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Two days ago I was down my mile long driveway - troweling out my one mud hole with my LPGS. It gently rolling and smooth as a pool table now. Anyhow - on the way back home - I use the grapple to pull/rip out a few of the Buck brush clumps that insists on encroaching on the driveway shoulders...

I put my LNL on my DeWalt battery powered grease gun. It's an awesome combination. Only one slight problem. A few of the grease zerks on my Kubota FEL are set in round recesses. LNL is too large to fit into these recesses. I use my Lincoln manual pump greaser for these few zerks.

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I thought about video surveillance when we first moved onto the property. My outer gate is a mile down my driveway. There is an entire pine forest between this gate and my house. At the very best - cost prohibitive. We had MANY uninvited "guests" when we first moved here. My private ten...

Welcome to TBN. Major concersn....... - the PTO shaft is neither too long or too short. I know of no way to check this other than hooking the tiller up to the 3-point. LEAVE THE PTO SHAFT LOOSE ON ONE END. Raise the tiller to full height - bring the PTO shaft end to correct alignment on...

Regarding rear blades. I had a HD rear blade for both my tractors. 42+ years using a rear blade. Currently it's a Rhino 950 @ 1000+ pounds - seven feet wide. A rear blade can be a real PITA for grading a gravel driveway. It's great for snow removal and cleaning out ditches. The problem...

I had a large, dead limb fall off one of my pine trees the other day. You could hear it falling thru the other limbs and the big "thud" when it hit the ground. It was seven inches in diameter on the broken end. Around 15 to 20 feet long. Fortunately - all dead limbs will, normally, fall...

I have - Land Pride, Rhino, Bush Hog, Wallenstein and Pittsburg. All are excellent implements. I've found, thru experience, the lower quality implements simply do not hold up. If you are serious about getting the job/project completed - it's important that you have an implement that is...

Eddie - if I had that sort of problem with ties - I would not waste time using them - for sure. I have three true ties in ground. Been there since 1982. Still rock solid and they still ooze black tar-like substance in the heat of the summer. And they smell - like a mix of kerosene and...

It's been more than five years since I've checked the pressure in the rear tires. Roll the tractor forward until the valve stem is at 12-O-clock high. Shoot a blast of air into the stem to clear any Rim Guard. Take your reading. Every spring I move the tractor out onto the driveway...

I got VERY tired of lowering the roll bar. So I built this tractor car port and now all is fine. I never closed off the far end - allows me to enter/exit from the front or rear. Allows me to have a canopy also.

I shoot left because I'm blind in my right eye. I've never owned a lefty gun. Always used the old standard righty gun.

All this talk about RR ties makes my old bones ache. Until you have used one - it certainly is not your treated 4x4 or 6x6. They are even heavier than these "new fangled" concrete ties. My RR ties have a metal tag pounded into one end. It has a number embossed on the tag. This number...

It appears that the "drawbar hitch" is preventing the lower arms from coming in closer. Could it be that a Cat 1 implement was never considered for this tractor.

Hmmm - four of my nine implements are LP and they are working just great. BTW - I still show post #109 on page eleven. I have a friend also. He uses Schulte implements - 100% I would also, if they made smaller implements. BUT - sadly, Schulte is almost 100% for much larger tractors than...

Yes - I resemble that remark also. As a young child my hair was carrot orange. Now - what little I have left - dark brown. My beard - Snow White. Strange isn't it.

JMHO - Radar - I think you have the best idea. Grind and cover. Considering all the possible problems with digging and removal.

My Kubota registers tenth hours also. I have no idea why. It certainly is not used for any purpose I have.

My memory has been jogged. Back 30+ years ago we burned wood. There was an old homestead that had several Black Locust. It was about three miles north - on the county road. Got permission to cut and clear these few trees. I DO NOT remember this as being any sort of "thorny" project. I DO...

The last time I bought wood pellets/bio-fuel it was $185 per ton for the best quality, around here. And I thought that was high. That was 25+ years ago. No idea what todays prices are. Long ago I went all electric.

I'm no member of the EA fan club. They were probably an OK grapple but the company fell on its face. So.....now that the sky has fallen - whatever shall we do. Do like most intelligent folks do - look around at the other 40 or so companies that make grapples and make a choice. I just hope...

I have a 32 ounce Hydro Flask. It's Forrest Green. Use it on both the Kubota and the Taco Wagon. Because it's insulated - a cup or so of ice and the water stays cold all day.

Good Morning Steve and welcome to TBN. I found no ready-made brush guards for my Kubota M6040. SO..... I started with a basic Kubota frame. Kubota calls it a brush guard but it's far from that. I took this frame to a local welding shop and asked them to fill the holes with expanded metal...

I gave up on our garden about five years after we moved out here. Our "share" kept getting smaller and smaller. And not a one of the forest creatures ever helped with maintenance. I go to an area just north of Spokane - Green Bluff. I can get all the fruit and veggies I will ever need.

AND that is a very respectable price. New company - it's not cheap to advertise on the internet.

Brother - I'm just coming down from a high sweat. Changing over from rear blade to LPGS. I have a very large field where I can unhook and leave the rear blade. It was just not my day. What normally takes ten minutes took 30. I choose the wrong spot and the operation became a true PITA...

Yes - it DOES look stout. I like the middle arm and the hydraulic cylinders are plenty big enough. I think you found a winner.

That's a very nice setup New Property. What is your location?

Did you know - a healthy, reasonably strong man CAN NOT lift one end of a full RR tie? It's no wonder they leave ties stacked out in the open and unprotected. It was right at the very limit of our abilities. A friend and I lifted and slid six RR ties into my pickup. I certainly...

For my gate and one property corner I use REAL railroad ties. Exceedingly heavy and gooey in warm weather. They have been there 42+ years and are still solid as a rock. The remainder of my fence - T-145 steel posts and barbed wire.

Good Morning to both guys and welcome to TBN.

I have a manual grease gun( Lincoln) and an electric one(DeWalt). A few of the zerks on the FEL are recessed. The manual gun has a smaller tip that fits into the recesses. I use a general purpose moly grease on everything. There are 34 grease points on the tractor, 3-point, rear blade, FEL...

Looks like the "love" does not extend to squirrels.

My wife, son and I built our home here. It's a Pan Abobe - double wall. All the windows came already "boxed in". The "box" just had to be set into the open hole. The local distributor recommended that the windows be "sealed in" with urethane insulation. So......that is what we did...

Peace - I think the grill work on your truck looks very sharp. "No chrome" is one small reason I chose my Ram Power Wagon.

I had a similar situation with my Ford 1700. The cure for me - turn draft control completely OFF. Slow the up/down 3-point control WAY DOWN. After a month or so - I was able to return up/down 3-point control to a more normal rate. I think it might have been air in the hydraulic fluid.

I would really hesitate on any sharp, spinning equipment. Accidents WILL happen before anybody can stop them. My son, and a friend of his, come out and help me with one of my major projects. Thinning my pine stands. The steps - identify the trees - fell the trees - drag to several...

Hmmmm......I missed that part about the hydraulic top link also.

I had salt water in my first tractor. The last nine years of ownership - a nightmare. The new Kubota - RimGuard. What a total blessing/relief. Here it will stay below freezing for days - even weeks. Not a chance I'm willing to take - water.

My Kubota M6040 would only fit in my carport stalls with the ROB folded. So.....this was my answer.

42 years - only two tractors. First a Ford - now a Kubota. Both with very similar controls - fortunately. Owners manual is far superior on my Kubota. However - it could be that my interpretation has improved over all this time.

2Lane - that is the same 22 rifle my father bought for me. That was - 1948. Still have it and still use it. Model 510. My son used it to eliminate all the ground hogs in our vicinity.

Hey - I would give a cell phone service provider free access and use of a portion of my property to install a tower. I'm currently on the very fringe of reception. A tower on my property would certainly be nice.

I would like to tell you all what the price of gas is here today - 4/12/24. But - I haven't checked today. YESTERDAY - $5.19 per gallon. At the local Chevron station. Tomorrow's price - who knows...............

What sort of implement(s) are you attaching to your 3-point? I have a Kubota M6040. In ALL cases - my top link is more than adequately long. I wonder. When you lengthen your OEM top link - do both ends extend( unscrew) equally? If you are only unscrewing one end of the top link - this...

I'm not familiar with either grapple. My grapple is Land Pride GS1560. It's a single lid - 820# of AR400 steel. It's a rock & root grapple type. I choose this type because I do not handle items of great variation in size and shape. I pick and move - chunks of pine tree trunk - large rocks...

We lived in Anchorage. It was the spring of 1974 or there about. We had a very early, intensely warm spring. All the snow melted - the bunnies were still snow white. Every pull out - from Anchorage to Glennallen was inundated with bunny hides and entrails. What a total, mass harvest of...

We moved onto this property in 1982. Due to an ongoing legal battle between the power company and the telephone company - I was never able to get a phone land line. The power Co would not allow tele Co to hang their line on the power poles. Tele service would have to be buried. The cost to...

I would bet - most LPGS will do just about the same job. Some are built heavier and have scarifiers - some don't. Before I got my Land Pride LPGS - I used a 4 x 4 oak pallet. Weighted down with sacks of wood pellets. Simple rope yolk and pulled with my ATV. Worked pretty good until I...

I can see how a stump bucket could damage components of the FEL. Everybody says - "use common sense". Most common sense comes from experience. Not learned by reading a book nor a web site. I would tell anybody - it's not a RAM - it's not a PRY BAR. Start very small - gain experience...

Like Francis - I went from Cat 1 tractor to a Cat 2 tractor. My problem was not the 3-point hook up. My Cat 1 implements simply would not do the job I needed to do. Whether on the smaller or larger tractor. All my smaller jobs/projects were complete. With the larger tractor I am able to...

Just plain - NO. Not for me. I have sufficient problems/opportunities around the property here. I do not need to spend a fortune on a vehicle that comes with built in problems. I have a really sad feeling that this entire EV thing is going to explode - soon.

I'm Norwegian. My father loved to fish...so from a very young age it was trout quite often. I can vividly remember the first time my mother fixed a famous Norwegian dish. Lutefisk I was seven year old. It's the ONLY time I can ever remember crying at the dinner table. Those who have...

Ha, ha. It got real warm a few days ago. So I turned down the electric heat. Brownie woke me in the middle of the night. He moved from his side of the bed and snuggled right up next to me. Since I was already awake - I got up to use the bathroom. Man! It had cooled off in the house. I...

Here in NE WA state it's 20% max. We had complete cloud cover - so no difference was noticed.

We moved onto our property in 1982. I was 42 and this property is 80 acres. This property was part of an original homestead. It had basically nothing when we moved onto it. No driveway( we accessed thru neighbors land), no power, no water, no sewer. Over a period of six months we built a...

Static discharge is the main reason I still use five gallon poly jugs for gasoline. Set on the ground - fill - huff back into the pickup.

I was about to brag about the few Russian Olives I have. Then I saw that pic. I can easily understand the use of the word "dangerous". Looks like one of those spikes could be driven clear through an arm, hand or leg. No thank you - I'll just keep my Russian Olives and be quiet.

You say - "hundreds of downed trees". That is a REALLY, REALLY BEEG JOB THERE SEIGNIOR. The only FAST ways to handle - push into a ravine, let them rot( JJT #3 ) or chip them( Minsid #2). Burning will take a long time and will require somebodies presence at all times.

I've used hip waders. They fill up - they are a PITA. I would never consider them dangerous. I've always got wet/muddy when working in/around water. So...... old pair of tennis shoes - old pair of jeans - raggy T-shirt.......OK mate, lets have at it.

I've always wanted to go back to burning firewood. I have 100% Ponderosa pine here. I did burn firewood for the first ten years we were here. I liked everything about this. Except - the dirt and bugs that came into the house with the firewood. That was 40 years ago. Now - I would need...

I did a brief search. AgDealer.com lists several locations - none in the states you ask about. Unfortunately - the actual Igland web site does not show where their resellers are located. I suggest - obtain a phone number and call Igland direct.

That was a total flash in the pan. Ended up with 4.5 inches of snow - Friday evening. By the following day - it's all gone except in the deep shaded areas. Here we are - Sunday morning. The entire yard and everywhere else is wet and squishy. But we really do need all this moisture. I...

My 2009 Kubota M6040 has a safety alarm system. Leave the drivers seat - an alarm sounds for about ten seconds. NOTHING is shut down. Not the PTO nor the tractor. You might want to check and see how that is done.

Diabetes - a disease of national epic proportions. A disease that most in the field want to treat not prevent. There is no where near the profit in prevention.

I still have my old Didier 25 ton splitter. Used for ten years. Split six cord per year. It had two speeds and worked just fine on our knottiest pines.

My water comes from a spring. Been in use since 1892. First by the homesteader and now me. This spring flows at 350 gpm this time of year. Caused a little sediment but not really objectionable. I'm most fortunate - the water is of superior quality and never has objectionable tastes...

CalG - that's a fine looking ripper you made there. You can do some serious work with that tool.

I would guess - DerMann - it is because most grapple work around these parts involves moving rock, chunks of tree trunk and round hay bales. In these cases - a rock/root grapple seems to functions best. In my specific case - I have little to no brush to gather or move. It is ALL - rocks -...

I don't still have the owners manual for my old ( 41+ YO ) plow. Could be there never was one. In any case - I only learned of it's ability to rip by disassembly. I was taking it apart to clean it up.

It's been a light rain since 3:30 yesterday. Rain turned to really wet snow - 4am today. We now have 3/4" of wet snow. Maybe the ground will be thawed enough to let this snow sink in when it melts. Otherwise - another bout with the mud. Update - it's now 7:45am. We now have 4.5" of snow...

Good Morning to you also - Buppies. It's come a tad earlier than expected. Been snowing an hour plus now. Have 3/4" of really wet snow.

Not seen one like that around these parts.

My son keeps telling me to carry my cell phone when I'm out on the property. I know from personal experience - it takes the Paramedics 45 minutes to reach my place. 42+ years out here and by being observant and careful - no really serious conditions have ever happened. I - now - knock on...

It's 33F outside and still raining lightly. So far - 0.20 inches since 3:30 yesterday. By daylight it could easily be snow. Whatever - we need the moisture.

Down south of me - in the wheat fields, also called the Palouse - they get a condition called caliche. It's a rock formed from calcium carbonate. I've seen really LARGE dozers try to rip it up. Some times it works - most of the times, not so much. I have a single bottom moldboard plow...

Humorous note. I had a young fellow, at the local welding shop, make up the grill guard. He wanted to paint the upper two quadrants as big eyes. That center piece - he wanted to paint red - as a big tongue. Being somewhat of a stick-in-the-mud - I declined his offer. All black was just...

I checked those who had grapples around here when I was deciding. Almost 100% had the rock/root style. This is my Land Pride SGC1560. 60 inches wide - 820 pounds of AR400 steel. Also - this is how I had my grill guard modified. Saves the grill, radiator and battery from sticks, stobs and...

I have 1550 pound of RimGuard in the rear tires plus a 1000 pound Rhino rear blade on the 3-point. There are still a few times I get "light in the loafers" when lifting a really heavy load. My lift limit - 3200 pound. My comfort level - around 2700 to 2800 pounds.

I was born and raised in WA. I've visited New York, Nebraska, Texas and Alaska. I will be staying here on my property in WA. What I have, here and now, as good as it's going to get for me. With the 80 acres and the lake - I'm able to do whatever pleases me.

I have one yard light. Purchased from and installed by my Co-Op power company. That was back in '82. So I would guess it's fluorescent. It has worked faithfully since its date of installation. Sometimes I wonder what I would install if/when it ever quits.

I have to agree. All my implements are category 2, are very heavy and you DO NOT wrestle them. You have to align the tractor so that everything lines up. It can be frustrating at times.

Ha, ha. Our first garden was 80x120. This was before all the critters found it. We planted 14 hills of zucchini. Wife and I made - zucchini EVERYTHING. Took several loads to work and give them to the work crew. It was a great garden. Everything grew so well. I even planted a row...

Mark - I think your idea - offloading 500# by hand is wise. At least, for the first load. This will make the load do-able. Give you an idea of how 1500# feels.

I've never had any indication that my LPGS was going to do anything other than lie flat and run along the ground. Even with the scarifiers down. It is the only land engagement implement where the hydraulic top link does next to nothing. I guess if there ever was something that caused the...

Look on the very left side of the picture. That is the very highest cliff around the lake. That is the NW side of the lake. My son and his friend use to dive/jump off that cliff. There is a rope - so they could pull themselves back up. It drove my wife crazy - watching the kids do this...

Not all that bad. You were able to keep the engine above the goo. Loooong ago. My first tractor fell thru the ice on my moat. Rear tires on dry land - engine being held out of the water with the FEL and bucket. I hand winched the tractor - up and out with a hand operated come-along. It...

In the world of land engagement implements - weight is king. I have a Land Pride dish harrow - DH1048. Looks very similar to what you are looking at. Weight is 420 pounds. It has 12 disks or 35 pounds per disk. It is well built and would last a life time. Now the reality. It's WAY to...

Serious - as serious as that dead cat over there in the ditch. At this time - do not waste your money. I have land engagement implements from - Land Pride, Pittsburg, Bush Hog, Rhino, FitRite, Horst & Rankin. All have functioned very well and have stood the test of time. My grapple - Land...

Mtsoxfan - the pond is called Martin Lk. Named after the original homesteader. It's 80 feet deep. Water depth at the shore line - 15 to 40 feet. You fall in - you best be a good swimmer. You will have to swim along the shore line until you can find something to grab. Water depth at the...

I use my grapple to remove Buck brush. Buck brush - stem diameter..... 1/2 inch max. Height - two feet max. I let Mother Nature remove my pine stumps. Takes about 12 to 15 years. However - I have no pine tree or stumps in my yard. They start at about 120 from the house and out...

Simply amazing. 3/31/2024 @ noon. EA is up and running. Accepted my grapple order and was prepared to process. Wonder why the courts have not required this site be taken down??? What's going on here..........

I use a nylon rod. Six inches long - 3/4 inch in diameter. Rod goes on the ball. Wrap the entire setup with a shop rag. Tap on the rod with my dead blow hammer. Works every time. Minimum mess. Oh - First I minimize line pressure by wiggling the hydraulic control lever - forward/back -...

Five years ago a realestate agent actually came out to my house. He had thoroughly checked out my 80 acres. He first asked - "how deep is your ten acre lake". He had a client that had the HOTS to buy. He would have got well over $25K per acre for me. The client was from CA and had plans...

Brian is correct. Heavier is better for land engagement implements. I could have, probably, got by with a 1200 - 1400 pound LPGS W/OUT scarifiers - if such an animal is even available. However - my ruts get pretty deep and I DO want to reach clear to the bottom when I do my spring driveway...

I would suggest any purchase be from a local dealer. I have ground engagement implements from - Land Pride, Bush Hog, Pittsburg & Rhino. All have functioned well with my next to sever use and have withstood the test of time. My LPGS - Land Pride GS2584. 84" wide & 800 pounds. It has...

In all reality - there is little to no need for a crown on my driveway. We average around 12 inches of rain per year. We are called - semi-arid. Max rainfall over any 24 hour period - 0.25 inch. I have a valley in my driveway. Water off the fields to the north will run down one side of...

80 acres. 70 acres - open range land and pine forests. 10 acre lake. Lake is totally contained within my property and is 80 feet deep.

You can be glad that it's not a complicated piece of equipment. The dealers hired help needs another joint.

Manana - good enough for me. :giggle:

At the beginning and middle of my driveway I leave a couple woop-de-does. Just to slow the knotheads down. My driveway - mile long - straight as an arrow - right down the section line. Visiting "friends" would brag about how fast they got up to on my driveway. Brings back humorous...

I suppose if you live where heat/humidity are a problem. I have Eddie Bauer & Alpine Design for winter operations. Ice in my soda for summer operations. The Kubota M6040 is open station. The tractor and I have an understanding. NO OPS when colder than -10F or hotter than +90F. Being...

I have a pair of Kenwood handi-talkies. KPG-87D. Rechargeable LI batteries and, supposedly, five mile range. Operate under the FCC - MURS program. One kept at home - the other with me - anywhere on my property. No muss - no fuss. 100% operation - 100% of the time.

Experience - 42 years with this same mile long gravel driveway - shows........ an LPGS is very easy to learn to use. Hook it up - pull it. It does a great job for what it's designed to do. A rear blade can be a cantankerous old toad. After 42 years of practice - I can get it right about 75%...

I have a mile long GRAVEL driveway. The gravel size - 3/4". The surface is gravel, sand, silt and volcanic ash. In the summer it is hard as concrete. I have a Land Pride LPGS - GS2584. It has scarifiers and weighs 800 pounds. The scarifiers are definitely needed to break the surface - so...

I DO use a rope on my hydraulic top link. With the rope I can guide the top link right into proper alignment. I still must get off the tractor to push the pin thru and complete lock up. The reason for the rope. When I'm behind the tractor - holding the top link up - I can not reach the...

I read another environmental eval article today - regarding EV's. Not good news. More and more folks are seeing the pitfalls. It was a world wide eval of EV's. I did not know - China is increasing the build up of electric production. It entails the use of coal, heavy oils and natural gas...

I use my JD 750 riding mower. Sticks, twigs & pine needles. All blown together into rows. Gathered up with a manual lawn rake - put in a wheelbarrow - then to the trash pile.

Hmmm......it's great that this works for you. All my 3-point implements are HEAVY. Meaning they can not be "josstled" around to make the top hitch attachment. No matter what I would have there for the top link - mechanical or hydraulic - it DOES require exact alignment. OR.... am I...

I have 80 acres and a mile long gravel driveway. In 1982 I purchased a brand new Ford 1700 4WD. I was careful in its use - but Jeff is right. Smaller, narrow tractors can be quite unstable. Anyhow - I used it for 27 years and managed to not kill myself. In 2009 I upgraded to a new Kubota...

Ah, Ha. King county - think Seattle. Those King county cougars just don't know their place. I think I saw an ad on the internet - King County cougars - call this number.:)

So.......there is a first time for everything. I'm on HughesNet because - no land line, no fiber optics, no cell active internet. It's Hughes OR nothing. Hmmmm......maybe smoke signals. Last month I exceeded my allowed "Plan" gigabites. Look out the sky is falling. Many emails from...

Brother - there are other things that are skyrocketing also. Last fall - accidentally backed into an unseen board with the Power Wagon. One inch deep vertical crease - dead center - in the tail gate. From the very top to the bottom. I thought it would just get "banged" out. NO WAY -...

We have had our fair share of snow around here. But all this warm weather - it all melts in a day or so. With the ground still frozen - the snow melt just runs off. I fear we are in for another VERY dry summer.

Welcome. My WR Long 3rd function valve has be driving my grapple for ten years now. It's easy to acknowledge quality.

For a while I had six or eight cats. They were - far and away - the best at controlling mice and munks. Slowly but surely - their numbers dwindled. Hawks by day - owls by night. They simply would not stay in the cat house I made for them. Out beyond the influence of my big 'ol yard...

"It will be curious when all of the details come out". With this many government agencies involved - I wouldn't hold my breath.

scooter - you are so right. NOTHING works 100% of the time. I've tried peppermint oil. I think it worked for a while. Eight years ago - for reasons still UKN - I had a band of wood rats visit. Found a monster nest under the hood of the Jeep. They had never seen humans before OR...

My Land Pride SGC1560 grapple. You guys sure tear out a whole lot of stumps. I had my property selectively logged fifteen years ago. Those monster stumps are almost all gone now. Almost every one of the stumps have been "dug out". I suspect it's coyotes looking for pocket gophers or...

I have mice and chipmunks. I've tried most everything - up to and including a shotgun. Everything works for a while - then it quits working. Dryer sheets in the pickup passenger compartment - at least, they have a pleasant smell. Trapping - for every rodent trapped - there are two more -...

That's the way I've always done it also - mikester. I've only been burned once. Not because of the quality of the steel or the construction. I didn't realize that a light duty disk harrow simply would not cut my ground. The major reasons I bought the Land Pride - SGC1560 - short, heavy...

My grapple is - SGC1560 @ 820 pounds. The larger one - SGC1584 is listed as - 1030 pounds. And, yes, - Land Pride has gone the way of several others - they have a myriad of different grapple styles. Lets face it - teeth here/teeth there - makes next to no difference in how the grapple will...

OK - so I went to the Land Pride site to check on larger grapples. FWIW - an 84 inch grapple - same type/design as my 60 inch grapple - lists at 1030 pounds. If material weight means anything - then that 84 inch Wildcat is a pretty darn heavy unit.

I have implements from - Land Pride, Rhino, Bush Hog, Pittsburgh, Horst, Wallenstein. All are well built and have stood up to my most severe requirements and the test of time.

If this is a picture of the actual unit he is selling - looks as though it's never been used. Why is he selling it. I can't tell but are the "joints" greaseable. In my looking around - grapples made for skid/steer or similar machines are usually built pretty heavy duty. I assume this...

My mile long gravel driveway has a valley. I've been in a tough situation ONCE. Heavy load of rocks on my farm wagon. Wagon has no brakes. By the time I reached the bottom of the valley - going a whole lot faster than planned. AND the tractor was in 2WD. Fortunately - live and learn...

I have 80 acres and ONLY ponderosa pines. In the fall I "gather" the pine needles off my lawns with my riding mower. Suck up and blow into rows. Gather the rows into my wheelbarrow and off to the trash pile. If this works for big 'ol long pine needles - it will surely work for your leaves.

I would go with Yanders post #6. Tractors - in general - are not designed for land clearing. You could damage your tractor and still not get the job done. A dozer should be able to clear the land in a day. A grapple on your tractor will be able to straighten out anything the dozer leaves...

The California drought will soon be corrected. Rising insurance rates on homes and vehicles is driving folks to other states. Those who can afford to remain will have plenty of water. Lets face it - an uber large city in the desert was a bad idea in the beginning - it sure as Hell has not...

Yes - if the snow is powdery - I would definitely give it a try. Nothing to loose......... Hey - I've done some weird/off-the-wall things with my implements. Drained the water out of a small pond - using my pto driven snow blower. It looked something like a localized storm - but it did the...

I didn't get that much TOTAL snow - all winter here. U must just be blessed - Jstpssng.

shooterdon - weight and capacity limitations - so true. On the internet - I have found and use log weight carts and rock weight charts. Based upon weight - my pine logs are either 10 foot or 5 foot long. Not a difficult calculation at all. Rocks pose a bit more of a problem. Since I...

Another story. A young couple move onto a small ( 20 acre ) property across the county road from my driveway. They live in the city but plan on moving some time this year. So this neighbor - Joe - buys a brand new John Deere - 75 hp - 4WD tractor. Two weeks ago I see him out on his...

Rock Crawler - folks like you describe have never experienced "limitations". They will never understand how most of us normal folks live. They may live in the country but will never be country folks.

Oaktree - you are spot on. It IS the programing - not the TV. After doing a little research I found some shows are not bad at all - other's - garbage. It is abundantly clear that those who do the programing are not forced to watch/listen to what they program. Two things have developed...

I run Rotella - 15W40 - year round. If we ever get back to "normal" winters - yes, I use my tractor to plow snow. However - not the case for the last five years or so. The owners manual for my M6040 recommends - 15W40 - unless it gets really cold. Then - 10W30. If it gets cold enough to...

Last 4 or 5 months - though I was rapidly going deaf. Audio on the TV was emphasizing the background sound and obliterating speech. My son and the remainder of the "clan" visited me last weekend. My son finally said - "Dad, how can you tolerate that TV. It sounds like total CRAP". It...

Regarding the neighbors pole barns - post #8. The new pole barn was strategically located and aligned. It has a solid wall on the long side that faces to the SW. About 80 to 90% of our weather come from the SW. The new barns position and one solid wall is designed for added protection for...

One thing I had to learn regarding grapple use. How to gauge the clamping force of my grapple. The WR Long 3rd function valving does NOT modulate. It's either on or off. So - when grappling something soft - one must be watchful. You can - quite easily - crush or cut in half - a soft...

The MTL grapple - like my Land Pride "Rock & Root" model - is 200 pounds heavier. I'm sure it is a beast for strength also. But a bit over the top for weight - as far as my needs. My Land Pride SGC1560 is 820 pounds of AR400 steel.

CloverKnollFarms - what brand rototiller. I'm looking at getting one for my M6040. Thanks.......

Our days are warm ( low 70's ) - the nights are cool ( low 40's ). Any snow we might get now will be gone in a heart beat. My meadows are becoming fields of yellow - buttercups.

This is my Kubota M6040. It's configured for heavy lifting with the grapple. Current weight - 10,000 pounds. 1550 pounds of RimGuard in the rear tires - 1000 pound Rhino rear blade. Even set up this way - there are potential loads ( LARGE rocks ) that I will back away from.

All my meadows are turning bright yellow - buttercups. Warm days - cool nights. 2manyrocks saw his first snake. Yesterday - my first pocket gopher mounds. Let the wars begin.

About a year and a half ago. One pine - just outside the yard - blew over. It fell into other pines and was leaning at a 45 degree angle. It's 18 inches - diameter at the base. I was going to saw it down but I thought - what the heck - it's current position is not endangering anything...

A small, hole-in-the-wall hamburger joint. Clarkston, WA - 85 miles due south of me. Last time I was down that way - they had closed down. My loss............

I have ten implements. Six are Land Pride. Also - Pittsburg, Bush Hog, Rhino and Wallenstein. All ten were purchased locally.

Used Cat 1 and Cat 2 implements - scarce as hen's teeth around here. Five years ago - sold my Land Pride rear blade. Asked and received 85% of new price. Wish I had half a dozen to sell. I darn near had a bidding war. However - promised and delivered to first caller.

I think we can be assured - Land Pride is more secure than EA.

The Grandest - I know - nobody has the time nor wants to read thru 1400 posts. I think it's a safe bet - EA is out of business. Don't waste your time trying to get anything from them right now. All their assets will be tied up paying off their debts. Yes - welcome to TBN.

I had both rear tires lift on my first tractor - Ford 1700. I was moving wet sand with the bucket. I could DEFINITELY feel it getting "light in the loafers". Dropped that bucket full of sand like a hot potato. I became much more careful/aware. Nothing like that since that one time. If...

Farmer down south built a second pole barn. Left the original one standing. He said - tearing down the original would leave not much usable material. He now uses the original to store equipment. New one is for hay storage.

I used a Troy Bilt tiller when we had a garden. Six inched deep on the first pass would have been great. I always spread mulch over the garden site prior to tilling. Mixing the mulch with the top six inches was more than adequate for our garden. Going deeper was just a waste. None of our...

I use a nylon rod - shop towel - deadblow hammer. Nylon rod is six inches long - 3/4" in diameter. Hold the rod on the ball - in the hydraulic fitting. Wrap the shop towel around the rod and fitting - tap the end of the rod with the deadblow hammer. Pressure is relieved - fittings slip...

I'm a 5. There are plenty dealers with a good assortment of implements - who are local. Unfortunately - the local supply of used implements is zero. At least - in my size. However - I saw a 20 gang - reversible - moldboard plow for sale yesterday. I was grubbing around - down south...

I move the drawbar to the forward hole. PTO shaft for the chipper comes nowhere close.

I gave up looking for used anything around here. It simply does not exist in this neck of the woods. I would suggest a call to ANBO. (888) 762-6218 They might have what you seek.

scootr makes a most important point. Land that is virgin, covered with grasses and weeds and is lumpy - must be cut up so it can me moved around. The weeds/grasses will foul a LPGS. My Land Pride 48 inch disk - simply too light to cut my virgin fields. So I cut the field with my...

I must have, at least, twenty dryer sheet in the Taco Wagon passenger compartment. Tucked in the glove box, door pockets, under the seats - etc, etc. No evidence of any mice. But that may be due to the open hood. Whatever - it DOES make the inside smell nice. I have the hood open on the...

I have on-going battles with mice and chipmunks. The hoods on all my vehicles are always left open when parked here at home. Seems like they avoid these open spaces. Best cure I've found to date. And, brother, I've tried them all. Except those electronic buzzer units. POC - in my...

Another sunset.

I have six years experience with backup cameras. My 2018 Ram Power Wagon has two. One - up high on the top of the cab - gives a view of bed of the truck. One integrated with the handle on the tailgate. It gives a view back down the road behind the truck. The one up high always gives a...

I would have to have more than just a passing need to spend that much $$$. The local JD dealer is supposedly a retail outlet.

I thin my pine stands and chip the felled trees. It's 100% pine - 1" to 6" on the butt. I power my Wallenstein BX62S with my Kubota M6040. I do this thinning project ever two or there years. It takes two months to complete this project. A thinned stand looks like a giants game of...

Another often overlooked point. Straw in your dogs shelter - with time - is likely to turn the dog's hair yellow - you know, straw colored. So......if you have show dogs - like Eddie Walker - with light or white hair - this might be a concern.

Well - - I went completely the other way. I bought a Ram 2500 Power Wagon - brand new in 2018. It is STRICTLY for the fun of it. It's off road suspension limits the amount it can haul and tow. AGAIN - no difference to me - I do not haul, I do not tow. And MAN - am I ever having fun...

I certainly hope I don't have anything that needs a 1" impact wrench. I have a corded 3/4" DeWalt. That tool plus my Milwaukee 1" Hole Hog can be a real hand full. I've done a 360 more than once with the Hole Hog. Holding on for dear life. One of its main uses - bore vertical holes in...

So.....I wonder, what company will be the new - - coup de coeur???

Deezler - I feel the same way about the use of chemicals. My property ( 80 acres ) is bound on two sides by lakes. Everything drains into one or the other. Once the orchard died out - I quit using chemicals totally. It's simply safer for everything - everybody. AND - I'm no tree hugger or...

When we first came here there was a badger who lived down in the valley - same valley where my well is. He was very interesting to watch. From my front porch I could see him scruffing around. So..... one day I was going down to check the well. There he was - on the same path as I was. I...

This is my driveway - a day or so after I mowed.

I have a 25 gallon DemCo sprayer with a pto roller pump. Used in the orchard - when we had an orchard. Used Roundup for weeds on this end of my mile long driveway. About 200 feet - right down the middle and both sides. Now I use my JD riding mower. It's just me - the mower - towering...

BrownAG had, at least, one video of the tree saw in use. It's an awesome implement. It's quick and cuts the trees off right at ground level. I don't know how big a tree it will handle. The video shows them cutting 6" and 8" pines - as I remember. That upper "roll bar" pushes the tree...

I thin my pine stands. You should not get regrowth from the pine stumps. They start from pine cone seeds. I don't know about your gum. If you get regrowth - just go out and hack the young stuff down.

Yander hit the nail squarely on the head - post #2. A shelter that protects the animal from the wind and driven snow. LOTS of straw. Check it weekly and eliminate any that may be damp. Replace eliminated straw with fresh, dry straw. If its an inside dog - for God's sake keep it inside...

Grasshopper - butterfly - moth - earthworm. I don't usually pick a fight with any animal with sharp claws and teeth. You fight - you loose - what has been gained. OH - yes, perhaps you have learned a lesson.

The "leaf guard" folks are really putting on the push. In the last ten days - two offers of free inspection/price quote in the mail. Several web sites offering the same deal. I wonder if the feedback is hurting sales.

jmc - SO........ you know that feeling also. It use to take 2 or 3 days for my neck & shoulders to return to normal. I'll be darned if I want to find out how long it would take now.

That Frost Bite grapple would work just great on the rocks I move around.

I got my Land Pride - LPGS - from my local Kubota dealer. @ 800# it does a great job. The scarifiers really help this unit perform. My gravel driveway turns to a mile long strip of concrete in the summer. The scarifiers break up the surface and allow the unit to do its job.

Interesting concept - chain over a round object. Chain hooked low on the post - roll the round object. I carried on my ATV - High Lift jack - 12" x 12" x 2" chunk of hard wood - chain with hooks. Chunk of hard wood used if the ground was soft. I've pulled 35 - 40 posts. Neighbor would air...

Both look like they would do the job. My problem - about 50% or more of my T-145 posts - I can't get anyway near with my tractor. I use my High Lift jack and a chain.

OK - so I had to look at the FB web site. Good looking - strong grapple. My Land Pride grapple has teeth - right out on the last 6" of each shank. Both top & bottom lids. To be honest - I have no idea if they help or not. I would - go ahead - use it as you got it. You will then...

I have an Odyssey AGM battery in my Kubota. 1200 cold crank amps. I don't even know if a LI battery is made to fit this application.

No matter how you get the tree down - chain saw or tree saw. You still have a field of fallen trees. I have no problem with the remaining stumps. My tree stands are out and far away from the house. I do not mow ANY area on my property so the stumps will stay there until they rot. A grapple...

I DID have one small episode of chipping birch trees. At the far end of my driveway there was a stand of about a dozen birch. 4" to 5" on the butt - 50 to 55 feet tall. I fell them all and chipped them. It's like chipping one long strand of spagetti. These were Paperbark Birch. Soft as...

I wish when we were burning wood - long ago - there was something other than pine for us to compare. All I have here is 80 acres of pine. We burned wood for twelve years and then went to pellets. Pine burns easy - smells good - easy splitting. Oh, well - that's ancient history.

I found a difference between being logged in and not being logged in. Not logged in - more ads. There is a difference between browsers - Safari has less ads than FireFox. For whatever that is worth. The actual difference is fairly small but might be exaggerated on different browsers.

So....... have you got it to work???

Like Mikester - I have a metric and imperial assortment kit for o-rings. Same for my grease zerks. Very fortunate here - in Spokane there is a hydraulic business - House of Hose. They have everything dealing with hydraulics. I just don't go into Spokane that often. That's where I got...

LI batteries are like chrome tail pipes on your motorcycle. Look snazzy but provide no better service.

I've had over 60 years experience using and being around chains saws. An accident usually will require one of two things. A band aide or a Para Medic squad and a surgical team. Take your pick.

When I finish chipping I do a couple things that help preserve the chipper. Clean out the chipping chamber. Particularly all the trash that will collect at the bottom. Trash absorbs moisture - moisture can lead to rust. Grease the two bearings that support the rotor. LIBERALLY coat the...

I run a Wallenstein BX62S with my Kubota M6040. The chipper is rated for 6" wood - the M6040 has 56 pto hp. With this setup I can easily chip any trees on my property. The chipper is a manual feed model. I have no need for hydraulic feed. I chip ONLY small pines ( 1" to 6" on the butt )...

I have a head on my Stihl FS350 with four free swinging nylon blades. Just like a mini bush hog. Works great and these blades will last an entire season.

Greene - I didn't trace the line forward of the rear fender. I assumed no fuse and put one in line. The turn signals have a heavy metal bracket around them. Ideal place to mount the flood light and on/off switch.

For 27 years I used a 3-point snow blower to clear my mile long driveway - mailbox area - yard. Four hours looking back over my shoulder. It took two to three days afterward for my neck and shoulders to be pain free again. NO WAY am I going to use any type of 3-point implement that requires...

After all that work of cutting - piling - burning - what will be done with the remaining stumps. I don't understand. If after eliminating the trees and there is still room to brush hog - around the remaining stumps - why not just leave the trees - use the 16 acres as it is. Obviously you...

BobBrown - sorry I'm late on an answer. Your Kubota dealer handles Land Pride grapples. Mine is the GSC1560. 820 pounds of AR400 steel. For that price - $4350 - they installed the WR Long 3rd function valve also. $3150 for the grapple - $1200 for the WR Long valve. Mine is one of the...

Good looking unit. Looks a whole lot like my Wallenstein BX62S. My in-feed is a tad lower than yours. When you get as old as I am - it makes a difference. All I have out here is Ponderosa pine. I thin my pine stands - every other year or so. Pine has to be one of the easiest kind of...