Going back...
Another year: Day the Ninety ninth
Huzzah! It was back out into the wilds today even though I had to do some running around in the morning that I hadn't anticipated.
The thing is when the tractor threw a flat yesterday evening I wasn't exactly thrilled. The good thing was that I'd managed to get about ninety percent of the way through plowing before it happened (although there had been warning signs). I almost finished up the plowing by using the bucket jammed down to keep the load off the tire but there is only so much of that you can get away with. By the end of the process the tire was pretty mangled and it was obvious this wasn't just going to need to be pumped back up (it was in pretty rough shape before this incident).
Fast forward to this morning as I skipped the morning ablute and just headed out to play with jacks and wrenches and stuff and then hopped into the truck to deliver the tire (and rim) to the local Ford/New Holland tractor dealership. I was bemused to find that 'oh no we don't do tires' (this contrary to the fact that the last time we needed tires the very nearby John Deere dealer ordered and installed *all* the tires for the machine). Even so they pointed me to a local tire place who just asked me to back the truck up and fling the tire inside (I exaggerate but close) and they got to banging a new tire on there.
After the unexpected mucking around in town I returned with a new tire slapped it back on Betsy and got back inside. After more *stuff* got done we both got our things together and headed out into the wilds. The latest snow event had certainly made itself felt out there and it was back to trail breaking and glorified snowshoeing in places.
As you can see here the way to the back forty has finally developed the drifts we have been used to in past years.
Our near the back end of beyond I spotted this (likely wren's) nest. All of three inches wide.
I just liked the way the snow had done a highlighting job on our drumlin forest (you can click on the image for a larger version)
As the depth gauge shows we're finally back to snow that rivals (and exceeds) the snow from Late November.
Huzzah! It was back out into the wilds today even though I had to do some running around in the morning that I hadn't anticipated.
The thing is when the tractor threw a flat yesterday evening I wasn't exactly thrilled. The good thing was that I'd managed to get about ninety percent of the way through plowing before it happened (although there had been warning signs). I almost finished up the plowing by using the bucket jammed down to keep the load off the tire but there is only so much of that you can get away with. By the end of the process the tire was pretty mangled and it was obvious this wasn't just going to need to be pumped back up (it was in pretty rough shape before this incident).
Fast forward to this morning as I skipped the morning ablute and just headed out to play with jacks and wrenches and stuff and then hopped into the truck to deliver the tire (and rim) to the local Ford/New Holland tractor dealership. I was bemused to find that 'oh no we don't do tires' (this contrary to the fact that the last time we needed tires the very nearby John Deere dealer ordered and installed *all* the tires for the machine). Even so they pointed me to a local tire place who just asked me to back the truck up and fling the tire inside (I exaggerate but close) and they got to banging a new tire on there.
After the unexpected mucking around in town I returned with a new tire slapped it back on Betsy and got back inside. After more *stuff* got done we both got our things together and headed out into the wilds. The latest snow event had certainly made itself felt out there and it was back to trail breaking and glorified snowshoeing in places.
As you can see here the way to the back forty has finally developed the drifts we have been used to in past years.
Our near the back end of beyond I spotted this (likely wren's) nest. All of three inches wide.
I just liked the way the snow had done a highlighting job on our drumlin forest (you can click on the image for a larger version)
As the depth gauge shows we're finally back to snow that rivals (and exceeds) the snow from Late November.