jeff9366
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- Kubota Tractor Loader L3560 HST+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3,700 pounds bare tractor, 5,400 pounds operating weight, 37 horsepower
I had to pull 7" tree, suspended in the air, out of the elevated crotch of a larger tree, with 5/16" chain. Chain was attached maybe 54" up the 7" tree base, where I had cut it with my Stihl. Tree rotated up after I cut it.
Somehow, in an unduplicatible way, the 7" tree trunck got under the bucket and wedged under the tractor frame, so somehow, as I backed up, tractor power and leverage were both applied to the bucket lip through chain and 5/16" Ken's Bolt On Grab Hook. Maybe I pushed down with the bucket too.
Note bucket lip bent, Ken's grab hook unfazed.
I'm still not clear exactly how it happened. I was watching the action higher up.
Kubota dealer offered to put some heat on lip and straighten it during 350 hour service. I told them to leave it as is......as a reminder not to be complacent about planning/safety.
Bent lip has no impact on bucket function, just impairs symmetry.
My new camera is a pocket size, point-and-shoot, Sony Cybershot DSC-TX20, Zeiss lens, waterproof, shockproof, 16.2 Mega Pixels, $200 on Amazon. Phenomenal resolution, as you noticed when you zoomed in. However, where I live in rural Florida we have primitive internet speed. It takes 8-10 minutes per photo to upload to T-B-N because each picture file is over a meg, ten times the file size of my earlier Olympus.
Somehow, in an unduplicatible way, the 7" tree trunck got under the bucket and wedged under the tractor frame, so somehow, as I backed up, tractor power and leverage were both applied to the bucket lip through chain and 5/16" Ken's Bolt On Grab Hook. Maybe I pushed down with the bucket too.
Note bucket lip bent, Ken's grab hook unfazed.
I'm still not clear exactly how it happened. I was watching the action higher up.
Kubota dealer offered to put some heat on lip and straighten it during 350 hour service. I told them to leave it as is......as a reminder not to be complacent about planning/safety.
Bent lip has no impact on bucket function, just impairs symmetry.
My new camera is a pocket size, point-and-shoot, Sony Cybershot DSC-TX20, Zeiss lens, waterproof, shockproof, 16.2 Mega Pixels, $200 on Amazon. Phenomenal resolution, as you noticed when you zoomed in. However, where I live in rural Florida we have primitive internet speed. It takes 8-10 minutes per photo to upload to T-B-N because each picture file is over a meg, ten times the file size of my earlier Olympus.
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