R4047 pictures

[Sublifer]

1st pic is at the dealership. They're about to follow me out to my property for delivery.

2nd pic is after I put some use on it. Here is a tip for everyone: Put lots of sunscreen on your forearms and just above your knees (if you're wearing shorts). My boonie hat worked great for head and neck protection but I'm having trouble walking today because of the burns around my knees.

3rd pic is cuz I wanted to see how much bigger my brother-in-law's Kubota was. Well, He has unnecessarily tall fenders but tires are close. His hood is taller as is his loader. I prefer my hood so I can see over it pretty good. Really not sure if I'd prefer his loader or not... His Kubota is an M6800 so its supposed to be bigger anyways.

Haven't gotten any 3pt implements yet. I may be able to use my BIL's (Brother In Law), but he has some sort of quick attach setup that we're gonna have to see if I can use. I really could use a box blade... half what I want to do right now is raise the road level in spots that are under water. I've done some on it yesterday with the loader but it really is a pain. I may have to bite the bullet and spend my last few cents of savings on a boxblade...

 

[LittleBlueTractor]

Here is a tip for everyone: Put lots of sunscreen on your forearms and just above your knees (if you're wearing shorts). My boonie hat worked great for head and neck protection but I'm having trouble walking today because of the burns around my knees.

If you thought you were finished spending money, think again. Sounds like you need to save up for a canopy. You'll still need some protection from the sun, but not nearly as much. Here's the picture I included with my S3010 review:

S3010 with canopy and stump bucket

As I remember the canopy was about $325 and it was part of the package I bought from the dealer (tractor, canopy, 5' cutter, and 5' box blade.) And, depending on which one you get, you should still be able to fold the ROPS all the way down.

Haven't gotten any 3pt implements yet. I may be able to use my BIL's (Brother In Law), but he has some sort of quick attach setup that we're gonna have to see if I can use. I really could use a box blade... half what I want to do right now is raise the road level in spots that are under water. I've done some on it yesterday with the loader but it really is a pain. I may have to bite the bullet and spend my last few cents of savings on a boxblade...

I'd guess you can use your BIL's box blade "the old fashioned way" (assuming it's not too big for your R4047) as the quick hitch stuff is normally attached to his tractor's 3 pt. I have one (a quick hitch w/top link adapter) from Harbor Freight and it's purdy cool.

 

[rocknrod]

Very nice LS Tractor there.
I like the lower center of gravity myself. And your right about the hood.
You should have years of enjoyment from that unit my friend.
Congratulations.

 

[Sublifer]

Yup, a canopy is in my future... but I'm going to make my own. I was quoted $400+ for my tractor depending on fiberglass, aluminum or steel. So I'll just fab a frame with some supports and cross members and then skin it with expanded sheet and maybe canvas or something like that over it. I probably won't have but $100-200 in it and I think I can make it look as good if not better than a stock unit.

I like that stump bucket... think it'd work on stumps of big trees? Long leaf pines and some oaks... Probably not or at least not easily... Just trying to think ahead to when I get the land ~cleared and burnt and I have stumps to deal with...

 

[LittleBlueTractor]

Yup, a canopy is in my future... but I'm going to make my own. I was quoted $400+ for my tractor depending on fiberglass, aluminum or steel. So I'll just fab a frame with some supports and cross members and then skin it with expanded sheet and maybe canvas or something like that over it. I probably won't have but $100-200 in it and I think I can make it look as good if not better than a stock unit.

I like that stump bucket... think it'd work on stumps of big trees? Long leaf pines and some oaks... Probably not or at least not easily... Just trying to think ahead to when I get the land ~cleared and burnt and I have stumps to deal with...

Good luck on making your own canopy, it shouldn't be to hard if you have the skill and tools to do it. For sure with the "sweat equity" it'll be a better deal than buying one ready made -- and probably fit better too.

The nice thing about the stump bucket is that it concentrates all the cutting force in a small area. The biggest stump I've used it on so far was only about 10" in diameter and that was pretty easy.

But you don't have to worry about stumps if you just push over the trees. Gary (has a LS P7010) says even good sized trees are pretty easy to knock down with a FEL. I've seen it done on youtube and it looks fairly simple, but you have to watch out for the root ball popping up under your tractor. I'm not sure I want to try it though. Most all I'm working with is stumps left over by the guy I bought the land from and I really don't need to clear trees -- mostly just brush (like in the picture) and some thorn trees.

 

[Sublifer]

Yeah... I think I'd be too afraid of the rootball to try pushing over anything larger than a 8" diameter tree.

I may have to look into getting a stump bucket. How much do those sell for?

 

[LittleBlueTractor]

I may have to look into getting a stump bucket. How much do those sell for?

I got it at an auction back in November 2010 for about $350. Described the experience here:

my TBN auction thread

If you live anywhere near Houston they are having another auction April 13th & 14th. Actually, they have them worldwide. See:

Industrial Heavy Equipment Auctions | Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers

 

[Gary Fowler]

Yeah guys, pushing over trees is fun. I fixed my bent up landscape rake while I was home after ripping out a 8" diameter pine tree with it and the P7010. I didnt even feel it when was backing up and hung it with the Fred Cain brand rake but the poor rake felt it a lot. I3 of the tines bent like a fish hood and then sprang over the tree, then when I went forward, they just clung to the tree and ripped it out of the ground. I managed to straighten out the 3 bent tines with a sledge hammer but had to completely replace the main frame. After trying to straighten it with no success, I finally just got another piece of 3x3x 1/4" tubing and cut out the whole thing and replaced it. It took me about 1/2 a day of which most of that time was spent removing the welds where the 3 ph attachment brackets were. I ended up shortening the main frame about 3" from original so it now is stronger than it was plus the welds are a lot better than original. Pine trees have very little root ball on them and no tap root so they come out easy most of the time. If you have the weight and HP to push them over, they will uproot completely at about 45 degrees. I did have one that was large at the base once when using my Yanmar 4220 and I couldnt push it over. I raised my FEL high and managed to ride it over but the darn thing snapped off about 2-3feet from the bottom. Of course the tree and tractor came down( the front wheels were off the ground a couple feet. When I tried to back up, I couldnt. Couldnt go forward either. When I got off to see what was up, I found the the tractor had fallen directly on the stump and it was wedged in the front weight bracket. The FEL wouldnt lift it off either as it was too high for that. I ended up getting my chain saw out to saw it off. Now I just try to keep the FEL low enough to uproot it rather than bend it over. It works better if the ground is soft from a rain also. Sweet gum and thorn trees are much harder to get out and I usually have to use my box blade scarifiers to ring around the tree to cut all the roots on those prior to trying to push them. Sometimes even have to dig down and get under the root ball with those. A back hoe would be nice on those, but persistance with the FEL pays off in the end.

 

[Sublifer]

Well, I played with knocking over trees where I'm gonna put my pond... I bent my buckets bottom a little before realizing I should tilt it all the way down to use the strong square tube top for pushing. I could knock down up to about 6" pines. Only 1 pine left there that I couldn't get and was maybe only 7" but I let the tractor climb against it about 2-3 foot which was all I was comfortable with. That sucker has a strong taproot. For the oaks I could only go to about 4". They never went over at the base except for the smallest ones, mostly they'd snap off about a foot or so from the ground. I don't like the idea of coming down on top of one of those so I don't plan on pushing any more oaks.