Sawyer Rob
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Me too actually...
Yeaaa, the loader pushes stuff over, but all that comes back up after the loader pass' and it still rubs the under side of the tractor...
SR
Bush hogging is best without front loaders on
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Yeaaa, the loader pushes stuff over, but all that comes back up after the loader pass' and it still rubs the under side of the tractor...
SR
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I mean, MOST of the time, you know your own land and where the hazzards are. Funny, I am always at odds, to have the loader low in order to lower the centre of gravity and in no case would I want it to contact the ground unintentionally. In, fact, if it does, I feel like a pretty poor operator.
Depending on where you live, you could always check things out in spring.
We have no shortage of stones here. You simply could not afford to go mowing blind.
Depending on where you live, you could always check things out in spring.
We have no shortage of stones here. You simply could not afford to go mowing blind.
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I mow 600 pass miles of highway ditches: there is no way I am scouting that. (LOL)
Even then, I will make my first pass, see something in what will be the 2nd pass and think, "Wow, that is a big rock there, I will have to remember where that is", but I never do. Except for the biggest stuff, forget about remembering rocks, debris and trash from year to year.
As for hitting things, I have a notepad where I write down the strange stuff I have hit. Right now it is a toss up:
1. A brand new chainsaw that slid out of a guys truck and landed in the weeds.
2. A boat anchor...on top of a big hill, well away from the ocean
3. 250 feet of phone line, ripping it right out of the woman's house who was talking on the phone at the time.
There are others though: sheep fence, barb wire...sheep fence and barb wire. Property line pins, telephone pole cables, shoes, purses, tires...tons and tons of tires... I even hit an oxygen bottle hidden in the grass. That was kind of exciting. But hitting a kids bike was kind of sad.
So far, no drunks passed out in the ditch, or dead bodies, but even then, I would not be surprised if I hit them someday!.
I am not sure why we have dumps: apparently we have the American Highway System!
Even then, I will make my first pass, see something in what will be the 2nd pass and think, "Wow, that is a big rock there, I will have to remember where that is", but I never do. Except for the biggest stuff, forget about remembering rocks, debris and trash from year to year.
As for hitting things, I have a notepad where I write down the strange stuff I have hit. Right now it is a toss up:
1. A brand new chainsaw that slid out of a guys truck and landed in the weeds.
2. A boat anchor...on top of a big hill, well away from the ocean
3. 250 feet of phone line, ripping it right out of the woman's house who was talking on the phone at the time.
There are others though: sheep fence, barb wire...sheep fence and barb wire. Property line pins, telephone pole cables, shoes, purses, tires...tons and tons of tires... I even hit an oxygen bottle hidden in the grass. That was kind of exciting. But hitting a kids bike was kind of sad.
So far, no drunks passed out in the ditch, or dead bodies, but even then, I would not be surprised if I hit them someday!.
I am not sure why we have dumps: apparently we have the American Highway System!
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Indeed, I wish these new compacts didn't have such vulnerable underbellies. One more good reason to use the TO35 for the mowing, a solid cast iron underside.
MechanicalGuy
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All great points made in here to a tractor newb.
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Well if I couldn't scout an area, then I sure wouldn't want anything (like a FEL) to be blocking any possible vision as to what I might be driving over. Honestly, some of this just makes me shake my head. Using a FEL like a white cane! lol
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It's all a matter of personal preference. I rarely drop my loader but I usually drop the bucket off when mowing. Then again I hardly ever run my brush mower. In those areas I tend to drop the bucket flat on the ground and uproot the mess.
This is how I proceed into an area looking for stumps. I use my backhoe/loader for that and scoot the bucket along flat until it stops the tractor. Then I turn around and dig out the stump.
This is how I proceed into an area looking for stumps. I use my backhoe/loader for that and scoot the bucket along flat until it stops the tractor. Then I turn around and dig out the stump.
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BRMyers
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I mow with the grapple on. More than once come across down limbs that I was able to pick right up and move to the side or take to the brush pile.
