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And surface metal cracks would be a heckuva foothold for some serious rust.
The new upgraded Kioti KL130 FEL on mine is the KL130B model number. The new torque bar that goes all the way through both sides of each lifter arm looks like a good storage place for a pry bar.
The dealer added a Rankin PHD600 postholedigger and a 12" steel-toothed auger into my purchase deal, and $900 off advertised price. I don't see any reviews on Rankin, an equipment company here in Washington. The owners manual is an Italian manufacturer. Have you heard of Rankin PHD's and their quality?
I was getting extra shear pins and saw they were shear bolts instead.
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My woods equipment need history
Could have used this lovely l'il machine two months ago but didn't have it...
To make a short story long:
Western Washington got socked and inundated by two weeks of high winds and rainfloods last November. Trees blown down for miles and miles, roofs blown off, towns destroyed, logjams blocking Interstates and washing away AmTrak, all that. I had 3-dozen trees down across the lane, drive, yard, back on my woods trails, couldn't walk anywhere.
So in March when we all start digging out, I called around to rent a backhoe for skidding, I'd just sold the 'dozer, it figures, spent years clearing the place with it. Didn't want to have burn piles going on all sides of this 8 acres again so thought I'd do the non-polluting green PC thing and chip the trees then haul them to the county dump recycling where they sell the chips for extra money.
All three rental outfits here doubled their prices for backhoes.
Ok fine, I'll rent just a chipper, tow it behind the pickup to the trees, buck and feed them in: $169 a day chipper rent. Yea sure I'm a fish hook me.
Ok fine, I'll just buck them and haul to the dump so they can still make some money to defray costs. The dam dump wanted $77 a ton; I'd guesstimate I had ~30 tons if I hauled it all.
I understand and believe in the economics of supply and demand. But when I drive by these rental outfits, there will be one or two of their backhoes and chippers sitting idle in the lot waiting for someone to rent a Kubota 26hp for $350 a day, so it's not like they're all rented out all the time.
So to **** with 'em all, I bucked and burned for five weeks to clear out the tangled mess. Then when we visited our folks in Oregon (no sales tax), i gathered money together and went and bought a brand spanking new Kioti 30hp tractor , woot!
(I'd have loved to get the tractor first, but didn't make up my mind for that big expense until I was nearly done busting my butt like usual.)
I :heart: this l'il Kioti
The new upgraded Kioti KL130 FEL on mine is the KL130B model number. The new torque bar that goes all the way through both sides of each lifter arm looks like a good storage place for a pry bar.
The dealer added a Rankin PHD600 postholedigger and a 12" steel-toothed auger into my purchase deal, and $900 off advertised price. I don't see any reviews on Rankin, an equipment company here in Washington. The owners manual is an Italian manufacturer. Have you heard of Rankin PHD's and their quality?
I was getting extra shear pins and saw they were shear bolts instead.
- - -
My woods equipment need history
Could have used this lovely l'il machine two months ago but didn't have it...
To make a short story long:
Western Washington got socked and inundated by two weeks of high winds and rainfloods last November. Trees blown down for miles and miles, roofs blown off, towns destroyed, logjams blocking Interstates and washing away AmTrak, all that. I had 3-dozen trees down across the lane, drive, yard, back on my woods trails, couldn't walk anywhere.
So in March when we all start digging out, I called around to rent a backhoe for skidding, I'd just sold the 'dozer, it figures, spent years clearing the place with it. Didn't want to have burn piles going on all sides of this 8 acres again so thought I'd do the non-polluting green PC thing and chip the trees then haul them to the county dump recycling where they sell the chips for extra money.
All three rental outfits here doubled their prices for backhoes.
Ok fine, I'll rent just a chipper, tow it behind the pickup to the trees, buck and feed them in: $169 a day chipper rent. Yea sure I'm a fish hook me.
Ok fine, I'll just buck them and haul to the dump so they can still make some money to defray costs. The dam dump wanted $77 a ton; I'd guesstimate I had ~30 tons if I hauled it all.
I understand and believe in the economics of supply and demand. But when I drive by these rental outfits, there will be one or two of their backhoes and chippers sitting idle in the lot waiting for someone to rent a Kubota 26hp for $350 a day, so it's not like they're all rented out all the time.
So to **** with 'em all, I bucked and burned for five weeks to clear out the tangled mess. Then when we visited our folks in Oregon (no sales tax), i gathered money together and went and bought a brand spanking new Kioti 30hp tractor , woot!
(I'd have loved to get the tractor first, but didn't make up my mind for that big expense until I was nearly done busting my butt like usual.)
I :heart: this l'il Kioti
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