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For the first five years, or so, I checked the lug nuts on my M6040 every fall. Real PITA as I become older. 56 lug nuts in total. Then four years ago I did this. Remove one nut at a time. Blue LokTite. Retighten with my torque wrench. Mark each nut with marking pen. Now simple visual...

Those tires on the airline carts do look to be a little small for soft ground. I've found that a heavy load on mine will sink and create ruts in the spring. For that matter - so does the tractor - pulling my heavily loaded wagon. I just wait until things dry out and the ground hardens...

Do LARGE rocks and chunks of pine tree trunk count???? I built a farm wagon out of brand new HORST running gear. Its rated at ten tons - Horst model #185.

Example - my Kubota M6040 hits 540 PTO rpm @ 2160 engine rpm. It's 62 engine hp.

When I bought my M6040 - I considered a hydraulically driven front mount snow blower. They were/are very expensive. I hemmed/hawed for a couple years and finally decided the new heavy rear blade was adequate. Glad I did. We haven't had a descent snow in over eight years. I haven't even...

I have a Land Pride SGC1560. It's a very HD rock & root grapple. I have little to no brush - therefore no need for a long tine brush grapple. Had it for eight years - been a great implement. Mainly used to move very large rocks and chunks of pine tree trunk.

I think you might have answered your problems - post #31. You sharpened the hammers and it operated better. Maybe a completely new set of hammers or "Y" blades - if you can find them.

I had problems with the chute plugging on my Wally BX42S. Too much sap from freshly cut pine trees. Chute diameter was too small - insufficient air flow. So.. I would cut and pile the pines. Chip them the following year. This worked well. They were significantly dryer after a year...

Around here - that's a mouse hole. Pocket gophers leave a mound of dirt. Chipmunks do not dig holes in the ground. I don't have voles nor moles or ground hogs. When coyotes or badgers dig - they leave a MASSIVE hole.

As previously stated - I don't dig out stumps. Those that fall or have to be cut down are just too big to even consider using a grapple. Generally speaking - they are 26" to 38" diameter on the butt. They are all way out on my property and Mother Nature will, with time, take care of them My...

I have a Land Pride rock & root grapple. Land Pride SGC 1560. Tine spacing is 6". Wet or damp soil WILL NOT drop thru the tines. Ripped up sod WILL NOT drop thru the tines. Dry soil WILL drop thru the tines and can be helped by "shaking" the grapple. Obviously my grapple will retain rocks...

We quit with our big garden and concentrated on apple trees only. Soft fruit - pears, cots, peaches & cherries - just don't fare well here. The yellow jackets, bees and some birds would get the soft fruit - even before the coons had much of a chance. We have a "condition" here that can...

I just yesterday, completed a "thistle" tour of my property. Only two thistle plants. Most likely, so few, because I've not cultivated any areas in the last few years. This year the native wild grasses are so tall and thick - they blot everything else out. The wildfire danger is...

I had an incident quite similar to MossRoad. It involved the coons raiding our burn barrel. It ended the day I saw my great granddaughters feeding dog food to mama coon and the babies out on our front porch. Really scared the bee-Jesus out of me. I quit using the burn barrel - the coons...

My M6040 with FEL/grapple/rimguard loaded rear tires/LPGS will weigh right at 10,000 pounds. I always run in 4WD when using the LPGS. With scarifiers down - the LPGS can bring the tractor to a slow stop - if in 2WD. I really don't like digging holes with the rear tires. Same with my eight...

That is why there are so many black bear "incidents" in AK. Everybody knows that cute black bear can't/won't hurt you - WRONG. A 170# black bear can tear you apart like a rag doll. The other problem that folks create for themselves. Walking down a trail - being as quiet as possible -...

This is our second house here in Ea WA. We choose a design with a LARGE kitchen and centrally located island. The stove/oven is in the island. A microwave is tucked in to the end of the island. This design gives us more than twice the counter space from what we had in our first house. This...

Glad to hear that you are satisfied with the way it works. ALSO - very glad we don't have ground dwelling hornets/yellow jackets around here. Yes - we do have both but they make their nests on tree branches. Perhaps easier to see/avoid.

Sorry. LPGS = land plane grading scraper. My Land Pride LPGS - GS2584. I just finished washing all the driveway dirt off it. 84 inches wide - 800 pounds.

No - DEFINITELY NOT WEIRD. You know what you want - you finally got it - be happy.

For sure deserteagle. The first telemetering meter went TU while the utility man was still on site. I noticed - he had several of those units in his truck.

I'm retired and live at my property. Before I spent a whole lot of $$$$ on any security system I check this out. What is local law enforcement going to do if you come to them with pics on your security device. Will they immediately begin an investigation. Will the pics on your security...

ScottHam - I reread one of your posts and a thought came to mind. If you are lifting logs and having problems with balancing the load. This is, most likely, not a problem related to the grapple. Either the log is too heavy for the tractor to handle OR the log is too long. Too long will...

My Kubota is four cylinder. It makes a clattering noise at startup. Normal for a diesel.

Well - Carp. This is my tractor in the carport that I built for my fifth wheel camper. Sold the camper - long ago and this is ideal for the tractor. It's tall enough to drive in either the front or back. With the canopy it's 100" tall.

All this talk of added meters so there is exact billing. Four years ago our electric utility went to telemetering. Your house meter transmits to a centralized receiver which then retransmits to the utilities home base. I'm so remote they had to put an amplified transmitter on my house meter...

If I have a really important call to make. Bite the bullet - drive into town where I will get four bars. And "they" say technology is improving our life - HA!!!! Technology can be a REAL PITA.

Look at your Kubota Operators Manual. There will be a page where Kubota recommends the max size for major implements. Like most manufacturers the recommended max is pretty conservative. Liability and all that crap..... Mine says for flail mowers - 120" wide (max) and 1780 pounds (max)...

I thin my young pine stands almost every spring. I thought the grapple on my M6040 might speed up this process. Actually - I have no problem pulling young pine - 1" to 6" on the butt. The problem is getting this big horse of a tractor around in the stand and not knocking ALL the small trees...

I just hope the bears vote the right way in the next election in CA.

My two acres of "lawn" is field grass that has been mowed for 40 years. No matter what I do - it still comes back with the fall rains. I've used my LPGS with scarifiers down to smooth out a particularly bumpy section. Works just great.

We built a log cabin when we lived in Alaska. It was in black bear country. The cabin was up on sono tubes - so the bears could not reach the windows. They left some mighty viscous claw marks on our door but never got in. An old sourdough trick to slow the bears down. Half sheet of 1/2 in...

AT&T is my cell phone provider. I've tried Verizon and T-Mobile. They are all about the same. I have a hunch that all three come off the same tower in our little town. I very rural. On a good day 2 and a half bars. Otherwise - less and even zero.

I had a friend that had a run in with a brown bear. Lost one arm and had half of one side of his head chewed off. He survived but YEARS of reconstructive surgery. They were over on Katmai Lk/Katmai Nat Park - taking pictures of the bears catching salmon. One of the bears took exception and...

This year - five pair of the Emerald green males and one pair with a rust colored male. You are right ArlyA. All the males are gone and only two females remain.

A friend and I reclaimed the lead from an old shooting range. A 2x4 wooden frame with correct sized screen. Tractor with FEL and bucket A water supply and method to spray down the dirt and lead You will quickly make in-the-field improvements as this project get under way It can be a very...

Weight will be your friend. As it is with most ground engagement implements. I have a Land Pride set of disks. It's a DH1048 and weighs - 420 pounds. With twelve disks that's 35# per disk. I have found it to be WORTHLESS in my conditions here. It barely leaves scrape marks as I drag it...

This time of year my mile long gravel driveway turns to concrete. Over the 40+ years it's been here - the wind has brought dust, volcanic ash, etc onto the surface. All combine to make a VERY HARD surface. It's soooo hard - you can smoke the tires on your car and only leave rubber marks...

The yellow jackets are very creative around here. Any open hole, pipe or tubing. Spray with wasp killer - scrape out the nest with bent coat hanger. Better yet - leave the soaked nest where it is. May deter future infestations.

On my M6040. There is a cord from the cap to the filler neck. There is also a fine mesh screen down the filler neck a ways. After about five years I pulled this screen. It had a couple small rocks and small chunks of pine tree branches. What can I say......... I know that I've never...

I ended up with six pair plus their offspring. Pretty normal for me. I just now put up a full jug of sauce for them. It looks like this will be the last refill. Most all are already on their way to parts UKN.

If you can not easily find the parts needed to make the PTO shaft "whole" once again - bite the bullet and buy an all new shaft. I would NEVER even consider running a PTO with out the shaft cover ( guard ). It would take only one mistake and you or somebody could be injured for life. OR...

I have a Land Pride land plane grading scraper - with scarifiers. GS2584. The blades are adjustable as a total unit. I've never made any adjustment to these blades. Works just fine for me - just as it came from the factory. As you can see in this photo - the "blades" are in their full UP...

I don't know about any concerns you might have about wildfires. Here it is a MAJOR late summer concern. I have a 200 foot green perimeter around my house. I consider this might give me sufficient time to grab my "go bag" and boogie as a wildfire approaches. Insurance policies will cover...

We had our first house built in Anchorage, AK. Like the OP we gained much knowledge from that house. When we built here in Ea WA state - that initial knowledge was helpful. - single story, ranch style was what we built here - no fireplaces - waste of $$$ and never that energy efficient -...

It started six years ago. I know - made a note of it in my journal. Mowing the lawn and this flying "thing" hit me on the side of my head. I had gotten too close to the nest they were building. I was able to identify them because they come to the hummingbird feeder along with the yellow...

Many of the old homesteads down south of me still have the windmills standing. Some still spin, many are pinned. I once thought I might like one. That's until I found out how heavy they can be and part availability in this area.

My Troy Bilt Horse had rear "wings". One on each side. After finished tilling - run back over the tilled land with the wings - nice raised bed. I think I could make those Lavender furrows with either a middle buster or my single bottom moldboard plow behind my tractor. It all depend upon...

I pile up all the trees that die from pine bark beetle. The only time I burn is with snow on the ground. Chances of wildfires are just to great at other times. My tractor and grapple just aren't the correct tools for retrieving all the fallen pines - when I thin my stands in the spring...

Either bucket or grapple. 40+ years without a problem. Recognize - I only carry a chain saw when I'm going out to do a job. It's not there all the time. This is the way I carry most all my tools when going out on the property to do a job.

OK - so I can not find any barn cats. I'm now using mouse traps. Seven, so far, and counting. The mice can't resist peanut butter - the chipmunks seem to be able to.

I've actually seen a picture of one. A very unique piece of equipment. I lived in Alaska for twenty years. Lubriplate was the ONLY grease I ever used for wheel bearings. Yes - it's long lasting and very water repellent. However - it was never considered a "forever" grease. Yes -...

It's always been my hands that take the most abuse in the thinning process. Just that momentary time when the butt contacts the chipper flywheel. Do this for six to eight hours a day - for a week or so. Sure puts a lot of wear on a new pair of Elk Skin Ropers from Aerostich. Dragging the...

That should be enough to get it wherever it needs to go.

I'm going to start blowing the chips into my farm wagon. Spread them on the driveway. They tend to cut down on dust. My mile long, gravel driveway has slowly been blanketed with wind blown dust and volcanic ash. Open areas being much more than the tree lined areas. Put them to some use as...

It's rather frightening to see how those knives broke up. I think 5030 was correct - something was drastically wrong with the knives. Somebody is very fortunate that they didn't stop a piece of those knives with a body or body part.

I have one circle. About 15 feet across. The circle is made up of DARKER green grass. We call it a fairy circle. It's been there about ten years. I don't worry about it. Just mow it along with the remainder of the lawn. Life goes on........

I'm sure your MX5400 will lift the sub soiler high enough. You might have to shorten the top link.... This is another reason I appreciate my hydraulic top link. My Pittsburg single bottom moldboard plow requires that I shorten the top link. Just hit the hydraulic lever - it's up off the...

Raul-02 No, I've never heard of hugelculture - until this thread. I had to look it up. When we had a garden we had raised beds. But nothing as extensive as used in hugelculture. I don't garden any more. I hate weeding - I hate having half my garden eaten by the local wildlife. Let...

If you have a screen on the chipper discharge chute - take it off. That should increase chip size. I would not recommend increasing the distance between the knife and anvil. It could put an excessive load on the chipper. When I upgraded my tractor - I wanted to upgrade the chipper also. I...

My JD X570 has a wash port. Tried it once - didn't do squat. Too much dirt combined with the grass clippings. Too many pocket gopher mounds. I have dozens of chipper clipping mounds. I drive the mower up on top of a mound - lower the cutter deck - activate the blades - let the chipper...

That's a big commercial chipper with a large intake chute. Much harder for something like this to happen on a homeowner model. HOWEVER - due caution should be the word of the day.

I have a Wallenstein BX62S. It has a specific gap - knife blades to anvil. My chip size - half to one third the size of a playing card and about two times as thick as a playing card.

For that amount of money - it might be very wise to hire a lawyer knowledgable in this particular area.

I periodically travel on the ATV both North and South. Open range lands owned by two rancher. I seldom see much thistle on either property. Could be that the cattle will eat them. I know the deer really enjoy the seed heads of our milk weed. Around here the thistle grows quite a bit...

There is a field down south of me. I have no idea what happened but there are round bales scattered around the field. They have been there five plus years. They have turned black. I see that somebody is gathering them up and burning them. I would guess they are infested with mold and...

Many chippers do not handle "viney" material well. That's where a shredder comes into play. What is raked up from the ground should never be run thru a chipper. The chipper blades are uber sharp and can easily be damaged by what might be in a raked up pile. Rocks, nails, chunks of wire...

We get winds in the late fall. At times I've seen "white clouds" blowing in the wind. Great "pods" of thistle seeds. The ranchers on both side have thousands of acres of open range land. They can't be bothered with the spreading of thistles.

I worked for a while at a place where you had to provide your own tools. Everybody just threw their tools on the floor and cleaned up at the end of the shift. I used purple spray paint. Eventually - everybody had their own color.

My Wallenstein BX62S pulls material in - hard and FAST. Once the tree makes contact with the chipper knives - it's gone. It's such a violent action - it's frightened many of those who have come out to help. Kind of nice. Butt end first on a 4" by 30' long young pine. Must be quick to bring...

I had several old homestead out buildings on the property. All grouped in one area about 200 feet west of my house. Over the years I've clean up this area. I was considering running the old lumber thru my chipper. Then I checked this lumber closely. There are nails of all sizes -...

Back in the day - we drank soft drinks and took our aluminum cans into Spokane for recycling. Then I got a brilliant idea. The cans took up lots of room - in transport. I'd just run them thru the shredder and reduce the volume. At the time I had a nondescript stand alone shredder. At...

Aquamoose - there is a TECHNICAL difference between Bull & Canadian thistles. Bull thistles have a very large tap root and do not spread via rhizomes. Canadian thistles have a spreading root system and they have rhizomes. Canadian thistles do spread via these rhizomes. Both will spread via...

Gordon - I currently have a manual feed Wallenstein BX62S. It runs on my M6040. I chip 800 to 1100 small pines almost every spring. Thinning and maintaining my Ponderosa pine stands. I've had it nine year and NEVER ONCE had any plugged chute problems. Hydraulic feed would be nice if I had...

Raul-02 That is interesting. I like artichoke. I'll try eating them.

Iman - The primary purpose of my barbed wire fence is to keep cattle out. Secondarily - it's to establish the perimeters of my property. Because I choose EverSharp barbed wire - it does a pretty good job of keeping people out also.

I know I'm not the only one with thistle problems. I've tried burning, chopping the stem off at the ground level, RoundUp or equal. The problem seems to be the seed head. If it's not destroyed - the seeds will still ripen and the wind will spread them. Anywhere I rough up the ground - I...

Your posts will be Eastern Cedar. If they are or can be pointed - I would definitely try a manual pounder. From reading many posts here on TBN there are, at least, two difficulties with the auger method. 1- getting the auger to go in straight( using PTO driven auger). Not so much a problem...

You have hundreds of wooden posts to install. You will soon learn if the auger or a pounder is the way to go. This will NOT be a small project. I installed a four wire - barbed wire fence around my 80 acres. It is one and a half miles of fencing. Some 665 T-145 steel posts. All driven in...

The sales people are still talking about the Cummins diesel in the Power Wagon. Maybe in 2023. A rare photo of my Taco Wagon. Must have been right after I washed it. Blue surely does show mud and dust.

I picked up a 2022 Kodiak 700 about ten days ago. I still have my 2002 Polaris ATV. I'm amazed at the power and how nice it rides. Plus the color - Grunt Green - doesn't show mud and dust too bad. I use mine to check the fence line around my 80 acres and to get the mail. I have a mile...

I have one and a half miles of barbed wire fence around my 80 acres. Only about 300 feet next to a meadow I mow. So..... with my JD X570 riding mower - I got up real close to the barbed wire. All was going well. Then the second wire up stated dragging across my lower leg. Got my...

Back in Jan 2019 I went to the local Chrysler dealer to check out new Jeeps. There on the showroom floor - my dream vehicle. A brand new Ram 2500 Power Wagon. It had everything except the kitchen sink. Asked the salesman - can I order one with different color and less of all the...

I have cliff swallows. Hundreds and hundreds of them. They nest on a very large open amphitheater portion of the cliffs surrounding my lake. There is a small overflow that nest up under the eves of my house. I've tried deterring them. I've given up and simply clean up the mess( bird poop...

Interesting machine.

My main tractor use - winter, plowing snow - - spring, chipping all my small thinned pines - - summer, driveway maintenance. Otherwise - projects for upkeep of the property. The accumulated hours on my tractor - it is what it is.

I've edited for grammar or factual errors. I see nothing wrong with that. Many grammar errors because of "auto spell". All my zerks become zeros.

This works for me.

I made a "drag" out of a chunk of heavy woven wire fencing. I even cut and bent the wire down at specific location. I drag it with my ATV to "rough up the soil". Hand sew wild grass seeds. Turn the drag over - drag the seeded area to cover the seeds. It's not perfect but after...

I have no idea where the OP is located. There is NO WAY I would trust any type of control system. I have a little brown Cocker Spaniel. Ideal snack for coyotes, cougars, owls or hawks. These systems will not protect my dog from predators. Brownie is either in the house or outside, WITH ME.

I have no knowledge of a wireless system. I can tell you - a buried wire system is not the way to go either. Good friend had two Alaskan Huskies. The system worked when the dog were relaxed or playful. They see a deer, moose, skunk - etc. The buried wire didn't even faze them. He spent...

Pretty darn fancy. Duck hunters on my big lake have a blind. Nothing fancy at all. Matter of fact - they would be better off lying flat on the ground with a camo sheet over them.

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ponytug Yes, I have a boogey bag and can go at a moments notice. Actually - I'm in a very protected location. The summer winds come out of the SW. In that direction I have a VERY large lake that's worlds better than any cultivated fire break. It has stopped wildfires twice before...

I'm somewhat particular about my implements. They have all been purchased from local dealers. My final decision on a grapple was between EA and Land Pride. I chose Land Pride. My Land Pride SCG 1560 is 820 pounds of AR400 steel. It's been nine years now since I bought it and had it...

Thanks much for your reply - Xfaxman. A person could get into some really major projects with something like that severe duty unit.

About the only situation that could be better - rain. Lots of it. It was 43F and no wind earlier this AM. I found a better drawing of the Williams Lk Rd wildfire. The red line - I drew in - to the left of the name "Badger Lk" is the driveway into my property. They are still fighting this...

My Land Pride grapple is called - rock and root. In all my years out here - 40+ - I've only had two root balls. Trees that died and the wind pushed them over. I cut the trunks into appropriate size chunks and moved them to my burn pile. I left the root balls where they were. I...

Our wildfire season started with a real bang. There are several going - right now - in EA WA state. I have a big one going just a mile east of me. The prevailing winds are keeping the smoke and fire away from me on this one. Two large, long lakes are keeping this fire from coming my...

I don't think I have anything that looks like Foxtail. I do have a weed - we call it Cheat Grass. Different plant but can do the same thing as Foxtail. I routinely dig this crap out from between the dog's toes. Check his ears every day.

I'm not sure what you are referring to by - #2 PTO position or #3 PTO position. Most normally - your Bush Hog should be used with the PTO rotating at 540 rpm. Your Yamaha should - in some way - show you when the PTO is at that rpm. Either by a digital readout - or a hash mark on the rpm...

Xfaxman - are those stump bucket grapples designed for subcompact tractors or a unit like your Bobcat V417? Those might put a healthy strain on the subcompact FEL and hydraulics. Just asking.....

I prepared our garden in two ways. One half was broken with an 8 hp Troy bilt Horse. The second half was first broken with a single bottom moldboard plow and then hit with the Troy bilt tiller. This entire garden area was virgin ground. Never had been broken previously. The second method...

Oh, well - everybody has their bad days.

Smokydog - I DO like that spring hose mount on your EA grapple. I have a couple bungee cords. They run from the bucket level stand-off to the hoses. Kind of Mickey Mouse but the do the job. Look closely at the bottom pic in post #4.

Come on - /pine. Enough is enough - cash out and move on if you don't like the thread.

Local politics were simply an excuse to use taxpayer funds for "pet projects". I found a way around this and was wholly disliked by my superiors. We would apply and get federal funds. Federal funds were earmarked for specific projects. These funds COULD NOT be moved and allocated to...

I worked for the government when in Alaska. I moved quickly to upper level management. It was all OK except the political part. It was all the politics that finally made me decide to quit - retire early - move to our 80 acres here in NE WA state. I was fortunate. Retired at the age of...

Location where it's manufactured in the USA probably doesn't matter that much. Location - where you are at - can have a significant difference in the recommendations of how to work a project. A light grapple that is still strong and rigid - a good thing. Mine is 820# of AR400 steel. I have...

You get varying answers because most every-bodies situation is somewhat unique.

I would try heat. I have a Milwaukee commercial heat gun. Used it successfully several times to remove stuck items. Heat the core of the collar - get it to move that inch forward/back. Keep working it. Sounds like you have to overcome a certain degree of rust/corrosion.

I have no choice if I wanted to add fluid to my tires. It had to be something with anti-freeze properties. I choose Rimguard. At the time - it probably added about $400 to the price of my brand new M6040. I have 775# of Rimguard in each rear tire. Weather it's Rimguard, RV antifreeze or...

I have a hydraulic top link. Fantastic addition to any ground engagement implement. There are times when I wish I had hydraulic tilt & angle. But that would have been a significant $$$$ investment - even when I got the tractor new. When I bought the tractor - I had no idea that I'd ever...

drssg - that is the exact same way I feel about mowing my lawns. It becomes more than fun - if I mow it all at one go. I usually divided it into thirds. By the time I've mowed one third - I have a "dirt tan" from mowing grass and pocket gopher mounds. Same with plowing snow on my mile long...

I'm 80. No complaints. However - my body has a little more trouble keeping up with what my mind wants to do.

I REALLY don't understand why some mfg make it so darn difficult. I have a safety alert on my M6040. Stand up or get off the tractor. An alarm beeps for about ten seconds and then quits. Nothing stops - tractor keep running and going. No need to put anything in neutral or set the park brake.

Nice truck. Like the color. Wouldn't show the dust, mud and cow poop as bad as my 2018 Ram Power Wagon. My Power Wagon( THE Taco Wagon) is dark blue.

Years ago - a trip our family made. Anchorage, AK to Omaha, NE. Somewhere in Nebraska we missed a road sign. Ended up - out in the middle of a corn field. I don't know if a GPS unit would have helped but, at least, we found our way back to the main road and our final destination.

I've been out here for 40+ years. Two tractors. Both with Ag style couplers. Forty years and not a moments problems. In my years with the tractors - I've looked at a whole lot of various implements. If they are made for a tractor - you can be almost 100% sure - they will come with an Ag...

I haven't owned either brand of grapple. I have a Land Pride. Just from my time here on TBN - EA is a known commodity - a whole lot of testimony as to their quality and performance. Remember - some times you get exactly what you pay for. Choose wisely Grasshopper.

Check your owners manual again. Most all tractors have a prescribed method of doing what you want. Without jumpers.

So......Diggin It ........ it's simple. You and your neighbors aren't the only ones who like your little county road. Some folks around these parts do something that is basically - really stupid. They "name" their driveway and then, from somewhere, they get a sign with the name on it...

I have one large - size of VW bus - rock. Smack dab in the middle of one of my fields. Started figuring how many times it would need splitting - so I could handle it. Easiest solution - work around it.

98F - WoW!! Brings back a thought - "only fools and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun". I don't mow with my tractor. But I VERY carefully check the radiator and fins with a flash light. Once in spring and again in the fall. The radiator screen collects everything on my tractor.

No idea how much land the OP has. I have 80 acres, mile long gravel driveway and snow. I don't mow my fields. I do about a month worth of thinning & chipping to maintain my Ponderosa pine stands almost every spring. Started in 1982 with a brand new Ford 1700 4WD. In 2009 - traded it in...

Every once in a while - a really large, long semi is seen tippy-toeing down our county road. They will never get stuck but I'll bet they never come that way again.

One of my least concerns - faded paint. I touch up rust spots with black spray paint. I had my first tractor - 1982 Ford 1700 for 27 years. Kept in a carport stall. Paint looked fine when traded in - 2009.

I have 1550# of Rimguard in my rear tractor tires. Non-corrosive, non-toxic, heavy. Installed on my new tractor thirteen years ago - not a moments problem.

This time of year and later into the summer - my soil gets hard as concrete. It would take a D6 Cat and equivalent roller to even make an impact. I have VERY SUCCESSFULLY used my land plane grading scraper with scarifiers. Set the scarifiers low enough to skerf up any foot prints, ruts...

I seldom pull any of my T-145 posts. I just tip the grapple so it's pulling straight up - out they come.

You will learn by trying. Op manuals don't always have the best explanations. You have the right idea - draft control is used so the tractor "senses" the same load from the ground engagement implement. It will raise the implement when is senses a heavier load. It will lower to the set...

Good Morning Philthefrigeman and welcome to TBN. I have a few suggestions. - keep the hood open on your JD when not in use. I have mice and chipmunks. Neither like the open spaces of an open hood. This seems to be about the best solution - and I've tried most, at least one time. Barn...

For quite a while - a mapping company showed my driveway as a county road. BOY - was that ever a joy!!! Took three years - finally got it corrected. Many use a "mapping app" to plan a trip. It can then be transferred to some form of GPS. Both the mapping app and the GPS have a feature...

For more than a couple years - I've been looking for a rotary cutter. Rhino, Woods, Land Pride, Brown, Bush Hog, etc - - all seem to have top line models. Not a single one specify that they can handle ROCKS. I would not partner up with anybody who will be trashing a rotary cutter on rocks...

How well a rear blade cuts depends a whole lot on its weight. I have a heavy rear blade and it cuts into virgin soil well. But this is a 1000+ pound rear blade behind a tractor weighing 10,000+ pounds. If you can find a heavy enough rear blade - it will do what you want. You might need to...

I go into a room and turn on the light - I leave, I turn the light off. My son comes out to visit. Within an hour - every light in the house is on. It's like a Christmas tree in July. I support our electric utility with what I do use - don't need every light in the house to be on.

I'm somewhat OCD about safety. My safety. I'm all by myself out here. For a fact - under the very best on conditions - a 45 minute wait for any help to arrive. Most of the "golden hour" would be lost just in waiting.

A green landscape is so obvious to us around here. We are in the middle of summer - extreme heat - almost 100% of the vegetation has withered away and is tan. I had a drone fly over two years ago. It was heading due west. I'll just bet it had gone beyond the range of the owners control...

Nice picture and you are so green. Here today 102F - 39C and everything is dead and tan.

"They" say - killing range = 10 meters. Serious damage = 15 meters. Schrapnel can go = 200 meters. Better to be safe than sorry.

I've had two tractors in the 40+ years out here. Both - 4WD. There have been those times .......... The added safety of 4WD alone is worth the cost.

I completely agree with Torvy. My 10,000 pound+ tractor stays far away from my lawns. I have a riding mower for the lawns. I don't have steep hills or impossible grades to traverse. BUT - I DO HAVE the occasional hidden hole for a tire to drop into. Stability and safety are primary...

I have 775# of Rimguard in each rear tire. This and my eight foot Rhino rear blade( 1000+#) keep me firmly planted on the ground. My rear tires are set at the widest setting. This helps with stability on slopes. Otherwise it's experience and common sense.

I started heating the house here with a LOPI wood burning stove. This was in 1982 - before all the regs on burning wood. So ..... our LOPI had no afterburners, smoke chambers nor catalytic converters. It was a really great stove. It was built of heavy steel plate and had a flat platform...

I always get droves of small yellow jacket nests in the eves of the house and out buildings. Left alone - they have never bothered me much. A couple years ago - mowing my yard - WHAP. I got hit right in the face - hard - by some flying creature. Turned out to be a bald faced ( white faced...

5030 - I have seriously considered a SAT phone. Mainly because my cell phone usage is so low. Last five years of cell phone usage - average 6 to 8 minuets per month. AND my cell phone is ALWAYS off - unless I'm using it. My ATT cell phone bill is $650 per year. It all sounds rather...

I've put a long handled shovel in my cross tube. Held it there with a bungee cord.

Want quick removal? I've used my portable planer on flat wood surfaces. It can be set to only take off the very top surface. It may leave a few ridges. They are quickly removed with a belt sander. I always follow the planer with some form of sander to get the surface smoother. You are...

Yes - jyoutz - I know you are correct. And I'm pretty sure that there would be a response by "somebody". Hopefully - before the coyotes found me. Cell phone service is REALLY spotty out here. "They" tell me that the Emergency tab on the cell phone will ALWAYS get through. Hope I never...

I use a Weathertech cup holder in my truck. As of yet - I've never taken the cell phone out with me on the tractor. If I ever do - just use the Weathertech cup holder out of the truck. OR just put the darn thing in a jacket pocket. My entire life, so far, does not revolve around my cell...

As is obvious - in tight areas I would simply get all tangled. You have an answer for $100. My answer was $3800.

Most everything will work for the short term. Barn cats are the only long term solution I've found yet. I need smarter barn cats - stay within the influence of the yard light at night - or owl, hawks & coyotes that leave the barn cat alone.

When I was deciding on an upgraded tractor - I considered a weight box on the 3-point. But a weight box DOES nothing. Instead I went with Rimguard filled rear tires ( 1550# ) and a 1000#+ rear blade. These two upgrades successfully handle the total lift capacity of my FEL and grapple. I can...

Currently it's the cost to desalinate sea water. I saw an article that talked about diversion of the Mississippi river.

Ha, ha - YES - It can be all about how much folks value their brain. But riding a motorcycle at speed and coming off onto the asphalt - it's like being drug down a carrot grater. First the leather pants go, then your arms, up to your elbows - all that may be left is your head. Inside that...

Most anything I don't have to prepare myself.........

Been a long, long time since I wore a football helmet. However - just two years ago I purchased a new Shoei motorcycle helmet. $800+ and I didn't even get a kiss. AND - if you are into SERIOUS cycle racing - $5000 to $8000 is the norm.

My house is cedar plank. After trying many products - semi-gloss OIL stain is the best. It completely soaks in and provides, at least, ten years of protection. To reapply - simply hose off the walls - give it a week to dry - reapply. No sanding required what-so-ever.

Why risk damage. I reverse my 1000# Rhino rear blade 180 degrees and lower to the ground. Then I go like smoke and oakem.

My point being - keep the load low and as close in to the lift pins as possible. You can safely lift more in this manner. If you MUST lift high - split the load into lighter packages. An example I have. I move chunks ( five foot and ten foot ) of LARGE pine tree trunks around the property...

I would guess jeff9366 is pretty close. My loader - which is bigger than yours - is listed at 1510#.

About once - every other month - I mow the grass on the edges of the driveway. No problem with rocks - I've already found them with the mower and moved them. Ages ago. It looks so nice I decide to mow the center of the road. Out and beyond my inner gate. So I'm happy in the morning sun...

Work - UGGGG! I've been retired for so long - I, long ago, forgot what work is. For a really long time - it's been PROJECTS. Unfinished projects - in and around the property.

That is an awesome implement. I'm pretty sure that it would pull my small pines. I thin my stands and remove trees - 1" to 6" on the butt. I don't know if it would reduce the work load any though. My young stands of pines are thick as the hair on a hound dog. I use a small Stihl chainsaw...

I have one "thorny" tree - Russian Olive. It's a tree I planted myself - before I realized it had thorns. It's definitely not as thorny as your Osage Orange or Honey Locust. And it's quite a ways away from any traveled area. Fortunately - it is slowly but surely dying. As the limbs die - I...

I had a similar problem. Took the offending zerk with me to NAPA and O'Reilleys. No joy finding single zerks - had to buy a box of assorted ones.

I have 80 acres and some pretty steep hillsides. I simply do not go horizontal on steep slopes - common sense. I have my rear tires set at the widest setting and they are filled with Rimguard. If I ever have to go into or on the steep areas - I go up/down - not horizontal.

I have a Ram Power Wagon ( 2019 ). I don't use it out on the property ( 80 acres ) - it's just too big. Besides that's why I have my Kubota M6040. Anyhow - the Power Wagon does not have any attached implements. It's just a whole lot easier getting around the property on my ATV. Use...

OR ....... you need a carport like I have. I can drive all the way thru without even coming close to the roof. BTW - that's red lead based barn paint on the carport and shed. I painted both in 1982.

I have 80 acres and a mile long gravel driveway. I started out in 1982 with a brand new Ford 1700 4WD. It was great and for 27 years it did everything I wanted to do. In 2009 I wanted to move on to larger projects. Traded the Ford in for a 2009 Kubota M6040. I've been slowly upgrading my...

Those who run 4WD all the time are pushing their luck. Reread you owners manual on the use of 4WD.

1972 - bought a brand new Jeep J20. Got it home and the automatic transmission filter ruptured as I pulled in my driveway. A real mess that was corralled with many of my wifes bath towels. Dealership picked up the unit - checked it all out - new filter, new oil and entire engine compartment...

Things have dried out considerably since I posted three weeks ago. I'm down to mowing about every five or six days. With the deflector chute removed - no need to rake anything.

"Big cars are killing Americans" Actually - the way people choose to drive is what kills Americans. I have a large pickup - the Taco Wagon - 7540#. So far, I've not killed or injured a single person.

I planted a half mile of bushes. I used an 18" single bottom moldboard plow. At first I went - lift, drop and plow, lift, drop and plow. That VERY SOON became a PITA. I then just dropped the plow and plowed a single furrow the full half mile. Planted the bushed. Then came back with the...

I have a mile long gravel driveway. When I plow snow - the eight foot blade is just the correct width. I have a few areas where it's a considerable drop off beyond the driveway edge. Best to be on firm driveway ground when plowing these areas. I offset and angle when plowing snow. This...

I have an 8 foot Rhino @ 1000#+ on my M6040. Does great for snow and driveway ditches. It has offset, angle and tilt. It's not the "cats meow" for general driveway grading. Problem being - it's not a road grader. Front of tractor goes up - blade goes down and vice versa. To do a good...

I use the FEL/grapple to lift the entire front of the tractor off the ground. This does two things. Make access to the two grease zerks easier and much easier to get grease into the zerks.

Gas prices may seem like black magic. But you can believe somewhere, somebody is getting rich.

I don't play the lottery - don't have that problem.

My seven year old son did. We stopped at a service station outside Las Vegas. The boy plunked a quarter in a one-armed-bandit and won $4. Over the station speaker system - "would the parents of the young boy, Eric, please come to the managers office". My son was mad as a wet chicken...

Each of my rear tires has 775# of Rimguard. This means each of my rear tires weighs close to 1100#. There is no way that I'm set up for a DIY project involving my rear tires. Have a very FIRM understanding of what each tire weighs. THEN decide if you are setup to handle it.

A 45 cent hamburger.......

I can't count the number of times I've done this with my Honda generator. There is a knob that needs to be twisted from "off" to "run". Strange - it starts first time - if it's on run.

There is another current thread here on TBN about cutting steep slopes. Mossroad made a HISTORIC suggestion. Plant the slope to wildflowers and forget about cutting it. There will be no danger of a roll over accident and it looks great.

I have a Demco with a 25 gallon tank. I use it to spray thistles. I got it with a 25 foot hose and wand. Demco makes all sizes and with any method of application you want. I've had it 32 years now and it still works fine. I paid $385 for it 32 years ago. Wife would drive the tractor -...

Never tried cherries here. Had peaches and 'cots. Like grsthegreat - the birds and yellow jackets just WOULD NOT share. I get my fresh fruit from the farmers up at Green Bluff. Let them solve these problems.

Like you said - "surprised they are not into the grain". About five years ago I had a "spat" with some wood rats. They were incredibly stupid. I killed seven and have never seen them since that time. Three were dispatched with my 22 pistol. Walked up to them and shot within six feet or...

Good grief Aquamoose - that unit looks to be brand new. Good on you! Be sure to let us know how it works.

Tryoung - FEL lifting can almost be black magic. For me - hydraulics is a mystic art form. You need to get ahold of your FEL owners manual. If it's like mine - it has loader lift graphs. How far ahead of the pivot pins and how high. With my M6040 I'm able to lift quite heavy loads...

Smokeydog - I DO really like the look of the brush guard - middle picture.

Don't fret. With you providing more info - the situation will surely be diagnosed and a solution be found.

Whitbread - I don't envy you that trip - Michigan to Houston. Fifty years ago - almost to the day - I made a trip to a conference in Houston. Anchorage, AK to Houston, TX. Walking from the plane to the terminal - I thought the plane had made a left turn and we were in HELL. I had NEVER...

The local Kubota dealer is in Spokane. A 25 mile drive for me. That's far enough.

Same situation here - mikester. That entire slope would be within the ROW.

Looks like the back tire is flat/or damaged on the tow vehicle also. My farm wagon being 20K pounds would haul that log. But no way on earth to get it on/off. My ancient Ponderosa pines are big but NO WAY that large. I wonder what the fellow planned on doing with that thing.

MossRoad - post#16 has the very best answer. And it looks good too. Otherwise - I'd plant Bachelor Buttons. Same idea as Moss - just a different type flower. Anyhow - I would do SOMETHING that eliminates the need to mow.

No FEL's. That would be a deal breaker for me. I would drive around the property with only a big smile - for so long.

Geeze - ruffdog. I thought my M6040 with grapple and rear blade had a lot of zerks.

Checking with your local health dept or building dept should provide the necessary answers.