I didn't mow today, although at 90 °F (32 °C if you're in Canada, England, Australia or some other metric country) that would have been easier on my old tired broken body. I cut lots of limbs and carted them off to the brush pile - the same brush pile that can be seen from space. I'm saving all those limbs for future kindling. Probably have 100 years worth by now. Anyway, between reaching too high to cut dead limbs (remember the bad left rotator cuff shit) and dancing around picking up and filling the trailer, then emptying it and going back for more (remember the broken back BS) four times today after all that cutting (see pics below), I am absolutely beat tonight.
OK, here's the pix because some silly part of me says maybe Dale needs to see the trailer attachment before he gets his EC container totally filled. This obviously is a street-legal trailer (bed is 4'x8') and uses a standard hitch, but I pull it with my lawn tractor by inserting this neat little hitch gizmo in between.
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Here's a close-up, Dale:
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These gizmos are intended to allow you to move/position a trailer by hand in your driveway, but I adapted mine (larger tires for muddy areas - they came off an old riding mower) and attached an old tie-down strap so I can use the hook on one end to slip into that little towing hole at the back of the riding mower. This way the mower pulls the trailer, but you do need to reach around behind you with one hand and hold the handle up a couple inches so the parking foot doesn't dig a gouge in your lawn. I don't know what the current price might be (about $50 maybe?) because I've had this thing for ages.
And here's the empty trailer in the trees, ready for another load. I cut four trailer loads today. Probably have another 20 to go to properly prune these trees and pick up all the storm damage.
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Once I get all the limbs out of here that have been whacking me in the face, I can mow this again.