MY2012 5085M ordered today!

[GreatWhitehunter]

Great pics, Lowes in your area sells those 16' post's?

Matt

 

[pclausen]

The picture of the augered hole leaves little doubt about the hardness of the soil... whoa! The side walls were polished and smooth!

Not only are the walls of the holes polished and smooth, so are the sides of the auger! I haven't used the 24 incher in years, and it was very rusty looking when I started, but now it got a nice polished look to it.

I bet that was a pretty good POP when the brace snapped. The flaked paint tells a story...

It sure was. I actually gave it a little too much pressure on another hole, and the bent the bracket which caused the paint to flake.

Thanks for the pictures, pclausen. That view is downright glorious! Stayin' home and workin' around the place would be just fine.. just fine.

No joke. I work in the IT department of a telco during the week, which can be very stressful at times, so I really enjoy the break during the weekends, being able to play around my place. Unfortunately, I still got about 20 years before retirement, but maybe I'll be able to do so early. Then again, buying this new 5085M isn't exactly helping that possibility.

 

[pclausen]

Great pics, Lowes in your area sells those 16' post's?

Yep, I paid $42.97 a piece.

 

[pclausen]

I did get the last 4 posts set today. Here's a shot from early this morning after getting the batter boards setup in the rear.

And late afternoon mixing cement for the final post:

And a shot after cleaning everything up:

Had a friend help stand up and brace the 4 posts, but otherwise it was a solo affair. Had to make a trip to Lowes for a 2nd pallet of cement. I ended up using a total of 76 bags, so almost 13 bags per hole on average. So I mixed a little over 6000 lbs worth! Those 80# bags sure did start feeling heavy towards the end of the day.

 

[Martian]

A lot of work indeed! Coming along though. Had you had a set of pallet forks you could have saved yourself a lot of trouble of loading and unloading the bucket. Are you getting a set with the 5085?

 

[catdozer]

Following the thread. And very interesting project your doing. but are you putting any drains around your addition? Cause it looks like you might have a problem with water, and maybe washing dirt into the building. Just curious. BTW what work will you have for that new 5085M when it gets delivered?

 

[pclausen]

A lot of work indeed! Coming along though. Had you had a set of pallet forks you could have saved yourself a lot of trouble of loading and unloading the bucket. Are you getting a set with the 5085?

I already picked up the pallet forks for the 5085. It's too bad the loader on the New Holland is not global carrier. In fact, that loader has no carrier at all, the bucket pins directly to the loader frame.

Here are a few shots of the Frontier AP13G pallet forks, rated for 5500 lbs. I got the longer 48" tines.

I like those collars than can be adjust in to lock the tines in position. I really hated how big a pain it was to adjust the tines in and out on the old set. These look like they will just glide in and out.

Has yet to be hooked up to a loader. All paint on the global carrier brackets is accounted for. Won't be for long once I get the 5085.

You're right, they would have come in real handy this past weekend!

 

[pclausen]

Following the thread. And very interesting project your doing. but are you putting any drains around your addition? Cause it looks like you might have a problem with water, and maybe washing dirt into the building.

Absolutely, I plant to install a French drain along the side and back and along the back of the existing shop as seen here:

As can be seen, the challenge will be dealing with the 400A service line entering the shop. I think it is down a full 36", so I should clear over top of it. There is also a buried water line in the foreground of the picture I need to deal with as well.

BTW what work will you have for that new 5085M when it gets delivered?

Mostly bush hogging semi maintained land (50 acres) and finish cutting (10 acres), but I also got about 3 acres of virgin ground I want start plowing and disking on a regular basis. I got a used John Deere 45 3-16 plow. My dealer is skeptical that the 5085 will pull it, but I'd like to think that it will. I also got about half a mile of gravel/dirt road to maintain, and a stumps to grind (on the slopes) and rip up (on the level areas) with the backhoe ripper. Then there is ongoing maintenance of about 10 acres of wooded area.

I'm really looking forward to a cabbed tractor with a buddy seat (for the daughters) and E-PTO speed when cutting fields. I bet 1700 rpm inside the cab will feel/sound like riding in a Caddy compared to open station 2450 rpm on my 4700. From what I hear, the MY2012 5085M are real quiet, almost barely louder than idle at 1700. Can't wait!

 

[pclausen]

I removed the supports from the posts, and I think things turned out nice and true. Here's a shot down the front of the building.

And down the back side.

I put blue masking tape on each pole to shop the level that the poured floor will be at (bottom edge of tape). I cut a little further into the bank that I should have. I'm at 11" at the shop wall, and 18" at the bank. Will be good for putting in the French drain though I think.

I plan to cut these to length and put around each pole and pour to bring concrete up to floor level. Should prevent any of the posts from ever seeing water (assuming the newly poured cement will join/seal with what I poured this past weekend).

 

[Zebrafive]

Nice work! I wish I had taken pictures of my barn's construction (did all but concrete work myself)

Was there a reason you choose swinging forks over fixed forklift syle? I am thinking of getting the other style, both fork will stay on same plane and you can use down pressure if required to push down with the forks. Compact brush piles etc.

 

[pclausen]

I had the fixed style with my 460 loader and I always found it a pain to adjust them in and out to fit various size pallets, equipment, etc. You had to rock each tine back and fourth a lot to get them to move. Greasing them didn't help much, at least not with the pair I had. I do realize I won't be able to apply down pressure, but I will likely use my grapple for any work that involves moving brush, stumps, trees around.

Just ordered 6 yards of crusher run for delivery on Friday to start putting down a base for the cement. Got a compactor reserved as well for Friday afternoon. Looks like I'm in store for another fun filled weekend with lots of physical activity.

 

[C-Range]

Pclausen,

Too bad, there's a trick to sliding fixed forks. You lift the forks a little above waist height and then "dump" the fork tips down to about a 45 degree angle so that the center of gravity of the fork tine is nearly under the fork's upper clip (hanger). With all of it's weight hanging on that one point, you can usually pull the lock pin and slide the fork with one hand tied behind your back, assuming adequate lubrication on the sliding surface.

Of course, those that you got are nice too if they will suit your needs.

 

[pclausen]

Ah, I bet that would have worked! Never thought to angle them down like that to put all the weight on the hanger. I'll see how these end up working in actual use lifting pallets and picking up other heavy objects. I can see both pros and cons to floating vs. fixed.

 

[pclausen]

Made some good progress on the pole barn this weekend. I had a 8 tons of crusher run delivered on Friday that I compacted real good. Still need another 2 loads or so to bring the crusher run base level with the 12" diameter concrete "necks" I poured around each post, which is 5" below the finished floor level.

Next I installed french drains along the side and back.

I had to dig a trench along the backside of the existing structure, crossing the 400A service. Fortunately the electrical is 34" below the surface according to the guy that came out from the power company to mark the service.

But before digging the trench, I leveled the perforated drain pipes and slipped filter socks on them.

I then mounted the Woods backhoe to the New Holland, it was just as big of a pain as mounting it on the 6405, but I finally got it all setup. The 56 PTO hp vs. 85 on the 6405 is definitely noticeable when operating just a bit above idle.

I then thought it would be a good idea to use my ripper for the trench.

Did not work out (would be good for running a water line or electrical, but not a 4" drain pipe with a slight down slope), so I switched back to the 18" bucket.

Pipe laid in.

All covered back up. Once it settles, I'll run the rake over it to make it pretty.

I still need to add an extension and throw a few largish rocks at the outlet.

 

[Sterff]

The backhoe sure beats a shovel though! Looks like a fun project too.

 

[AKfish]

You do good work, pclausen. Coming together very nicely! Keep rolling like that and everything's gonna be done before the 5085M even shows up!

That Woods has already paid for itself. Might just have to get it painted..

What did you use to get the slope for the French drain?

Thanks for the pics, too. Nice to see those leaves poppin' out!

AKfish

 

[Zebrafive]

Great progress! Seeing the the Woods backhoe makes me want one!

 

[pclausen]

Thanks guys.

As for setting the level/drop for the french drain, I used a 4ft level and measured at 3 places along each 10 feet section of pipe and made sure the bubble was touching the line on the up side. I added gravel as needed below each pipe to achieve the desired result. In all I got about 150 feet of pipe with a drop of about 2 feet from start to finish, so a little more than the 1% rule of thumb drop.

The biggest pain about installing the backhoe are the 5 large bolts that have to be torqued to 450 ft lbs to properly setup the 3pt linkage for each tractor the hoe is attached to. I've been through the process 2 times now and will need to do it a third time for the 5085M. Once customized for a particular tractor, the hookup should not be that bad going forward. I plan to make a stand for it so that I should be able to back up to it and hook up in 10 minutes or so, at least that is my hope.

Also, dealing with those heavy cat 2 implements in general (like the blade and 9ft bush hog), I'm considering the cat 2 I-match system once I validate that most of my implements will work with it. I think that will be a big time save and make me switch to the proper implement when needed instead of trying to make do with whatever it currently hooked up.

 

[NativeSon]

Great looking project & pictures. You're like the Rural Bob Villa. Thanks for all the pics and info.

Charlie

 

[ddivinia]

Looking good. With all the work you are getting done with older used tractors, does it make you question the new M?

I am thinking about a new M myself.

D.