My Place: a CAT, Mahindra, and Ducks

[bindian]

Merry Christmas! Are you snowed in?
hugs, Brandi

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Last 3 days melted it all

 

[bindian]

Last 3 days melted it all

What all do you take inside for the winter? That's got to be odd. I leave my water hoses out all year round. I was pressure washing the Lull's front quick tach mount yesterday. It had 4 inches of dirt and fluids in it and wouldn't unlatch.
Merry Christmas hugs, Brandi

 

[fried1765]

Christmas came early. Now I just have to get it home from Baldwin, Iowa.
Lull 644D-34View attachment 678741
hugs, Brandi

uship.com??

 

[bindian]

uship.com??

No, FR8Star (like uship.com) advertises on Equipmentfacts.com and I picked from 7 bids. Went with 1 Transport. Equipmentfacts.com is online farm and machinery auctions.
Merry Christmas hugs, Brandi

 

[dfkrug]

No, FR8Star (like uship.com) advertises on Equipmentfacts.com and I picked from 7 bids.

Last year I used Uship to haul a new (used 2017) ATV from TX to NorCal, and it cost me $400 for a 650# shipment of 1000 miles or so.

Congrats on the new Christmas present, Brandi. Do you have any pix at full extension?

 

[bindian]

Last year I used Uship to haul a new (used 2017) ATV from TX to NorCal, and it cost me $400 for a 650# shipment of 1000 miles or so.

Congrats on the new Christmas present, Brandi. Do you have any pix at full extension?

Thanks Dave.
No, but I will get some tomorrow. Merry Christmas.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Xfaxman]

I also want to see pix and a review of how it runs and operates .

 

[bindian]

Sorry for the delay. Christmas Eve, I noticed the panel to my hot water heater was bowing outward. Only one thing could cause that. I live in a 26 year old mobile home. Bought new in 1994. Yes, particle board flooring. I have replaced a lot of it.

But I did a physics no no last time I replaced the hot water heater. I installed a galvanized nipple between two copper/brass flex lines. The nipple corroded and started leaking and hot water dripped on the particle board floor. I caught it in time before it dropped enough to hit the water line into the trailer. I was lucky to find two steel beams are right under it, where I installed 2x6s and secured them to the existing floor beams with joist hangers. 10 pm last night, I took a warm bath.

I will watch the lines more often and now have a dielectric nipple in place of the galvanized nipple. Anyway, I hate kneeling and working below your knees. So I took it slow and easy over 3 days. I have one inlet seep from the existing (26 years old) swivel fitting. I will tighten it later. The PVC valve (hard water deposits) failed to close, so I had to shut off water and cut that valve out. I replaced it with a more "expensive" brass valve
Which caused some debris to wander into the front toilet and block inlet water. No flush. The debris came in when I misjudged the line near the meter and dug with the excavator, years ago. Yep, I dug up my water line. Lots of little iron ore pebbles. Now I gotta replace the toilet flush mechanism, as it is clogged and won't fill the tank.

So here is the Lull with boom full up and the transfer aft.

Here is the same with the transfer forward 6 feet.

Full height.

I haven't tried the different steering modes yet. It is still in 4 wheel steer.

I have to replace that steering line that looks to be about 12-15 feet long. Maybe before the end of the year, I will have it out.

When retracting the boom from full extension, it wanted to shudder. Don't know if a good geasing will fix that or new boom wear pads. I won't be using full height for awhile.

The Lull is sitting right were I wanna build my log house.
Happy New Year hugs, Brandi

 

[MagicMM]

Oh wow Brandi, that beast is a Beast!!!

I wish you the best with your plumbing but more importantly.....A Happy New Year.