Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

I kept the x in idle in the beginning to go slow while learning the moves. Kept the bucket low while swinging around with loads to learn the tipping points when swinging around to the sides. Tipping it a few times to learn the limits but with bucket low it is easy to correct. Once the limits were learned then I would rev it up.

Going over steep inclines I would keep the blade low in the back on the downhill side to protect from tipping and extend the boom out front as a counter weight.

Digging on steep slopes I will use the blade to level up. Try to avoid swinging the boom when not level. If need be I will dig a level platform on the slope to place the x on.

Lifting heavy logs I will try to keep it close in and low to be safe. Transporting long logs I will swing to the side to be able to clear through narrow areas.

Transporting is slow even at the high speed. Just the way it is

I use the boom to clear over a ditch to keep it level while traveling out over the ditch

Use the boom and thumb often to take down tree branches on the trail to open up access.

I have dug up large stumps easily by digging and ripping roots all around it and then pulling it. When cutting tress leave 3 or 4 ft to get more leverage on the stump. If it is too heavy to lift I can always push it to where I want it.

Use the X to load the trailer is great because I can lift and index to place it where I want without any fuzz

Usually use the blade in front when digging to prevent the tipping motions with loaded bucket and heavy lifts

Back dragging the blade in float is great for leveling loose soil

Running the tracks over the leveled areas to compact works great

Learning the moves to prevent tearing up the lawn was helpful. The tracks can tear up a lawn really quick.

Learned to grade with the 36 inch bucket without teeth by back dragging similar to using a 4- in-1 bucket.
This takes practice to get the moves down to scrape level without digging in. Practice and practice to get it worked in on auto as much as possible. The regular bucket can also be used for that with the flat side down

Hope this helps some Good luck

Thank you for all the tips!

probably the most difficult thing to me is getting over 7 years of running a Bobcat 610. If I keep my feet on the pedals, I want to start using them for boom & bucket control, with entertaining results…

 

[Looking4new]

Kilroy, that is the way to go. Break it in with work. I think Kubota is pretty proud of their equipment, up here at the least.

The temperature is 40 and going to a high of 71°F. Wind W 10-15 mph. Mostly sunny. Zero percent chance of precipitation. I can handle that.

I have had degenerative disc disease for over 57 years and have sorted out how to live with it. Yes I still sit for longish periods of time. Driving truck doesn't do it any good, but I have learned that IF I sit up nice and square, then my back is fine. Working half hunched over really kills me, but the work needs to get done NOW. A good hot shower and lots of CBD smoke and in the morning I am almost as good as new. A good 'n' hot shower helps too.

Up too early this morning, had to have a p at 2 after going to bed at midnight. Flipped and flopped around like a fish out of water until 3 and said to h3ll with it and am up now for a while. I have a king sized bed for just me and the animals, I think what really woke me up was a rather large body jumped down from on high and landed hard...Bounced me. The cat that I acquired 2.5 years ago weighs 15 lbs and I think it was him that jumped down from the headboard onto the bed. His twin brother weighs in at 20 lbs. They are both big framed cats.

Today is install the tin on the V-plow, then tomorrow install the tin on the conveyor and cut one of the flights/paddles off the same conveyor (I bent one last fall).

With the V-plow back on the ground (presently on top of the army trailer) I can rearrange the area I am parking the various attachments in for the summer/winter, and use the trailer to take the remains of the fridge and freezer doors to the dump along with some other stuff.

Have a safe day all

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

50.4F, going to upper 70s.

Got a lot done yesterday, pulled some stumps, cleaned some weeds, moved some logs, made the overload buzzer beep a couple times trying to dig out big roots, sortakinda started leveling out the spot where the storage shed will go (but we had a t-storm in the morning, so it was a bit gooey and I need to go over it again today once it had a chance to dry some overnight).

today’s tasks will include moving more logs, pulling more stumps (including the biggest ones yet…) neatening up where stumps got pulled, flattening out some walking trail, and removing a dead log that is obstructing our little watercourse and making a goopy mud puddle. oh yeah - and refueling the excavator and applying strategic dabs of red and green paint…

I also applied the first coat of primer to the spare tire carrier for TukTuk:

Gloss black will be the final color .

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe productive blessed day!

 

[m7040]

Thank you for all the tips!

probably the most difficult thing to me is getting over 7 years of running a Bobcat 610. If I keep my feet on the pedals, I want to start using them for boom & bucket control, with entertaining results…

Keep the feet off the pedals and use the handles to move

 

[Looking4new]

Kilroy, if I can push over a 8" pine tree with my hoe on the Kioti, then I think you with the excavator can do at least a 12"er.

Someone asked about my firewood, yes it is all hardwood, maple, oak, beech and a little yellow birch.

 

[m7040]

Kilroy, if I can push over a 8" pine tree with my hoe on the Kioti, then I think you with the excavator can do at least a 12"er.

Someone asked about my firewood, yes it is all hardwood, maple, oak, beech and a little yellow birch.

I have pushed over 24 inch pines 50 or 60 ft tall fairly easy. Mulberry trees not much even a 6 inch is very tough

 

[Buppies]

54 high in 70s today no rain as if there has been any recently

Bunker Buster

no mostly pepto worked this time

Nice sale RNG

Getting the hang of things Kilroy

Sorry you were up so early m7040

Hope dental and neck pain better this morning Drew

Feel better today thank goodness

Prayers for all our Country

 

[daugen]

good morning all
45 going up to 73 today in sunshine, should be a very nice day.

RS, nice worms! I wonder if any of your larger fish have a taste for them?
Kilroy, have fun with new excavator, what a nice piece of equipment.
Buppies, glad you feel better, so do I.

message left on answering machine saying my rv house batteries were in, group 27 Interstate deep cycles. There is JUST enough room to fit 27's in where the
original 24's are. Well, mechanic said they would fit so we shall see. So back to Lambertville this morning to get them installed. Three local bridges over the Delaware River, I can only use the big toll bridge with the rv. A toll bridge that used to be free, then it was a 15 cent token for many years, now 1.50 or more. Inflation for sure.

before EZ Pass, the toll on that bridge once past the tokens was 50 cents I believe. I remember having half a roll of the tokens left and for fun gave the attendant (remember them?....) a token and got a good laugh.
if there is any positive here, the DRJTBC, Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, maintains their bridges and property super well. Nicest mowed lawns in the area.
All their equipment is top of the line Cat, Kubota and Mack, clearly they are well funded. At least the bridge is likely to be well maintained too.

 

[KilroyJC]

good morning all
45 going up to 73 today in sunshine, should be a very nice day.

RS, nice worms! I wonder if any of your larger fish have a taste for them?
Kilroy, have fun with new excavator, what a nice piece of equipment.
Buppies, glad you feel better, so do I.

message left on answering machine saying my rv house batteries were in, group 27 Interstate deep cycles. There is JUST enough room to fit 27's in where the
original 24's are. Well, mechanic said they would fit so we shall see. So back to Lambertville this morning to get them installed. Three local bridges over the Delaware River, I can only use the big toll bridge with the rv. A toll bridge that used to be free, then it was a 15 cent token for many years, now 1.50 or more. Inflation for sure.

before EZ Pass, the toll on that bridge once past the tokens was 50 cents I believe. I remember having half a roll of the tokens left and for fun gave the attendant (remember them?....) a token and got a good laugh.
if there is any positive here, the DRJTBC, Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, maintains their bridges and property super well. Nicest mowed lawns in the area.
All their equipment is top of the line Cat, Kubota and Mack, clearly they are well funded. At least the bridge is likely to be well maintained too.

What is your GVWR?

https://www.dcdbc.com/ratesandrestr.ph

i still recall the first time going over Dingman’s Bridge, with my Scout troop, going to Rock Hill Scout Reservation, riding in the Assitant scoutmaster’s AMC Pacer, about 8:30 at night in the dark, with the boards jumping under the tires . . . Good times!

 

[daugen]

Kilroy, link did not work
I'm at 14,500; no need for CDL but way more than 4 ton limits on local steel bridges.