What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Did something stupid before mowing. Took the loader and backhoe off and parked them in the sun. 
Thankfully I only had to wait an hour after mowing before the sun was off of them and I could reconnect the hydraulics...
Thankfully I only had to wait an hour after mowing before the sun was off of them and I could reconnect the hydraulics...
I reckon you might be spot on with the coons. They’re mostly nocturnal feeders and the hornets are pretty docile at night because they can’t see. Perfect storm. Coons love cicadas and other large bugs. Don’t need much water with their juicy insides. Otherwise they typically feed near water because they don’t have saliva glands. They’re not washing their food, just wetting it.
ken erickson
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I have a young man recently graduated in environmental studies helping out on my oak Savanna project. He installed a bluebird nesting box which introduced him to the joys of hand operated post hole diggers, . As a reward for his good work gave him some L2501 seat time mowing with the brush cutter. Both experiences were new to him. It is nice to see these youngsters taking a interest in land management and habitat restoration.
My neighbor stopped over to dig a few holes for the bases to the tall bat house and kestrel nesting boxes. Unfortunately he only got 3 scoops when a hydraulic line wore thru and started puking oil. He just recently purchased the New Holland used and working out the kinks. The hose routing at the point of leakage definitely was not correct and was just a matter of time for that hose to fail.
. As a reward for his good work gave him some L2501 seat time mowing with the brush cutter. Both experiences were new to him. It is nice to see these youngsters taking a interest in land management and habitat restoration.My neighbor stopped over to dig a few holes for the bases to the tall bat house and kestrel nesting boxes. Unfortunately he only got 3 scoops when a hydraulic line wore thru and started puking oil. He just recently purchased the New Holland used and working out the kinks. The hose routing at the point of leakage definitely was not correct and was just a matter of time for that hose to fail.
Russell King
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Im glad you gave him a PhD!I have a young man recently graduated in environmental studies helping out on my oak Savanna project. He installed a bluebird nesting box which introduced him to the joys of hand operated post hole diggers,
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And then you LET him brush hog! What a treat
ken erickson
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Im glad you gave him a PhD!
And then you LET him brush hog! What a treat
He actually really enjoyed both tasks. Great young man, pleasure to work with.
Anybody that enjoys post hole diggers is a masochist...
He actually really enjoyed both tasks. Great young man, pleasure to work with.
Phd and not wearing gloves. I can still remember the blisters on my hands from back in the day.
Been digging a trench for some yard hydrants the last two days. Always wear gloves and always end up with these crazy tan lines. Maybe he preferred blisters over tan lines.
Too hot to do much outside today, mid 90s and humid. But needed to water the newly seeded area. So I atleast did that today with the tractor but that was pretty much it. Nothing much. Noticed I flipped the seat up? Nobody likes a hot butt.
I spent today breathing new life into this old brush hog. Drug it out of a neighbors back 40 last week and finally got around to it today. It's in working order for now, I'll give it a full restore somewhere down the line.
Spent almost 2 hours running the wood chipper today. No pictures, so I guess it didn't really happen.
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It has been raining here almost daily for weeks and we were out of town for a bit recently. Somehow that combination got me behind on the spot spraying that usually keeps the grass from encroaching on our private road. It was looking pretty ragged and I was thinking if I just sprayed it, then it would leave a ragged, fluffy brown strip between the gravel and green grass, which would still look bad. Decided it needed edging somehow. Some of the road isn’t adjacent to grass so it wasn’t the whole road. Only about 500’ or so in two different sections separated by a tree lined section.
Had a few hours between the morning rain and afternoon rain. Too wet to bush hog, so decided to give the edging job a go.
First thought was to use a manual edger (one of those half circle blades on the end of a long pole) and hoe to not disturb large swaths of gravel. Well, that was just stupid. About 20 minutes and 25’ into that foray, I had the following realizations: anything that would remove the grass was inevitably going to disturb a good bit of gravel; it was hotter out than it first seemed; I’m no longer 22 years old; there was a lonely tractor in the shop that I was pretty sure wanted to come out to play.
Plan B. Put the box blade on the L. Ripped up the grass and displaced a bunch of gravel with it. Left it all in a pile once I got past the grassy areas. Used a hay fork to winnow the grass out of the dirt, gravel, grass mix in the pile. Ended up with a full bucket of grass and relatively clean piles of gravel in the road.
After getting the grass out of the piles, spread them back out. Ended up with a decently straight border. Planning to leave it a couple of days to let whatever comes back make itself known. Next day after that where we get 4 hours I can be reasonably confident of no rain, plan to follow up with spraying to clean up any stragglers.
Then went over to the area where there was a large, mostly collapsed chicken coop which was removed at least 20 years ago. There was a long abandoned orchard of some sort there when Dad bought the main part of the property about 1990. The cherry and apple trees died off many years ago. The only fruit trees left were two peach trees which usually had a half dozen peaches on them each year. They died a couple years ago. We left them mostly because they’re not near any of the current houses and therefore not bothering anyone (I thought). Wife mentioned a few days ago they bothered her. Pushed them out of the ground today.
Went back to shop to trade the box blade for the chipper. Chipped a few large limbs which had fallen near the houses and road recently. Chipped the remains of the peach trees as well.
Got a scoop of dirt from the dirt pile to backfill the holes left by the peach stumps. After filling the holes, cleaned up, put things away, and it started to rain again about 20 minutes after.
Had a few hours between the morning rain and afternoon rain. Too wet to bush hog, so decided to give the edging job a go.
First thought was to use a manual edger (one of those half circle blades on the end of a long pole) and hoe to not disturb large swaths of gravel. Well, that was just stupid. About 20 minutes and 25’ into that foray, I had the following realizations: anything that would remove the grass was inevitably going to disturb a good bit of gravel; it was hotter out than it first seemed; I’m no longer 22 years old; there was a lonely tractor in the shop that I was pretty sure wanted to come out to play.
Plan B. Put the box blade on the L. Ripped up the grass and displaced a bunch of gravel with it. Left it all in a pile once I got past the grassy areas. Used a hay fork to winnow the grass out of the dirt, gravel, grass mix in the pile. Ended up with a full bucket of grass and relatively clean piles of gravel in the road.
Are you feeding it? Its belly looks kinda empty? Not to mention looks like it ate grass down to the dirt.
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Magicman
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I believe that today's sawmilling customer had an MX4700:
Whatever it was, it was welcome because those 18' X 4" X 8" were heavy. I will be back sawing Thursday.
Whatever it was, it was welcome because those 18' X 4" X 8" were heavy. I will be back sawing Thursday.
Picked up slash leftover from logging and unloaded IBC cages. Started to buck up and split firewood but too damned hot, at least by NH standards. Will go back after sun gets low this evening to get a few hours in.
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Decided to add a little canopy to the BX using some 2x4 aluminum and awning fabric on top of a few pieces of fiberglass Chimney sweep rods. It'll probably work better for rain over sun, but a little cover is better then none. Just need to pull it tight
Not putting the seat up in Alabama is a sure way to fry your bacon. I made that mistake with the LX and my Husqvarna rider today. I have a bunch of lumber (for rebuilding my deck) on my longest trailer and had to move it and the 10 footer to cut grass today. Of course the sun came out fully (despite the rain all morning) and I may have 1st degree burns on the backs of my legs. Made me stand back up quickly both times.