What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[Bri-Guy-GA]

Not that I noticed. Hitch slid in smoothly and holes aligned.

 

[ACDII]

Got a 50 gallon tank and set it up so it can be lifted into the truck to fill, and have a cart to set it on to move it around. Took longer to dump 5 gallons in from cans than it did to fill the 13 gallon tank on the tractor.

Hitched up the SAYA505 and got it set up, just have to calibrate it now. The B2410 has the log splitter attached still, but need to get the backhoe on so I can remove some 4x4 posts and move a hydrant.

 

[Biker1mike]

Cut a bunch of small trees. 2 - 4 inch diameter. Left about a foot each to pull out. Plowed the trees off to the wood line.
Hooked the chain to the first stump and proceeded to spin the rears and make a mess. Put chains and tractor away. Took out saw and cut everything as low as I could without killing my chain.
Let mother nature rot them out.
Not sure why I cut the trees as it was the wife's request. Easier to play with the saw and tractor than discuss logic.

 

[radas]

Put 1oz of howes and a few ml of biobor in the fuel tank to keep things fresh. Also installed an adapter to hook up my 2A trickle charger to the Kubota during down time. Down the road, I want to permenantly mount a noco 2A trickle charger and install an extension cord port somewhere on the machine to allow for easier battery charging.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Cut a bunch of small trees. 2 - 4 inch diameter. Left about a foot each to pull out. Plowed the trees off to the wood line.
Hooked the chain to the first stump and proceeded to spin the rears and make a mess. Put chains and tractor away. Took out saw and cut everything as low as I could without killing my chain.
Let mother nature rot them out.
Not sure why I cut the trees as it was the wife's request. Easier to play with the saw and tractor than discuss logic.

Next time, try pushing them over with the loader bucket. I started out cutting them first, then somebody told me he just pushed them over. 4" might be too big, depends on the tree and the soil.

 

[Freeheeler]

Easier to play with the saw and tractor than discuss logic.

I say that to myself more often than I care to admit.

 

[dirtydeed]

Quick repair today on broken waste line.

Here's what caused the problem. It was dumping right inside the block foundation wall.

dig

short trench

repair

Done. Home by noon.

 

[mcmxi]

I have to take the flatbed trailer to pick up the Del Morino flail mower today so needed to move some 4" Sch.40 pipe that's been on there for a week or so. The sections are too heavy and awkward to wrestle off on my own so I used the Jeep and Ramsey winch to get them off the trailer and onto the pipe pile. It was hard work even with the aid of the winch.

I'm heading to the freight terminal in town to pick up the mower since they didn't think they'd be able to deliver it using a pallet jack i.e. get it onto the lift gate for me to grab with the MX and pallet forks. Oh well ... not a big deal.

 

[S-G-R]

Parked the LX2610 outside this morning and came home to my new LX3310.

 

[Russell King]

@dirtydeed
Quick repair today on broken waste line....

How did you install the pvc pipe between two fixed points? Used a slip coupling or did inside basement section move? And why no p-trap on this one?

And what is the thing with 3 bolts on the ground for? Looks like something to cap a metal post with ...

 

[mcmxi]

I picked up the new flail mower, used the pallet forks to get it off the trailer, wrestled with it on the crappy pallets so that I could hook it up to the 3-point, and got the hoses figured out. Tomorrow I'll follow the procedure in the manual and make sure that the pto shaft is the correct length and then test it out on a bank that needs cutting.

I already like how much shorter the tractor and flail is compared to when the RCR1884 rotary cutter is hooked up.

 

[dirtydeed]

@dirtydeed
Quick repair today on broken waste line....

How did you install the pvc pipe between two fixed points? Used a slip coupling or did inside basement section move? And why no p-trap on this one?

And what is the thing with 3 bolts on the ground for? Looks like something to cap a metal post with ...

Hi Russell,

I didn't go inside the house but, I would presume that a fernco was used to go from 3" copper to 4" pvc inside the basement. The guys only use fernco type connections when absolutely necessary (like connecting pvc to cast iron or in this case copper).

The section of cast iron pipe that was replaced in the photo was before before the vent and trap. That 4" section of cast iron had a crack nearly the length of the pipe. The vent and trap were fine, as was the line to the sewer lateral.

The cap that you are asking about is actually the cap to the vent. What you can't see is the trap that is after the vent (it was covered by mulch).

hope that helps

 

[D2Cat]

DD, that piece with the split looks like that orangeburg "stuff" of the '60's, not cast iron!

 

[dirtydeed]

DD, that piece with the split looks like that orangeburg "stuff" of the '60's, not cast iron!

D2Cat,

This client actually had two issues. Split in cast iron and split in copper pipe.
I didn't get a pic of the split in the 4" cast iron pipe. The one shown above was a split in the 3" copper pipe which was the drain line inside the house. And yes, I believe the house was built in the late 60's.

 

[lynnmor]

I finally dug out that large Tree of Heaven stump with the backhoe. It only took me 11 months and 19 days, that is how long it took dealers and Kubota to get an in stock unit in working condition so I could use it.

To get an idea of how big this stump was, the trunk is 11" in diameter and the loader couldn't begin to lift it. That wood stays saturated with sap and water and is extremely heavy. I want to level the area and plant grass so it can be mowed, any roots will just spring up more growth. These trees feed and attract spotted lantern flies, so I am killing every one I find.

This stump was in the edge of the woods and I never thought that a sewer line would be next to large trees, but I broke into it, that repair will need to wait till next week. I guess the woods slowly expanded over the 49 years that the drain field was installed.

 

[ken erickson]

Wildlife watering hole preperation for bentonite application.

 

[BetterThanAShovel]

I installed a port into the side of the panel so I could much more easily plug in the battery tender. I was really tired of reaching down near the exhaust in the front to plug it in at the end of the day. SOO much handier now. The charger plug is tied to the rafters with a simple retractable dog leash so that when I unplug it from the tractor, it retracts out of the way, and when I need it, it's in easy reach to pull down and plug in.

 

[rc51stierhoff]

I installed a port into the side of the panel so I could much more easily plug in the battery tender. I was really tired of reaching down near the exhaust in the front to plug it in at the end of the day. SOO much handier now. The charger plug is tied to the rafters with a simple retractable dog leash so that when I unplug it from the tractor, it retracts out of the way, and when I need it, it's in easy reach to pull down and plug in.
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What part number and where did you get the port?

 

[edritchey]

Got one ready for some spring clean up.

 

[S-G-R]

Added Ken's Bolt On Hooks/clevis, receiver tube and a 511 brush guard to the LX3310.