Gaylord Snowstorm – Four inches of snow yesterday and another 5 inches overnight . Looks a lot like winter here today . Deb was a little nervous as i tried to park the tractor in the garage behind her Cadillac, ha,ha.
Looks like I had a half a blade of snow stuck to the front.
This morning I enjoyed the comfort of the JD 5400 and the cab because when that 84″ snowblower is engaged the snowdust can get pretty miserable without a cab.
Cat 390DL excavator progress- Tomorrow I will move to the center of the body and start boxing in the inside .
Have a great Sunday !!

1/8th scale Cat 390 excavator parts- Todays picture shows my progress so far on the rear of the body . you can see there are several different angles involved and the center cut out insert and four larger holes with inner metal tubular walls. Also had to build the mounting system to attach it to the main frame. This is just roughed in metal work and no body work yet.
Gaylord Snowstorm today – I fired up the little JD 455 and plowed my driveway and the neighbors driveway as we got 4 more inches this morning. I have plowed ten times this month so winter did arrive if you are a snowplow driver.
Gaylord Snowmobile Trails – Deb and I rode to Traverse City yesterday for lunch at Outback Steakhouse and on the way we checked out some of the snowmobile trails and they were not in very good shape. That day of rain last week really melted a lot of our snow.
Have a great Sat.

Cat 390DL Excavator Parts – Today is the third picture of my progress on the 1/8th scale Cat excavator model. This photo shows the right side panels , the grab handles along the top, the right side walkway , the right side ladder and the exhaust stack . Tomorrow I will begin on the rear wall of the body and the rear counterweight parts. Still got a lot to go back and do but now I can start to see early progress and now it becomes fun for me.
Have a great Thurs.

Gaylord snow – Well, the day of pouring rain melted a lot of our snow but you can see this picture I took of Deb next to the smaller hill in the backyard in the corner. I can stack it 10 feet high with the tractor blade and then turn around and stack it much higher with the snowblower . But Deb said to be careful because she thinks some of the snow went over the fence so we could be getting a unpleasant phone call, ha,ha.
I used to make snowhills every winter for the daycare kids and they had so much fun. It’s been three winters since Deb quit daycare so now I am practicing snow hill building for Terak , tee, hee.
Erskine Snowblower Chain – This afternoon I inspected the drive chain on the 84 in. snowblower and decided it was time to replace it. I bought a new one five years ago but decided to change it today, ha,ha.
Cat 390DL Parts- I almost have the right side of the body roughed in. Tomorrow I’ll post the next progress picture.
Have a great Wed. !!