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Rob N VA
02-17-2004 05:15:34
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I have a creek that runs through my property. One side of the creek I am able to keep clear of brush with my Pittsburg 240 bush hog. I have developed quite a technique of raising the bush hog up and backing into a shrub, or thorn bush on the edge of the creek, rev up the motor in neutral and drop the brush hog on the victim offensive shrub. VERY effective method for eradicationg thorn bushes that pop up around the creek. Well, I do this in the winter so I don't have to fool with snakes (I hate snakes, especially copperheads, which flourish around my creek) because I sometimes get out the chain saw to take down the thick stuff. I don't really want to do that in the summertime with the copperheads. Anyway, the point of my story is that the other side of my creek looks like a jungle, because I can't get the tractor to the other side. Well, Sunday I tried to drive through the seemingly innocent little creek. We're talking about a 3-6 inch slouse of water, and maybe a 6-12 inch ditch here. No problem for the mighty 8N right? Wrong!! Dead wrong. I wish I had camera to put the picture in "stuck and troubled" but I figured the next best thing was to describe it to ya'll. It took my Silverado and my neighbors Massey Ferguson to pull the old gal outta the muck. We had to remove the bush hog and pull it out of the way, and both pull at the same time. The whole while my wife was calling me a dumba** and asking me what I was thinking. Yesterday, I had the day off and I got some creek conduit and some gravel and made me a bridge over that creek that I think the 8N can handle. Problem is that when I backed the farm truck up to the creek to shovel out the gravel, I got that stuck too. She's only a 2wd pick-up, but the 8N was able to pull her out no problem. Unfortunatly, I wasn't able to test out the new bridge. That's gonna have to wait until this evening. Live and learn I suppose. On the other hand, I think the real reason the wife was upset is she was scared theat I was gonna flip the ol' gal and hurt myself. Thank God I didn't, so I can write this post and we can have a little chuckle. -----Rob
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