I'm buying this rig tomorrow. How's this for off-topic?

- Woods Heritage HSS60 Rotary Cutter
- Woods Loader 1006
- Nitros Oxide tank
- Rollover Protection System (ROPS)
- Top cover

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LHammonds

Why do you need a front-end loader? And do you get hay forks?

I have 10 acres of land to farm and this is the right-size tractor for the job.

This tractor cannot handle round or large square hay bails even if an attachment was added.

Here are some of the things I have in mind for the FEL (more idea will probably come after I start using it and getting more familiar with what it can do)

• Move / create / flatten dirt piles...this is a back saver and in my case, I life saver (nearly died not too long ago trying to shovel 3 loads of dirt and lay 7 pallets of grass in a single day)
• Maintain my driveway (only need to pay for the dirt / gravel to be dumped in my yard)
• Install or Remove fence T-posts with EXTREME speed and no back pain at the end of the day (to remove posts, I plan on welding a couple of hooks on the bucket so I can use chains for lifting)
• Moving small bales of hay (that my land produces currently)
• Move my remaining dirt pile to my shooting range to serve as a backstop.
• Dig out a spot for my soon-to-be pool. (my land is pure blackland soil...at least 10 feet down, no rocks...easy digging)

LHammonds

Got room for a lodger?

Hehehe...already got three.

LHammonds

You should meet my husband and his John Deer. It is huge!

Hehehe...already got three.

LHammonds

I may just come for a holiday then when I need to get away from "civilization".





Oooer, I've not heard it called that before.

Conan the farmer?

i don't quite understand why would you need to buy one unless you living in the middle of nowhere

Col John Sheppard

me either

Laughing for five minutes and still going

I expect pictures of you sat on it wearing a straw hat (this is in reference to the tractor and NOT the "John Deer").

*Laughs his head off*

Huh. This conversation has certainly turned... Interesting...

I remember once when I was 6, and I rode on a John Deere (tractor) in South Dakota

*Sigh* Those were the good ol' days...

yeah, that's REALLY off topic....

Wow...If an "off-topic" thread goes "off-topic" does that mean it is "on-topic" ? ? ?

Anyways, the tractor is being delivered to my home / farm today. I was hoping I would be able to check it out before I left for work but it did not arrive soon enough.

I'm contemplating going home for lunch though.

The kids can't wait to get home from school to see it. I bet it will be murder having to wait for daddy to get home. hehehe.

Here is a satellite shot of my land (a.k.a. "Middle-of-Nowhere") from several years before I started building.
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LHammonds

Now that's a ride for parking into a club's parking lot. All chick eyes will be upon you .


Really a cool piece...almost like a tank

Cheers

Maafiaman

No need for that. I got all the chicks I wanted with my 1998 Trans AM (I still own and drive it)
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Oh, here is a picture of the tractor in my yard. I'm thinking about painting it black.
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EDIT: The dirt pile you see in the back has already been moved.

ooh i car i want to drive hehe

Col John Sheppard

Now that's a great ride .

Glad you still drive it....


Cheers

Maafiaman

I clearly need to be paying you less, Lon! Oh, wait!

Congrats on your new "pimp" ride

how is farmer Conan i wonder with his car and tractor?

Col John Sheppard

Nice ride. Now that you have a new toy does that mean we will see less of you around here?

Actually, that new toy is saving me a LOT of work time outside. And let's not forget that it will likely save my back from much abuse that I've been giving it recently.

Well Dark0ne, I "was" gonna ask for a raise....I want a 65" DLP flat screen TV now. I just took measurements of my entertainment cabinet so I will be looking on Crutchfield later today to make my choice.

Research done: Samsung 61" HL61A750

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So how about it Darky?

LHammonds

i can imagine the indiana Jones theme tune playing while Conan is on this Tractor haha

Col John Sheppard

Nice new toy Lon, got to keep the cylinder index up ! ! ! ! !

And here I thought all of you were slave labor for the DarkOne. Har

close enough

Col John Sheppard

Well, it's more like friendship with Darky and the entire community. All the talk of pay and raises is just for fun because we are 100% free slave labor. So even a 3% increase of zero is still zero.

LHammonds

Quite a spread man, if I had 10 acres I’d like some horses to ride.




What's wrong with your old Deere? Broke or does the new one have much more hps.
Maybe you could take the cutter off your old one & buy the new one with a rear spreader (box blade) if you have a lot of dirt to spread.

My neighbors have a horse ranch (about a country block down the road). I'm slowly starting to plant pecan trees. When I get enough money saved up, I will throw up a fence and get some Jersey cows for the nice creamy milk they produce.

I didn't have a tractor before. I let other people come in and handle the hay for me. Regarding the grass around my house, my father-in-law always brought his ZTR but it took about 4 hours to mow the front yard and a bit of the back yard.

LHammonds

Sorry about the confusion; when you said "Oh, here is a picture of the tractor in my yard. I'm thinking about painting it black. "
I saw the picture & thought it look different from (has some black pieces on it & a tool box) the the other one & assumed it was as older tractor.

(anyway)
Congratulations LHammonds!

Thanks. The 1st post was made before I purchased the tractor and is just a random picture I found on the web that is somewhat close to what I saw.

The picture I took of the tractor (in my yard) is the actual tractor I just purchased. I was kidding about painting it black to match my Trans AM. Well, I thought about painting it for a second but that takes work and I'm allergic to work.

LHammonds

Who are you really LHammonds? Smokey and the Bandit? Har Har

In the virtual world here at TESNexus, I'm Smokey. In reality, I'm the Bandit.

picture Conan Speeding on the Tractor

Col John Sheppard

Speaking of picturing him, we need pics OF you, mate. Come on, where are they? We've seen your land, car and tractor, stop hiding......

I second that

I'm on the staff page.



LHammonds

D'oh! I've seen that too but forgot although, ahem, it is hardly showing you now is it? We need to see you racing around on your tractor or something. hehe

Ah, diving, I've not been wet in so long my scales are falling off. That'll happen when you get half of your gear nicked though.

With all the skimpy clothing images in the image share, you were REALLY worrying me with this sentence. Glad you clarified what you meant in the next sentence though. LOL.

Well, seeing how I'm the photographer in the family, it is quite difficult getting "action" pictures of myself. Momma has 5 kids to keep an eye on and even on her best days, her shots are usually blurred beyond recognition or the white balance is off really bad.

It has been a while since I was out diving as well. Having small kids tend to mess that up a bit since they cannot go under water with you and it's difficult affording a baby sitter that you can trust to watch your kids if you take them on a cruise with you (they tend to enjoy the cruise themselves too much).

LHammonds

Well, I just got back from the Minnesota State Fair, and while I was there, I saw your tractor. That thing is a BEAST!

Oh, and buddah, if you read this, I could have sworn I saw you there... Although, there were quite a few people that looked like you, sooooo...

I was doing "laps" around my pasture and using my iPhone to record the amount of time it took with each successive lap going from the outside in and in 2nd gear at the optimal RPM, it took 6.5 minutes to go around the parameter of the 8 acres I was mowing. I stopped too many times to get a good idea of how long the entire job took though.

I remembered that the iPhone has a built-in camera and that somebody wanted me to take an "action" shot so I did the best I could since my hand was attached to my arm which was attached to me (currently).

I also found out that one should not be getting side-tracked messing with features of an iPhone one is not familiar with while operating heavy (and powerful) machinery (thanks Michlo!). If anyone has seen the kids movie called "Cars" by Pixar, you can probably recall the cow-tractor tipping scene where they honk their horn and the tractors pop a wheelie and fall backwards. Well, I didn't fall backwards but I sure did pop a wheelie! I have a lever that keeps the gas applied at a constant RPM but that is only to be used when in "cruise mode"...well, I got side tracked and didn't think about it and went from one gear to the next higher gear and popped the clutch. To my surprise I was doing a wheelie before I knew it.

Here I am running over all the field mice I can. Sure wish I had my 10/22 or 9mm with me! The AR-15 would probably be overkill. I hear that varmint-killer bullets make soft tissue explode with nothing left but pelt. You can see the tree line behind me which is where the creek is located and a few rolls of hay.
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Here is 1st person view from the tractor model. You can see my house, pool, shed and cars as well as a possible hint that I'm mowing too fast and cannot round corners very well.
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LHammonds

well Conan i see you like speeding on your own tractor but i dont see why you need to wear goggles while driving a 30 MPH tractor?

Col John Sheppard

You obviously have never mowed hay (or even grass) in the middle of a dry summer day in Texas. The snow-flurry of hay particles is very bad. Even with these glasses for protection against the bigger pieces of debris, my eyes were almost solid red from being irritated at the end of the day. The thought of snorkel goggles seems like a dang sexy idea that day.

Oh, and as a funny side-note, there are very small gaps between my glasses and my face but twice a bee found its way between my glasses and my eyeball !!! I used a quick-draw disrobe spell on my glasses that was hot-keyed to the number "1" on my keyboard...

LHammonds

i never knew you was a nature person

Col John Sheppard

Heck ya, I shoot at all things natural and man-made. LOL

But really, mowing grass isn't hardly considered getting in touch with mother nature...more like giving her a shave.

that's right the wind in your hair and bugs in your beard.. i don't have a beard so i cant really say that but you can!

Col John Sheppard

Umm, I didn't say put your life at risk whilst doing so now did I? hehe

Thanks for the shot though and I'll bet it got your adrenaline going too so you're welcome.

Oh and I suppose I should return the favour, there are plenty of me at my web-site if anybody is bored.

Cheers.

well your always putting your life on the line everyday if you think about michlo

do you have a pose for every photo by the way still good work on the site

Col John Sheppard

Actually Sheppard, I think you mean that you run the risk of dying at any moment but not everyone puts their "life on the line" every day. That's is completely different. Examples: Police officers, soldiers in combat, small dog owned by large lady, etc.

LHammonds