How To Make and Use a Redneck Bulldozer

(We like to call it a Redneck Board Dozer)

My last post included pictures of George trenching our backyard for a sprinkler system. The next day, after the pipes were in, we began manually filling in those trenches. It's a lot of hard work, and George was already sore from pushing around that heavy trencher the day before.

After a couple of the trenches were filled in, I commented, "There's got to be a better way. It looks like we could pull something behind the tractor or push something to get the dirt into the trench." George's super brain immediately kicked into high gear and in about five minutes, we were the proud new owners of a redneck board dozer!

Here's how to make one:

SUPPLIES

1 - Husband who looks like
he's either very serious,
very mean or very constipated.

1 - Wife who looks like she's either
smiling reluctantly, grunting
like a pig or just got a good
whiff of a pig.

1 - Really dirty lawn mower
(aka tractor)

1 - Fat board, 1 - Skinny board
1 - Rope, 2 - Long screws
and 1 - Drill

HUSBAND SHOULD:

1. Make a "T" shape out of the two boards.
2. Turn the T upside down so that the top of the T is on the bottom.
3. Drill two holes in each end of that top part of the upside down T piece (see photos for inaccurate example).
4. Guide the rope through the board's holes and loop it through the hitch on the back of the tractor.
5. After it's through the hitch, wrap it around the back of the seat as many times as needed to get the remainder of the rope out of the way.
6. Be sure NOT to accidentally wrap the rope around wife's neck and tightly secure it if she is on the tractor during step 3.

WIFE SHOULD:

Climb into the tractor seat and
skillfully drive the tractor.


HOW TO USE
REDNECK BOARD DOZER

With the board lined up on the far side of the dirt that is to be replaced into the trench, husband should use his foot to guide the board dozer as wife slowly nudges the tractor forward which gently glides the dirt back into the ground!

Ready!

Get set!

Go!

It's dropping in!
Move to next section and
repeat until full length of
trench is completely filled in!

There you have it!
Just another redneck day
in redneck yard maintenance!

Smile on
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