jeff9366
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- Kubota Tractor Loader L3560 HST+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3,700 pounds bare tractor, 5,400 pounds operating weight, 37 horsepower
I am ready to de-brush two acres of previous cattle grazing land heavily infested with yellow flowered Jasmine. ( I think it is Carolina Jasmine but it may be some other form of wild Jasmine. ) Under the Jasmine there are some junk trees and some Oaks, mostly Water Oaks, I want to save. Here and there the Jasmine has wild climbing rose mixed in.
I have an assortment of equipment:
Kubota L3560 with LA805 loader + L2296 Heavy Duty Round Back Bucket
68" Ratchet Rake.
Bush Hog (brand) 60" Rollover Box Blade with Rippers
Land Pride RCF2060 Rotary Cutter (rated for 2" slashing)
Payne's Bolt On Debris Forks for bucket
Howse 16/18" Disc Harrow (37 pounds per notched pan)
Ford 101 Series 2-12 Mouldboard Plow
Stihl chainsaw, battery Sawzall, assorted loppers, chains
I pushed through one area with the unadorned FEL bucket leading, towing the Land Pride RCF2060. The Jasmine is so thick the tractor could barely push through in HST/LOW + 4WD, while I worked the bucket up and down. The Jamine snatched at the the FEL stick and ROPS and I had to stop once to cut a vision path with loppers from the tractor. I got through but it was not a safe operation. Who knows what obstacles lurk in that Jasmine?
I tried pushing the LP-RC into the Jasmine in reverse. I managed to cave in the rear metal guard on my new LP-RC about 4" over 11" of the guard, which I was able to pull out using a pipe wrench and cheater-bar. I am not anxious to repeat that, exactly.
The LP-RC will chop the Jasmine. The question is how to pass LP-RC over Jasmine, safely, without wrecking it.
I can't hire this out. ( A Brown Tree Cutter on a BIG Skid Steer would clear it.)
Spray now? What stuff? ( I do not own a spray rig but I can borrow a 25 gallon unit. )
Another implement or bucket attachment?
Debris will be burned.
Suggestions appreciated.
I have an assortment of equipment:
Kubota L3560 with LA805 loader + L2296 Heavy Duty Round Back Bucket
68" Ratchet Rake.
Bush Hog (brand) 60" Rollover Box Blade with Rippers
Land Pride RCF2060 Rotary Cutter (rated for 2" slashing)
Payne's Bolt On Debris Forks for bucket
Howse 16/18" Disc Harrow (37 pounds per notched pan)
Ford 101 Series 2-12 Mouldboard Plow
Stihl chainsaw, battery Sawzall, assorted loppers, chains
I pushed through one area with the unadorned FEL bucket leading, towing the Land Pride RCF2060. The Jasmine is so thick the tractor could barely push through in HST/LOW + 4WD, while I worked the bucket up and down. The Jamine snatched at the the FEL stick and ROPS and I had to stop once to cut a vision path with loppers from the tractor. I got through but it was not a safe operation. Who knows what obstacles lurk in that Jasmine?
I tried pushing the LP-RC into the Jasmine in reverse. I managed to cave in the rear metal guard on my new LP-RC about 4" over 11" of the guard, which I was able to pull out using a pipe wrench and cheater-bar. I am not anxious to repeat that, exactly.
The LP-RC will chop the Jasmine. The question is how to pass LP-RC over Jasmine, safely, without wrecking it.
I can't hire this out. ( A Brown Tree Cutter on a BIG Skid Steer would clear it.)
Spray now? What stuff? ( I do not own a spray rig but I can borrow a 25 gallon unit. )
Another implement or bucket attachment?
Debris will be burned.
Suggestions appreciated.
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