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Never as been an issue with my Ag-Utility Kubota's. I can leave the pto engaged and get off the tractor at will and I use it when I'm running my grain leg as I have to be watchful about how the leg's bin is filling.

Been my experience at the dealership where I work part time is people buy a backhoe and use it once or twice and then it sits. I sincerely hope your tractor has a subframe to distrubute the digging forces but from what I see (by the top link picture, it dont and that can cause rear case failure...

A couple real easy mods will make it run even better. Get rid of the top baffle on the muff but keep the USDA spark arrestor screen and pull the limiter caps and tune it a bit and then replace the caps. Echo from the factory sets them a tad rich.

Where my stump grinder excells. I don't worry about sticking loops in the dirt which dulls them immediately and I'm not about to buy a very expensive carbide tipped chain either Randy, you might want to go to a skip tooth chipper chain that will allow the smaller saw to keep up with the demands.

It is a somewhat dangerous method and you need to have your wits about you, but it's doable if you are careful and have a stout enough tree. As you state, always chain to the drawbar or the lowest point and always below the centerlines of the axles. Bought an ancient Massey diesel at auction...

Whatever you do, lift or not, be sure to lower the load close to the ground as soon as you can. I had that issue a while ago with full pallets of quick crete (2500 pounds) and while I was able to lift them to get them to slide on the trailer deck, once clear of the deck, I quickly dropped them...

Again, whatever... Bottom line is you are financing Peoples Republic of China. Kind of reminds me of Grizzly in a way. Something I try not to do if at all possible.

Had a few larger tractors with stuck dlutches in the past and what I did was fine a substantial tree and nose them up to the trunk, put the gearbox in 3 rd of 4th gear, start it and let the tree unstick it, always hovering over the clutch pedal Non issue now as neither of my Kubota's have dry...

Buy a whip hose for your grease gun and use that.

I don't cut off stumps, I grind them.

I second that comment. You can buy a Stihl for a lot more jack, but the Echo does the same thing for less and it's a Japanese quailty unit. You could always buy a refurbished 'junk' chainsaw from XYZ or whatever his screen name is if you want to go super cheap.

Lets put it this way, you spend your money on what you want and I'll do the same..

Until the battery looses it's poop and then they are all rocks.

Whatever. Keep in mind that the Milwaukee and DeWalt tools are all built in the same Chinese factory, actually the same factory that makes HF cordless tools. My preference is avoid buying Chinese as much as possible actually. I don't consider an air supply hose a 'tether' at all.

My Thor 1/2" drive air impact will run circles around the Milwaukee or the Dewalt (1500 pounds feet breakaway torque) plus it's lighter and costs less. Downside is you need sufficient compressed air to operate it, which I have. My Thor routinely snaps off A325 dome head plow bolts used to...