Recent content by Gaspasser

Speaking of CAT, I rented a Cat 315 this summer for stumping. Randy, the local Milton CAT rep was friendly and super helpful and the cost was reasonable for the 1 week rental. Mabye that's an option for you?

Hedgehog... dare I say it? If I could only have one piece of equipment, the mini-ex wins over my tractor for many of my projects. I picked up the KX033 used with 110 hours on it for about 33k 3 years ago. Light enough for me to trailer it without a CDL. My tractor cost more than twice that with...

Continued to clear timber and slash on the hill. Mini-ex to load forks and tractor to shuttle the load to my processing area. Now if only I could clone myself to run both at once.

Nice SGR. How far out laterally do do the steps extend? Beyond the tire/fender width? I have very tight storage space in shed. A few inches between equipment. Thanks.

Mabye it's ironwood?

Yes. To be honest, we would have had to be very careful to draw from lowest layer of drain pan first to get an accurate measurement of water. But we wanted to get done before dark and so did not take great pains to do so. But I did place some of the turbulent aspirated fuel into a clear...

So, spent the day under my tractor doing idiotic move mitigation ( see above ). Tried siphoning out tank from filler tube to decrease volume but was only able to get out about 2.5 gallons out. Siphon tube could not reach the bottom of the convoluted right tank. Turns out the hose that connects...

Ty. Good thought. I could also siphon out the tanks from above where it's easier and then drain the balance by draining at the bottom or using the fuel pump as you suggest. Will take the task on tomorrow and report back.

Thanks. I do have multiple piles of slash and much more to pile up into "teepees" to burn. I do use diesel soaked cardboard or rags to start up using care not to let diesel get into soil. Tractor holds 9 gallons and is full so will have more than i need as fire starter. I had the same idea about...

Oh. I see how my post is confusing. The transfer/storage tank is fine and was capped. The tractor fuel tank was the one I left uncapped. It was laying on top of the storage tank.

Thanks. Yep, both a water and particle filter on 100 gal transfer tank. Just got off phone with dealer. Recommends draining all fuel. Apparently on tractor, have to remove a plate to expose tubing connector that communicates with both tanks as that is the low spot. Kick, kick, kick.

My son found the fuel tank cap on the diesel transfer tank. I last filled prior to 3 days of rain. I have not run it since before the rain. So besides kicking myself for being an idiot, what actions can I take to avoid troubles? Drain fuel tank? If i do, what do i do with the contaminated fuel...

Could of been worse. It could have been Chuck Norris.

Welcome to forum. I'm in NH as well. It is very easy to tip a tractor on even relatively slight inclines. When I first got my L6060, I had 2 seat puckering experiences despite operating conservatively. Go slow, especially when turning. Keep pallet fork and loader loads as low as possible to...

I am lucky enough to have a truck stop/fuel company (Evans Fuel) 2 miles away. Spoke with owner and he was kind enough to make exception for a low volume client. Estimating that I will only use about 300 gallons of off road diesel a year. I rented a large excavator this past summer to do...