Geno, I have seen Whitetail jackrabbits down off OR140 about at the NV line. In the winter I expected to see a lynx, alas I saw a bobcat....
Our jacks are in a down year. I sure hope they come back.
I felt really bad as I had a suicide jack get under the front bumper about a mile from the house the other evening. I'm pretty sure it was a female of course, probably full of young ready to hatch. Just might luck you know, waiting for the population to rebound and I put a dent in it.
Going to keep my eyes out for the whitetail variety. Might have to do a scouting trip up to the corner of the State up past Ft Bidwell.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Valsdad, I heard that! I've made a few trips out there hunting and doing a drive around and I always felt like I was sitting right in the middle of a big plate. I couldn't wait to get back into some woods!
Valsdad, I heard that! I've made a few trips out there hunting and doing a drive around and I always felt like I was sitting right in the middle of a big plate. I couldn't wait to get back into some woods!
Come visit the Redwoods, or the Olympic National Park.....................
you'll find that woods take on a whole different meaning than the ones in Georgia too.
And we have this thing some folks call The Ditch..........................it's a pretty definitive example of a canyon.
And there ain't no valley low enough.................to beat the Death Valley.
The West is pretty incredible. We have real mountains, some who's foothills start higher than the tallest mountains on the E Coast.
But we're humble folks and don't brag on it much..
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Campfire pals, please ponder, discuss and add your own introspective observations.
Around here you can actually see the other side of most all fields. Might be a half mile, but dang you can see trees or a fencerow on the other end. Sam, how much time between turns with that thing?
Mathsr, that stretch is a mile long. Probably about 10 minutes per run. But when swathing a field that long I'll split in half. That way if you do happen to start a fire you have a much better chance of catching it soon enough to possibly put it out.
In the vid I was driving back to the middle to cut out a coulee and square the field back up.
you need to ditch that "air freshener" pine tree goodie.
The fumes from that thing are no good for a man like you.
Need something to cover up some stank? Know anyone with a lavender bush? Sagebrush. Clip a few leafy twigs of that.
No telling what kind of chemicals you're breathin' from that pine tree thingie.They might be affecting your 'deep thoughts'
I liked the high seas reference there.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Go over to the side of that hay field, grab you up some sagebrush, free and better smelling than the pine trees and outside of maybe some allergies, not as likely to poison a person as them dang "air fresheners".
The sage is organical like, loses its stink, toss it out on the ground. Pick a new piece.
Don't like sage? Lots of options. Juniper branch, pine bough. cedar works really good too, they even use it in chests of drawers I hear.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
I use the air compressor to blow the radiator out because I'm afraid of bending the fins with a pressure washer. Mine needs it...AGAIN. Takes about five minutes for it to get about plugged up again. The a/c did work pretty good this year though. Only got uncomfortable in the cab a few times. Then again I think its only reached 100 maybe a couple of times. Lots of 95 degree days though.
Hay only made about half what it did last year, but last year's crop came out a lot later, probably hurting the yields.
I mowed most of my rough-as-hell meadows in 6th gear. Got on my cousin's big, smooth meadow. I was hurling along in 7th. I dropped back to 6th in some rough stuff and saw he was broke down, so I gave him a ride to the gate where my wife taken him over to his shop to get some shixt to fix his mower. He was riding and he's like, "why you goin' so slow?". Shixt ALL my stuff is too rough to go any faster. I think he was running in 8th all over the field. Open station tractor too. Like, a 1968 or so IH 856. Screw that old-school shixt.
You're right, about seats. I could use some more padding.
Ethan, sorry I'm just going back through this thread.
I use the medium tip(green?) with the pressure washer. The engine radiator is stiff enough that the fins will not bend even if you hit it at an angle. But the hydraulic fins are those skinny little fuuckers and will bend pretty easy so I am careful and hit them straight on only.
Out in the field I just use air but sometimes you need to blast out the nasty build-up with water.
