Russell King
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L185F, Modern Ag Competitor 4’ shredder, Rhino tiller, rear dirt scoop
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Thanks. Will look into it tomorrow. Cuts ok with circular saw, jig saw? Assuming I'd use neoprene gasket screws same as used for metal roofing. Need to keep it light as I'll be able to pick up with forks and move from time to time. When tank is nearly empty that is.
I want one but it's just too expensive for something I wouldn't use regularly. However my brother has a grapple I could borrow once I get 3rd function installed and that would be fine for bigger jobs. But the forks work too, it's better than nothing at all.
Russell King
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L185F, Modern Ag Competitor 4’ shredder, Rhino tiller, rear dirt scoop
Here’s about all I know about the polycarbonate
It stays clearer longer
I see it installed in metal buildings instead of the fiberglass panels.
I assume they drill holes in it and use the same screws as the metal. I am not sure if I would use a self drilling screw or not. I would test that on a scrap piece or ask someone who knows first.
They are supposed to be strong enough to walk on.
You can also get flat sheets and use trim edges to hold them together/down to make them more watertight.
You can use them vertically also for the walls.
The colors are something I have not seen before but they appear to be translucent instead of opaque.
It stays clearer longer
I see it installed in metal buildings instead of the fiberglass panels.
I assume they drill holes in it and use the same screws as the metal. I am not sure if I would use a self drilling screw or not. I would test that on a scrap piece or ask someone who knows first.
They are supposed to be strong enough to walk on.
You can also get flat sheets and use trim edges to hold them together/down to make them more watertight.
You can use them vertically also for the walls.
The colors are something I have not seen before but they appear to be translucent instead of opaque.
Thank you sir! Sounds like just the right stuff for my needs. I want to reduce weather exposure to tank but need to keep it light so I can move it as needed.
dirtydeed
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B2650 BH77, U27-4R2, BX23TLBM, box blade, rear blade, flail mower, Stump Grinder
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Grand L3560 with LA805 loader, EA 55" Wicked Grapple, SBX72 BB, LP 1272 mower
Worked on the road entrance to the barns with some of the millings we received.
We got two more truck loads of milling as they worked to finish up the project and was grinding the connecting streets.
Poly is great stuff. Used on my patio cover in '99. Lasted until I had to have my roof replaced in 2016 when a hail storm messed up my roof. Went back with the same poly, white in color, gives shade and yet lets enough light to keep my wife's plants happy. Used same type of self taping neoprene washered screws both times, never a problem.
Haven’t done much with the LX lately. Last outing I put on the subsoiler and yanked more roots out where we had 11 trees cut last year. Also moved a little compost from the big piles out back to entice the grass to grow quicker while it’s getting so much free water. Last heavy rain showed me that the drainage I put in the gravel parking area aint quite enough to keep up with a 1 inch per hour rainfall. Not sure if it’s the 4 inch peril pipe or the 4 inch drain that isn’t big enough. So currently planning to add another 4 inch perf across the area and join both to a 6 inch drain (meaning I have to dig up the 4 inch and redo the cut across the driveway to handle the larger pipe and then add a collector for the branches in the gravel. Also need to relocate a drain across the front of the shed. Existing on keeps getting covered with silt and the water keeps getting in the shed. I rodded the original about a month ago wit a sewer snake and then blew it out with a hose with 140PSI pressure on it. That lasted about 3 rain events and was stopped up again. I need to wash the gravel and put the silt back in the low spots and washes. Sure wish I had a PTO powered trommel to get that done.
I usually cut the back (rough) part of my yard with a Swisher Raptor 24 that Ive had for 20 years. I’m getting a bit long in the tooth because that thing is like wrestling a 400 pound bear, and I usually wind up bruised from my armpits to my knees where the handlebars get me or from it slapping me upside the trees. I weigh 165, and the mower is right at 450, so it always wins the physical contests. Looking for recommendations on whether to get a flail or an RC. I think I would like a flail more because I have a lot of trees and something that doesn’t stick way out behind the LX would be a bit more maneuverable than a 5 foot RC. It would also give a finer cut, and if equipped with hammers, should handle any of the deadfall that is so much a part of a wooded lot. Anyone got both, and is my thought process valid regarding the maneuvering on track? Comments welcome. I’ve done my homework, and know that a 48” Flail is about all the LX2610SU will handle with 19 HP at the PTO. Not as big as I want, but still twice the size of the Raptor 24, and should be a lot better for mulching the deadfall. Only working about 2 acres, so don’t need anything enormous anyway. I talked to a dealer who tried real hard to sell me a Lane Shark in a 3 foot wide flavor. If I was working with thicker brush, I might consider it, but I’m more interested in the mulching capability of a flail. I don’t want to have to clean up what I just finished cutting under the trees. Am I on the right track with my thinking?
I usually cut the back (rough) part of my yard with a Swisher Raptor 24 that Ive had for 20 years. I’m getting a bit long in the tooth because that thing is like wrestling a 400 pound bear, and I usually wind up bruised from my armpits to my knees where the handlebars get me or from it slapping me upside the trees. I weigh 165, and the mower is right at 450, so it always wins the physical contests. Looking for recommendations on whether to get a flail or an RC. I think I would like a flail more because I have a lot of trees and something that doesn’t stick way out behind the LX would be a bit more maneuverable than a 5 foot RC. It would also give a finer cut, and if equipped with hammers, should handle any of the deadfall that is so much a part of a wooded lot. Anyone got both, and is my thought process valid regarding the maneuvering on track? Comments welcome. I’ve done my homework, and know that a 48” Flail is about all the LX2610SU will handle with 19 HP at the PTO. Not as big as I want, but still twice the size of the Raptor 24, and should be a lot better for mulching the deadfall. Only working about 2 acres, so don’t need anything enormous anyway. I talked to a dealer who tried real hard to sell me a Lane Shark in a 3 foot wide flavor. If I was working with thicker brush, I might consider it, but I’m more interested in the mulching capability of a flail. I don’t want to have to clean up what I just finished cutting under the trees. Am I on the right track with my thinking?
You shouldn’t be due for filters and oil for the HST or hydraulics until 400H.
Maybe black cherry where you live is different, but Ive never been able to get it to burn without a lot of other wood with. It will simply go out if there isn’t something that burns a lot better wit it. It makes an absolutely white ash, and very little ash, doesn’t make much heat at all. Far better used as trim/decorative wood. Gorgeous wood grain with just a clear finish.
Gotta agree. Even a light duty grapple was a life changing thing. I did as much brush grubbing and clearing in an afternoon as I did in the previous 5 years by hand. My only regret with the grapple was not getting it a lot sooner.
Compared the doing it by hand, the forks still work and it's better than nothing at all.
Absolutely. I had my LX2610SU nearly two years before I bought the grapple. I had some bolt on forks and off course the bucket for short stuff and a stump bucket to dig out anything I couldn’t pull out. But the grapple was life changing , really. It was a lot better for clawing out roots and picking up debris and managing it all into large composting piles.
I had to put the grapple and pallet forks away, so while I had the tractor going, I move 4 40# bags of salt from the wife's truck to the basement (over head door in the basement). Beats carrying them down the stairs.
My first post. My first kubota, bx23s, did first oil change, who the hell puts those filters on. I crushed that thing to the point I thought it was going to come apart on me. Think they put it on hand tight plus 10 turns.
...and then they paint over the oil filters to really seal it to the tractor!!!