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Ultrarunner, Do you have a gmail account that does not have 2FA ( two factor authentication ) enabled? Log into that account and then open https://www.google.com/android/find/?login You will be presented with list of android phones associated with you and a map of where the phone last...

Joe1, Have a look at the currently running related post 3 pt. auger/post hole digger Specifically Post #41 where I attach a graph detailing hydraulic flow and pressure and corresponding torque and auger spin rate for the McMillen X1475 SSQA hydraulic auger

Petdoc, I had good look at highly magnified lower pic of post #65 and both pics of post #1 and conclude that your right hand hub/ axle failure was a single dramatic event, likely overloading, due to Kubota's improper weld at axle to flange joint. Both post #1 pics show a annular brown band...

I see the shoe is now on the other foot. An interesting trip down memory lane

Carl_NH, That is why I attached the chart detailing flow and psi. One needs both in the proper quantities to do work.

I don't know much about Kioti so can't speak to what pressures the hydraulics are run at. The M59 hydraulics run 2800-3000 psi ( if memory is correct ) and the KX 80 runs at 4000 and 4500 psi on different circuits. The higher pressures are why the KX 80 will out dig and out lift the M59 even...

Thanks for up date and pics. Looked at enlarged pic of the "old" hub and see annular series of pits but no cracks. Are the cracks you see radial or annular? If the overloading were equally distributed across both front wheels, I would expect to see significant cracking in this hub, but I...

Joe1, First impression. a big NO. What your not stating is type of auger. Hydraulic or 3 pt? Second impression. There is no way at 21 pto hp that your going to move clay on a 18 inch dia hole regardless of auger drive type. My auger preference is hydraulic mounted on FEL via SSQA so you can...

EddieWalker is spot on with his point of not buying too small and you should be looking in the 50+ hp range given your stated projects and objectives. I personally started with a 60 hp machine, the used low hour Kubota M59 TLB with 230 hours, and later bought a 24 hp Mahindra Max 24 for the...

To answer for Blueknife Loader- you have that since you indicate you have SSQA. SSQA- excellent. check that off list to run hydraulic auger off FEL Remotes- You will need a set of hydraulic couplers at end of loader arm, typically flat faced coupler also known as skid steer couplers, to run the...

Kids in CT would takes dad's plow truck out during the winter and would break off most of the mail box posts on one side of the street. I replaced post and added a 9 foot lolly column ( steel tube filled with concrete) on either side of the post with 4 feet buried in the frozen ground. Amazing...

Your point about hot fluid is model specific. My Kubota M59 has 3 hydraulic pumps so the flow through the FEL accessory circuit is part of the same flow the FEL would normally see and no heating is discernible when using the SSQA attached hydraulic auger. The SSQA mounted auger has 3 big...

It gets worse than your reply, although your reply points out a significant deficiency in teeter totter similarity. The teeter totter is for all intents is a nearly rigid system unless you were to place two extremely heavy loads on teeter totter ends at which point bowing would occur in the...

There is a simple solution to see the actual static load on the front end of the tractor however is requires money and effort. Once the "heavy" load is in place then jack up tractor's front end so each of the front wheels are off the ground and place a unyielding metal plate ( 1/2" steel ) onto...

3 pt. augers only turn in one direction so they can get bound up while in the hole whereas hydraulically driven augers on skid steer or tractor, via SSQA, can be reversed when bound up and can be backed out. Lots of comments in different threads about having to dig a bound up 3 pt auger out...

Looking at this another way. What is the cost for a 4 inch thick concrete slab at 9 feet wide based on concrete material only. If your going to excavate 12 inches to build a base for the plastic grid, why not excavate 8 inches and put in 4 inch gravel base and then add 4 inch wire reinforced...

So many questions, I have, and so few answers. 1 Pictures on web site site are new installation. What does it look like after one year, two year, 5 years, etc? 2 What is the base these snap together plastic things get placed onto and what is cost to build that base? 3 I would expect any dirt...

You don't indicate the number of footing, their dia and depth. This is important in choosing an auger and how it is to powered. Regardless of the above, I suggest you rent a skid steer and the appropriate sized auger and extension suitable for the concrete footings onto which you place the...

Even if the manufacturer provides a written limit for front axle load how are you going to know when you have reached it given the mounting points of the FEL and their relationship to load transmission to both front and back end of the machine. That is exactly why, after Kubota America's...

Petdoc, Your going to need more data than what you mentioned because the loader arms and piston attachment points are between the front and rear axles. You've entered the arena of FEA/ Finite Element Analysis as it applies to structures. Way beyond the conversation on TBN. As an aside, I...

Been there and done that BUT only penetrated the saw carrying case before remembering where the saw was. Keep the saw carrying case with the grapple teeth holes in it as a reminder. Stuff in the grapple is out of sight when carrying grapple low or as I did, got occupied with where I was going...

rScotty, The voice of experience.

This is a very common problem for parents who are taking care of their parent with alzheimers, who will get up in middle of the night and wander out of the house and am unable to tell whomever they encounter where home is. Investigate tracking and monitoring for alzheimers patients.

Mahindra or more correctly Mahindra Group is Indian multinational conglomerate with hands in many different industries so I was confused when you indicated Mitsubishi had acquired Mahindra. https://www.mahindra.com/our-businesses

Please provide more details on length and depth of drain to be buried along with nature of soil ( rocky, sandy, clay? ) and whether flat or on slope. What is the thickness and height of the proposed retaining the wall and what is the grade like beside driveway that requires a retaining wall...

Thanks for info. Based on the link, it appears Mitsubishi has contracted or formed a relationship with Mahindra Group to produce tractors on its behalf and is not buyout of Mahindra by Mitsubishi. This would explain why the Max 24's engine is from Mitsubishi while the rest of the tractor is...

Not an E-M-F but one that existed on both sides of the pond and bodied by Brewster. I'm curious as to your other experiences with pre war marques.

As a Mahindra max 24 owner, I'm aware of the Mitsubishi engine in the tractor but was not aware that Mitsubishi had acquired Mahindra and am unable to find any documentation of the aquisition. Do you have information regarding Mitsubishi's acquisition of Mahindra?

My second car was a Dodge Polara, 383 cubic inches with dual quad cross ram induction, with 3 speed push button automatic located to left of steering wheel on the dashboard. Most recently a 3 speed no syncromesh manual and cone clutch made from leather on a 4000 pound car. Max engine rpm is...

My first car was a hand me down Subaru DL with all of 83 cubic inches. A 4 speed manual with cable that connected the clutch pedal to the throw out yoke. Cables lasted about 60K miles and would break. Drove home more than once using no clutch. As I was arriving at light, where traffic...

There is also a similar show in Jan in Lebanon, PA called Cabin Fever where hundreds of machinists, engineers and others who bring their working steam, electric, kerosene, gasoline, etc driven models to show. An absolutely amazing array of engines and toys from 1/50 to 1/2 scale. Someone had a...

Sigarms, First, excellent forum ID from someone who owns many 936s. One for each vehicle. FICO score/ credit rating scores have some serious problems and your increasing decreasing FICO score based on percentage of credit usage, albeit fully paid off each credit cycle, is a major identified...

Absolutely agree an automatic is the cats meow when plowing or towing so long as one uses them wisely. Having plowed heavy wet snow in CT using a Ford 350 superduty with 2 tons of sand in the bed to provide enough traction to keep truck from pivoting around the angled blade. Have pictures of...

Most of what people call automatics in today's cars are not the automatic transmissions, containing a torque converter, that many of grew up with. The "new" automated manual transmissions, not the CVT stuff, uses dual clutches, gears and hydraulic actuators to actuate the clutches while engaging...

Please elaborate on your manual vehicles without synchromesh. I have several of the "pre war" cars with straight cut brass gears and cone clutches and am always interested in what else has been saved and loved.

25 years ago the manual transmissions were capable of supporting the torque output from the engines of the times BUT some had pretty stiff pedals to depress the clutch plate and you were lucky if you got 100K miles out of a friction plate. I'm thinking that's why my left knee gives me...

Clicking or lights mean you have enough voltage and current to the starter solenoid ( clicking) or to the lights but insufficient current flow to the starter or starter has failed. Most likely issues in order of ease of testing/ resolving. Verify battery "good" by load testing as this is...

Alcohol, in sufficient concentration, is also corrosive to brass. Don't know its effect on valve stems as I've never run it in tires.

My conclusion, based upon reviewing Bio-Ballast SDS, is based on the freeze point depression due to dissolved solids is likely sugar since undissolved solids have very little effect on freeze point depression and the flash point is very similar in both SDSs. Corn waste makes sense since its...

Bio-ballast is very likely another sugar based concentrate based on the SDS at your provided link. SDS flash point ( decomposition point ) for sugar is 365'F per Bio-ballast SDS is ">375'F" and pure sugar degrades at 365'F or 185'C per Crystal Sugar SDS. Bio-ballast SDS...

I realize this thread is 10 years old and a final outcome was never posted, so here goes. Based on my experience with towing a 26' 14K Lb rated flat bed loaded to within 500 Lbs of rated weight and pulling thru mountains of NC and KY, I have no issue with wheels getting too hot to touch. Warm...

About 5 years ago I had local Kubota dealer add top n tilt plus swing to the M59. Absolutely love it. The ability to manage the box blade and power rake while sitting in operators seat is huge improvement over manual adjusting the 3pt linkage. Your productivity will increase by a least an...

Rebeldad1, Those ratings you specify are very diameter and temperature dependent. As the dia gets bigger the ratings, especially the pressure ratings, drop. The following link is to temperature derating for CPVC. If you see 120'F, a hot day, in an enclosed space the CPVC gets derated to 0.65...

Hay Dude is spot on. READ THE OPERATOR's MANUAL. Mine comes in two parts. The truck and specific one for the Duramax diesel I own a 2016 GMC Sierra 3500 dually with now 150K miles and its currently 6 degrees when wind chill is added. It runs as well now as it did 8 years ago and its does...

Marty889, Sorry for not responding sooner. Weather in NC is abnormally cold and wind chill is brutal even for someone who grew up in New England and likes to go skiing when every one else flees from the slopes due to the cold. You can ski faster when the slopes are clear of obstacles. :D I...

Marty889, You mention you have 4 different tractor dealers to choose from. Was machine cost the deciding factor or were there other factors that made Mahindra the preferred choice?

Couple comments from someone who used to plow snow in CT using an 8' plow ( 800 Lb ) on Ford F350 4x4 Super Duty ( 6000 Lb). Plow width, when angled, and tractor width are important since you don't want to be running tractor wheels on one side in unplowed snow BUT the wider the plow the more...

I'd have to see the lease with all the fine print before I'd call it a good deal. If lease is $299 a month + unknown amount for tax + unknown amount for insurance and limit of 200 machine hours per year and give it back with no strings attached then min cost is approx. $7,600 or min per hour...

My dear wife okayed purchase of new KX-080-5 to clean up property in NC and provide relief and recovery for the neighbors, many who lost everything after Hurricane Helene. My appreciation to 4570man for his input on excavators. Had some pretty big land slides with largest being 1700 yards that...

Orahov, Impressive. So your either a financials guy or an engineer. Both love building spreadsheets to get the hard facts into one place. However, I would provide the following cautions and comments as a owner of both several Kubotas and one Mahindra. Your spreadsheet does not capture...

Looks like you have several options for posts. The bolting to exposed rock is an option but limestone is relatively soft stone so side loading such as a gate may cause anchor failure but use in a straight fence line would work well. Have you considered smaller diameter posts such as iron "T"...

What size and shape ( dia or x by y dimension) posts are you trying to plant and how deep do you go before you hit the TN blue stone? Rock augers are available and work very well in the softer stone or ground littered with hard stone. I prefer running the hydraulic driven auger off the SSQA...

Thought I'd share this interesting 3PH implement. What possibly could go wrong????

rice_harvester, Please pardon me but I'm thinking your asking the wrong question. What I don't see is what you want to accomplish and what is the best machine for the job. The best machine, once you have detailed your objectives may not be an excavator. Also, there is not much difference in...

I'll try to respond as I understand your questions. Keep in mind my experience is Kubota and Mahindra. I will not buy another Mahindra as my experience with the Max 24 TLB has soured my opinion of the brand. Its a low cost tractor that suffers in too many areas to appeal to mass market solely...

I'm agreeing with mikester, buy the OEM kit since most of the top-n-tilt kit is the valves and the handles that are R side at your elbow. The only part that is not valves or handles is the two hydraulic cylinders that replace 2 links. Your likely to spend far more time ( yeah that is a cost )...

I love my local black bears because they usually find and dig out the ground hornets/ yellow jackets and feast on the grubs. I just look for smashed down grass and dirt piles when mowing and pay special attention when I see those signs. Occasionally the bears can't dig deep enough and I come...

Ok, thanks but I was looking for info on what brands of 15 hp excavators you were considering BUT bottom line still no since a 15 hp machine does not weight enough to lift a ditching bucket of any size much less a loaded ditching bucket. Add the assembly for tilt for approx another 50 pounds...

NO based on the information you have provided in your question.

I cant add much to the topic other than the following You have 4 acres and probably 150 tree stumps plus another 150 after cutting the last of needed trees. What I haven't heard is how many of those tree stumps must come out out since the future house or other construction ( yard ) need to...

Please provide some estimate of the amount of "stuff" you need or want to get rid of and keep under future control and also how much time you want to spend now and into the future. I personally use the backhoe with thumb and pluck out everything up to 6" dia. but you have other choices such as...

I think the operator left something behind. How do you explain this to the boss? All credit to https://www.yahoo.com/news/truck-bed-slams-highway-sign-184734353.html

Not to deviate from original thread, but the top n tilt was bought after acquiring the box blade and then a 72" wide power rake ( Harley rake) and I got really tired and annoyed with having to constantly get off tractor to adjust something on 3 pt. The finished jobs look so much nicer and take...

TWD, I can't help with who makes a good box blade since I bought mine from EA years before they went out of business. I purchased a Severe XTreme Box Blade Category I & II V2.0, 96” wide so I can grade the entire driveway width in one pass and blade path cleans a width wider than my dualie. I...

TWD Did you buy the machine new or used? How many hours are on your machine and how many hours since ALL 3 hydraulic filters and hydraulic fluid replaced? Has anybody added or "fixed" a leaking hose or connection anywhere in the hydraulic system and possibly contaminated system with dirt...

Kudos to Smokeydog for his mention of KX to SSQA adapter in another thread. Here is what he provided info on. https://www.skidsteerattachmentdepot.com/product/kubota-kx040-excavator-to-skid-steer-quick-attach-loader-adapter/ Hope the above helps

Okay, I'll dive in. Patents are a two edged sword. A patent gives the user exclusive right to produce and sell the patented process, idea, product, etc. BUT in return the patent must be so descriptive as to allow a reasonably capable person to reproduce the patented article once the exclusive...

Walter63, Have a look at USA Attachments. That is where I purchased my M59 to KX series quick attach coupler, giving me access to the KX tool line ( new and used) which is far more extensive and less expensive than the M59/M62 specific quick coupler and bucket only choices. I have found them...

Ahhh, the reminiscing continues. Good times. My garage is dug into a dirt bank on two sides with lower edge of roof about level with top of bank and about 4 feet from bank. Black bear decided the buzzing it heard in the eaves from the soccer ball sized yellow jacket nest sounded like dinner...

I'm of the opinion the bolts are much cheaper than teeth so I'd want the head on the bottom, in the recess, and the nut on top with some extra thread proud of the nut. Then I'd peen over the threads to permanently lock that nut onto the bolt. Either way, if excess threads beyond nut, are up or...

Some people are lucky and others have to do it the hard way. When I upgraded the M59 backhoe with custom quick attach to use the KX excavator attachments, I ended up with the hard way. Always lubricated every grease nipple on machine every 8 work hours with molly grease but the pin attaching...

rScotty, Not as rare as you might think. Smokeydog has suffered similar front end tire deflation events with his M59. Lesson learned so I will find the highest load index within the 10 ply tire offerings ( load range E ) and use bolt in brass valve stems AND now have a spare mounted tire so I...

I'll partially disagree with DarkBlack in that the tractor has two centers of rotation. Front axle and back axle. If large load ahead of front axle then any weight behind the front axle acts as a counter balance. The further back the weight is behind the front axle the greater the lever...

Rear tires loaded with Rim Guard. Machine came that way when I bought it out of PA with 230 hours on it. The Backhoe with KX series excavator buckets or 9 foot box blade provide back end weight. Machine scales with hoe and 6 ft root rake at 10,693 per multiple passes across different scales.

Not one to argue with answer directly from Kubota customer service, but I thought the front axle max load was a bit light in their response since each wheel, at 4140 Lbs, can almost fully load the front axle with max rated load of 4410 Lbs. The M59 loader max lift is 3968 Lbs at pivot pin so...

Kubota Customer Satisfaction just replied back to my email to them from earlier today so I'm posting it for those with the M59 machine. Here is their contact info if you want to go that route https://www.kubotausa.com/contact Then choose “Send us your question” My Q to them: Please provide...

rScotty, Thanks for reply. I had a front tire dismount while picking up a large rock with grapple. Severely biased rock to grapple's R side and R tire valve blew out of rim before I traveled with rock. Before I buy 2 new tires, I want to know wheel rim load rating rating and front axle load...

Does anyone here have information on front axle load rating for M59 TLB? My local TN dealer just shrugs and says they don't know. Messicks is going to call Kubota technical rep for an answer but nothing so far. Ive looked over operator and Workshop manual and found no info on front axle rating...

Smokeydog, Looks like you have been busy. Been away from TBN for last couple weeks, clearing son's property and installing fence with tools insufficient for the job. Do you have any concern with USA's implement weight for the BX hoe?

4570Man, I see, what appears to be a manual valve, that can be turned to direct hydraulic flow to the thumb or to an attachment plugged into the coupler. Is there an equivalent valve on the opposite side of the stick? Do you have any thoughts/ feedback to these valves and their location on...

rScotty, I am currently looking at what is involved with being able to couple up attachments in "reverse". The custom quick attach coupler is a standard KX 040 coupler with "custom" pin bosses to fit the M59 and the coupler does not change the leverage arms so the "custom" coupler is not less...

Williy, Well this thread took a hard right into left field. I wonder if Ford has been making the propane conversions for UPS and possibly FedEx and the engine in your video is the extension of those lessons learned. Lets take this thread in a totally new direction.:D

Here is my Taiwanese Proform 66490 filter cutter I bought in 2020. It came with spare cut off wheel. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CP8DFW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Here is Chinese less expensive now available knock off...

tomplum, I do have a filter cutter and have posted several times about the nine Honda CRV filters I cut open in 2020. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/please-tell-me-this-is-not-the-way-oil-filters-are-made.461283/page-13#post-6468849 I stop trusting the commercials and hype and...

Thanks. The info is appreciated. The KX040 ripper I have on my M59 will dig 21" deep at which point the ripper mount plate is also into the ground. I'm curious to hear how your ripper performs against various types of trees and their stumps. Your 303 and my M59 have very similar bucket curl...

5030, Everyone has their preferred way to get rid of organic material. Like Smokeydog, I have so many valleys, nooks, and crannies that I don't bother chipping, burning, or cutting anything up. Depending on the exit path width, the whole tree gets dumped. Many times cut tree into 12-14 ft...

Dakota_male, It must be nice to have heavy steel just laying about. What thickness did you use for ripper blade? MIG or stick for welding? How long did you make ripper ( dig depth before hitting reinforcement at coupler)? What is bucket curl force? Trying to compare how your 303 compares...

I S854, I can't help with the relatives but I can provide feedback on the HF rolling magnetic "broom". I have acquired 5 of them over time since they work so well indoors and out. They work fairly well on gravel as long as you drag them and not push them ( tends to dig in). Also work fairly...

Contact your local utility company. They frequently have piles of damaged posts ( hit by vehicle, damaged by weather/high wind) and want to dispose of them at little to no cost. You will have to deal with random lengths. Best time to ask is just after nasty weather that caused many people to...

bdhsfz6, I am going to politely disagree that a hydraulic thumb is "only slightly more useful for moving rock" unless your talking about moving rock from one location to another some distance away. A hydraulic thumb allows me to keep the pressure on whatever I have grabbed ( rocks, logs...

smokewagon, I am not fond of hypotheticals. Is this a real event or are you just flying the flag to see if people solute it?? If real then what, in dollar terms, constitutes a "significant" increase. What was the agreed to price before hypothetical increase?

Stuckmotor, Have you considered two of the $125 HF lawn mower lifts ( one each end ) for significantly less money than the $600 for motor cycle lift https://www.harborfreight.com/automotive/lifts-cranes-stands/motorcycle-atv-mower-lifts/mower/300-lb-atvlawn-mower-lift-61523.html No need to...

Vigo327, A different pic for your viewing pleasure. I modified the M59 to accept attachments that fit the Kubota mini excavator (including KX121, KX040,KX71,KX91,KX033, U35 ) so I could buy and use all the many different quick attach attachments ( buckets, ripper, rakes, SSQA plate, Post Hole...

4570Man, Post #4 was very much a tongue in cheek comment. If I want to pull small trees ( less than 6") or shrubs just grab with thumb and pull up and out. Eeeezy Peeezy and so much fun to do. I'm curious where did you buy ripper. Mine came from USA Attachments. They have then in stock for...

Vigo327, Like this? Playing around earlier this year.

Must be all that nuclear waste someone's dumping in Indiana to make thorns like that. If anything like what you have in your hand showed up on my property, I would get out the flame thrower and burn it in place after calling the fire dept.

Is that from a Locust? I have locust in NC and thorns might get 2-3" long. What kind of diabolical plant makes that thorn?

I need one of those stump buckets for digging these out.

I have never seen 11" long thorns on a Locust tree. Please post a pic of these amazing thorns.

MossRoad, Easy or not, if the local public service agency ( Fire, Medical, Police, Municipal dept for road maintenance) gets involved because a property owner complains and the public service considers it a problem then the heel digger in gets the attention of the police dept. I had a...

bdhsf26, The HOA and ROW are two separate and distinct items. Concentrate on the ROW documentation to solve your narrowing of the ROW. Since the ROW is documented and recorded at county courthouse then NO property owner, within the subdivision map, may erect anything within the ROW, held in...

Sigarms, Everything in life is a gamble, your education, your job, your marriage, buying a home, having children, your investments, etc, etc, etc. The more effort one puts into educating ones-self the better the gamble ( choices that are made ). Education is one of the highest return gambles...

HP942, As far as the home owners increase goes, blame multiple factors: Inflation(High), cost of building and building materials( Crazy high), sky rocketing house prices(Ludicrous), and depending on where your insurer does business, the attempt to recover for incurred losses. I shop the...

No experience with any of the pre-mixed 2 stroke fuels. I can't justify spending crazy money for stuff I mix myself from 87 octane that contains alcohol and Echo 2 cycle oil. I had a MS290 chainsaw powerhead fail ( seized ) after 20-30 hours run time and Stihl warranteed and immediately gave...

This is always an alternative. :LOL:

william... Couple options come to mind short of disassembly. 1 Thread the existing piece, still attached, and then add a threaded coupler and a short section of threaded rod 2 Weld an extension onto existing piece and then thread it . Both are less intrusive and don't require opening up a...

Plant em in the ground. Makes good fertilizer.

RSKY, A frustrating and sad situation. My wife's aunt had a clause in her Will intending to deter any conflict in settling her small estate ( less than $400K) that specifically stated any party who contests any portion of the will is immediately removed from the Will. As with all legal...

MossRoad, Very good points about lawyer being appointed in Will and that all lawyers are not equal in skill or ethics. I too have seen the spectrum in all aspects of life. Closed on some property where counsel to the seller made a serious math error in calculating who bears what costs and...

RSKY, A lawyer is not required for Probate of the will, however, depending upon the family dynamics or complexity or quantity ( dollars or variety ) of assets held by the deceased, a lawyer may be beneficial in the Probate process. Always best when family is able to amicably settle an estate...

Sigarms, Bottom line. A really good Estate Law attorney is worth their weight in Rhodium ( currently $12,000 per troy ounce ). Absolutely agree that Trusts are great tools. Trusts avoid probate entirely since they have a designated trustee already in place to act on your behalf. Trusts are...

Sigarms, I would be careful with using only a Trust instead of a Will and Trust(s). A will is a catchall document that describes to the probate court what the various estate holdings are and might ever be and how to transfer the holdings in any of a number of events including incapacitation...

turbo36, You are right to question Snobdds generic statement. Every person has their unique financial position, however there are some rules of thumb, which I abide by, in the big picture investment universe. Absent all other invest able options, the S&P is a good go to for investment without...

Please help me understand why you consider the drawbar length to be important as the only important specification for a tractor drawbar is that it should be mounted substantially below ( ideally at lowest possible point ) the center line of the rear axle to prevent the tractor from rotating...

Mountainbuck, Cut as most people would by notching close to the ground, at point below the barber poling, at point ninety degrees from point tree is currently leaning. Back cut and tree will fall over on its side.

SO? Not familiar with that shorthand.

How did you get yourself out of the soup? My brother who is into 4x4 has several vehicles including a dual rear axle unimog. Big boys and their big toys.

nybirdman, Perhaps your posts, or at least the concrete surrounding the posts were above the frost line. Northern NY in a cold winter with ground clear of snow possibly/ probably freezes to 3-4 feet. I know one year in lower NH the ground froze to 6-8 feet on open field, free of snow, and we...

Smokeydog, If my memory serves, the M59 has 3 modes for driving wheels. Unlocked, where I believe a single rear wheel is driven. Locking of front and back, where both front wheels are driven with a standard differential between front wheels and the existing rear wheel is engaged. Locked and...

Please ship me 528 pieces at 10 feet per piece of oil field pipe to NC. No need to dig a hole, just drive them in. ;)

Sea2summit, You make me feel like I am back in grade school and math teacher saying " You must show your work otherwise I will mark it wrong". Interesting notation. 😁

Streetcar, Sika's web site provides the following guidance on lifespan. https://retail.usa.sika.com/en/support/specialty/what-lifespan-sikar-postfixr-fence-post-mix The "it will last for several years of service" response it not something I find acceptable. "Several" is a number greater than...

Streetcar, Several huge differences in what the power company is probably using for urethane foam and what guys walking into the local hardware are going to be able to purchase. I spent 20+ years in advanced elastomers and there are many grades of urethane for many different applications. I...

Ahhh, fun times with new toy.

Yeah, polyurethane foam. Thats what I thought but I wanted to see what Learning2tractor responded with. That crap don't last since polyurethane breaks don't with moisture and UV and becomes brittle in about 2 years. Then someone taps your fence post and it falls over. I'm a compacted soil or...

Learning2Tractor, Diagonal on 4x4" post is 5.65" so add a min of 1 inch to each side of diagonal for 7.65". Bore a minimium hole size of 8". Augers come in 8" & 10" Never heard of foam. What is foam?

4570Man, Are you involved with the future race track in Cumberland County?

Mikester, Agree with your point on cost per root with M59, but I don't do commercial and retired at fairly young age so seat time on M59 keeps me out of wife's hair. I am looking at adding KX 80 or equivalent and D3 dozer to the stable when quality at reasonable price presents itself. This...

jigs_n_fixtures, I must say you are a glutton for punishment. De-rocking an acre. WOW. I have to ask. Why?

MossRoad, The numbers you wrote down don't lie. For any annuity, absent the contractual language, I would have to receive at least the long run average ( 10-20 years) of the S&P return BEFORE I even considered reviewing an annuities terms and costs. One must also consider the annuity...

Very interesting shape. Perhaps this is where impregnating with resin to stabilize it ( thinking vacuum bagging to get resin into nooks and crannies) would be appropriate.

Some of the Porsches, with single center hub nut on wheel are torqued to 850 foot pounds. Torque wrench is 5 feet long and thousands of dollars. If you want to play with toys you have to be willing to pay.

An S2000, excellent fun car. Also like the spalted wood sitting on bench on left side of pic.

I was wondering when you would arrive to this conversation. Dig that stump out yet? ;)

PreacherM, I am going to politely disagree with advice to consider a 40 hp tractor. As my bio clearly indicates I own both a 60 hp ( M59 TLB ) and a 24 hp ( Mahindra Max TLB ), I would never consider attempting to move "350 ton of stone. total property is 1 acre of open land. i am looking to...

I LOVE a little sarcasm mixed with EXCELLENT advice!!

Williy, Left hand threaded fasteners are not that unusual. The bolt holding mower blades to spindle are typically left hand thread and require proper torque to prevent blade loss. Tossing a spinning blade could cause real damage/ injury. I always torque the mower blade after removal for...

This is why an annuity, any annuity, is not something I can justify for myself and for most people. Bottom line is an annuity is someone else is taking your money, investing it, and then giving you a guaranteed pittance every month. Plugging $100K into the following Schwab annuity (Income...

If you get a match then wonderful BUT always always ALWAYS max out the 401K and any other pre tax investment vehicle since that is one less dollar that Uncle Sam gets to tax. Sometimes, if you are lucky, socking money away into pre tax vehicle can move you into lower Fed tax bracket. Double...

Yeah, 385 requires special transport permit and training, can only be moved on specific days and between certain hours.

Maybe time to upgrade to 100K Lb machine or get a root ripper for existing. Either way, depending on how heavily populated those stumps are, you are going to be spending lots of time. My friend with 385 figures an acre an hour for stumping. With time somewhat depending on how wet ground is.

The Fed tax bracket of 22% is tipping point for whether to decide to go IRA or Roth IRA. In early income earnig years when making less than $83K then it makes sense to go direct to Roth since tax break is only 12%. Like I said Fun Times. "Progressive" tax code keeps accountants and...

4570Man, Thanks. I see the 320 is 50K pound machine. Twice the KX 80 size. What caused you to buy the larger machine? A D3 is large enough for my grading/ road work and don't intend to stump with it. Also same weight class as KX80 so hauling is simplified. My reason for modifying the M59...

Jstpssng, I presume when you indicate "conventional" account you mean IRA. The IRA vs Roth IRA is a play that depends on several factors including your current and future expected Federal tax bracket. IRA is a pre tax instrument and Roth IRA is a post tax instrument. IRA withdrawals are...

4570Man, I've dug out many stumps with the M59 and this is the worst one I have ever met. The very large and long tap root was hard to get at. Yes, larger machines with greater curling power would make short work of the stump. I don't have my KX80 yet. Missed a very reasonably priced low...

Sigarms, First of all. Excellent member ID. They make high quality tools and stand behind everything they make. I would strongly suggest you interview FEE ONLY investment advisors as they charge a fee for investment advice and never earn a commission by selling a product. They have ONLY...

Agreeing with sea2summit. 350 tons of stone is roughly 250-300 cubic yards which is a lot to move with the smallish ( my estimate of 1/4 yard heaped ) bucket. Plowing requires weight. Wet snow is incredibly heavy and a insufficient weight tractor will either fail to push the snow or the...

4570Man I will compare the M59 to the KX40 which you running. Kubota indicates the M59 has 7600 Lbs of bucket curl force and the KX 40 has 9500 Lbs of force. I spent 2 hours using the KX40 bucket and was unable to break roots at/ close to the stump. Gave up and came back at it with the root...

Just received and installed a root/ frost ripper onto Kubota M59 TLB modified with quick coupler that mates to the Kubota KX excavator series of buckets and tools and was mentioned in earlier thread ( Backhoe - M59 backhoe quick attach) started by Smokeydog. In another thread ( Digging stumps...

Gem99ultra, Some input on K&N at $16.99 vs Fram at $8.99 for Honda CRV filters purchased and cut open in Dec 2020. Based on the use of the Belleville spring used on both makes and the near identical construction and material used, I believe these filters are made by the same manufacturer and...

Guess I'm late to the topic. Orezok's response is absolutely correct.

Richard, Perhaps the below is of interest. These come in 1/2" and 3/8" drive and turn anything into a torque wrench. I have one of each and use them when standard "long arm"/ beam torque wrench won't fit into space such as wheel well when torquing brake caliper holder and for verifying...

Gem99ultra, Please post link to the oil filter comparison if you have it.

Oaktree, Truck rear brake design was very complex BEFORE ABS came on the scene due to truck must behave properly when loaded and unloaded during severe braking. ABS braking improved truck braking performance and significantly simplified the design because ABS monitors each wheel independently...

NoTrespassing, The new cars with traction and stability control actually apply the rear brakes independently according to whatever the cars computer thinks is going to happen and is the reason for the newer cars to consume rear brake pads much faster than one would expect. Example: You go into...

Unhitched, I had a look at the RM 43, which is essentially Glyphosate (43%) and another herbicide, Imazapyr, that acts as pre-emergent herbicide and a wetting agent at $110 per gallon. You might consider straight Glyphosate at $50 per gallon. I use the below on 3/8 mile long driveway and...

Old and Tired, Items 1 and 3 are exactly what my pdfs are. Item 2 is so close that it is equivalent. Thanks a bunch and I hope this helps Unhitched. I frequently save a pdf to hard drive but don't indicate url in the comments for the file. I probably have the urls bookmarked but finding a...

Scott440, Stumping depends on many factors: Type of ground ( clay, rocky, or sand ), Type of tree ( some root shallow and some go deep, some use side roots or tap root or side and tap roots ), machine horsepower and machine weight, and how much time you are willing to invest per stump. For...

I have 3 documents if you are interested. TBN will not allow the attaching of pdfs. DM me if you are interested in: Calibrations, Calculations, Conversions.pdf. associated with mixing herbicides, insecticides, etc HERBICIDE COMMON-TRADE NAME Cross Reference.pdf Weed & Crop Susceptibility to...

MapleLeafFarmer, Based on my prior experience with water, HawkinsHollow has two choices. Either change the road so the road crosses waterway at a 90 degree angle and use a pipe to channel the water under the roadway OR modify the existing muddy/ waterlogged path by forcing the water to cross...

Oaktree, Rear drums vs disk brakes. The front brakes do 90+ percent of the braking work so the choice of rear drum vs disk is largely one of additional performance in braking vs component/ assembly cost. Drum brakes are dirt cheap to build and assemble. Disk brakes on all 4 wheels are...

Test of 9 filters in Dec 2020 that fit a Honda CRV. I purchased 9 different filters from the local auto parts store and cut them open to see what was inside, build quality vs price, and what filters were being multi-branded. I am comparing ONLY the Fram to the filters I now prefer ( STP...

Randy52, I agree with you on avoiding Fords. I had two Ford trucks. The first was a Ranger that came out while Ford's slogan was "Quality is Job One". The shifter handle pulled out of the manual transmission at 30K miles and 2 years. Went to dealer for replacement part and new part was all...

Slowpoke Slim, Interesting how Ford recycles a name of a car that, at the height of the 70's fuel crisis, was barely tolerable and always reminded me of a Chevy Vega. However, if I ever find a good condition V-8 powered Maverick I will do my best to find a place in the garage for it.

In the Farmington Valley of CT, they raised tobacco almost exclusively for cigar wrappers. Each leaf was kept separate to minimize damage. Don't know much more than that, other than as a young juvenile delinquent it was great fun to climb onto the net top and roll around like one great big...

Sixdogs, Ahh piece meal labor. Not so long ago we had something similar in CT where tobacco leaves were threaded onto a long string for hanging up in the shed ( large barn ) for drieing. The threading was done by woman who used an open needle on a beefy "sewing" machine. My brother who...

MossRoad, A pic of a F35C signed by Lockheed's test pilot, Jon Beasley, who flew the first ever flight in a JSF. Spent 20+ years around these types of aircraft. Fun times to see these awesome tools up close and in the air.

MossRoad, Most flights, declared on FlightAware, are commercial or General Aviation. Most/ much of the really fun stuff, unless on training flights, out of Wright Patt or Edwards, etc are not documented on FlightAware. Can you imagine seeing a declared U-2 or B-2 fly out of Holloman AFB and...

EddieWalker, Well put and clearly gained from experience. Grapples work wonders on limbs and tops. If moving only logs then, depending on distance moved, I can move 10-20 cord of wood in an hour.

HawkinsHollow, I'm agreeing with Scootr. Do you have option of re-routing the path/ road instead of trying to fill in a mud hole? That might be better use of your effort.

Richard, I have cleared acres of land with access frequently no wider than 20 feet. Drop trees and cut to 12-14 feet ( trunk and tops ). Grapple up everything and move to dedicated trash pile. I don't burn anything, just pile up and let rot. Saves time and risks associated with burning...

Richard, Several points. Post some pictures as appropriate so contributors have some idea/ understanding of your project's scope. In general, a FEL grapple is preferred for your project as this keeps the load away from your tractor, which a 3 pt grapple will not do. I once made mistake of...

plowhog, If you really want better advice on weld quality, you should post your photos and questions on the following welding dedicated sites. Not knocking TBN's contributors, but we are really a bunch of tractor/ equipment guys who occasionally have to fix some stuff we broke. ;) A...

plowhog, The business owner has ALWAYS been involved. You just got a face to face with the owner when you objected to poor/ shoddy work. The business owner has always been involved because they either were directly responsible for hiring the amateur welder and then sent them out on jobs OR an...

rScotty, I am basing my response to mtputney wholly on his published test results which showed both a certain solids level and a visual turbidity within the hydraulic fluid. The test results were on on the hydraulic oil he sent in for test so "flushing" the hydraulic system would remove those...

mtputney, You had previously asked where the vent was for the hydraulic system. Below is picture of the back end of the M59 where you can see the 3 pt lift arms and in the center, at pic top, is a dip stick handle and a plug for filling the hydraulic reservoir. On top of the plug is a upside...

streamin, M7040's suggestion to rent first is valuable advice and one I should have included. If you intend to exclusively use the excavator, if you chose excavator over a TLB, on unpaved areas then metal track is preferred since they last much longer and rubber tracks can be "thrown" even by...

streamin, Have you considered the larger Kubota TLB's L47, M59, M62? I too live in western NC in the "mountains" ( Fairview, NC ) and use the M59 to maintain two driveways of 3/8 and 3/4 of a mile each. Grades exceed 20 degrees in places. Water erosion is a constant battle with 5 silt ponds...

streamin, Side to side play is acceptable but other play ONLY results from wear of pin or bore bearing surfaces. Wear occurs due to either insufficient lubrication, wrong lubricant used OR use in aggressive sandy or salt water environments combined with poor lubrication.

NonTypicalCPA, Either your dealer is smoking crack or you got yourself a salesperson who is clueless or their selling chinesium for a product. In any event, I would seriously consider whether I would buy the trailer from that dealer UNLESS the trailer manufacturer had a solid reputation.

streamin, Any joint requiring grease is suspect so check for sloppy joints evident by banging or erratic movement. Machines get worked without proper maintenance because person operating the machine is paid to get job done and machine owner is not around to monitor if properly serviced. Look...

mtputney, I'm a bit confused. I just looked at the OrangeTractorTalks thread and don't see a mention by rScotty but I do see the above thread #34 where I replied to both rScotty and yourself: "I am NOW suspecting you received an M62 that Kubota delivered without flushing or adequately flushing...

John_Mc, Absolutely agree on fun means different things to each person. I spent 55 years in CT and moved to TN & NC due to crazy cost of living/ high taxes in CT. No income tax in TN and I do enjoy the milder winters. My wife and I still own acreage and a farm house built in early 1800's in...

Fun is riding a motorcycle 12 months of the year. The highway departments don't salt or sand the roads so no rusty clap trap cars and no coming around a bend in the road, on a motorcycle, to find it covered with sand. Fun is going to autocross events ( "solo" ) and high performance driving...

PreacherM, Nice looking finished snow plow adaption. Interesting how each you, PreacherM and Gordon Gould, each produced essentially the same outcome but by different designs. I chose a different route to remove snow. Moved from CT to TN & NC. Snow arrives and then wait for a few hours and...

Fallon, What is your opinion of the Bradco 612 3pt trencher? I see you running the rock/frost chain on yours in above picture. I was seriously considering one two years ago, before prices went absolutely ludicrous, but did not pull trigger on the quote for use in the rocky ground of western...

Locoweed, You have a presentation display stand one would see at a exhibition or in a conference room.

rScotty, I am not familiar with the specific hydraulic reservoir vent on the M62 but I would be surprised if it wasn't identical to the M59, which combines the fill plug and reservoir vent into the same unit. The vent is nothing more than a upside down "J" shaped flexible rubber hose molded...

mtputney, If you bought the M62 new from a dealer then I would be returning the machine to them and have them flush the system, extend the warranty and explain why the system is contaminated. If you bought the machine used then prior owner may have sold machine to get rid a problem. I can...

stuckmotor, To modify a thread title, tags and related functions, you must be thread originator Pics below detail ( left to Right ) how to modify thread Title and Tags

Test thread- Can thread originator modify thread title after some time has passed by? Rev 1: Added additional tag and added "( rev 1 ) to title

Mike69440, rScotty got you covered in post 48. All good:)

Brady D, I don't know if the contributors can help with this one, however I would buy the hose with the "spring" inside and try it. Cut the spring back at both end so you get good seal at connections points. Alternatively, you can remove the entire spring and see if the hose collapses in use...

ponytug, Excellent guidance in suggesting an attorney who specializes in cell tower contracts within the requestor's geographic area.

Carl_NH, Excellent suggestion that is timeless, simple, and easily understood. Looks like a winner to me and has my vote for new thread. What are likely search terms a visitor might use to locate a TLB related topic they need answered? How can your suggestion be modified to maximize ease of...

3Ts, It appears you covered everything when the arrangement is amicable and the installer / owner/ operator is solvent. What happens if the owner/ operator becomes insolvent or its management decides it is no longer interested in this line of business? A good attorney can prepare you and...

Brady D, I'm not clear on what your looking for or the problem your trying to correct. Are you looking to replace or extend the hose connecting the air filter with the intake manifold? What is wrong with current hose connecting the air filter to intake manifold?

Your welcome. Happy plumbing and watering.

I'm learning something every day. Now I know of the L48 TLB. Googled "Kubota TLB" and found B series and BX series of TLB. Now for a descriptive thread name Kubota TLB's & Mods ( L35 & up ) Kubota TLB's & Mods (B26 & smaller ) Now what happens when Kubota throws wrench in and markets a B28 or...

I guess that's one way to describe it. Water source feeding a separator feeding into septic tank feeding into a water storage tank that you pump from. Sorry the separator is crude hand drawing but a quick way to describe how to have a self cleaning means of mechanically separating the big...