Handicap ramp why does it have to be moved!

Several men from our church erected a handicap ramp for a gentleman eight months ago. The fellow that lived in this rental house was wheelchair bound with ALS. He passed away two months ago and his wife moved out of the house. The owner of the property did not want the ramp to remain and asked that we remove it. Instead of dismantling it piece by piece we decided to take it apart in sections. It turned out to be more of a job than we thought.

New tractor skidding logs on the homestead

It has been two years since the logger cut the timber on the place. All the lap wood, of course, was left behind for my friend to cut and use in his stove. He has yet to get to the wooded area I am working my fence through. I decided to go ahead and clean the area for him to speed up the lap removal. This is log and hard work but it sure beats being behind a pharmacy counter all day.

Augusta National --Got a ticket on my first try

I couldn't believe it. I registered on the Augusta website for a ticket in November and was notified in January I had been selected to receive a ticket. So many people I have talked to have said they have waited and waited to get a ticket, some up to seven years. I only asked for one ticket for the Wednesday practice round but two tickets for the tournament rounds. I only snagged the practice round.

View from a Bobcat

Several months ago I decided I needed more equipment storage space. I rented a Bobcat from the local rental company and for eight hours I moved dirt, old hay, and manure. It had been fifty years since some of that stuff had seen the light of day. I chose a Bobcat since the rafters were low. In order to reach the back part of the shed I need something that was low and compact. I had to keep an eye on the rafters as I maneuvered back and forth in the shed.

Barbed wire rig (invention)

I was looking for a way to stretch four strands of barbed wire at the same time but did not want to spend a lot of money.  I have taken a woven wire unroller and modified it to stretch four strands of barbed wire at once.  I could possibly add another roll to the device to stretch five strands at once.  Watch and see this simple modification I made to the unroller, which can still be used to install woven wire fencing.

Homemade old bandsaw mill --ugly

A friend of mine and his brother invited me to go with them to look at a bandsaw sawmill in West Virginia. It was listed online and touted as an ugly bandsaw sawmill. We ended up traveling about fifty five miles away to check it out. When we arrived, the person selling it said it was on top of the ridge above his house. After taking an s-curve road to the top there set the mill. Yep it is ugly.

Massey 451 and comparison with Massey 165

Doing a review of MF 451 with its size and also comparing with an older MF 165 . Since the 451 is a compact three cylinder engine but is also a four wheel drive tractor, it is rated at 52 hp. In comparing the 451 to the older 165 it gives up about 4 hp. But having the four wheel drive should offset that small amount of horsepower.