We have 1.75 inches of rain in the gauge this morning from yesterday & overnight Tuesday. As part of the official weather forecast last night, the meteorologist said that with the rain & mild temps, “lawns will be growing like Jack & the Bean Stalk” LOL.
With lawns growing, today is the day I finally have the riding mower ready to go to the new house. It’s been a “project” since the mower was just sitting for at least 3 years. It started & ran last night, so I’m hoping it will do the same today.
Since I am trailering the mower, I gave myself an intensive 2-video course in ratchet straps last night. By golly, I think I’ve got it! I have the videos bookmarked just in case, but ratchet straps are really not hard ... unless you’re trying to use them with someone who doesn’t understand them trying to tell you how to do it (my previous experiences). This time, I’m using the straps “solo” and I should be able to get the mower tied down in the trailer so it’s not rolling around on the trip.
Next week’s project is to get a chainsaw up there since some of the tree debris is too large for my big loppers - 60 mph gusts has brought some big stuff down. Winds are coming back in this weekend with low humidity & the fire danger is going up again, but not expected to be near as bad as last week when it seemed the whole mountain was on fire.
Re: Chainsaw.
I have an electric one (Black & Decker) that was perfect for my needs for basic limb trimming & shrub grooming at my old place.
Beau said, ‘That’s not for cutting down trees - that’s for pickin’ your TEETH!’ LOL!
He used to compete in those ‘Woodsman’ Chop, Cut, Stack competitions back in the day. One of the first things he bought me when we were dating was my own maul to split the wood he had cut for me. Wonder where that went? LOL!