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My pleasure - I hope you have lots of fun with it if you find one for sale! Make sure it's in good condition though - repairs on this old stuff is HARD unless you're a old-school diesel mechanic. :-)

Yeah, definitely - the only unique thing is the plastic honey frames - those can't be duplicated. You'd have to find them online somewhere. What you're considering is exactly what I considered until I saw the price of the plastic frames - it was cheaper just to buy the whole kit!

LOTS MORE ARE COMING.... it has been an insane year of travel - I'm traveling place to place, back to back, which makes it hard to compile videos. TONS of footage from the year... standby! :-)

Hey there! Right in Central New York.

Thank you for watching - many more to come!!

Meaning....?? This is a hobby and recreational property for me - there's no money coming out of it. Therefore it cannot be a money-pit. And the bulldozer was 10k, and I sold it for 10k.... so I got 100% of the money back. A LOT cheaper than renting something that big for an entire season.

Hey! I'm in Central New York - several hours North of you :-)

Oh - very good tips! Thank you for providing them. I actually own an airbrush and was considering using it on an upcoming hive. :-)

Hahahaha - the bulldozer was definitely fun. Unfortunately, in my area, nobody had mulching service with their skid steer. The closest was about 3 hours away and the price was outrageous. Further, since most of the property was trees, I needed to actually get the roots out of the way, and not just mulch at the surface level. So it ended up working in my favor using the bulldozer.

Hadn't been used for more than 20 years. It was built in the early 1900's.

Yeah - It sat in the shop for MONTHS waiting for the backordered part. A viewer from Texas called a local tractor shop and they had an input shaft in stock - ONE SINGLE SHAFT. So he gave me the contact info and I called and ordered it and they shipped it to NY. It was like $600. The local shop installed it and I was back in action!

Hey there! YES - doing well. SUCH A BUSY SUMMER. I have tons of video and episodes coming, just limited time to put them together at the moment. Hang in there - lots to come. :-)

Actually it is just a 2-lane country road, not a highway. I'm considering some decorative fence options but have to get a bit more of the property situated first. :-)

Super slow progress, but any progress is good progress!!

The problem is that a lot of what is on the landbridge right now are stumps - 8"-10" in diameter - from the trees that took over the land bridge. I got them all cut down, but the stumps remain. The plan is to use the big loader-backhoe to get those out of the way and then the whole thing can be leveled flat and smooth.

Sadly, it's not - only 2 wheel drive. I spent about 20 min trying to use the bucket and all it ended up doing was digging down into the ground. There was just too much mud up under the tractor as well as the brush hog.

Yeah - the guy I bought it from said that there is a backhoe attachment that goes to this tractor, but I haven't been able to find one anywhere. I did end up buying a loader/backhoe as a separate piece of equipment though. That said, someday I'd love to find the arm that goes to this unit.

YES - I've learned a lot from Steve. I have a couple annoying trees to take down (they're in tricky spots between buildings) and then most of the clearing will be DONE - then it's on to rebuilding!

Yeah I spent about 3 months looking for someone to hire. Unfortunately around my area there are no services that provide this type of mulching. The closest one was just over 3 hours away and the price was outrageous. I bought and operated the dozer for a full season for less than what the mulching service would have cost. It wasn't ideal, but it did get all the roots up, which a mulcher wouldn't have done - so it was a win/win!

Hahaha - they're on the way! It has been a CRAZY summer. I have tons of video, just no time to compile the episodes yet. They are coming - lots to release very soon!!

Yeah - there's a lot of beauty on this property if you can look past the general state of things. Hahaha. baby-steps!

Indeed - this is great advice!!

Lots of videos are coming!! It has been an INSANE summer - so busy. I have tons of video and lots of episodes coming really soon! :-)

Eh, this is a hobby property - nothing more. This is all about learning - this will never be a commercial farm. I do hope to farm the land a bit, but I consider it more of a large garden project than an income-producing farm. I DO have a very long-term plan for the property and it doesn't involve building a house or making it a commercial farm.

I guess the potential is there for rentals, but the equipment I buy isn't anywhere near new, and I'm in constant fear of VERY costly breakdowns. I'm not a mechanic, so I'm always running a fine line between things operating properly and NOT operating properly. I feel that renting stuff out runs the risk of horrible liability with how people would use (or misuse) the equipment.

Oh, very cool! Yeah I'm definitely closer to Madison than Syracuse. That said, I'm always in Syracuse at the airport - I travel a LOT for work - I can do that drive in my sleep. Hahaha

THANKS for watching!! :-)

So far I have a York Rake, 2 back blades, an 8 foot disc harrow, and a brush hog. I'm always on the lookout for winter deals!! :-)

I actually bought a chipper that can handle up to 3" branches and it was a slow and messy process. Then I rented a bigger one and it was even worse. At this point chipping is a last-resort for me - I just haven't had any good experiences with it.

This sounds WONDERFUL!!! I'd agree 100%, as long as everything is working properly. I always fear the worst with the equipment I buy - I'm not a mechanic, soooo..... it's equally therapeutic AND stressful. Hahaha.

Thanks for watching!

You bet - thanks for watching. Lots more to come!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for that. As it turns out, I just discovered a ton of water in my hydraulic oil (it's milky). I randomly lost brakes and steering 2 weeks ago. Not only is the level low, but it's also milky. I'm going to drain and replace, and they try to figure out where there might be a leak. Everything looks dry and as it should be.

Hey Lonnie!! YES - all is well - SUPER busy this summer. I've been traveling a ton, and taking lots of videos - lots of stuff getting released soon. Just gotta get over the hump, as they say! How about you??

@BuyingTheFarm ahhhh I'm still alive. Have had several issues come up. Don't agree with 1/2 the BS I'm being told. But so far i think I'm done with the bulk of all appointments until next spring for all the yearly check ups and crap that they'll want to do then. Glad things are good with you. 👍👍🫶🏼

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it!

Hahahaha thank you so much for leaving a comment!! This was an awesome story. The model I had still had the pull-start option for the pony motor. I never had the guts to spin a rope around it and try it. I battled with that pony motor... so once I got it working reasonably well, I made use of it!! I can't imagine having to do it every day, or in the cold, or in the dark, OR WITH A PULL CORD!!! Loll. That sounds horrible. I was always excited to use that dozer, but I always had to psych myself up to start the process - I never knew what would work, what wouldn't, what would start, what wouldn't (come to think of it, that's a pretty accurate story for all the equipment I currently have) Hahahaha. I'm glad my video could bring you some enjoyment!!

@@BuyingTheFarm thank you! Yeah I learned a lot about making small engines more dependable, keeping the fuel fresh and cleaning the air filter and plugs and such. Makes you appreciate those Hondas now, just one pull and vroom she’s running like a top! Best to you and yours!

HELLO NORWAY!!! Please come along for the ride and enjoy all my videos - lots more coming soon!

I can definitely do that with the larger backhoe I have, but the geometry of this little one is odd - as soon as I get the front tires up, the frame of the backhoe hits the ground and prevents the back tires from moving it forward. I've tried a few different ways to get it up there, and it just doesn't work well with that big equipment trailer.

Hi Bob - thanks for watching!! Please stay tuned for more!! :-)

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Thank you for the comment. Be sure to look through some of the other comments from this video, as EXPERIENCED users have made note of corrections to the procedure that I posted. I want to make sure you have all the info you need! :-)

I did, and it's GREAT!!!! :-)