TODAYS SEAT TIME

[cartod]

Moved a claw foot tub up to the new house m

 

[Gary Fowler]

Today I had to run a shallow ditch for some water pipe for the lawn sprinkler system. I have a ripper that attaches to the three point hitch. Using that with my L4240 made the ditch digging both quick and fun. With that making me feel good, I thought I would use the ripper to pull up a few fairly good sized rocks in my back yard. The soil is still moist and I thought it would be a piece of cake. For the first few rocks, it was. I had the tractor in low range, two wheel drive. The tractor never lugged down, even on the last rock. However, the last rock won. I guess I'll re-weld (I only gas-weld) and put a stiffener on the back side. And, in the future, I guess I should use the FEL to dig the rocks out.

I would take that ripper to a welding shop, remove that thin wall square tubing, replace with some 1/4" thick tubing and have them weld it up good with Full penetration weld on all 4 sides. OEM was poorly welded on the top with a concaved bead, sides don't look to have been welded at all. You should have broken the shank before breaking that weld.

 

[terryknight]

Spent 4 hours on the tractor today bush hogging. tried out the new 6ft befco i picked up. blades need to be sharpened. and it does burn more fuel than the finish mower





hope everyone is having a safe memorial day weekend

 

[square1]

New foreman on the job today was really dogging me , all he did was bark out orders all day

 

[pmhowe]

"I would take that ripper to a welding shop, remove that thin wall square tubing, replace with some 1/4" thick tubing and have them weld it up good with Full penetration weld on all 4 sides."

Gary, that is a good suggestion. Thank you. I ended up taking it to a welding shop and asked that it be re-welded and a rib put on the back. Instead, he put a 3/8" gusset on the front. He said if it breaks he will fix it for free and refund my money. Can't beat that.

Also, I painted it "rattle-can orange", which should make it stronger.

 

[Xfaxman]

New foreman on the job today was really dogging me , all he did was bark out orders all day
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[square1]

The picture of your dog didn't work, try again.

SsshhHH, he doesn't know he's a dog

Thanks. fixed it.

 

[Samuellm]

Uncle borrowed my b2710 and stick rake do a clean up after a fire.

 

[Samuellm]

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Uncle borrowed my b2710 and stick rake do a clean up after a fire.

 

[Jarrod32]

Just a little tree planting today....