TODAYS SEAT TIME

[bazman82]

I'm surprised you travel with the bucket that high in the air...

Its not something I normally do but I need to have the bucket raised to make the turns in and out of the gate and the horses kept getting in front of me so I don't need to be pushing them out of the way with the bucket either. The loads were also a lot lighter than they looked so I wasn't concerned about tipping any which way.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I will not operate my tractor with the bucket up, even if it's empty!

I cringe every time I see someone driving around doing so!

SR

 

[hunt4570]

I will not operate my tractor with the bucket up, even if it's empty!

I cringe every time I see someone driving around doing so!

SR

I agree, mines about as close to skimming the ground as I can get it..

 

[bazman82]

I mow hay with the bucket up for better visibility...guess I am not the best example to follow My bucket is also not quick attach so taking it on and off isn't always a time saving task. I'm also a "flatlander" so I've never been in/on the hills or I'm sure I would have a different way of doing things.I have at least been taught to drive with the bucket as low as possible at least when loaded but I can be a bit of a rebel (darn us youngsters) when I have a lot of work to do and a very small window of opportunity to get it done. The key thing for me is to be paying attention to the tractor and any attachments hooked up by listening, watching, feeling and anticipating the next move..

With all that said, now that I have a second tractor with a quick attach, the orange beast will get to sit on the side lines for hay making and I will be using the blue beast without any attachment on the front

 

[TXCOMT]

I mow hay with the bucket up for better visibility...guess I am not the best example to follow My bucket is also not quick attach so taking it on and off isn't always a time saving task. I'm also a "flatlander" so I've never been in/on the hills or I'm sure I would have a different way of doing things.

Flatlander here, too...I mow with the bucket at what I like to call "stump height." That is, the bottom of the thing's only a couple of feet off the ground...I've got a Branson 2400H. Since I'm new to tractoring, I've read about people here running over all manner of things while brush-hogging, so since my new property is lightly wooded pasture with high grass, I figure running the Branson in this configuration is ideal since I'm likely (but not always) to strike something with the bucket first before the blades. Thankfully, the only thing I've hit with my Big Bee besides grass, weeds and little mesquite trees is dirt.

To keep this post on topic, I put in about an hour (or maybe a hair less) on Saturday doing the usual...cutting grass and hauling mesquite to the slash pile. BTW, I'd like to thank all you kind folk who recommended getting a tractor with an FEL! That thing is so dang handy, I can't imagine ever taking it off. At first, I was planning to go vintage with an neighbor's 8N, until I read here that unless you want to work on, instead of with, your tractor, you should probably steer clear of the old stuff. Like bazman said, I have a small window of opportunity to get this land ready for our new house next year.

BTW (and sorry for the longish post), I had a blast cutting "new" paths around the mesquites on my place last weekend...it made me thankful the salesman at Big Red's in Granbury (Texas) sold me a small tractor. Being able to maneuver that 2400H around, and under, trees is quite nice. I'm almost hesitant to get a canopy for the thing, but I know in less than a year, many of those trees will be gone and I'll be ready for some shade.

TXCOMT

 

[TXCOMT]

I mow hay with the bucket up for better visibility...guess I am not the best example to follow My bucket is also not quick attach so taking it on and off isn't always a time saving task. I'm also a "flatlander" so I've never been in/on the hills or I'm sure I would have a different way of doing things.

Flatlander here, too...I mow with the bucket at what I like to call "stump height." That is, the bottom of the thing's only a couple of feet off the ground...I've got a Branson 2400H. Since I'm new to tractoring, I've read about people here running over all manner of things while brush-hogging, so since my new property is lightly wooded pasture with high grass, I figure running the Branson in this configuration is ideal since I'm likely (but not always) to strike something with the bucket first before the blades. Thankfully, the only thing I've hit with my Big Bee besides grass, weeds and little mesquite trees is dirt.

To keep this post on topic, I put in about an hour (or maybe a hair less) on Saturday doing the usual...cutting grass and hauling mesquite to the slash pile. BTW, I'd like to thank all you kind folk who recommended getting a tractor with an FEL! That thing is so dang handy, I can't imagine ever taking it off. At first, I was planning to go vintage with an neighbor's 8N, until I read here that unless you want to work on, instead of with, your tractor, you should probably steer clear of the old stuff. Like bazman said, I have a small window of opportunity to get this land ready for our new house next year.

BTW (and sorry for the longish post), I had a blast cutting "new" paths around the mesquites on my place last weekend...it made me thankful the salesman at Big Red's in Granbury (Texas) sold me a small tractor. Being able to maneuver that 2400H around, and under, trees is quite nice. I'm almost hesitant to get a canopy for the thing, but I know in less than a year, many of those trees will be gone and I'll be ready for some shade.

TXCOMT

 

[BRMyers]

The rain stopped and I was able to get some mowing done. Still have a lot more to do, but only had two hours before I needed to get back home, but got a bunch accomplished.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My "seat time" today was, getting a Kubota diesel engine out of the barn and loading it on my trailer for delivery. An Amish guy wanted it WAAAAAY more than I did, and made me an offer I couldn't refuse!

Anyway, "away it goes"....

Amish guy unloaded it with one of his tractors and was a happy camper...

SR

 

[bazman82]

Got a canopy on my blue beast while I wait for the forecasted rain to go away...

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[Oldpath05]

My "seat time" today was, getting a Kubota diesel engine out of the barn and loading it on my trailer for delivery. An Amish guy wanted it WAAAAAY more than I did, and made me an offer I couldn't refuse!

Anyway, "away it goes"....

Amish guy unloaded it with one of his tractors and was a happy camper...

SR

Sounds like they traded in their 4 legged tractor..........