Trail-making dings

[IslandTractor]

I also pretzeled my bucket indicator rod working in the woods (about $100 to replace). I've also busted rear taillights backing into trees and dissembled electric connectors under the operator station while backing into brush. I also get smacked in the face pretty regularly by branches while manuvering in heavy brush.

Someday I will probably spring for a cab model but for now I do to much work in woods and brush to want to risk putting a tree limb through an expensive window.

 

[lakngulf]

One of the best additions I made to my setup was the tooth bar on the FEL. It works great for loosening soil, digging small brush, hauling stuff, etc. BUT, it added a few inches to the front end, and those bars are easy to catch on anything. With a boxblade, bushhog, or disc on the 3pt even my little CK30 is a LONG setup, and often finds trees to scrape or back into.

 

[rd_macgregor]

Someday I will probably spring for a cab model but for now I do to much work in woods and brush to want to risk putting a tree limb through an expensive window.

I'm happy to say I got the rod straightened enough that I won't have to buy a $100 replacement (well, at least until I do it again!).
I really cringe when branches scrape across the cab roof (the paint job is definitely no longer "virgin").
I haven't really had too much worry about the windows in the woods so far. Last summer, when mowing a pasture, I ran over an uprooted cherry sapling and it was just like stepping on a garden rake: BAM, a hard hit right on the side window!! I thought for sure the window was a goner but, to my surprise, it held up. I'm lucky I had the cab since I'm sure I would have taken a serious hit on the arm (if I was lucky) or upside the head (if not lucky). You could have been reading about me in the Safety forum.


BOB

 

[wade simpson]

I was planning on using my box blade to smooth out my new woods trails...that's why I put in so much effort to remove the trees, roots and all. However, my box blade is 7' wide; I don't think there's any way I could make it through the woods with that thing hanging off the back!

BOB

That's why I left it on. It does a great job of making a path I can safely drive on. It gets most of the roots and rocks up where I can move them away. It is a great tool out there.

Those signals lights are in about the worst place they could be. I had one snapped off after a few days. I don't see any reason to replace it as I will just break it off again.