Margali's Griffin Wood Ranch

[Baymule]

Proud of myself backing down driveway and hitching up trailer without incident. Ram lambs have been dropped off and eating lunch at Koffee Kup in Hico.
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That is HUGE! You backed up and unloaded!! WHOOP!

 

[Margali]

Now I need to figure out storage room for feed bins, square bales, tools, micrope table etc.

I'm debating a 10' storage container, 20ft w roll-up door, or a carport. I don't really have a good spot to set it besides ends of aisleway.

 

[Baymule]

Shipping containers get HOT. You’d have to do a lot of retrofitting to be able to stand it long enough to do fecal exams. Might be better to get a carport kit, put it up yourselves. Build it out like you want it, windows and maybe a small AC window unit.

Can you attach to barn on one end and just do an extension?

 

[Margali]

Another minor upgrade to show sheep / mama's pen. I ordered a second autowater float and got it installed on a bucket. I still need to get other barrel third setup for trough.

Leo and Hera were in high alert yesterday and kept pushing sheep back into shed. Someone relatively nearby was shooting or using blasting tools.

 

[Sequestered Ridge Ranch]

As a way of helping one back truck and trailers, if you know you got enough room to fit, just watch the left side and anything on the right doesn't matter unless there is moving people, animals and cars. Keep far left as possible and use that as your guide line to back up.

 

[Ridgetop]

If you have a bumper pull with an open pipe on your footplate, you can put a broom in it and that will help site you to the hitch.

 

[Baymule]

Hera is teaching Leo how to keep the sheep safe. Good dogs!

 

[Margali]

@Sequestered Ridge Ranch Biggest issue is the very deep ruts to either side and drunkard's version of straight. It was a present from FIL that we are redoing a piece at a time. It's still better than the rest though.

 

[Baymule]

Oh boy, do I ever resemble those pictures. There is a mudhole behind my parking spot that will sink my truck that I must maneuver around. Driveway is rocked, parking spots are not. So far can make it to the road but then I can’t go any further because the road is a river. 2 miles to paved road, so I just have to wait it out. I need a 4WD truck, but it ain’t in the cards.

 

[Mini Horses]

Man....cost of new trucks??!! Never happening here! 😳. Heck I'm even gonna pop for paint job on my old, low mileage, good gas, paid for car! Spread the drive time between vehicles. It'll just look better 😉