You to get a 18 or 20 volt grease gun. As the arthritis gets worse in these 75 year old hands, the battery grease gun really helps me keep up the lube schedule on my tractor; mower , etc.

I bet the rubber makes it where you can drive on the road or concrete without tearing it up. I’m sure there are other reasons but I bet that’s one of them. Meg my name is Sherry and I am a member of the Macgiver members only club! I would like to formally introduce you, you have proven on many occasions that you can fix anything quickly with whatever you can find! Good job!

Those old tracks would make awesome raised beds! And you could shape them into cool shapes!

Meg get a set of 2 way radios so if you need help or the girls. Also plan on installing lightning rods on your house for safety.

Your Pepsi Bottle is from the 1040's. And welcome to Virginia. We are in the Fredericksburg area.

You might find a place where you want a raised flower bed and put the old tracks in a circle and fill it with dirt and plants some poppies. 😀

Good. Baby's got a new pair of shoes.

You need a dewalt battery operated grease gun and a Lumax quick disconnect (or equivalent) grease fitting for it. This will save a ton of time in greasing your fleet. Will increase your chances of greasing the machines often.

i can so relate to hard digging. red Alabama soil when it dries up is the hardest stuff i ever dug by hand

Your old tracks can be sold to a retread shop as a blank . check with a large tire shop to see if there's a retread shop near you .

Ohhhh, baby got new shoes!

I live on the top of a ridge just like that. Although we do get some wind, it's useful for wind turbines. Solar panels do good as well since there is nothing higher to cast a shadow. Water runs downhill so you have no flooding, and if you clear the wood and leaf debris, fire isn't that much of a concern. HOWEVER!!! Direct sunlight and UV radiation might become a concern over the next year or so. Choose building materials wisely with that in mind. Find a place to build an EXTRA large root cellar right into the side of the slope. (concrete slab(s)/planks roof covered by 2 to 3 feet of earth.) That's your bunker!

I think you need to name your skid steer “ Mister Twister”

I see you using the grease gun manual version. Being a mechanic for more years then I want to say I’ve discovered the battery operated grease guns. I’ve used the air operated type for years at work and home. But I finally purchased the yellow brand one because of the battery interchangeability. It’s the only one I use now. Very worth the small investment. I highly recommend you get one with the grease jobs you’ll have now with your equipment. Just my 2 cents. I enjoy your real life videos that have the well hell’s not edited out . I’ve been watching your videos since the first one came out and have enjoyed them all. Keep on trudging through the obstacles.

TGIW&WF!!! I'm in Central Missouri and most of my trees are rotting from the inside. It's sad when most of the young ones I've cut down (thinning out the backyard woods) are already that way.

Those D shaped holes are the exit holes of the wood boring beetle. Eggs are laid on the bark, the offspring then head inside under the bark where they feed off the tree between the bark and the trunk (tunnelling everywhere), when ready to exit as mature beetles they just open a doorway to the outside world and start a new process. I heard there are some pellets that can be inserted into the tree trunk at a low level that help to control the pests .. haven't looked into that yet.

AS A COUPLE, YOU TWO NOT ONLY GET ALONG VERY WELL BUT, YOU ACCOMPLISH A LOT WORKING TOWARD A GOAL BY FINDING A COMMON GROUND TO ACHIEVE IT. IT CERTAINLY IS ENCOURAGING WHEN YOU COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER IN YOUR ACCOMPLISMENTS.

Nice choice of tunes

Cold settles in the hollers and you only get about half the days sunlight.

when you dig a ditch like that put the machine in neutral, turn your seat around, outriggers to make yourself level and use the bucket to move your self forward

I saw those new tracks on the pallet in the last video.....baby got new shoes!! Working that road like a BOSS!! 💪

Just cut those old tracks up, put something cool on them and sale them to your viewers. Your drive keeps looking better and better. Good work. Lol

congrats on the grease gun compromise. The longer handle will provide a bit more useful leverage. If Meg needs a bit more advantage, you can slip a short section of pipe over the handle to give her more push for less exertion.

Good thing you're changing tracks in cool weather! Sure could work up a good sweat in summer. Meg was impressive in the beginning of this, digging the ditch! She has it down pat!

Glad to hear you are an Stout fellow. Seek out or order on line Firestone Walker 's Parabola. May $11 a bottle, but you deserve to taste the best. Fine video. Tick season is upon us , so invest in permethrin. Great stuff when soaked in ankle wraps. Paint your boots.

Great job, enjoy the new ride.

When growing up family had a JD 40C crawler with winch there was a kind of unwritten rule that end of day or done using always clean the track area off from mud or manure and in winter snow so not bind up track all steel so very heavy and difficult to put back on in the field

Good job guys 👍

I wold say keep the tracks in barn as Backup, they might take space now but when you need them you don’t have to wait for 3 day shipping and not use the skid steer during that time

You guys rock Meg and John you did a great job

Nice treads 👍🏻 Woooooo. Be Safe guys .

John and Meg, look to see if there is what looks like a seam around the head of the bottle. If it doesn't have a seam then the top of the bottle was put on after the bottle was made. I spent 33 years in the glass factories making bottles in the "Hot End". I was a machine operator, upkeep, and feeder man for a lot of years so I found the bottle very interesting. The whole process of how the bottles are made is really interesting.

You guys need walkie-talkies! Then all 4 of you can be on the same channel.

Glad to see you changed the oil right away. You will get a lot of use from the skid loader.

Subscribed to your channel - saw a few then binge watched all of the m in order, very enjoyable.

Great video again. I think the bottle to catch the grease is a great idea, just need to puncture a little hole at the end to let the air out so the bottle does not get pushed out of the hole that easily.

What did the track loader say to the tractor? “You need a Meg” 😊 Great video you two.

you have a tractor with forks so use it to lift the track of the drive wheels

Imperial stout! Now that is a proper good beverage! BTW, Meg is definitely going pro on that backhoe. Good job on the tracks too. I totally agree about the electric grease guns - they are handy, but stupid expensive.

Nice video. You might want to pick up a quick release grease gun coupler. I know the brass zerg on the tractor break easy so the quick release is nice.

Lavar isso tudo com um jato D'água de Alta Pressão!

When you were taking the first grease fitting off I was looking at the drive wheel, it looked like there is a lot of wear on it? & maybe a broken tooth? 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

Meg does a good job operating the backhoe. That's a great trick you came up with of getting the tires off the ground to make the backhoe work better! Will you think about putting in a retaining wall along par of the drive to stop erosion? What bent the pallet fork? Did you get the snow last weekend?

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Watchin sodbusters. I'll bet the French drains on Oak Island are well built. Hot chick assistants are few and far between in the BIG SKY. New shoes.

Another channel Dirt Monkey lot if skid steer information especially when comes to tracks there are tracks that work better for snow and ice and different for dirt ect

don t forget to use the bottle

John..you could have started this with " for educational purposes only" 😉

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hey john have you checked the oil level in the finel drives the top spocket , just a thort note cheers...

You might want to check the bottles you find. ....

G,Day Meg & John new sub to your channel you two rock, lovely part of VA were you live , how old is the cemerty on your place,??? . cheers from Australia Stay safe......

Question can they be retread ed / capped if not looks like make a raised bed garden frame lol lol There is youtube channel that would cut up and sell sections to viewers (Andrew Camarata ) if you haven't already checked his channel out you may find helpful

If u have a air compressor get u a air greas gun HarborFreight has them I have had good luck whit them

You folks need to get a johndeere gater ot Polaris ranger or something like that heck even an electric golf cart so as to get places easier and hurting yourself

When you build the house will you design it so it doesn't have a negative impact on the hill/mountain top view or are you planning to integrate it so most people wouldn't even know it's there? I see so many people in VA who've cleared mountain tops for their own view while destroying others.

I'm thinking it might be a good idea to leave as many trees as you can especially those already infected if they don't get in the way. It will keep the bugs busy at those trees and give nature a chance to fight back by adapting or drawing in birds and wildlife to eat them.

That'll work for y'all have you checked out battery powered greasguns

Love you all's homestead, how many Acres did you get?

Do I hear a mini excavator in your future??

check out Andrew Camarata's channel and see how handy it is to use the backhoe to change your tracks....

The Emerald Ash Borers have decimated the ash trees in Ohio. I can’t find a single ash tree that hasn’t been attacked by them.

Are you still looking for names for the skid steer? How about “Suzie Q”? Enjoy your channel.

Sorry but I keep saying his name watch Andrew Camatra he works on his 3 skid steers all the time 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

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Looks like you need new drive sprockets. looks like some teeth are more worn then others.

Whats worrying me is ignoring a squeaky pin on the back hoe of your tractor... they are literally grinding the bushings out as well as damaging pins. Grease is a friend and please don't think I am over dramatizing it. If you have to line bore those holes for the bushings, your smile will be upside down in a big hurry. I give all my track arms a pump or two every day or so depending on how much use. The machine should of had a sticker on one of the doors that showed oil changes, grease times and other information that is invaluable to you. I kinda am harshing you cause its not a option that you want to ignore when that close to a gun. You are working in a creek or deep water, mud and what not, the grease will still stay with those pins and bushings much longer than you might think. If its not staying, find a better quality grease. I dig pond dams and water lines where I am setting on pads to keep from sinking the machine... that grease is still on those pins. Once badly worn, its a little late to say "I should of" but its still runnable but the bucket is harder to control an the stuff that your trying to do will show for it. Jon, avoid a hurnia an use the tractor if its there to put tracks on or place back on if it falls off. You will learn how to wrap a chain around a track on one side or other an pull it to the side you want while walking the track back on with the sprocket as that center on your tracks is damn tough material and should stand any walking of a track back on easily

the other side is always easier