johnray13, you are right, it wasnt really a chore, i made six passes with two cast iron car heads on top of the box scraper in first gear, then removed the weight and went again a little faster. second thought, maybe the county could reiburse me for the 23.00 bottle of roundup i used to kill the weeds, yeah right. time wise it took two beers and it felt good to be out of the one month deepfreeze.