Harv
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- Kubota L2500DT Standard Transmission
Okay, so I'm a little short on good tractorin' stories since I've only been on my 'Bota once in the last couple of months.
But since this happened right in my suburban front yard this morning, I thought I'd toss it in just for the heck of it.
The telephone pole in my front yard was tagged for replacement, and the first crew showed up at 7 a.m. to get started. Mind you, I had things to do today, but for some reason the power went off in my house. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif Only thing that was working was my digital camera, so I did the natural thing and snapped a few pictures. The only part I witnessed that was of any interest was the digging of the hole. I know many of y'all have posthole diggers for your tractors, but you just gotta appreciate having the right equipment for a job such as this.
The attached picture shows the rig they used and the general scale of the thing. I was tempted to find out if they had any old augers laying around that I might get a good price on, but then it occurred to me that my L2500 would be unable to lift it off the ground, let alone screw it into the ground.
The guys told me that the drilling would take about 10 minutes, and then I told them the story about how the backhoe had to give up when they were digging my pool in the backyard, and had to finish the job with dynamite (it really happened). They half laughed and went about their task. An hour and a half later I got bored watching them dig and went to the gym. When I came back, the new pole was in place and they were just wiring it up. When they saw me, they said, "yep, that was some hard [censored] dirt down there."
I missed the pole planting itself, but what I'm looking forward to now is when the next crew shows up to pluck the old pole out of the ground. I'm told it's a pretty interesting machine that does it, so let's hope I can get some pictures of it.
The telephone pole in my front yard was tagged for replacement, and the first crew showed up at 7 a.m. to get started. Mind you, I had things to do today, but for some reason the power went off in my house. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif Only thing that was working was my digital camera, so I did the natural thing and snapped a few pictures. The only part I witnessed that was of any interest was the digging of the hole. I know many of y'all have posthole diggers for your tractors, but you just gotta appreciate having the right equipment for a job such as this.
The attached picture shows the rig they used and the general scale of the thing. I was tempted to find out if they had any old augers laying around that I might get a good price on, but then it occurred to me that my L2500 would be unable to lift it off the ground, let alone screw it into the ground.
The guys told me that the drilling would take about 10 minutes, and then I told them the story about how the backhoe had to give up when they were digging my pool in the backyard, and had to finish the job with dynamite (it really happened). They half laughed and went about their task. An hour and a half later I got bored watching them dig and went to the gym. When I came back, the new pole was in place and they were just wiring it up. When they saw me, they said, "yep, that was some hard [censored] dirt down there."
I missed the pole planting itself, but what I'm looking forward to now is when the next crew shows up to pluck the old pole out of the ground. I'm told it's a pretty interesting machine that does it, so let's hope I can get some pictures of it.
