Tractor Mike's video: Spreading Wood Chips on a Trail - Daughter Reagan s First Loader Project

I love to have trails cut through the woods. It's fun to go on a hike and see the natural fauna that grows under the trees in the woods. In the Spring, it's a great place to find mushrooms. I have a long trail cut through my timber that leads to my neighbor's house. He and I share a zero turn lawn mower and he stores it over there. When it's time for me to mow, I walk over to his shed, and bring the lawn mower back over the trail. It cuts under a grove of elm trees and their roots make driving there, very difficult. I've been wanting to fix that issue for a long time. Another neighbor was having some trees taken out and he wondered if the folks that were cutting them down could park some of their equipment on my driveway. I sure don't have a problem with that. While they were working, I went over to see how they were doing and saw they had a truckload of wood chips. I asked if they had anything they wanted to do with them, and if not, if they'd mind dumping them in my woods for me to put on my trail. They seemed happy to do that. After I had the big pile of wood chips placed near my trail, I mentioned to my daughter Reagan that I was going to use the tractor and front end loader to spread them. She asked if I'd mind letting her take a stab at the project. I was glad to oblige. She's used a tractor some, but not really had experience with the front-end loader. I showed her how to come into the pile, with the bucket level, then gradually raise it up while driving forward, and at the very end, tilt it back to secure the load. She picked up a load of mulch and spread it on the trail like a pro. Then I took a stab at it, then she spent the rest of the afternoon on the job and finished it up. In the end, we have a very attractive wood chip path that will be a lot easier to drive over once it settles and Reagan knows how to use a front end loader. It was a perfect day. If you're doing a project like we did, stay in four wheel drive (unless making a tight turn), have the engine revved up to about 1600-1800 RPM and carry your load low. If you like trails through the woods and yours are as bumpy as mine was, contact a local tree service to see if they can leave some wood chips when they're in your area. The guy that dropped mine here says he normally has to pay $35 a load to get rid of them, so they may bring you all you want. LINKS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... The Tractor Fun Store: https://asktractormike.com/products-for-sale/ Support the Tractor Mike Channel: https://www.patreon.com/TractorMike Visit the Tractor Mike website: http://asktractormike.com/ Visit Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Ask-Tractor-Mike-312112962245304/ Copyright 2021 Tractor Mike LLC