What have you done to your Branson today?

[Slowpoke Slim]

My new blades...

They have 3 mows on them now, around 30 acres. They still have most of the paint left on them. Sigh. Probably going to order another set. Last set lasted 8 years.

Oh, and here's my new front chain guard...

Yeah, it's coming off.

 

[ptsg]

Yup. That's why people over here stopped bothering with blades and went with chains like 40+ years ago. These days, unless they're strictly mowing pastures, they just stick to the chains.

I like the chain guard. Nice and tight between each section. IMO, it's about the only guard that actually works and lasts. I've seen some mowers with those sections so spaced apart that might as well just not have any guards.

 

[YanmarFever]

Glad you got it fixed, thats a lot of work just to repair one little wire...

 

[KennJ]

Glad you got it fixed, thats a lot of work just to repair one little wire...

Thanks! Yes it was, but so glad to have the gage back working!

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Started pumpkin harvest. Hoping for around 300 pumpkins this year

 

[ptsg]

Been working on expanding my water storage for irrigation purposes. Right now, I have just a single 1000L IBC, so I've been building a platform that can hold 3 IBCs.

This structure is made out of pre-stressed concrete beams and concrete blocks, so the Branson has been very handy moving all of these materials to place.

Basically, use the bucket to move the mixed concrete into place, leave the bucket there and come grab the forks to move the beams and blocks. I don't even lock the quick attach most of the times, since I'm always swapping attachments.

While I don't like doing heavy lifting with a tractor, I did have to this time. Lifted a big bag with 1400 lbs of sand (I weighted it) to max height, which along with the weight of forks (about 300 lbs) was the max it could lift.

I was very happy to see that the 1700 lbs lifting capacity I calculated when designing the loader was pretty much spot on in "real world". I did built based on the aftermarket loaders we have here in Portugal. Regardless of the brand, they all cap out at the same capacity based on the weight and size of tractor.

Then, during the weekend, the long waited rain finally came. So it was time to mow all of the old vegetables that weren't producing anymore, then plow the soil and till a new vegetable plot.

This gave me another change to use and learn about the plow some more. Still a work in progress, but doing well.