Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you

[Bruce]

This would likely have been a better option:

https://www.amazon.com/Receiver-Trailer-Category-Tractor-Drawbar/dp/B01M1DP96U

 

[Baymule]

I don't really care. If it makes Robert happy to put a tow bar on the tractor that is easily removed, then it's ok with us.

 

[farmerjan]

Those bars are a great help when needing to have more than one type of hitch available at the same time. We have one with a ball, and can use the holes with a wagon that you just drop a hitch pin through on a hole close to the ball. They also are great to hook up something that you need to be off center to manuever when quarters are tight. The only thing that concerns me in the picture is that he does not leave it in the quick hitch but puts the ends through to secure it with the lynch pin on the ends

 

[Baymule]

I had the quick hitch levers up at that moment because I had just dropped it back in there. I remembered that I promised STA pictures, so I snapped them right quick before my feeble brain short circuited again. LOL

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Thanks, Miss @Baymule, for the pictures! I have the 3-pt hitch similar to the one Mr. @Bruce showed, although I think I got it at Alma Tractor. I have ordered a hydraulic top link and hoses from Tractor Supply and am awaiting their deliveries. I may also buy a quick hitch like Miss Baymule and Mr. Bruce showed. The thing that takes me the longest in hooking up 3-pt equipment is the PTO (if required) and the top link.

 

[Bruce]

I guess once you hook something up the bar won't roll around. I can see it being useful for towing pin on attachments as Jan mentioned.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

All,

Well, it seems like we won't need to worry about the pig any more. Our neighbor just north of us shot her in his yard.

It was 33° this morning! Quite chilly! But it made easy for working along the edge of the woods. I keep forgetting to take "before" pictures, and I can't take "after" pictures because the bushes, vines, shrubs, and trees are still where we cut them. My grapple is out of commission because the left hydraulic cylinder was leaking and I took it to Alma Tractor and they have yet to get it repaired. As soon as I get everything picked up, then I will take the "after" pictures.

Not much else is happening here. I hope you folks have a great weekend!

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[farmerjan]

Hope they are at least going to utilize the meat on her. Glad she is done with all the yard tearing up.

 

[Bruce]

Our neighbor just north of us shot her in his yard.

BIG pig! No wonder she "swallowed" your little 22's.

 

[Baymule]

She looks like a domestic pig that got loose. There are some around here that have the white belt around their middle like a Hampshire hog. Domestic hogs never stop growing, they can get over 1,000 pounds. Feral hogs tend to be much smaller, it takes a lot of food to grow that big and Mother Nature is very efficient.