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(05-29-2018, 08:44 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-29-2018, 02:19 PM)EricC85 Wrote: [ -> ]Woot I made someone's list!

I can't get an as much as before but I always enjoyed posting with senior, bchbunnie, Buckethead, nycjag, rollerjAg, tj, prikster

I used to have more fun in the politics forum but alas this work/build a stupid hobby farm/raise a family stuff is taking up lots of time.

It really isn't stupid if you really think about it.  What would you rather be doing working on your farm or sitting in front of a computer "talking" to people that you don't really know?

My weekends since the first of the year have been mostly spent on working on the property that we bought, and I wouldn't trade it for time "talking" to people on an internet forum.  I'm a "computer geek" yet I would rather be on my tractor bush hogging, cutting trees down and "trailblazing" through my land while sleeping in a small camping trailer with no internet and no cable television.  My personal "hobby farm" is my getaway and my release from the normal weekly work pressure.

You might want to come and hang out one day and perhaps do some shooting.  I have a little over 35 acres near you (around Keystone Heights).

My late father would've loved you guys. He had a fondness for unusual tractor brands, like David Brown or Kubota, the latter so chosen because Kubota was his grandson's middle name. 

I live on a 41 acre farm purchased by my grandparents in 1944, but carved out of the Tennessee wilderness in the late 1870s by Swiss immigrants. The core structure of my home is a 12' X 22' cabin made from 8" X 12" white oak logs cut from the surrounding property. We talk about clearing land with tractors, bush hogs, chain saws and other powered tools and machines, imagine doing it with oxen/mule/horse pulled implements and cutting lumber and underbrush with axes, sling blades and buck saws.

(06-01-2018, 11:07 AM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-29-2018, 08:44 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: [ -> ]It really isn't stupid if you really think about it.  What would you rather be doing working on your farm or sitting in front of a computer "talking" to people that you don't really know?

My weekends since the first of the year have been mostly spent on working on the property that we bought, and I wouldn't trade it for time "talking" to people on an internet forum.  I'm a "computer geek" yet I would rather be on my tractor bush hogging, cutting trees down and "trailblazing" through my land while sleeping in a small camping trailer with no internet and no cable television.  My personal "hobby farm" is my getaway and my release from the normal weekly work pressure.

You might want to come and hang out one day and perhaps do some shooting.  I have a little over 35 acres near you (around Keystone Heights).

My late father would've loved you guys. He had a fondness for unusual tractor brands, like David Brown or Kubota, the latter so chosen because Kubota was his grandson's middle name. 

I live on a 41 acre farm purchased by my grandparents in 1944, but carved out of the Tennessee wilderness in the late 1870s by Swiss immigrants. The core structure of my home is a 12' X 22' cabin made from 8" X 12" white oak logs cut from the surrounding property. We talk about clearing land with tractors, bush hogs, chain saws and other powered tools and machines, imagine doing it with oxen/mule/horse pulled implements and cutting lumber and underbrush with axes, sling blades and buck saws.

My kind of guy!

(06-01-2018, 11:07 AM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-29-2018, 08:44 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: [ -> ]It really isn't stupid if you really think about it.  What would you rather be doing working on your farm or sitting in front of a computer "talking" to people that you don't really know?

My weekends since the first of the year have been mostly spent on working on the property that we bought, and I wouldn't trade it for time "talking" to people on an internet forum.  I'm a "computer geek" yet I would rather be on my tractor bush hogging, cutting trees down and "trailblazing" through my land while sleeping in a small camping trailer with no internet and no cable television.  My personal "hobby farm" is my getaway and my release from the normal weekly work pressure.

You might want to come and hang out one day and perhaps do some shooting.  I have a little over 35 acres near you (around Keystone Heights).

My late father would've loved you guys. He had a fondness for unusual tractor brands, like David Brown or Kubota, the latter so chosen because Kubota was his grandson's middle name. 

I live on a 41 acre farm purchased by my grandparents in 1944, but carved out of the Tennessee wilderness in the late 1870s by Swiss immigrants. The core structure of my home is a 12' X 22' cabin made from 8" X 12" white oak logs cut from the surrounding property. We talk about clearing land with tractors, bush hogs, chain saws and other powered tools and machines, imagine doing it with oxen/mule/horse pulled implements and cutting lumber and underbrush with axes, sling blades and buck saws.

Sounds like you live on an awesome piece of property.  The Tennessee woods are amazing.  Growing up on a small farm in New Mexico I did a lot of manual labor as a kid using some of the very tools that you listed.  I remember wanting to split firewood with a sledge hammer and a couple of wedges during my high school years just for the workout.  Now I'm too old and lazy for that.  Hydraulic splitter is the way to go.

(06-01-2018, 04:54 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-01-2018, 11:07 AM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]My late father would've loved you guys. He had a fondness for unusual tractor brands, like David Brown or Kubota, the latter so chosen because Kubota was his grandson's middle name. 

I live on a 41 acre farm purchased by my grandparents in 1944, but carved out of the Tennessee wilderness in the late 1870s by Swiss immigrants. The core structure of my home is a 12' X 22' cabin made from 8" X 12" white oak logs cut from the surrounding property. We talk about clearing land with tractors, bush hogs, chain saws and other powered tools and machines, imagine doing it with oxen/mule/horse pulled implements and cutting lumber and underbrush with axes, sling blades and buck saws.

Sounds like you live on an awesome piece of property.  The Tennessee woods are amazing.  Growing up on a small farm in New Mexico I did a lot of manual labor as a kid using some of the very tools that you listed.  I remember wanting to split firewood with a sledge hammer and a couple of wedges during my high school years just for the workout.  Now I'm too old and lazy for that.  Hydraulic splitter is the way to go.

My dad moved away in the early 60s, returned in 1988, his stated goal as long as I can remember. A place like this gets in your blood.

My grandfather built this barn in 1948, again with white oak lumber from his property. That's the original roof, and only recently required some structure improvements after gophers chewed the base of two supports under the hay loft. Needs a paint job, though.

No particular order I would have to say

HURRICANE
Darlo
NYC
Jib
Bunny
Colojag
FBT
Jag02
Caldrac
Blkranger
Bullseye

I agree with most of the ones mentioned in the thread and would add Jaguarmeister as a personal favorite.