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Re: [RC] [RC] mud and sand and stuff - Laurie DurginROTFLOL :0) Angie I have right now two 8 x12"s on a 'trail' out from the barn, which has gravel around it and the swale, but between that and the 'easement' where the hay bale is Is the bottom of my steep hill, where the horses have to go out for hay. It is 6-8" of boot sucking mud, even though I regularly toss rocks from the upper slope down there . (If I just had about 2 more truckloads of rock....)I too have used the double boards into the stalls with a wheelbarrow trail.--Note: never put the barn at the bottom of a hill, no matter what zoning is! I had a much harder time till I got a double wheel barrow. The single wheel would get caught and dump when my bootgot sucked off with me sprawling into the mud. I too got a boot sucked from stepping many a time into a 'softspot' that went down like a foot or more. I learned not to put my foot back in the boot as it was too hard to get the mud out, which then ruined all my terry socks. Not to mention rubber boots don't dry well in 80% humidity!! Having "springs" on the property doesn't help! I have actually fenced a few off, as the horses were sinking a foot or more.I was worried about damage. I also have to get a 'running start' with my tractor with the round bale, I can go down the slope (hay is stored at the top of the ring on a slope,under tarps).I have to go around the guide wires of the power poles and cross my little dry creek(wet in winter) fast-but there is enough sand I make it.then I have one spot I can get the tractor too to place round bales. IF it drys or is summer I can get them higher up the slope, other wise My Massey Fergerson starts spinning wheels. Then I have to back carefully in only two spots and take a running start up the hill thru the guide wires by the poles to get the tractor up. I then get to trudge up the mu hill, seeing 4-5 foot horse "skids" and where they have sunk a foot sometimes. they do find the hard spots though and make a 'path'.And I get the hayring, pick up the string and roll it in the mud to where the bale is.(I put on "mud pants & coat when I do). I did find a spring this summer and got the tractor stuck for a week till my husband got home and we hand winced it out , about a foot at a time.(I'd tried to use rocks , boards etc. no deal) The tractor sunk about 2 feet in the mud and the tires just sat and spun. Something that I used in the mud for moving things is a plastic sled with a strap tied to it. --One of those tobaggens that just have a flat bottom-best 2$ I ever spent at a yard sale-course My son was mad when I wore the bottom thru :0) He wanted to use it for our bi-annual snowfall! From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx To: anyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: Agilbxr@xxxxxxx,ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] mud and sand and stuff Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:43:30 -0500 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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