Massey 451 4x4 tractor (four wheel drive) for birthday

What a birthday present.  Ever since the last big snow, I was determined to upgrade my farm tractor.  I have to push snow off of four to five driveways, and they are not small driveways.  I searched and searched and even looked at 70 hp tractors.  After looking at a couple of bigger tractors it became apparent to me that I would also have to upgrade my other implements.   After finding this tractor online, it had low hours, my wife suggested I go ahead and purchase it.

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Massey 451 4x4 tractor (four wheel drive) for birthday

941 Cat Tract Loader first time user

This old 941 tract loader gave me the confidence that I could operate this type of machine.  This machine had a three way bucket instead of a regular bucket.  Since then I have gone on to buy an old 955 tract loader, which if you have seen my video on clearing brush.  The 941 is a smaller machine and has a 60 hp engine, compared to the 955 which is 115 hp.

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Setting a cross brace by yourself--Installing Brace Wire Part 2

This video shows you which direction to run brace wire between posts.  This explains how the pressure of the wire, after being stretched, is pulling against the post.   This explains the physics of the energy being released by the stretched wire.  It make perfect sense when you think about and draw it on paper.

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Setting a cross brace by yourself--Installing Brace Wire Part 2

Twenty year old crepe myrtles -- pruning and cleanup

While visiting my daughter's family this past week, she had asked me to prune her crepe myrtles in her front yard.  There were two of them to prune, so I pruned one on one day and the other the next.  This way it was not too overwhelming in cleaning up the brush.  It took about two hours for each tree but I left a pile of brush for the county to pick up and dispose.

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