Moving Ahead With the Cattle Chute

In the midst of everything else going on,

Luke and Ben are making progress on the chute.

 They got the base welded together yesterday.

The holes are drilled.

Luke had to use the torch 

because the drill couldn't do it.

They were discussing the final welds, I think.

The last thing for tonight was to move it 

to a different place in the shop.

Hannah and Jack carried the saw horses.

Now they need to do some fixing 

on the main body of the chute 

before putting it all back together.

Welding the Cattle Chute

There wasn't much time to work on the chute today.

But right before supper Ben cut the square tubing for the bottom,

and Luke welded some of it together.

Slow but steady.

Fixing the Cattle Chute

It is time to start a winter project.

The cattle chute was hauled over to the shop on Saturday.

It is past time for a new floor.

The boys welded on a brace to keep it squared.

Then they cut the floor off.

Now it will probably be 

at least a couple of days 

before they can get back to it.

Got 'er Stuck

I admit it...

I bust out laughing when I drove down the road and saw this.

Bad mom!

Ben, Hannah and Jack buried the Viking

four different times on this outing!

A Recap Of The Week

We finally got some snow.

Ben took Hannah, Molly and Jack 

out for a ride behind the Viking.

There were a couple of hours 

of moving snow 

at home and at church.

 The cows were not impressed 

with the snow and extreme cold yesterday.

 I'm sure they were even less impressed 

with the temperature over night last night!

I might be ready to go back to the dog days of summer.

New Calves & Snow

Ben brought some Shorthorn calves home Friday.

He's going to try a Shorthorn bull this year.

48 hours can sure change the landscape!

The cows are all huddled up by the little barn.

 Even Hershey and Tess are in favor of the new snow.

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