Just killing me...

[RMulkey]

I had a really bad day...

Today I had to RENT a 13hp gas rototiller and worked my a@$ off pushing and pulling it around the garden. It was one of those really heavy, hydraulic drive Barretto models that must weigh 400-500lbs... None of this would be so bad if I didn't already own a L4310 and a 5' tiller...

This is the first time the tractor turned out to be TOO BIG to do something I needed to do.

The only ray of hope is we will be moving to 3.5ac this summer after the house is done…

The good news is the barn is done already…

Any of you have a similar experience?????????????

 

[Thomas]

Well not as bad as you sir.
I to have had cases where a piece of equipment was to big and had to rent smaller equipment only to get sore and my fillings got rattle,while the tractor sets in the barn just a grining and saying I told you so. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

Barn before the house...thats little different but a good idea.

Wish you the best and may time pass quickly for your new home.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Boondox]

Don't post stuff like this! My wife might read it and veto my plans for a 3PH tiller to replace the tried and true BCS tiller!

Pete

 

[PaulB]

My horse stalls all have clay floors, and every few years I need to re-clay them. Heavy, heavy stuff. I figured with the tractor and front end loader half of my work would be done by diesel, but alas such is not the case. Problem is the front loader is 48 inches wide, and the stall door openings are, say, 47 and 127/128ths. Just won't fit, so I end up front loading the clay to the mouth of the stall, then shoveling tons of clay in by hand. Breaks my back and my heart.

 

[Roy]

Like buying clothes... there is no reality in 'one size fits all'. There are times when something larger, smaller or faster will be required. Trick is to determine what is needed for the usual and customary situation, purchase it, and lease (or borrow) the rest for those odd times.

 

[Bird]

PaulB, if it's that close all you gotta do is ram the opening a couple of times with the front end loader and it'll be wide enough./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

 

[HR_Mutt]

Look at it this way, your barn is completed! We've been at the new place for nearly 3 years and still no barn. 2 tractors in the garage where my truck should be. I tried to tell my wife the barn goes up first! Feel any better?

 

[caddison]

Tilling your garden! Shoot we are still plowing snow and scraping ice! I wouldn't mine a little exercise running the old tiller /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif! Makes me yearn for spring.

 

[john_bud]

Paul,
I'm with Bird, full speed ahead! Ramming velocity! I bet installing a new door is quicker and easier on your back than all that shovel work /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.


By the way, this time next year, you can fly me out to run the hand tiller. It's gotta beat the snow shovel..../w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif


John Bud

 

[Alan L.]

Speaking of barns, I live in one. Maybe the house will come later, but we're really enjoying the barn right now. The barn is a 40 X 60 metal building with 900 sq ft house built inside on one end - 2BR and 2baths. Central air and heat. Not bad.

 

[markcg2000]

What about buying a second, narrower bucket? Then again, does anyone make something smaller than 48"?

mark

 

[WVBill]

Actually, the bucket on my Kubota B219 loader is just 38" wide. I don't think they make them that small any more. The reason my Father in law got the Kubota B6100 and this loader back in 1978 was that he needed something to get into back yards to do landscaping work - through existing fence gates.

I would think that someone would be making a loader smaller than 48" these days for the same reason. There aren't too many fence gates in suburbia that are over 48" wide.

 

[RobS]

How about a second bucket, maybe a used/twisted/otherwise junk and have it cut down in width and rewelded? How wide is the rest of your tractor?

If not that, how about a cut down rear blade? Use the FEL to dump the material in front of the door then turn around backwards and push it in.

I know how you feel about wanting to do as much with the tractor as possible. If you have a farm implement junkyard nearby, you can probably come up with all sorts of ideas.

Good luck /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif