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Wednesday, January 1, 2025 — 78 days to spring

The new year got off to a good start. Dieter brought the cleaned out carburetor for the WD, installed it, and got the tractor to start up and run. We went to town and got a jug of hydraulic fluid, filled the fluid reservoir in the tractor, and got the loader working. I believe that leaves only airing up a couple of tires that are a bit low, and tomorrow the tractor will go to work and clear the tractor parts off my trailer. Zack is coming to help, so I'll be spared climbing up on the tractor and relearning how to operate it. If all goes as planned, we'll have time to go down to the wood lot and cut some firewood to heat the kitchen and the living room through the colder weather that's coming.

Thursday, January 2, 2024 — 77 days to spring

Sometimes things don't go as planned, and it's OK. Zack came to help out, as planned, and Nate, who is eight, came with him. It's a good thing for a kid of that age to be around older guys who are working on something. He can help out, and he might learn something useful. I don't know if Nate will remember anything from today, but he saw what Zack and I were doing, and helped a little. So what were we doing? We aired up the tires on the WD, and figured out how to use it. We got it running, and Zack figured out how to operate the thing. We got started clearing heavy stuff off my trailer. We didn't finish that because of a leaking hydraulic hose. The leak was serious enough to persuade us we should get a new hose. Zack took it with him when and Nate left. When the new replacement hose is ready (tomorrow, I hope) we'll install it and finish unloading the trailer.