Daryl Greene
New member
- Joined
- May 29, 2011
- Messages
- 23
- Tractor
- Yanmar F22D
... at least for those that have major budget limitations. Recently I purchased a Yanmar F22D and, as a demonstration of my wife of how desperately I needed this tractor, I chose my first project. I had a dump truck load of topsoil delivered (22-24 cubic yards) yet I needed a medium to move this dirt throughout our property. A front end loader, although highly desirable, was simply out of our means. I researched this site as well as others and decided that the dirt scoop made the best sense providing that it could deliver as designed.
I sought out this scoop AFTER the mountain of dirt was delivered in our front yard. On Craigslist I found a very vague description of a "LIKE NEW POND SCOOP;PUSH OR PULL" I drove out and saw what I considered to be a massive 30" King Kutter Dirt Scoop. Initially, I did not believe that this beast would even fit on my F22D. I expressed my concerns to the seller and then I requested that he hook this up to his Yanmar YM2000. He did, it fit, I paid (on the cheap!), and we loaded the scoop into the back of my truck.
I started this project rather enthusiastically while gingerly backing up to my dirt pile while gently raising the scoop. The scoop held some dirt!!! I got off of the tractor and manually released the dump lever for the first couple of loads. During my research, I remember seeing that others had rigged up a pulley system that enabled the driver to release the latch while seated so I searched my shed and came back with two pulleys, a length of rope, and an impromptu handle (a wooden dowel which I cut a groove in midway in the length). I rigged this up and went to work moving dirt!
My neighbor moseyed over yesterday to investigate the contraption he had seen me maneuver over our plot of land and he too was impressed. I finished moving the dirt pile this morning and I am extremely pleased by the ease-of-use and performance of the 30" King Kutter Dirt Scoop. I did reverse the scoop to scrape and it did fine but my technique is lacking.
Now, switching gears, I have a more philosophical question to pose. During my search for 'intelligence' regarding dirt scoops on a plethora of websites, I came across some very informative posting whereas others were rather venomous, non-informative, and written by someone who did not even know what a dirt scoop does. In reading these bashings, it became apparent to me that some of these individuals had never even used a dirt scoop. Why do people want to add their 'two-cents' when it is based on nothing??? The reason I ask this seemingly rhetorical question is that I am also a member of a Porsche forum and many of the postings one reads are presumably placed by 14-year olds that are (of course) non-Porsche owners. Then, when someone challenges them to explain/defend their position, much hatred is spewed. What is wrong with people?
In closing, I love my 30" King Kutter Dirt Scoop.
Daryl Greene
I sought out this scoop AFTER the mountain of dirt was delivered in our front yard. On Craigslist I found a very vague description of a "LIKE NEW POND SCOOP;PUSH OR PULL" I drove out and saw what I considered to be a massive 30" King Kutter Dirt Scoop. Initially, I did not believe that this beast would even fit on my F22D. I expressed my concerns to the seller and then I requested that he hook this up to his Yanmar YM2000. He did, it fit, I paid (on the cheap!), and we loaded the scoop into the back of my truck.
I started this project rather enthusiastically while gingerly backing up to my dirt pile while gently raising the scoop. The scoop held some dirt!!! I got off of the tractor and manually released the dump lever for the first couple of loads. During my research, I remember seeing that others had rigged up a pulley system that enabled the driver to release the latch while seated so I searched my shed and came back with two pulleys, a length of rope, and an impromptu handle (a wooden dowel which I cut a groove in midway in the length). I rigged this up and went to work moving dirt!
My neighbor moseyed over yesterday to investigate the contraption he had seen me maneuver over our plot of land and he too was impressed. I finished moving the dirt pile this morning and I am extremely pleased by the ease-of-use and performance of the 30" King Kutter Dirt Scoop. I did reverse the scoop to scrape and it did fine but my technique is lacking.
Now, switching gears, I have a more philosophical question to pose. During my search for 'intelligence' regarding dirt scoops on a plethora of websites, I came across some very informative posting whereas others were rather venomous, non-informative, and written by someone who did not even know what a dirt scoop does. In reading these bashings, it became apparent to me that some of these individuals had never even used a dirt scoop. Why do people want to add their 'two-cents' when it is based on nothing??? The reason I ask this seemingly rhetorical question is that I am also a member of a Porsche forum and many of the postings one reads are presumably placed by 14-year olds that are (of course) non-Porsche owners. Then, when someone challenges them to explain/defend their position, much hatred is spewed. What is wrong with people?
In closing, I love my 30" King Kutter Dirt Scoop.
Daryl Greene
