What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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It didn't suck.
If it is going to be cold, might as well snow. Plus I can burn my winter fuel lol.
Gotta go back out in a bit and do another pass.........then get the Honda HSS tracked blower going to do the walkways and dog areas.......... my wife said she would do the decks and rake the roof.....I need to really take my time on the driveway then to "allow" her proper time to complete those tasks otherwise I will also be raking the roof and why would I take that pleasure away from her, right?
Damn, it amazes me what a good husband I am sometimes........lol
NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
We’ve done quite a bit of cleaning up windfallen trees on the trails but I’ve been neglectful in not taking pics. This isn’t the best photo op we had of that job but at least it’s something.
Also, on the way to grappling the bush to a hole in the woods, noticed the ditch by the trail to the dam was silted in a bit and losing water across the road. On the way back, dropped the hydraulic sidelink and cleaned it out. Switched from grapple to bucket and used the stuff from the ditch to get started on filling the hole left by the bush.
All that got my wife and I talking about how long those chores would have taken without the L; if we had hand tools, chainsaw, and a small truck like we did back in the day. She figured about 3 full days for both of us working together. I agreed. With the L, grapple, top/tail, bucket, box scrape… total of 3 and a half hours for me; about an hour for her. Sometimes I still feel a little spoiled using this thing.
Greased up and played with the new EA grapple today. Nothing worth a photo. Lol. Moved a couple logs closer to the burn pile. Basically just to get the grease spread around and air purged from the cylinders. Yes, I did top up the hydro fluid too 
fried1765
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Kubota L48 TLB, Ford 1920 FEL, Ford 8N, SCAG Liberty Z, Gravely Pro.
If you can possibly make it work, consider getting a puppy NOW, while your guy is still alive.
It will likely be benficial for you both.
NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
This might be a bit silly but at least it’s different.
Been cleaning, clearing out, and renovating my father’s house for a few months getting it ready to rent to my son following my father’s passing. This contractor saw was THE last thing to be cleaned. Really hadn’t planned to clean it because I’m leaving it for my son, and after all it’s a table saw and it isn’t rusty or otherwise functionally impaired so why clean it? (First pic is after cleaning.)
This is why clean it. It was a spidery mess underneath. No shade to my father. No telling when he last used it and I’m not planning to clean the bottom side of my table saw when I’m in my 80’s if I make it that far.
I could also see the box he made for catching sawdust was also a mess and needed to come out to clean adequately. I have a similar box in my Delta contractor saw and it’s perfectly legit it needs to be a tight fit to catch as much as possible but I couldn’t figure any way to get it out without flipping the saw on its side and I wasn’t sure the legs would hold up doing that. Could be there’s a Chinese puzzle trick to it that Dad designed in but I was too stupid to figure out. Quite possible since he was a lot smarter than I am. Could be he emptied it with a shop vac and never took it out. While pondering the Chinese puzzle possibilities I was reminded of my Rubik’s cube solution back in the day: messed with it about 10 minutes, rearranged the stickers to “solve” it, and never touched it again.
So… To heck with clever solutions. Say hello to my little friend.
Yeah, I know. Never work under hydraulics. A broom has a long enough handle there was no need to be under there to clean it. And it was a lot better than rolling around on the floor cleaning off spider gunk.
Forked several other things around in the cleaning process today. Still don’t know how people survive without a forklift.
Been cleaning, clearing out, and renovating my father’s house for a few months getting it ready to rent to my son following my father’s passing. This contractor saw was THE last thing to be cleaned. Really hadn’t planned to clean it because I’m leaving it for my son, and after all it’s a table saw and it isn’t rusty or otherwise functionally impaired so why clean it? (First pic is after cleaning.)
This is why clean it. It was a spidery mess underneath. No shade to my father. No telling when he last used it and I’m not planning to clean the bottom side of my table saw when I’m in my 80’s if I make it that far.
I could also see the box he made for catching sawdust was also a mess and needed to come out to clean adequately. I have a similar box in my Delta contractor saw and it’s perfectly legit it needs to be a tight fit to catch as much as possible but I couldn’t figure any way to get it out without flipping the saw on its side and I wasn’t sure the legs would hold up doing that. Could be there’s a Chinese puzzle trick to it that Dad designed in but I was too stupid to figure out. Quite possible since he was a lot smarter than I am. Could be he emptied it with a shop vac and never took it out. While pondering the Chinese puzzle possibilities I was reminded of my Rubik’s cube solution back in the day: messed with it about 10 minutes, rearranged the stickers to “solve” it, and never touched it again.
So… To heck with clever solutions. Say hello to my little friend.
Yeah, I know. Never work under hydraulics. A broom has a long enough handle there was no need to be under there to clean it. And it was a lot better than rolling around on the floor cleaning off spider gunk.
Forked several other things around in the cleaning process today. Still don’t know how people survive without a forklift.
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Tried to take the tractor into the backyard to swap the bucket for the grapple. The weather here has been so wet n mild the yard is too soft to go there. 
We had 4 trees taken down at the edge of the woods yesterday. The deal with the tree guy was he just had to drop them, I would do the cleanup (where is my chipper now? Oh yeah in MA).
Two of them were massive oaks - 3' diameter. I need the grapple to move a lot of small stuff into the woods. Started cutting branches larger than 3" into 30" lengths. I'll bring that up to the top of the driveway for peeps to pickup for firewood.
We had 4 trees taken down at the edge of the woods yesterday. The deal with the tree guy was he just had to drop them, I would do the cleanup (where is my chipper now? Oh yeah in MA).
Two of them were massive oaks - 3' diameter. I need the grapple to move a lot of small stuff into the woods. Started cutting branches larger than 3" into 30" lengths. I'll bring that up to the top of the driveway for peeps to pickup for firewood.
Outnumbered
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Kubota L3901, FEL, BB1260, RCF2060, FDR2572, Forks, 55" Grapple, 5' Tiller .....
I have been taking advantage of the cold wet weather by pulling out old fence lines across the ole farm place. The last of the cattle went out in December. So 70 plus years of fence posts, gates and old barbed wire to the scrapyard. I took over 1500# last week. Have about 12-15 hundred more to go. Glad my tetanus shot is up to date
Getting low on firewood so used the tank to pull the smaller PJ dump trailer up into the woods to get some downed trees. It was a beautiful day Saturday but I ran out of daylight so left the trailer in the trees and finished up yesterday afternoon.
The M6060 and PJ dump trailer are a game changing combination for me. I can leave the MX set up for snow removal and use the M to handle other tasks. Other than the LMTV which is huge, I don't have another vehicle capable of pulling a trailer through 2ft of snow up into the woods.
The M6060 and PJ dump trailer are a game changing combination for me. I can leave the MX set up for snow removal and use the M to handle other tasks. Other than the LMTV which is huge, I don't have another vehicle capable of pulling a trailer through 2ft of snow up into the woods.
Groundhog Day.
While this looks like my post from the other day, I swear it was this morning part way through this latest storm....... 8" of heavy wet crap and we got 90mins of light rain while I was out before swapping back to snow for the rest of the day.
This was my initial cut, always the slowest and toughest with a full blower width......4WD Low with Turfs, no chains, while pulling my rear blade down in an aggressive position for a relatively clean sweep behind me (gravel is semi-frozen).......no slipping......no struggle even with my elevation change. Love this setup.
I "get to" go back out at the end of the day for whatever additional (probably 4-6") of additional heavy crap comes. I will get the carry all with the sand/salt on it out before calling it a night later......
New Englanding.........
While this looks like my post from the other day, I swear it was this morning part way through this latest storm....... 8" of heavy wet crap and we got 90mins of light rain while I was out before swapping back to snow for the rest of the day.
This was my initial cut, always the slowest and toughest with a full blower width......4WD Low with Turfs, no chains, while pulling my rear blade down in an aggressive position for a relatively clean sweep behind me (gravel is semi-frozen).......no slipping......no struggle even with my elevation change. Love this setup.
I "get to" go back out at the end of the day for whatever additional (probably 4-6") of additional heavy crap comes. I will get the carry all with the sand/salt on it out before calling it a night later......
New Englanding.........
All we got was rain in Northeast CT, and since I am laid up, I like it that way. My wife backed out of the garage and went to work, and now the home is as quiet as if no one lives here.
nbryan
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B2650 BH77 LA534 54" ssqa Forks B2782B BB1560 Woods M5-4 MaxxHaul 50039
Yesterday afternoon's last load to skid to the bucking pile. The tamarack forest floor is very rough and gets swampy fast in the spring, and the trail gets narrow, so leave the trailer a hundred yards back up where the trail solidifies and widens so I can pile, cut to length, and load the trailer.
I see what you mean. Sandy beaches always make me think of one of the four Rottweilers I had in Hawaii. She loved hiking and off-roading on the trails in the mountains above this beach. Some might recognize it.
Biker1mike
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B6200, Kubota 2030 Front Blade, King Cutter 60" finishing deck
Just north and west of CT. Mix of ice/snow that turned to slush and then 5-6 inches of heavy snow on top. Lawn and driveway soft and muddy from the recent thaw. Even with the shoes on it was a constant adjusting of the plow to keep the brown stuff from churning up.
I will be blowing gravel for a couple days come spring.
Will be getting a couple hundred pounds of drainage rock from the box store to cover the muddy tips.
ve9aa
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TG1860, BX2380 -backblade, bx2830 snowblower, fel, weight box,pallet forks,etc
I used to go through about 8 cords a year when I was burning wood I switched to Woodbricks several years before I retired just to make life easier. It looks like you go through a lot of firewood too.