Another whatzit goona be whatzit

[Reddog]

Jeff,
On your question about getting water from a spring hole. I have seen people drive a point into them 5 to 10 feet or more and some times get a flowing well.
Might be worth a try.

[Jeff]

We just happen to have a point! ;D

[Tim L]

I understand completely Jeff, When the wife and I bought our piece it was an overgrown mess. We want to clean up muck and selectively cut to allow the lot to be healthy again .The horror stories about wetlands etc. sure give you pause. I fear ill- informed people who join committees to "protect the environment" that have never been in the woods with a forester, yet make decisions that affect all of us .

[theorm]

Jeff,

We had a Fresno scraper growing up on a dairy farm. We made circular patterns around the area where we were moving dirt, taking a cut that was maybe an inch deep on each pass.  The angle of the handle determined the depth of cut. The handle all the way down let you carry the dirt to where you wanted to dump and you lifted the handle up to vertical to dump. Trying to spread out the load by holding the angle was impossible, just dump it in a pile and spread it out later. A rope tied to the end of the handle was necessary to bring the handle down to a working height. Even then the kid (me) had to play bulldogger, hang onto the rope and dig his heels in to get things into a digging angle. It WAS a rodeo, but without the clown...well sorta.

Theo

[beenthere]

Jeff B
Gettin into the muck yet? 

Imagine you are out havin a great time playin and workin.  Hope it's goin well, and the weather is great (as it is here)

Curious about your connection, but see you did get a post up this am.

[thurlow]

We called those things slip scoops;  don't want to be a nay-sayer, but I don't think the sheet metal is heavy enough to hold up to the usage.

[farmerdoug]

Probably is heavy enough to give him a good whack under the jaw though. : :'(

Farmerdoug

[SwampDonkey]

Yeah I hope he's careful with the contraption. When I was a kid, I got a big gash above the eye brow, just for falling a dang car hood.