Outside fire pit

[woodman6666]

What do you use, like a batwing mower? I maintain at an airport including the grass strip and all I use is an old bush hog and dang I wish I had a real finish mower to do it.

I used to use a toolcat with a 90" finish mower out front and a self powered 60" on each side of that, it worked well but sold the toolcat so now we use a jacobsen 5111 just google it and you will see pics it has a wing on each side, 51hp diesel they area really good mowers just takes a while to find a good used one. We aslo have a gravely zero turn 266 which is also a good mower

 

[zogger]

I used to use a toolcat with a 90" finish mower out front and a self powered 60" on each side of that, it worked well but sold the toolcat so now we use a jacobsen 5111 just google it and you will see pics it has a wing on each side, 51hp diesel they area really good mowers just takes a while to find a good used one. We aslo have a gravely zero turn 266 which is also a good mower

--Nice one! I use a bushhog on the strip, a kubota d326 around the hangar and planes (then a push trim mower, Dr string model), and a kubota f3680 around the boss's house. The 4wd is strong and that zero turn is scary fast. Neither one cuts real wide though, compared to your rig.

I mow my yard mostly with THE MIGHTY SNAPPER..60 buck miracle mower....I love them cheap mowers....light enough you can help steer them like a sled, with body english.

If I was steenking rich and wanted a toy, steiner/case with tracks and like some 60 foot wide custom built finish mower..one pass down the runway..done! BWAHAHAHAHA!

 

[owbguy]

I used to use a toolcat with a 90" finish mower out front and a self powered 60" on each side of that, it worked well but sold the toolcat so now we use a jacobsen 5111 just google it and you will see pics it has a wing on each side, 51hp diesel they area really good mowers just takes a while to find a good used one. We aslo have a gravely zero turn 266 which is also a good mower

That's a really nice setup. Like this one?
http://www.auctiontime.com/OnlineAuctions/Details.aspx?OHID=6892067&lp=th

 

[ShaneLogs]

That's a really nice setup. Like this one?
http://www.auctiontime.com/OnlineAuctions/Details.aspx?OHID=6892067&lp=th

Sweet looking mower! I bet that won't take long to cut anything big

 

[woodman6666]

That's a really nice setup. Like this one?
http://www.auctiontime.com/OnlineAuctions/Details.aspx?OHID=6892067&lp=th

Yup thats what we run

 

[wagz]

really beautiful view and yard. i love people who take pride in their yards and houses...

 

[Bushmans]

Mine is a simple retaining wall block pit. Original owner of house had used the small cheap ones and I started replacing them with the large ones that came from a retaining wall in front of the house.
I need to replace the rest as I just finished removing the wall out front and replaced it with a dry fit boulder retaining wall. Of course a summer shandy and a cigar are a great compliment to a nice little fire.
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I have a lot of fires during the summer and I clean my pit out every other week using a wheelbarrow and a shovel. A friend of mine once had a giant aluminum "lid" for his pit that kept out the rain. Sure wish I could find one.

 

[zogger]

Mine is a simple retaining wall block pit. Original owner of house had used the small cheap ones and I started replacing them with the large ones that came from a retaining wall in front of the house.
I need to replace the rest as I just finished removing the wall out front and replaced it with a dry fit boulder retaining wall. Of course a summer shandy and a cigar are a great compliment to a nice little fire.
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I have a lot of fires during the summer and I clean my pit out every other week using a wheelbarrow and a shovel. A friend of mine once had a giant aluminum "lid" for his pit that kept out the rain. Sure wish I could find one.

--perhaps look for an old big dish satellite TV dish, then cover that with..whatever, some scrap metal roofing?

Lot of nice stone work there man!

 

[ShaneLogs]

Nice work BushMans! I see that you are enjoying it also!

 

[wagz]

A friend of mine once had a giant aluminum "lid" for his pit that kept out the rain. Sure wish I could find one.

something you can try is to dig out a core (maybe 8 inches wide?) in the center of your firepit and fill it wil gravel (think 2 feet deep). this should act as a sort of sump and help deal w/ water pooling in it...

ps. those boulders look WAY better than the retaining wall.

 

[Bushmans]

something you can try is to dig out a core (maybe 8 inches wide?) in the center of your firepit and fill it wil gravel (think 2 feet deep). this should act as a sort of sump and help deal w/ water pooling in it...

ps. those boulders look WAY better than the retaining wall.

Thanks guys! I love the look of the boulders. The ones on the bottom are around 20 inches and weigh about 200-250 lbs. All by hand. Sure makes me wish for the younger days.

 

[Denis Gionet]

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Finally got around to take pics of the firepit in action !