chilly
Rock Stacker
We all dream of living in Moab or Sedona but I don’t. I live in the oak leaf capital of the world in New England. For those who aren’t familiar, oak leaves are a very special breed of leaf. They’re very durable, they don’t break, they collect in deep pockets around all the best rock gardens.
10th scale 8lb rigs can get lost and float in the piles. Luckily 25lb+, sixth scale can usually move them out of the way in all but the deepest piles if you sit there spinning your wheels for few seconds until tire finally touches rock. I think of it as driving a full scale truck through a 4 foot pile of 6’ x 6’ tarps. it just ain’t fun.
I have a crappy Ryobi battery operated leaf blower. I just use to keep them out of my garage, but have more substantial equipment to clear the yard.
Usually, I strap a 10th scale crawler to my backpack and drive the six scale beast along the hiking trail. Was thinking about strapping that leaf blower to my backpack instead. I’m sure I would get lots of looks from the hikers, but curious if anyone has ever done anything ridiculous like that. Such a bummer that it really really kills the crawling this time of year. Most of the leaves are down now, so hopefully in a few weeks, the trails will pack out a little bit, but the most fun, slightly off trail, rocky areas just get collected leaves and sticks piled up in them.
I’m glad to have some great terrain nearby though - can’t knock that. Just sad to see the season get impacted so early.
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10th scale 8lb rigs can get lost and float in the piles. Luckily 25lb+, sixth scale can usually move them out of the way in all but the deepest piles if you sit there spinning your wheels for few seconds until tire finally touches rock. I think of it as driving a full scale truck through a 4 foot pile of 6’ x 6’ tarps. it just ain’t fun.
I have a crappy Ryobi battery operated leaf blower. I just use to keep them out of my garage, but have more substantial equipment to clear the yard.
Usually, I strap a 10th scale crawler to my backpack and drive the six scale beast along the hiking trail. Was thinking about strapping that leaf blower to my backpack instead. I’m sure I would get lots of looks from the hikers, but curious if anyone has ever done anything ridiculous like that. Such a bummer that it really really kills the crawling this time of year. Most of the leaves are down now, so hopefully in a few weeks, the trails will pack out a little bit, but the most fun, slightly off trail, rocky areas just get collected leaves and sticks piled up in them.
I’m glad to have some great terrain nearby though - can’t knock that. Just sad to see the season get impacted so early.
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