Tractoring in the North West

[Sasquatch4100]

Finally settled down and bought a tractor. Have a John Deere 4100 with 150 hrs. It has a 410 loader a number of attachments and just got the rear aux (power beyond) kit from the dealer. I've been doing some grading, mowing and a lot of work with the fel trying to clean up our six acres. Hope to get some info share some ideas and help if I can. I work as an electric lift mechanic during the day so if anyone's got lift questions I can try to help.

 

[Muhammad]

Welcome to TBN.

 

[grsthegreat]

Idaho here myself. welcome.

 

[creekbend]

:tractor::welcome:

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Finally settled down and bought a tractor. Have a John Deere 4100 with 150 hrs. It has a 410 loader a number of attachments and just got the rear aux (power beyond) kit from the dealer. I've been doing some grading, mowing and a lot of work with the fel trying to clean up our six acres. Hope to get some info share some ideas and help if I can. I work as an electric lift mechanic during the day so if anyone's got lift questions I can try to help.

Welcome to the PACNW TBN bunch. I am fairly new my self and having some great times in these forums. I have a lot of diversified background that I try to share with others, my tractor experience is new though. I find common sense, application of basic physics, and basic mechanics gets me a long ways. I will date myself and say I still know how to blue, scrape and hand fit babbit bearings for rotating machinery. When I weigh in on a thread you can be assured I have some experience and maybe a lot on that subject. Our 21 acres, of mostly forest here, is keeping my wife and I young in our retirement. Hoping to be into a logging enterprise shortly if the State of WA doesn't deny our permit ap again. Have a lot of 2nd growth fir around 2' across and a whole lot of alder almost that big. Timber is doing well now, alder is worth more than the fir.

Ron

 

[Sasquatch4100]

Thanks guys! This is a great forum. I look forward to posting some of my projects and other miscellany.

I just picked up a Bobcat T136 trencher from my work that was involved in some kind of flood. (sat in the yard for 2yrs) I think the motor can be saved it's had some water in it. I'll post some pics when i start up again on it. I pulled the head off a few weeks ago. The cyl sleeves will need to be replaced and maybe the head too.

I hear you Seabee, we only have about 1/4 of your acreage and it sure keeps me busy! I need to do lots of grading, rototilling etc. I really really need to get the top and tilt hydros going. It's such a pain and time consuming adjusting the links by hand. Hope your logging thing goes through. I know if the laws were a little more slack for small businesses I'd love to do it for myself, but the liability would kill me.