Posted by JerryS on June 13, 2011 at 21:52:28 from (66.157.165.117):
Unlike most of the guys on this board, I don’t often have need of a tractor. I have only 12 acres, and what’s not in oak and pine trees is considered “lawn”, and I mow that six or so acres with a JD zero turn.
So why do I have two tractors and would like to get a third? I suspect it’s probably unnecessary to pose that question on this board.>Anyway, because my tractors sometimes sit for long stretches, critters of various kinds like to call them “home”. Rats and mice stash their acorns in every cranny and leave empty shells all over everything. One year I had to put off some bushhogging while waiting for a hatching of bluebirds to fledge out and move off the top of the battery case of my 8N. Now I watch out for and discourage them and the wrens.
Must have missed one, though—I cranked up the JD 1020 the other day and went down on the backside of the place when I noticed a rosy glow through the crack of the battery lid of the hood. Discovered a nice little bonfire of pine straw and leaves on top of the manifold, in a place that was almost impossible to reach. I wasn’t near a water hose so I basically had to let it burn out. The birds had apparently just started the nest, so no real harm done. This time of year it's a good idea to make an inspection every now and then.
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