sanmigmike
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with us?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Lee dropped it off on Friday and gave us a quick briefing on how do do things. (He will be back tomorrow for the full expanded course and question and answer session! And drop off the rotary cutter. Hats are on order!!) It was dropped off with 1.4 hours and now has 6.8, not too bad considering all the other things we have had to do! However I think the kids have more time on it than I do with Monster Childe, our almost 18 year old daughter, leading, our 14 year old son in second, me in third and my poor wife is last. However she was the first one to pick up a big log, one big enough to feel the ground move when she dropped it right where we wanted it!
Comments so far, the rocker pedal is taking me some getting used to, I think I still like the two pedal system but will get used to it. Power is good, and so is the lift on the loader even with the Bobcat combination bucket. Hard to figure out just how to grab things but learning, really amazed at what it will lift when you do get a good hold on it!
Foamed tires do have some give so the ride is okay. The R-1's were the right choice so far, it is muddy and Darling Daughter had it in mud deep enough that both front and back wheels were well into it, well past just the tires. I look at the hill she went down and the field she took it through and the ruts and marvel at her and the Kubota, and think God must indeed take care of the young and foolish. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Daughter also had the engine quit twice. Only thing I can figure is bouncing in the seat since she is so light. Son had it quit once but think he was asking a bit too much at a low throttle setting.
Land Pride box, medium grade, and it seems real strong. Learning to use it will be interesting but will post questions about taking care of a gravel road later. Parts of it are a mess!! Horrible. Did hit a root with one of the teeth and came to a sudden stop. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Interesting. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Rotary cutter, well, I guess I get to see it tomorrow. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Ahh, so far the kids took it to the public road one time to pick up the paper, the private road is so bad on the neighbor's section that the newspaper guy refuses to drive on it. Guess what the neighbor asked me to do Sunday morning, Friday evening to Sunday morn..... How many hours until a neighbor asked us to do something? I confess that I used it to bring up a 50lb bag of cat litter from the garage. Heck, it was dark, the path steep and wet and muddy and so much easier to use the tractor on the drives and road. Okay, I took the tractor down and daughter took it and the litter back up to the house.
Well, the kids and the wife just love it! Bimbi's comment is that she remembers the "Whoo Hooo!" when she moved the first big log. Rachel claims that she is going to take it to school. And Gregory says "Wayyy coool!" /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Oh, will try to post some pictures tomorrow. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Lee dropped it off on Friday and gave us a quick briefing on how do do things. (He will be back tomorrow for the full expanded course and question and answer session! And drop off the rotary cutter. Hats are on order!!) It was dropped off with 1.4 hours and now has 6.8, not too bad considering all the other things we have had to do! However I think the kids have more time on it than I do with Monster Childe, our almost 18 year old daughter, leading, our 14 year old son in second, me in third and my poor wife is last. However she was the first one to pick up a big log, one big enough to feel the ground move when she dropped it right where we wanted it!
Comments so far, the rocker pedal is taking me some getting used to, I think I still like the two pedal system but will get used to it. Power is good, and so is the lift on the loader even with the Bobcat combination bucket. Hard to figure out just how to grab things but learning, really amazed at what it will lift when you do get a good hold on it!
Foamed tires do have some give so the ride is okay. The R-1's were the right choice so far, it is muddy and Darling Daughter had it in mud deep enough that both front and back wheels were well into it, well past just the tires. I look at the hill she went down and the field she took it through and the ruts and marvel at her and the Kubota, and think God must indeed take care of the young and foolish. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Daughter also had the engine quit twice. Only thing I can figure is bouncing in the seat since she is so light. Son had it quit once but think he was asking a bit too much at a low throttle setting.
Land Pride box, medium grade, and it seems real strong. Learning to use it will be interesting but will post questions about taking care of a gravel road later. Parts of it are a mess!! Horrible. Did hit a root with one of the teeth and came to a sudden stop. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Interesting. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Rotary cutter, well, I guess I get to see it tomorrow. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Ahh, so far the kids took it to the public road one time to pick up the paper, the private road is so bad on the neighbor's section that the newspaper guy refuses to drive on it. Guess what the neighbor asked me to do Sunday morning, Friday evening to Sunday morn..... How many hours until a neighbor asked us to do something? I confess that I used it to bring up a 50lb bag of cat litter from the garage. Heck, it was dark, the path steep and wet and muddy and so much easier to use the tractor on the drives and road. Okay, I took the tractor down and daughter took it and the litter back up to the house.
Well, the kids and the wife just love it! Bimbi's comment is that she remembers the "Whoo Hooo!" when she moved the first big log. Rachel claims that she is going to take it to school. And Gregory says "Wayyy coool!" /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Oh, will try to post some pictures tomorrow. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif