LPSteinmetz
Silver Member
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2015
- Messages
- 100
- Location
- Alvin, Texas (Houston Metro Area)
- Tractor
- 2015 Kubota L4060HST, LA805 FEL, Land Pride RCF2772 Rotary Cutter, Land Pride BB1272 Box Scraper, Land Pride PFL3048 Plate Mounted Pallet Forks
As I have mentioned in previous threads, I am the new owner of a Kubota L4060. Over the past two weekends I have been busy digging up two 20-30 year old Chinese Tallow stumps in an area where we plan to build a new steel building. Several weekends ago we cut down the trees and left about 5-6 foot of trunk.
Last weekend we started on the first tallow. I used the Bucket Solutions Quick Attach Spade on my bucket. Admittedly, this was my first major project using my new tractor and this attachment. It took me three hours on Saturday and five hours on Sunday to get the slightly smaller of the two tallow stumps out. This included using a Sawzall and a chainsaw to cut through the bigger roots and a Wyeth-Scott 3 ton Power Puller as an assist. My wife and I were absolutely beat by the time we toppled the stump.
This weekend I decided to try the spade attachment on my plate mounted pallet forks instead of attached to the bucket. Without hesitation, in the future I would go the fork mounted route probably everytime. I will admit that I am getting more comfortable using the tractor but, using the forks, I had better visibility in trying to figure out my approach but I was also able to dig deeper with the forks than the previously weekend when I had it attached to the bucket. Including short breaks, it took us 5 hours.
Last weekend I was a little sceptical of my purchase of the spade attachment; this weekend I am a huge fan. It also convinced my wife that this is the perfect attachment to use to plant the one hundred and one trees she has planned for our property.
Last weekend we started on the first tallow. I used the Bucket Solutions Quick Attach Spade on my bucket. Admittedly, this was my first major project using my new tractor and this attachment. It took me three hours on Saturday and five hours on Sunday to get the slightly smaller of the two tallow stumps out. This included using a Sawzall and a chainsaw to cut through the bigger roots and a Wyeth-Scott 3 ton Power Puller as an assist. My wife and I were absolutely beat by the time we toppled the stump.
This weekend I decided to try the spade attachment on my plate mounted pallet forks instead of attached to the bucket. Without hesitation, in the future I would go the fork mounted route probably everytime. I will admit that I am getting more comfortable using the tractor but, using the forks, I had better visibility in trying to figure out my approach but I was also able to dig deeper with the forks than the previously weekend when I had it attached to the bucket. Including short breaks, it took us 5 hours.
Last weekend I was a little sceptical of my purchase of the spade attachment; this weekend I am a huge fan. It also convinced my wife that this is the perfect attachment to use to plant the one hundred and one trees she has planned for our property.