deputyrpa
Gold Member
I've put over 150 hours on my DK45, and no problems that I can identify. My wife loves me still, and I see a twinkle in my neighbor's eye too. 
Yep - today's job was burying her cat. No job is too delicate for the machine, and chics dig that stuff. It would have gone over slightly better if it had died first
I've spent considerable hours sawing logs for firewood held nicely by the backhoe thumb. What a time-saver....not to mention a chain-saver (no more dirt!). A hydraulic thumb would be nice, but one gets used to the pin settings for manual thumb tasks.
I've had my friend Shawns's forks for a few months now. He gets to borrow them from time to time. I use them a lot, as much as my bucket. Last weekend some other friends and I built a "killer" tree stand by pallet. The self-leveling aspect is key too, as we didn't name it "The Killer Stand" as a memorial. Actually, it is aptly named "The Tractor Stand", because I have a "Coyote Stand" in the next field. When I get the payoff from the slip and fall I'm bound to take on the Target store parking lot next month, I'm gonna buy Shawn some forks. He's pushing me......
I learned not to back up with my 5' brushhog, and I learned to weld just about the same time. That little freakin' wheel can't swivel around fast enough. I thought the first time was a fluke.... I don't know why they call it sprung steel, because I waited a while and it stayed really bent. Now it's heat treated steel, which I hear is much stronger.
I bought a Readywelder II on eBay. Well, not really....I called the seller 5 minutes before the auction ended and got a better deal. I learned that maneuver from Rick. It's a great portable DC Mig welder, which runs off a battery or up to 3 batteries in series. It'll weld 3/4" steel and 3/4" aluminum, gas or gasless (for steel). One can use it as a spool gun for a CC or CV machine too. Has anyone used one? It's much better to be able to take the welder to the job, instead of vice versa. Our basement smells mountain fresh again.
Now for some somber reflections: I may be imagining things, but I notice perhaps the backhoe does not have the power I thought it had earlier. It seems the relief valves sound off more than they used to. One indication is that I have to use the boom to get the riggers further extended. They get the rear tires off the ground, but not as far as they used to. Also it feels that there is a little schlop in the frame mount pins. Again, maybe it's me, or maybe it's ordinary. I dunno. Could it be the pump?? I don't have a pressure guage, but I guess I should plumb one in.
Yep - today's job was burying her cat. No job is too delicate for the machine, and chics dig that stuff. It would have gone over slightly better if it had died first I've spent considerable hours sawing logs for firewood held nicely by the backhoe thumb. What a time-saver....not to mention a chain-saver (no more dirt!). A hydraulic thumb would be nice, but one gets used to the pin settings for manual thumb tasks.
I've had my friend Shawns's forks for a few months now. He gets to borrow them from time to time. I use them a lot, as much as my bucket. Last weekend some other friends and I built a "killer" tree stand by pallet. The self-leveling aspect is key too, as we didn't name it "The Killer Stand" as a memorial. Actually, it is aptly named "The Tractor Stand", because I have a "Coyote Stand" in the next field. When I get the payoff from the slip and fall I'm bound to take on the Target store parking lot next month, I'm gonna buy Shawn some forks. He's pushing me
......I learned not to back up with my 5' brushhog, and I learned to weld just about the same time.
That little freakin' wheel can't swivel around fast enough. I thought the first time was a fluke.... I don't know why they call it sprung steel, because I waited a while and it stayed really bent. Now it's heat treated steel, which I hear is much stronger. I bought a Readywelder II on eBay. Well, not really....I called the seller 5 minutes before the auction ended and got a better deal. I learned that maneuver from Rick
. It's a great portable DC Mig welder, which runs off a battery or up to 3 batteries in series. It'll weld 3/4" steel and 3/4" aluminum, gas or gasless (for steel). One can use it as a spool gun for a CC or CV machine too. Has anyone used one? It's much better to be able to take the welder to the job, instead of vice versa. Our basement smells mountain fresh again.Now for some somber reflections: I may be imagining things, but I notice perhaps the backhoe does not have the power I thought it had earlier. It seems the relief valves sound off more than they used to. One indication is that I have to use the boom to get the riggers further extended. They get the rear tires off the ground, but not as far as they used to. Also it feels that there is a little schlop in the frame mount pins. Again, maybe it's me, or maybe it's ordinary. I dunno. Could it be the pump?? I don't have a pressure guage, but I guess I should plumb one in.
