What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

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This is more of a case of what I plan to do with the tractor, but talking of firewood, yesterday afternoon I went out to a site where I have a small logging project in late September, early October. I have to cut down close to 100 trees, limb them, stack up the limbs into one or two slash piles and haul away the bulk of the wood. It'll produce a lot of cords of firewood for next year and beyond. Fortunately the property is essentially flat with easy access.

I'll be using the M6060 with the EA grapple, a logging winch out back and a couple of trailers. It should be a good project and will take around four days to complete.

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Hot out today, so we are out playing in the woods!

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They wanted to make some more bike/go cart trails.
 
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We dug our first batch of potatos. Added some weight to the implement this year. Works better.
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Drug the driveway back up the hill again. We had hard rains this morning. One of my culvert pipe got clogged up again. I want to know who keeps putting leaves in the pipe. Clean the ditch out and the leaves seem to come back.

I have at least 5 trees down from some straight line winds we had the other day. I'll have to put the grapple on the tractor and clean one of them up soon, it is right next to the neighbor's driveway.
 
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We dug our first batch of potatos. Added some weight to the implement this year. Works better.
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That 'buster' shouldn't take much weight at all. It's usually angled to dig deep, and will pull itself down with little or no weight. If it isn't digging without extra weight, shorten the top link to turn the point downward a bit more. Middle busters and sub-soilers both will dig DEEP if you have the top link set right. Most times, you'll find yourself holding it up with the lift to keep it from going too deep. I use a sub-soiler to break roots and pull out small stumps all the time. I've never even thought about putting more weight on it. In a foot of travel, it's usually buried at least a foot deep. I've been wanting to get a plow for the same frame and just remove the chisel and put the plow on for trenching. May have to settle for a turning plow setup.
 
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That 'buster' shouldn't take much weight at all. It's usually angled to dig deep, and will pull itself down with little or no weight. If it isn't digging without extra weight, shorten the top link to turn the point downward a bit more. Middle busters and sub-soilers both will dig DEEP if you have the top link set right. Most times, you'll find yourself holding it up with the lift to keep it from going too deep. I use a sub-soiler to break roots and pull out small stumps all the time. I've never even thought about putting more weight on it. In a foot of travel, it's usually buried at least a foot deep. I've been wanting to get a plow for the same frame and just remove the chisel and put the plow on for trenching. May have to settle for a turning plow setup.
The top link is set to its shortest length. The TSC middle buster attack angle isn't that good with my 3 point links. A shorter link for that implement would help, but the weight is free.
 

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The top link is set to its shortest length. The TSC middle buster attack angle isn't that good with my 3 point links. A shorter link for that implement would help, but the weight is free.
I have the County Line sub-soiler. Never compared the frame to the buster frame that closely, so I’ll take your word for it. I’m surprised that hiller/middle buster shares haven’t been made for that frame. I wish I knew some good fabricators that wouldn’t charge me an arm and a leg to make some bolt-on tricks for the ripper frame. One would think plow shares and wings would be easy to get at TSC. The angle is very similar to what I remember about the angle of the shanks on a Farmall Cub plow set. That was one sweet gardening tractor. I spent a lot of my youth on one. Before I was allowed on the tractor, though, I had to learn the meaning of “GEE” and “HAW” and “HUP” behind a quarter horse mixed mare with hooves as big as dinner plates that thought every row should be aimed at the house where she’d be relieved of the gear. The handles on the plow frame were nearly shoulder high to me the first time I tried. And the “exhaust” from a big horse that filled up on persimmons the night before is NOT NICE.
I can’t imagine asking kids to do what was completely normal everyday work when I was a kid. I got shown once how to do something, and was expected to learn it the first time. “I don’t know how” was not an option and certainly not an excuse unless it was something I’d never done. That list gets short really quick on a farm, and the amount of instructions gets less even quicker. If that came out of my mouth, the most common reply was “It’s high time you did.”
 
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Went out to the farm on Saturday. Mowed and cleaned up a down tree from the storm. Had to cut it up into 8 foot chunks for the tractor to haul off. Yet, most of the branches broke off when the tree hit the ground during the storm.

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You can see why the tree was on our list to come down this fall, but the storm did it for us.

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DaveFromMi

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I have the County Line sub-soiler. Never compared the frame to the buster frame that closely, so I’ll take your word for it. I’m surprised that hiller/middle buster shares haven’t been made for that frame. I wish I knew some good fabricators that wouldn’t charge me an arm and a leg to make some bolt-on tricks for the ripper frame. One would think plow shares and wings would be easy to get at TSC. The angle is very similar to what I remember about the angle of the shanks on a Farmall Cub plow set. That was one sweet gardening tractor. I spent a lot of my youth on one. Before I was allowed on the tractor, though, I had to learn the meaning of “GEE” and “HAW” and “HUP” behind a quarter horse mixed mare with hooves as big as dinner plates that thought every row should be aimed at the house where she’d be relieved of the gear. The handles on the plow frame were nearly shoulder high to me the first time I tried. And the “exhaust” from a big horse that filled up on persimmons the night before is NOT NICE.
I can’t imagine asking kids to do what was completely normal everyday work when I was a kid. I got shown once how to do something, and was expected to learn it the first time. “I don’t know how” was not an option and certainly not an excuse unless it was something I’d never done. That list gets short really quick on a farm, and the amount of instructions gets less even quicker. If that came out of my mouth, the most common reply was “It’s high time you did.”
I remember telling my Dad that "I don't know how". His reply was that I will never learn any younger.
 

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I have the County Line sub-soiler. Never compared the frame to the buster frame that closely, so I’ll take your word for it. I’m surprised that hiller/middle buster shares haven’t been made for that frame. I wish I knew some good fabricators that wouldn’t charge me an arm and a leg to make some bolt-on tricks for the ripper frame. One would think plow shares and wings would be easy to get at TSC. The angle is very similar to what I remember about the angle of the shanks on a Farmall Cub plow set. That was one sweet gardening tractor. I spent a lot of my youth on one. Before I was allowed on the tractor, though, I had to learn the meaning of “GEE” and “HAW” and “HUP” behind a quarter horse mixed mare with hooves as big as dinner plates that thought every row should be aimed at the house where she’d be relieved of the gear. The handles on the plow frame were nearly shoulder high to me the first time I tried. And the “exhaust” from a big horse that filled up on persimmons the night before is NOT NICE.
I can’t imagine asking kids to do what was completely normal everyday work when I was a kid. I got shown once how to do something, and was expected to learn it the first time. “I don’t know how” was not an option and certainly not an excuse unless it was something I’d never done. That list gets short really quick on a farm, and the amount of instructions gets less even quicker. If that came out of my mouth, the most common reply was “It’s high time you did.”
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Went out to the farm on Saturday. Mowed and cleaned up a down tree from the storm. Had to cut it up into 8 foot chunks for the tractor to haul off. Yet, most of the branches broke off when the tree hit the ground during the storm.

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You can see why the tree was on our list to come down this fall, but the storm did it for us.

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Is that a locust tree, mine are being destroyed by carpenter ants. You think that there is a stand of good firewood for years to come, but much of it is rendered useless.
 

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Is that a locust tree, mine are being destroyed by carpenter ants. You think that there is a stand of good firewood for years to come, but much of it is rendered useless.
Don't know where "Red Lion" is, but you could come here, and cut all of that invasive locust weed (tree) that you might want.
 

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Don't know where "Red Lion" is, but you could come here, and cut all of that invasive locust weed (tree) that you might want.
Locust make excellent firewood if the ants didn't get there first. Click on Red Lion to see my approximate location.
 

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Hot out today, so we are out playing in the woods!

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They wanted to make some more bike/go cart trails.
Your 'Kids' always look to be enjoying themselves.. Good work Dad! And good for them to be outside as much as they are. (y)

It has been (and will be hot) here. You are only a couple of hours East of me....so I am sure it is much the same.

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Granddaughter got her first ride in the tractor today :)

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