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Moved a bunch of dirt for the outbuilding addition, using both the miniX and the tractor to their best advantage. Moving the dump bed trailer, loaded like it was and with just the scraper blade on the tractor rear for counterweight (plus my filled tires) was handier with the tractor then using...

That makes sense....my boom truck is on a Mack chassis, so I drive around all day looking at the hind end of a dog (Mack joke). It is nice to go down the road at 70 mph though. What's real unique about it, is that was bought new, as was the National, and the metal fab business that joined the...

One last thing about my trailer build, I just added up the expenses for the first time before filing them, almost 3K.... around 2500 to 2700 or so. NOT counting my labor, I have to hand it to the professional trailer people, they offer a pretty good bang for the buck, and if I wasn't so happy...

You are correct sir! A rider National, with a counter weight, somewhat blurring the line, after 4 boom trucks before this one, it's more crane like, at least to me. To me, a boom truck is mounted behind the cab, doesn't have a 360 degree load chart, continuous rotation, a CW, and the operator...

Not sure what you're asking..... you mean loaded, and pulling it with the 1 ton? Or empty, and pulling it with the RAV4? Either way, I stay on secondary, 45 mph roads, drive defensively, and never assume anything. Riding motorcycles taught me that, and to this day when I go through a green...

I am almost always on slopes, in the dirt or bush, but when on my concrete slab outside or in my shop, doing close tight manuvering hooking up a trailer or useing the forks, I put it in 2 wheel drive. Not because I am worried about "bearing wear" but because it steers easier and deosn't mark up...

The new trailer does tow well behind the 4 banger Toy RAV4, empty of course, that is an unplanned bonus. One detail: I got a PM from a member here about my build, quite helpful, it was pointed out that stresss risers can occur when the top of the angled hitch members (where they pass under the...

There is nothing worse then a modern EPA approved fuel container/jug, that is slow to empty out. Holding one up while it does can be a pain, that's why I use the FEL to lift the jug (pouring spout removed) up and then I just syphon the fuel out. Simple, easy, and spill proof, unless you overfill...

As little fuel as these little machines use, I've never bothered to set up a separate re fueling station, just a 5 gallon fuel jug now and then keeps both of my Kubota's happy. I do have some nice clean 55 gallon drums, but it'd take a LONG time to empty one out!

I just got some more, a different brand this time, http://titanstraps.com/. Just to mix it up a bit, if anything these seem a bit more heavy duty. They are not particularly cheap, but I am using them more and more for all types of things (and why I needed more): Securing the ramps to the top...

I use my rake once every spring, on my farm's airstrip, which is just native grasses kept mowed. I use it in the spring when the ground is soft, and it helps smooth away the vole mounds and other bumps, without ripping the surface up. In the past I have also first scattered fertilizer and/or...

In a simple post and beam outbuilding, nothing fancy and not even worth a picture (I'd have to clean it up first), unheated, but it does have power so winter preheating is no problem. 20' from my large heated shop (shop space is for doing shop stuff, not parking equipment in), and 75' from the...

After mowing a clear strip to the side of my 18' by 400' long runway (with 61' of vert drop, at 5600' ASL) with the L3301 and the flail mower, I rented a trencher (because using the U25, even with the smallest bucket, would have tore more things more then I needed just for 1" poly line) and got...

I have a brand new, used maybe 2 hours anyway, WoodMaxx FM 62H. Kept inside between uses, no rocks hit, like new! I have decided for my needs, a flail mower is not for me. I bought it along with my WoodMaxx chipper, and the quality of both is top notch, it's just that I need to mow whuile...

Those are for 2 chain binders, modified with open hooks, not the usual chain grab hooks. the binders are screw types, and one end will directly engage the holes in the mini's blade (these holes are expressly meant for tieing it down) and the other binder end will directly engage the welded on...

Getting a few last details taken care of: At 1309 lbs., it's light enough to easily tow behind the 4 banger RAV4. Handy for pre positioning it, loaded, I'll use the one ton Chevy. I have some expanded metal filling in the V formed by the hitch angle, a good area to carry binders etc. Plus the...

One thing about this type of open frame trailer/equipment hauler, is you can tie things down about anywhere, as opposed to a full deck. But there is still enough structure there to spread to load out.

10", the tractor tires have no problem, but remember the primary use is my U25 mini X. The 4" steel wide flange runs along the ridge line, and is supported by 3/8" steel flat bar rest on double 2x4's up in the attic that are nailed into the trusses kingpost and also bearing on the bottom...

The fenders I had hoped to use are just too goofy looking, though appearance is way down on my list of things I care about. The torsion axles are much closer together then normal leaf spring axles, so I took these back and got 4 separate fenders. Then, once back in the shop, I realized the new...

Once again, my shop's chain fall hoist system is invaluable, in this case for picking the trailer up and flipping it around. Having this ability is real handy for all kinds of projects and one of the best shop mods I ever have done. The support is regular wood trusses, based on the snow load...