The Horse's First Rodeo

I loaded up the Horse and headed for the ranch.  I just couldn't wait to see this girl perform!

Once out at the ranch, I unloaded the Horse and was told the ranch needed a 300-foot-long trench from the barn out to a 3-acre pasture.  They were going to bury electrical conduit for an electric fence, and they needed a trench.  Sounded pretty easy to me.

I fired up the ol' Horse and started aiming out towards the pasture.  The Horse was running ok, but it wasn't perfect.  The ground was hard, uneven (especially through a big rut area), and dry.  But the Horse plodded through.  I set the gauge to just pierce the ground did another pass.  Then I lowered the depth and did it again.

The Horse is back in service!  She's ugly, but she gets the job done!

The 300-foot stretch towards the back pasture.

The engine was running fine, but not perfect and would bog down when going uphill.  So I checked out the carburetor and found an adjustment screw.  I altered and screw, and voila!  Problem solved!  Now the engine was purring like a kitten (albeit a very loud kitten!).  The Horse was now tearing through the dirt.  Back and forth, back and forth.  The ol' girl moved slowly but methodically.

And the dirt was gettin' tore up!  I was ecstatic.  My brother joined behind me with the ranch's Pony, and we just kept making passes, trying to work up the dirt so we could dig later.

Dad came by later with his furrower (per our request), and what a difference that made.  The Horse hunkered down more and the dirt just pushed aside (we were shoveling it out earlier).  My only regret was not bringing my massive hiller/furrower with me, and I had to settle for Dad's pony version, but it work working.  It also helped the Horse by keeping it put on the hard ground.  It didn't jump nearly as much.

Once we added the furrower, the dirt just moved away.

The dirt is no match!

I couldn't be more pleased with my purchase.  The tiller really is a beast.