Nanner will be back on his feet with a new (free) front tire later today. The tire shop had a used loader tire... same size and tread ply as the old tire... they were tired of tripping over it... they’re giving me the tire for the cost of a flat repair... wouldn’t have gotten a deal like that at Dobbs Tire.
And I’ve got a feeling that Little Red may leave today too. We’re looking at a slightly used (120hrs on the proof meter) 40hp 4x4 Kubota. The Kubota weighs a little more and has a few more HP than the Massey, but the loader bucket on the Kubota is smaller, which is a good thing. The Massey was incapable of lifting its loader bucket if the going was at all tough.
A deer it could handle, but not a full grown elk!
(I think that MO was trying to reintroduce Elk to MO.)
Glad you got it fixed. All I have is a rototiller, and I have done it, but I would not want to return to hand tilling.