Kubota Woodsplitter/widowmaker

[treeboone]

Well, looks like another postpone on delivery. The honeymoon must be wearing off, the edge on the disappointment is blunt this time. The Woods hoe is "supposed" to arrive this coming monday. Dealer says he will deliver tractor Tuesday, hoe or no hoe. Funny how times change, when I was looking to buy, not a soul around and it was a buyers market. Now, about a month later, the lot is emptying out. Glad I sealed the deal when I did. In case anyone is curios, I bought from Adams Tractor in Spokane, Washington- [adamstractorco.com] They are upfront with pricing, although the prices I see talked about are somewhat lower back east. I did not consider mail order on something like this.

 

[RobertN]

Ah, Homewood! that's the first place I ever skied, back in '84
Memories!


RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif

 

[RobertN]

I remember seeing something about those, still available, around here a year ago or so. Looked funky...

RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif

 

[RPM]

Bird,

My wife saw one of these demonstrated at the Texas state fair around 5-6 years ago when she was down visiting friends there. She tried to persuade me to get one for my truck, but I preferred to stay with the barter method -- friend of mine has a splitter and we had a couple of very large maples we had just taken down!

I grew up going around all kinds of farm shows. I have never ceased to be amazed by what a good production some of these guys put on with their contraptions - there's a new one every year. They are always interesting to watch.

 

[s1120]

Well, I finally got some pics up. The splitter worked great. I split a whole rack of wood with out breaking a sweat.[then the rack fell over, DOHHHH] I did have to remove it from the tractor, I could not keep the front end on the ground.

 

[Von]

Paul, Your tractor looks just like my dad's Case 222. He has had it for about 27 years. Last year I had to get a short block for it. Still does the job for him.

 

[s1120]

Ya, these things are tanks. This one is a 224. It is the same as a 222, but with a 14hp motor. The 222 has a 12hp. Here is one more shot.

 

[treeboone]

At last!! My L4610 arrived this afternoon. No hoe, but I can live without that for awhile. I got in 20 minutes of brushcutting before the rain got the best of me. It was sad to see my Case depart on the dealers trailor. Pictures tommorrow!

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>My L4610 arrived this afternoon</font color=blue>

That's a lotta tractor to most of us here, Treeboone! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

Looking forward to seeing you in the Photo forum. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[HR_Mutt]

treeboone
That's GREAT news/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Mutt

 

[treeboone]

I got 6 hours in today. I think the hourmeter is broken, it goes alot faster than my old gear drive Case/Mitsubishi. What a machine this is! I cut wet brush and grass for an hour or so this morning, picking my way through the woods around trees and stumps as usual. Then it occured to me to try digging a stump out of the way (after a few years with a small tractor, I did not even think about something like that, knowing full well it would be out of the question, having tried and failed.)
Well up she came!, so I dropped the cutter off and started rooting stumps that had Ive been driving around for too long. Granted, they were decayed and the ground was wet, but Ill take what I can get. Then I pushed over a couple of 12 inch fir trees (Chain saw? We doan need no steenking chainsaw!)
I do not recommend that, it is a good way to get speared by a broken top. Then I spent the rest of the day skidding down dead trees and assorted debris that accumilates in the woods. I got the hydrostatic trans. and am not dissapointed. I read some post that complain about the "hydrostatic whine" Man I love that sound! Set the throttle at 1800 RPM in low or midrange and it sings beautifully. I was also surprised that it is considerably quieter than my 25 HP mitsubishi (a very snappy performer with a rather sharp bark)
Still waiting on the rest of the goodies, looking forward to the backhoe.

 

[Kerry]

s1120 gudday Paul, I was wondering about your 2 way splitter, does it have 1 or 2 hydraulic rams?, looks like a good unit,I have single splitter but this looks like it would be faster especially with 2 guys working it, either that or I'm getting smarter as I get older - read less energetic. Kerry.

 

[treeboone]

picture of the Curtis snowblade, Now I am looking forward to a good snow for the first time in several years.

 

[treeboone]

This is one of the chainhooks the dealer fitted up, note the reinforcement welded into the top of the bucket (It took me a double take to see it, a nice job)

 

[HR_Mutt]

treeboone
She(?) sure is sweeet/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gifand you have a barn too!(I'm still pouring over the plans waiting for it to stop raining!)
Did you get the tires loaded?
Pic 3 is a dup. of 2 (the curtis plow) however I certainly understand the excitement of posting/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.Did not get a pic of my FEL while it was still <font color=orange>orange</font color=orange> inside.Be careful moving the large piles of forest debris, I don't want to post the part #'s for the front end because the front guard doesn't stop everything/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif!
1800 rpm is about where I run also, can't even hear it running when the wife is in the area on the B7100. The smooth quiet power is AWESOME!
Noticed your profile is updated,going to be out in the woods doing some more "custom wood working" Kubota style today?
regards
Mutt

 

[s1120]

Kerri,
It has one ram. Splits one way on the way out, and splits the outher when it retracks. The manual says to split the hard ones on the way out. It has more power that way.

 

[treeboone]

OOPS... try again. Chain hooks. I probobly should be putting this stuff in other catagories, getting off topic and what. Mutt, I feel a vibration at 2000 rpm and higher, since the deck is isolated, I pick it up in the hydro pedal. It is a rapid buzz type vibration. Do you get the same?

 

[HR_Mutt]

treeboone
negative on vibration at the pedal. mine has at most,1/8 inch travel forward/reverse before engaging the transmission. you can watch it operating under the deck. adjustable links also. went around other day and lubricated everything that moves including there. i have a harmonics vibration in the rops at 2000rpm, only have to lay a finger on it to stop it. btw...great looking job on those hooks!
regards
Mutt

 

[HR_Mutt]

treeboone
Took her out after post above, the pedal is not as smooth as a accelerator in a car but I would not call it vibration. The molded rubber design on the footpad does not blur. If this was my first HST tractor maybe I would of noticed it, but I had to look for it. Suspect maybe that's the little bit of HP we ante up for the pleasure of HST you can detect.
regards
Mutt
ps the dealer should be mounting that backhoe soon/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif ,have them verify?

 

[treeboone]

I put a few more hours on today, either the vibration is working out or I am getting used to it. Maybe it's a nut loose behind the wheel??? I put the Curtis blade on today to make sure it is up to snuff. I want to meet the guy that can mount this in "no more than 5 minutes," My hat is off to him. Getting the bucket back on was no picnic either. Fortunately my wife showed up to help jockey the loader while I lined up the pins. No Backhoe yet, hope it shows up soon, I ran out of rotten stumps for the loader. Going to have the dealer weld on the Rankin thumb. I haven't seen one, but he claims they've put a couple on and they are working out OK.