I know what I did last summer - Lots of pics!

Howdy folks. Been away for a bit, but it's that time of year again! Stayed pretty busy all summer. Not much in the way of firewooding, but I managed to keep myself occupied.

Bushogged all this with a 5' deck this spring

Spent a fair share of time looking over this hood on various projects

Lots of time and sweat spent hunting the not so elusive wild grape vines

Opened a trail back up that has been feral for about 5 years...they get nasty pretty fast

Found a buddy under the old International during some of my weedeating

Found the neighbor's tree stand & feeder...25' off the property line

Lots of these on the sandbar

Put the boat dock in. I have no boat to park here right now.

 

wow nice pics! make me change my opinion of Ohio!

 

Gave the tractor it's spring bath after finishing up bushogging chores

Rode my motorbike (reccuring) somewhere on the Ohio River

Found another buddy while working in the woods

Discovered that Olive has finally found my woods...dammit

Taking a break from cutting vines...quite a few of those in this summer's heat

Tore my motorbike down past my comfort level to do some modifications

More vines

A vine slayer's loadout

 

Wonder why Kubota got rid of this logo? I like it! Found on an old B model

Neglected trail. It's smooth and wide open now

Some of those vines get pretty chunky


Oh boy!

 

Geesh, RCBS when did ya have time for the J O B?

 

More riding

Took the Kayak out on the big river

Went on first organized ride. Met a bunch a great folks!

More trail work

Used the top to fill in a washout

Can't believe how thick it got back here. I don't frequent this valley. That is/was an established trail.

I will get this open at some point

 

Pulled this pine out of another tree. It was smiling after I cut it?


Trailered the bike down to Deal's Gap for some riding. (wow) At the Tapoco Lodge

Fontana Dam

From the top down

Drove on part of the Trail of Tears accidentally while lost in NC/TN


300 corners just like this...in a 10 mile stretch!

 

Possibly largest grape vine I have found

Did a little shooting


Aim for the face!

Went to Paul Bunyan Show

Couldn't leave empty handed

Cut and split first load couple weeks ago...here we go again!

Just starting a ressurection project with this old Echo trimmer...she's gonna be a runner!


There's lots more, but I sometimes forget to snap a pic. Hope everyone's summer was as good as mine! Got lots done and had me some good times!

How did you all spend the warm (hot) months?

 

It's like everywhere else...it only sucks if you live here! It's not all bad.

I know, right? This Job thingy is getting in the way of me playing in the woods!

 

Ah yes...the privilege of owning land! Always, always another something needing to be done. I was hitting the forestry practices hard this summer. That made me need an old trail opened for access, which was a chore all in itself. I must love doing it though? I always go back for more! I tend to slack off more in the summer months than I did this past year. I like to wait for cooler temps usually. A couple of really hot days I found myself asking "what are you doing out here in this heat with all these bugs?". 2-3 hours on those days and I'm done.

Sadly, my firewood prospects aren't that good this season so far. Nary a decent log laying anywhere. The wind usually keeps me stocked with some good blowdowns but this year they are scarce.

 

I'm actually a bit ahead, but want to get further ahead yet. I have this winter's and 3/4s of next winter already CS...just haven't done the other S yet! Ha! I have figured out that with the amount of trails and the terrain I'm dealing with...I need a dozer. I've always *wanted one, but I really think it's justified at this point!

 

Tractor does great grooming, but a lot of stuff needs improved/repaired. Stuff that would take days on the tractor would take hours with a dozer. I've had them there before but they were rentals and always have had to prioritize stuff needing done. The outfit that rented them no longer does. They were local and very reasonable.

 

You've been busy.

Unfortunately you happened to find the spare carriage bolt with your tractor tire.


What did you mod on the triumph? Airbox mod?

I'll need to hit up the Dragon someday on the bike.

 

Yes you do! Some tips I picked up: Go middle of week (for obvious reasons), Go spring or fall (been told it's a madhouse all summer long), Check to make sure there are no Club events going on. (250 corvettes makes for a busy road)

Believe it or not, I had to go that far in to put on some radiator shrouds and LED signals! I also put on some new mufflers and had to reprogram my ECU...that was interesting!

Thank you! It's good to be back! Most folks I know look at me funny when I tell them what I did over the weekend. People here understand the struggle of firewooding and working with/on your land...and persuasions towards BTUs, tractors, chainsaws, splitters and all things related! My kind of folks!

 

Great pics, welcome back Ohio hillbilly, wait you just said you live in the hilly part......got all your teeth still ? Summer thread, just thought I would check if it's summer teeth too. "Some'er teeth and some ain't"
Got the stove kickin yet ?