What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

WhitleyStu

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Nothing big, just a few hours on the yard enjoying a perfect sunny 70° day once the roller was filled with water.
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DustyRusty

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Here's a shot of a trap before it was installed. Again, this was for a line connected to central sewer system.

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Sometimes the house trap is located in the basement or under the floor with a fresh air inlet above it. If you look at my second pic posted earlier today, you'll see a round "vent" in the siding just above the hole I dug. That's the old fresh air vent to their system. Most standard septic systems wont have a trap outside.
Thanks for the explanation. When my home was on the city sewer system, the only vent was the line that the toilet was on, and it extended through the roof. The mainline went out the basement wall and connected to the city sewer line in the street. I have never seen anything like you do in New England. Must be a regional thing.
 

foobert

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Got rid if the lousy turnbuckles on the 3-point and replaced with Messick’s custom fabricated stabilizer.

So much easier to manage. Only complaint is it does interfere with the large PTO shield when the post hole digger is all the way down. Meh, I don’t much care for the shields anyway — I’ll probably just trim the bell shape down a little.

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ACDII

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I had my septic replaced last November. The pipes are about 5' above the basement floor and one is still the original pipe from 1964. They moved the tank out away from the house a good 15-20 feet from where the old one was and now waiting for the back fill to fully settle before going to work landscaping it. That will be done using both tractors.

I replaced the cast iron inside with PVC since it was a mix of cast from the wall, to PVC from a bathroom add, to the original bath drains. What a spaghetti bowl of galvanized and cast iron. It is all nice and neat and properly vented. I don't know what who or why they did this, but there was a galvanized 3" stack from the sinks and tub in the wall that was cut 2' below the trusses and left open. No wonder there was always a smell. Now it extends through the roof like it should. I was able to date the bathroom to 1067 based on a date stamp on the back of the mirror. The other bathroom remodel was done in 1997 based on a date code on the back of the drywall.
 

RalphVa

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Learned value of running at 45 degree ROPS position. Kept a tree from landing on my back, but I should have eased up to it and watched and then lowered to 90 degree position.

Actually the tree landing on the 45 degree part of the ROPS made it easier and safer to cut. My wife stood on the bush hog and cut the tree on the right side of the tractor while I cut it on the left side. Managed to get the piece in between off the ROPS without it dropping onto the instrument panel or something else.
 

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Still some bumps to fix, but we’re getting closer…..

Nothing is entirely level, so that water from the hill to the left doesn't run down the driveway to the road.

Too many times, I've had to shovel my driveway material from the road back into my driveway.....

We've gotten pretty good at controlling that....hope to continue....

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ctfjr

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Today I back bladed the spoils from yesterday's tree planting. Still have to do some finish raking.

Four mountain Laurels were delivered yesterday that I wanted to put in the backyard. Today was the day for that. The stump bucket is turning out to be great acquisition. There were several large potatoes that it easily removed. One of them I'll need the grapple to find a final resting place for. It also broke through a pretty beefy root.
It would have been a struggle with the post hole digger here.

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ACDII

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Would that stump bucket be able to dig out silver maple stumps? I have a few of those where instead of one trunk there are a dozen, I also have a few pine stumps to remove. Looks a lot easier to use than a backhoe.
 

ctfjr

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Would that stump bucket be able to dig out silver maple stumps? I have a few of those where instead of one trunk there are a dozen, I also have a few pine stumps to remove. Looks a lot easier to use than a backhoe.
I really don't know. . . My main use is as shown above. Between what I planted in 2 days it paid for itself based on what the nursery wanted to do the actual planting.
That 3" root is from a pine. I really didn't want to be that close to the pine trees but it is what it is. Now I'm sorry I planted about 10 pines 20 years ago.
 

nbryan

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Today's job is obvious. Parking lot, 700ft of driveway, trail to the river, and back to the tamarack forest with it I go.
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fried1765

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We finished the winter/rainy day cigar lounge today hardware/shelves/auto vent mechanism)…still in a bit of a stand off that is not a greenhouse.
That is a very sweet looking little redwood greenhouse.
The occuping "tenant" looks even more sweet and cute!
 
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NCL4701

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What ever happened to lumberjack? I'm still using that.
Here, loggers are called loggers. Arborists (the ones with degrees and certifications) are called arborists. People who cut trees in tree service type situations are called tree service guys/ladies or tree trimmers, albeit with the understanding often only a stump is left after "trimming". Lumberjack would work, just don't hear it often. I've read that people fell trees but don't believe I've ever heard someone actually verbalize, "I felled a tree this weekend". I've heard many people say, "I/we dropped a tree yesterday". Perhaps more accurately, "We'un's drop tree yestiddy." (That must be said quickly for proper effect.) That's probably totally incorrect from a proper use of English perspective, which is in keeping with much of the vernacular here.

Calling a person who cuts trees a feller or faller, in this area (and this area only), makes it sound like you luncheon with Grey Poupon and kippers washed down with a wine cooler, which is fine if you're into that. Or maybe I just hang out with the wrong people (very likely).
 
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rc51stierhoff

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That is a very sweet looking little redwood greenhouse.
The occuping "tenant" looks even more sweet and cute!
Thank you. You are making me blush. I am sorry to say I am happily married. But I understand, I can’t just turn this off. Awesome doesn’t have a kill switch. 😂 oh you meant the dog. Yeah she’s cute too. She actually does have a kill switch. 😂
 
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Whatscooking

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Pulled the BX2360 into my shop to start the driveline refresh. I have all the parts including the fan belt,balls and cups ,rubber boots and even a new fan and the return spring. Think i wil go ahead and have a look at the fuel tank closley. Figure it would be a good time to remove the sending unit for inspection and do a flush on the tank. Had a problem with stalling last summer and sucked something though the line and she ran swell but I'm this close so why not.Got the floor loose and been planning a search and destroy strategy. Ha
 
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fruitcakesa

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Finally took the M out of hibernation after setting for a month waiting for the mud to dry out.
Used the box blade to regrade my Mom's driveway after years of it washing out and then being fixed poorly.
Even with the BB being unadjusted for the road crown I was impressed with how well I could fill and level.
I finished up packing it with the bucket while backing up.
It showed me the great utility of a tilt feature, let alone a TnT.
I dug out the old tilt cylinder that I had removed from my old L4630 before selling it.
It needs a cat 2 eye welded on and the hoses look sketchy but the couplers are correct so I'll be getting over to Tractor Supply soon to get a weldable eye, hoses and get that unit working.
 

nbryan

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@nbryan Darn my curiosity -- is that a reciprocating saw with a pipe taped onto the end in the right side of your pic?

Why/what for?
:ROFLMAO:
I got the idea from a YT video by a Chinese guy in Central Alberta Canada, who built a commercial scale Chinese design solar heated greenhouse out on the bitter cold snowy prairie.
So here's a complete pic inside my hoop shelter as a 1000 word hint.
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MOOTS

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Here, loggers are called loggers. Arborists (the ones with degrees and certifications) are called arborists. People who cut trees in tree service type situations are called tree service guys/ladies or tree trimmers, albeit with the understanding often only a stump is left after "trimming". Lumberjack would work, just don't hear it often. I've read that people fell trees but don't believe I've ever heard someone actually verbalize, "I felled a tree this weekend". I've heard many people say, "I/we dropped a tree yesterday". Perhaps more accurately, "We'un's drop tree yestiddy." (That must be said quickly for proper effect.) That's probably totally incorrect from a proper use of English perspective, which is in keeping with much of the vernacular here.

Calling a person who cuts trees a feller or faller, in this area (and this area only), makes it sound like you luncheon with Grey Poupon and kippers washed down with a wine cooler, which is fine if you're into that. Or maybe I just hang out with the wrong people (very likely).
From here on out, they will be known as droppers.
 
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johnjk

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Did not get to the blade swap last fall. Servicing the mmm off the B1700. Sure helps to have a FEL to lift the deck. Need to get a new battery for the 1700. Showing a cell degraded on the tester and slow to crank
 

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