What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[nerwin]

We’ve cleaned up a couple of dump sites left by the prior owner of the property. Grapple is better than bucket. Either will work but you’ll have more hand work with the bucket. Start at an edge, clear debris as you move inward so you’re not running over debris.

Edit: And if there’s stuff buried that you’re OK leaving buried, just dig down a few inches with the loader and backfill over it so anything you leave buried is at least a few inches below final grade. Right or wrong, that’s what we did but we were just grassing over it.

Oh no...there's no like stuff left. It's just dirt and rocks but there is bunch of small metal pieces buried there and the hump over a foot higher than the grade of the rest of the land, she wanted it leveled out. The previous owners burned stuff there so there like door hinges, glass, nails, screws, parts of a mattress. Now I don't know how far it goes down. It's a little worrying about what lies beneath haha.

I don't have a grapple

 

[Hugo Habicht]

I don't have a grapple

Now here is the perfect excuse opportunity to buy one

 

[nerwin]

Now here is the perfect excuse opportunity to buy one

Don't think it's in the budget unfortunately. I'd have to install a 3rd function too. It gets expensive quickly.

 

[NCL4701]

Yeah, but if you’re cleaning up a dump and need to wrestle an old drop in oven out of a bunch of honeysuckle and poison ivy, a grapple is worth every penny.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

I'd have to install a 3rd function too.

Well can't get better than this, can it? You will get a third function as well !

p.s.: take the money from another budget. You have to get your priorities right

 

[McMXi]

A bit of a continuation from the driveway project last week. I took the first load of dirt over to the dirt pile this morning but I should have dumped the dirt sooner. About half of it is stuck to the bottom of the trailer!

I was on the M6060 for three hours on Saturday fixing the county road at the bottom of my driveway. I had to get the Buhler/Farm King rear blade off, the QH16 on with both hydraulic cylinders and then pick up the EA grading scraper. The scarifiers worked well to break up the ground and dig up the 20 or so potholes in the road.

 

[nerwin]

Well can't get better than this, can it? You will get a third function as well !

p.s.: take the money from another budget. You have to get your priorities right

The way the weather is now, the tractor is just gonna sit in the garage.....I can't even get out back on my house where I need to do work.

It. Just. Won't. Stop. Raining.

 

[NordTrac]

Made a little progress on the ballast project.

As can be seen, I don't weld...

Still have to put some rebars in there to do side loops to hang stuff around the ballast.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Oh no...there's no like stuff left. It's just dirt and rocks but there is bunch of small metal pieces buried there and the hump over a foot higher than the grade of the rest of the land, she wanted it leveled out. The previous owners burned stuff there so there like door hinges, glass, nails, screws, parts of a mattress. Now I don't know how far it goes down. It's a little worrying about what lies beneath haha.

I don't have a grapple

You might try your forks. Move them close together, point them down slightly and slowly rake through the mess. You may have to stop often and throw the stuff you uncover aside.

 

[nerwin]

Speaking of pallet forks....I watched a random tractor video today on YouTube (my recommendations is nothing but tractors now )

But this guy was cleaning up brush with his pallet forks but it looked weird and noticed he had four tines on. Two on the outer most setting and two in the middle set at equal distance.

Is that even a thing? It seemed to work well for picking up brush piles honestly. Has anyone here done that?

 

[#40Fan]

A friend of mine has the double (quad) forks on a skid of his. He runs a small junk yard and uses the extra forks to enable him to lift more while still using relatively small forks.

 

[skeets]

Well I did get the grapple on the B, now if it would stop raining and blowing for a few days I might be able to get those pesky downed pines cut up and off to the burn pile. And then sharpen mower blades,,,, again

 

[dirtydeed]

Speaking of pallet forks....I watched a random tractor video today on YouTube (my recommendations is nothing but tractors now )

But this guy was cleaning up brush with his pallet forks but it looked weird and noticed he had four tines on. Two on the outer most setting and two in the middle set at equal distance.

Is that even a thing? It seemed to work well for picking up brush piles honestly. Has anyone here done that?

LOL.

all the time... I don't have grapple. Forks work great for moving large piles of brush/logs etc. Try them before you blow several thousand on a grapple.

 

[nerwin]

LOL.

all the time... I don't have grapple. Forks work great for moving large piles of brush/logs etc. Try them before you blow several thousand on a grapple.


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I have forks. But I never really seen anyone use four tines on them before. Could be a neat solution.

 

[old and tired]

Before I got my grapple, I made due with a set of forks that I built.... Carried a bunch of sticks with them. This was a small pile, biggest pile, I could see where I was driving!!

 

[JimDeL]

I have forks. But I never really seen anyone use four tines on them before. Could be a neat solution.

Maybe something like this?
Amazon.com: YITAMOTOR Clamp on Debris Forks Fits 48'' Bucket, 2500 lbs Heavy Duty Quick Attach Pallet Forks for Tractor Loader Skid Steer : Patio, Lawn & Garden

 

[Trustable]

LOL.

all the time... I don't have grapple. Forks work great for moving large piles of brush/logs etc. Try them before you blow several thousand on a grapple.


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You might have just convinced me to not get the third function with a grapple. I have been debating it for a while now but having a hard time justifying the cost. A set of forks is a lot cheaper then those options combined!

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

The wife ran a local ad online Saturday morning offering free manure

Next time sell it!

 

[nerwin]

You might have just convinced me to not get the third function with a grapple. I have been debating it for a while now but having a hard time justifying the cost. A set of forks is a lot cheaper then those options combined!

I'm kinda thinking about buying a set of replacement tines for my HLA pallet forks for moving brush, 4 might be better than two! I don't see why I can't

I'd just get cheaper ones as long as they are the class II type hooks I think they should fit right on.

 

[dirtydeed]

Honestly, I think you can carry more material with forks than with most grapples.

The reason I like forks (besides the obvious task of moving stuff) is that I would be hesitant to use a grapple to stir the brush fire. I don't like the idea of hydraulic lines being in the flame.

To each their own.