Monsoon Season Continues and We Have a New Team Member!
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- Опубліковано 8 сер 2021
- I'm still recovering from my surgery. It's going well, but taking a little bit longer than I expected. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their well wishes regarding my surgery as well as the death of my mother. ❤️
Monsoon Season Continues and We Have a New Team Member!
I do want to try to keep busy but also comply with my doctor's orders. So small projects around the homestead are what are in order. In this video I build a bookshelf for the workshop, and Yvonne and I check out the property after a heavy rain.
And our newest team member named #John Deere arrives on the homestead!
Stotz Equipment/ John Deere
9659 N Tiffany Loop
Tucson, AZ 85743
Matt Halverson
Inside Sales
office: 520-887-4121
cell: 520-400-6214
mhalverson@stotzeq.com
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I recognize that pipe all too well. It ripped apart last night and Brian is repairing it now. AGAIN. We shouldn’t have to worry about it much longer. 😃 Sweet tractor 🚜 Congrats
Ohhhhh Pam you flatterer you :)
Mr. John Deere seems like an able new member of the team. I wish you all well.
Congratulations on the tractor, I don't think you will ever regret purchasing it. I know your body will thank you.
16:28 Now that's a great-looking machine dude!
Congrats on becoming the most popular guy in the neighborhood ! Great tractor/news team member.....
I was wondering why all my neighbors were so happy and talkative with me today. Maybe it's cuz I was straightening out their driveways for them 😉🤣
It has been a educational monsoon season for sure. Next year we will have a better understanding of where all the water likes to travel.
Yeah, a back, even a thin one, really does add some real strength to a cabinet. Glad you did that. 8 openings need 9 shelves, that's an easy "senior moment" for lots of us to reverse.
The first senior moment was cutting the 2 side pieces 6 feet long instead of 5. But hey bigger really is better right?😉 Thanks for watching!
good to see you went GREEN........
Great video!!! I have, myself, taken 2 short bookcases from the curb....stacked and screwed together. Its times is coming to an end shortly. Yvonne, you have amazing wall hangings. So happy about your tractor. Enjoy!!! 😊
Two bad you can’t divert some of that water for your plants. I like your new additions to the homestead both the tracker and the utility shelf. Glad your up and about. Stay well you two.
🙂 Look after your health.
That's not a wash.. That thing is a river!! WOW... Garden and greenhouse looked good. You sir are a craftsmen no doubt. That shelf came out awesome. Are you sure that is not my backhoe? Was Priceless!! Dang nice tractor ya got there. Perfect size to have. Now that is what ya call good service. You will have it down pat in no time. Stay safe my friends!
Thanks CB! It's making me wounded why we didn't make this "investment in my health" a long time ago. Speaking of which.... We're keeping you in our thoughts. 💪🏻
Yes Sir we have you in our thoughts and prayers also my friend. Headed out for round 4 of radiation. Wish me luck! Stay safe!
Congrats on the new “team member”!
Someone is going to be building a bridge and probably a concrete slipway either side of the bridge.
The new tractor is looking good. =) Now you only need to rack up the hours behind the wheel to level up the different skills that go with it as well. =)
And I have to say I love the aftermath of the rains you guys get. The trees go green and every tree has a circle of green beneath it as well.
Woohoo tractor delivered! A new "toy'.
The shelf looks great!
Congratulations on the new tractor. Oh what fun you can have with it.
Congrats on the Deere (and the deer) and glad that you weren't washed out!
Awesome, Glad to see you got your new tractor. A blade will smooth that out fast, just flip it backwards. Glad to see your berms are working too.
a new toy...enjoy
Gratulation für den neuen Traktor. Super dann viel Spaß 🙂👍
Bill hope you heal up well. A few thoughts. I was kind of wincing when I saw no backboard on your utility shelf. Mostly because I think I am the all time champion of knocking things off of shelves, tables. etc. Smart re-use of the backing of the old shelf. That is one beautiful little tractor. I particularly like that large metal square shade awning built into it. Glad to see that the crazy amazing rains we are having havent caused no end to unrest for you folks. All the best - Don
We get more than our share of rain in North Carolina and we do loose some bridges from time to time but we are usually safe from house flooding. Kudo's on the shelf. Always fun to use scrap wood for something. Specially because of the cost. I've made a few Adirondack chairs from scrap. Love your show.
Nice job dont go to mad slowly slowly for now, great tractor I am envious, good luck and stay safe
congrats on the tractor, see you are doing better, keep up the good work.
Awesome tractor.
Finally a new video! I checked every day for your next video!
Drove by your area on I 10 a couple of days ago and the green of the desert really stood out. Hope this carry into the winter months and makes it heaven on earth.
3025r is a nice tractor! Nice fun! FYI trick - box scarper makes a great bulldozer backward.
Nice green/yellow tractor.
We got the orange one.
Good wash tour.
Welcome back with good health
Woohoo!
Good to see you up and around. We’ve had a reprieve from the monsoons up here in Flag the last week or so, but they’re back gif the next 6-9 days. 24 inches+ in a month was crazy. But I’m not complaining, we all need the water. Good to see the tractor arrived. Now you can really do work! 👍🏼
Catch that water make a big pond. Good for swimming and/or fishing :)
Great job on those shelves.. Excellent choice of tractor.. Looks like you're 'winning'... ;^)
Nice project!
I live near you guys I am in Vail. You should see how much trouble we got this year. We had to add to our retaining wall to keep the house from falling in the creek. (currently not a wash) :)
Cool tractor. I have an older john deere 4120. The box blade is great. I think where you live a pto mulcher might be handy as well. Where i live, in Illinois, a brush hog is a most used attachment. Also got forks and hay spear for round bale. Getting a hook on the bucket is good as well. Titan makes a pallet fork attachment that also has a receiver. They also have a 3 point attachment that has a receiver hitch.
Okay Greg reading your comment was just too weird. Where's the hidden camera. Where do I begin? Okay I agree the box blade is awesome and doing the road is a lot easier with that device rather than trying to drag a front loading bucket backwards I've already ordered the forks from Titan with 42 inch no sorry 48-in tines with the 2-in receiver attachment. I considered a mulcher but looking at the prices it was just too expensive I mean one that works with my tractor you're talking at least two grand and that's just more than that money than I want to spend on that right now. And you'll see in the next video, just today I attached hooks and a shackle on the front loader bucket. I got the items from
BoltOnHooks.com.
Nice job you build everything looks amazing 👍
Think you will enjoy it. The 3025e is a little work horse.
It's already been put through the paces in the middle of the night during a rainstorm. And it worked fantastic!
Great tractor!
Nice quick shelf. I just had hernia surgery 4 weeks ago, kinda know how you feel. Yaaayyy tractor, John Deere, the good stuff. Dino
nice vid. those mesquites will keep ur tractor fine.
for smoothing out the av mix, i suggest a push broom with light pressure. it works great with regular landscaping rock
you need to do a video on your garden and green house
Congrats on the tractor. Brian can't drive it, but you'll let me take a spin on it, right?😁
Absolutely 👍🏻 (talk about gaslighting🤣)
If you want to speed up the last 20% look at making some kind of "gravel drag".. that tractor hs an awesome turning radius so it wouldn't have to be that wide. I lived on gravel roads for years and a good drag really smooths things out much quickers than back blading or box scrapping once you've got thing level-ish. Pro-tip. Drag after rain, keeps the dust down...
I was looking into that today. We got hammered last night. 3 inches of rain. First thing this morning I was transforming our road from a wash back into a road again with the box blade. It worked great being softer, bit of course the sand is a lot heavier when wet. But I was thinking of a dragging device just to smooth out not onli the road, but our property everywhere I drive the tractor. Thanks for the advice!
@@theupsideofdownsizing even some old chain link fence with some tires wired on top can make a drag...
How exciting!
Nothing like being totally self-sufficient, and being able to help others.
Take care of yourself. Can't wait to see what's next.
❤️🌵☀️⛈️🌈☮️🐎🐐🐕🦍🐿️🐝🐖🐞
Installing 2 rear hydraulic rams
1. For the top link (pitch)
1 for the right link (tilt)
makes running the scrapper a lot easier...
Most of us that ran Skiploaders every day (career)
Had 3 hydraulic rams on the back
Plus hydraulic rippers....
Makes life so much easier
Plumbing rear hydraulics
(Push on a valve === extends
Pull on the valve. ==== retracts)
First valve. === right tilt
2nd valve. === top ram. Pitch
3rd valve. === left tilt
4th valve ==== hydraulic ripper
**** 99% of the adjustments during a day. Is right tilt. and pitch.
Plus of course the up and down
Personally since most of my job was fine grade
I sat side saddle. Right hand on the up and down
Left hand bouncing back and forth between steering wheel and first 2 valves
Holding the steering wheel with left leg...if need be
Body being as far turned around as reasonable... makes running the back scrapper so much easier
If you are scratching your head
as to why...
Some jobs required no more than 1/4 inch high or low...
Los Angeles Internation Airport for one
Where Ever they want it
L.A.X. all around terminal 1
Where the planes come in and park..
wasvonevof mine
Talk about "Kid with a new toy".... If it ain't nailed down, i can see the tractor moving it :DDDD
So true. I even drove it down to the mailbox to check the mail 🤣
👍
Glad to see you are well on the road to complete recovery! Congratulations on the new Team Member, I am sure you will enjoy the help as you move forward. Take care.
good job i think you have fixed it but your neighbors that dosent look good good job on the book case wow better than what i made hahha wow on the new Tractor to
Crazy amount of rain this year in Southern, CO! The high desert plants love it!
Nice job on the shelving unit, I probably would have used pocket screws on the face frame. The tractor will be a game changer you will be surprised on how many jobs it will do. Many years ago we had a small farming operation I really enjoyed our little Long tractor with the bucket.
two deers actually
Great tractor. You'll really find it useful! Good rule of thumb for longevity- give EVERY grease Zerk a shot either after finishing a job or first thing before you use it again. It really doesn't take that long, plus you quickly learn where they all are.We did this with farm equipment for years and seldom had a part wear out. Yes, some things will wear out, but grease is much cheaper, especially when "Green" parts are needed. On the health page, continue to take it easy. It'll pay off in the long run. Best wishes. I know there will be more cool vids coming now.
Civil engineering projects! Maybe someone in the community is educated in the art? Or someone could take some classes, online even? Could save considerable cost and iteration in the end over the “That looks about right” approach…
Nice shelving!
Everyone out here seems to be kind of self-taught. We had some consultation with the county, but they of course said they can't do anything for us. They ended up just giving you a list of things we can't do.. which we are ignoring 🤣
Use styrofoam under that bookshelf and it won't wick up water.
Hey!, thought you were still on Dr's orders of no work Mr!!
Technically speaking I am. But when I asked my Dr if doing "tractor work" was ok, he smiled and said, "back in Oklahoma I had a great 70 horsepower John Deere tractor that I miss very much." So I took that as a yes. 🤣
Oh mein Gott das ist ja wieder schlimm☹