TODAYS SEAT TIME

[scootr]

80 Sheets is a bunch of weight !
I used to unload jobsite trucks with the 773 BobCat. Lumber and rebar. More than once I drug something off the truck and went to the deck nose first, lol.
Later I was putting plywood lifts on a school roof. Fully extended gradeall machine. Got the lift placed and backed out only to crawl up on the bosses truck. Moron parked behind me and left the truck!. Scared 5 yrs off my life. I'm sure. Be safe

 

[Gordon Gould]

I used my skid steer mixer today. It’s kinda expensive for something that doesn’t get used much but it’s a huge back saver. This wall was about 5 ft high and I was able to dump it right in the top. Shoveling 84 bags that high would have really sucked. View attachment 768792View attachment 768793View attachment 768794

How many bags per mix do get in that? If it were me I would say it paid for it self right there.

gg

 

[aeblank]

I used my skid steer mixer today.

That's sweet.

We welded a ssqa plate to the legs of an old mixer. Small generator on the counterweight and an extension cord.

Works well for the small things we use it on, but not that nice! Wish I had a pic.

 

[4570Man]

How many bags per mix do get in that? If it were me I would say it paid for it self right there.

gg

I can mix around 1000 pounds at a time although it works better with a couple bags less.

 

[SmallChange]

I just got rid of an oak. It's always been in the way, and this year it died. I chainsawed it off about 5' off the ground, where it was about 5 inches in diameter -- I have plans for that lever! Then I dug around some of the roots on the surface and cut them with a reciprocating saw (I buy nice long large tooth blades maybe a dozen at a time), but didn't get any deeper than maybe three inches. Now for the tractor! I started pushing it back and forth with the FEL bucket, at the top of my 5' lever, and heard some deep and satisfying cracking noises. I left it leaning, with some big root stubs showing above the surface, and then scraped it up by the root stubs. I couldn't lift it by hand, so I pushed and tumbled it onto the brush pile. Finally I scraped the loose dirt over the wound, making a bit of a mound, and wheel rolled it into submission. No burning, no waiting for chemicals, no stump grinder, done in about 3 hours (and I'm not fast).

I've been wanting my chance at that thing...

 

[Engineer42]

I just got rid of an oak. It's always been in the way, and this year it died. I chainsawed it off about 5' off the ground, where it was about 5 inches in diameter -- I have plans for that lever! Then I dug around some of the roots on the surface and cut them with a reciprocating saw (I buy nice long large tooth blades maybe a dozen at a time), but didn't get any deeper than maybe three inches. Now for the tractor! I started pushing it back and forth with the FEL bucket, at the top of my 5' lever, and heard some deep and satisfying cracking noises. I left it leaning, with some big root stubs showing above the surface, and then scraped it up by the root stubs. I couldn't lift it by hand, so I pushed and tumbled it onto the brush pile. Finally I scraped the loose dirt over the wound, making a bit of a mound, and wheel rolled it into submission. No burning, no waiting for chemicals, no stump grinder, done in about 3 hours (and I'm not fast).

I've been wanting my chance at that thing...

I had one like that this spring.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My seat time was, loading another log on the BSM,

It going to be sitting there a while, as it's deer season right now...

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

No seat time for me until I buy a new battery. About all that I can do right now is sit on the seat and go "Vroom, Vroom!"
This one is seven years old so I can't complain though... if it got above freezing I could still use it.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

No seat time for me until I buy a new battery. About all that I can do right now is sit on the seat and go "Vroom, Vroom!"
This one is seven years old so I can't complain though... if it got above freezing I could still use it.

I only put new batts in tractors that I absolutely have to get going when I get on it, after that, they get "hand me downs", and in the cold, I put a batt. tender on them.

With a tender, they take off like new, and once started the tractor starts easily the rest of the day.

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

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[Jstpssng]

I only put new batts in tractors that I absolutely have to get going when I get on it, after that, they get "hand me downs", and in the cold, I put a batt. tender on them.

With a tender, they take off like new, and once started the tractor starts easily the rest of the day.

SR

I was going to put the one in from my pickup but that's only 470 CCA and my tractor OEM is 570. It's the only one that I use, so not like I'm to maintain several the way that you are.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Anymore it's a crap shoot when you buy a batt., I buy group 31's and they are out of sight on price and don't seem to last as long as they use to. I tried several from auto parts stores and even though they were cheaper, I wasn't satisfied with them.

This last time I bought an Interstate as in the past they have lasted the longest for me, so we will see how this one does.

SR

 

[Xfaxman]

AGM batteries are what I buy now.

Even have an AGM Deep Cycle in the Living Quarters Horse Trailer.

 

[SmallChange]

About all that I can do right now is sit on the seat and go "Vroom, Vroom!"
This one is seven years old so I can't complain

Are you saying the battery is seven years old? Or the loose nut behind the wheel is seven years old?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

AGM batteries are what I buy now.

Even have an AGM Deep Cycle in the Living Quarters Horse Trailer.

I bought an AGM batt., I got 2 years out of it...

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

Are you saying the battery is seven years old? Or the loose nut behind the wheel is seven years old?

I’ve been here for longer than seven years so must be taking about the battery.

Some might say that the nut behind the wheel acts like a 7 year old though, so there is that…

 

[Molalla1]

No seat time for me until I buy a new battery. About all that I can do right now is sit on the seat and go "Vroom, Vroom!"
This one is seven years old so I can't complain though... if it got above freezing I could still use it.

Funny you say that I just had to replace a battery on my smallest tractor (30 hp), I couldn't believe the price of batteries now . . . but I can't complain myself it lasted 11 years, although I had to jump it a few times this last year.

 

[Jstpssng]

Funny you say that I just had to replace a battery on my smallest tractor (30 hp), I couldn't believe the price of batteries now . . . but I can't complain myself it lasted 11 years, although I had to jump it a few times this last year.

$192 for a NAPA battery. They said they expect them to go up another $30 next year.

 

[Molalla1]

$192 for a NAPA battery. They said they expect them to go up another $30 next year.

Exactly where I purchased my battery . . . it was $170 something and change.

 

[Molalla1]

Exactly where I purchased my battery . . . it was $170 something and change.

My NAPA gives a h*ll of a discount to vets.