This little fella lives in amongs my picks and shovels. Now that I no longer have a cat he's looking forward to a long and happy life. |
The watering rig. The lawnmower is a 2-cylinder water-cooled Honda with engine problems that was bought from eBay for $200. It cost 2 welding rods, some scrap steel and about 6 hours labour to fix. The trailer is made from a heavy-duty baggage trolley and some more scrap steel. The 200 litre drum originally contained coin blanks for the Royal australian Mint. |
The job has become a lot easier now that I have a pump (another $200 eBay purchase). It will fill the tank in 2 minutes, before it required 7 trips into the dam with a pair of 20-litre buckets. |
Just so you get some idea of the size of the dam. It's about 4 metres deep in the middle. |
Looking from about the half-way point down the line. There are two lines of trees, spaced about 3 metres apart, over a 500 metre fenceline. |
After 3 years of unstaisfactory results from Radiata Pine, this year I'm experimenting with Poplars. The cuttings were free, and they're quick to plant. |
The hose gets dragged behind the tank. Now that I've added the extra length of hose (the black piece) I can water 24 trees before I need to move the tanker forward again. |
Glug glug glug... |
Close up of the towing hitch on the tractor. I really need to replace those tiny 1/4" bolts with something stronger, but they seem to be holding up so far. |
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