Livin’

Life has been pretty good lately, I can’t complain one bit. It rained 0.73” a couple days ago and all the summer fallow ground is worked and ready for wheat drilling.

Yesterday, I bought a 2024 Yamaha TW200 dual sport motorcycle. And yes, it’s a farm expense. I plan to mount it to the back of implements so I can shuttle myself home from fields.

Riding it for the first time last night, I scooted around the yard in 1st and 2nd gear and got it up to 25mph. Playing it safe or whatever. 3rd gear was pretty spooky anyway. But today, it felt so natural. I got it up to 5th gear and 65mph on the sand road near the house. I rarely go that fast in my pickup on sand roads! Ha. But boy, what a way to feel ALIVE. Such a forgiving bike too. Mucho recommendo.

After the 12 step meeting this morning, I decided to make another tractor seat stool. Considering I’m all caught up on field work, and everything else for a week or so, it’s a good day for a day off.

The original seat was that 70’s puke colored canvas… yikes.

Here is what it looked like after taking the seat off and before sanding.

Then I sanded with 220 grit sandpaper until the original stain was gone.

Used a red mahogany wood stain which turned out better than expected.

Then I attached the seat to the 180° swivel plate. I can’t quite remember what I pulled it off of but I think it’s from an old farmall tractor parked behind the trees.

Thought it’d need to be welded but I got by with an old carriage bolt and a couple washers.

Turned out better than I expected. But anyway, I’m onto the next project, thanks for reading.