Loader Max shuttle 28

[RDrancher]

Ok did as you suggested "Come to think of it, is there any way you can get above the vertical wall and use the weight of the tractor on the bucket edge to break it off?" This method worked great!!!

Glad it worked out for you. :thumbsup:

 

[Scaper]

Do you know anyone with a good tiller that you can use on your tractor? When I have to do work like you stated I first till the area deep enough to backfill with crush and run or 57 stone and a load of stone dust to set it up right. You the can use the loader to remove the clay and either back fill around the area or dispose of it somewhere else on the property. Scaper

 

[sdef]

My tractor as configured weighs ~ 7500 pounds, has 45 HP and a 710# rollover box blade. My heavy clay, rocky soil is not hardly touched by the box blade unless I break it up first with the scarifiers. Same thing goes for the bucket with a tooth bar added.

 

[drajj5]

Do you know anyone with a good tiller that you can use on your tractor? When I have to do work like you stated I first till the area deep enough to backfill with crush and run or 57 stone and a load of stone dust to set it up right. You the can use the loader to remove the clay and either back fill around the area or dispose of it somewhere else on the property. Scaper

Scaper- I do know someone who has a tiller, he should let me borrow it. I have a lot of work ahead still to do on the future "RV/Boat/tractor carport " area. I want to create plenty of room now so in 5 years I could make a short wooden lean-too off of one side next to the Pre-fab jobber that will be installed there. The wooden lean-to would house the fourweeler and lawnmower with various gardening tools. The floor will be done as you stated, 57 followed by crush and run....Plenty of spots that I could dispose of dirt all over the property. I am trying to do this thing right - and right now the funds are in from 'Uncle Sam'. burning a hole in my pocket

 

[drajj5]

My Box Blade has scarifiers too- 5 of them. They do a wonderful job of breaking the clay up. I have 57 gravel spread for my driveway and most, if not all of the crush and run somehow disappears after it is spread (1 to 2 years). In those summer days when it is hot and dry, my box blade bounces on the road like a toy. Ground here is like yours "hard as heck". Makes me feel better knowing that even with a BIG tractor such as yours has difficulty in this type of soil. I know that it is tough to work and when wet is like greased snot, But when you get that 'finished' result it stays for a long time.

 

[sdef]

... I know that it is tough to work and when wet is like greased snot, But when you get that 'finished' result it stays for a long time.

Funny. Greased snot is accurate for mine also. My property has been very wet since I started working it in early January and I am unable to use the tractor to its fullest since I am constantly spinning all 4 tires whenever I place any kind of load on the FEL.

 

[Gittyup]

The right amount of moisture content can make it easier or harder to dig too. You want it moist, but not muddy. And yes, a loader is not a bulldozer. Loaders are meant to load not dig. Under ideal conditions you can have some success. Other times, just futile.

Pushing from the top works if you are trying to soften the edge. Might also try a middle buster, or trenching attachment. Pretty cheap and with a few passes will have it broken up pretty deep.