Mickey’s Front End Loader
Jeff’s cousin Mickey arrived late Wednesday evening and I met him Thursday morning. We spent the day working, mostly with him doing the heavy lifting using his front end loader. The first task, since he had the augur attached, was to dig a hole for the new mailbox post, which I cemented in. Then he cleared a bit of the orchard and cleared a lot of what we call the picnic field. There was a good size pile of tree and shrub debris in the middle of that field and he cleared it all away. Meanwhile I worked on removing the wire that dad had put around a few trees he planted. There are more that need to be done, but I made good progress.
In this photo, Mickey is moving some large logs that we never could have moved by hand.