What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[mdhughes]

Continued "firewooding." Loving the forks on the L6060.

I see that you have pallets under the cages, what is the reason for them?

 

[Gaspasser]

I see that you have pallets under the cages, what is the reason for them?

Ground muddy, uneven, heaped up and full of roots and rocks after winter timber clearing. Trying to keep the cages somewhat clean and with some air circulation under them for better drying. Will level a pad and place stone or weed barrier under them eventually. Also easier to pick them up with forks if they are elevated

 

[NCL4701]

All the pool stuff from yesterday was dry, so got it all boxed up and ready to stow until next season.

We had a pair of old wells on the property we picked up from a developer in a land swap a few years ago. A little side deal with another developer obligated them to remove the derelict buildings and properly close the wells. They removed the buildings about a month ago. Finally got the inspections and permits in place to close the wells. One was an old brick lined hand dug well from the 1800’s that had been updated with a 24” concrete casing. The other was newer but still a shallow 24” well at 45’ just like the older one. They were both appropriately covered to be in a state of “temporarily out of service” where we could have left them forever per the county. But with the developments giving us hundreds of new neighbors, I ain’t up for starring in “Baby Jessica Part 2”, so we wanted them closed. I was quite impressed the concrete truck driver crammed his OshKosh into little more than tractor path to get to the wells to fill them with concrete.

The contractor was planning to come back to clean up the resulting busted old concrete and brick, then grade it out to something reasonable. Told them to skip the cleanup because I could use the scrap masonry for fill in some of the mud holes on our trails. They told me there were some chunks buried in the dirt piles too big for two men, much less one, but it didn’t take much convincing to talk them into taking off a couple hours early on a sunny Friday afternoon.

They were right. There were some chunks of concrete and brick wall I couldn’t have moved by myself. Nothing that challenged the grapple on the L, though. Made a pile at the other end of the road (about a half mile north) for use later.

After picking out the big pieces, switched to the bucket and started grading things back out. Wife came home from a trip to town and we had some stuff to work on together to prep for a meeting tomorrow morning so final cleanup will have to wait for another day.

 

[mdhughes]

installed the block heater that I had bought some time back.

I took the loader off the tractor to make it easier to get to the engine block.

I drain the coolant form the radiator and block. It was easier said than done, the drain value is plastic, and I thought I was going to break it. But I got it opened, and the coolant drained.

The next thing is to get the freeze plug out. I used a punch to spin the plug in the hole and was able to pull it out with a pair of pliers.

Cleaned the opening up before installing the adapter.

Put Loctite on the adapter as called for in the instructions and inserted it in the hole. I used a 2″x4″ to hammer the adapter in the hole until the adapter was flush with the inside edge of the hole.

Put Teflon tape around the threads on the block heater and screwed it into the adapter. I used a socket and ratchet to tighten the block heater in the adapter.

Filled the radiator back up with the coolant and checked for leaks. I hadn’t gotten the drain valve closed all the way and it was leaking just a little.

 

[g_man]

All the pool stuff from yesterday was dry, so got it all boxed up and ready to stow until next season. View attachment 161362
We had a pair of old wells on the property we picked up from a developer in a land swap a few years ago. A little side deal with another developer obligated them to remove the derelict buildings and properly close the wells. They removed the buildings about a month ago. Finally got the inspections and permits in place to close the wells. One was an old brick lined hand dug well from the 1800’s that had been updated with a 24” concrete casing. The other was newer but still a shallow 24” well at 45’ just like the older one. They were both appropriately covered to be in a state of “temporarily out of service” where we could have left them forever per the county. But with the developments giving us hundreds of new neighbors, I ain’t up for starring in “Baby Jessica Part 2”, so we wanted them closed. I was quite impressed the concrete truck driver crammed his OshKosh into little more than tractor path to get to the wells to fill them with concrete.
View attachment 161367 The contractor was planning to come back to clean up the resulting busted old concrete and brick, then grade it out to something reasonable. Told them to skip the cleanup because I could use the scrap masonry for fill in some of the mud holes on our trails. They told me there were some chunks buried in the dirt piles too big for two men, much less one, but it didn’t take much convincing to talk them into taking off a couple hours early on a sunny Friday afternoon.
View attachment 161368 View attachment 161369 View attachment 161370 They were right. There were some chunks of concrete and brick wall I couldn’t have moved by myself. Nothing that challenged the grapple on the L, though. Made a pile at the other end of the road (about a half mile north) for use later.

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After picking out the big pieces, switched to the bucket and started grading things back out. Wife came home from a trip to town and we had some stuff to work on together to prep for a meeting tomorrow morning so final cleanup will have to wait for another day.

Why did you fill the old wells with concrete instead of dirt or gravel ?

gg

 

[BBFarmer]

I got something one of y'all COULD do on your kubota today.........

Come push all this crap into a pile for me since i'm still tractorless LOL...... Trimmings from 73 of my ole girls. It added up quick, gonna have to do some burning later this week.



Only got a few more HUNDRED to go though, so no biggie LOL

And now I'm hoping someone wasn't yankin my chain at the dealer the other day.

An hour ago I got an email from the claims rep at KTAC.

They have requested photos and estimates 3 times now from the dealer with no response. He's asking me if they even came and got the tractor yet since there's been no response.

I told him this was mostly concerning since she's been gone since the 7th. And I was told they were supposedly only waiting on the grill and some trim. Uh oh!

Not a good feeling at the moment. He's advised me not to call or go up there YET, since i informed him I would when i get out later today. I may or may not honor that.

I definitely don't want to rush anybody or come off disrespectful but I really, REALLY need her back soon. I'm getting quite behind on the farm maintenance and as of yesterday found out I will most likely be heading out to a CDL school in less than possibly 3 weeks, and i could be gone for as long as 6 weeks.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Started to grind off the paint of my brand new Kubota three point hitch. All sharp corners and plenty weld splatter brought me to the conclusion that this is where the rust will start. Thanks to inferior packaging of the seller there was a lot of paint damaged already, so I may as well respray everything properly. Have all edges and corners rounded nicely for good paint coverage. Rest of the paint will be ground off tomorrow.

 

[NCL4701]

Why did you fill the old wells with concrete instead of dirt or gravel ?

gg

According to the well inspector who sifted the permits, we could have used clean clay, gravel, or concrete.

Clay was the most labor intensive as it had to be installed in 5’ compacted lifts and material most expensive because it had to be sifted “clean” clay. He said he was fine with clay but he’d never seen anyone use it in the 30 years he’d been working in our county.

The well service that did the closing quoted less for concrete because, if they could get a concrete truck to it, it’s much easier to aim the truck’s discharge chute down the hole and let it fly. They use rock for sites where they can’t get a concrete truck but can bring in rock one loader bucket at a time. Concrete and rock material cost are about the same here right now. We weren’t paying for it, so of course the cheapest option was chosen.