i am told... by them as knows.. we is gonna have a plowable snowstorm this week-- i can hardly wait...--
a loooooonnnnnnggggg time ago-- back in the days when i had a caboose wherre the t tent now is.... i had a mule- joshua-------- i had "used him" to line up the 2 incredibly heavy rails on which to sit the caboose...
fyi---- if you put a couple chains around a caboose and have a huge crane just lift TEH BODY PART .... the wheel things just fall off- there is one pin on teh body which goes into the wheel things-- there is not even a cotter pin to keep it there... it was before my days of tractor-- but there was joshua... with great difficulty i got the #$%^&*&^$% rails LINED UP THE REQUIRED 4' 8.5 INCHES APART USING ONLY JOSHUA-- WHO ONCE HAD BEEN USED TO "JERK TREES" IN THE LUMBERING BUSINESS, AND KNEW MORE ABOUT YANKING HEAVY THINGS AROUND THAN I DID-- VERY SIMILAR TO MO , CURRENTLY. SOMEWHERE IN THERE I SAW AN AMISH SNOWPLOW WITH 2 "PLANKS" IN A V SHAPE PULLED BY A TEAM OF DRAFT HORSES...-NOT TO BE OUTDONE, I STARTED IN TRYING TO PLOW SNOW WITH JOSHUA- WHICH WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL FOR 4" SNOWSTORMS WHICH I REALLY DIDN'T NEED TO PLOW ANYWAY...
IF TEH SNOW WAS MUCH DEEPER, MY PLOW DID NOT STAY ON THE GROUND-- TEH AMISH KNEW SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW...( UNDERSTATEMENT OF TEH YEAR) AND I HAD A FEW NASTY EPISODES TRYING TO RIDE/SIT ON THE THING AS DEAD WEIGHT.
THANK HEAVENS FOR WELL TRAINED ANIMALS- BECAUSE I ONCE GOT TANGLED IN PLANKS REINS, CHAINS AND JOSHUA-- AND SCREAMED WHOA- JOSHUA STOPPED AND DID NOT MOVE--- KEEPING ALL 4 FEET IN ONE PLACE.-- I WAS REMINDED OF THAT VALUABLE LESSON LATER WHEN I WAS DRAGGING A HUGE TREE UP THE HILL TO THE GUEST HOUSE WITH DUKE AND LOST MY FOOTING -- SCREAMING WHOA-- STOPPED DUKE IN HIS TRACKS WITHOUT MOVING.. DUKE AND DICK WERE A PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL BLACK PERCHERONS WHICH WERE ONCE LEAD TEAM OF TEH WALT DISNEY HITCH-- AGAIN BEAUTIFULLY TRAINED- YOU COUDL TELL THEM WHOA AND GO GET A CUPPA COFFEE - COMING OUT 1/2 HOUR LATER AND THEY WOULD STILL BE STANDING RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT THEM. WONDERFUL ANIMALS... WE BOUGHT THEM WHEN THEY WERE RETIRED- FROM AN OLD DAIRY FARMER IN NEW YORK.. WHO'S SPECIALITY WAS DRIVING 6 MATCHEd BLACK HORSES AT THE FAIRS.
THE FARMER HAD BOUGHT A YOUNG TEAm which he was traINING. THERE ARE A COUPLE FACTS OUT OF THAT EXPERIENCE--FYI
1. "I USE THE TEAM TO SPREAD TEH COW MANURE ON THE FIELDS-- IF THE TEAm behaves we spread across the hill. if they misbehave we spread up and down the hill."( i have used that philosophy with teh community service kids that come here)
2. "IF NOT IN HARNESS, "HEY STAND IN STRAIGHT STALLS ALL DAY- AND ARE LET OUT TO GO GET ALL TEH WATER THEY WANT FROM THE TUB TWICE A DAY' ( NOT LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL BUCKETS WE TRY AND HAVE)
3. THE WINDOWS OF THE BARN WERE COVERED WITH BROWN PAPER-- REALLY STRANGE??? THAT WAS BECAUSE SUNLIGHT WOULD FADE TEH BLACK INTO A FUNNY BROWNISH COLOR--( WE SEE THAT IN OUR DANES. BLACK HAIR BLEACHES) HE WANTED 6 REALLY BLACK MATCHING HORSES...
SO BAck to my snowplowing ---traqactors came and went with buckets to which i tried to attach a plow i found somewhere... AND A blade that was behind the tractor was of little use... .. with this kabota with the heated cab AND FRONT LOADER, , i was really living it up-- forward-- stuck-- lift--dump-- back up and repeat...about every 20 feet got the driveway cleared but was very tough on my aging body parts. so i am looking forward to my toyota as a snow plow... it attaCHES (?EASILY?) WITH A NORMAL HORSE TRAILER 2" SQUARE TYPE HITCH ON THE FRONT.
TO BE CONTINUED...
I JUST GOT THE PHONE CALL SAYING WHERE IS THE DD..
HERE IT IS..
