Is the classic sport-touring motorcycle doomed to extinction?

[TPadden]

Tom (at least one of you) - You ever spent much time sitting in one of those?

Phil you tell me:
My Kubota had a seat exactly like that, hard/ no cushion but perhaps a little more back. 125 Missouri acres, 16 years, hundreds of annual hours more than sitting on a motorcycle seat.

Tom

 

[Uncle Phil]

Phil you tell me:
My Kubota had a seat exactly like that. 125 Missouri acres, 16 years, hundreds of annual hours more than sitting on a motorcycle seat.

Tom

But you, which ever Tom we look at, are a 'skinnie minnie' compared to be me ... do you disagree with that?

 

[TPadden]

But you, which ever Tom we look at, are a 'skinnie minnie' compared to be me ... do you disagree?

Nope, but a lot of my neighbors had the same tractors and wives that cook...

Tom

 

[SupraSabre]

I guess I bought the right tractor!

Notice the seat! LOL

 

[Uncle Phil]

Nope, but a lot of my neighbors had the same tractors and wives that cook...

Tom

They may have ate so much that they were poor to carry it ...

 

[Sadlsor]

Remind me again, what's your forum name?

Sarcastic is my forum name. I play with words.
IYKYK...

 

[St-Gerard]

And I thought that I had a lot of grass to cut at 20 acres, impressive mowing Tom.

 

[TPadden]

And I thought that I had a lot of grass to cut at 20 acres, impressive mowing Tom.

Thanks, over the years, even with welding, I completely destroyed two bush hogs.

Tom

 

[Daboo]

Goats anyone? Not Tom Brady, but the kind that'll keep your grass clipped.

Chris

 

[Andrew Shadow]

Thanks, over the years, even with welding, I completely destroyed two bush hogs.

Tom

I spent the last few days cutting down 40 or 50 trees. Now I am working on cutting hundreds of feet of brush that is anywhere fron 1 to 3 inches in diameter and at least 10 feet tall. They are in a drainage ditch between two hay fields so I can't use a brush hog. I'm not sure it would be able to handle these anyway. I tried a chainsaw but it is murder being bent over that far for hours on end- I'm not 20 anymore. I bought some circular chainsaw blades that I'm using on a higher powered string trimmer. This works pretty good and is much easier because I can stand up but it is slow going.

Any better ideas?

 

[St-Gerard]

Here at the Airpark I would use the front bucket of our 545 ford tractor to pull them out. Okay our ground is really soft.

 

[Sadlsor]

Any better ideas?

Do they still make napalm?
I'd use it to murder these cursed holly bushes, now grown to holly trees, except they're right next to the house.

 

[Mellow]

Goats anyone? Not Tom Brady, but the kind that'll keep your grass clipped.

Chris

lol.... my parents had goats.... would be less work to fix brush hogs than have to deal with the goats, then you have to get a good dog like a Great Pyrenees to watch the goats that like to multiply, then multiply again...

 

[Bug Dr.]

lol.... my parents had goats.... would be less work to fix brush hogs than have to deal with the goats, then you have to get a good dog like a Great Pyrenees to watch the goats that like to multiply, then multiply again...

Thine name be Mellow the Shepherd.
Mike

 

[ST1100Y]

Methinks you fellas spend too much time on getting your sheep home and dry, then out on the road...

 

[Sadlsor]

I like the look of a well manicured yard, all trim and tidy and edged and green.

But it's not like I'll ever have one.

I'm with Martin... let's go ride.

 

[TPadden]

I'm with Martin... let's go ride.

Not too much difference between tractor seat time in the Ozarks and most of my m/c riding... hours of mindless droning listening to voices and music, punctuated by occasional terror inducing seconds leaning on 2 wheels.

Tom

 

[RaYzerman]

I have spent many hours in my early years on tractor seats. Best ones were on the old grain binders, they were cast iron and had the best shape. A grain binder is a machine mechanically driven by it's own wheel, cuts grain and makes bundles (sheaves) and tied them with of course, binder twine. Several of our tractors had similar seats... they sold canvas covers filled with horse hair. 20 years ago I (and many others) had collections of tractor seats made into bar stools, etc. So, it's no wonder the Day Long Russell seats are the most comfortable.

 

[Uncle Phil]

But at least the RDLs have some padding ... not to be confused with padden!

 

[Gerhard]

I spent the last few days cutting down 40 or 50 trees. Now I am working on cutting hundreds of feet of brush that is anywhere fron 1 to 3 inches in diameter and at least 10 feet tall. They are in a drainage ditch between two hay fields so I can't use a brush hog. I'm not sure it would be able to handle these anyway. I tried a chainsaw but it is murder being bent over that far for hours on end- I'm not 20 anymore. I bought some circular chainsaw blades that I'm using on a higher powered string trimmer. This works pretty good and is much easier because I can stand up but it is slow going.

Any better ideas?

I have a battery operated 10” pole saw, it very versatile and much more capable than I first thought.