What did you do on or to your LS Tractor today?

[LouNY]

Lets see 4' x 6' x 3-4" = 24 square feet at 3" = 6 cu. ft. x 145 pounds/cu. ft= so 870+ pounds,
so not bad for a small tractor

 

[Drewintoledo]

I had a 4' x 10' pad about 4-5" thick I removed a few months ago and my MT240 would just lift it enough with pallet forks to drag it across the ground. Once I broke it into 2 pieces it lifted it fine.

I had the neighbor kid come over and use a pry to assist the lift. Once it lifted it would hold it. Later when I had it moved I was able to lift it, RPMs way up and it moved about 3 inches a minute!

 

[Diggin It]

4' x 6' x 4", using concrete estimator websites, I figured closer to 1200 lbs.

Stumps? I got a few.

Taproot left, trunk right ... just about the same diameter. Luckily it broke off with some twisting.

Second one wasn't quite as bad, but this third one is about to stump me. Hole's dug, but it ain't budging. Had to come in for a snack, but when I go back out I may take a saw to hack off some roots.


But then, there's this .....

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Edit some time later ....

"but this third one is about to stump me. Hole's dug, but it ain't budging. Had to come in for a snack, but when I go back out I may take a saw to hack off some roots."

It's out. It tried to beat me, but I hung in there. Had to dig a hole big enough to bury a cow. No tap root at all, but it had a maze of roots to make those Aussie Funnel spiders proud. Three or four roots about the size of my upper arm about 4" below the surface. Had to cut those with a recip saw. Not sure even one of those ripper jaws would have done much.

 

[Cycledude]

Finally got around to installing a outside toolbox on the loader of my XR4155, its Mounted using two 1/4 inch bolts with self locking nuts. my new tractor will be one year old October 11th .

 

[Avenger]

Does it obstruct your view at all?

 

[Cycledude]

Does it obstruct your view at all?

well that’s a pretty good question and something I had never really considered before u asked !
a few minutes ago I went out to sit in the tractor , I would say that toolbox will have absolutely no effect on my view for operating the tractor. The tractor sat outside overnight so the windows are pretty fogged up right now but later today when the windows are clear I will attempt to take a picture showing the view from inside the cab.

Ordered the toolbox from a local New Holland dealer, they have a few different toolboxs available and I chose this one because it wouldn’t stick out as far as a bigger box so not very likely to get caught on something and wrecked.

The toolbox was $25 and the bracket was another $19.00 , I could have pretty easily made my own bracket but an extra $19 didn’t seem to bad. The latch on the lid has sort of a friction fit latch and was a little more difficult to open than I preferred so a few strokes with a file got it working the way I like.

 

[Bearsixty7]

Finally got around to installing a outside toolbox on the loader of my XR4155, its Mounted using two 1/4 inch bolts with self locking nuts. my new tractor will be one year old October 11th .

Only negative possibly I see is if you take your loader off for something else, then the TB stays with it. Probably very rare.

 

[Cycledude]

A few more pictures

 

[Cycledude]

Only negative possibly I see is if you take your loader off for something else, then the TB stays with it. Probably very rare.

yes if the loader is removed the toolbox stays with the loader, so far the only time I ever removed the loader was for servicing the tractor.

I’m now trying to figure out a decent way to mount a toolbox somewhere on the rear of the tractor so I would have a handier place to put stuff when hooking and unhooking stuff.

 

[sodamo]

Only negative possibly I see is if you take your loader off for something else, then the TB stays with it. Probably very rare.

People take off their loader??? i remove my bucket/forks but never the complete loader.

 

[LouNY]

Never removed the loader on any of my tractors unless splitting the tractor for some reason.

 

[Avenger]

I used to be in the camp of "I never take off the FEL" until I did it. Saw how easy it was, and how much more room I have to work around the engine. Now, whenever I service the engine, step 1 is to remove the FEL. Makes life so much easier.

 

[Diggin It]

Two days, eight stumps, one leak. Five Hackberry stumps wanted to be difficult. Three Oak stumps less so. All small. Leak on BH dipperstick tweaked with a crescent wrench.

Dirt smoothed over, some dirt added to replace the stump volume.

Will let settle for a few weeks, then go over with tiller and landscape rake to level and maybe seed.

 

[preacher1]

I moved a gravel pile into the tractor barn to prepare for concrete floor. It will be a long process as there is a 21 inch difference in height from one corner to the corner diagonally across from it. It is only a 20x30 barn and must be 30 years old. It looks rough, but is the only option I have at the time. I just want a level concrete floor so I can check the oil without having to move the tractor. I also plan to store all my attachments on pallets so I can move then with a pallet jack and save space. Even as small as it is, all attachments should fit in it with the tractor and kubota rtv. While working, I noticed the Regen lights were on on the dash. It had just rolled over to 50 hours, but the only reason I knew it was in regen was the lights. Could NOT tell by the sound or operation of the tractor. I have always kept the rpms up when operating it, even just to move it around I keep them at 1500 or higher. I had been dreading this, but if not for the lights would have not known it was happening.

 

[ZetorSteve]

Did some digging to the entrance to my shooting range. Also dug out about 2 feet down to level the range. Very impressive in this river bottom top soil.

 

[Diggin It]

About three hours mowing a neighbor's several acre lawn. I don't know how many acres ... a lot more than I would mow if it was mine. But they're out of town and asked me to help, soooooo ....


Tried to take the FEL off for the first time. Their yard is kind of rough and I wanted to take that weight off the front axle. Got the legs down and the pins out. Messed with the joystick, but all it would do is push the top pin holes forward. Never could raise it up to get the bottom pins out of the cradles. Put the pins back in. I'll figure it out later.

 

[Bearsixty7]

About three hours mowing a neighbor's several acre lawn. I don't know how many acres ... a lot more than I would mow if it was mine. But they're out of town and asked me to help, soooooo ....


Tried to take the FEL off for the first time. Their yard is kind of rough and I wanted to take that weight off the front axle. Got the legs down and the pins out. Messed with the joystick, but all it would do is push the top pin holes forward. Never could raise it up to get the bottom pins out of the cradles. Put the pins back in. I'll figure it out later.

I've only removed my loader 2 or 3 times but it seemed like it worked better if I put the legs down farther and use the bucket edge more to position the loader off and on.

 

[Cycledude]

Paid $24.45 for a brandnew toolbox that’s actually made for a 8N Ford tractor. Its made of steel and 11 inches long so it’s the ideal size to fit on the rear of my tractor cab. Now I will have a handy spot to store small three point hookup parts

 

[1 of U]

spent half of my Sunday installing these .
what a light show after dark .

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[Mrsig]

spent half of my Sunday installing these .
what a light show after dark .

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