What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[Magicman]

A Stihl in a Husky scabbard?? Yikes, you are a bad man.

(Looks good!!!!)

 

[NCL4701]

Today was leaf day. Three houses with gutters to clean, three yards, trails, whatever you call the clearing in front of the shed, etc. Leaves everywhere. Some places a little grass still visible; some places 10” deep.

Leaves.

More leaves.

MORE LEAVES! (I don’t much like this particular chore.)

Joint project for the L and T. Got up about 90% of the leaves with the rake and grapple. Piled them up in several large piles.

Once it was down to a thin enough layer for the T to mulch/blow it, finished with the T.

Stihl blower played a small, but crucial, role as well. It has been camera shy since I ran over it with the Tundra last year. Works great, but kind of looks like it was run over by a small truck.

Edit: Just noticed the pic with the rake is one of, I think, 4 times I straightened the tines because they were too gap toothed to work right. When the tines spring back the circle at the 90 opens so I was thinking of threading some sort of pipe through the hole to further limit their rotational range of motion.

 

[Trimley]

Today was leaf day. Three houses with gutters to clean, three yards, trails, whatever you call the clearing in front of the shed, etc. Leaves everywhere. Some places a little grass still visible; some places 10” deep.

Leaves. View attachment 117766
More leaves. View attachment 117767
MORE LEAVES! (I don’t much like this particular chore.)
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Joint project for the L and T. Got up about 90% of the leaves with the rake and grapple. Piled them up in several large piles. View attachment 117769 View attachment 117770
Once it was down to a thin enough layer for the T to mulch/blow it, finished with the T. View attachment 117771
Stihl blower played a small, but crucial, role as well. It has been camera shy since I ran over it with the Tundra last year. Works great, but kind of looks like it was run over by a small truck.

Edit: Just noticed the pic with the rake is one of, I think, 4 times I straightened the tines because they were too gap toothed to work right. When the tines spring back the circle at the 90 opens so I was thinking of threading some sort of pipe through the hole to further limit their rotational range of motion.

That's mess of leaves, for sure. Once you get them all where you want them, then what? Mulch, Chipper/Shredder, or blow them out into the forest?

 

[NCL4701]

That's mess of leaves, for sure. Once you get them all where you want them, then what? Mulch, Chipper/Shredder, or blow them out into the forest?

All the domesticated areas are surrounded by forested land we own. Thankfully it’s just get them anywhere in the forested area where my wife doesn’t routinely see a huge leaf pile out a window. Usually by the time they rot down, it’s time to make another pile.

 

[rc51stierhoff]

All the domesticated areas are surrounded by forested land we own. Thankfully it’s just get them anywhere in the forested area where my wife doesn’t routinely see a huge leaf pile out a window. Usually by the time they rot down, it’s time to make another pile.

Looks like you have no shortage there! Do you mulch or compost any and use on garden?

I think a PTO blower is on my bucket list. I’ll need to figure something out at the next place. (I’ve seen some videos of some that are pretty convincing…not sure how they do if it’s wet out?).

 

[UnEasyRider]

UnEasyRider
I have a 3 point rock rake that I used for the leaves.

New to tractors...possible pic of what that looks like???

 

[NCL4701]

Looks like you have no shortage there! Do you mulch or compost any and use on garden?

I think a PTO blower is on my bucket list. I’ll need to figure something out at the next place. (I’ve seen some videos of some that are pretty convincing…not sure how they do if it’s wet out?).

As the leaves and wood chips rot down we used to use them to integrate into the garden. Soil sampling helped make sure pH didn’t get out of balance being a lot of both leaves and chips are various types of oak (lots of acid). Since Dad got sick and then passed we haven’t messed with a garden; skipped past three growing seasons. That was a “him” thing, morphed into a “us” thing as his health declined, and it kind of died with him.

Wife and I have been debating restarting some sort of garden this coming year since I’ll be retired. Will have to figure that out pretty soon if we’re going to do it.

A PTO blower would be sweet. As much of a pain as the leaves are, I usually spend about a day and a half total each year on them. I have a hard time putting much money into increasing efficiency beyond that. But that’s just me. If our layout was a bit different or if in a neighborhood, etc. appropriate equipment might be very different.

 

[Old_Paint]

Edit: Just noticed the pic with the rake is one of, I think, 4 times I straightened the tines because they were too gap toothed to work right. When the tines spring back the circle at the 90 opens so I was thinking of threading some sort of pipe through the hole to further limit their rotational range of motion.

Have ya considered modifying the tines by putting a bend on the last inch or so of the part that the clamps bite down on? If there's room between the tines to do that, of course. A 1-inch bend would do the trick, and move the spring of the tine a bit closer to the frame. A few minutes with a torch, a vice with a small piece of steel pipe in it, and a bucket of used oil for quenching, and bingo, the tine is modded to prevent twisting.

You do you, though. Your idea with the pipe would stop SOME of the twisting, but probably not enough to prevent unruly and unwanted gaps between the business ends. Putting an L shape under the clamp would keep 'em all aligned perfectly unless they bent. Maybe that twisting issue is to prevent breaking the tines?

 

[RichardAaronlx2610]

I put the Lx 2610 to work this weekend helping out the local AMERICAN LEGION with some charity work they want to install some horse shoe pits. My son found a super cool bottle, so we were fired up. That’s the brother in laws square body

 

[NCL4701]

Have ya considered modifying the tines by putting a bend on the last inch or so of the part that the clamps bite down on? If there's room between the tines to do that, of course. A 1-inch bend would do the trick, and move the spring of the tine a bit closer to the frame. A few minutes with a torch, a vice with a small piece of steel pipe in it, and a bucket of used oil for quenching, and bingo, the tine is modded to prevent twisting.

You do you, though. Your idea with the pipe would stop SOME of the twisting, but probably not enough to prevent unruly and unwanted gaps between the business ends. Putting an L shape under the clamp would keep 'em all aligned perfectly unless they bent. Maybe that twisting issue is to prevent breaking the tines?

Good point on modding the clamped end of the tines really locking it down. I’ll take a harder look at the clamp part of it before putting it back in the shed.

Also a good point on the potential downside of really locking them down. I was kind of thinking a total lock down horizontally might result in tine breakage when obstructions are encountered. That and performance doesn’t noticeably degrade until there’s a gap greater than about 12” so perfect alignment isn’t a goal.

Only use it maybe 8 hours a year at most and it would save me maybe 15 minutes a year if the tines never went wonky, so it’s not worth but so much time and money to mod.

 

[TonyinTexas]

Did some digging and pipe laying

 

[Old_Paint]

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Good point on modding the clamped end of the tines really locking it down. I’ll take a harder look at the clamp part of it before putting it back in the shed.

Also a good point on the potential downside of really locking them down. I was kind of thinking a total lock down horizontally might result in tine breakage when obstructions are encountered. That and performance doesn’t noticeably degrade until there’s a gap greater than about 12” so perfect alignment isn’t a goal.

Only use it maybe 8 hours a year at most and it would save me maybe 15 minutes a year if the tines never went wonky, so it’s not worth but so much time and money to mod.

Yeah, even just heating it and pounding a flat spot on the end so the clamp has something flat to bite on. Just need to make sure to quench it again, though, or it'll probably bend/fatigue pretty easily. Pretty sure you're not going to faze the steel in that tine with a hammer without makin' it red first. It wouldn't take much, because it looks to me like they're just spinning in the clamp. Grinding a flat spot on the top of the short end would probably do the trick, too. Less chance of ruining the tempering, and a lot easier to do to a new tine as well.

 

[River19]

Over the weekend I threw on the blower and got the carry-all positioned for sand bucket duty.....

Nothing thrilling, just winter change-over....

 

[nbryan]

Finally some snow days. First real blower workout this season.

 

[fried1765]

Finally some snow days. First real blower workout this season. View attachment 117844 View attachment 117845 View attachment 117846 View attachment 117847 View attachment 117848

Have you ever considered double poly on that hoop frame, and an inflation blower?
Sheds snow great, and can be heated.

 

[nbryan]

Have you ever considered double poly on that hoop frame, and an inflation blower?
Sheds snow great, and can be heated.

Oh yes, I've had that as a dream since first building this one almost 10 years ago. Wasn't in the cards (budget) at the time. But once this poly breaks down and needs replacing I'll be lining with greenhouse clear poly before the new cover goes on.
Some sealing/tightening sheets together system will be needed around the perimeter to contain the squirrel cage fan pressure.
It was around 30 years ago I was involved with the construction of at least a dozen double-covered inflated hoop greenhouses about 150 ft long each, 30 ft wide, for a local tree nursery. When the flats started getting put out in them in the late winter I could see the sky lit up with their grow lights early morning then later in evening from over 8 miles away.
And yes, they work great, but also need a fair bit of heat at night anyway.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Finally some snow days. First real blower workout this season. View attachment 117844 View attachment 117845 View attachment 117846 View attachment 117847 View attachment 117848

Nice pictures.

We reached 30* degrees this morning for two hours. We haven't seen those temperatures since last February 1st, 2023 that was 313 days ago. Starting tomorrow temperature lows back in the upper 40's then mid 50's for the remainder of the week.

 

[mcmxi]

Finally some snow days. First real blower workout this season.

No pictures from me but yesterday morning I spent about 30 minutes in the MX6000 with blower out back and hydraulic angled blade up front to clear about 3" of snow off 400 yards of driveway and parking areas before heading to the airport.

I don't know if it's my imagination, but the MX engine sounds better and better every time I start up the tractor. The tractor is only at 142 hours or so (less because I have two tractors) but I love the sound of the engine.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

No pictures from me but yesterday morning I spent about 30 minutes in the MX6000 with blower out back and hydraulic angled blade up front to clear about 3" of snow off 400 yards of driveway and parking areas before heading to the airport.

I don't know if it's my imagination, but the MX engine sounds better and better every time I start up the tractor. The tractor is only at 142 hours or so (less because I have two tractors) but I love the sound of the engine.

Time to make your own ring tone now!

 

[nbryan]

No pictures from me but yesterday morning I spent about 30 minutes in the MX6000 with blower out back and hydraulic angled blade up front to clear about 3" of snow off 400 yards of driveway and parking areas before heading to the airport.

I don't know if it's my imagination, but the MX engine sounds better and better every time I start up the tractor. The tractor is only at 142 hours or so (less because I have two tractors) but I love the sound of the engine.

My 1200+ hour B2650HSD engine sounds smoother and quieter than even a year ago! Really, after every 200 hour servicing the engine T6-5w40 the post oil change engine sounds better than the last post-oil-change running engine. Smoother, quieter, and more responsive. HST oil change quiets more too.

So, like, maybe 2000 hours for these little diesels to "wear them in"? lol...