bcarwell
Gold Member
Hi all,
I have a Kubota 7500 (23HP) with a FEL. I also have several piles of gravel that are about 1/2 inch rocks. The piles are maybe 5 feet wide and 5 feet tall.
I need to move them out of sight. My FEL has no teeth and I don't have time to buy any attachments- gotta make do with what I got.
The question is: do you have any techniques for getting the most gravel in the bucket each time you attack the pile ? In the past in trying to move gravel, I just don't quite have the technique down. I end up pushing alot of the pile over and spreading it out, and having to shovel gravel into the bucket.
I've tried "charging" the pile at mid-heighth and trying to "jiggle" or tilt the bucket upwards as I continue moving into the pile. I've tried moving into the pile with the lower lip of the FEL bucket parallel to the ground and at ground level, e.g. moving into the very bottom of the pile. But I still end up pushing alot of the pile all over the ground. Maybe take a little bite off the top and jiggle, then back out and do it again ? It seems like maybe I don't have enough momentum with a compact tractor, or I'm afraid to really "charge" the pile.
Any technique suggestions or tricks ? Backdragging onto a flat 4x8 sheet of plywood ? Or trying to use the plywood somehow vertically as a back stop if I could imobilize it. Getting my wife to shovel instead of me ? Throwing topsoil on the piles and planting nasturtiums ? Offering the piles for free on Craig's list (I have no use for them).
Bob
Bob
I have a Kubota 7500 (23HP) with a FEL. I also have several piles of gravel that are about 1/2 inch rocks. The piles are maybe 5 feet wide and 5 feet tall.
I need to move them out of sight. My FEL has no teeth and I don't have time to buy any attachments- gotta make do with what I got.
The question is: do you have any techniques for getting the most gravel in the bucket each time you attack the pile ? In the past in trying to move gravel, I just don't quite have the technique down. I end up pushing alot of the pile over and spreading it out, and having to shovel gravel into the bucket.
I've tried "charging" the pile at mid-heighth and trying to "jiggle" or tilt the bucket upwards as I continue moving into the pile. I've tried moving into the pile with the lower lip of the FEL bucket parallel to the ground and at ground level, e.g. moving into the very bottom of the pile. But I still end up pushing alot of the pile all over the ground. Maybe take a little bite off the top and jiggle, then back out and do it again ? It seems like maybe I don't have enough momentum with a compact tractor, or I'm afraid to really "charge" the pile.
Any technique suggestions or tricks ? Backdragging onto a flat 4x8 sheet of plywood ? Or trying to use the plywood somehow vertically as a back stop if I could imobilize it. Getting my wife to shovel instead of me ? Throwing topsoil on the piles and planting nasturtiums ? Offering the piles for free on Craig's list (I have no use for them).
Bob
Bob