i've been using my buddy bill's skid steer the last few days. other than the day we were in the land of no recessions. this fukking thing is the cat's ass. every man should have one, or in my case, a good friend that has one.
anyway, i'm bopping around my property with it laying carnage to pricker bushes and small trees. tried tackling a 18" diameter oak stump, but, to paraphrase richard dreyfuss from jaws, uhh, you better get a bigger skidsteer. so i went back to picking on the small stuff. not an hour in, my builder neighbor walks over.
bn: how's it going?
snack: not bad. just playing wit my buddy's machine.
bn: cool. does he come around much. i got a little yob for him. my ugly solid concrete front step needs to go away.
smack: no prolemo. lemme go grab the forks and we'll flip it into the woods in nothing flat.
so, i grab the forks. as with the big stumps, uhhh, you better get a bigger machine. this thing was solid and buried a good foot into the ground. no big deal, i'll go get the jack hammer bit. the jack hamer bit is basically a large steel dildo, prolly not unlike the one pickkle uses, 'cept this one's not black. that turned his front steps into managable chunks in about 5 minutes.
builder dude then says, so when you putting up that deck?
in the next month, hopefully, i said.
i'll box it in for you next wednesday. let you handle the decking and railings. take me about 2 hours.
me:
uhhhh, OK.so, for 10 minutes of playing, i'm getting my deck framed.
me.today, i'm back out there grading away and massacre-ing more prickers, smallish stumps, etc... and the neighbor behind me walks over.
nbm: what's up?
smack: not much, just playing.
nbm: cool. hey, i got some holes i need dug for the shed/man fort i'm building...i was wondering if....
smack: sure, lemme go grab the auger.
so, i grabbed the auger and he grabbed his chainsaw and spent about an hour cutting big fukking downed oaks into managable chunks.
once again....
me.bill's mustang is like the coolest transformer in the world. it has the standard 1 yard (i think) bucket, fork, miscellaneous auger bits and pickkkle's toy. there are other attachments, but, i don't think he has them.
what i am getting at is, if you wanna be the fukking hero of the neighborhood buy you one of these rigs. play with this thing in your yard on a saturday and you will have dudes drawn to it like moths to a flame.
too bad it doesn't seem to pull any ass, although, if you played your cards right, you might get to bang the OL of one of your new fliends.
