Finally the yard is done

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cowboy

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:P Lots of seat time guys :D Cubs been running 8hrs a day all week 8) Got the front yard done tuesday. The back yard what a mess. Three different steps. Holes, sharp drop offs roots stumps. Dug up at least ten cinder blocks old footings rocks :roll: Disk it graded it. Disk it agin cut it down. Go out farther to get more dirt to level it regrade it. Do it agin :!: Some spots got 18" filled in to get it to grade :shock: Its amazing how good the cub is for finish grading :lol: 8)

Got up on the roof for this picture :wink:

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Seeded rolled and fertilised ready for rain :!:

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I a happy puppy now boys :P :P :!: Can't wait till its green :lol:

Billy
 
Great Job Billy Looks Good
I need to level my back yard
The grader blade did that that smooth?
Nice job
Toolman :lol:
 
Looks great, but we don't like green, we like red :wink: :wink: :wink: .Awesome job on the grading. Looking like a park :lol: Is that roller made for a cub, or did you adapt?

Bob
 
Wow Cowboy. Looks great. I know exactly how you feel, it takes a lot of patients and re-doing to get everything right, but when it's done, it feels great. Don't worry, it'll turn green.
 
:D Thanks Guys :!:

Ron I am not done yet. I just pulled it around back. I have to get the cross braces on it yet and bolt the floor in.

Toolman yep the blade got it that smooth :!: I disked it to loosen it up then graded it. I should have plowed it first but their is a propane line in there somewhere and I did not want to get into it. It will not cut through grass or hard packed clay you have to plow or disk it first.

Bob I haven't seen red grass before where do you get it :wink: :?: I got the roller from TSC thursday. Its 24"x 48" it would have been nice to find one a foot wider my tires are one notch out and it doen not quite cover the rear wheels.

Billy
 
Hey Cowboy, that looks great :!: Can you come to my house to play :?: Bring your toys :lol: When we get finished playing we can go riding :wink:
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looking GReat Billy. Boy, that grain wagon in the background sure looks like the one i got out back. Is that the one you brought home with you. ??
 
Hey "Cowboy Billy"...GREAT JOB on your yard (and your Lil' Red Wagon looks like it's brand-NEW!!!) :wink: Where did ya find that old lawn roller???(looks like it may have come off a golf course at one time) :wink:
 
Hey Billy. What a great job. I think you should leave it that way and just blend/match your grass mowing lines along with those dirt lines :shock: and you'll have a picture perfect conversation piece. I can see your talent once again from your knowledge of heavy equipment. Again, Great job, Rick
 
Billy i was glad to see you compacteds it with the roller. 18 inches isn't a whole lot of fill but if not compacted can make you wish you had after the first winter. You are an artist with a blad.

Bill
 
we use the rollers from TSC at work also. However always change the tongue out for a longer one. It just bolts in and you get a longer piece of sq tube and drill and bolt it in. seems to make it a lot easier to work with
Ron
 
Billy,
Great looking yard!!! Super job. Looks like you're planning ahead for some more seat time with the mower :D If you want you can come down and do my back yard , it could use a once over :!: and by the way where did you go to get that picture :?: Did you climb a tree or what :?:

Ron W.
 
Gitractorman thanks yep takes a lot of getting off standing back looking at it from different angles to get the grade right. The front yard I had to wait for a rain to see if it would drain without puddles. The back yard as you can see has plenty of fall :!:

Hi Rudi I had to run out this morning and just look at it :!: Definitly use the left side of the blade when doing a hard cut. Gets you heart goin' when you hit a rock or root on the right side of the blade and that right rear tire jumps off the ground :!: :!:

Donny you know I would love to come down there and Play :!: :!: Why did they have to put Texas so far from Michigan :?:

Yea John thats it :!: Not done yet but hopfully soon.

Thanks Country :wink: Looking forward to seeing you agin at cubfest :!: I had to break down and that roller new :cry:

Thanks Rick :P Mowers going back on today. I started by wanting to fix two little problems in 1/4 the area I ended up with. Everyone seems to want power angle on their blade. I can live without that. But what I would give for power tilt :!: :!: I do have some :idea: 's on that though.

Hey Bill how ya doin :?: Its a whole lot different having to ballence out what you have rather just dumping out a truck load of dirt and spreading it out. You know once I started I had to make it look good :!: Never live it down if I didn't :!:

Thanks Ron :D Actually I got up on the roof of the house for it. You know I would love to give you a hand :!: The tilt on the blade is too course to do more than rough it in. Then you have to set the blade flat get the rear tires on the angle you want and carry you grade from there and work ti till you get where you want :wink:

Billy
 
Billy, You sure got that right... I've always thought loader buckets and blades should have ailerons to keep you from making slow rolls (pilot lingo) when grading. That would be much more helpful than blade angling. Scruffy's grader blade is sloppy enough that it doesn't matter much.

I think we discussed this topic when you were here?
 
That is beautiful Billy!

Too bad you live so far away or I would give ya the gang reel mowers I got the other day, only work good on a 'perfect' lawn and it looks like you will have one!
 
8) Thanks Chad :!:

:P George we shure did :!: I am going to make bushings for the arms at the back mount for mine to tighten it up. Although for pushing snow a "loose" blade is better. I was having to work around the left side of the blade hanging 3/4 inch lower than the right.

Thanks Larry :idea: I don't get too worried about the lawn. The four wheeler gets ridden everywhere. And dancer like leaving hoof prints all over too.

Billy
 
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