Thunder Hill Farm

Just a quick video of sunrise today... I've been busy working the new rotary cutter trying to get this ready for Fall. Have a great day!

Mike replaces the oldest piece of equipment that he had purchased. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubota M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Toro Z-Master 255 w/62" deck Polaris Sportsman 500

Mike get's one out of two for the Toro, does a little mowing done and takes down some trees so he can play with the Kubota and the grapple. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubota M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Toro Z-Master 255 w/62" deck Husqvarna Rancher 455 Chainsaw Polaris Sportsman 500

Mike shows off the new (to us) trailer and fails miserably at ordering parts for the Toro Z-Master. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubota M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Toro Z-Master 255 w/72" deck Polaris Sportsman 500

Mike changes the oil in the 23/24 year old zero turn. The grass is still a little thin as it's early in Maine but we give it a little run anyway. The grass always grows better on the leach field!

Mike gets the 200 hour service done for the Kubota L3560 plus the front axle oil on suggestion from a subscriber. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubota M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Mike hits the driveway with the box blade and makes a bit of a mess up by the road. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubota M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Quick flyover of Thunder Hill Farm with some narration. And a little surprise at the end. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubota M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Got the dogs out for some exercise and replaced a motion sensing light on the barn. No tractor stuff this time around... The driveway would get trashed! Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubota M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500 Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubotra M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Mike fixes his hydraulic chute issue (that he didn't have one...). But did he go too far? Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Kubota M2684 84" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Maine gets blasted with a Blizzard and Mike takes it on with the Kubota L3650 and 72" Puma rear mounted snowblower. We haven't had a storm like this in a while! Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Time to fit the tire chains. I've been avoiding doing this for a year and a half. I knew it was going to be a PITA and it was. Thanks to @nb88 and @gpoutdoors for your tire chain videos which helped with installing. But I had to go to a new level here and actually make these fit. The cross pieces are a hardened steel and I had to cut them to make them fit. I finally got out the angle grinder to make things work. My tractor dealer didn't do me any favors here... Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Well the weatherman got it wrong again... Our storm of 7" ended up being about 3.5" followed by rain. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Somebody took out our mailbox. It needed a little love anyway. Mike fixes it up, re-mounts it and has the last laugh. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

The Kubota L3560 came home on July 1, 2020. Here's a 1 year review of the tractor. Mike goes over how the tractor was optioned out and then his likes and dislikes. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Mike gets the brush hog fixed so he can get back to mowing. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Disaster strikes the brush hog and ends Mike's Sunday a little early. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

A couple minor items with the Kubota crop up today. The first is a torn boot on one of the steering arms and then a loose hydraulic cylinder. Mike gets the brush hog out for the first time this year... Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

While working on the main road to the back side of the property, Mike is attacked by a vicious caterpillar. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

From 50 degrees and rain/drizzle all day on May 31 to 70 degrees and sunny on Monday June 1. The great weather allows Mike to get the retaining wall wrapped and the driveway smoothed out. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

A wet Memorial Day 2021 slows progress on the retaining wall. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

A massive granite boulder almost ruins the retaining wall... Yikes! Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

A Grouse House update and running the dogs in Northwest Maine. Mike makes is way to Moxie Lake and then back home. Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Mike puts in an early morning and a couple late days working on the retaining wall. It's getting there... Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500

Brushing off the fail from Sunday, Monday's results are looking up for the retaining wall project. Will it crumble after the Winter? If it does, Mike knows a guy with a tractor... Equipment that we use on the Property: Kubota L 3560 with HST and Cab, LA805 Loader, Top & Tilt Kit, Loaded Tires Woods BrushBull 60 Woods 60" Rototiller Puma 72" rear-mount Snow Blower Land Pride BB2572 72" Box Scraper Land Pride SGC1060 60" Grapple Land Pride QH10 Quick Hitch Polaris Sportsman 500