TODAYS SEAT TIME

[Thomas]

Does anybody use a spinner knob on their steering wheel? My brother put one on the 2800 which was my father's, because he's tired of using his finger to spin the wheel.
I find it to be a PITA, but he likes it and it's a shared machine.

I like the spinner set 8 o'clock,hand when mowing snow removal like today.

 

[BackRoad]

Here we go! Not sure of the technical terms, but my Kubota MX6000 steering acts like it may be hydraulic. The steering wheel is constantly adjusting, so the spoke that is at 8 o'clock while traveling straight could later end up being at the 2 o'clock position while traveling straight.

Therefore, I have - 3 - suicide knobs on my steering wheel. One is mounted adjacent to each spoke on the steering wheel. The angle of the steering wheel prevents them from getting in the way, and having 3 makes it so I always have one easily available for my left hand when operating the loader, or when mowing.

Sounds crazy, but it's way more convenient than one might imagine. Maybe not my best use of $30 bucks, but it's up there near the top of the list.

I noticed recently in one of Mr. Gordon's photos that he appears to have 2 on at least one of his tractors.

 

[LouNY]

Never been a fan of the spinners, maybe a throwback to learning to drive without power steering on the tractors and have the wheel spin when hitting rocks or wood chuck holes.

Couple of hours today (actually 3 hrs) on the little Kioti 2620 moving snow.
Soggy wet snow on unfroze gravel, once I got out on the main driveway I could float the bucket and by playing with the curl while moving slowly not tear up gravel.

 

[Cycledude]

I like the spinner set 8 o'clock,hand when mowing snow removal like today.

So New Hampshire folks mow snow ?

 

[Jstpssng]

Maybe not my best use of $30 bucks, but it's up there near the top of the list.

It works for you, so... besides I can think of many times I've wasted 30 bucks on things more frivolous.

 

[Thomas]

So New Hampshire folks mow snow ?

There been more than couple times mowing fields with snow on it.

 

[Seven Gables]

Got about 15 more old sweet cherry trees extracted and hauled before our 1-2 feet of snow that’s forecasted hits.
Lil 60 Volvo is 7 years old and crowding 1500 hrs , been one of the best and trouble free equipment purchases I’ve ever made .

 

[scootr]

I have always used a spinner, put one on every tractor. They allow easy steering operation much quicker than you you can do hand over hand with less effort. I find it indispensable when mowing.
Problem I'm having with the Kubota power steering is the knob never lands in the same place twice. I see a picture above of a steering wheel with 3 spinners on it - that guy must have the same problem lol.

 

[BackRoad]

Yes Sir!

 

[Gordon Gould]

I have a spinner on my M5640 and it moves around but it doesn't bother me a bit. I'm mostly jigging around in the woods often with a trailer and the spinner makes it way easier for me - especially turned around sideway backing.

gg

 

[LouNY]

Todays seat time was mounting the rear chains on the Branson and using the york rake to break up the ice that had formed from using the Kioti's bucket to skim most of the wet heavy snow from Thursdays storm. The R-14 tires impressed me with their wet snow performance of course that little CK 2620 is quite heavily ballasted with the liquid filled rear tires and the backhoe hanging off of it, I figured it up one day and she sits just under 6000 pounds with only 25 hp.

chains ready to go, -----------------------------------------chains on and ready to work

before the york rake, --------------------------------------after raking

 

[scootr]

What's that white stuff?

 

[4570Man]

That spot was a little softer than I planned.

 

[BackRoad]

Kind of makes you wonder how stable the utility pole is!??

 

[4570Man]

Kind of makes you wonder how stable the utility pole is!??

They drill those into the bedrock.

 

[LouNY]

Well just a bit of seat time this morning, I had a material delivery scheduled for today and when I finally got out of bed there was about 3 inchs of wet snow on the ground. No way can I allow a delivery truck on the driveway on wet snow not even the 3 wheel all terrain fork lift. So I called to try and talk to dispatch then went out and dropped the forks off the little Kioti and broomed of the bucket mounting and put the bucket back on, then dropped the bucket of the Branson and mounted the forks on her. The Branson has chains so she is safe on the driveway. As I was walking towards the house, I got a call from dispatching that my order wouldn't be going out for delivery till tomorrow. So now it's time for coffee and breakfast. Of course then Sunday I'll need the forks back on the Kioti to be ready for some tire mounting and swapping.

 

[Gordon Gould]

^^^^^ Don't you love it when you have to scramble to cover all the bases.

gg

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Time to put some more meat in the freezer, so my "seat time" was moving and hanging up a couple pigs to be butchered,

SR

 

[Eagle1]

Time to put some more meat in the freezer, so my "seat time" was moving and hanging up a couple pigs to be butchered,

SR

Glad to see I'm not the only one to hang from the loader. I use a hay spear with a square tube to get the steers away from the front of the tractor a bit.

 

[BackRoad]

The one on the right looks like it will go better than 10 pounds!!!

That's a scary big hog!

My wife keeps threatening to get a couple of hogs...but it's always just after she reminds me they can eat people and no one would ever know...