What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[River19]

10yds of 3/4 gravel dumped today.........

Needed to start spreading things around the Morton......and I needed some gravel in between the large retaining rocks. Only used about 1/3 of the pile so far. More to do tomorrow.

The B2601 does a good job, not going to lift 1000s of lbs but it does a good job with a solid bucket of rock as long as I do my part and go slow and smooth.

 

[radas]

10yds of 3/4 gravel dumped today.........

Needed to start spreading things around the Morton......and I needed some gravel in between the large retaining rocks. Only used about 1/3 of the pile so far. More to do tomorrow.

The B2601 does a good job, not going to lift 1000s of lbs but it does a good job with a solid bucket of rock as long as I do my part and go slow and smooth.

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Now rent a plate compactor and hit the drive when it rains and you're good to go for a long time.

Looks great, I dig the color on the barn.

 

[River19]

Now rent a plate compactor and hit the drive when it rains and you're good to go for a long time.

Looks great, I dig the color on the barn.

Not a bad idea once I get it all spread......

I will pass along your compliment on the color to my wife......she chose. I figure it was a good deal, I get the building I want and she gets to pick how it looks, therefore she will never complain about my poor choice. And she nailed it......

 

[DDCD]

Spread another 3 loads of 2 1/2" crusher run which came to 53 tons for $572. I changed to the larger stuff because it's about $5 a ton for material cost. 1 1/2 is about $10 a ton and 3/4 is about $15 a ton so I never buy it. Up to 16 loads so far for my new house build.

I think these size rocks may be a little big for a land plane which I want, but I make it work with my box.

 

[The Evil Twin]

Spread another 3 loads of 2 1/2" crusher run which came to 53 tons for $572. I changed to the larger stuff because it's about $5 a ton for material cost. 1 1/2 is about $10 a ton and 3/4 is about $15 a ton so I never buy it. Up to 16 loads so far for my new house build.

I think these size rocks may be a little big for a land plane which I want, but I make it work with my box. View attachment 101037

Wish prices were like that around here! Talking $30/ ton at best.

 

[Shoreliner]

For decades, my family used to rake rocks out of our gardens every year but we haven't done that in 20 years. The rocks are now starting to overwhelm us (more rocks than dirt, I swear). This week I built a rock screen (see pic.) to sift out the stones using my almost-new BX1880 (has 18 hours); this job is why I bought a loader. It took me two days and cost about $60 in new PT lumber & galvanized hardware to make the screen (the plywood was leftover from another project). On Saturday evening, I tried it out with a half bucket load and it worked very well, but the sun was going down so I called it a day.

It hadn't rained in a week, but on Sunday we got about an inch.

Today (Monday) was a nice day, bright and sunny, so after work I gave it another try and I had a far different result. While the dirt wasn't mud by any means, it certainly was a lot thicker & heavier. The 1/2" by 1" caging I used for my screen was at times overwhelmed with clumping, even with my sandy soil. I should've waited another day but I was so impatient...

To cap off my stupidity, I didn't put any weight on the rear hitch (and I have a weight box!). When I tried to dump the first full bucket of semi-moist dirt onto the screen by raising the loader, it gave me a heckuva fright when the rear wheels started lifting off the ground (and that's with the 50lb wheel weights). I quickly pushed the control stick forward and settled the tractor. Then I slowly dumped the load onto the ground and did the "drive of shame" back to the shed to attach the weight box like I should have done in the first place. It was pretty dumb of me, but be assured I won't be doing that again. After putting on the weight box, things went much better.

At least the rock screen works and leaves me with some very nice soil (see pic below from before it rained). Still, this job is going to take me a while. I just have so. many. rocks... Gah! The worst part is that just 4 miles north of me, there's a big commercial farm that has no rocks in their soil at all.

At the end of today, I did manage to dump a bucket load of stones in about an hour's work.

 

[radas]

Not a bad idea once I get it all spread......

I will pass along your compliment on the color to my wife......she chose. I figure it was a good deal, I get the building I want and she gets to pick how it looks, therefore she will never complain about my poor choice. And she nailed it......

Happy wife, happy life (so they say)

 

[DustyRusty]

Is it really a good idea to do a sidewall vulcanize repair?

Yes, on slow-moving equipment it is acceptible. I had a larger truck tire with a bad tear on the sidewall repaired for my yard truck that only saw snow duty on the private driveway. Never had a problem with that tire.

 

[g_man]

Spread another 3 loads of 2 1/2" crusher run which came to 53 tons for $572. I changed to the larger stuff because it's about $5 a ton for material cost. 1 1/2 is about $10 a ton and 3/4 is about $15 a ton so I never buy it. Up to 16 loads so far for my new house build.

I think these size rocks may be a little big for a land plane which I want, but I make it work with my box. View attachment 101037

My landPlane likes 3/4" best. Either 3/4 crushed rock mixed with natural dirt

Or what we call 3/4 Stay-Mat or CrusherRun

gg

 

[gmbc]

If you did something to or on you're tractor today and you don't want to start a new thread then post it here

I installed a horn I took from a tiny Toyota and then installed a decompression cable on mine today. Was going to do a little grading on the drive but got tired
Gurn

 

[gmbc]

Removed snowblower. Installed FEL. Moved a few skids around. Switch to bucket to move snow from late snowfall hopefully last time. Back to forks for more work. Have to sort out all implements to photograph for sale. Will miss my Kubota and her attachments. Moving to town so room and will not really need her on town lot

 

[g_man]

If you did something to or on you're tractor today and you don't want to start a new thread then post it here


Gurn

Is that a polite message to me for putting up a couple old pictures ? If so - no problem. I'm pretty new here and didn't realize that was a criteria for this thread. Thought it was just general back and forth stuff.

gg

 

[NCL4701]

Removed snowblower. Installed FEL. Moved a few skids around. Switch to bucket to move snow from late snowfall hopefully last time. Back to forks for more work. Have to sort out all implements to photograph for sale. Will miss my Kubota and her attachments. Moving to town so room and will not really need her on town lot

Hope it’s a good move for you. At this point in my life, moving to town sounds like some kind of punishment, but it isn’t that for everyone.

 

[S-G-R]

Is that a polite message to me for putting up a couple old pictures ? If so - no problem. I'm pretty new here and didn't realize that was a criteria for this thread. Thought it was just general back and forth stuff.

gg

You're in the right thread.

 

[River19]

That pile of gravel is staring at me begging to be spread......but it will have to wait until after all these meetings today......booked back to back all damn day......

Gotta pay for the toys somehow.......

The side of the Morton I need to work on today has the potential to be a muddy mess but I can't live with a pile of rock in my driveway waiting for it to dry.

(Ideally the next pics I post will not be of the tractor stuck in the mud with a tow strap to an equally muddy Ram 2500)

 

[River19]

OK, the good news is no pics of the tractor stuck in the mud, as much as that would make good forum content, it would be a hell of a mess.

Finished the pile of 3/4 gravel. My wife killed it, she said she wanted a workout since she wasn't going to the barn to ride the horse so......I dumped and she spread with the McCloud, who am I to deprive her from her joy right?....... spread a good layer all around and put the last couple buckets on the never quite finished "tractor road" to the back yard and woods.

Hit the scraps on the driveway with the box blade to spread things and went inside to make dinner.....

Not a bad little project.....got the 10yds delivered and spread and never burned a weekend day or PTO day..... that is a perfect little project in my book.

 

[Trapper Bob]

I spread 62T of gravel today on my watering lane. I was in a hurry to beat the rain coming up from the S. I went from this …..

to this …. & the rain never showed up.

 

[D2Cat]

I spread 62T of gravel today on my watering lane. I was in a hurry to beat the rain coming up from the S. I went from this …..
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to this …. & the rain never showed up.
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The rain is Thur. night and Friday!

Did you cut those tires yourself?

 

[River19]

62 Ton or ~44 yards is no joke, that's a solid day of tractor work.

Never seen the cut tire for underlayment trick.........makes sense when I think about it. How were they cut, sawzall?

 

[radas]

I spread 62T of gravel today on my watering lane. I was in a hurry to beat the rain coming up from the S. I went from this …..
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to this …. & the rain never showed up.
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Is that a makeshift geo grid for ground stabilization? If not, what is the purpose? Reminds me of those stabilization grids they place under driveways that keep the stone from shifting/washing out.