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Tuesday, August 17. 2010

My DR

Great tool for the places wheere you cannot take a tractor. It's the 17 HP, and it will shred a 2" sapling with ease. Here's the DR site.


Can you name year and make of the truck?


Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc., Natural History and Conservation at 05:06 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Ford Explorer ... '98-ish?
Not a Ranger, because of the bumper cover, I think.
In any case, a nice vehicle. Very popular for good reason. I have an '07 Mazda B4000, myself, and I love it.

I see you still have the stock Goodyear Wrangler RT/S tires. Hopefully you don't take them off road or use them in the winter.

On an unloaded pickup, I've found them to be a one-way ticket into oncoming traffic / the ditch, if you are unlucky enough to hit ice. Not that I have, but I've come close a few times. They don't work at all in mud. And the treads are magnets for picking up little pebbles and stones, which doesn't help matters.

I got mine siped, which helped a lot for stopping. But I had no choice but to get a set of decent off-road tires. Once mine are worn out, I'll get something better.

On the plus side, they are quiet and seem to wear well in undemanding conditions. If they hadn't come installed on the truck, I wouldn't have bought them. Overall, I rate them a "meh".
#1 rg on 2010-08-17 06:38 (Reply)
I'm renting one of those DR brush hogs in another week to get rid of some wild raspberries that have over grown. I would buy one, but I don't have the acerage anymore to justify it.

Just a guess based on the bumper and tires - 2000 Ford Ranger XLT 4X4. Might be a little off on the year, but I think that's it.
#2 Tom Francis on 2010-08-17 08:23 (Reply)
Ford Explorer, mid 90's
#3 Jeff tomaszewski on 2010-08-17 13:31 (Reply)
I brought this chipper-shredder with me to Israel:

http://www.patriot-products-inc.com/csv-3090bdetails.htm

People had never seen anything like it - there were only dinky European electric "mulch-yer-lawn-clippings" numbers that looked like blenders with legs. Nothing between that and professional-sized stuff.

Every year I collect the palm fronds and branches from the Sukkot (Tabernacles) holiday, and make some mulch. It's a great way to reduce weeds and water loss in this climate, and it's improved our heavy clay-on-limestone soil.
#4 Ben David on 2010-08-17 15:30 (Reply)
Does Birddog ever answer these questions.

I don't think I ever found out what kind of tractor or dog that Birddog posted.

Bueller, Anyone?
#5 Mark M on 2010-08-17 18:19 (Reply)
2000 Ford Ranger
#6 Rick on 2010-08-17 20:40 (Reply)
1998 Ford Explorer XLT. I have one , 160,000 miles. Mine has the same aluminum wheels as seen in your photo
#7 henry palmer on 2010-08-18 01:16 (Reply)
That looks like the left front corner of my 1999 Ford Ranger XLT. Looks like a lot of Ranger drivers here.
#8 SCOTTtheBADGER on 2010-08-18 04:15 (Reply)
The best-selling pickup in North America for, what?, almost 20 years?
#8.1 rg on 2010-08-18 16:12 (Reply)

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