Mud, mud and more MUD !

Ironwood · January 24, 2010, 12:24:13 PM

Man that is a mess. Hopefully it will firm up soon (dry or freeze).

I dont feel too bad now, just have a small area that gets a little messy during frost coming out of the ground.

Ironwood

beenthere · January 24, 2010, 12:54:44 PM

No question it is a mess.

Seems time to make some roads or lanes, and stick to them during the muddy times.

Or not.

Magicman · January 24, 2010, 02:40:29 PM

I just thought mine was bad....

I don't wanta trade..... ;D

DR Buck · January 24, 2010, 05:01:11 PM

Quote from: beenthere on January 24, 2010, 12:54:44 PM
No question it is a mess.

Seems time to make some roads or lanes, and stick to them during the muddy times.

Or not.

Some of them are lanes. The gravel has been swallowed up by the mud and clay. The 3rd and 8th picture down as well as in front of the log deck are sections that had about 25 tons of gravel put on it two years ago.

ErikC · January 24, 2010, 05:06:19 PM

Looks all too familiar, but yours is worse I'm glad to say :D There's no easy way sometimes, is there?

isawlogs · January 24, 2010, 05:48:15 PM

Buck .. I'll keep my snow , me , if I had to deal with mud like that in the middle of winter, I'd move :D :

pineywoods · January 24, 2010, 05:56:55 PM

Looks like a Louisiana super highway ;D You obviously don't know about pole roads :

Bibbyman · January 24, 2010, 06:25:52 PM

Another victim of the snow, rain and subfreezing weather; the blacktop road going into town in starting to break up rather badly in the last couple of days. There are some large potholes and large sections where the backtop has crumbled and sunk. I guess the bed under it has thawn and is giving way.

The road was pretty well beat up before winter started and needs a complete resurfacing but they won't attempt it in the winter and when it warms up enough, they'll just patch it again. I bet the road gets a 100 times more traffic now than it did in the early 60's when it was built.

Faron · January 24, 2010, 08:11:09 PM

Same problem here. By the time we fight the mud and get the cattle cared for, I am about beat. I have work I need done at the mill, but the day hasn't been long enough, or my stamina high enough, to get much done. We made a good move in December, as it turns out. We bought a Bush Hog Trail Hand utility ATV to use in feeding cattle. I can load 700 lbs of feed on it, and take it where it needs to go. We have cattle on farms up to 10 miles from here. I'm using our old hog wagon to haul it, and a round bale. Another bale goes on a wooden frame on the pickup, and away we go! I am feeding hay on a rock pad, and so far I have been able to get in and out with the bales. It is just nasty, damp, cold, and depressing. :

Cedarman · January 25, 2010, 07:57:33 AM

Back when I worked in the oil service industry we would sometimes drive our big truck onto a big steel bathtub and get pulled to the oil rig by a D9. Mud up to the tops of the tracks. Once we were done, then a trip back to the road. Talk about mud. Being pulled like that is the smoothest ride I have ever been on.

thecfarm · January 25, 2010, 08:36:21 AM

I hate to make ruts on my land.Did not do much work in the woods or really anywheres due to all of the rain we had all summer.I'm lucky,I can choice not to get out there and make a mess.Nothing needs to be feed and nothing needs to be sawed.

Bibbyman · January 25, 2010, 05:33:16 PM

There is a flood warning on the Missouri River at Chamois, Mo. - thats a little south and down river from us. We drove down to West Plains this morning and ever major river was running bank full and one was getting out a little.

DR Buck · January 25, 2010, 05:43:13 PM

Quote from: Bibbyman on January 25, 2010, 05:33:16 PM
There is a flood warning on the Missouri River at Chamois, Mo. - thats a little south and down river from us. We drove down to West Plains this morning and ever major river was running bank full and one was getting out a little.

Another day....more rain. :( Just heard flood warnings on the radio on the way home. The Rappahannack River is over it's banks and Tin Pot Run has flooded a number of local roads. They even listed our road as closed to flooding. I just drive around the road closed signs. My driveway is only 1/4 mile from where they close the road and the flooding takes place about 1 mile further down.

customsawyer · January 25, 2010, 08:30:25 PM

It won't be long and you guys will be talking about how dry it is. At least you don't have to change your air filters much. :D

Coon · January 25, 2010, 10:56:45 PM

I think ya need to carry a paddle with ya everywhere ya go, Dr_Buck. That way you wouldn't be up the creek without a paddle. :D

Brad.

pigman · January 29, 2010, 03:48:18 PM

Went out and fed my cows today and all the mud was gone. It just disappeared.

Maybe it was because of the 10°F we had last night and the high of 15° F today. ;D Those ruts the tractor made last week sure were rough to drive over today.

Magicman · January 29, 2010, 03:51:50 PM

Cold weather paving ???

DR Buck · January 29, 2010, 05:35:16 PM

Quote from: pigman on January 29, 2010, 03:48:18 PM
Went out and fed my cows today and all the mud was gone. It just disappeared. Maybe it was because of the 10°F we had last night and the high of 15° F today. ;D Those ruts the tractor made last week sure were rough to drive over today.

Quote from: Magicman on January 29, 2010, 03:51:50 PM
Cold weather paving ???

Yea. Ground here refroze today. I'm facing some pretty rough riding tomorrow when I go out to feed and move some logs to the mill.

WH_Conley · January 29, 2010, 08:51:27 PM

I aint goin out. Logs cable skidded when still soft, look like concrete now, cheaper to sit in house. Don't cost near as many blades. Sure getting hungry though. :(

Bibbyman · January 30, 2010, 03:16:53 AM

Quote from: WH_Conley on January 29, 2010, 08:51:27 PM
I aint goin out. Logs cable skidded when still soft, look like concrete now, cheaper to sit in house. Don't cost near as many blades. Sure getting hungry though. :(

We sawed Thursday morning to finish up a small order. Ran into a small flint rock about the size of a pea that was frozen in behind a little knot about the size of my bent knuckle. ZIP! There went a blade!

moonhill · January 30, 2010, 07:39:51 AM

I have hit rocks frozen in ice not even in contact with the log, suspended in air/water. A real drag for sure when you have to de-ice the logs, before takeoff.

Tim

Magicman · January 30, 2010, 10:03:25 AM

Mud is bad enough, but frozen mud and ice...... :-\

My "hidden" rocks are generally in pine rosin that has hardened on the log ends.

DR Buck · January 30, 2010, 05:40:55 PM

Quote from: Magicman on January 30, 2010, 10:03:25 AM
Mud is bad enough, but frozen mud and ice...... :-\

I had a new mud related experience today. I went out to move logs and the tractor was froze to the ground.

It sank into the mud under the edge of the shed where I park it and the mud froze around the front wheels and locked them down. Even in low gear 4 wheel drive the tractor wouldn't budge. :( I took a digging bar and broke the mud off the backside of the front wheels and got one of them to start spinning. After about half an hour I was finally able to drag the other wheel out of the frozen mud and after going about 15 or 20 feet it started to turn as well. I made sure all of the mud was broke off before I parked it again.