whadja do today?

[DR. P. Proteus]

I bet the hydraulic valve is stuck in the return position on the splitter. Makes it kinda hard to start. I fell for that once when I first got mine. Lol

That's what it was. I just brought it back and changed the motor oil.

Anyway:
Back to business as usual - being retarded by rain.

 

[treeman75]

whole side of the tree removal (prob 30 to 40k) done with a whole tree chipper, giant chip box full of chips, dingo 2 huge loads of oak logs into dump trailer and disposed of, 2 heaping loads in 7x12 foot trailer dumped of rakings alone,...no further damage of landscape plants in an ornate garden or further lawn damage...all holes in lawn repaired and filled with topsoil, seed and straw, 2 stumps in inner garden area of destroyed small trees delicately ground out by $26k tracked stumper...bucket cut back of a weakened huge limb over the roof. All done in one day where it would have taken a company like (less than)Choice tree Hackery a couple of days to do .

Got it Suzie?

Im thinking ol blakes would of had it cleaned up in half the time with his log loader.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Nice. Winch is key though. I hate having the hoe on mine. Put a pintle on the back of it and you good to go. Oh, and a real set of forks. Happy tractoring Farmer Dan!!

I was curious how you run yours. Don't you always have the winch on? You need something for a counterweight besides a pintle right? A weight box comes with the tractor also.

One of my favorite things to watch is Jared being catapulted off the rear platform of the Dingo. Yeah, I know what that is like!

 

[tree MDS]

Im thinking ol blakes would of had it cleaned up in half the time with his log loader.

That kid has everything figured out. He's like the AS golden boy. If he wasn't such a good dude, it'd be enough to make a surly old underachiever like myself start hating. Lol

 

[tree MDS]

I was curious how you run yours. Don't you always have the winch on? You need something for a counterweight besides a pintle right? A weight box comes with the tractor also.

One of my favorite things to watch is Jared being catapulted off the rear platform of the Dingo. Yeah, I know what that is like!

You're confusing me, good doctor. The pintle is just for moving equipment around. The front does come up when dragging large loads, but not a huge issue. There's also a "lower snatch block" that you can run the cable through. That helps keep the front down. I never use it though. Are the tires filled on yours? That's another biggie.

 

[treevet]

Im thinking ol blakes would of had it cleaned up in half the time with his log loader.

no reachy

 

[tree MDS]

I think there are some kind of weights that you can get for the front of mine, but I think that would just make the rear come up lifting heavy loads with it. I like the way its balanced now.

 

[tree MDS]

no reachy

Lol. A slight snarl from the ninja.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

You're confusing me, good doctor. The pintle is just for moving equipment around. The front does come up when dragging large loads, but not a huge issue. There's also a "lower snatch block" that you can run the cable through. That helps keep the front down. I never use it though. Are the tires filled on yours? That's another biggie.

What I mean is how much weight do I need to keep on the back to be OK lifting logs with the front.

I am not planning on switching out attachments on the 3 point unless its for the mower or I need to get in tighter areas to lift logs with the front. I am planning on pretty much keep the hoe on and getting a thumb for it to feed the chipper.

I will move equipment with the front.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

I think the tires are actually filled, not sure with what but I think more than air. Whatever is in there seems to be fine, the tractor is a few years old, been sitting in a garage most of the time but the tires seem to have the right pressure though I haven't checked.

 

[tree MDS]

What I mean is how much weight do I need to keep on the back to be OK lifting logs with the front.

I am not planning on switching out attachments on the 3 point unless its for the mower or I need to get in tighter areas to lift logs with the front. I am planning on pretty much keep the hoe on and getting a thumb for it to feed the chipper.

I will move equipment with the front.

I think the calcium adds like 1100lbs. The winch is another 450 or so. Get a winch and leave the hoe at home (no pun intended), too cumbersome. Get a real set of forks and feed the chipper with them. That thumb business is just silly.

 

[treevet]

Lol. A slight snarl from the ninja.

lol

 

[treevet]

Lol. A slight snarl from the ninja.

don't you EVER work?

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

lol View attachment 352663

Those guys don't do any work! They just run around in brightly colored hardhats throwing plywood all over the place.

 

[tree MDS]

don't you EVER work?

When I can. Thanks for asking.

 

[treevet]

lol View attachment 352663

scary piece getting picked there...wtf that honker weigh...like 84 lbs.? boooyah

 

[KenJax Tree]

Damn!! Regardless of what it weighs I hope he moved around the other side before that piece came loose.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

I think the calcium adds like 1100lbs. The winch is another 450 or so. Get a winch and leave the hoe at home (no pun intended), too cumbersome. Get a real set of forks and feed the chipper with them. That thumb business is just silly.

Yeah, I wasn't to impressed with all the thumb action I have seen either but my set-up is smaller scale. I could stuff the chipper with the Dingo and forks because the machine could pivot but even doing that was tough. The only thing that pivots on this tractor is the hoe so my plan was to be able to drag lighter branches on the ground with the hoe then pivot them into the chipper.
Its a little 90xp which I usually park close to the work.

 

[tree MDS]

Guy I used to work for back in the day had a 35hp Kubota. When he first got it he had some little welded on thumb dealie made up for the hoe (before hyd. winches), intending to do just what you're thinking. I don't remember much about it, other than the fact that it was completely inefficient, and the winch ended up on it all the time. Not sure I ever saw that hoe again. Lol. Just trying to save you some pain and embarrassment here, doc.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Guy I used to work for back in the day had a 35hp Kubota. When he first got it he had some little welded on thumb dealie made up for the hoe (before hyd. winches), intending to do just what you're thinking. I don't remember much about it, other than the fact that it was completely inefficient, and the winch ended up on it all the time. Not sure I ever saw that hoe again. Lol. Just trying to save you some pain and embarrassment here, doc.

Yeah, the thumb is not exactly a priority. I do have some digging to do with the hoe and some horse farms to mow.