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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Garden tilled. The rotavator dug up a brick, a few more concrete chunks, some plastic, a pipe and a massive fucking steel beam. Luckily it seems I didn't break any of the tines. The guard door on the right was bent slightly, but it was easy to unbolt and bang straight again, didn't even chip the paint. Japanese steel won over Soviet steel 😁

Figured out what the feedback lever does, too!

Some tricky driving to get in the corners.

A bunch of things the rotavator revealed, including a pipe, a bit of plastic on the left and a big steel C-beam covered in soil. The rear of a blue tractor with rotavator is visible in the freshly tilled field behind.
The tilled garden/field, with neat rows on the right where there was nothing in the way and somewhat less tidy at an angle on the left where there was a fence and a big tree with large roots. The soil looks dark and fertile.
#Homestead#Tractor#Rotavator
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

A friend who is a hobby metal detectorist asked if he could come and detect in our place. I laughed, saying he was welcome, but the thing would just beep continuously, everywhere.

There's so much steel buried in this place. Layers of it.

#Steel#MetalDetecting
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Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

@yngmar
As long as they found it, dug it up, and moved it to one side, why not? 🤣

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Dave Polaschek (he/him)

@yngmar As well you ought. Still, might be real treasure under one of those CLONKs.

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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

@Maker_of_Things Funny, most people don't think of farming as desirable. Most of the family thinks we're nuts. But then they also thought that about sailing around and living on a boat. 🤷

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Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

@yngmar
Sue and I are really wanting to sell up to get a small holding in Ceredigion in Wales. So for us it is the dream.

I have already been suggesting to Sue that if we bought a little tractor it would be useful for when we got there.
ebay.co.uk/itm/326177068354

eBayIseki Landhope 160 Compact Tractor Small Holding | eBayIseki Landhope 160 Compact Tractor. Nice Little Tractor. Topper Available At Extra Cost.
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

@Maker_of_Things Ohh. It's a little brother of our TU-180 :) Looks much the same, except it's got a ROPS bar and someone nicked the tilt piston (the controller for it seems to be there). Can recommend those Isekis, but make sure everything works.

I'd look for one with the original rototiller, I'm quite impressed with that thing as of today 😁

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