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    General talk about backhoe for construction and road maintenance and etc..

    Backhoes are great trust me but don't ever make the mistake to run a shovel....you'll sell your backhoe so fast that you won't wen know what hit you trust me been there done that And this is the old backhoe it was great for all around work but when you need to dig a shovel is king and...
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    Log Tongs? Lift logs?

    I use my forks for cutting firewood and stacking logs it works good and you don't need to deal with stabilizers And once you have forks you'll have it on more than your bucket!
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    Wider front tires M7040 Kubota

    I just got a M7060 with wide tires when I go to my shop tonight I'll let you know the size
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    Gm 3500 towing

    Ok so we got a 2015 3500 to my calculations I can tow my kx080 shovel The tow rating is 23000 pounds plus 20 % for tong weight that brings me to 27 600 so the shovel ways 18000 pounds so let's say 20000 with an other bucket and a forestry head that give me 7600 pounds for a trailer can I get a...
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    What size chain binders and chains?

    Here's how everyone does it around here 2 short chains in the front hook that up and back up till their tight then put your longer chains in the back and put your binder in the middle and wrap the extra chain around it to make sure it dosent pop open also when you close your leaver binder give...
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    Stump bucket on 4610

    I am working on a similar project and ripping out stumps with a excavator might seem all nice but it's not you end up with a bunch of stumps and the worst part is you are doing root damage...,more dead trees I just cut them flush with the chain saw and chipper/burn the branches...
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    Log splitter power requirement?

    Ya I just plug in my 2 hoses from the splitter into one of my 3 rear remotes (if cylinder is running the wrong way flip your lines I have green tape for my top line) and I have a bungy cord to hold my rear remote leaver down Also the connections are quick connect and just pop in and out I...
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    Log splitter power requirement?

    I got a bush hog splitter not fast but will split almost anything on my L45 Kubota also I never put it on my 3 point hitch I just sit it on 2 big blocks of wood back the tractor up to it and plug in my 2 lines and when I'm done I just unplug and do what ever I need to do I just like the ideal of...
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    Kubota kx o80 cb system

    Ok so in a couple weeks we will be getting our kx 080 and I would like to set up a cb system i already have the cb itself but need to buy myself an antenna...what do I buy a little will or go with a fire stick ? And where would I mount it thanks The machine will be in the woods working so I...
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    Ms 441 problems

    Ok so i got this ms441 from a friend about 6 months ago ran amazing till last week it had no more guts and would die at full throttle but would just perfect at idol I brought it into the dealer they changed my plug and adjusted my carb and was running great for about 5 gas tanks and started...
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    Chipper 6" PTO Chipper Questions and Options

    We're working on cleaning up 15 acres so far we did about one acre and it took us 50 hours and we were working hard!! Before After We have a bx 42r on a L45 it's chipped everything we asked the only thing is the labour it takes to cut and put it in the chipper and I strongly suggest...
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    Pics of bonfire(s)

    Here are 4 of our little fires that we made to get rid of brush but now that we have our bx 42r we just burn fire wood to make little fires much safer!
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    How does this undercarriage look like

    Went to look at a KX 161 and to me it looks all good what do you guys think it has 2400 hours and over all looks faded but in good shape mechanically Thanks
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    Your towing rigs and trailers

    Our load heading up north this weekend
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    15 acres of mess

    Ok guys I have a question for you We recently got 15 acres of jack pine cut that had been damaged by a storm so we got a selective cut done during winter....but now we have a mess and a big one We have a Kubota L45 and a bx42r chipper we worked 50 hours and cleared about an acre So...
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