Well, then this happened

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woodlandfarms

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Los Angeles / SW Washington
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PowerTrac 1850, Kubota RTV x900
Was going to write about how I was cutting up this fallen giant 48” maple and moving it around with the 1850 and my grapple and the the friggin wheel motor hose ruptured. Thankfully due to the nettles and blackberries I was wearing long pants but I got a hot oil bath from the giblets to my toes. And the thing freewheeled until I ended up in the mess of the tree.
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How bad was it to get in there to replace the hose?
 
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That was my nightmare, hose rupture, then freewheeling into a lake with the rotary cutter. Now I can add a 250 deg. oil bath.
How many hours does your machine have?
Doesn't that model have a hyd parking brake?
 
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Nobody hurt - good. Only your pride. Man - that is one really large tree. A pic of your chainsaw would be impressive also.
 
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Use a hose wrap on the replacement. When it happens again the wrap may keep the oil from spraying at you.
 
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Ouch. Why couldn't you lower the grapple to stop yourself?
 

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