Kioti CK20 HST Maintenance

Spent a few more hours out breaking up rotten stumps, knocking down more trees and moving limbs. I then decided to do some maintenance on the tractor, which has about 338 hours on it and ran to Wally world for some oil.

I have not purchased the manuals yet but plan to from East Texas Tractor Parts http://www.easttexasequipment.com/ through their Ebay Store http://stores.ebay.com/East-Texas-Tractor-Parts . I have not purchased anything yet but have talked to them on the phone and come across as some nice people.

I picked up a Oil Filter at NAPA P/N FIL1334, they do also stock the Air and Fuel Filters. After warming the engine up, draining the oil and changing the filter, i put 4 qts of oil in.  OK well the oil didn't stay in the engine very well as I forgot to put the drain plug in.....duh. So after the flushing procedure i put the plug in and filled the oil...success it actual shows on the dip stick. That was enough for tonight.

Knocking Down Trees!

Spent the afternoon on my Kioti CK20 HST knocking down trees.  If its less the about 6-7" in diameter i can push it over getting the root ball up. Tomorrow the neighbor and his son are going to come over and help thin the woods. Most will go to them for firewood, their primary heat source for their home. I'm going to save any larger trees for cutting lumber for shelters using a chainsaw mill.

I'm Blogging!

Well my Wife has been nagging me to start a blog for about 6 months, here it is.  My hope is to share information  found, lessons I've learned or tricks I've discovered relevant to our life here in the Pacific Northwest and our next adventure of turning the back of our property into a mini cattle ranch. 

Now some may think that by "mini" I mean small...well small is right by a factor of two!  Our entire property is 6.5 acres and about 4.5 acres are being turned into pasture, which is kinda mini for a ranch. The second "mini" is for the cattle, yes miniature cattle that measure 37-42" tall when full grown!

My Wife Kathy and I moved to the small town of Kingston Washington from Southern California in the Spring of 2006.  We gave up BIG CITY living for a rural life. While we do commute to Seattle during the week via the Ferry, we live on a two lane highway where we can only see one neighbors house and they are the worlds best neighbors! We often Joke when we see a house we like that we would have to move our neighbors also.

The first posts will be about us and our family of 4 big dogs and what our interests are.

Thanks for Reading