Recent content by g_man

I use my blade offset during mud season when I don't want to run the tire to close to the soft edge but I want to dress the edge to let the water run off. Changing the blade over to offset looks easy but I find it to be a pain.

You mount your blades backwards to use it like a drag ??? Good idea. Have not seen that before. gg

The deep winter frost here pushes up rocks into the road surface. Every spring there is a new crop. Any that will stop my grader blade or snow plow I pull out. This one only had a knub showing but felt solid. You never know what lies unseen underneath. My M5640 and FrostBite Grapple at work...

Thanks for the tip - But I just went out and looked. It is metal. Must be my poor photography that fooled you. :) gg

Took the snow plow ballast boxes out of the one-ton and put them away. A simple job but good loader practice. gg

I've been working up the firewood that I pulled out last winter. Took these the other day. Stand between the bucket and the splitter and throw the splits on the pile/row. Straighten them out a little after each bucket full' If the blocks are to big for me to handle up on the splitter...

You could use the as a stone boat - :)

Had to take care of more heavy spring snow this morning. We got about a foot up at the house. It was elevation dependent. When I got down the looong hill to the town road there was only about 6". The road was soft and muddy so I shortened the float chain and ran the plow like a dozer blade. With...

We got 14" here in Waterford where I am. It's pretty dense snow almost granular but dry. Road isn't frozen so the tractor plow gets the job. Light and easy to control. There are no snow banks any more so not being able to throw the snow to the side 10 yards isn't a problem. The 9' plow on the...

It ain't over till it's over. After a spring like start to March it was cold and snowed a little bit every day this week. It was 7*F this morning and if the weather man is right we are getting a foot or more of snow tonight and tomorrow. So I took off the grapple and put on the snow plow. gg

Hard to believe someone at the dealership didn't grab that. I would have in a heart beat. Good score ! gg

I had some slash push up one one the SSQA lever arms and one side of the grapple came off. I made a couple clamps that hold the levers closed. Long bolts that pass thru existing holes. The pictures show locking nuts but I changed them to regular nuts and I put a hole in the bolt and use a pin to...

Very nice, neat job. Well done !! you will enjoy have that "TnT" on there. gg

I have an old TufLine blade. This new GB5 7 footer is listed as 1100 lbs. https://monroetufline.com/product/gb5-series-grader-blade/ This is my 7 footer. It's a GB1 series lighter than the GB5 above. I use it for ditching on a L3010 (30 HP) w/o any problems. gg

I like to use that trailer when I'm thinning. It is easier to winch out short logs than long ones when you don't want to bark up the keep trees. I used to load it by hand which has become a problem. I wondered if I could put a crane on my winch and make it work. Last January, as an...