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So this was hanging over one of our trails and had been for a few weeks. Last time out we got another snag nearby cleared out, but wife got one of those headaches so bad you throw up so we had to cut out before getting this one. Had to pull back toward the end of the ridge because of the way it was stuck. No room to get the tractor in there for a direct pull. A snatch block to reverse pull direction and another to double line pull since we had to pull out a bunch of rigging anyway got the tractor in a clear area well out of fall range.
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A short drive popped it the rest of the way off the stump and put it on the ground. A few saw cuts and a couple of grapple loads later, the trail was clear.
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While we were doing all that, noticed the female quick connect on the grapple side was leaking again. It started leaking a while back so I changed the o-ring. Since the original was about the consistency of Bakelite, I was hopeful a new o-ring would fix it. It seemed to fix it for a while but today it was dripping a drop about once a second. Off with the old one and took it to the tractor dealer to match for a replacement. I don’t really know what the problem with the old one was but it leaked and the new one doesn’t.
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While we were at the tractor dealer noticed they actually have a little bit of unsold stock on the lot. Wife got to looking at a BX1880 for her to use for yard type work. She didn’t want a loader or backhoe, just MMM and 3 point with option for a small rough cut mower on the 3 point. She figured she could use the L if she had a job for a loader. Salesman gave her a quote. Don’t know if she’ll pull the trigger or not but salesman and I both told her if she wants it, go ahead while they have 2 in stock ready to deliver. They’re open until noon tomorrow. Guess I’ll find out the final answer in the morning…