What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[WI_Hedgehog]

Been waiting a day to make sure of the outcome... The other day (Tuesday), was using the BH77 to hold logs up off the ground so another guy could cut them into 16" rounds to be split for firewood to be given away to old vets, widows, and the less fortunate in my town. In the process of trimming knots off the logs, his saw (Husky 575xp w/ a 36" bar) kicked back nailing him in the shin. I'm told (it was a blur for me!) that I was off the BH, shut off the tractor, got my 1st aid kit out of the cab (you've got one, right?) and was to him before he had the saw shut off. Yep, all the way to the bone. Put a package of Quik Clot, on the wound, with 2 4x4 dressings on top of that, then wrapped it all up with an Ace bandage. Stud drove himself to the ER, where they dug out some of his jeans, and a bone chip, then admitted him overnight for surgery this morning. He's home now, probably needing more surgery to remove his wife's teeth from his azz, and has an order to Amazon for some chainsaw chaps. Hard lesson, but could've been SO much worse. And yeah, the saw was probably to big to be trimming knots.

Being a "saw guy" I carry a full medical kit any time I'm sawing. I also have full PPE given I run pretty big saws and any mistake is going wrong in a hurry. I cannot stress enough the importance of chainsaw pants, I wear Clogger DefenderPro Gen2 pants and metatarsi boots, along with Echo Kevlar Chainsaw gloves and Husqvarna 588646001 Technical Forest Helmet. The pants saved my shin from what would have been a serious axe wound when the axe bounced off a limb I was chopping, so they've more than paid for themselves.

Guys (and gals), this is really cheap insurance considering the cost over time of use. I've been in the woods 40+ years with no accidents until last year, and it wasn't even a chainsaw accident yet the investment in Personal Protection Equipment paid for itself multiple times over. (It really, really hurt though.)

Thanks to members here I'll be mounting a fire extinguisher to my tractor too.

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[fried1765]

Being a "saw guy" I carry a full medical kit any time I'm sawing. I also have full PPE given I run pretty big saws and any mistake is going wrong in a hurry. I cannot stress enough the importance of chainsaw pants, I wear Clogger DefenderPro Gen2 pants and metatarsi boots, along with Echo Kevlar Chainsaw gloves and Husqvarna 588646001 Technical Forest Helmet. The pants saved my shin from what would have been a serious axe wound when the axe bounced off a limb I was chopping, so they've more than paid for themselves.

Guys (and gals), this is really cheap insurance considering the cost over time of use. I've been in the woods 40+ years with no accidents until last year, and it wasn't even a chainsaw accident yet the investment in Personal Protection Equipment paid for itself multiple times over. (It really, really hurt though.)

Thanks to members here I'll be mounting a fire extinguisher to my tractor too.

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Note the links are not affiliate links and I have no relationship with the manufacturers other than as a satisfied customer. I also do not mean to be preachy, only to help out the people helping me as a new tractor owner.

Do not buy an extinguisher with ANY plastic discharge parts.
To include valve assembly, as well as discharge handle.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

Do not buy an extinguisher with ANY plastic discharge parts.
To include valve assembly, as well as discharge handle.

Due to the Kiddie fialure-to-fire recall, or some other reason?

 

[BXHoosier]

Due to the Kiddie fialure-to-fire recall, or some other reason?

I had one of the Kidde fire extinguishers that was recalled. They sent me a replacement with a metal valve and I sent the plastic valve extinguisher back in the pre-paid box.

 

[fried1765]

Due to the Kiddie fialure-to-fire recall, or some other reason?

The plastic valve/nozzle and handle parts tend to fail/break, when discharging cheap consumer grade extinguishers.
Stay away from the big box store extinguishers!

 

[MOOTS]

Golf cart recovery. I was watering the garden, FIL and son were riding around the field when motor died, would not restart. So I drug them back to the shop.

 

[fried1765]

Golf cart recovery. I was watering the garden, FIL and son were riding around the field when motor died, would not restart. So I drug them back to the shop.
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I always thought a "drug" was something taken for illness, and usually purchased at a "drug" store.
Many things can be dragged,.....but golf carts can be "drug"?

 

[GeoHorn]

I had one of the Kidde fire extinguishers that was recalled. They sent me a replacement with a metal valve and I sent the plastic valve extinguisher back in the pre-paid box.

I had 6 of the Plastic-valve/handle Kidde’s….and sent them a pic of them. Kidde sent me 6 metal valve extinguishers. I contacted them and asked if they wanted me to return the plastic ones…. and they sent me 6 more metal extinguishers.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

BX2763 blade
BX2751 subframe

BX5450 snowblower (@Mowbizz and his wife made a copy of their similar blower, but I don't have the manual for my exact model)

 

[Russell King]

I always thought a "drug" was something taken for illness, and usually purchased at a "drug" store.
Many things can be dragged,.....but golf carts can be "drug"?

You need to expand your vocabulary to understand how dialects work.

Dragged or Drug—Which Is Correct?

The recognized and correct past tense form of the verb drag is dragged. Drug can still sometimes be heard, but only in certain dialects within…

www.grammarly.com

 

[In Utopia]

Well put Russell.
Wonder what term is used where he's at.

 

[fried1765]

You need to expand your vocabulary to understand how dialects work.

Dragged or Drug—Which Is Correct?

The recognized and correct past tense form of the verb drag is dragged. Drug can still sometimes be heard, but only in certain dialects within…

www.grammarly.com

"dialects" and pidgin English are very different animals!

 

[Moose7060]

Got an early start this morning. Hooked the RCR1872 up to the smaller tractor and mowed a few acres in front of the wildlife observation tower . Grass was 16-20 inches tall and wanted to knock down the fireweed and butter cups in it. When the sun came up the better half did some mowing along the driveway. Just another beautiful morning in paradise.

 

[Russell King]

"dialects" and pidgin English are very different animals!

Southern dialect and English pidgin are different, so I guess you agree with me.

So that is wicked good!

 

[In Utopia]

pidgin English

How'd that happen?

 

[fried1765]

How'd that happen?

Sadly,..... it has become pervasive.
Bastardization of our English grammar/language

 

[fried1765]

Southern dialect and English pidgin are different, so I guess you agree with me.

So that is wicked good!

Southern "dialect" is not pidgin English.
It is a "dialect."
Statements like: "Me and him", "Her and I", etc., are not part of ANY dialect!

 

[Jim’sMX]

 

[rc51stierhoff]

Today we got some BLING assembled for the forks.

Spousal Unit asked what is was for…MIL suite I said.

 

[fried1765]

Today we got some BLING assembled for the forks.

Spousal Unit asked what is was for…MIL suite I said.

What was your source, and cost, for that please?
I like it!
( My MIL expired many years ago)