TODAYS SEAT TIME

[DieselBound]

daugen,

The Polaris is a Brutus (diesel). Rated for 1,000 lbs: towing is rated for 2k lbs. Dump IS electric. This was the first real test for the dump and it seemed to work fine. I had quite a bit of material loaded: you could see the back end drop down as I dumped (I tried to dump slowly).

It was a "training day" for me. I'm working up for when I get my NX5510 and am loading/hauling a dump trailer! (trailer ["Best"] is rated for 11k lbs of material, more with sides).

Your place looks very civilized: of course, NC is just beautiful!

 

[Mikejeakins]

Daugen you got a really nice Massey there.

 

[lostcreekranch]

daugen,

The Polaris is a Brutus (diesel). Rated for 1,000 lbs: towing is rated for 2k lbs. Dump IS electric. This was the first real test for the dump and it seemed to work fine. I had quite a bit of material loaded: you could see the back end drop down as I dumped (I tried to dump slowly).

!

DB, is the electric bed dump standard on the diesel or aftermarket. I've got 700 EFI gas version.

 

[DieselBound]

DB, is the electric bed dump standard on the diesel or aftermarket. I've got 700 EFI gas version.

I believe that you can get the bits (OEM or aftermarket?). On mine I specifically ordered the model that has the front hydraulics in order to get the power dump. I believe that I could have bought the lower-end version and then had the bits installed. I bought this as a demo: some folks bought up a lot of the demo models and sold them- I don't think that I'd go this route again, but in general it was OK (paid about $11k vs $17k for new): it has a rear main seal leak, which I'm guessing is due to it sitting for a long time (2013 model; I got it earlier this year).

The dump on my dump trailer is electric/hydraulic (rated for something like 18k lbs!).

Here's it with my (free) little trailer hooked up (hauled some wood; recently acquired the trailer- when I took this picture I hadn't got new tires on it yet):



My wood gathering is evolving. I'm not using palletized wire crates to collect up firewood. I'll use the Polaris to haul out the splitter and saws; tractor will shuttle the crates: wood never gets touched by hand again until it is pulled to toss in the woodstove.

 

[PJSprog]

That's a good-looking burn pit, daugen.

 

[lilyperch]

Continuing work on addition. Had to build retaining wall due to elevation and erosion. Got these 3/16 thick galvanized panels from old silo for .30 cents a lb. 114 including cut to size. Will pack in with a 2 ft high x 3 1/2 wide wall of clay.

 

[daugen]

That's a good-looking burn pit, daugen.

thanks for all the nice comments. PJ, that burn pit was built by a lieutenant in the local paid fire company, and he had some experience as a mason. He works for me very p/t. I was a volunteer fireman for ten years, and learned the wisdom of having a little fire wall of some sort. So far I haven't managed to knock it down with the front tire of the tractor, and it's done its job.

Filling up actually. What's in there now will make a real weenie roast, and I'll be dampening it down with water as it burns. Almost lit it off today but it was too breezy out. Drew

took the Massey on a road trip around the block today, primarily to visit one neighbor who has three. Third gear high range was plenty fast for me, but the tires ran true, no wobbles or shakes, unlike my Kubota with filled tires which goes through a full range of shimmies and shakes and the hydro sets up quite a whine. The Massey felt like if I asked it to take me downtown it was ready to go.

 

[daugen]

Continuing work on addition. Had to build retaining wall due to elevation and erosion. Got these 3/16 thick galvanized panels from old silo for .30 cents a lb. 114 including cut to size. Will pack in with a 2 ft high x 3 1/2 wide wall of clay. View attachment 481159View attachment 481160

looks good. Would it be worth giving those panels another layer of spray galvanizing or are they in good shape?
I like your recycling of those silo panels.
Actually they look in nice shape from zooming in the pic

 

[Larro Darro]

Drew, your new used tractor looks nice. It's a lot more stylish than the old MF's I remember.

 

[hayden]

My wife and I split some fire wood today. I have (had) a pile of old logs that I have been adding to on and off over the past few years. A friend took a bunch of it, and we decided to split up some for ourselves. I loaded an empty pallet onto the forks, then dropped the hole fork attachment next to the splitting area. It's connects to the loader with a quick attach system. I've found it's easier to pick up the forks than to try to pick up just the pallet on uneven ground.

Splitting was done with a splitter off the back of my L5740. It's a SplitFire that splits in both directions, so less time waiting for the return stroke. I bucked up logs with the Husky 385 - a real beast of a saw - while my wife did most of the splitting and stacking. I just helped with loading up the really big chunks that were too heavy for her. A bunch of the wood was rotten, but we got two pallets worth that should burn OK.

Once the pallets were full, we strapped the wood down and shuttled it very slowly back to the garage. Even when strapped down, a little too much shaking and the wood starts to fall off. So slow is the speed for the day. Once to the garage, I dropped the pallet on the concrete pad, then used a pallet jack to move it into it's storage position. There it will sit until empty.

I then went back to the wood pile with the Kubota 121 mini excavator and used it to toss and shove all the remaining rotten logs and scraps off into the woods.

I've also got a longer term project clearing back trails throughout the property I've been doing this in two stages where things are really choked in, both with the excavator. First pass is with the bucket and thumb where I pull out saplings/trees that are more than about 2" in diameter. These are too big to effectively cut with the brushhog. Second pass is with a brushhog head (Bushmaster) to cut back the smaller stuff, and cut up the sides of the larger overhanging trees. It's slow going, but works well and only needs to be done every 5 years or so. Once the edges are pushed back, it can be maintained with the tractor and field mower until it chokes back in again.