What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[McMXi]

Now that the grapple is off the loader I was able to get the bucket back on and move seven or eight bucket loads of dirt up to the dirt pile. Who says you can't move dirt with a gear drive tractor!! There's nothing to it.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Put all my refurbished rear axle steering parts back in. No wobbly rear wheels any more. And they match the front wheels now. Only the rest of the tractor is pretty rusty, but that is for another day. Cut the grass and it drives much better now.

 

[nerwin]

I dug up my driveway today, that was fun!

Got rid of the pot holes, spread it back out and graded it the best I could with the bucket.

It was nice to get some tractor time in! It was challenging to say the least but it was a great learning experience that I needed.

 

[The Evil Twin]

I dug up my driveway today, that was fun!

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Got rid of the pot holes, spread it back out and graded it the best I could with the bucket.

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It was nice to get some tractor time in! It was challenging to say the least but it was a great learning experience that I needed.

Millings? How long was it down before it started pot holing?
We are getting ready to do the easement road next weekend. It's about 1400 ft. The crusher run is crap for higher traffic IMHO. That's the "base" that will be under 2.5- 3" of millings.

 

[nerwin]

Millings? How long was it down before it started pot holing?
We are getting ready to do the easement road next weekend. It's about 1400 ft. The crusher run is crap for higher traffic IMHO. That's the "base" that will be under 2.5- 3" of millings.

No idea to be honest. I haven't got new stuff for quite a few years now. I just grade it a few times a year. But I need to build it up and crown it. Just don't have a box blade or land plane yet.

The stuff I get is called "stay-mat" but yeah it's probably just millings, mainly crushed rock with a lots of fines so it packs really hard.

 

[RCW]

No idea to be honest. I haven't got new stuff for quite a few years now. I just grade it a few times a year. But I need to build it up and crown it. Just don't have a box blade or land plane yet.

The stuff I get is called "stay-mat" but yeah it's probably just millings, mainly crushed rock with a lots of fines so it packs really hard.

Crushed stone with a lot of fines sounds like crusher run. “Millings” are typically milled/crushed asphalt pavement.

Looking closer at your pile looks like millings, or maybe a mix of millings and another stone product. Looks like it probably packs down pretty well.

I haven’t ordered stone for the driveway this spring. Been using crusher run.

Still in pretty good shape. Next year should be fine, unless I get a wild hair to do it in the next few weeks.

 

[nerwin]

Crushed stone with a lot of fines sounds like crusher run. “Millings” are typically milled/crushed asphalt pavement.

Looking closer at your pile looks like millings, or maybe a mix of millings and another stone product. Looks like it probably packs down pretty well.

I haven’t ordered stone for the driveway this spring. Been using crusher run.

Still in pretty good shape. Next year should be fine, unless I get a wild hair to do it in the next few weeks.

I just want to know where it all goes. Over the years I probably had 30 tones tail gated here. It just like disappears lol

 

[RCW]

I just want to know where it all goes. Over the years I probably had 30 tones tail gated here. It just like disappears lol

Oh, it disappears all right!

Since I bought the BX, think I’ve had 4 loads(80 ton) dumped just for the driveway, plus remnants of 5-6 other loads dumped in the driveway for drainage, foundation, etc., projects over recent years.

Our driveway isn’t big at all….

Nothing scientific, but I think smaller-sized material doesn’t last as long as larger aggregate. I’ve used a variety of types and sizes over the years.

 

[McMXi]

I got back to the task of removing top soil for the new driveway this afternoon. It was the MX's turn to work, and the box blade in combination with draft control is doing a good job, until the box blade hits a rock or rocks that is. As expected I've found some big ones.

I've been pulling the box blade uphill and watching the bubble levels on the QH in an attempt to cut a level driveway (left to right). Once I get down to powdered/crushed rock I'll be done, and then it's time for gravel. No road fabric is needed since there's nothing to heave or give way. If a meteorite the size of a house hit my property it would just bounce and land in the next county!! None of my driveways or parking areas have road fabric. That's one of the few benefits of living just a few inches above bedrock.

Everything has dried out so it's as dusty as can be, and as much as I like cabbed tractors, it's at these times that I really like a cabbed tractor. It wouldn't be any fun doing this work with an open station.

The EA Wicked Toothbar is going a great job too, and a whole lot better than the factory smooth cutting edge on the M6060 bucket. I get that the bolt on smooth edge is to prevent the bucket edge from wearing, but with the EA toothbar I get the excellent digging ability with bucket protection.

 

[The Evil Twin]

No idea to be honest. I haven't got new stuff for quite a few years now. I just grade it a few times a year. But I need to build it up and crown it. Just don't have a box blade or land plane yet.

The stuff I get is called "stay-mat" but yeah it's probably just millings, mainly crushed rock with a lots of fines so it packs really hard.

Hmm.... sorta looks like millings. Sorta doesn't. A brief search didn't say exactly tly what it is.

 

[McMXi]

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When you get low to the ground and take a photo of your L it makes it look a whole lot bigger! Really nice tractor though!

You'd like using a grading scraper/land plane/land leveler on your driveway. I will say that they're better at maintaining than creating, but a great implement if you have to take care of gravel on a regular basis. But it's hard to beat a box blade if moving dirt from point A to point B is on the agenda.

There's a reason why I have a box blade, grading scraper and rear blade. They all excel at different things.

 

[nerwin]

When you get low to the ground and take a photo of your L it makes it look a whole lot bigger! Really nice tractor though!

You'd really like using a grading scraper/land plane/land leveler on your driveway. I will say that they're better at maintaining than creating, but a great implement if you have to take care of gravel on a regular basis.

It's been a great tractor so far. It didn't seem to really break a sweat tearing up this hard pack drive way. Several years ago my neighbor came by with his B, an older B model that was 29hp and that had a hard time digging it up I think a lot of it is due to weight.

I definitely could feel the weight when I had the bucket full but it didn't feel weird or unstable.

I used to break up the pot holes with a heavy wrecking/digging bar whatever you call them and the tractor just does it with ease while I sit on my butt in the seat

 

[g_man]

Put all my refurbished rear axle steering parts back in. No wobbly rear wheels any more. And they match the front wheels now. Only the rest of the tractor is pretty rusty, but that is for another day. Cut the grass and it drives much better now.

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Very nice work !!!

gg

 

[g_man]

I cut a trailer load of firewood today. Removing junk and ill-formed trees. Ground is too soft for skidding in my book so I used the L3010 "forwarder".

gg

 

[Siesta Sundance]

I got back to the task of removing top soil for the new driveway this afternoon. It was the MX's turn to work, and the box blade in combination with draft control is doing a good job, until the box blade hits a rock or rocks that is. As expected I've found some big ones.

I've been pulling the box blade uphill and watching the bubble levels on the QH in an attempt to cut a level driveway (left to right). Once I get down to powdered/crushed rock I'll be done, and then it's time for gravel. No road fabric is needed since there's nothing to heave or give way. If a meteorite the size of a house hit my property it would just bounce and land in the next county!! None of my driveways or parking areas have road fabric. That's one of the few benefits of living just a few inches above bedrock.

Everything has dried out so it's as dusty as can be, and as much as I like cabbed tractors, it's at these times that I really like a cabbed tractor. It wouldn't be any fun doing this work with an open station.

The EA Wicked Toothbar is going a great job too, and a whole lot better than the factory smooth cutting edge on the M6060 bucket. I get that the bolt on smooth edge is to prevent the bucket edge from wearing, but with the EA toothbar I get the excellent digging ability with bucket protection.

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Nice.


Dusty??? Really, lol the 50hr service is a 10hr service here with filters, the dust is that bad.

 

[McMXi]

Nice.


Dusty??? Really, lol the 50hr service is a 10hr service here with filters, the dust is that bad.

When I was dumping bucket loads of dirt on the dirt pile I lost sight of the mountain in the distance for a few seconds. That's dusty to me! Don't forget that we're just coming out of five months of winter during which the only stuff blowing around is snow, so my idea of dusty might be a little warped.

But I will be blowing out the outer air filters on both tractors prior to using them again. I know they'll be holding a fair amount of dust, by NW Montana standards at least.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

When I was dumping bucket loads of dirt on the dirt pile I lost sight of the mountain in the distance for a few seconds. That's dusty to me! Don't forget that we're just coming out of five months of winter during which the only stuff blowing around is snow, so my idea of dusty might be a little warped.

A 10 hour service here on the air filter is blowing out 1/2lb of soil, lol. The news reported in the past 4 years were down almost 60 inches in rainfall. The yearly rainfall is less than 28in.

 

[dirtydeed]

I just want to know where it all goes. Over the years I probably had 30 tones tail gated here. It just like disappears lol

To keep it from disappearing, there's another step to the process...

my little buddy was the inspector...

add a layer of #3's, then finish with millings or modified (crusher run).

 

[biketopia]

To keep it from disappearing, there's another step to the process...

my little buddy was the inspector...

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add a layer of #3's, then finish with millings or modified (crusher run).

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That looks great, I'm wanting to do similar.

 

[RCW]

To keep it from disappearing, there's another step to the process...

my little buddy was the inspector...

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add a layer of #3's, then finish with millings or modified (crusher run).

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Absolutely that looks great.

My driveway was 50 years old when we bought the house.

Had a spring that would pop up occasionally. Real mess.

I haven’t put fabric down, but have improved drainage, grade, etc.

Stone lasts longer, but the way @dirtydeed has it is the best way to go.