What did you do on or to your LS Tractor today?

[Diggin It]

Withe the clamp on forks, your front corner is 4 feet in front of the bucket and below the arms.

Mine is almost on top of the bucket, close to and above the arms. I bounced up and down on mine a couple of times to test it and never moved the tractor.

 

[tookielee]

I see.... Also gives you a little more reach.
How did you mount it to the bucket so that it wouldn't slide?

 

[Diggin It]

How did you mount it to the bucket so that it wouldn't slide?

I just strap it in place with 1 1/2" ratchet straps. I may work on a different method at some point, but it works for now.


Couple of other things for new-ish owners.

I have nothing close to level ground. About 10 feet from the house, the ground drops at least a foot. As a result, parking the BH can be a challenge. I took it off a few weeks ago and left it. Yesterday when I went to put it back on, I had all sorts of trouble. I got lined up, but apparently was just a bit off center and slanted to one side just a bit. I got the left retainer pin in fine, but the right one would only got in about 3/4 of the way. Then it got stuck. I couldn't get it in or out. No amount of jockeying with the hydraulics made a difference. It was secure enough to use, so I went on my way hoping some digging would straighten things out so I could get the pin in fully. Dug fine with no problem, but didn't accomplish what I had hoped as far as the pin.

This morning I tried again and still couldn't get it in fully or out. Ended up having to pull the left pin, nearly completely remove the BH and start again. Finally got it secured right. Do this on level ground as best you can!!


I put the MMM on a few days back and did some mowing which worked fine. Yesrearday I was moving around the yard with the MMM pulled all the way up and I noticed an odd noise. Didn't take me long to figure I needed to find out what it was. Looked down and I didn't see much clearance between the MMM and the rear tires, but it looked like it should be enough. On closer inspection, I noticed the grease zerks on the gauge wheels were rubbing the tires on one side. It became clear I had to turn them outward. See pictures below.

 

[Diggin It]

Used it to unload a couple of new chew toys I got for it to play with.



They're the wrong color though. They don't fit into this neighborhood. Will need to take action soon.


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[Diggin It]

Turned over 100 hours the other day. Could make 200 by year's end at this rate.

 

[papachaz]

plowed and tilled a big garden spot, and then bush hogged about 4 acres. Been too busy to post much this spring, gardens and bush hogging side jobs are keeping me rolling! I even managed to get my OWN garden in last week, LOL

 

[papachaz]

Planted corn. Used the subsoiler to open the rows instead of the Long Handled Hoe I started out with. Yeah, this thing has made me lazy(er).

no not lazier, smarter grandpa said work smart not hard. after I tilled the garden, I drove slowly through it with the tires lined up with the edge, when I got to the end I turned around and lined the right side tires up with the tracks, and drove back through. I did this the width of the garden and used it to lay out my rows. I like my rows spread out a bit farther than most folks, so this worked perfectly.

 

[papachaz]

Turned over 100 hours the other day. Could make 200 by year's end at this rate.

I actually hit 200 on mine last week. Bought it August 18th last year.

 

[Diggin It]

no not lazier, smarter grandpa said work smart not hard. after I tilled the garden, I drove slowly through it with the tires lined up with the edge, when I got to the end I turned around and lined the right side tires up with the tracks, and drove back through. I did this the width of the garden and used it to lay out my rows. I like my rows spread out a bit farther than most folks, so this worked perfectly.

I did that after I planted. Packed them down quite well.

 

[papachaz]

Just an FYI. I stepped on the front corner of the tote and lifted a rear wheel on the opposite side of the tractor. I was only about 10 inches off the ground so not a problem but ended up having to put 200 lb of counterweight on the back. I'm glad I I wasn't very high

I have a few of these sitting around and have thought about using one for these kinds of jobs. I will say that if I was going to, I'd definitely have something on the rear, box blade, bush hog etc as a counter weight