I hear ya. The news coming in this morning said we're gonna get hammered hard again in a couple days through the weekend. Really not looking forward to it. Can you smell it much up there? We only get occasional times when it really stands out, otherwise it's just haze.
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Maggie’s What's Your View II
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I hear ya. The news coming in this morning said we're gonna get hammered hard again in a couple days through the weekend. Really not looking forward to it. Can you smell it much up there? We only get occasional times when it really stands out, otherwise it's just haze.
No, funny thing is that this year, I really haven't been able to smell it. A couple of years ago, you could smell it, but the level of smoke wasn't as bad. Ready for it to be over and done.
Well, that's our Canadian Brothers for ya. Always being nice. Smoke ya out, yet no smell. How can't ya love'm.
Looks like someone's getting it done on another nice day in Ohio. You know you got the A/C on.
Yeh. That red machine is a Screen plant. Ill run the crushed crete through it and.itll come out with 3 different Agg products; Oversize (6"+), #2 size and a #304. Super good material contractors love it as its so cheap compared to virgin Limestone.
Just can't stop taking a pic in this direction when I'm there at sunset. Makes me smile, even if it ain't all that.
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Was heading back from grabbing some Cobbler filling. We'll make a few gallons of cordial of course also. Bear season right now but the woods are shut down. Hopefully one of the local bruins will visit some private property for a snack and eat a Berger.
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You guy's know well, getting to some of these can be a tad tricky.
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Was heading back from grabbing some Cobbler filling. We'll make a few gallons of cordial of course also.
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You guy's know well, getting to some of these can be a tad tricky.
Just got the mini excavator back from down the road on an Alder logging job. Big Red performed like a Boss. The Self Loader couldn't reach a few logs so we used Big Red to haul them within reach. Son of a Bitch is a beast. The Pole Building site and build is kinda on the back burner for a bit. Mill heading to another site this week. $$$ first, right?
Head of the target is approximately 4.5' high to give you perspective of the corn height. No corn was damaged in the making of this film
Good shooting T.
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1J04 before I got to the last pic of the berry patch I was mentally bouncing between "Nom Nom Nom" and "I wonder how bad the snakes and briars are up in the PNW?" That last one answered it nicely, although I'm still curious if y'all have the abundance of rattlesnakes we do.
There's nothing to make you question ever picking a blackberry again like being way up in a patch like that and hearing a snake rattle. It's amazing how you don't feel a single briar at "oh shit speed" until you're out of the thicket and then shit gets real. I got to share that bonding experience with my old man, we came home scratched up and bleeding like we'd tried to sandpaper a cat's ass. AND we dropped the fuckin berries!!!
There's nothing to make you question ever picking a blackberry again like being way up in a patch like that and hearing a snake rattle. It's amazing how you don't feel a single briar at "oh shit speed" until you're out of the thicket and then shit gets real. I got to share that bonding experience with my old man, we came home scratched up and bleeding like we'd tried to sandpaper a cat's ass. AND we dropped the fuckin berries!!!
lmfao Nice story buddy. And nope, no poisonous snakes on the West Side. East Side has them though. Fricking Blackberries can do some serious shredding, you're right. I've had to go into them a number of times for things other than picking berries.
The Bear will burrow fairly small holes right through a patch on the side of the logging roads. Was in the back of a field and shot a buck that made it to the Blackberries and went right into one of the tunnels. Followed that damn thing up outta the field, up the hill to the top of the ridge and logging road, over the other side of the road into a reprod patch of shit. That shower that night hurt. Shot a Bear during Archery Season that made it into a tunnel. Never been more alert in my life. My 870 and I became one. 
I hear ya'll on the smoke comments, and can fully appreciate the discomfort that it causes you tender asses.
I've a number of immediate and close family members who've been evacuated from their homes throughout the province, for up to a couple of weeks even. As it is some have lost none, some have lost some, and some have lost all.
Best as I can suggest is, go commando, and breathe through your britches! Not only would you fit in with the lastest (your area) fashion trend, but you'll probably be able to breathe deeper and pleasanter, too.
Us folks up here though, we'll just tough it out. Cause that's what we do, that's how we roll, and that's what we're made of. Where men are men and girly-boys move South!
I've a number of immediate and close family members who've been evacuated from their homes throughout the province, for up to a couple of weeks even. As it is some have lost none, some have lost some, and some have lost all.
Best as I can suggest is, go commando, and breathe through your britches! Not only would you fit in with the lastest (your area) fashion trend, but you'll probably be able to breathe deeper and pleasanter, too.
Us folks up here though, we'll just tough it out. Cause that's what we do, that's how we roll, and that's what we're made of. Where men are men and girly-boys move South!
Sorry. I just saw this when I was scanning to see which ammo you were running.
zeroed at 50 / Canted yes (15 I think) / Geco Semi-auto (RWS)
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My grandmother's cobbler with the homemade lemon sauce was about the best part of Summers. Awesome stuff!
My grandmother's cobbler with the homemade lemon sauce was about the best part of Summers. Awesome stuff!
lmfao Nice story buddy. And nope, no poisonous snakes on the West Side. East Side has them though. Fricking Blackberries can do some serious shredding, you're right. I've had to go into them a number of times for things other than picking berries.
I've crawled the hog trails through them, and that sucks more than enough. On several nights I had to chase 2-legged critters through thickets like that and if I caught them they paid dearly for every fucking briar I had to remove. It's amazing how hard it can be to avoid walking into trees in the pitch black. "Oops, watch your head, sir"
Somebody got a little squirrelly this morning.
Just texting now. Mission accomplished.
Somebody got a little squirrelly this morning.
It boggles my mind how people can't drive in a frikkin straight line.
Not to ruin the fun you guys are having at that idiots expense. Two things are driving the push for self driving cars, distracted driving and road rage. since I normally own stuff 20+ years I am sure my next car will drive itself.
Two "deja vu" moments for me in this one post. Like you, the first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the pics of the berry patches was "Rattlesnakes." Of course, in my part of Alabama we have dewberries instead of blackberries. They're almost identical but they grow more along the ground and less upright than blackberries. That probably makes them even more attractive to the rattlers, who hide in there waiting for varmints that come to eat the berries. I can't look at a berry patch, or even a pic of one, without thinking about what rattlesnakes are hiding in there.
Second, I've only ever heard one other guy use the phrase "sandpaper a cat's ass." Actually, the first guy said "bobcat's ass." He is a machinist at a cylinder head shop. I was in there picking up a diesel head he had re-worked for me one day when a customer was asking him questions about something he wanted to do himself and he wanted the machinist's advice. The machinist looked at him and said, "Well, I guess you can do it that way, but you'd rather sandpaper a bobcat's ass." I laughed out loud, and never forgot it (and have used it many times since).
Cutting grass on the shooting lanes this afternoon. It rains every day this summer, and it doesn't take long for weeds and bahia grass seed heads to jump up and obscure targets. This was probably somewhere near the 1000 yd point along the lane. Two full-size IPSCS at the very end.
By the time I finished and put the tractor away, the skies had turned dark and the storms moved in. We had a torrential flash flood that lasted the rest of the afternoon and on into the night (actually it's still raining a bit). I'll bet we got 2.5 - 3 inches. No shooting today...
By the time I finished and put the tractor away, the skies had turned dark and the storms moved in. We had a torrential flash flood that lasted the rest of the afternoon and on into the night (actually it's still raining a bit). I'll bet we got 2.5 - 3 inches. No shooting today...
I can relate to your post vh. I swear if the average guy knew how much work we go to place steel, clear shooting lanes to it, paint, etc... they'd think we were nuts. And, we probably are. When the crops are gone and all my targets are out, it takes 30-45 minutes and 3 miles of driving (on an ATV) just to paint/restore, and my furthest is usually 1K! Trees, impassable creeks, etc... take time and effort to negotiate. Hope you have an opportunity to shoot before mowing again.
Oh fuck, cry me a river you lucky bastards. I am not a big "range" fan. So for myself it is a 2+ hr drive each way for me and i am lucky. Many east of the Mississippi will never ever know open country like many of us.
I felt like a damn tourist this week, asking buddies if I'd lost my mind trying to remember an August this fucking wet without storms in the Gulf. It's been every bit of 10-12 days of rain every few hours here on the Coast. I have zero chance of nuking my yard and am about ready to turn the goats loose in it when my buddy gets his new arrivals. I have enough Round Up concentrate to defoliate SE Asia and its positively worthless with inches of rain every day.
I'd be losing my mind ten times over if I were trying to cut and bale hay right now.
I bushhogged bahiagrass yesterday getting ready for dove season. The grass itself was nearly waist high with seedheads (hippy fingers) poking up above that. This is in pasture that has been grazed all year. I would have liked to bale it, but we're getting the same rains here.
Not complaining, and realize I'm fortunate to be able to shoot right here at home. But if you pulled aside a non shooter and told them you just mowed for 2 hours to send 4 rounds at a piece of steel, they would probably look at you kind of funny
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Not complaining, and realize I'm fortunate to be able to shoot right here at home. But if you pulled aside a non shooter and told them you just mowed for 2 hours to send 4 rounds at a piece of steel, they would probably look at you kind of funny
I was giving you some crap but yeai know what you mean. I have taken many friends out and i have yet to find someone who enjoys the drive as much as i do.. I usually try and shoot more than 4 rounds. But once i had 3 "mechanical failures" in under 5 mins. And i only took 3 guns with me. Happened so fast i am not sure the truck's engine had actually stopped spinning. All i could do was pack up and go home.
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I like guys who love tractors. You are right about old Deere paint. TN got the series right, but was thinking too big. It's the baby of the family - a '68 1020 diesel (they were also available in gas). We bought it around '71, I think. I started raking hay with it when I was around 9. It has been used hard, but is still in solid mechanical condition. I love this pic of my Mom I took in 2013 when she was 76 and haulin' butt on the 1020:
I keep that little bush hog attached semi-permanently for quick touch-ups on the shooting lanes and roads on the property, etc. For the heavy duty stuff, I have better medicine:
There are others as well.
I love seeing the old iron still getting the job done.
We use a 4020 for many of the same tasks.
I figured it was a deere by the fuel cap as well.
Batwing is a serious form of destruction in the right hands lol.
BTW your 4440 is in very nice shape compared to most.
My first hay raking tractor was an Farmall 400 LP, they broke the spring under the seat and replaced it with a 2x4.
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Yep, it's bizarre. Wettest summer I can ever remember. It really has been unbelievable. And, as you noted, I normally wouldn't even be having to cut anything at all right now because the whole cutting should have been done and baled a looong time ago and that would be a clean field. Last year was just the opposite - maybe not the very worst, but certainly one of the driest late-summers in memory. Either way sucks for production.
2A - I ain't complaining! I'm definitely very blessed to have a place that allows me to shoot ELR whenever I want. I don't mind the upkeep, but it has been a bit excessive this year! My comment was based more as an observation on the tremendous, bizarre amount of rain we're getting this year.
MtnCreek - "Hippy fingers," Ha! I never heard that one, but it is a perfect description. The certainly don't take long to spring up and get in your sight picture.
TN - I never looked at it that way, but yeah - I guess a non-shooter would think we're crazy.
It has often been said that the 4020 and 4440 tie for the best tractor JD ever made. As a result, I would like to have a 4020 one day, just because. I bet you love it.
4440 -Thanks for the compliment. The folks I bought it from kept it up well, and I've tried to even improve on that. I just did a complete restoration on our 2440 summer before last - engine, PTO drive, etc, and paint.
We need to see the 4020...
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Enjoying the pics and thanks for posting vh20! Nice restoration on the 2440. To this day around here, if a 4020 is on a farm sale, it WILL be sold last and will bring a premium regardless of condition.
Thanks. Yep, the 4020 kind of taunts me. I have no need for one other than as a show piece, but still it calls to me.
The weather lady says we have a good shot at rain next few days, so I took the afternoon off (ouch, my arm!) to prep and sow a couple of in the woods food plots.
I've been getting these two places ready for this since March.
Never tried this stuff. Time will tell.
I've been getting these two places ready for this since March.
Never tried this stuff. Time will tell.
Beautiful tractor restoration above! Fantastic!
Here's my view today. Got the mutt out to cruise around a bit If there is such a thing as a Jeep Glamour shot... I guess this is it!
Here's my view today. Got the mutt out to cruise around a bit If there is such a thing as a Jeep Glamour shot... I guess this is it!
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