A Kubota LA480 loader / backhoe was delivered by Larry, owner of Shoreham Equipment Rentals. Used it to drag 10 logs out of the woods and put them up onto a skid, ready to be sawed into beams for the woodshed. Lynne came for a lasagna lunch and property tour. After lunch, moved the RV a "mere" 50 feet up the driveway. During the move, 3 wine glasses came out of their cabinet and shattered into a zillion pieces. Worse, a jar of Bove's Roasted Garlic sauce also did a swan dive. Even though the glass didn't break and the top didn't come off, sauce exploded all over the ceiling and walls, desecrating an area from the sink to the forward passenger seat. After cleaning up the mess and teaching Dolores a few new words, used the backhoe to dig out the four stumps under where the RV normally parks. Knocked off quite a bit of rust from my backhoe operator skill set. Also removed a few stumps from the shed turning circle. Hydraulic line broke during that evolution, ending the day's work.
8 September 2009
A Kubota LA480 loader / backhoe was delivered by Larry, owner of Shoreham Equipment Rentals. Used it to drag 10 logs out of the woods and put them up onto a skid, ready to be sawed into beams for the woodshed. Lynne came for a lasagna lunch and property tour. After lunch, moved the RV a "mere" 50 feet up the driveway. During the move, 3 wine glasses came out of their cabinet and shattered into a zillion pieces. Worse, a jar of Bove's Roasted Garlic sauce also did a swan dive. Even though the glass didn't break and the top didn't come off, sauce exploded all over the ceiling and walls, desecrating an area from the sink to the forward passenger seat. After cleaning up the mess and teaching Dolores a few new words, used the backhoe to dig out the four stumps under where the RV normally parks. Knocked off quite a bit of rust from my backhoe operator skill set. Also removed a few stumps from the shed turning circle. Hydraulic line broke during that evolution, ending the day's work.
