Posted by The tractor vet on December 20, 2017 at 08:38:02 from (104.179.81.68):
In Reply to: Mountain farming posted by DeltaRed on December 20, 2017 at 07:45:09:
Ya want a experience of a life time on working on or in the hills just mow gas line right of way . Back in 70 i bought a 310G Case dozer that had 3 Pt. and PTO and a 580 CK backhoe to get into the excavating biz. Like and new venture it wa slow going getting started . The Case dealer came to me and offered my partner and i a big job of mowing gas line for Tennaco . Four lines with a total of 94 miles each as we had the start on equipment needed the (dozer).He told us that he would lease us a 430 Case wheel tractor and let us use a I H 340 wheel tractor that had a side mount sickle bar two 7 foot Hd. Brush hog and a 6 footer . and that he would also help us haul everything down to the starting point . Well being young and DUMB and plum STUPID we saw dollar signs and we took it on . The first day the line boss came down to show us how to go . we made one round and we learned we needed to make some MOD.'s on the 310 we needed a little more weight on the ft. , just a little like a ton and on the 430 we needed to add a bunch like when we were done we had two and a half feet of ft. weights sticking out . we mowed hills so steep that dirt bikes could not go up them , we mowed hills that the dozer would slide down them with the track locked . Some days we were lucky to make a mile . some easy going and lots not so easy , vary hard on equipment lots of flat tires couple gear boxes on both brush hogs several sets of blades one PTo on the dozer and a set of steering brake bands and a exhaust pipe . Learned that not all electric fences had insulators and would knock you on your donkey , not once but three times.
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