My new range...

[The Heretic]

You can always save the saplings for your bonsai farm

They are not Japanese maples - although I have some of those by the house.

 

[The Heretic]

From about 50 yards:



I just ordered a drag harrow to smooth out the ground after the dozer work. I will probably hook it up and try it out next weekend.

 

[Flymph]

Looking pretty good! I'm pretty jealous!
Can't wait to see what you do with the backstop.

 

[The Heretic]

Looking pretty good! I'm pretty jealous!
Can't wait to see what you do with the backstop.

That is pretty much it. This is just an 'ad-hoc' range. I just needed something with a little more distance and in a safer direction than I had off my deck.

 

[Lazyfaire]

It will be covered in grass/etc. before the rainy season and by next spring I will need a machete to walk thru it. While the ground gets saturated over the winter, it doesn't get muddy unless you try to drive thru it. I have grass and ferns that is taller than I am. This is one major reason why I am doing this; to level the ground so my flail mower doesn't get stuck and I can then mow it in a day or two, instead of spending almost every summer weekend battling it.

What I will do is drive my flatbed truck to the shooting line and put a bench on it.

Get a half a dozen goats instead

 

[Quartermaster]

When are we going to have a clean up party at @The Heretic 's place?

 

[The Heretic]

When are we going to have a clean up party at @The Heretic 's place?

Too late - dozer was here and gone.

 

[The Heretic]

Get a half a dozen goats instead

If I had a dollar for every time someone suggested that...

Goats require maintenance in and of themselves. I don't want to have that responsibility. It is more work than mowing.

 

[Tully Mars]

It's looking great!
Lot of work keeping a place cut back ain't it? I have one out back here that's about 30 yrds or so that I use to function check stuff I work on and for handguns. It's handy when friends come over to show off a new score. We have a larger one that is a "proper" range that goes to 250 out farther back of the property. But it is in dire need of bush hoggin' after all this rain and the mid 90's degree heat!

 

[Lazyfaire]

If I had a dollar for every time someone suggested that...

Goats require maintenance in and of themselves. I don't want to have that responsibility. It is more work than mowing.

True. Had a friend who had two, but then he couldn't keep his kids from bringing them into the house!

 

[The Heretic]

It's looking great!
Lot of work keeping a place cut back ain't it? I have one out back here that's about 30 yrds or so that I use to function check stuff I work on and for handguns. It's handy when friends come over to show off a new score. We have a larger one that is a "proper" range that goes to 250 out farther back of the property. But it is in dire need of bush hoggin' after all this rain and the mid 90's degree heat!

Yes - this year I had grass and other stuff that was taller than I am. I still have not completely mowed my lawn because I had two trees fall across it. Cutting them up today. Then there is the big triple trunk maple that fell - dragged it out to the road, neighbor said he would come by and cut it up for firewood but that hasn't happened so I guess I need to cut it up and stack it for myself.



And I still have a couple dozen other logs to cut up too.

But the dozer work should help. After I run the harrow over the ground that should greatly reduce the effort and time it takes to mow the ground around the house and I won't need to spend all summer just to keep it under control - just one or two weekends.

 

[L84Cabo]

Sweeeeeet! Don't forget to have the "Grand Opening Tri Tip BBQ" when it's ready to go...and invite all of us!!

In other news I can't believe we don't have a BBQ emoticon. Sad face.

 

[Flopsweat]

Sweeeeeet! Don't forget to have the "Grand Opening Tri Tip BBQ" when it's ready to go...and invite all of us!!

In other news I can't believe we don't have a BBQ emoticon. Sad face.

Hey @Joe Link can we have a BBQ emoticon?

 

[nwslopoke]

Heretic45 (ala Hickok45 on YouTube).

 

[The Heretic]

This isn't working (open it in another tab and it will rotate):

 

[Flymph]

It's right side up the way I'm looking at it?
Looking good!

 

[The Heretic]

I had to use my truck to pull the harrow around, which is just as good because I am having to go over the same ground many times to smooth it out, and I need to pick up the large pieces of wood and throw them in the bed. Still, wish I had a diesel in the small truck - my big truck has one and it has much better low end power.

 

[The Heretic]

It's right side up the way I'm looking at it?
Looking good!

Looking better - still a lot of work to do.

 

[The Heretic]

Kind of hard to tell, but mostly smooth out enough to make it easier to mow

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Excellent!!!