Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you

[greybeard]

You should sharpen it from both sides.
Yes, your saw cuts at an angle because of the way it is (or is not) sharpened.
http://www.madsens1.com/bnc_cut_pull.htm

 

[Bruce]

It worked! Tree 5, STA 6!

Hmm, interesting math. From Tree 5, STA 0 to Tree 5, STA 6. You won the war in the end but I think it won more battles.

In addition to @greybeards post, are you also filing in only one direction? Back and forth will dull the tooth.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

You won the war in the end but I think it won more battles.

That is true, Mr. Bruce, sir! I wasn't sure how to handle that in the score keeping.

Regarding the saw chain, I will start sharpening from both sides and see if that helps.

Yesterday my Beautiful Gal and I decided to build a trail starting at the storage building heading south. Eventually we plan to extend the trail to join up with another trail we plan on cutting from the western end of the southern improved pasture to the trail that goes to the deer stand. For now, though, she wanted a small area to put chairs or a bench to enjoy sitting in the tall pines there. It didn't take long to cut down all of the trees with the chain saw and reciprocating saw. The trees were wide enough to enter the trail with the grapple and tractor. But because there is a small stream immediately where the trail enters the woods, the tractor soon had deep ruts in the mud so bad that I could barely get through in the tractor. Here is what it looked like at this point:


I decided to remove the grapple and try to dig the mud out with the bucket. I decided to start on the downstream side because I reasoned that if I made it easy for the water to flow out, then I would be able to get more mud out without the water making it worse. Unfortunately I hadn't thought about roots being there. Those roots made it hard for me to dig, which then caused the tractor tires to spin, making the ruts deeper. After trying to scoop out mud from different places and running into the same problems, I decided to give up on using the bucket. My Beautiful Gal and I then got into the ankle deep mud and dug out the roots enough to get the water flowing better. But by the time we finished with that, we both decided we had enough work for the day.

I took the tractor to just outside the shop to wash it off, as it was covered in mud. At first I used the water hose alone, but the mud laughed at me and continued to stick to the bucket and the sides of the tractor. So then I got out the power washer and went to work with that. What a difference! The mud came off of the bucket quickly. Then I washed the left side of the tractor and the inside portion of the right front tractor wheel. I started to the other side. Suddenly, WHAM! I spun around, fell on my face on the grass, stunned. After a few moments, as I started thinking more clearly, I realized what had happened -- I had run head-on into the bucket! I started laughing at my own stupidity! After another moment, I got up, and felt blood running down my face. So I staggered to the restroom in the shop and washed my face and wiped my face and head with paper towels. After a moment or two, the blood slowed down enough that I could go out and finish washing the tractor and put it up. Bucket - 1, STA - 0.

I think I may need to do like the character B.D. in the comic strip Doonesberry and start wearing a footbal helmet all of the time!

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Oh goodness - glad you're mostly ok!

 

[Mike CHS]

If it's any consolation, you aren't the first person on here to smack into a bucket. I did once shortly after getting my tractor and since then the bucket is raised high enough to walk under it or on the ground before the tractor gets turned off.

 

[Rammy]

Poor STA!! You sure you want to be a farmer?

 

[CntryBoy777]

My mom would've asked ya if it knocked any sense into ya....then, asked if ya was okay?.....

 

[B&B Happy goats]

You are so funny STA....all I can picture is the old tv show GREEN ACRES......glad you didn't need stiches, perhaps a helmet is in order ????

 

[Rammy]

Maybe a full body suit of armor?

 

[greybeard]

It didn't take long to cut down all of the trees

My work here is done.....

When you walked into the bucket, was the 1st thing you did,... to look around and see if anyone saw you do it?