Man make fire!

[British Red]

Well now, one of the off shoots of renovating the house and outbuildings is endless piles of brush, rotted fencing, woodwormed sheds etc.

Lately the "burn pile" got away from me a bit - to the point of being 8' high by 10' diameter.

Stupidly, the pile was on top of the fire scar but really unsafe to burn in one go....so it had to be shifted. Over a goss with a good neighbour he said "I have the very thing".

He nipped off and "chugged back" on a 1953 Fordson Major in two tone (blue and rust!)

Lifted the whole pile on the forks and moved it 20'.

Then I got a heart going.

As it burned down, we used the tractor to dump another load on top.

Couple of tons of rubbish burned - whilst we lounged around drinking beer

I have to get me one of those!!

 

[launditch1]

Heh..Nice to see a Fordson in its original working clothes!They just keep on going.Tractors , fire and beers...sounds like my work place!!

 

[Retired Member southey]

What a machine! Ahem flint and steel?

 

[British Red]

Rags and sump oil

 

[Retired Member southey]

OH YEAH!

 

[Ph34r]

That looks warm to say the least.e had a simular problem with our bonfire the other week, ufortunately I am not as safe as you, so i decided to burn the whole thing in one go!

Have to agree about the tractor. ever since we got our John deer, everything (including lawnmowing) has been much easier. His tractor has obviously lasted a fair while. 57, wow thats like two and a half times my age!

 

[dwardo]

Talk about a right tool for the right job.

 

[Shewie]

Blokes doing blokey things, nice one Red

 

[British Red]

My neighbour is a legend. He keeps me in eggs. His chicken coop is a Landy! (Don't worry though - he has four more that still run....and a Roller for Sundays....the living embodiement of Pop Larkin)

 

[JonathanD]

Looks a bit heavy to me. Does it come in titanium?

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Good times !

 

[ScotchDave]

Looks a bit heavy to me. Does it come in titanium?

There's no hope for some people, eh? *walks off shaking head and grumbling while fiddling with tweed cap*

 

[BOD]

When I stop I make a fire.

Beer makes it better

 

[Melonfish]

Two tone blue and rust, like a propper tractor should be
you really did let that pile get away from you eh red? good to see you have great neighbours tho, how many landies does one man need?

 

[pango]

Red, I remember one of them from my childhood tattie picking at the farm up the road.

It looks innocuous enough but my memory is that they just keep coming at you relentlessly, giving a child nightmares about killer tatties!