What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

RCW

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Can you tell I burn oil. Here is my winter stash.
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Mike - I haven’t checked recently, but guessing HHO and kerosene are $5.50 or so? Highest I recall is $4.09 in 2008. Both are common here. I have an oil boiler for backup.

Thinking a lot of people are going to get a very poor surprise in September and October.

Natural gas access is limited. Pretty rural.
 

RCW

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RCW, I essentially did the same thing. I confirmed the winter contract price and quantity of propane. ;)
Wise choice, Len.

Sometimes I notice KC-area weather on the Weather Channel. You guys get 4 seasons more than I thought. Winter heating is important.

Here, we have 2 seasons: Winter and the 4th of July....... ;) (Just kidding, of course. Old-timer friend always said that)

Tughill Tom is the same - but he gets 10-15 FEET more snow than we do.....

That's no joke. They get lots of snow 100 miles up NYS Route 12......❄❄

Might be speaking out-of-school, but I think the Tug Hill is considered snowmobile capitol of the northeast. Draw folks from many states. Big business up there.
 
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fruitcakesa

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Used the M to haul the dozer out of the woods after the starter quit on it.
It was a tough slog for the tractor with a combination of pulling from the front and then driving around behind and pushing with the boxblade from the rear of the dozer.
The M would spin its wheels on the uphills when pulling so pushing was the way for them.
Now I got to sort out the dozer.:confused:
 
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jyoutz

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Did my 50 hour service at 56 hours today. Everything went smoothly, except the hydro filters were incredibly tight. I had to really bear down to loosen them. Then due to my fumble fingers, I lost about a quart of SUDT. But I had a gallon jug ready, so no problem. I was very surprised to see just a very minor amount of metal dust on the hydro filter magnets. A good rainy day accomplishment.
 
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Very nice looking old tractor.
Thanks.
I had all the metal parts on the tractor and blower blasted and powder coated a couple of years ago. Also repainted the hood and installed new decals and non-slip pads on the foot rest areas.
I scrubbed the cab panels which brightened them up a lot.
Even though it's over 30 years old, I only have ~1100 hours on it, so it's barely broken in.
 
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leveraddict

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Mike - I haven’t checked recently, but guessing HHO and kerosene are $5.50 or so? Highest I recall is $4.09 in 2008. Both are common here. I have an oil boiler for backup.

Thinking a lot of people are going to get a very poor surprise in September and October.

Natural gas access is limited. Pretty rural.
Not knocking burning pellets I have considered it myself! Just paid $3.99 for oil! My delivery guy said the highest he saw this year was 5.19 a gallon! My new boiler sips fuel! So glad I installed a new boiler last year! Propane was 2.88 but I dont think it lasts as long as oil does. I cant remember how much pellets my neighbor said he burned in a year but I remember it was more than twice the amount of coal I used when i used to burn coal. He also complained about the quality of the pellets he purchased last year. I played with wood, then coal, now I just like to push the thermostat!
 

Jsjac

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I worked on the driveway Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
I removed the high spot between the tire tracks and put down some stone dust
 

NCL4701

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Been working mostly on cleanup, clean out, and rearranging for the past month and a half since Dad passed. Two unoccupied houses, one of which our adult son is planning to make use of in the next few months so that’s deferred some of the routine tasks.

Today started with swapping several pieces of furniture and setting a couple aside for donation. Most were manageable except the lift chair. I wasn’t excited about my wife and I taking that thing down these stairs. Waiting on son next weekend when he’s in town or calling in a favor with a friend… I guess I’m just impatient.

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So… One forklift and one solid top plastic pallet from the shed later, the L handled stair duties and carrying the stuff the short distance between houses. (No, that’s not the lift chair, but I already had the forklift out so no reason to not use it.)
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The stairs at the other house were much less daunting but still much easier to wrangle the heavy stuff onto a furniture dolly and roll it in. This is the lift chair. Looks benign but that meek facade hides a lift mechanism that puts total weight around 175lb.
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In the afternoon changed configuration for mowing amongst the trees in the front field and orchard areas. ROPS down and loader off.
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That area was mowed once, maybe twice earlier in the year so it needed mowing but wasn’t too bad. We see it constantly so wife was happy to see it done.
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On the other hand, sewer line was last mowed I think in January; not sure exactly. Stuff was getting so high driving the Mule, or even tractor, through it was pretty much driving blind it was so thick and high in some places. Loader back on, ROPS up, and seatbelt on for this mess. I prefer using the loader as a cow catcher when mowing stuff that could hide a 36” log, a boulder that rolled down from above, and small herd of deer.
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This area is a good example of what I didn’t like when we rode down to check on the place in the afternoon. Can you see the 30” high manhole riser or the 60” neon pole and flag marking it? Neither can I and running into it with a vehicle of any sort is simply unacceptable.
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Last row and back to the house.
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johnjk

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Used the B3200 FEL to help install a new retractable awning on the back of the house. Got it within a foot of the mounts and made installation a snap. Didn’t think about pictures till it was installed and the B back in the garage
 

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ken erickson

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Spent a couple hours yesterday mowing my trails, possibly for the last time this year, and mowing an area for a future wildlife pond dig.

Having run the 6 foot Landpride cutter on the L2501 for a season now I can say I am extremely happy with how the tractor handles it. Plenty of cool season grasses along with 3 to 4 foot tall golden rod and mares tail in the new pond area. I cut in medium range without a drop in pto rpm's or feeling like I did not have the HP to get the job done.

The pictures of the pond dig area are deceiving in that its much more bowl shaped than it appears. This pond project will be about 4 times the surface area than my first one. I will still have to either truck in clay or go with sodium bentonite. The sodium bentonite that I used on the first pond was a great success.

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Shekkie

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Finished up the cart for my chipper. Dismantled stall wood (2x6 tongue and groove) and 300 pound each steel wheel casters (cheap at $9 per). Now I just gotta finish 4 more.

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Also put a .50 cal ammo can in place of the factory toolbox. Now I can fit my heavy chain, a few tools and extra pins/clips/bungees. I had to sacrifice the slow moving triangle but it is worth it.

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Old_Paint

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Aren't you in LA? I see one in Vancleave and another in Lucedale, MS. You may also look at NW Florida.
Central, just south of B'ham, in fact less than 20 miles from the geographical center of the state.

None seem to be near, or what I call near. Grew up in LA, not too far from Waynesboro/Lucedale/Meridian. Went to school at 'Bama, moved to B'ham after that. Been in this area for 40 years now, not including a brief 3 year stint in Western Kentucky.
 

BXHoosier

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Yesterday, I used the BX to move some dirt to fill in around my steps landing. Luckily, the rain held off until after I was done.
The path to the left of the landing will be reworked and moved to connect to the landing.

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Russell King

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Thanks much. Found a few ‘nearby’ sawyers. Will take a closer look on the PC and make a few calls. Might try Faceplant marketplace too. Few are any closer than you are, so might not be cost effective to get em sawn. Shame, cause both the ones that need to come down immediately are at least 24” at the stump and 60’ tall. I have several others that I should probably cull as well because they’re beetle targets with lightning and wind damage. Just don’t want to put em down and create a bigger problem than I already have. There’s probably enough for all the rough lumber I need for the lean-to and then some.
If you don’t find what you are looking for you may find a smaller mill that can saw for you if you can get it to them.

Or invest in some chainsaw milling equipment and saw them with s rip chain and longest bar your chain saw can drive. Somewhat slow but your time is “free” and can be fit into your own schedule.

Granberg is one brand that comes to mind

It is good for shed boards and nearly like finished lumber if you don’t rush.
 
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