Trapper Bob
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What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Its a 'Southern' Copperhead actually. We have that and the 'Broad-Banded' Copperhead where I live.
That one fell out of an old tire I had picked up to move.
Female most likely. Looked 'Gravid' to me (about to bear live young).
They normally have their young this month (August) and September in my area (Deep East Texas). Even a well fed Copperhead would not normally be that 'thick' all the way to its tail.
Oh, waahhh.
Near the house, the only good poisonous snake is a dead one. I've got a wife, a dog and family and friends around.
I've picked the small ones up with a kids grabber toy and taken them miles away before. But now. my Ruger Mk4 22 saves me the hassle.
I don't go messing with a snake's hole or home in the forest, they can stay away from my house or they get snuffed.
Especially a female snake about to give birth. It's like a hand grenade about to explode. Might need the 12 guage for that killer snake.
Near the house, the only good poisonous snake is a dead one. I've got a wife, a dog and family and friends around.
I've picked the small ones up with a kids grabber toy and taken them miles away before. But now. my Ruger Mk4 22 saves me the hassle.
I don't go messing with a snake's hole or home in the forest, they can stay away from my house or they get snuffed.
Especially a female snake about to give birth. It's like a hand grenade about to explode. Might need the 12 guage for that killer snake.
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^^^^^It's not Snake-y if you are on the Kubota.
I readily concede that would take the 'risk' away.
But I still maintain that area looks like it might harbor a snake or two. Colloquially.... "Snakey" where I'm from.
I have an area on my property that has a spring fed branch running through it and is just lousy with Copperheads.
You were correct it your assessment^^^^^
I readily concede that would take the 'risk' away.
But I still maintain that area looks like it might harbor a snake or two. Colloquially.... "Snakey" where I'm from.
I have an area on my property that has a spring fed branch running through it and is just lousy with Copperheads.
was two that I saw anyways. Plan for now it just clearing out around it for now with the Bota. Will wait until “winter” to get out there with the saw and cut it up. They will be moving a little slower then and it’s just too dang hot to be sawing now anyways.RCW
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Snow and -10F degrees has been known to deter copperheads of any species, alligators, fire ants, and chiggers (whatever they are).
Never hit any of them with my snowblower.
Wolfman likes this picture - - says I look like Batman or some other caricature.
Never hit any of them with my snowblower.
Wolfman likes this picture - - says I look like Batman or some other caricature.
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Water service job today. Started off badly...couldn't find the old galvanized line. Dug in both side of the sewer line and finally found it under an abandoned gas line. Oh, just what is it with people coming outside in their PJ's and no friggin shoes?
and nobody cuts their grass before we come...
Dig:
Three attempts two pull the old/new service. Kubota failed, Chevy dig truck failed. The Ram dump pulled it like it wasn't there. We got really lucky. We were PO'd that we'd have to drive the new service from a hallway in the basement under the porch. I said, lets give my truck a shot it. Glad that we tried. Saved us so much work.
New service and curb box in place.
Done:
Bye:
and nobody cuts their grass before we come...
Dig:
Three attempts two pull the old/new service. Kubota failed, Chevy dig truck failed. The Ram dump pulled it like it wasn't there. We got really lucky. We were PO'd that we'd have to drive the new service from a hallway in the basement under the porch. I said, lets give my truck a shot it. Glad that we tried. Saved us so much work.
New service and curb box in place.
Done:
Bye:
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Shoeless Joe doesn't look very ambitious either. Nice job once again.
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@dirtydeed - probably said it before. You really need to establish an upstate New York branch.
Been trying to get my water service replaced for years….
< 25 feet…easy pull to the curb box.
Well, easy until I made the porch bigger…
About a week ago, I had to go down to the river a do fence repairs. The very high water this Spring/early Summer was a little hard on the fence.
To better access the fence area required removing a very large Russian Olive tree, which worked the heck out of me and my little Kubota! Also, had to move a bunch of river silt/sand to create a better fence base!
To make matters worse, my seat has had a slight lean to the left, causing pretty good back pain with long usage. During this job, the seat took a very severe lean to the left…..darn near crippled me!
Yesterday, I decided to remove the seat and attempt a repair! Getting the seat out of the cab is a genuine pia!
The seat is comprised of a spring-loaded, shock absorbed scissor type system! I found one of the scissor arms broken right at a pivot point! If getting the seat out of the cab was a challenge …..taking it apart, welding the broken scissor arm, and putting the seat back together was almost beyond description!
But…. I got‘r done!
Today was a recovery day…..maybe tomorrow it will find it’s way back into the cab! memtb
To better access the fence area required removing a very large Russian Olive tree, which worked the heck out of me and my little Kubota! Also, had to move a bunch of river silt/sand to create a better fence base!
To make matters worse, my seat has had a slight lean to the left, causing pretty good back pain with long usage. During this job, the seat took a very severe lean to the left…..darn near crippled me!
Yesterday, I decided to remove the seat and attempt a repair! Getting the seat out of the cab is a genuine pia!
The seat is comprised of a spring-loaded, shock absorbed scissor type system! I found one of the scissor arms broken right at a pivot point! If getting the seat out of the cab was a challenge …..taking it apart, welding the broken scissor arm, and putting the seat back together was almost beyond description!
But…. I got‘r done!Today was a recovery day…..maybe tomorrow it will find it’s way back into the cab!
memtbBeing able to fix things yourself is rewarding in more ways than one!! You got it fixed and your back will be better.About a week ago, I had to go down to the river a do fence repairs. The very high water this Spring/early Summer was a little hard on the fence.
To better access the fence area required removing a very large Russian Olive tree, which worked the heck out of me and my little Kubota! Also, had to move a bunch of river silt/sand to create a better fence base!
To make matters worse, my seat has had a slight lean to the left, causing pretty good back pain with long usage. During this job, the seat took a very severe lean to the left…..darn near crippled me!
Yesterday, I decided to remove the seat and attempt a repair! Getting the seat out of the cab is a genuine pia!
The seat is comprised of a spring-loaded, shock absorbed scissor type system! I found one of the scissor arms broken right at a pivot point! If getting the seat out of the cab was a challenge …..taking it apart, welding the broken scissor arm, and putting the seat back together was almost beyond description!
Today was a recovery day…..maybe tomorrow it will find it’s way back into the cab!
Hey, that fellow is on his way to Wal-Mart. Don't be picking on him!
I was pretty happy! Had I not gotten it fixed, with the price of a replacement seat…..I guess that I’d be sitting on an apple crate!
memtb
That is a very cool picture, @RCW !
Looks like The Batman on a budget. As if he could't afford a bat-snow mobile and got a K-mobile instead.
BTW, if you do that a lot... one word.... Cab. But if you had a cab, we'd never been able to enjoy the picture!
I sat in my heated cab LX2610 and moved snow for 2 solid days last Christmas. Pics are in this thread somewhere.. Anyway, although I had a jacket to get from the house to the Kubota, I was moving snow wearing a T-shirt. It was 16 degrees below, Fahrenheit. I kid you not. My neighbor was helping on his L3310 open station and I finally told him to go home. I said, "Thank you Tom, but you might die"! He went home. But what an incredible neighbor and friend.
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From the looks of him, if I were him, I would have been afraid that I might wind up in the hole with the water line.Hey, that fellow is on his way to Wal-Mart. Don't be picking on him!