OK... so here is a story about whining hst's (or whining operators re: HST noise).
I had about 6 days of cleanup work around a woodlot I own. So decided to post help wanted ad at the store thinking a week or so grapple work for a student on a newer Kubota maybe some good summer spending cash.
Ended up with a couple of younger folks coming down wanting to share the work. OK for me and actually a great idea as safety in numbers right? They seemed like good farm kids and were OK around tractors so after a saftey briefing (no need to go fast just do it right and do it safely) I put them to work.
4 hours later its lunch time. Wife brings out lunch (nobody works at our place that doesn't get a hot meal) and the kids want to quit as they are worried about my tractors grenading. They say hst whines are so bad something wrong and they don't want to be responsible for broken equipment. I guess this old fart scared them a bit as I can be crusty at times.
So I took both tractors for a quick test around the site. Went to my truck and got 2 new welding beanies from the back seat and tossed them to the kids and said... "hst whine fixed / tractors won't grenade now. Save those silly hats for when you be on a horse or in a bar"
Kids got back to work and not another word said about hst noise. A weak later the job was done, kids were happy and they asked to come back if I had any other work for them later.
Morale of the story.... if you want a quieter experiance on an open station HST... don't where brimmed hats like cowboy hats.... you will be very surprised how much quiter things run when a ball cap or beanie is worn. Try it if you think your hst Kubota whines too much and you are wearing a brimmed cowboy hat or full brimmed hard hat or similar.
no brim is going to give you a much quieter experience.
now don't get me started on cowboy boots.... whats wrong people don't own a good pair of steeled toed work boots anymore?
I had about 6 days of cleanup work around a woodlot I own. So decided to post help wanted ad at the store thinking a week or so grapple work for a student on a newer Kubota maybe some good summer spending cash.
Ended up with a couple of younger folks coming down wanting to share the work. OK for me and actually a great idea as safety in numbers right? They seemed like good farm kids and were OK around tractors so after a saftey briefing (no need to go fast just do it right and do it safely) I put them to work.
4 hours later its lunch time. Wife brings out lunch (nobody works at our place that doesn't get a hot meal) and the kids want to quit as they are worried about my tractors grenading. They say hst whines are so bad something wrong and they don't want to be responsible for broken equipment. I guess this old fart scared them a bit as I can be crusty at times.
So I took both tractors for a quick test around the site. Went to my truck and got 2 new welding beanies from the back seat and tossed them to the kids and said... "hst whine fixed / tractors won't grenade now. Save those silly hats for when you be on a horse or in a bar"
Kids got back to work and not another word said about hst noise. A weak later the job was done, kids were happy and they asked to come back if I had any other work for them later.
Morale of the story.... if you want a quieter experiance on an open station HST... don't where brimmed hats like cowboy hats.... you will be very surprised how much quiter things run when a ball cap or beanie is worn. Try it if you think your hst Kubota whines too much and you are wearing a brimmed cowboy hat or full brimmed hard hat or similar.
no brim is going to give you a much quieter experience.
now don't get me started on cowboy boots.... whats wrong people don't own a good pair of steeled toed work boots anymore?
