Horse Newbie 7,069 #6376 Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) Made an attempt at getting up leaves in the yard today… rain tomorrow. There is only one Magnolia tree in my yard. Got the shop roof and Wheel Horse barn roof blowed off and the rest blowed into piles. This year I was gonna try a tarp instead of loading my 10 cu ft trailer and making a hundred trips to the curb. Gonna let the Work Horse work today… That did not work out so well. I WILL get the leaf sucker running and operating before next fall. I have been saying that for about 5 years. I am whopped and did not get it all done… It started raining and the Work Horse got rained on… Neighbors Christmas lights… Edited December 9, 2023 by Horse Newbie 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,535 #6377 Posted December 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said: This year I was gonna try a tarp instead of loading my 10 cu ft trailer and making a hundred trips to the curb. Gonna let the Work Horse work today… That did not work out so well. I Do this routinely. Think burrito. Leaves in the middle, enough tarp all around the wrap nicely. Don't overload... Works like a charm... Overload burritos end up in your lap... overload tarp leaves end up in yard... 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,069 #6378 Posted December 10, 2023 2 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: overload tarp leaves end up in yard... And that is exactly what happened… I tied the middle of the rope to tractor, wove the rope down each side of the tarp and tied rope in last two grommets on each back corner. As I moved the back came over and promptly respread the leaves in a path behind me… 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,069 #6379 Posted December 10, 2023 Glad we are getting a laugh over my hard work S.N.A.F.U. … 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,998 #6380 Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) I'm considering putting a leaf plow together for next year's batch. I've raked, raked & tarped, leaf blowers, RD deck with tow behind sweeper, just the sweeper, and this year, my snow plow set about 1" off the ground, then the snow plow and the sweeper. All the above methods work, but each has something preventing it from being the magic bullet for leaf removal. I got the water system blown down at the lake house and anti freeze in the drains. Will finish closing it down tomorrow. Got all the Generac V twins in the neighbor hood exercised this afternoon. Power dropped about 5:15 and came back about 8:30. Thrèe of our neighbors have installed a Generac in the last few years. Really windy today. I'm guessing a branch or tree was the cause of the outage. Will have to check the oil on the Generac tomorrow. Edited December 10, 2023 by 8ntruck 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,422 #6381 Posted December 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said: And that is exactly what happened… I tied the middle of the rope to tractor, wove the rope down each side of the tarp and tied rope in last two grommets on each back corner. As I moved the back came over and promptly respread the leaves in a path behind me… You either need a bigger burrito or less filling 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,360 #6382 Posted December 10, 2023 Don't bother with all the raking, mulch the leaves it's better for the soil anyway. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Streetrodchev 798 #6383 Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) Changed the water pump on my truck, 326k miles on this one. 2004 Chevy w/ Duramax Edited December 10, 2023 by Streetrodchev 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,134 #6384 Posted December 10, 2023 Spent the weekend roughing it in the cabin. 5 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,422 #6385 Posted December 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: roughing it in the cabin. THAT'S the way life should be ALL the time. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,998 #6386 Posted December 10, 2023 5 hours ago, rjg854 said: Don't bother with all the raking, mulch the leaves it's better for the soil anyway. Yup. Tired that, too. I've got enough leaves that if i mulched them all, I'd bury the grass in about 1" of mulch. About 2/3 of my leaves are oak leaves, which take forever to decompose. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,069 #6387 Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, 8ntruck said: About 2/3 of my leaves are oak leaves Same here… the soil is probably way too acidic as it is. Could probably use some lime, but never did a soil test. It grows thick and green in the summer though. Edited December 11, 2023 by Horse Newbie 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,535 #6388 Posted December 10, 2023 Oak leaves here too... Mulch many but no way to handle all of them. Lawn would be caked... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,297 #6389 Posted December 10, 2023 Oak and hickory trees all over the neighborhood. Blow them in piles and use the front blade to push them to the railroad track easement. Nice rich black dirt under the piles. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #6390 Posted December 10, 2023 Ordered some sheet metal to spread the Snowblower in width. i will cut the sides and insert each side a piece of Sheetmetal to extend. The Collecting wheels be allready prepared for extending. Goal is to reach 96cm that it will fit in front of the Horse. driven it shall be via the Jackshaft, i built for the Front disc Mower. Curious if this will be work. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,422 #6391 Posted December 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Tractorhead said: Ordered some sheet metal to spread the Snowblower in width. Curious if this will be work. Keep us posted!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #6392 Posted December 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Tractorhead said: Ordered some sheet metal to spread the Snowblower in width. i will cut the sides and insert each side a piece of Sheetmetal to extend. The Collecting wheels be allready prepared for extending. Goal is to reach 96cm that it will fit in front of the Horse. driven it shall be via the Jackshaft, i built for the Front disc Mower. Curious if this will be work. Am I right in assuming this is not a WH snowblower attachment you are modifying? Is the plan to use it on a WH? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #6393 Posted December 11, 2023 Yap you be right in both. I found few good deals, but not only one close on my site. Checked several Way’s but a simple transport of Tractorparts incl.Tax and duty of one crate over 250Kilos is 1500€ to my Door. This year i spent the Money better to be live on the WH BigShow. - who knows what i have after that to crate... 😎🤐 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,500 #6394 Posted December 13, 2023 Finished up “widening” another 1100 for a spare. Figured while I had the transmission on the stand, I would mock up my three point for Skittles. Have a little bit of welding to do. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,422 #6395 Posted December 13, 2023 14 minutes ago, 19richie66 said: Finished up “widening” another 1100 for a spare. What exactly did you do there Richie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BairleaFarm 340 #6396 Posted December 13, 2023 On 11/21/2023 at 10:14 PM, 8ntruck said: We got about an inch of rain here in Ky. last night. What part? Im north of Lexington Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,998 #6397 Posted December 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, BairleaFarm said: What part? Im north of Lexington Just outside of Bowling Green. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,500 #6398 Posted December 13, 2023 47 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: What exactly did you do there Richie? I “widened” this transmission to be the same width as a gt14 Sunstrand transmission. Same thing I did to Skittles and the 1100 I put in my wife’s 1054. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cleat 5,926 #6399 Posted December 13, 2023 Excitement on the road out front today. Police told us to stay inside as something was happening down the road but would not say more. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cleat 5,926 #6400 Posted December 13, 2023 Road is now shut down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
