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As a “Milwaukee guy” (or a maybe just a wannabe) I must say the sickly green thing near the floor of the trailer in the background is nauseatingly offensive. That skil saw looking thing on his left hip is pretty suspect as well.

The Farmi was hanging out as a counterweight, but that was all on the deer retrieval outing.

Exactly. The side of the bucket isn’t very hard to drill.

I have the Piranha. Increases performance digging and cutting through roots in addition to protecting the factory edge. I haven’t beat on a lot of large rocks or chunks of concrete with it so can’t say how it would hold up to that. I know it’s good with potato size rocks. Took less than 30...

No pics as I don’t think they’re appropriate for a public forum not focused on hunting. Met up with this year’s first whitetail buck this morning and delivered an invitation to dinner he couldn’t refuse. The deer was dead weight so he needed carrying. Me carrying him 3/4 mile across two creeks...

There are a few threads here on the subject and videos on YouTube. I had a mishap several months back, bent mine, bent it back good enough to work in an about 10 minutes. Tweaked it closer when I got back to home/shop. It still isn’t perfect but it’s 100% functional and it’s a tractor not a jet...

There’s a published drawbar tongue weight spec in the OM in the “Implement Limitations” section for my L. Suspect there is for other tractors as well. For the L4701 it’s 1430lb so it’s not an insignificant amount. I bought an old equipment trailer in need of some TLC from my father several...

Drawbar for my L4701 is the same. It’s about half a millimeter too small for a U.S. standard ball shank. (I don’t recall if it was a close but not quite for 3/4” or 1”.) I know it’s a Japanese tractor that’s sold worldwide and the drawbar is most often used for clevis hitches, but still seems...

Correct. Don’t hesitate to ask questions. If you get smart-aleck answers or condescending answers just ignore them. You’ll get good answers as well.

Cement board or wrap it in aluminum.

Depending on what you need, how fast you need it, budget, and whether you plan to make it a permanent addition, a prefab aluminum ramp can be a reasonable option that is quality and quick to install. Not cheap, but neither is pressure treated decking, particularly if you have to add labor rather...

Congratulations! But… pictures?! 🙂

Wife and I had been married about six months. We lived in a rented doublewide. Wife was (and is) deathly afraid of mice. If she had seen a mouse in the house she probably would have never been comfortable there again. Steel wool was stuffed in all the gaps around the plumbing pipe penetrations...

We were very fortunate Helene missed us. Had about a dozen trees down across trails but no real damage. Didn’t take many pics. Between grapple, winch, and a decent saw, only took a few hours to clear them.

I’m not a fan of glue traps because they sometimes catch unintended stuff and it’s a slow demise. Also use them because they’re necessary to keep the field mice in the meadows where they belong and out of the houses. Kind of a necessary evil. Used to feel worse about it until an incident a few...

Congratulations! When you take delivery, photos are expected and appreciated. 🙂

Grapples aren’t cheap. If that’s the only thing you need a third function to run that adds substantially to the cost as well. Brush, logs, debris, and large rocks can all be moved with bucket and/or forks. When the topic of grapples comes up, I’ve seen many, many threads where various folks who...

20% forks, 20% bucket, 55% grapple, 5% take the loader off. For a carryall I use a Mule or a pickup.

If you’re using the sliding rod style like this… I suggest take the bucket off first. Remove the keeper bolts (the little cross bolts that keep the pins from sliding out). Mark the cross bolt end of the new pin with a sharpie or something similar to locate the rotational position of the cross...

All of my frequently used implements are stored inside on a smooth concrete floor. They’re all on dollies of some description. All but one are home made from 2x lumber and plywood (not OSB) using 3” or 4” steel wheeled swivel casters for durability and low rolling resistance. The oddball was...