Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

Roy, I'd just make sure your tractor's hydraulic gpm is at the high range of snowblower spec, not the low end.

The hydraulic snow blowers (at least the one that Quick Attach sells) runs off a hydraulic power pack powered by the PTO drive...totally independent of the tractor's hydraulics

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[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 66 here in Wichita, going to 96
It’s also 66 at home in PA, but only going to 82.
The heat out here really doesn’t matter, as I’m cooped up in a building that’s the temperature of a meat locker. It feels good to go outside.

Not much to report on unless your interested in how to program a flight plan into a Collins ProLine FMS. It’s nice that there is a good dynamic in our class with the two class mates and the four of us. We usually all go to lunch together and socialize, no class work.

Drew, take a look at-

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Roy, not sure about the Deere, but I can take the loader off my Kubota L6060 in a few minutes, I never leave it on to mow. But the mounts stay on the tractor. It’s actually about the same time to drop just the bucket. Having the single multi port hydraulic connector is a huge time and labor saver for that chore.

As far as the snow blower, I wrestle with the same thoughts, but the reality is that no compact tractor really has the hydraulic flow for a blower, so the rear mounted, pto driven hydraulic unit is a necessity, given the cost and complexity, and having to run the hoses up front to the blower, I’ve elected to stay with a 96” hydraulic angle blade. It’s not ideal, and large snows may require that I put a bucket back on to move some snow, but it works. I think that I would look hard at the Erskine front mount PTO driven one if I decided I needed one. The shaft is a much more efficient way to transmit power than hydraulics as well.
I have also given some thought to finding a used 3pt and mounting an engine on it and a SSQA plate to make a self powered front mount. But so far I haven’t acted on those thoughts, and probably won’t.

 

[mpham]

Morning all! Gorgeous day here at 63 and partly cloudy. High 70's expected with low humidity!
Wife and I are doing fine. We both are enjoying the summer so far.
I had tree roots getting into my driveway and brick walkway so this was the week to make it gone. Tractor did great at getting things cleaned up. I needed a bigger machine to pop the stump out though.

Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .08 inches rain.

Play mechanic a bit today. Install new seat belts on the Scag, new plugs etc in the old Craftsman.

Might watch the NE - Miami game.

Probably take day off from caretaker unit.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Buppies]

87 heat and humidity coming back

 

[daugen]

Simply replace the blade and affordable brake cartridge and your saw is operational

now I get it. Kind of like an air bag going off and once used the whole mechanism is replaced.
In this case an aluminum brake crashes into blade and apparently stops blade in microseconds.
Blade is destroyed though, sacrificing itself and hopefully saving the finger.
Which is why you have to replace the blade and the brake cartridge each time.
Hopefully not often...
all due to conductivity

how could you use this saw to cut metal and not turn off immediately?
granted not a tool normally thought of cutting metal vs wood.
I wonder if there is any conductive wood that would fake it out...

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, not sure about the Deere, but I can take the loader off my Kubota L6060 in a few minutes, I never leave it on to mow. But the mounts stay on the tractor. It’s actually about the same time to drop just the bucket. Having the single multi port hydraulic connector is a huge time and labor saver for that chore.

As far as the snow blower, I wrestle with the same thoughts, but the reality is that no compact tractor really has the hydraulic flow for a blower, so the rear mounted, pto driven hydraulic unit is a necessity, given the cost and complexity, and having to run the hoses up front to the blower, I’ve elected to stay with a 96” hydraulic angle blade. It’s not ideal, and large snows may require that I put a bucket back on to move some snow, but it works. I think that I would look hard at the Erskine front mount PTO driven one if I decided I needed one. The shaft is a much more efficient way to transmit power than hydraulics as well.
I have also given some thought to finding a used 3pt and mounting an engine on it and a SSQA plate to make a self powered front mount. But so far I haven’t acted on those thoughts, and probably won’t.

The loader is easy to remove, just a pain to align once it's off. Since I don't mow (except for the field) the lawn (Zero-Turn is much faster), not much need to remove the loader any more

As far as the snow blower...really depends on one's circumstances. I lived in PA (South-central...Windsor to be exact) for several years and we knew every 3-4 years, we'd get hit hard with a good 10-15 inch storm. That's a pretty typical accumulation in Vermont every winter storm. Something I wouldn't even consider in PA is something that could be a necessity in New England. I never owned a snow blower (walk-behind or PTO driven) until we moved here.
I recall looking in to a job in NW PA (Erie area) years ago...probably would have needed a snow blower if I'd gotten a job in that area

 

[txdon]

A mild cloudy day, 89˚F, hoping TS Nicholas will bring us some rain.


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[Alien]

Earthworks have started for my new barn today. Cutting out and levelling taking place now and base crusher dust and reinforcing to arrive later this a.m. Good to see it all happening at last. I have done some drone aerial shots etc so will post those a bit later on.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dennis, do you know how Sawstop works? Light beam? IR? proximity? how does it evaluate friend (wood) or foe (finger)?

I don’t know, I had not heard of it before seeing his.
He had some nice tools, like a 12” jointer, and a big lathe. He turns a lot of really nice wood bowls.