Dirt Moving Worked on the slope with the FEL

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dex3361

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Worked the L4400 on the slopes with the FEL

I had posted a while back about the Sub Soiler(SS) on the FEL and I posted some pics of the hill side that I loosened up early in the winter. Spring is when I can do alot of dirt work without stressing the machine because the soil is loose.

The first pic is of a small part of the slope right after I run the SS through it.

The second pic is of the SS sunk into the ground. I couldnt push this through the ground like you can pull it from the rear I had to push it in and curl it back or not sink it all the way down. It does work well for rooting things out of the ground.
 

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What are you trying to accomplish on this slope?
 
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Filling in some low places and a big area that drops off about 6 feet. I want to smooth it out so that I can rotary cut it all instead of just patches of it.
 
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Would you be using your bucket then to smooth it out, or are you planning on using something else?
 
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I have a tooth bar and a Box Blade that I normally use for dirt work. That combination has served me well.

Here is a few pics of the slope with the dirt work in progress.
 

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Looks like you did a great job, pretty country there!
 
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This was the part that made me nervous and it is steeper than it looks. I will mow this down only when I get the grass to grow on it.

I did most of this work a few weeks ago and the grass is coming in nicely.
 

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Looks like you did a great job, pretty country there!

Thanks I like it here. The hills get into your blood as opposed to the lesser desired getting your blood into the hills.:laughing:
 
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I was born and raised on a flatland farm, but now live in the hills; still own the old place. I have been doing slope work for well over twenty years and it still makes me nervous. I don't know if I would have the nerve to do what you are; good job.
 
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Thanks. I have worked tractors since I was a teen and around there is steep and less steep and a flat area leading to steep again.:D I take safety seriously wear my seat belt and go slow and low. The places that scare me are the ones that don't have a place to slide to, if you slide you go over a drop off.
 
 
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