L39

[mike69440]

Jim,
I remember a photo of one of your rocks. It was as big as anything I moved. Those rocks are about the limit the BH will pull out of a hole. I moved three that size and that is pushing the machine. Also moved maybe 20 rocks in the 1500 to 2,000 Lb range and I have maybe sereval hundred more to haul. 2000 LB rock is not a real problem. I was conserned about loader flex with the braceless loader but my custom tool box on the loader post is only 3/8" from the hood and I have not rubbed off any paint yet.

 

[mike69440]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( In the right conditions, the L39 is an amazingly useful machine. I think a lot of people (including myself) ask too much of it. It's just a little guy. It's a lot closer to "yellow" than a CUT, but it's not very yellow in reality. )</font>

I have a mechanical thumb on the dipper, which really saves the dipper. If you catch a rock just the right way you can bend the 18" bucket. I don't think it will ever bend again with the additional welding and side plates. When I had the bucket off, I dry film coated the pims with Dow 321 Moly spray coating. I should do all the pins in the hoe.

I have had two large excavators do 4 Acres of large Stumps, but the area is too Muddy for me to haul or drag the big ones away. That was really too expensive.

I have a guy now that is doing the heavy digging and scraping with a small dozer and medium size 13 ton excavator.

Last week he scaped together 2 good size piles of rock I will carry down to where I'm building the trans swap parkway and also got about 60 yards of decent fill and 15 yards of topsoil off the ridge, so I don't have to have as much trucked in.

I figure it's worth the $400 or so bucks, not counting wear and tear on the L39 and my time.

It is going to rain like heck for several days.
I'll go up and work fix electrical and the "plumbing" in the barn. The mud will be insane.

 

[Builder]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Mike,

There is no grapple... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I just scooped it up with the bucket and it's sitting there with the teeth holding it in place.

Can't believe you damaged the 18" bucket. These are some kind of HD buckets. The 24" looks like it should be on an excavator.

Yeah, your NH land sounds a bit much for the little L39. It sounds a bit much for anything under say 25,000lbs. I'd pick some major projects and rent an excavator for a week. Get something in the "120" class. Have it controlled for JD and you'll take to it like a fish to water.

BTW, have you seen some of the rocks I've moved with that L39? Sissy rocks my a##. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )</font>

I'll say! The Kubota BH buckets seem indestructable. Don't they interchange with the Kubota mini excavators?

 

[mike69440]

I know some of the CUT BH's are sure better than a shovel, but only good for backyard projects. The problem with the L39 is that it is almost strong enough to to the projects you should have a larger machine do. The difference between the L39 and these cuts are the differnce between an L39TLB and an excavator.

L39 has an ok bucket, Cut BH buckets are rather wimpy.

I am so glad I canceled the Kioti 3054XS TLB and sprung for the L39.

Going to an auction next week just for the heck of it.

 

[mike69440]

No Photos of Tractor, but here is my lovely 6 ft tall wife happily posing by the largest rock the L39 actually picked up. (A few inches off the ground.)

 

[mike69440]

No Photos of Tractor, but here is my lovely 6 ft tall wife happily posing by the largest rock the L39 actually picked up. (A few inches off the ground.)

 

[mike69440]

Drainage work 12" X 20' culvert #1 & trench Photo

 

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Drainage work 12" X 20' culvert #1 & trench Photo

 

[mike69440]

Photo of dug catch basin on other side of Drive.

 

[mike69440]

Photo of dug catch basin on other side of Drive.