TripleR
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- Joined
- Mar 5, 2009
- Messages
- 18,615
- Location
- Missouri
- Tractor
- Kubota M8540HDC, L5740HSTC, BX2200, BX2660, John Deere 425&1025R, Case, Massey Ferguson, Ford
Thanks for the compliments. I still have some minor trim work to do on the house, but for the most part it is finished. I spent all of 2008 and 2009 building it. My wife and I were the general contractors and I did about 75% of the labor. Concrete, exterior framing, roof, plumbing and front stone porch were contracted out. I did everything else.
I have been ripping a bunch of locust trees out of the ground in my pasture. If the cutter is on I don't have much of a problem, but in tight spaces I leave it off. With nothing back there, my &ss end comes off of the ground when I am under the roots and trying to rip the tree out. Getting the bucket wedged under a root then curling the bucket really has a lot of power. I can't wait to get the box filled and start using it.
All in all, I love the M8540... it is very impressive. All of the golfers (we live next to a course) stop and watch when I am taking trees down.
I envy people who can do that kind of work as it has to be very rewarding not to mention how much can be saved. A friend of ours did that and while it took him a long time, he has a house to be proud of and lots of satisfaction from a job well done.
We have some trees on our property we are going to be doing the same thing with as soon as mowing season is over or we get caught up. The loader on our old CX80 was pretty anemic, so we didn't need much ballast on it. I anticipate much better results from the M8540. The more I use the M8540, the better I like it. I mowed some inclines yesterday I would not do with our Case. The shifter is still a little stiff, but I don't have that many hours on it.
That is funny about the golfers. I have to admit I like watching that stuff too.