I've been working on one of my charity landscaping projects since last Tuesday. Aside from being tired and sore, it was a tremendous success.
We planted about 150 shrubs, 35 or so trees, etc. I dug out a pine stump with the Bradco backhoe that was so big I had to dig a 5-foot deep hole all the way around it, and when we got it loose it took my tractor and an
L2550 to pick it up. I was able to get it high enough that it would barely drag, but I needed the other tractor's help to get it high enough to get it onto a pile. Once he helped me raise it, I was able to carry it. Good thing I had 2,000 pounds of backhoe on the tail to counter-balance it.
I moved huge amounts of topsoil, mulch, compost, fill, debris, stumps, etc., pulled more trees, cut and filled lots of grades, augered holes for all the trees and shrubs, and probably lot's of other stuff I can't think of at the moment.
I found out the Michelin XM27's cleats are deep enough and sharp enough to grab curbs and lift the tractor over them easily.
Also, I found out that the toothbar does a passable job of imitating a tiller if you only have to go a few inches deep. And it sure makes brush cleanup a lot easier.
One thing I've decided I don't like about Kubota's is the hour meters move too slow. I used it several hours Tuesday & Wednesday, from 7 in the morning to at least 5 in the evening (with no more than half an hour for lunch) on Thursday thru Sunday, and the hour meter only registered 19.6 hours. Obviously, I need to run the tractor at a higher rpm. I wonder if JimBinMi's hour meter would work on my Kubota - I figure I'd have worked at least another 10 hours or so.
Mark
