What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[S-G-R]

Someone posted awhile back on a tool box that mounts between the ROPS. Wasn’t to bad on cost.

I've got a cab which seems to make things more complicated and expensive.

 

[Shawn T. W]

My Grand L 5030 HSTC has a factory tool box ... #23 ... (They left off the "b"!)

It's not that big, maybe 3"X3"X24" ...

 

[NCL4701]

We left the property and went camping for a few days. First time in a couple years we’ve had the camper out except for two trips to Jacksonville last fall, but that was for the wife to go to a couple appointments at the Mayo Clinic so not exactly a vacation. Got back Sunday. Finished cleaning everything up and putting it away this morning. Wife told me to leave her to her own devices today as she did her cleanup stuff and maybe partly because she’d had about enough together time for a while. It was a good day to get the place back under control. In the four days we were gone, the place made impressive progress toward looking abandoned.

Already had the trailer mover on the L. Used it to put up the camper.

Then spent about 3 hours on the T mowing the yards at the three houses and grassed portions of associated ditches.

As I was mowing me of the ditches, saw a new neighbor in one of the fields by the public road I still need to bush hog in the near future. We haven’t had any trouble with them so far. Maybe I’m unfairly profiling, but their kind tend to have short fuses and seem to be looking for any excuse to start a fight. I’ll be a little extra careful to not disturb them mowing near their home.

It’s too high to do anything “reasonable” to remove it and wearing a honey bee suit is about like wearing Level II body armor to a fight with a guy with an AR-10. Will take them out if necessary. Hopefully we can live in peace.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

We left the property and went camping for a few days. First time in a couple years we’ve had the camper out except for two trips to Jacksonville last fall, but that was for the wife to go to a couple appointments at the Mayo Clinic so not exactly a vacation. Got back Sunday. Finished cleaning everything up and putting it away this morning. Wife told me to leave her to her own devices today as she did her cleanup stuff and maybe partly because she’d had about enough together time for a while. It was a good day to get the place back under control. In the four days we were gone, the place made impressive progress toward looking abandoned.

Already had the trailer mover on the L. Used it to put up the camper. View attachment 159959
Then spent about 3 hours on the T mowing the yards at the three houses and grassed portions of associated ditches.

As I was mowing me of the ditches, saw a new neighbor in one of the fields by the public road I still need to bush hog in the near future. We haven’t had any trouble with them so far. Maybe I’m unfairly profiling, but their kind tend to have short fuses and seem to be looking for any excuse to start a fight. I’ll be a little extra careful to not disturb them mowing near their home.
View attachment 159960
It’s too high to do anything “reasonable” to remove it and wearing a honey bee suit is about like wearing Level II body armor to a fight with a guy with an AR-10. Will take them out if necessary. Hopefully we can live in peace.

You need a BIG flame thrower!

 

[Speed25]

It’s too high to do anything “reasonable” to remove it and wearing a honey bee suit is about like wearing Level II body armor to a fight with a guy with an AR-10. Will take them out if necessary. Hopefully we can live in peace.

Hard to tell in the picture, but how high is it?

 

[Old_Paint]

Had a low hanging limb from a neighbor’s water oak that was annoying the crap outta me every time I mowed grass on the west side of my house. So, got the overpriced wheel barrow out for a platform and clipped it with the pole saw. Only raised the bucket about 4 feet and stood on that just to get enough reach to cut the limb behind a fork. I have a 3’ extension for the pole saw which gives me about a 10 foot reach to start with. Lightening the load on the limb made it lift another 3 feet so it won’t be bothering me again for a long while.

Got done with that (was dragging on the ROPS bar and getting in my face) and off loaded all the flower pots from the deck and stowed them behind the chicken coop. Getting ready to overhaul the deck and possibly make it a little bigger.

Got done with that and was picking up some deadfall and piling it up for chipping the next day when I found a yellow jacket nest the hard way. I took 11 stings in total. Fortunately, I’m not allergic to them, but 11 stings got my attention because I was wearing shorts. 5 stings around the top of my left boot, and 3 behind each knee. I sprayed the nest good with Raid Wasp/Hornet spray, but the pheromones of the stings trigger a rage that I can’t stop. I borrowed a propane flame thrower from my neighbor the next morning and started my day with this because I was still hurting from all the stings.

You can see their front door in the center of the scorch mark. I was standing where the scorch mark is and reaching for the sticks in the photo when I felt the first sting. This photo was after the first roasting. I burned it two more times until it smoldered underground for about an hour. They won’t be stinging me again. Did I mention that I HATE yellow jackets? They build in the ground to get as close as they can to Hell where they came from. I’m just glad the missus didn’t decide to wander over to pick up the stick as she often does. She has a worse reaction to them than I do, but I don’t think it’s life threatening. The big problem is the reactions normally make sores that take forever for a diabetic to get rid of. They normally just piss me off, hurt about an hour, then itch the next day. This time they hurt for a couple days, I’m guessing because I had so many. I don’t get even with stinging bugs, I make sure they don’t do it again.

 

[Old_Paint]

We left the property and went camping for a few days. First time in a couple years we’ve had the camper out except for two trips to Jacksonville last fall, but that was for the wife to go to a couple appointments at the Mayo Clinic so not exactly a vacation. Got back Sunday. Finished cleaning everything up and putting it away this morning. Wife told me to leave her to her own devices today as she did her cleanup stuff and maybe partly because she’d had about enough together time for a while. It was a good day to get the place back under control. In the four days we were gone, the place made impressive progress toward looking abandoned.

Already had the trailer mover on the L. Used it to put up the camper. View attachment 159959
Then spent about 3 hours on the T mowing the yards at the three houses and grassed portions of associated ditches.

As I was mowing me of the ditches, saw a new neighbor in one of the fields by the public road I still need to bush hog in the near future. We haven’t had any trouble with them so far. Maybe I’m unfairly profiling, but their kind tend to have short fuses and seem to be looking for any excuse to start a fight. I’ll be a little extra careful to not disturb them mowing near their home.
View attachment 159960
It’s too high to do anything “reasonable” to remove it and wearing a honey bee suit is about like wearing Level II body armor to a fight with a guy with an AR-10. Will take them out if necessary. Hopefully we can live in peace.

Ummm, yeah agree with @North Idaho Wolfman. A flame thrower is probably the safest option unless you’re one of those people who like to save the nests. Black and white hornets can be very aggressive and pack a wallop when they sting. They can sting repeatedly. They’re very dangerous to people with even a mild allergy to wasp sting. I would be evicting them ASAP because they’re not going to extend the same courtesies to you. They go all Liam Neeson when disturbed. At least they have some benefit (unlike miserable yellow jackets) because they catch flies and spiders (if the spider doesn’t catch them). If you prefer to spray, Raid Wasp/Hornet spray is the bees knees. It’ll drop ‘em on contact. You can spray from nearly 20 feet away and target the entry. I took out one about that size, but it took a few cans to wipe out the hive. I got stung a few times as a kid, but still remember each and every one of them. They HURT.

 

[BBFarmer]

We left the property and went camping for a few days. First time in a couple years we’ve had the camper out except for two trips to Jacksonville last fall, but that was for the wife to go to a couple appointments at the Mayo Clinic so not exactly a vacation. Got back Sunday. Finished cleaning everything up and putting it away this morning. Wife told me to leave her to her own devices today as she did her cleanup stuff and maybe partly because she’d had about enough together time for a while. It was a good day to get the place back under control. In the four days we were gone, the place made impressive progress toward looking abandoned.

Already had the trailer mover on the L. Used it to put up the camper. View attachment 159959
Then spent about 3 hours on the T mowing the yards at the three houses and grassed portions of associated ditches.

As I was mowing me of the ditches, saw a new neighbor in one of the fields by the public road I still need to bush hog in the near future. We haven’t had any trouble with them so far. Maybe I’m unfairly profiling, but their kind tend to have short fuses and seem to be looking for any excuse to start a fight. I’ll be a little extra careful to not disturb them mowing near their home.
View attachment 159960
It’s too high to do anything “reasonable” to remove it and wearing a honey bee suit is about like wearing Level II body armor to a fight with a guy with an AR-10. Will take them out if necessary. Hopefully we can live in peace.

Is that them ole bald faced bastards?

So glad to have nothing like that around us.

 

[NCL4701]

Hard to tell in the picture, but how high is it?

About 20’. I’m not crazy enough to mess with them from a ladder or bucket.

I have an old kerosene flame thrower that might reach it. Have removed similar with multi-shooter shotgun piñata parties a time or two, so that’s an option. Either would likely give our human neighbors in the new development beside us something to talk about for a few days.

These are pretty far removed from normal traffic areas and no kids around to get tangled up with them so I don’t really mind them so long as they stay to themselves.

 

[NCL4701]

Ummm, yeah agree with @North Idaho Wolfman. A flame thrower is probably the safest option unless you’re one of those people who like to save the nests. Black and white hornets can be very aggressive and pack a wallop when they sting. They can sting repeatedly. They’re very dangerous to people with even a mild allergy to wasp sting. I would be evicting them ASAP because they’re not going to extend the same courtesies to you. They go all Liam Neeson when disturbed. At least they have some benefit (unlike miserable yellow jackets) because they catch flies and spiders (if the spider doesn’t catch them). If you prefer to spray, Raid Wasp/Hornet spray is the bees knees. It’ll drop ‘em on contact. You can spray from nearly 20 feet away and target the entry. I took out one about that size, but it took a few cans to wipe out the hive. I got stung a few times as a kid, but still remember each and every one of them. They HURT.

We actually do have a few of the nests hanging in one of the shop ceilings. Will likely add that one on a cold day in January or February when they’re done with it.

 

[NCL4701]

Is that them ole bald faced bastards?

So glad to have nothing like that around us.

Yep. That’s them.

As @Old_Paint said, they aren’t useless but if there’s any chance of kids or pets tangling with them, they got to go. The high nests don’t concern me nearly as much as low ones.

Edit: When I was a kid, we’d chuck rocks at them and then hide a little ways off just to see them lose their collective minds. Not recommended. We were semi-bored little a-holes.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Yep. That’s them.

As @Old_Paint said, they aren’t useless but if there’s any chance of kids or pets tangling with them, they got to go. The high nests don’t concern me nearly as much as low ones.

Edit: When I was a kid, we’d chuck rocks at them and then hide a little ways off just to see them lose their collective minds. Not recommended. We were semi-bored little a-holes.

Do they die off in winter like yellow jackets? The only one I've seen in the wild was just high enough to clear the rear tire on our MF when I was a teenager. I still have a vivid slo-mo clip in my feeble memory.

 

[NCL4701]

Do they die off in winter like yellow jackets? The only one I've seen in the wild was just high enough to clear the rear tire on our MF when I was a teenager. I still have a vivid slo-mo clip in my feeble memory.

They do die off in winter. Their nests are impressive. These are a couple we’ve collected in past winters.

 

[AndyM]

A few years back the bald face built a nest on one of our windows in a small outside stair well. Made a great opportunity to get some pictures and video. (OTT we need a simple way to attach a video).

Was all good until they saw me filming - they attacked the window with such ferocity I began to wonder just how strong glass is.

Given it's location I served an eviction notice early the next morning (one can in each hand)

 

[Old Machinist]

Years ago I built a ground powered mower I pulled behind my car to keep me out of the elements and dust. The very first time I used it it saved my life. When I pulled it to the back of my property to disconnect it I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a cloud of hornets swarming around the mower. Turned out the nest was hanging just above head high in my driveway and they didn't like it whirring by them.

Later that night after locating the nest I cracked the window on the car and taped it off with duct tape. I cut a hole just large enough to poke the snout of a can of wasp and hornet killer through. I pulled up under the nest and soaked it down. The next day it was totally void of any live bees. That stuff kills plants also. Everywhere it hit the tree it turned dead and brown.

 

[Bearcatrp]

A 12 gauge shot gun will deal with those little bastards.

 

[Speed25]

Years ago I built a ground powered mower I pulled behind my car to keep me out of the elements and dust. The very first time I used it it saved my life. When I pulled it to the back of my property to disconnect it I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a cloud of hornets swarming around the mower. Turned out the nest was hanging just above head high in my driveway and they didn't like it whirring by them.

Later that night after locating the nest I cracked the window on the car and taped it off with duct tape. I cut a hole just large enough to poke the snout of a can of wasp and hornet killer through. I pulled up under the nest and soaked it down. The next day it was totally void of any live bees. That stuff kills plants also. Everywhere it hit the tree it turned dead and brown.

I've used that exact method (except I used painter's tape) on a hornet's nest ~2 years ago. Worked very well!

 

[Gordon Jones]

We left the property and went camping for a few days. First time in a couple years we’ve had the camper out except for two trips to Jacksonville last fall, but that was for the wife to go to a couple appointments at the Mayo Clinic so not exactly a vacation. Got back Sunday. Finished cleaning everything up and putting it away this morning. Wife told me to leave her to her own devices today as she did her cleanup stuff and maybe partly because she’d had about enough together time for a while. It was a good day to get the place back under control. In the four days we were gone, the place made impressive progress toward looking abandoned.

Already had the trailer mover on the L. Used it to put up the camper. View attachment 159959
Then spent about 3 hours on the T mowing the yards at the three houses and grassed portions of associated ditches.

As I was mowing me of the ditches, saw a new neighbor in one of the fields by the public road I still need to bush hog in the near future. We haven’t had any trouble with them so far. Maybe I’m unfairly profiling, but their kind tend to have short fuses and seem to be looking for any excuse to start a fight. I’ll be a little extra careful to not disturb them mowing near their home.
View attachment 159960
It’s too high to do anything “reasonable” to remove it and wearing a honey bee suit is about like wearing Level II body armor to a fight with a guy with an AR-10. Will take them out if necessary. Hopefully we can live in peace.

There are people here in Oregon that collect the hornet nests to make antivenom. You might look around in your area for the same.

 

[OntheRidge]

There are people here in Oregon that collect the hornet nests to make antivenom. You might look around in your area for the same.

As far as I know, there is no "antivenom" for hornets. The bastards have sent me to the ER 4 times. (allergic reaction).