Feeling pretty much like hot shit.

Neighbor managed to wedge a small tractor amongst some trees after sliding sideways downslope. Looked like a much larger tractor was going to be needed to extract it, and getting one on site was going to take some doing as the clearances between the rest of the trees was very tight.

Went on the 4 wheeler to check out the situation and noted 2 trees large enough and well placed to allow use of the winch on the 4 wheeler to tug on the tractor.

First go round I had chained onto the tractor fairly high up and gave a pull. Tractor slid sideways a bit, but since I was pulling with a significant vector downwards, it was pushing the tires harder into the ground as it slid towards me. Re-rigged the chain and switched the anchor tree, and also realized the w wheeler could be offset a little side to side to improve the pull angle. The weight of the vehicle is high enough to resist even 25% of the pull of the winch (doing the math in my head on the spot, LOL) if applied perpendicularly to the line connecting the anchor tree and the tractor.

So, on the second go round, managed to pull the front end of the tractor back out of the tree clump far enough to allow it to just be driven ahead to escape. Neighbor heard the commotion and showed up about then and was impressed I had the tractor clear. I was surprised the winch had enough oomph to do it, and having a couple trees, and time to think and observe how the pulling was working saved the day.

Also went back to the super steep ATV trail and remembered to turn on the angle meter this time.

Averaging the up and down readings, the angle of the road to the horizon is 30 degrees. Looking at the chart at Wiki indicates 30 degrees is equivalent to a nearly 58% grade. This is definitely the steepest trail I've been on and I'm not going to go on anything steeper. But it's also a data point. As I'm building and clearing new trails, if I stay under a 30 degree climb, I'm good to go. I'm thinking of making a jig out of plastic pipe with a plumb bob or 2 on it, and markings corresponding to 20, 25 and 30 degrees. Then I can evaluate slopes for possible trails and plan accordingly. My preference would be for no trails to exceed a 40% grade (around 22 degrees) but the 8 degree cushion is there if moving dirt to get the angle better becomes onerous. S

And suffice to say, no one will ever take a car up that 30 degree slope, even if the trail was wide enough.

Feeling stronger but not overpowered.

Call me a narcissist but I love it when I love myself.

I'm happy and feeling calm today. For me calm correlates with my happiness, I'm on cloud nine.

Same

I'm flexible though I'm like not manic or high but I'm quirky and energetic... but also calm. Just high self esteem really

I went to sleep on the wrong side of the bed and woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

I guess that was the right side to wake up on then...

Drowsy as all get out.

Feeling liked. I like to be liked it's nice