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....one of my best ''working ;; pictures from the heady daze of contracting....

Three  pieces of plant that reflected quality in every way   (...and I know about all the "Mack '  aficionados'  on this site..;))..and Caterpillar...possibly IH's nemesis.....but I brought a heap of IH equipment also, over the years....

The job was making an all weather road in one of the many New Zealand high country Stations....

Mike

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On 5/27/2024 at 1:34 PM, Alan Dinan said:

Then it was Jody Banks from The Fall Guy

I had a poster of Heather Thomas in a hot tub wearing a pink bikini on my bedroom wall growing up!  Also had the poster of the 88 series tractors on the curvy gravel road and Catherine Bach in an ad for Honda 3 wheelers.  Diverse wall art!

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Windmill at the old line shack in my school section 

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The boy bout thirty miles west of me got a good rain today 

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Not necessarily awesome, but caught this on my way to work one morning. It looked better the day I saw it, not as good the day I took it. First time seeing it, thought it was a 4-wheeler sitting there!!

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Northern lights made a quick appearance here tonight. Sorta just come from the north real bright, then moved on south to where I couldn't see them anymore. For a good chunk of it, I had to look straight up to see them.  That rarely happens here. Anyway I thought they were pretty incredible 

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3 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said:

Here ya go Mr newman!

He must still be out wrangling kiwi birds.

Mike

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....good to get up to the Station again......the snow had flown  but has since returned....still some Red Deer wandering around despite the spreading of 1080   poison over a vast area  of the Station and adjacent Molesworth Station and, of course..on the hill tops....

Certainly helps the Helicopter outfits  ''bottom line ""...and   annoys the heck out of the Chamois /Deer hunting  fraternity....

Mike

1080....Sodium Mono Flu Acetate     or Sodium Mono  Fluoroacetate .....deadly but slow killer..unlike Cyanide   for example.....

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What's the reason for the 1080?

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I took a short video and snapped a screenshot during the video. A swarm of Barn Swallows stopped by the lake to get a drink.

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On 10/14/2024 at 12:27 AM, hardtail said:

What's the reason for the 1080?

Lance......in a word   "Bovine Tuberculosis  ".....There were several reactors   among the 300  plus calves up there this year...which sends the Agricultural  Dept 's into a frenzy of over reaction ....All cattle movements off farm cease immediately, untill all the testing of every animal is complete and the subsequent ''rechecks ''  are complete and finally all the wankers in white coats and with clip boards will depart and this takes months..

...and the 1080 poison is spread like confetti on the country side....a ''pre feed '   drop precedes the poison drop so all mustelids /opossums/ pigs  and deer  get a taste of the pre feed   (chopped carrots ] ...and so when the poison is added to the brew.......

There is so much public distaste  for this sort of barbaric act..that in some areas  armed   guards   are deployed at entry points   to an area ...in this case all farm access gates were padlocked  and security guards   were deployed to keep the angry peasants at bay....

Welcome to NZ...sigh

Mike

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13 year old stalk chopping for the first time with the 1586. I didn't even realize the colors of the woods until I sent the Pic to my wife and she mentioned it20241013_134858.thumb.jpg.93caf778140949a450fd8fab505e3223.jpg

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15 hours ago, JaredT said:

13 year old stalk chopping for the first time with the 1586. I didn't even realize the colors of the woods until I sent the Pic to my wife and she mentioned it20241013_134858.thumb.jpg.93caf778140949a450fd8fab505e3223.jpg

That’s just awesome and beautiful at the same time

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