I definitely considered quick attach and think I might do that at some point--it would be great to have pallet forks, if only for moving implements-on-pallets around.
Wow, someone snuck onto my property w/a green can of spray paint. Rotten scoundrel! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Re: the 60" mower, rather than 72". Yeah, 72" makes a lot more sense for the field mowing, which is a big chunk of what I'll use the mower for. But I'm also planning (hoping?) to put in a vineyard at some point, and have the row spacing all figured out. I want to be able to have grass in between rows of vines and the 72" mower would probably be too wide, given the spacing that I'm planning. But Kubota & 60" RFM should fit nicely.
3130 definitely feels beefy (IS beefy). Sure feels good to have this much weight/power. Now I have something that can yank some visitor's car out of a snowbank--a not uncommon thing in Minnesota, especially living at the end of a long gravel driveway up a hill. I grew up on a similar property in MN (gravel road, long hill) and my Dad had to pull folks out of ditches every couple of years or so (old John Deere model from the 30's).
My first big challenge is in figuring out a system for storing the 3pt auger. It's not possible to set it down, since the auger & pto shaft can swing, pinching against the top shaft. Also, I'd like to have a system that stores the entire unit such that the spacing between top link and lower links is preserved, to make it fairly easy to hook back up again. Since the top link can swing, and the unit seems very heavy, I suspect that it would be hard to hook back up without some mounting stand/system to fix it in place.
My plan for the auger is to build a swingset-style assembly w/2 A-frames and a beam, and then suspend the entire auger w/a couple straps or come-alongs, with the beam parallel to the top link. Not knowing where the center of gravity is, I figure I can just strap it in 2-3 places, to make sure it won't swing when I start pulling pins.. Anybody else have any thoughts, or anybody ever deal with dismounting an auger before? Dealer suggested just augering a hole and leaving it in the hole, but admitted that it would rust like heck and that the top link would still be pretty unmanageable (heavy)..
Sean
Wow, someone snuck onto my property w/a green can of spray paint. Rotten scoundrel! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Re: the 60" mower, rather than 72". Yeah, 72" makes a lot more sense for the field mowing, which is a big chunk of what I'll use the mower for. But I'm also planning (hoping?) to put in a vineyard at some point, and have the row spacing all figured out. I want to be able to have grass in between rows of vines and the 72" mower would probably be too wide, given the spacing that I'm planning. But Kubota & 60" RFM should fit nicely.
3130 definitely feels beefy (IS beefy). Sure feels good to have this much weight/power. Now I have something that can yank some visitor's car out of a snowbank--a not uncommon thing in Minnesota, especially living at the end of a long gravel driveway up a hill. I grew up on a similar property in MN (gravel road, long hill) and my Dad had to pull folks out of ditches every couple of years or so (old John Deere model from the 30's).
My first big challenge is in figuring out a system for storing the 3pt auger. It's not possible to set it down, since the auger & pto shaft can swing, pinching against the top shaft. Also, I'd like to have a system that stores the entire unit such that the spacing between top link and lower links is preserved, to make it fairly easy to hook back up again. Since the top link can swing, and the unit seems very heavy, I suspect that it would be hard to hook back up without some mounting stand/system to fix it in place.
My plan for the auger is to build a swingset-style assembly w/2 A-frames and a beam, and then suspend the entire auger w/a couple straps or come-alongs, with the beam parallel to the top link. Not knowing where the center of gravity is, I figure I can just strap it in 2-3 places, to make sure it won't swing when I start pulling pins.. Anybody else have any thoughts, or anybody ever deal with dismounting an auger before? Dealer suggested just augering a hole and leaving it in the hole, but admitted that it would rust like heck and that the top link would still be pretty unmanageable (heavy)..
Sean
