Doesn't probably qualify as a scrounge as I didn't bring it to the house yet but I split most of that white oak that I drug up the hill with the poor man's gator last week.
The wood lot is pretty full and I won't need it this year so I'll stack it there in the woods and retrieve it later.
That was the first time I pulled the splitter up the big hill with the pmg and it was a little exciting!!! Could have used individual rear brakes as the front tires were off the ground most of the time!! Reckon I'll be adding some front weight .
Individual rear brakes got me out of a snow mess. My area had a deep snow in early 2010 and I waited 2 months before going to my PA property but that wasn't long enough. The property, backhoe, and Brute Force ATV were fairly new to me so I actually had a lot of fun playing with my new toys in the snow.
I had to park my Jeep on the flat part of the driveway and hike 1700' to my barn/trailer. I brought my firefighter turnout pants/boots which are clunky to walk in but they kept me warm and dry. I tried a shortcut but the drifts came up to my crotch so I stayed mainly on the road.
I had a bunch of stuff in the Jeep to permanently leave at my property but the ATV got stuck just a few feet out of the barn because of ground clearance. I thought about the backhoe but was fairly certain that it wouldn't get back up some of the steep grades, and it didn't. It did OK when the rear wheels were locked but there are a few sharp uphill turns that I couldn't leave the lock on and the front wheels were a big problem from pushing snow and not steering.
So I started at the bottom again and was determined to "get rid of the front wheels". I extended the back hoe until the front wheels started to float and positioned the hoe bucket as a skid. I made it past the turns and steepest part in one try with no rear lock and steering with the brakes. I didn't want to mess up what was working so I did the entire 1700' with the front wheels a few inches above the snow.
The backhoe tracks made it possible for the ATV to make trips to my jeep and haul up my stuff with one side in a track and the other on top of the snow.
Tracks when heading down to the road.