My, My,
DAVID. That sounds like a lot of work. I once had 20 acres a little west of here towards Pendleton .. I thought it would kill me as most of it was at a 30-50 degree slope. Rolled my Kubota tractor once .. Lucky it threw me far enough away to escape the tractor. Did manage to crack several ribs and a severely sprained wrist.
Sherrel, I have the same size area as well as the angled slopes or much steeper in one spot which I don't even consider going back there, but only try and keep about 2 acres cleaned up, without the tractor, I still need to replace the small pinion? gear on my tractor's starter. It's a bit more of a job and this heat doesn't help too much either. Although there was a cool breeze blowing this morning which was great. But none the less it's a workout for me but also feels good.
Speaking of rolling a tractor, glad you weren't hurt too severly. which I haven't done thank goodness, but I had a close call about 20 years ago when I graded a gradual path up the 30* slope of the hill behind the home so I could pull my 14 Cu-Ft dump trailer up the hill side to cut up some dead Oak for fire wood and load it in the trailer and then slowly drop down the path on the back side to return back to the house. Well I had the trailer fairly well loaded with most of the weight up front in the trailer to keep weight on the rear axel of the tractor. It was Winter time and the ground and was wet as well as the green oats in the fields. Everything was going fine till I attempted to make a sharp turn in down path and I lost traction and the tractor being pushed by the over loaded trailer skidded down the hill side for about 100' I'm sure and needless to say the trailer tipped over and dumped cut wood everywhere. Did I have a job trying to collect it all after I got the trailer straightened out again. For a bit I thought I was going to plow into a barb wire fence but it finally stopped just a little short of it. I wasn't sure if I was ever going to get it stopped!
Sherrel ... Wow .. I bet you could write a book about your flying experiences. .... Glad you survived the tractor roll over... Reminds me of a neighbor we have who drinks too much. Only guy I know who rolled his tractor into the lake without hurting himself.
David .... Sounds like you saw an interesting train.
Happy model railroading, everybody !
Yes Garry, the engine was quite a interesting sight alright. In talking with another friend he said that was a GE style of Loco and they do smoke a lot. I'm still learning about the newer diesels.
