TODAYS SEAT TIME

[DingDangKid]

Pics via mobile is a little tricky..

 

[BRMyers]

Dad (MF383) and I (Kubota Grand L3560) went out to the farm and dug a fire pit about 20ft long and 3ft deep. I forgot to take a picture of once we were done, the pile we finished with is about 3 times bigger than the one in the picture.

 

[BRMyers]

Got the wife out on the tractor today. This is her first time using the loader.






I did a little more digging while we had it out.

 

[fried1765]

Years ago my father cut down a big old Norway Maple which was on their front lawn. My mother's getting tired of mowing around it but the estimate to get it ground was $300. I decided to do it myself, bore cutting into the top of the stump, carving it into smaller pieces and eventually breaking it up with wedges, sledge hammer and a chain from the bucket of the L2800.

About halfway through the project I was wishing that I had the old solid bar Homelite XL-12 with manual oiler which I gave away years ago, I believe that it would have been more suited for the job.
I ruined a good chain and probably the bar on my saw, but at the end of the day was able to plant grass seed where the stump had been.

That old XL-12 .....what a saw!
My dad bought one new......maybe 1958?
He died 25 years later, and the XL-12 was still going strong.
I had it (used it a lot) for another 10 years (1993?), until it would not start.
Took it in to be repaired, but would have been too expensive.

I was going to take it to the dump, but decided to put it on E-Bay, as not in working condition.
Sold it for $75!
It was a GREAT old saw!

 

[Molalla1]

That old XL-12 .....what a saw!
My dad bought one new......maybe 1958?
He died 25 years later, and the XL-12 was still going strong.
I had it (used it a lot) for another 10 years (1993?), until it would not start.
Took it in to be repaired, but would have been too expensive.

I was going to take it to the dump, but decided to put it on E-Bay, as not in working condition.
Sold it for $75!
It was a GREAT old saw!

fried . . . I think I would have framed it . . . dad and all . . .

 

[Jstpssng]

That old XL-12 .....what a saw!
My dad bought one new......maybe 1958?
He died 25 years later, and the XL-12 was still going strong.
I had it (used it a lot) for another 10 years (1993?), until it would not start.
Took it in to be repaired, but would have been too expensive.

I was going to take it to the dump, but decided to put it on E-Bay, as not in working condition.
Sold it for $75!
It was a GREAT old saw!

I had two... the first was one which my father bought in the '60s to replace his McCulloch. The second was the one that our elderly neighbor used to cut his firewood. Like a dumb a22 I gave them away when I upgraded to a 254 Husky, because I preferred a saw with a chain brake.

 

[Molalla1]

I had two... the first was one which my father bought in the '60s to replace his McCulloch. The second was the one that our elderly neighbor used to cut his firewood. Like a dumb a22 I gave them away when I upgraded to a 254 Husky, because I preferred a saw with a chain brake.

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[fruitcakesa]

Moving brush from my logging roads with the grapple and a stick jammed up between the front wheel and the hood.
I was able to remove the stick, but when I restarted the engine, it revved up to 1500 rpms and would not go down to idle.
Since I was in thick woods, I decided to drive it out.
I made it to the edge of the woods when it quit.
I got a better look at the engine and saw that the stick had broken the inlet tube on the lift pump
Needless to say, I left the tractor where it was and walked home.
I will be replacing the pump when I determine which of the 3 choices available[based on tractor s/n] will work.
In the meantime, I used the West system epoxy on the broken tube to see if that will hold long enough to get the M home.
Sheesh, I am seriously considering some kind of side cover for the areas of the engine that are exposed to prevent this in the future.
I also want to fab up skid plates for the underside since I had a close call with another stick in that area the other day.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
Brush has probably put more woods tractors out of commission than anything else. I try to keep on my brushed out trails, but it doesn't always work out that way.

 

[daugen]

^^^^
Brush has probably put more woods tractors out of commission than anything else. I try to keep on my brushed out trails, but it doesn't always work out that way.

ah, that huge bang and the wackety wackety wackety sound of something expensive coming apart...