ncrunch32 Photo Album and Profile

Ncrunchs House from the Road
Ncrunchs House from the Road

Lillies are blooming.

Ncrunchs House from Back
Ncrunchs House from Back

Stone wall built by kids and Dad edges the garden which rises up to pool yard fence.

Down Hill Run to Lower Yard
Down Hill Run to Lower Yard

Just planted a bunch of white and blue spruce along this stretch.

Side of House
Side of House

Side shot of house. Walkout basement and tall chimney stack (difficult to paint).

Crazy Wife on 4310
Crazy Wife on 4310

There she is - nothing I can do about her being on my tractor! She loves the tractor. I did finally get that stupid rug off the roll bar!!

Pool Yard Extension Project
Pool Yard Extension Project

I originally started with the Saratoga Victoria hot tub, which we could

Pool Yard Extension Project - Railroad ties
Pool Yard Extension Project - Railroad ties

We brought about 60 railroad ties in to create a retaining wall - the 4310 carried the ties from the front of the house to the back for us.

Poolyard Extension - Deadmen
Poolyard Extension - Deadmen

My son is helping me straighten things out. You can see my cabling to supp

Bluestone to Top off My Poolyard Extension
Bluestone to Top off My Poolyard Extension

My wife and I ordered 13 pallets of tumbled bluestone and individually fit every piece into our extended patio. This took about 20 days of hard labor.

Almost Completed Extended Poolyard
Almost Completed Extended Poolyard

This is the final view of our patio extension with our tumbled bluestone work. I still had to top off fence posts, put a rail around the hot tub, and stain the wood.

John Deere Sprinkler
John Deere Sprinkler

My Fathers day gift from the kids

Jill and Friend
Jill and Friend

This city girl had a thrill driving a real tractor!

Forklift High
Forklift High

My daughter got a real high on Thanksgiving!

Overlooking the pool yard
Overlooking the pool yard

A shot of the pool yard from the deck.

Outside shot of Pool Yard
Outside shot of Pool Yard

Pool Yard is anout 45x60 feet, cedar deck, cedar
gazebo, fabric covered gazebo in lower right (out of view), hot tub in distant right (out of view). That is an offset umbrella which sits over the hot tub in the distant right.

Pool Yard Again
Pool Yard Again

Looking back toward the gazebo and hot tub.

Entrance to Pool Yard
Entrance to Pool Yard

This is the outside entrance to the pool yard. Its nice in the suummer but a splippery walk in the winter.

Lower Yard
Lower Yard

This is where I spend a lot of my time with the tractor. I drag my brush down here and chop it up when the pile gets big.

Sorry Sight
Sorry Sight

This is where I store my tractor. My wife leaves all kinds of things in the way and has the garage packed full! Those are bird cages and a stand she just cleaned out. My car sits outside.

Daughters Graduation
Daughters Graduation

Shes the one that got her civil engineering degree. My son is hamming it up - as usual.

ncrunch32 Profile
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Joined: 12/2003
Located: Kingston, NY
Interests:
Boats, tractors, home ownership, property management
Equipment:
4310 JD with 430 Loader/47 backhoe/forks/IM502 brushchopper/ backblade/rock rake/ American log splitter, landpride reverse tine tiller, RAD blower,JD LT190 Lawn Tractor, Simplicity snowblower, Troybilt tiller, Northstar 10K generator
Property:
2 acres at home - 35 acres of landlocked woodland on mountain top