We have an area of our backyard that needs some topsoil and some reseeding. I did not feel like shoveling all of that into the trailer behind the garden tractor. The local (like 1 mile away) OPE dealer has just done a major upgrade to their rental fleet. They have this Scag Jackal for rent for $199 a day. Not bad! But….if you rent for a Saturday, they give it to you for the weekend. And as a bonus, they ended up dropping it off Friday morning. Since I’m so close by, they cut the delivery fee in half to $75. I couldn’t pass it up. Added bonus: Brand new rig; 1.5 hour on the meter. It’s really coo machine! Good sized bucket and scoots along quickly at full tilt. It’s powered by a Yanmar turbo diesel. After work, I moved some wood around: This morning, I used it to move some brush and rotten rounds to the truck. It was way quicker than loading the tractor/trailer or wheel barrow. Ended up getting it all in the Ridge after a few trips and we took a ride to the compost center to unload. No real scrounging opportunities there today. But the rain kept people away and it wasn’t too busy. Tomorrow, when it’s hopefully a little dryer, we’ll tackle moving the 6 yards of top soil to the backyard. I’ll post more pics…even if you don’t ask for them. ; )
That looks like a lot of fun! As much fun as yard work can be anyway. Sure beats shoveling material into a small trailer and moving it a little at a time.
