Gary Fowler
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- Joined
- Jun 23, 2008
- Messages
- 11,998
- Location
- Bismarck Arkansas
- Tractor
- 2009 Kubota RTV 900, 2009 Kubota B26 TLB & 2010 model LS P7010
Yesterday my brother in law and I were using the LS to pick up some brush and small trees that we had trimmed from the fence line. I was maneuvering the tractor closer to some small tree limbs when I heard a light ping but thought nothing of it till a 10" at the butt x about 50 feet tall pine tree came crashing down beside me. I had the cab door open and the limbs smacked it closed, just missed my side mirror. Luckily my brother in law was on the opposite side of the tractor also.
I was just running about 1000 RPM and creeping forward in a turn when the outside blade on my 8 foot -3 point disc hung the big pine and brought it down. I didnt even feel a bump when it hit and the engine didnt even groan. I wasnt watching behind me, just watching my BIL for when to stop, really didnt notice being that close to that tree when I pulled in. Another lucky day for me and brother in law.
Tomorrow we will be cutting a dead pine that died from the drought last summer. We will use the LS to tie onto a larger pine to pull it over a bit and force it to fall against its natural slope. It is leaning out toward the fence and we will need to pull it back to keep it off the fence. Gonna use lots of chains to be plenty far enough away so I dont repeat the falling tree incident.
I was just running about 1000 RPM and creeping forward in a turn when the outside blade on my 8 foot -3 point disc hung the big pine and brought it down. I didnt even feel a bump when it hit and the engine didnt even groan. I wasnt watching behind me, just watching my BIL for when to stop, really didnt notice being that close to that tree when I pulled in. Another lucky day for me and brother in law.
Tomorrow we will be cutting a dead pine that died from the drought last summer. We will use the LS to tie onto a larger pine to pull it over a bit and force it to fall against its natural slope. It is leaning out toward the fence and we will need to pull it back to keep it off the fence. Gonna use lots of chains to be plenty far enough away so I dont repeat the falling tree incident.