Looks like you have no shortage there! Do you mulch or compost any and use on garden?
As the leaves and wood chips rot down we used to use them to integrate into the garden. Soil sampling helped make sure pH didn’t get out of balance being a lot of both leaves and chips are various types of oak (lots of acid). Since Dad got sick and then passed we haven’t messed with a garden; skipped past three growing seasons. That was a “him” thing, morphed into a “us” thing as his health declined, and it kind of died with him.
Have ya considered modifying the tines by putting a bend on the last inch or so of the part that the clamps bite down on? If there's room between the tines to do that, of course. A 1-inch bend would do the trick, and move the spring of the tine a bit closer to the frame. A few minutes with a torch, a vice with a small piece of steel pipe in it, and a bucket of used oil for quenching, and bingo, the tine is modded to prevent twisting.Edit: Just noticed the pic with the rake is one of, I think, 4 times I straightened the tines because they were too gap toothed to work right. When the tines spring back the circle at the 90 opens so I was thinking of threading some sort of pipe through the hole to further limit their rotational range of motion.
with some charity work they want to install some horse shoe pits. My son found a super cool bottle, so we were fired up. That’s the brother in laws square body
Good point on modding the clamped end of the tines really locking it down. I’ll take a harder look at the clamp part of it before putting it back in the shed.
Yeah, even just heating it and pounding a flat spot on the end so the clamp has something flat to bite on. Just need to make sure to quench it again, though, or it'll probably bend/fatigue pretty easily. Pretty sure you're not going to faze the steel in that tine with a hammer without makin' it red first. It wouldn't take much, because it looks to me like they're just spinning in the clamp. Grinding a flat spot on the top of the short end would probably do the trick, too. Less chance of ruining the tempering, and a lot easier to do to a new tine as well.
Have you ever considered double poly on that hoop frame, and an inflation blower?
Oh yes, I've had that as a dream since first building this one almost 10 years ago. Wasn't in the cards (budget) at the time. But once this poly breaks down and needs replacing I'll be lining with greenhouse clear poly before the new cover goes on.
Nice pictures.
No pictures from me but yesterday morning I spent about 30 minutes in the MX6000 with blower out back and hydraulic angled blade up front to clear about 3" of snow off 400 yards of driveway and parking areas before heading to the airport.
My 1200+ hour B2650HSD engine sounds smoother and quieter than even a year ago! Really, after every 200 hour servicing the engine T6-5w40 the post oil change engine sounds better than the last post-oil-change running engine. Smoother, quieter, and more responsive. HST oil change quiets more too.
Ha! The most hours I've ever put on a tractor was the BX25 that only had ~350 hours on it after 5 years. I use the MX and M way more than I ever used the BX, so with any luck I'll post an update in 10 years where I report 2,000 hours on both tractors! I don't want to sell or upgrade either so it's a real possibility, unless I keel over first.
I have lived in Canada before, so I do know what an expensive import hassle there can be ....but...
Yes, extruded Al clip strips are what we built the tree nursery hoop greenhouses with. They replaced the poly covers every 3-5 years so quick-attach-detach fastener strips did the job.
