We had snow yesterday but back to a beautiful day today so I got a lot done this afternoon/evening. Everything went remarkably well so either I'm learning or it was just one of those good days!
I started by removing the snow blower from the MX and placing it on a pallet in preparation for summer storage. I reinstalled the hydraulic top link and hooked up the EA box blade. Next up was to get the B&W 3" tow & stow hitch installed in the custom receiver that I made last year for the M-1078. This was the first time I've used the hitch on the M-1078 and that also went well. I had to do a little file work inside the square tube of the receiver due to welding deformation, but it wasn't bad at all.
Then I hooked up the big dump trailer to the M-1078, and because the bed on the truck and the dump bed are basically the same width, it was just about the easiest trailer hook up I can remember in terms of aligning the hitch to the coupler. I did have to adjust the coupler height on the trailer to get it to sit level. I even remembered to check to see if I'd be able to raise the bucket high enough to get over the mesh panels to dump dirt before I had a bucket full, and all was good. Of course, like the amateur I am, I managed to dump dirt all over the front of the tractor when I tilted the bucket too far back. I only did that once though.
The box blade is doing a great job and I'm trying to use draft control but it's still a big mystery to me!

But progress is being made, and it's way faster to dump dirt into the trailer than making numerous trips with the tractor. This weekend I'm going to see what's involved in getting the weights that I got with the Buhler/Farm King rear blade hung on the EA box blade. I think that some extra weight wouldn't be a bad thing.
The deer don't seem to mind me being out in their field and a bunch were happily chewing on grass.