What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[ctfjr]

Dump them in the woods?! All I see are BTUs! Haha.

come pick up the small stuff I'm putting at the curb. Second load:

 

[dirtydeed]

Broken water service dig today didn't go as planned. We tried pulling the old line with tractor then 13 ton dump truck. No budge. Started digging back to the foundation, which, was actually a slabbed room and found a cistern. Change in plans to reroute the line out the side of the house next week. We did manage to save the Japanese thread leaf maple. At least I'll have my first job with the new mini-ex then.

I put one of the guys on the machine to start the day...he had some fun. I do really enjoy seeing them have a bit of fun on a hard job.

start

Young guy digging...

Attempted Cable pull

More digging and found this:

this:

and a pit viper

 

[ken erickson]

I was able to get 3 hours of seat time yesterday playing around with my tractor clearing snow off some of my two track trails. It was more of a nice tractor ride in mid-winter central Wisconsin than a real work day! Beautiful cool clear crisp air (15- 22 degrees) with sunny skies.

I can say that my L2501 with front bucket, no edge tamers, and too small box blade along with no chains and R4 tires is not the ideal snow removal machine for my trails. Had fun anyways! A good friend came with that enjoys cross county skiing and was able to hit the trails and log about 3 1/2 miles according to her smart phone.

 

[forky]

Good job Ken! Nice to have access to the property in the dead of winter for sure. I have the basic same set up except for loaded R1's. I do have a set of heavy- duty chains for the 8N but haven't tried them for fit yet on the L2501 because they just aren't needed this winter so far.
Hoping they will work if needed when you price a new set of chains. Cold for both of us tonight with the extreme cold again. Cross your fingers it's the last of brutal temps.

 

[ken erickson]

Good job Ken! Nice to have access to the property in the dead of winter for sure. I have the basic same set up except for loaded R1's. I do have a set of heavy- duty chains for the 8N but haven't tried them for fit yet on the L2501 because they just aren't needed this winter so far.
Hoping they will work if needed when you price a new set of chains. Cold for both of us tonight with the extreme cold again. Cross your fingers it's the last of brutal temps.

Thanks for the good words! I did forget to mention that I have my rear r4's filled also. They just do not preform well in the deeper powder snow.
It is too late in the season for me to look for a better solution but I have two thoughts, since I have a third function perhaps a loader mounted snow blade. The other option is the tried and true back blade.

Enjoy your land and tractor, and stay warm! It looks like after tonight and tomorrow morning it will reach decent daytime temps again for this time of year.

 

[L35]

Here is a pic of a trunk cut. It's about 50' from the base. These pieces are too large for me to handle when cut to 24-30" long pieces so I cut them to about 6' and dump them in the woods. Ya gotta love a grapple!

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Oh man that’s nice oak! You don’t do firewood? I can bring by my trailer by and you can dump that big stuff on there instead if u like

 

[ctfjr]

Oh man that’s nice oak! You don’t do firewood? I can bring by my trailer by and you can dump that big stuff on there instead if u like

sure - there is a load of it already gone, not retrievable in the woods. I still have about 100 linear feet of trunk to cut. I'll cut them to 5-6'. That may be the limit for my fel near the base (~3' diameter). When the weather warms up on Sunday I'll be back at it.
PM me when you want to come by. I'm in Cheshire.

 

[L35]

sure - there is a load of it already gone, not retrievable in the woods. I still have about 100 linear feet of trunk to cut. I'll cut them to 5-6'. That may be the limit for my fel near the base (~3' diameter). When the weather warms up on Sunday I'll be back at it.
PM me when you want to come by. I'm in Cheshire.

Yes I recall talking to you in PM a while ago. I’ll jump back into that message to figure a day/time that works for us. Thanks!

 

[BT3101]

Those are pretty sweet. I need to learn how to weld. Maybe one of these days.

Jump in there man. Harbor Freight has some MIG and/or multi-purpose welders that make learning pretty easy.

I have experience (amateur) with most forms of welding and my opinion MIG is the easiest to learn and the most versatile for us average guys. Some of the MIGs come with a spool gun to give you aluminum capability if that's important to you.

In addition to HFreight, Primweld has a 170 or 180 amp MIG that is a great machine. That company gives the longest warranties and has awesome customer service. I have two of their machines (60 amp plasma cutter and 225 amp TIG).

 

[Whatscooking]

Here is a pic of a trunk cut. It's about 50' from the base. These pieces are too large for me to handle when cut to 24-30" long pieces so I cut them to about 6' and dump them in the woods. Ya gotta love a grapple!

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Have you ever tried noodling, isn't hard on the chain.

 

[edritchey]

Got the 4th function plumbed to the front for my hydraulic quick attach coupler and picked up a double acting cylinder I think will work well just need some more parts and I need to make up a couple hoses. I can't wait to get this working I change between the forks a a couple different buckets all the time and not having to get out of the cab to flip those handles sure will be nice.

I also started gathering up parts I'm going to use to make it possible to raise and lower the 3pt arms from the back of the tractor which should be a standard feature on all cab tractors.

 

[ctfjr]

Have you ever tried noodling, isn't hard on the chain.

after having to look up noodling I can safely say I haven't. I guess it would make cutting those large diameter pieces easier. I'll give it a try. Thanks

 

[MOOTS]

after having to look up noodling I can safely say I haven't. I guess it would make cutting those large diameter pieces easier. I'll give it a try. Thanks

The noodles make excellent tender too!

 

[dirtydeed]

Picked up some new Orange today. It will be put to work Monday for a water service repair. 12" and 24" digging buckets included. Waiting for the 36" grading bucket to come in. Hope to have some good stories to tell with it...

Home at last. I lucked out in snagging this one as it came in to the dealership the day I requested a quote.

 

[OntheRidge]

Those are pretty sweet. I need to learn how to weld. Maybe one of these days.

I found the TimWelds videos very helpful, some free ones on you tube or you can buy his whole series for $39, I think.

 

[edritchey]

Well while waiting for some more materials for the hydraulic QA coupler build I'm working on for my MX series tractor I decided to make a control so I could raise and lower the 3pt arms from behind the cab. It worked out pretty well and I didn't get to many parts involved. below are some pictures of the stuff I used. Parts were a rubber grommet, a couple 1/4x28 jam nuts, a cut down 50 cal aluminum cleaning rod and a rod end joint I got off of eBay. I just drilled a 1/4" hole in the control handle inside the cab for it.

I got this on eBay - "RH 1/4"-28 Thread x 1/4-28" Stud w/ Jam Nut, Heim Joints, Rod End (CMRS-4)"

And I used a black powder aluminum t-handle cleaning for the control. pics below.

It's centered between the rear remote controls and works really smooth - I like it and now if I have to tweak it up or down a little when I'm back there I can and see exactly where the arms are.

I can't wait till I get the rest of the stuff for my hydraulic operated quick attach coupler.

 

[fried1765]

I was able to get 3 hours of seat time yesterday playing around with my tractor clearing snow off some of my two track trails. It was more of a nice tractor ride in mid-winter central Wisconsin than a real work day! Beautiful cool clear crisp air (15- 22 degrees) with sunny skies.

I can say that my L2501 with front bucket, no edge tamers, and too small box blade along with no chains and R4 tires is not the ideal snow removal machine for my trails. Had fun anyways! A good friend came with that enjoys cross county skiing and was able to hit the trails and log about 3 1/2 miles according to her smart phone.

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You need Edge Tamers, they work!

 

[fried1765]

Picked up some new Orange today. It will be put to work Monday for a water service repair. 12" and 24" digging buckets included. Waiting for the 36" grading bucket to come in. Hope to have some good stories to tell with it...

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Home at last. I lucked out in snagging this one as it came in to the dealership the day I requested a quote.

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VERY sweet looking machine!

 

[ctfjr]

A replacement step for the tractor was delivered today from eparts.shop. It was about 1/2 the price listed by kubota dealers. I was sure it was going to be a knockoff. It may be but it sure looks ok. Good project for tomorrow as it looks like its going to be a wee bit cold to play with the chainsaw.

Note to self - when playing in the woods watch out for stumps when backing up.

 

[RCW]

Nothing, and glad for it.

4F degrees and wind is howling. Spitting snow but little more.

I'm okay with that......