ejb11235
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BX23S, Braber BBR4G 4'BB & LRM5G 5' rake, Redline 48" rock bucket, PFL1242
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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I also love my m18 grease gun. I used to grease 2 15ft batwing mowers every morning with a hand grease gun, one mower had 20 plus nipples the other had 32 and the cv joint took 30-40 pumps just itself and I said no more to that. electric grease guns are awesome for sure
RCW
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BX2360, FEL, MMM, BX2750D snowblower. 1953 Minneapolis Moline ZAU
I doubt it would have caught fire in the truck, but who wants to tempt it.
Good thing you guys caught it.
We’ve had many barn fires due to wet hay. Had silos catch fire, and they’re difficult to put out.
Had time’s silos would burn for weeks or months
this afternoon in between storms and some go go juice, I got a chance to try skidding/grappling some logs. All I can say is I made this pile all by my onesie in a just a few hours…got nothing to do with me, that grapple and skidding implement is a very lethal/productive combo on the MX. I’d say it’s easily better than two helpers maybe. For logs I think I prefer the twin lids on the grapple, but I sure miss my clamshell when time to rake up after the logs out the way.
It’s storming now so I’m going to top myself off with some go go juice and the big girl is going to get a bath.
It’s storming now so I’m going to top myself off with some go go juice and the big girl is going to get a bath.
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Maybe so, my posts don't have the bumps on them. Worked well if it is backwards. I'll try it the other way next time I use it..
Mowed and blew out the belt area when I was finished. Just a bit of crap under the covers...
NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
We added about 3.4 acres to our place early last year in a trade with a developer who really, really needed about 10sf of our place to run sewer for his new development. It came with an abandoned well, a half collapsed barn, a garage rotted due to holes in the roof, and a rotten chicken coop. Given some time, I could have knocked them down, piled them up, and… then the real issue. In my more and more urban county, debris such as this can’t be burned or buried. Only thing you can legally do with it is haul it to one of the two dumps that accept construction debris. They’re both on the other side of the county, I don’t have a dump truck or a CDL, and contracting it out was more than I wanted to pay. (I didn’t end up paying for it, but the developer who did said it cost them $16k.)
Considered paying a well company to properly close the well and leave the buildings to rot. But then a different developer wanted a slope easement on a corner of our property down in a hole where I’d have to build a bridge to access without crossing someone else’s property. Figure they remove derelict buildings and close abandoned wells all the time, so maybe that would be a good trade.
Barn before…
John Deere 160P 20 ton excavator with thumb, Kubota SVL 95 with grapple and bucket, two dump trucks, and 4 driver/operators took one full day to remove the barn, garage, chicken coop, and well house. The guy running the excavator was amazingly surgical. Minimal collateral damage.
Barn after.
They haven’t closed the wells yet, but the excavator is still here so I guess they aren’t done yet.
Removal of the barn revealed about a dozen good size rocks. We have an unnatural dearth of rocks here so that was a nice bonus. While the contractor wasn’t on site picked up 3 light grapple loads of various size rocks. All were dirt covered so it was kind of nice to be able to pressure wash them starting with the top with loader low, then cleaning the under side by just raising the loader. Yes, I stayed out from under the loader. The pressure washer wand is at least 3’ long so no reason to walk under the loader. Could have hauled more in each load, but one layer and a little separation kept them easy to wash.
Considered paying a well company to properly close the well and leave the buildings to rot. But then a different developer wanted a slope easement on a corner of our property down in a hole where I’d have to build a bridge to access without crossing someone else’s property. Figure they remove derelict buildings and close abandoned wells all the time, so maybe that would be a good trade.
Barn before…
John Deere 160P 20 ton excavator with thumb, Kubota SVL 95 with grapple and bucket, two dump trucks, and 4 driver/operators took one full day to remove the barn, garage, chicken coop, and well house. The guy running the excavator was amazingly surgical. Minimal collateral damage.
Barn after.
Removal of the barn revealed about a dozen good size rocks. We have an unnatural dearth of rocks here so that was a nice bonus. While the contractor wasn’t on site picked up 3 light grapple loads of various size rocks. All were dirt covered so it was kind of nice to be able to pressure wash them starting with the top with loader low, then cleaning the under side by just raising the loader. Yes, I stayed out from under the loader. The pressure washer wand is at least 3’ long so no reason to walk under the loader. Could have hauled more in each load, but one layer and a little separation kept them easy to wash.
Sounds like you made a great trade. Most of the time it's too dry to burn unless it's early spring or late fall. Depends on whats beside me for a crop.
Buildings are typically a no go unless the fire department does it. Usually a donation to the dept get it done. Or, wait until til Halloween
NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
Would have donated to FD for a controlled burn if they weren’t buried in trees we very much want to keep for a sight barrier between us and the developments.Sounds like you made a great trade. Most of the time it's too dry to burn unless it's early spring or late fall. Depends on whats beside me for a crop.
Buildings are typically a no go unless the fire department does it. Usually a donation to the dept get it done. Or, wait until til Halloween
dirtydeed
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Happy 119th birthday to my very favorite person. I miss you Mutti.
Pic taken in 2006 when she was 99 three months before her 100th.
Pic taken in 2006 when she was 99 three months before her 100th.
Had 2 trees fall, almost hit the house. One with 24" trunk dia close to the rootball, which pulled out of the ground. First tree hit second tree breaking 1st tree in half then 2nd tree split just above the ground and fell, but rested on a 3rd tree over the house. God's Grace.
Been cutting trunks and moving them to splitting area with the grapple, and pulled the bead on the front right tire on the tractor... twice in two days. A little frustrating.
Been cutting trunks and moving them to splitting area with the grapple, and pulled the bead on the front right tire on the tractor... twice in two days. A little frustrating.
You're going to a nice pile of wood when you're done. Do you burn wood in the house?
Finally finished my shed pad. If we ever get a day without wind I'll start putting it together.
Nothing. Waiting for the creek to go back in its banks again. Been a tad damp here in this part of PA.
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Russell King
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Chanceywd
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That was my thought seeing the amber light and stuff on the dash.
That is how they are on the rural routes around here anyways.
Bill
Bought some weights for my 1880. Only took over a year To find some not jacked up on price. 250 lb total. After seeing a post about weights on a weight bar, been looking. Was never fond of the ballast box sticking out the back.
All I did with the BX today was haul some leaf mulch up to the pad in front of the garage and run it through a leaf shredder to make it smaller for plant mutch. Not much, but for me a really was a really big help.
So I fixed the popped front tire bead, second time in 2 days. Spent 30 minutes just cleaning mud out of the bead area.
Found out the tire, or wheel, or valve stem... has a leak. It looses about 1 PSI every 5 minutes or so. I can't find any fault in the tire.... no screws or nails in it, etc.
It's getting late now, but tomorrow its more soapy water for leak detective work.
Found out the tire, or wheel, or valve stem... has a leak. It looses about 1 PSI every 5 minutes or so. I can't find any fault in the tire.... no screws or nails in it, etc.
It's getting late now, but tomorrow its more soapy water for leak detective work.