What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[dirtydeed]

Sewer line repair today. They don't get much easier than this.

Done. Home by lunchtime. I'll take those any day of the week.

 

[johnjk]

Tore apart the “new” starter off the B1700 that had been giving me fits. No obvious signs of issues. I’ll clean it well, put it back together and test. Then on the shelf to wait

 

[NCL4701]

Wife wanted to set up real horse shoe pits instead of just having a couple of posts in the yard, so we made these.

While we’re picking up materials, I was thinking it would be nice to have pristine clean playground sand so I figured 4’ x 3’ x 3” = 3cf x 2 pits = 6 cf total and loaded up 12 half cf bags on our cart. One of the bags was leaking a little. Wife felt the sand and said it made her hands feel dry so she didn’t like it. Told her I wasn’t having someone deliver 6cf of sand but if she wanted creek sand, I’d see what I could do. It would save us the cost of sand anyway. She opted for creek sand.

So she supervised while our adult son and I built these things. Got the tractor out and told them I’d be back shortly with sand. She said she didn’t know where I thought I was getting it because there’s nothing but mud in the creek and she wasn’t good with mud. Told her not to worry about it. She then asked how many trips is this going to take being each trip would be about 20 minutes or more. Told her one. She said that made no sense. Told her, we’ll 3’ x 4’ x 3” x 2 pits = 6cf and the bucket holds about a half yard so one trip would be plenty. She said 3x4x3x2 is 72 and at a half per bucket that’s over 100 trips. Tried to explain her units of measure were all fouled up and it almost immediately devolved into a “Who’s on First” routine of back and forth on cubic feet v cubic yards and inches v feet. After about five minutes of this nonsense, son stepped in and convinced her to just let me go get one bucket of sand from the mystery quarry and see how it went before shutting down the operation.

So yeah there’s a lot of mud in the creek. It has been migrating south for eons so the north side is sand for several yards and the south side is mud. Off to one of the crossings with the loader.

Sure enough there’s a bunch of mud on the south side and a bunch of sand on the north. Can’t find my reading glasses without assistance but the sand is still where it’s been the past 30 years I’ve known about it so no problem finding it. Needed some touch up anyway so a few minutes of that and a bucket of sand later…

Back down the “road“ to to the unoccupied house yard. One bucket and we had sand left over (shocker). Last I heard, wife was still working on the math. There’s a lot of stuff she’s way better at than I am, but I can figure cf and cy needed to cover a specified area to a specific depth.

Edit: Only thing I don’t like about the Kubota is sometimes it’s so dang efficient I don’t get much seat time.

 

[Chanceywd]

Wife wanted to set up real horse shoe pits instead of just having a couple of posts in the yard, so we made these.
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While we’re picking up materials, I was thinking it would be nice to have pristine clean playground sand so I figured 4’ x 3’ x 3” = 3cf x 2 pits = 6 cf total and loaded up 12 half cf bags on our cart. One of the bags was leaking a little. Wife felt the sand and said it made her hands feel dry so she didn’t like it. Told her I wasn’t having someone deliver 6cf of sand but if she wanted creek sand, I’d see what I could do. It would save us the cost of sand anyway. She opted for creek sand.

So she supervised while our adult son and I built these things. Got the tractor out and told them I’d be back shortly with sand. She said she didn’t know where I thought I was getting it because there’s nothing but mud in the creek and she wasn’t good with mud. Told her not to worry about it. She then asked how many trips is this going to take being each trip would be about 20 minutes or more. Told her one. She said that made no sense. Told her, we’ll 3’ x 4’ x 3” x 2 pits = 6cf and the bucket holds about a half yard so one trip would be plenty. She said 3x4x3x2 is 72 and at a half per bucket that’s over 100 trips. Tried to explain her units of measure were all fouled up and it almost immediately devolved into a “Who’s on First” routine of back and forth on cubic feet v cubic yards and inches v feet. After about five minutes of this nonsense, son stepped in and convinced her to just let me go get one bucket of sand from the mystery quarry and see how it went before shutting down the operation.

So yeah there’s a lot of mud in the creek. It has been migrating south for eons so the north side is sand for several yards and the south side is mud. Off to one of the crossings with the loader.
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Sure enough there’s a bunch of mud on the south side and a bunch of sand on the north. Can’t find my reading glasses without assistance but the sand is still where it’s been the past 30 years I’ve known about it so no problem finding it. Needed some touch up anyway so a few minutes of that and a bucket of sand later…
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Back down the “road“ to to the unoccupied house yard. One bucket and we had sand left over (shocker). Last I heard, wife was still working on the math. There’s a lot of stuff she’s way better at than I am, but I can figure cf and cy needed to cover a specified area to a specific depth.

Edit: Only thing I don’t like about the Kubota is sometimes it’s so dang efficient I don’t get much seat time.

Reminds me of a coworker, my group leader. I could do a 3 ph load calculation in my head and know the wire size, breaker etc. He checked my work with a calculator for a few years and then in later years ask me for my input first.
Another time, different friend questioned my calculation for a concrete pour at the fire station. He ordered a yard or so extra so we had a yard or so extra!
I remember the ready mix company gave me one of those slide rule like cardboard things don't know what happened to it.

Bill

 

[mcmxi]

This past Sunday morning I used the MX6000 with the factory bucket and Everything Attachments bolt on Wicked tooth bar to dig a grave for my Great Pyrenees. She passed away Saturday night and I had to leave for a work trip Sunday afternoon. Fortunately the ground was soft enough that I was able to prepare a nice spot for her by a big rock. I had her for almost seven years after a coworker rescued (stole) her from an abusive situation. She thrived with me, gained healthy weight back and had a good life. She was an incredibly gentle giant and I shall miss her.

 

[rc51stierhoff]

This past Sunday morning I used the MX6000 with the factory bucket and Everything Attachments bolt on Wicked tooth bar to dig a grave for my Great Pyrenees. She passed away Saturday night and I had to leave for a work trip Sunday afternoon. Fortunately the ground was soft enough that I was able to prepare a nice spot for her by a big rock. I had her for almost seven years after a coworker rescued (stole) her from an abusive situation. She thrived with me, gained healthy weight back and had a good life. She was an incredibly gentle giant and I shall miss her.

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You have my deepest sympathy for the loss of your dog.

 

[dirtydeed]

This past Sunday morning I used the MX6000 with the factory bucket and Everything Attachments bolt on Wicked tooth bar to dig a grave for my Great Pyrenees. She passed away Saturday night and I had to leave for a work trip Sunday afternoon. Fortunately the ground was soft enough that I was able to prepare a nice spot for her by a big rock. I had her for almost seven years after a coworker rescued (stole) her from an abusive situation. She thrived with me, gained healthy weight back and had a good life. She was an incredibly gentle giant and I shall miss her.

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wrong emoji for me. sorry for your loss.

 

[Chanceywd]

This past Sunday morning I used the MX6000 with the factory bucket and Everything Attachments bolt on Wicked tooth bar to dig a grave for my Great Pyrenees. She passed away Saturday night and I had to leave for a work trip Sunday afternoon. Fortunately the ground was soft enough that I was able to prepare a nice spot for her by a big rock. I had her for almost seven years after a coworker rescued (stole) her from an abusive situation. She thrived with me, gained healthy weight back and had a good life. She was an incredibly gentle giant and I shall miss her.

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Never an easy task. We had to say good by to Tanner our 15 yo lab mix in september. Made him a nice spot overlooking his little swimming hole I dug with the kubota 2 years ago. He love to swim and chase sticks we threw even as his eyes were failing. If it was sunny he could see the sticks and was happy.
I surely sympathize and feel your pups passing.

Bill

 

[fried1765]

Sewer line repair today. They don't get much easier than this.

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Done. Home by lunchtime. I'll take those any day of the week.

Reason for repair.....roots?

 

[S-G-R]

Replaced a damaged hose on the grapple and took two 90°s off the hoses to give them a more gentle path. Hopefully the hoses will hold up better.

 

[dirtydeed]

Reason for repair.....roots?

Blockage. Found an old broken cast iron house trap at that location. They couldn't get a jetter nor a camera through it. Very heavy layer of grease was plugging the system.

 

[hoot owl]

Three weeks ago this last Saturday I took my L2501 for a ride. My son and I haled it, Forks and rake with the FEL and Backhoe 150 miles to our district Royal Rangers camp. I was planning on going back up Sunday evening so I could start first thing Monday morning removing trees and stumps for more camping area.
We also had to drive another 60 miles farther North to pickup my other sons van. It caught fire on his way to a work weekend at a renaissance fair he attends. It was a total loss and he had several $1000's of tools in it at the time.
Well the forecast changed and it ended up raining for 3 days.
I went back up last Monday and got to work.
Here are a few pictures of before.

The tractor is on the other side of a dry wash.

This is the burn pile. Only 40+ trips about a half mile from the work area.

Here is the finished area, from the other side of the dry wash. The tractor is in the same location as the before photos.

I had a white, Orange tractor both mornings. Temp were in the low 20s warming to the upper 50s.
I put 26 hours on the tractor in 2 1/2 days. Still more we want to get cleared but that is going to wait for warmer weather.

 

[fried1765]

Three weeks ago this last Saturday I took my L2501 for a ride. My son and I haled it, Forks and rake with the FEL and Backhoe 150 miles to our district Royal Rangers camp. I was planning on going back up Sunday evening so I could start first thing Monday morning removing trees and stumps for more camping area.
We also had to drive another 60 miles farther North to pickup my other sons van. It caught fire on his way to a work weekend at a renaissance fair he attends. It was a total loss and he had several $1000's of tools in it at the time.
Well the forecast changed and it ended up raining for 3 days.
I went back up last Monday and got to work.
Here are a few pictures of before.
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The tractor is on the other side of a dry wash.
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This is the burn pile. Only 40+ trips about a half mile from the work area.
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Here is the finished area, from the other side of the dry wash. The tractor is in the same location as the before photos.
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I had a white, Orange tractor both mornings. Temp were in the low 20s warming to the upper 50s.
I put 26 hours on the tractor in 2 1/2 days. Still more we want to get cleared but that is going to wait for warmer weather.

Very nice volunteer effort!

 

[mcmxi]

You have my deepest sympathy for the loss of your dog.

Thanks @rc51stierhoff, @Chanceywd and @dirtydeed and for many others who know what it's like to lose a family member. For those of us blessed to have animals as companions throughout our lives, we go through this time and time again. I've said goodbye to a lot of dogs over the years, but Maggie is the first one that I've buried. I usually have them cremated once they pass away, and keep their ashes in nice boxes, but this is the first place I've lived where I could imagine remaining for the rest of my life, and so it seemed fitting to bury her here. My little heeler mix is missing Maggie too, but we'll get through it.

 

[rc51stierhoff]

Thanks @rc51stierhoff, @Chanceywd and @dirtydeed and for many others who know what it's like to lose a family member. For those of us blessed to have animals as companions throughout our lives, we go through this time and time again. I've said goodbye to a lot of dogs over the years, but Maggie is the first one that I've buried. I usually have them cremated once they pass away, and keep their ashes in nice boxes, but this is the first place I've lived where I could imagine remaining for the rest of my life, and so it seemed fitting to bury her here. My little heeler mix is missing Maggie too, but we'll get through it.

It’s never the same for each of us, and it’s never easy (at least not for me), and me myself I can’t make the words…it’s tough and it takes time, but IMO it’s better to have them for a short while than not to have them. Just do your best.

 

[NCL4701]

Thanks @rc51stierhoff, @Chanceywd and @dirtydeed and for many others who know what it's like to lose a family member. For those of us blessed to have animals as companions throughout our lives, we go through this time and time again. I've said goodbye to a lot of dogs over the years, but Maggie is the first one that I've buried. I usually have them cremated once they pass away, and keep their ashes in nice boxes, but this is the first place I've lived where I could imagine remaining for the rest of my life, and so it seemed fitting to bury her here. My little heeler mix is missing Maggie too, but we'll get through it.

It’s definitely not easy. When our cat, which my wife “didn’t like” died unexpectedly we kept him in a spare freezer while we debated (mostly she debated) for three weeks whether to cremate of bury him. Ended up burying him in a 1/4” plate steel box with some of his favorite toys and a funeral fit for a human. Currently waiting for the headstone to arrive. Might seem silly but they become family members and it’s not easy to say goodbye. I don’t know that we’ll replace him partly because we don’t want to go through that again.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Replaced a damaged hose on the grapple and took two 90°s off the hoses to give them a more gentle path. Hopefully the hoses will hold up better.

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I also have 90's and debated of removing them. I have gone through several hoses, but that's when the grapple is on the skidsteer. Knock on wood, haven't had an issue with the hoses on the MX. I do use a bungee cord to keep the hoses away from the right lift arm.

 

[trial and error]

This was yesterday, but I got more of the tree(s) (Mrs Trial and Error wanted another one dropped) cleaned up and got to truly test the balance of the little B. It did amazing and despite having one user induced failure on the forks frame that was fairly easily remedied, the forks are doing what they where designed for and probably even exceeding my expectations. The tractor will do a reverse wheelie before they break if I don't repeat yesterday's operation failure .

 

[Old_Paint]

C

Very rural, and very desirable!

Couldn’t be much more rural than where I grew up. The world is flat, and I can prove it because I used to live right next to falling off. We got yesterday’s paper to read. It was so far back in the sticks, we pumped in sunshine and pumped out moonshine. The directions to my house included the words “Turn off the paved road.”
I hated living out there as a kid, but would just about give anything to have a place just like it now that I’m old and know why folks live in places like that.

 

[fried1765]

C

Couldn’t be much more rural than where I grew up. The world is flat, and I can prove it because I used to live right next to falling off. We got yesterday’s paper to read. It was so far back in the sticks, we pumped in sunshine and pumped out moonshine. The directions to my house included the words “Turn off the paved road.”
I hated living out there as a kid, but would just about give anything to have a place just like it now that I’m old and know why folks live in places like that.

Cavendish VT, is a lot like that.
I don't live there, but have been there several times.
Beautiful, and hilly, with old New England history and charm.