CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[greybeard]

We had a couple of spots where the terrain made it almost impossible to pound a post in but I have been known to use the front end loader to drive one a few times. Where we have used 7' posts I do use the loader to stand in.

I drove in nearly seventy 7' teeposts with the loader bucket of my backhoe one afternoon in a drought year, when this clay soil was harder than a demon's heart. Had a friend squat down and hold each post in position, and never came close to hitting him but I've had year's experience running that machine. He was glad to do it since he was already worn out from pounding in posts all morning the usual way.
Not something I recommend to people that are just getting used to using a loader bucket tho.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh.....it is always Better to "Learn" with another's Equipment, ya can rent by the day, wk, mnth....

 

[CntryBoy777]

Looks like the "Trencher" cleaned-out the ditch, so guess the well wire is the next "Project" to get some attention.... .....we have others coming for a wk, tomorrow....so, we have some "Entertainment" planned for them....kids too!....
Tho, the "Ribbon-Cutting" will actually be Thurs.....got set-back with this dad-blame humidity....
Gonna let the the 26 yo young Man slam a few Tposts, and help me clean-out the goat house during his stay here....and work over at the Pond.....yep...it is Great when children come home for a Visit and to help ya get caught-up with stuff that all can contribute. Ya see, those "Boys and Gal" sure want to go fishing....in PawPaw's boat....with PawPaw paddling the boat...they are 10,9, and 7 yo....so, to go Fishing there are just a Few.....well, ya can see "Where" this is going. I know we will have a Good time....it is pure Chaos, when Joyce and the 2 daughters are together.....under the Same roof...that is why I "Volunteered" to stay in the trlr at nite...to keep Callie company....that cat just can't stand to be alone, but only wants Joyce and me around her. When people stay in the trlr, she stays under the bed.
Here is something else that I have to tend to.... ...it looked much better back in '99....when I built it for Mom's b'day/moms day "Gift". She lived flowers and I tried to get her something to play with, but she'd say that ya can't eat Flowers, so spent her time in the garden. Before we left for Fl, we went out and bought a bunch of plants and planted them and it was pretty nice for a few yrs....some of the original oregano is still growing in one end of this box....that was before the blackbery briars, honeysuckle and stuff took it over.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well, did some work over at the pond today, and had SIL over there too. He is 26 and has trouble keeping up with me. He made the statement that he doesn't understand how I can do so much and get stuff done by myself. He kept telling me for me to wait and he would help me with what I was doing....I told him that I couldn't wait that long........he really is eager to help, but he is one of those people whose help is appreciated, but not really needed. While at the pond he destroyed a push lawn mower and broke the handle on my swing-blade.....he asked and said that he would be glad to use the rider....to which I replied....He** NO!!.......and that if it breaks I am gonna be Pi$$ed, no matter whose butt was in the seat....and I wouldn't place him in a Lose-Lose situation. ....

 

[Bruce]

Hmmm, good intentions at least.

 

[Baymule]

I drove in nearly seventy 7' teeposts with the loader bucket of my backhoe one afternoon in a drought year, when this clay soil was harder than a demon's heart. Had a friend squat down and hold each post in position, and never came close to hitting him but I've had year's experience running that machine. He was glad to do it since he was already worn out from pounding in posts all morning the usual way.
Not something I recommend to people that are just getting used to using a loader bucket tho.

In the 2011 drought, my neighbor in Livingston used his backhoe loader bucket to drive T-posts--and they bent! He still drove them in and put up a fence.

 

[Baymule]

Well, did some work over at the pond today, and had SIL over there too. He is 26 and has trouble keeping up with me. He made the statement that he doesn't understand how I can do so much and get stuff done by myself. He kept telling me for me to wait and he would help me with what I was doing....I told him that I couldn't wait that long........he really is eager to help, but he is one of those people whose help is appreciated, but not really needed. While at the pond he destroyed a push lawn mower and broke the handle on my swing-blade.....he asked and said that he would be glad to use the rider....to which I replied....He** NO!!.......and that if it breaks I am gonna be Pi$$ed, no matter whose butt was in the seat....and I wouldn't place him in a Lose-Lose situation. ....

Sounds like you are enjoying your family visit!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Just a tad-bit costly for me Bay. He was mowing around some saplings and trees, but never thought about staubs or limbs being under the knee high grass and weeds. He asked me if I knew what would cause the rope to not pull to start the engine. I went to look at it and saw the 2-3" sweetgum staub he hit with it, so I looked at him and said yeh....a bent shaft....
He took 2hrs to put clips on 11 Tposts the other day. His job is as a meat cutter at a grocery store chain. He was filling up a pool today at the house and had the extension cord and pump plug coupled together Under the water hose. He is an accident just waiting to happen....think Jerry Lewis....

 

[CntryBoy777]

Oh, here is the big "Reveal".... Star is the star of the "Show" today, because she was off the lead for the 1st time in about a yr or so. They were like @Baymule 's sheep...they didn't get too far from the side gate of their pen. They were fine as long as I was with them like on our walks, because they were covering the same ground. After an hour I left them alone and went to cut grass, by evening check and treat time they were all back at their house waiting for evening treats, so I shut them in. I will open it up again tomorrow and watch them, but "Goat Walk" is Over finally....
Oh, and I upset 1 of the SIL and he left for home this afternoon. He is one that doesn't want to get his hands dirty and we have had run-ins in the past. He didn't like it when I told both sets of parents that if their kids left the gate open, I was going to hold them repsponsible and they would be in the woods and brush chasing any goats that escaped....he went right in the house grabbed his stuff and headed back to Alabama....such a Wussy. Heck, he wasn't even man enough to face me and straighten things out. Oh well, guess he really hadn't changed as much as the DD#3 had said he had, was willing to give him a chance, but oh well....his loss, not mine. So it was a really Great Day for me all the way around...

 

[Latestarter]

Glad the goats now have their space and you have a goat walking break. Sorry bout the SIL issues... family... sometimes it just ain't worth it.