So the great cow elk hunt of 2024 was actually about 3 weeks ago in real-time, and we had originally planned to take that whole week off and try to catch up on some relaxing time.
But it wasn’t to be-due to circumstances beyond our control, things on the work front were behind, and so many things were needing so much more attention than they should just to do normal day-to-day operations. Permitting issues, parts supply issues, having to constantly stay on top of so many people that we normally shouldn’t have to: the list goes on.
The short version is-the minute our elk hunt was over, we dove right back into work trying to get the last weeks of the year setup and on track.
And during all of this, we had work and maintenance going on in the shop as well, along with one certain backhoe project some pain-in-the-ass neighbor had left at our place.
Yeah, I’m talking about you, @wash11 !😄😄
Some of you may recall I wrote about Joel and Amy’s backhoe landing at our place for some repairs and maintenance way back in September. Well, as of the second week of December, it’s still here. Not surprisingly, that job is like an onion-you just keep peeling and crying. 😄😄😬 The more we dug into it, the more things we discovered needed attention. Add in a time-lag for ordering parts, an extremely difficult to decipher parts system, a machine that apparently has had some upgrades and revisions not indicated by its serial numbers, and we only get to work on it about one day a week on weekends in a place far from any parts supplier-we’ll, it’s no real surprise that it’s not done yet.
However despite many challenges, that backhoe is going back together nicely and should soon be ready for years of trouble free service again.
But holy crap has that thing taken over our shop!
There are new John Deere parts and dirty backhoe parts EVERYWHERE!😄😄🙄🙄
But it wasn’t to be-due to circumstances beyond our control, things on the work front were behind, and so many things were needing so much more attention than they should just to do normal day-to-day operations. Permitting issues, parts supply issues, having to constantly stay on top of so many people that we normally shouldn’t have to: the list goes on.
The short version is-the minute our elk hunt was over, we dove right back into work trying to get the last weeks of the year setup and on track.
And during all of this, we had work and maintenance going on in the shop as well, along with one certain backhoe project some pain-in-the-ass neighbor had left at our place.
Yeah, I’m talking about you, @wash11 !😄😄
Some of you may recall I wrote about Joel and Amy’s backhoe landing at our place for some repairs and maintenance way back in September. Well, as of the second week of December, it’s still here. Not surprisingly, that job is like an onion-you just keep peeling and crying. 😄😄😬 The more we dug into it, the more things we discovered needed attention. Add in a time-lag for ordering parts, an extremely difficult to decipher parts system, a machine that apparently has had some upgrades and revisions not indicated by its serial numbers, and we only get to work on it about one day a week on weekends in a place far from any parts supplier-we’ll, it’s no real surprise that it’s not done yet.
However despite many challenges, that backhoe is going back together nicely and should soon be ready for years of trouble free service again.
But holy crap has that thing taken over our shop!
There are new John Deere parts and dirty backhoe parts EVERYWHERE!😄😄🙄🙄
Originally posted on: December 8, 2024 at 3:38 pm