Done. Need to get a few buckets of soil to clean them up.
Next victim. A lilac bush.
Next victim. A lilac bush.
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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A ‘76 model wouldn’t be a PTO. Shoot me the serial and I’ll date it. PTO’s were first produced in Sept of ‘82.
There was a generator, log splitter and brush chipper available for the PTO models. Stickers are no longer available, but there is a guy on eBay selling very nice reprints. And custompartsinc.com will have everything you need to refresh that transmission.
Last March the top of a pine broke off and landed in the access to where I keep my summer/dirt work implements.
I couple days ago I hooked a choker onto it and dragged it out into the woods and out of the way.
Today I put the BearCat manual feed chipper on the M5640.
And cleaned up the slash and debris that broke off the pine when it fell
There is more there than it looks and it made a pretty good pile of chips
I can get at my blades and LandPlane now - going to need them
Five years ago I had a similar mess to clean up and I took a video of some of it to show how my manual feed chipper works if you are interested.
gg
I couple days ago I hooked a choker onto it and dragged it out into the woods and out of the way.
Today I put the BearCat manual feed chipper on the M5640.
And cleaned up the slash and debris that broke off the pine when it fell
There is more there than it looks and it made a pretty good pile of chips
I can get at my blades and LandPlane now - going to need them
Five years ago I had a similar mess to clean up and I took a video of some of it to show how my manual feed chipper works if you are interested.
gg
No worries Mc. I am often underestimated. Usually by my wife. And she's always right. ( she's looking over my shoulder as I type ).I think you have greater powers than I realized. This morning!
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But at least I'm not about to roll a tractor into a pond like this guy with a Woods 10ft cutter on the back.
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I think you have greater powers than I realized. This morning!
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But at least I'm not about to roll a tractor into a pond like this guy with a Woods 10ft cutter on the back.
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I hope your snow melted. What a awful sight to see this late in the month.
Buddy was lucky he didn't end up in the drink. Nice recovery video.
Yep that looks like a MF.I think you have greater powers than I realized. This morning!
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But at least I'm not about to roll a tractor into a pond like this guy with a Woods 10ft cutter on the back.
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(pun intended…and it’s literally a Massey)
It is. Electric..... runs off of rear defog circuit (see my install posts). Just need a touch of stone dust to provide traction where needed. Easier than pto driven spreader and can use in any vehicle with trailer hitch.
14yo son and I got grandma's house and the farm yard mowed with ZD21 60" deck and ZD331 72" deck.
and I got a little mowing done in the lane across the east creek before it rains again.
got some of the deep ruts cleaned up Friday from previous rains with our new/used SVL75-3. we'll see what happens this week with more rain expected.
not terrible for my first time in the machine.
and I got a little mowing done in the lane across the east creek before it rains again.
got some of the deep ruts cleaned up Friday from previous rains with our new/used SVL75-3. we'll see what happens this week with more rain expected.
not terrible for my first time in the machine.
johnjk
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B3200 w/loader, Woods RC5 brush hog, 4' box blade, tooth bar, B1700 MMM,
What I did off my Orange today. I ordered a replacement seatbelt for the B1700. Easy off easy and on. Decided to do a porter mortem on the original and this is what I found. Dirt had piled up in the mechanism preventing it from being pushed in far enough to unlatch. Used a pick and an air hose to blow it out and Bingo! Works like new. Off with the new and back on with the old. Time to do an Amazon return. The worst part was those stupid safety torx screws used to hold the cover on.
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Just finished my 3rd mow with the new Z452ikw zero turn. Man this thing is awesome. Finally feel more comfortable using it the machine, its way different than the old zero turn I had. It turns so much better and man is this thing FAST.
My old zero turn had a pivoting front axle which was nice, but I noticed pretty much all zero turns now are fixed casters, I wonder why? I'm three wheeling it sometimes hahahaha.
The cut quality is super nice, even tall grass it cuts even. Doesn't clump up even when the grass is damp. I did have to adjust the anti scalping wheels because the deck kept digging into the lawn certain areas but now that I adjusted those it will lift part of the deck up instead of becoming a dozer.
The comfort level though is miles high better. I no longer feel stiff after, my back does't feel weird and the best part is that I don't feel the needles poking me in my hands from the vibration. I mow about 6 acres weekly, sometimes more. But it's nice being able to mow approx 4 times without fueling up again. I had to fuel up every week with the old mower.
The con though is that I need to now build a bigger shed. I also cannot fit the mower in certain areas like I used to but that can be rectified easily, just need some time to make the paths a little wider. I'm not upset about the shed being too small, it's a PERFECT excuse to build a bigger one!!!
My old zero turn had a pivoting front axle which was nice, but I noticed pretty much all zero turns now are fixed casters, I wonder why? I'm three wheeling it sometimes hahahaha.
The cut quality is super nice, even tall grass it cuts even. Doesn't clump up even when the grass is damp. I did have to adjust the anti scalping wheels because the deck kept digging into the lawn certain areas but now that I adjusted those it will lift part of the deck up instead of becoming a dozer.
The comfort level though is miles high better. I no longer feel stiff after, my back does't feel weird and the best part is that I don't feel the needles poking me in my hands from the vibration. I mow about 6 acres weekly, sometimes more. But it's nice being able to mow approx 4 times without fueling up again. I had to fuel up every week with the old mower.
The con though is that I need to now build a bigger shed. I also cannot fit the mower in certain areas like I used to but that can be rectified easily, just need some time to make the paths a little wider. I'm not upset about the shed being too small, it's a PERFECT excuse to build a bigger one!!!
I had to do that with my L3010 belt too. I bought a new seat belt belt for dozer and 2 weeks later it was chewed in half by some critter. I guess it doesn't pay to get a new belt.
gg
The pivoting front axle costs more to build, it is all about making them cheaper.
Over the last couple of days I managed to install the BxExpanded grill guard and the hitch option to the TF810 Pro wood chipper (and use said wood chipper for a few hours...).
NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
We have a sewer easement that loosely follows the creek that bisects our place into north/south sections. We use it for hunting (deer, turkeys, and everything else crosses it and grazes it at some point during the day) and as a driving trail. Some parts are as much as 80’ wide; others (such as the area below) are pretty narrow.
Couple days ago, loaded up a pole saw, limb loppers, and a little electric chainsaw that looks like a toy but is actually pretty sweet for pruning. Took the Mule from one end to the other trimming limbs that were encroaching far enough they created problems running the Mule through without hitting limbs or causing a need to fight limbs when bush hogging. Mow it only once or twice a year, but I still don’t much care for fighting limbs with both hands while steering with my left knee while bush hogging even if it is only once a year. That left piles of limbs. Next couple days were filled with higher priority tasks, but today took the tractor and grapple to sweep up the brush.
Being this isn’t a yard, tilting the grapple just shy of the teeth digging in and floating the boom allowed sweeping the limbs into pretty decent grapple loads without manually handling the limbs. There was one area the ground was too rough and uneven to do that. Still, a little over 2000’ of sewer line with probably 750’ having limbs laying on the sides took about an hour and a half for one guy who sometimes qualifies for the senior discount to sweep up and pile into two brush piles off the sewer line. I’m good with those piles creating small animal habitat until they rot down. Would have taken the better part of a day to do that by hand.
After that, got my father’s old Troybilt tillers out of shed to get them cleaned up a bit, at least enough to read the serial numbers so @MOOTS can get me a little more info on them. ((Thanks @MOOTS!)
They weren’t terrible, but they had enough dust, dirt, and hardened grease obscuring the serial numbers a pressure washer or steam cleaner was a near requirement. Shed isn’t near any of the shop areas, so after pondering options decided to load them up on the little mower trailer and knock some of the dirt off. Not too hard to load with the trailer aimed downhill and a good running start pushing them up the ramp. They were really easy to unload with the trailer aimed the other way. Just had to be quick enough to not get run over.
At some point when it’s either too hot or too cold to mess with stuff outside, I’ll get them inside to see about getting them running or determining they’re parts only. One has a Tecumseh engine, the other a Kohler, and I know very little about either. Regardless, they need to go elsewhere and they don’t look like scrap.
Couple days ago, loaded up a pole saw, limb loppers, and a little electric chainsaw that looks like a toy but is actually pretty sweet for pruning. Took the Mule from one end to the other trimming limbs that were encroaching far enough they created problems running the Mule through without hitting limbs or causing a need to fight limbs when bush hogging. Mow it only once or twice a year, but I still don’t much care for fighting limbs with both hands while steering with my left knee while bush hogging even if it is only once a year. That left piles of limbs. Next couple days were filled with higher priority tasks, but today took the tractor and grapple to sweep up the brush.
Being this isn’t a yard, tilting the grapple just shy of the teeth digging in and floating the boom allowed sweeping the limbs into pretty decent grapple loads without manually handling the limbs. There was one area the ground was too rough and uneven to do that. Still, a little over 2000’ of sewer line with probably 750’ having limbs laying on the sides took about an hour and a half for one guy who sometimes qualifies for the senior discount to sweep up and pile into two brush piles off the sewer line. I’m good with those piles creating small animal habitat until they rot down. Would have taken the better part of a day to do that by hand.
After that, got my father’s old Troybilt tillers out of shed to get them cleaned up a bit, at least enough to read the serial numbers so @MOOTS can get me a little more info on them. ((Thanks @MOOTS!)
They weren’t terrible, but they had enough dust, dirt, and hardened grease obscuring the serial numbers a pressure washer or steam cleaner was a near requirement. Shed isn’t near any of the shop areas, so after pondering options decided to load them up on the little mower trailer and knock some of the dirt off. Not too hard to load with the trailer aimed downhill and a good running start pushing them up the ramp. They were really easy to unload with the trailer aimed the other way. Just had to be quick enough to not get run over.
At some point when it’s either too hot or too cold to mess with stuff outside, I’ll get them inside to see about getting them running or determining they’re parts only. One has a Tecumseh engine, the other a Kohler, and I know very little about either. Regardless, they need to go elsewhere and they don’t look like scrap.
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