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Barnstormer

09-27-2004 07:53:38

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Got about 7 hours of seat time yesterday at our seasonal camper site in Western Michigan. We decided to build a walking path into the steep sloped woods on the west side of our camper. We are building a 3 foot high retainer wall out of sand and stone. Sand and stone are available in great quantity on the 300 acre camp ground property.
I had gathered rocks last spring to "stake out" our claim to that section of the woods. I'm using a King Kutter scoop to haul sand from a small clearing in the woods that has grown on an ancient lake shore. I made at least 30 to 35 trips going about a quarter mile each way down a paved drive and then a sand golf cart trail into the woodlot.
My wife was stacking rocks while I hauled sand and shoveled sand up against the rocks as she stacked them. She was a real trooper for being an out of shape 60+ year old city (Detroit)girl. My 1946 2N has a verticle exhaust with a 12" long muffler. It really has a deep throated rumble when the governor is maintaining speed with the Sherman step-up transmission going up hill or when in 2nd gear digging sand.
My butt is tender, my back hurts and I was exhausted before driving 80 miles home at 6:30, but it was a great feeling. Seat time is a fantastic break from the everyday grind and the weather was perfect. I'm writing this from work during lunch. I'm ready to go back this week-end and extend the path to a small clearing.
The path will be wood chipped when we get done, no mowing. A 10x12 screened tent shelter will go into the clearing next season. We will be able to sit and watch the deer that often bed down about 100 feet away.

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lonestarjeff

09-27-2004 08:44:40

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Re: Great seat time! in reply to Barnstormer, 09-27-2004 07:53:38

Sounds like heaven, hope you can get some photos & post'em. I know pics won't do justice to the scenery, but we can dream.

Jeff

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Barnstormer

09-27-2004 12:11:09

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Re: Great seat time! in reply to lonestarjeff, 09-27-2004 08:44:40

Yes it is, thanks.
I have a couple digital pictures but I have never tried to post. I finally figured out last night how to email them. My problem was the firewall on my computer.
It is fortunate that this office has no windows. I was outside earlier and got spring fever.
The owner of the park is very religious and calls the park a small piece of paradise.

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Dan

09-27-2004 08:25:55

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Re: Great seat time! in reply to Barnstormer, 09-27-2004 07:53:38

Sound like a great time. I know exactly what you mean as I have been working on my 42 acres with my newly aquired 1952 8N doing all sorts of various work. Being a city boy, and working/living in the city - I sure look forward to my weekend work with my 8N out in the country and smile on Mondays when I get out of my seat at work and am just a little sore :)

Good luck on your path, sounds like a great job,
Dan

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Barnstormer

09-27-2004 08:37:41

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Re: Great seat time! in reply to Dan, 09-27-2004 08:25:55

What is funny about this is that when we farmed, and if my dad had told me to do this work, I would think that I was being abused (these days the courts agree, BS)
A really neat thing happened. An 11 year old boy from a nearby camper wanted to help. He was more in the way for 2 hours than help but I thanked him and gave him a couple of dollars and he was ecstatic. (where can you get help for $1 per hour or less besides Mexico or China)
Next thing you know, we had kids wanting to carry out our trash. That was great.

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Larry 8N75381

09-27-2004 10:15:54

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Re: Great seat time! in reply to Barnstormer, 09-27-2004 08:37:41

GOOD FOR YOU! Barnstormer!!

Boys that age will often respond better to direction/discipline from a neighbor man than to their "OLD man" who is (according to them) always on their case. :-)

Good old fashioned "male" mentoring of boys seems to have been made a no,no by the "lib" crowd. Sounds like you have an opportunity to teach/infulence some young boys in a positive way. GO to it!!

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Larry

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Barnstormer

09-27-2004 12:19:51

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Re: Great seat time! in reply to Larry 8N75381, 09-27-2004 10:15:54

Thank you.
Glad that I have a strong heart with a surprise like a boy wanting to work like that. grin
I think he was angleing to maybe drive the tractor. He did sit on it a couple of times. Had my '51 8N been there instead of my '46 2N, I might have tried him out, but only after getting permission from his parents.
The area that I was working in is trees too close and too easy to get into trouble even with my experience. We would have to go to an open field for basic skills with no one in the way.

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Larry 8N75381

09-27-2004 17:28:14

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Re: Great seat time! in reply to Barnstormer, 09-27-2004 12:19:51

"We would have to go to an open field for basic skills with no one in the way."

YEP!! When I was teaching my son to drive in the snow, we went up to the school parking lot on a Saturday when it was empty after a snow. Practiced spinning out when doing a turn and how to keep the car in control. You simply have to do it to gain the skill. You can tell him that every thing is a step by step process. I think he can relate to learning to catch a ball. Could not do it when he was little, only as he started to be able to catch large easily thrown balls did he build up the skills to catch faster and smaller ones. Lot of other similar "you have to crawl before you can walk before you can run" expamples that you can also use. Safety is the BIG thing, and when they understand that not letting them do something is because it is dangerous, especially when they do not yet have the skills to let them be safe, they can live easier with not doing the "big stuff" right away.

AS far as learning to drive, I don"t think you can find a full sized tractor to learn on better than a "N". I and lots of other people learned and a tender age to drive an "N". I was ten.

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Larry

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Barnstormer

09-27-2004 17:52:36

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Re: Great seat time! in reply to Larry 8N75381, 09-27-2004 17:28:14

Amen to the safety and ditto on age 10, me. My oldest grandson should be learning now, he is 11.

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