spring 2008 at Cabin

Here is the solar panel just after unpacking.  Notice the gizmos on the floor.  It comes with a battery monitor and solar cell monitor, and it literally conditions the battery as it charges it.  It uses a specific harmonic frequency that breaks up the deposits on the surface of the plates that shortens the battery's life.

The panel doesn't take up much space, and it seems to work very well.  I didn't run the generator before I left, and when I come back for the next weekend, the batteries are maxed.  I may have to buy a couple more to handle running my refrigerator in the summer.

Here is my "new" tractor and harrow.  I needed to harrow my breaking so that my renter (Bob Bott) could hay the ground once the alfalfa comes back (hopefully).

For an old hillbilly like myself, having a tractor like this to drive is amazing!

Here is my "heavy harrow", 40 feet wide, and I discovered there are places in my fields that are less than 40 feet wide. . .

This is my old tractor, with the old harrow in the background.  It's still in pretty good shape except for the clutch.  It wouldn't handle the breaking, so I bought the 2470 for less than the estimate for replacing the clutch.  So far, so good.

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