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altivoBig spending day yesterday. New kitchen range first. Our present one is dying, and since it's about 30 years old and the only remaining major appliance we haven't replaced since buying the house, it was time. Well, that went easily enough, so let's go look at garden tractors. Gotta have one, the old one bit the dust last fall and I've put it off as long as I could. Delay, delay, read reviews, delay some more, call area dealers, delay some more. John Deeres are too expensive, and it looks like you pay about a grand extra just for the name. So we got a White heavy duty with a 25 horsepower engine. My mind was already made up before I saw the picture of a charging stallion in the engine logo, honest. Unexpected bonus for waiting 'too' long: $300 price reduction, as they were already in clearance mode for the end of the summer.
Finish up by repairing the pasture fence, also delayed too long. The tension of the fence lines had pulled a corner post out of the ground during the spring thaw. You have to loosen all the lines, reset and rebrace the post (we added another post behind it with a steel diagonal brace) and then retighten each of the four lines individually by using two 'come-alongs' and walking around the perimeter. Distance around the edge of that field: about a quarter mile. Number of trips required to complete the job, in addition to digging post holes and so forth: 10 trips. Not a lot of mileage to walk, but the ground is uneven and the grass is chest-high. Job done for this year, though, hopefully. Now when the tractor comes we can mow that down partly and let the horses out to finish the job for us.
Still need to clean under and around the kitchen range and clear the access to the electric panel so the power can be cut off to install the new one...
Finish up by repairing the pasture fence, also delayed too long. The tension of the fence lines had pulled a corner post out of the ground during the spring thaw. You have to loosen all the lines, reset and rebrace the post (we added another post behind it with a steel diagonal brace) and then retighten each of the four lines individually by using two 'come-alongs' and walking around the perimeter. Distance around the edge of that field: about a quarter mile. Number of trips required to complete the job, in addition to digging post holes and so forth: 10 trips. Not a lot of mileage to walk, but the ground is uneven and the grass is chest-high. Job done for this year, though, hopefully. Now when the tractor comes we can mow that down partly and let the horses out to finish the job for us.
Still need to clean under and around the kitchen range and clear the access to the electric panel so the power can be cut off to install the new one...
