GeneV
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That looks real good man, I'm a big fan of well-tended gravel drives.
What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY
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That looks real good man, I'm a big fan of well-tended gravel drives.
cglaser104
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So my dad who lives around the corner by road or down my back yard and hang left to cross 3 other properties that are all mowed had this old engine lift frame sitting in his yard. I needed something hang parts for painting off of with my sprayer and thought this would be perfect for that purpose with such large parts. A set of forks, some old wooden pieces dad had hanging around and a ratchet strap later I drove it home and set it in my yard to hang the brush hog off of for paint. The tractor was plenty of strong enough but with such a tall load it was certainly as much as I would want to handle suspend out like that. Luckily the ground here is mostly flat so large inclines were not a factor.
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MF RED in MT
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That engine lift frame looks like you scored for painting big/small parts.
Don't paint the lift frame, if you make it look too nice you might half to take it back...
KC
Don't paint the lift frame, if you make it look too nice you might half to take it back...
KC
cglaser104
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Luckily his tractor is an old BX1500 with a fraction of the lift capacity and no SSQA or forks so it'll be far tougher for him to get it home. That frame has been sitting in the hedgerow for at least 15 years unused so I doubt he'll miss it.
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Was out stumping Saturday and Sunday.
Needed to take out 6 stumps, got 4 done and found 2 more that I may just cut closer to the ground as they are older, and one that is entwined within another huge tree, may jsut cut that closer to the ground.
2 came out easy with the front loader. 2 Came out not too bad with a lot of BH work.
1 Oak that I had to take out beginning of the year is still there :-(
Went at it for a while with the BH and a swazall, but ran out of steam-cut 3 major roots and a lot of minor one and still it does not move at all...will leave for another day.
Taking one stump for a ride to the stump graveyard:
Needed to take out 6 stumps, got 4 done and found 2 more that I may just cut closer to the ground as they are older, and one that is entwined within another huge tree, may jsut cut that closer to the ground.
2 came out easy with the front loader. 2 Came out not too bad with a lot of BH work.
1 Oak that I had to take out beginning of the year is still there :-(
Went at it for a while with the BH and a swazall, but ran out of steam-cut 3 major roots and a lot of minor one and still it does not move at all...will leave for another day.
Taking one stump for a ride to the stump graveyard:
GeneV
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Nice! I swazall that sort of stuff as much as possible too, to save the chainsaw chain.
Pretty involved job today, remove small stump, grade a bunch, place 11 yards of top soil, excavate walkway and place 3 tons of stone.
Nice project and perfect customer (he was my ground man, and knew what he was doing).
Backhoe, loader and EA BB.
I enjoy stumping, I’ve pulled out some large ones. Anything over 18” or so across, for customers, I send the grinder after them.
At home I dig them all out.
cglaser104
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I'm with you on that! A cold beer and a big stump is a nice way to spend some time.