The county trenched my creek-Cleaning up the aftermath.

[medic0648]

I use my dirt scoop all the time. Filled full of wet clay it makes a great counterweight on smaller tractors.

 

[jwstewar]

My gosh man, that's a tractor, not a swamp buggy! :stirthepot: LOL. Looks like you have R4 tires, not ag tires, right? That's your problem (not!)

I think a 3pt scoop is a poor man's substitute for a FEL. I haven't used my scoop since I got the FEL a dozen years ago. It's been sitting out in the field. If someone wants to make me an offer for it.... ;-)

Yep, R4s. My neighbor has a 36 HP Long with Ag. He has had to pull me out a couple times when the Silverado wouldn't do it, but I've also pulled him out a couple of times. Of course, last year he got stuck and I knew not to even bother. He was stuck. His F-I-L got is old Ford narrow front end stuck trying to pull him out, then a friend brought another tractor and got it stuck trying to pull them out. Finally ended up having to bring in a large backhoe and approach it from my property to pull the 3 of them out. Once they all started getting stuck, I knew my little guy wasn't going to help.:laughing:

Of course, you mention it isn't a swamp buggy, it is amazing what this thing will go though if you don't have the MMM on or the cutter on the back dragging the ground.

 

[Gator6x4]

I actually have a 5' straight blade, a 5' box blade, and a 24" dirt scoop. Someone gave me the scoop. Tried to use it a couple of times for various items decided the FEL was easier so I've relagated the scoop to spot sprayer tank carrier.:laughing: Here are a couple of shots of one time when I was trying to mow the "creek" "ditch" or whatever you want to call it.:confused2:

I say that I'm not getting close enough if I'm not down in it stuck. My wife has gotten pretty good at pulling me out.

I would be careful on having a rotary cutter, with a PTO shaft attached hooked to your tractor elevated at the rear as shown in your photo. Damage to the tractor PTO could occur. I don't think I want a tractor of mine having such stress applied to the PTO housing on the tractor.

 

[yeagisyeag]

This week's update:

We had a few days of cold weather, it was in the 40's yesterday when I was out there, ugh! I got the fuel line and petcock cleared on the big tractor, then went back and dragged the back blade through the area that I tilled last week. It was still very soupy, so I can't say I accomplished much, but it did move the dirt around like I was hoping it would.

After dropping the blade, I tried starting the tractor and got some smoke from behind the ignition switch, so I pulled off the cover and found some pretty dried up and nasty insulation, and a wire had burned in two. Did a temporary fix on this, then hooked up the brush hog to mow down some of the thick stuff growing in the lumpy areas where I can't get the Kubota to go. After a bit, I heard a familiar noise, looked in and found the fan wobbling around, so I shut it down for the day.

When I first got the IH 454, the flange on the water pump came off, resulting in a nasty gouge in the radiator. I welded the flange to the shaft and thought it'd be fine until my brother in law borrowed it for winter plowing duty, and it came off again! He welded it back on, and said it would NEVER come back off, but alas, here I am again! At least the radiator hasn't taken a hit, so I'll save up and get a replacement water pump, and I believe the fan may be the culprit as the blades have taken a beating and are slightly bent.

Meanwhile, I'll take out a spool of wire and some connectors, and replace all I can find of the brittle wiring left in there. Hopefully things will dry up out there and I can continue with the Kubota until I get the big boy back up and running.

I think karma got the wrong number.

Jim

 

[jwstewar]

I would be careful on having a rotary cutter, with a PTO shaft attached hooked to your tractor elevated at the rear as shown in your photo. Damage to the tractor PTO could occur. I don't think I want a tractor of mine having such stress applied to the PTO housing on the tractor.

There was no stress or pressure on the PTO shaft. It wasn't in a bind. The cutter was held up by the mud. It still had a couple inches to go before it would have bottomed the PTO shaft out.

 

[linuxman51]

I actually have a 5' straight blade, a 5' box blade, and a 24" dirt scoop. Someone gave me the scoop. Tried to use it a couple of times for various items decided the FEL was easier so I've relagated the scoop to spot sprayer tank carrier.:laughing: Here are a couple of shots of one time when I was trying to mow the "creek" "ditch" or whatever you want to call it.:confused2:

I say that I'm not getting close enough if I'm not down in it stuck. My wife has gotten pretty good at pulling me out.

haha, that's fantastic, I've done the same thing with mine.. going going sunk :crap: