Random pic thread.

Thought you guys might find this interesting. My dad had to climb one of our grain elevators last week. When he got up there, the platform was littered with a lot of good size sticks. That elevator is a good 20-25ft higher than any trees around it. He could not figure out how they got up there so he sent me a pic. I got to thinking and it finally occured to me. Earlier in the spring I had seen an osprey pair flying around carrying big sticks, presumably to build a nest. They must have started building it on the elevator platform but quit. Pic was taken after he kicked a lot of them off.

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awheelterd said:
Thought you guys might find this interesting. My dad had to climb one of our grain elevators last week. When he got up there, the platform was littered with a lot of good size sticks. That elevator is a good 20-25ft higher than any trees around it. He could not figure out how they got up there so he sent me a pic. I got to thinking and it finally occured to me. Earlier in the spring I had seen an osprey pair flying around carrying big sticks, presumably to build a nest. They must have started building it on the elevator platform but quit. Pic was taken after he kicked a lot of them off.

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I'm impressed that he has a proper leash on. I didn't think that stuff coexisted with anything agricultural.
 
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jeepinmatt said:
I'm impressed that he has a properly leash on. I didn't think that stuff coexisted with anything agricultural.
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If you've ever been at the top of one of those things when a slight breeze comes by, it will make a believer out of you. Even with them guy wired off, they get some serious sway. My grandad used to climb them with a leather waist belt. I'm pretty sure I'd rather just fall and hit the ground than have that waist belt cut me in half, then hit the ground in 2 pieces ha
 
jeepinmatt said:
Picked up a big ol zero turn for my parents Friday evening, Ferris IS3200z, 35hp, 72" cut, 1500lbs. Put a new arch in the 1500lb rated ramps.
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Then unloaded it, and apparently I ate too much breakfast Saturday morning...
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Could have been a lot worse. No injuries to me or the mower.
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haha, @jeepinmatt your mom has that 'my dumbass son and his cummings just screwed up my new mower' look on her face.....:rolleyes:
 
benmack1 said:
haha, @jeepinmatt your mom has that 'my dumbass son and his cummings just screwed up my new mower' look on her face.....:rolleyes:
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She was mad about the ramps getting broke and the grass getting messed up. Wasn't worried about me or the mower. :laughing: :(
 
ramjo said:
i'm sure whatever breakfast you ate, evacuated as soon as those things folded!
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It might have been a look of satisfaction because I've been wanting some new ramps for a while anyway ;)
 
Jody Treadway said:
Nah. I will admit all the rattlesnakes around here are unnerving.
If/when you come up, I'll show you a den on a hiking trail we frequent. Usually 4-6 there at a time
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We’ve got a lot of cliffs and caves up this way and I can show you a ton of dens and places they hang out. It makes ginseng hunting a lot more interesting.
 
Jody Treadway said:
Nah. I will admit all the rattlesnakes around here are unnerving.
If/when you come up, I'll show you a den on a hiking trail we frequent. Usually 4-6 there at a time
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Drunktaco said:
We’ve got a lot of cliffs and caves up this way and I can show you a ton of dens and places they hang out. It makes ginseng hunting a lot more interesting.
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Yea I'd be unloading shotgun ammo in them....
 
Jody Treadway said:
Nah. I will admit all the rattlesnakes around here are unnerving.
If/when you come up, I'll show you a den on a hiking trail we frequent. Usually 4-6 there at a time
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You need to go to the piedmont and connect with someone who can get you about 3 eastern kingsnakes.
 
ponykilr said:
Is there a story on how @Loganwayne became the defacto whipping boy or is it a natural selection type of thing?
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i got big man titties and dish it out as good as i get it

I mean look at @Jody Treadway he use to be a mans man, drank beer, screamed hell ya, crash weddings and bounced off the rev limiter... then he moved to Hendersonville traded he crocs for chacos, became vegan, and likes a bike seat bouncing off his ass, and then became a model for hipster mountain bikers. im pretty sure he farts and granola buffs out now.
 
Loganwayne said:
i got big man titties and dish it out as good as i get it

I mean look at @Jody Treadway he use to be a mans man, drank beer, screamed hell ya, crash weddings and bounced off the rev limiter... then he moved to Hendersonville traded he crocs for chacos, became vegan, and likes a bike seat bouncing off his ass, and then became a model for hipster mountain bikers. im pretty sure he farts and granola buffs out now.
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An excellent and well written explanation 😂
 
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