, I believe they used it somehow to clean out culverts. I wish I had payed more attention to it, but this is all I can remember. Perhaps someone here will know what I am talking about and if it could even be of use to you!

Keep up the good work, and don't sweat the small stuff!

[younglisa7]

Thanks Kat. We'll get it done eventually. Maybe someone else will remember about the rubber ball.