What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Ground muddy, uneven, heaped up and full of roots and rocks after winter timber clearing. Trying to keep the cages somewhat clean and with some air circulation under them for better drying. Will level a pad and place stone or weed barrier under them eventually. Also easier to pick them up with forks if they are elevated
NCL4701
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Equipment
L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
All the pool stuff from yesterday was dry, so got it all boxed up and ready to stow until next season.
We had a pair of old wells on the property we picked up from a developer in a land swap a few years ago. A little side deal with another developer obligated them to remove the derelict buildings and properly close the wells. They removed the buildings about a month ago. Finally got the inspections and permits in place to close the wells. One was an old brick lined hand dug well from the 1800’s that had been updated with a 24” concrete casing. The other was newer but still a shallow 24” well at 45’ just like the older one. They were both appropriately covered to be in a state of “temporarily out of service” where we could have left them forever per the county. But with the developments giving us hundreds of new neighbors, I ain’t up for starring in “Baby Jessica Part 2”, so we wanted them closed. I was quite impressed the concrete truck driver crammed his OshKosh into little more than tractor path to get to the wells to fill them with concrete.
The contractor was planning to come back to clean up the resulting busted old concrete and brick, then grade it out to something reasonable. Told them to skip the cleanup because I could use the scrap masonry for fill in some of the mud holes on our trails. They told me there were some chunks buried in the dirt piles too big for two men, much less one, but it didn’t take much convincing to talk them into taking off a couple hours early on a sunny Friday afternoon.
They were right. There were some chunks of concrete and brick wall I couldn’t have moved by myself. Nothing that challenged the grapple on the L, though. Made a pile at the other end of the road (about a half mile north) for use later.
After picking out the big pieces, switched to the bucket and started grading things back out. Wife came home from a trip to town and we had some stuff to work on together to prep for a meeting tomorrow morning so final cleanup will have to wait for another day.
We had a pair of old wells on the property we picked up from a developer in a land swap a few years ago. A little side deal with another developer obligated them to remove the derelict buildings and properly close the wells. They removed the buildings about a month ago. Finally got the inspections and permits in place to close the wells. One was an old brick lined hand dug well from the 1800’s that had been updated with a 24” concrete casing. The other was newer but still a shallow 24” well at 45’ just like the older one. They were both appropriately covered to be in a state of “temporarily out of service” where we could have left them forever per the county. But with the developments giving us hundreds of new neighbors, I ain’t up for starring in “Baby Jessica Part 2”, so we wanted them closed. I was quite impressed the concrete truck driver crammed his OshKosh into little more than tractor path to get to the wells to fill them with concrete.
After picking out the big pieces, switched to the bucket and started grading things back out. Wife came home from a trip to town and we had some stuff to work on together to prep for a meeting tomorrow morning so final cleanup will have to wait for another day.
installed the block heater that I had bought some time back.
I took the loader off the tractor to make it easier to get to the engine block.
I drain the coolant form the radiator and block. It was easier said than done, the drain value is plastic, and I thought I was going to break it. But I got it opened, and the coolant drained.
The next thing is to get the freeze plug out. I used a punch to spin the plug in the hole and was able to pull it out with a pair of pliers.
Cleaned the opening up before installing the adapter.
Put Loctite on the adapter as called for in the instructions and inserted it in the hole. I used a 2″x4″ to hammer the adapter in the hole until the adapter was flush with the inside edge of the hole.
Put Teflon tape around the threads on the block heater and screwed it into the adapter. I used a socket and ratchet to tighten the block heater in the adapter.
Filled the radiator back up with the coolant and checked for leaks. I hadn’t gotten the drain valve closed all the way and it was leaking just a little.
I took the loader off the tractor to make it easier to get to the engine block.
I drain the coolant form the radiator and block. It was easier said than done, the drain value is plastic, and I thought I was going to break it. But I got it opened, and the coolant drained.
The next thing is to get the freeze plug out. I used a punch to spin the plug in the hole and was able to pull it out with a pair of pliers.
Cleaned the opening up before installing the adapter.
Put Loctite on the adapter as called for in the instructions and inserted it in the hole. I used a 2″x4″ to hammer the adapter in the hole until the adapter was flush with the inside edge of the hole.
Put Teflon tape around the threads on the block heater and screwed it into the adapter. I used a socket and ratchet to tighten the block heater in the adapter.
Filled the radiator back up with the coolant and checked for leaks. I hadn’t gotten the drain valve closed all the way and it was leaking just a little.