plastikosmd
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Maybe the way kubota wired it? Not a problem in any of my aftermarket installations
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swampy6
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I split and stacked four loads of Beech today, picture 1884 & 85 is what's left of the Beech pile. I'm hoping for two face cord so we'll see how much we have after I'm done.
It was a great day for it, not many bugs at all. When I came in it was 60 degrees.
It was a great day for it, not many bugs at all. When I came in it was 60 degrees.
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Easy day for my rig relocated a speed limit sign.
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I gotta make a bracket like you got Coobie for your beacon. I have a remote control LED spotlight like the utility companies use. I want to put it on my 1100. It has a magnetic base.
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A good friend on mine has a light as you described on his 1100 and loves it
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I finished splitting and stacking the two face cord of Beech but before that I cleaned the filters and checked the oil in the MTD 20 ton.
Pictures 1894 & 1895 are what's left of the Beech pile and the Maple.
Pictures 1894 & 1895 are what's left of the Beech pile and the Maple.
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When I bought the RTV X1100c last June I had the dealer wait to install the complete K Connect System until November, because I knew it would reduce the ground clearance from 11" to 5 1/2" so that we could take it to Jericho Mountain in New Hampshire in July to go with our Daughter, Son in Law and Grandkids with all their ATV's to ride the trails.
We put 130 miles on the RTV at Jericho and went over just about anything you could imagine. When we returned the Dealer installed the K Connect System and the ground clearance went down to 5 1/2". I used the RTV with the K Connect and the 66" Snow Blower to clear our 700' driveway 7 times and it worked flawlessly.
Once the snow season passed I removed the Snow Blower and that took only a few minutes. I left the K Connect installed with the 5 1/2" ground clearance, and after reading the Manual for the K Connect it sounded intimidating enough that I figured I would leave it installed, because I didn't think the family would be going ATVing this summer.
Well, everyone wants to go back to Jericho Mountain next month so I brought the RTV in the shop and put it on the lift and when you actually look at what is involved to remove the system it is no big deal. I know it takes the dealer 16 to 20 hours to do the installation, but that is because of all the electrical and other things they have to do that you don't have to remove.
Remove 7- 5/16" bolts remove the center skid plate, remove 2 bolts from the units drive shaft from the engines crankshaft pulley, slide the shaft off the splines, disconnect the electrical connection for the electric clutch, remove 6 - 1/2" bolts, (3 on each side of the unit), lower the gearbox with a jack, unhook the 2 front hooks, remove the pin holding the lift cylinder, remove the front connect unit, remove the hydraulic unit reinstall the original front Brush Guard, install two small skid plates and the original plate you removed, reinstall the 7 - 5/16" bolts and go ATVing with your family and your 11" ground clearance.
Have a good day. BucketHoe
We put 130 miles on the RTV at Jericho and went over just about anything you could imagine. When we returned the Dealer installed the K Connect System and the ground clearance went down to 5 1/2". I used the RTV with the K Connect and the 66" Snow Blower to clear our 700' driveway 7 times and it worked flawlessly.
Once the snow season passed I removed the Snow Blower and that took only a few minutes. I left the K Connect installed with the 5 1/2" ground clearance, and after reading the Manual for the K Connect it sounded intimidating enough that I figured I would leave it installed, because I didn't think the family would be going ATVing this summer.
Well, everyone wants to go back to Jericho Mountain next month so I brought the RTV in the shop and put it on the lift and when you actually look at what is involved to remove the system it is no big deal. I know it takes the dealer 16 to 20 hours to do the installation, but that is because of all the electrical and other things they have to do that you don't have to remove.
Remove 7- 5/16" bolts remove the center skid plate, remove 2 bolts from the units drive shaft from the engines crankshaft pulley, slide the shaft off the splines, disconnect the electrical connection for the electric clutch, remove 6 - 1/2" bolts, (3 on each side of the unit), lower the gearbox with a jack, unhook the 2 front hooks, remove the pin holding the lift cylinder, remove the front connect unit, remove the hydraulic unit reinstall the original front Brush Guard, install two small skid plates and the original plate you removed, reinstall the 7 - 5/16" bolts and go ATVing with your family and your 11" ground clearance.
Have a good day. BucketHoe
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Nice info in your post guys.
We have Property in Chaffee county Colorado at 9000 ft elevation.
Have yet to bring our x1100c up to property yet. for fear it wont handle the Altitude . We are anxious to see if it will climb our 45 deg hills . Soon we will make the trip again I hope .
Any of you have problems at that high altitude ?
We have Property in Chaffee county Colorado at 9000 ft elevation.
Have yet to bring our x1100c up to property yet. for fear it wont handle the Altitude . We are anxious to see if it will climb our 45 deg hills . Soon we will make the trip again I hope .
Any of you have problems at that high altitude ?
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Our area is only a little over 1000 feet, no problems here but adding 8000 feet, I'm not sure if it would or not.
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That's not bad with the RTV bundled. LOL.
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That's what I thought, LOL Now I know why I went the Boss vee plow direction. I just hate plowing. I'll just have to keep snow blowing on my open station tractor.
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Somebody must be silly enough to buy it as they planned that price point
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Apparently lots of people are willing.
I can put a cab on my tractor cheaper though, LOL
wawajake
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Paystar.....have you priced tracks for your RTV in our area.....I am curious, because old 1998 Cat snowmachine is on its last legs and I think future winters will be a seesaw of snow and melt So I figure tracks on my RTV would handle the mess and get me to my sugar bush area no matter how spring happens, and let me get firewood all winter.......I can dream ! A few years ago I heard $6000 cdn , but who knows now, afraid to ask Tom F for quote.
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No, I never have Jake. Last time I looked at them for my Polaris Sportsman I think they were $4500. But that was a few years back.
I just plowed again today and had better results. It got cold BEFORE it snowed this time and the RTV had no problem at all.
I just have to remember that when we get that real heavy wet snow.....I have to remember it's NOT a tractor and I can't wait until there is a foot on the ground before I go plow. It will be good once it's froze and cold.
I'm not on the "climate change" bandwagon.....I had to take history back when I went to school and that's where I was taught all about all the different climate cycles the world has been through over it's history. It was once far hotter than it is now (before there were any factories or internal combustion engines) and then there was the ice age that killed dinosaurs. Now it is warming again.
But you are right Jake, this winter isn't normal for us. I'm used to it getting cold and staying cold. Not dumping snow then having pouring rain and summer the next day, then dumping snow the next day. I just get a nice base made on my gravel drives, then it melts and I have to start over.
I just plowed again today and had better results. It got cold BEFORE it snowed this time and the RTV had no problem at all.
I just have to remember that when we get that real heavy wet snow.....I have to remember it's NOT a tractor and I can't wait until there is a foot on the ground before I go plow. It will be good once it's froze and cold.
I'm not on the "climate change" bandwagon.....I had to take history back when I went to school and that's where I was taught all about all the different climate cycles the world has been through over it's history. It was once far hotter than it is now (before there were any factories or internal combustion engines) and then there was the ice age that killed dinosaurs. Now it is warming again.
But you are right Jake, this winter isn't normal for us. I'm used to it getting cold and staying cold. Not dumping snow then having pouring rain and summer the next day, then dumping snow the next day. I just get a nice base made on my gravel drives, then it melts and I have to start over.
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Thks anyway.....and I agree on the climate change aspect. We all just need to adapt. Me I just like the dream idea of not needing a snowmachine and use the heated cab RTV with tracks.....now I just need to convince the wife .. 
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I have seen RTV's with tracks on the internet but no idea how they perform. I know one thing, you wouldn't want to sink one unless you got a bulldozer to pull it out, LOL
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The ex-trucker in me wants to do this, LOL
