Brrrrr

Like the rest of the mid-Atlantic and NE, it’s been REALLY cold for the last week or so, down into the single digits temps at night.

Unfortunately, we had a water pipe freeze, which killed the well pump some 225 feet down in the well.  After two days of dipping into the emergency water supply, trucking water out to the animals a few times a day, and a $3000 plumber bill, we finally have well water back online.

A lot of people have actually died in the last week or so, directly or indirectly caused by this cold snap … so I’m not complaining.

I’ve complained FAR too much about the heat and humidity in the summer, so this cold wx is actually preferred.  😉

*New* Artillian Pallet Forks

Received and installed a new set of Artillian pallet forks on the Mahindra 1526.

Getting too damn old to be lifting as much as I do, and Lord knows I have a lot of projects on-going, and new ones cropping up seemingly every other day!

Besides moving pallets of material around the farm, I plan to also move a few tons of wood (trees), for example to complete the 300 meter rifle range.

The tractor has a skid-steer quick-detach system up front, so it’s just a matter of decoupling the front-loader bucket, and picking up the pallet forks … or vice versa.

Whoop … whoop!

 

Damon