Ballast Kubota L3560 tractor with LA805 Loader, Moving Hurricane Irma Debris

[jeff9366]

Newbies to tractors usually OVERESTIMATE lift capacity of Front End Loaders.

Newbies to tractors usually UNDERESTIMATE rear/center Drawbar tow capacity. (3/8" tow chain used.)

Heavy-chassis L3560 has air-filled R4/industrial tires. LA805 Loader lift capacity circa 1,770 pounds. Payne's Aluminum Debris Forks.

I usually carry ETA 60"/ 700 pound Cultipacker as Three Point Hitch ballast/counterbalance. Compact Cultipacker only slightly reduces maneuverability in woods work.


Photo #1 I "guesstimate" weight of Oak chunk at 850 - 900 pounds. Rear wheels stayed securely on the ground but felt abnormally light. I have heavier implements available for >1,000 pound FEL lifts.

Photo #2 Stump easily towed from rear/center drawbar at 3.5-mph over hard surface road in 2-WD.

Photo #3 On sand, stump plowed up dirt, stopping tractor. One hundred fifty yards to burn pit.

Photo #4 Big stump! Awkward one ton?

Photo #5 Stump rolled onto base. Pulled through sand at 1.2-mph in HST+/LOW/LOW; 4-WD engaged, 1/4 throttle.
Greater than 1/4 throttle made front wheels slip. Rear wheels never lost traction.

Photo #6 TSC Drawbar (chain) grab hook, attached via clevis to rear/center drawbar.

 

[100 td]

4-WD engaged, 1/4 throttle.
Greater than 1/4 throttle made front wheels slip. Rear wheels never lost traction.

Nice job on the cleanup,, certainly shows what one can achieve.

Due to wheel diameter/ratio differences you may not have noticed ONE of the rears slip, albeit at slower revs compared to front due to rolling circumference.
Haven't looked at your tractor, but if it is a true 4wd, then for a front to slip, one of the rears must slip as well.

Generally, if your front is spinning, so is your rear.
Rwd = 1 rear can slip or spin
Rwd = locked diff, BOTH rears drive or slip/spin at the same rate
4wd = One front AND one rear minimum must slip/spin together
4wd locked rear diff = One front AND two rears minimum must slip/spin together

 

[jeff9366]

Tractor and load did not move faster at 1/3 or 1/2 throttle than 1/4 throttle. I figured this was mostly due to HST characteristics.

I will pay close attention to rear wheels when towing the next stump.


Here are two photos from this evening.

Burn pit has been burning/smouldering for twenty-four days from initial propane torch ignition. It has stayed hot through multiple rains, some heavy but not prolonged.

I wish I had a BBQ ready Ox to turn on a spit over the Oak coals.

 

[Grandad4]

Very nice photos. Looks like you and the tractor are both getting a good workout.

 

[100 td]

Are there any pics in another thread of those forks on your bucket?

 

[jeff9366]

Payne's Aluminum Debris Forks are 48" wide. I purchased them to use on my Kubota B3300SU, since sold. Now I use/abuse them on my heavy-chassis Kubota L3560.

The "problem" with Debris Forks are that fork tips are somewhat blunt. Seeking to slide forks under debris often pushes debris away, rather than loading, so a significant amount of manually pushing debris, especially irregular log sections, onto forks is necessary.

Relatively lightweight Aluminum Debris Forks increase your payload relative to cheaper steel Debris Forks.
PAYNE'S DEBRIS FORKS: Paynes tractor debris forks - Google Search

Though steel, I theoretically like this ULTRA FORK design:
Multi-Spear Ultra Fork
Each tine unscrews. Watch the video.

Photo #2 + #3 was about 1,600 pound load. Oak trunk was dripping wet.

 

[Grateful11]

Looking good Jeff, nice way to put her to work. Hate y'all had to go through all that. I still remember when Hugo came up through SC and NC, what a mess. Lost 17 big trees on out 2.5 acres and 6 days with no power and 5 month old infant. Took him to the in-laws, they had a dairy and were on priority for power to be restored, MIL didn't want us to take him back LOL.

 

[diesel85]

Back when we first bought the little BX2200 many years ago, it's first big job was to unstuck a F350 4x4 diesel from a mudpit using the bucket for leverage and 4x4 with the diff lock. I wish I had a video of it.

I think the Powerlug tires helped too...

Don't underestimate these machines... even the little ones have serious power.

Just one safety note: Don't use the toplink as a hitch/towpoint!

 

[SeattlePioneer]

Hello Jeffrey,


Interesting pictures ---I enjoyed all of them.


How do you cut the roots on those trees?

 

[jeff9366]

How do you cut the roots on those trees?

I had no tree roots to cut. Hurricane Irma blew over Water Oak trees, tearing free roots from soil.

Sustained winds were 65-mph, but who knows gust velocity? Strongest winds were at night. I slept through the night. My wife stayed up and worried.


My area of Florida has soft, sandy-loam soil.



(I grew up in Seattle. Roosevelt HS class of 1965. I spend each September on Whidbey Island.)