Recent content by KIBarrister

Warn 12k, snatch block and yanked right out (well, twenty minutes).

And for everyone else waiting on pictures. The rain came through Sunday and fortunately I managed to backfill the spring I dug on Saturday so it didn’t go submarine. In fact it looks like the rain managed to wash out most of the soft stuff. My wife got down today to check on it - I will have...

I’ve gotten stuck lots of times before (and the folks kubota on the farm in my youth). Having the backhoe to let me shimmy has made me get too bold. This time I right truly screwed up

Lots of good suggestions. Fortunately this part of my property is mostly forest so lots to tie off. My winch is now in a hitch mount (traded my 1500 and lost the front mount I had), but I have front hooks and the plan is to tie off the front of the truck. There is no other reliable water on...

Nope, tried and only made it worse- turns out that side of the whole the ground is basically quick sand. The only way out is forward (absent use of much larger machinery). Part of the problem is that backhoe - it is heavy and the part furthest in the hole. To the point it is now resting...

Digging a watering hole for deer (low lying land, water table is just six or so feet down). Going great, hit the water - now to clean up the dug out slop. That’s where the “fun” started. Using the bucket to smooth it out and 1.5’ from the hole was too close, all tires stuck and just a bit of...

I have a LB2105 backhoe on my MT342. I have a LOT of stumps to clear (72 acres woodland and need to clear a couple acres over time). Best I can tell LS does not make a ripper. I can always get the dimensions from my bucket and weld one up, but I have too many things on the fire as it is. I...

Hello from Maryland’s Eastern Shore (one of two parts of the state that doesn’t suck - at least not as much as the Baltimore corridor)! I finally found some hunting land (72 acres) after losing my lease last year, and since it’s mine I can manicure it how I’d like… and eventually work it. That...