New Project

All the rain we’ve had this year has really kept the ground wet and the heavy equipment out. Today was different, I was anxious to get on the tractor and try out the box blade, its been over two weeks since I bought it but haven’t been able to use it due to the weather.

Since my plans to have the perimeter cleared has stalled, I decided I need to get something done and that the tractor needed a cover at the very least to keep the weather off it.  So my focus now will be to clear an area that I can build some kind of cover for the tractor. My initial thought is that I would build a simple pole structure with a roof and open sides, to cover the tractor and implements. Today I started clearing that area and using the box blade, mostly getting accustomed to using the box blade.

Its not as easy as one might think, not knowing what I’m doing I just lower the bladed and start scraping at random. After some time, I think the best strategy that seems to work is to use the rippers to rip up the ground then back up from the start and use the blade to collect and smooth out the area that had just been ripped up. Once I figured this out, the work start going better and progress could be seen.