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Post by crazyohlman on Jun 21, 2011 10:53:10 GMT -5
Got about 3/4 of a 5/8 track, done Didn't cut any brush off !! It was dug up so no stobs will show up With all the rain this year I have no idea how wet or dry this track is gonna be Plenty wet right now Cleared wide enough to drive a truck thru --Couldn't do that -- Keeps the brush from over growing on the sides. One place is a problem where it crosses a swale Got rained out today ! Hope to have it usable by next summer!
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Post by sundial on Jun 27, 2011 16:30:00 GMT -5
next summer ? hell the nay sayers are spreading word field trialing is over , why bother
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Post by crazyohlman on Jun 27, 2011 17:32:10 GMT -5
Over ? who cares I'll be running dogs after the claiming dog runners run out of bullets killing dogs that are no longer "Paying the way"
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Post by crazyohlman on Jun 30, 2011 13:00:33 GMT -5
Another two hours on the track digging out one tree filling a hole and starting to dig another tree out that has to go Need about five more trees cut out and a couple ton of fill. Measured it to-day with a Pedometer and it registered .66 Looks like it will be between 5/8 and 3/4 just what I was looking for . Might be done intime for the fall training season !
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 1, 2011 14:55:41 GMT -5
Another two hours diggin and a cuttin!!!
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Post by starr on Jul 1, 2011 16:06:42 GMT -5
Did you have any helpers?
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 1, 2011 16:11:03 GMT -5
Your joking right? I'll have to lay the track once its finished and we run dogs!
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Post by starr on Jul 1, 2011 21:13:58 GMT -5
I knew you didn't have helpers,you could have taken a 4 legged one for company.Mama Dusty would have stayed right with you.Since she has discovered life in the house and that I pet her and she gets treats,she is my shadow and Bear is too.She is even started to meet me at the door when I come home from work and bounces around some.It is almost unreal how good she is in the house.She has her bed and her throw on the couch.she doesn't get into the trash or bother anything.She has such a sweet disposition.enough on bragging on my dog that you raised and Wiley had.
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 2, 2011 6:00:18 GMT -5
I take the two Dusty and Fancy with me --Not together -- They get a good work out and learn to be independent !
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Post by starr on Jul 2, 2011 14:40:22 GMT -5
Dusty is learning and I would almost bet that she comes back and check on you often.when I am out with Mama and Bear they both have to keep me in sight.They are getting good about going out in the back yard.I am walking them at night now.I just let them out back.I have to keep an eye on bear as he will sneak thru the fence,which he could run loose but doesn't know about cars.
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 4, 2011 16:26:10 GMT -5
Got three of the seven trees cut off well below ground level.
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 8, 2011 15:24:45 GMT -5
Raining to-day but got several stones dug out filled a hole where I had dug out a tree and tryed draining a wet hole made by some idiot driving down the old oil road Had Dusty with me and she stayed busy and likes running down the open path Gotta try her soon!
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Post by starr on Jul 8, 2011 18:57:42 GMT -5
sounds like she likes to run.I am going to make copies of the bloodlines you sent me and frame the orignals.I am going to have to start walking Mama Dusty more and cut her feed back.She is getting so fat you could almost roll a egg down her back.It is so hot that I would have to get out there about 5:30. I don't go to work until about 9 and have been sleeping until about 7am unless Bear and Mama Dusty wake me up early to go outside.When it cools some,I will take them with me.It is air conditioned and Bear loves to go.and Mama loves people.I think we will have a flea market there in a couple weeks,that should be fun.
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 9, 2011 14:50:36 GMT -5
All thats left is some fill and lots of sticks maybe some hay on a bare hill Suits me should tickle the hell out of everyone else !
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 10, 2011 13:20:29 GMT -5
Measured with a wheel Comes out to .64 Just over 5/8 Now to get the fill in and run a couple dogs over it
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 14, 2011 7:16:02 GMT -5
Perfect weather to run dogs . No calls and I don't have the fill on the new track Down to two young dogs neither have been on a track With no help its gonna be tough
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 19, 2011 13:09:58 GMT -5
Trimed the brush off so the dogs could be seen at the finish Still no help Talked to the person in charge .He said there was three different dog training areas From 600 to 1500 acres at the AEP area . There will be some timber cut of the one we use the most But even that will be a benifit once they are done
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Post by starr on Jul 19, 2011 13:37:43 GMT -5
how high is the temprature,very very hot here but worst is yet to come.One thing about the heat,my inside dogs don't spend very long out doors. they do their jobs and are ready to come back in.
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 19, 2011 13:51:43 GMT -5
Been in the 90's here High humidity Break out in heavy sweat while walking ! Just got over bitching about the cold winter and wet spring Can't bring myself to bitch about the hot summer!
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Post by starr on Jul 19, 2011 15:26:18 GMT -5
Just wait a few days and you can gripe.We have had this high heat plus humidity which put the heat index way up there.My neighbors thermoter has hit 108 in the shade.Wiley put in a water system to spay a fine mist over his pens and then one in the yard for the ones under the shade tree.He said it made it a lot cooler on his dogs.Where he is ,it gets a lot hotter.Lonestar has a air conditioned garage and Mama Dusty is on the couch where it is cool As good as their pups turn out,have to take good care of those two.
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 20, 2011 14:49:37 GMT -5
Gotta turn into a mechanic Screwed up the transmission in my mower New one cost too many dollars After many years i may be done mowing tracks for these folk
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 21, 2011 10:37:12 GMT -5
Found a broken chain inside the Transmission Cost 2.09 to fix the chain better than four hours of tear down another four to clean things up and put everything back togather Hope it runs oK It runs better than it did Shifts easy and doesn't do the jerky thing Now if I can talk the wife into picking up my tools So if I lost any I can blame her ! Life is good!
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Post by crazyohlman on Jul 23, 2011 18:03:39 GMT -5
Started mowing again Broke the drive chain Called for replacement got news that I bought this thing in '97 Should have been scrap a couple years ago Couldn't do tracks with out it
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Post by crazyohlman on Aug 2, 2011 15:34:25 GMT -5
On my third load of sand and wood chips for to-day think this one will do it for that place Got blisters and am getting wore out Seen where the dogs got off Sunday an easy fix Want to mow the two tracks tomorrow and will unless I need to haul more fill Dogs are antsy Not much exercise this week
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Post by crazyohlman on Aug 2, 2011 17:44:57 GMT -5
Got-r-done A piece of fence and alittle grass cutting and dogs can be run A long time spent we will see if it was worth it
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Post by crazyohlman on Aug 3, 2011 15:37:09 GMT -5
Grass cutting done Fence up =Temporary- Running Sassy tomorrow morning around the short track three dogs one trip !
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Post by crazyohlman on Aug 4, 2011 14:11:20 GMT -5
WoW! went out to work on the finer points of the new track and somebody had filled a bad spot . And of all the folk who could have done it Well it was Bob McIntire Also left me some material to do with whatever needed done . Got a hill that washes out some will do that as time goes by Hope Cookies foot heals so I can see if a dog will go around it
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Post by crazyohlman on Aug 5, 2011 16:49:20 GMT -5
Dug out two bothersome bushes Talked to a person baling hay in the vacinity might be able to get a BIG bale of hay!
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Post by crazyohlman on Aug 12, 2011 18:34:03 GMT -5
Done some fencing and brushing Thinking if I get them away from where they are comfortable They will go on around! Might try that tomorrow!
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Post by crazyohlman on Sept 2, 2011 11:56:50 GMT -5
Been seeding grass at the start and finish Also done some fertilizer On problem areas Track really looks good!
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