mike69440
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- Joined
- Jun 2, 2005
- Messages
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- Location
- Central NH (God's Country)
- Tractor
- 2005 L39 Kubota, 2020 Polaris 570 Sportsman, 2006 RTV 900, 2019 RTV1100C, 1997 Komatsu PC75UU2E w/ Thumb & Blade, 2013 Mahindra Max28XL Shuttle plus many attachments
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Nah....It's not a big deal for the mighty BT1000. Breakout force is rated at just under 6000 lbs. This is not a hoe attached to the rear of a CUT with a subframe design. The stabilizers are massive.
That rock is big, but the hoe pulled it right out of the hole. Now the loader was none too pleased, but she performed as directed (barely). I had to skid the rock into place, mainly due to its size and the fact that I couldn't get it into the bucket far enough under the pivot point. That's the problem moving big rocks with a standard bucket. Forks are necessary for rock lifting. )</font>
This Sunday I made it up to our 17 Acres of land in Northfield NH to check and adjust on the hydraulic pressure of the main pump. I set it at 2750-2800 psig. That BT1000 does a good job now. The factory setting was at 2650 or 100 Psig low from what it should have been.
I played around a bit digging a short trench, tore out a large old stump next to my neighbor's driveway, and spread a 18 ton load of gravel for them.
The boom on the BT1000 is as strong or stronger than it needs to be for the weight of the tractor. I have to be careful, as it moves the tractor around with ease.
The BT1000 boom cylinder will lifte the L39 off the ground.
Dipperstick seems to be about right, boom is stronger, but the dipper force is fine.
I think I will adjust the bucket curl for a bit more force. Be nice to have more force for tearing roots.
The BT1000 BH is about as small of a hoe I would consider useful. I could not imagine getting much out of a smaller one. There are more 2 ton rocks up here than I care to handle. Kubota did a good job with this hoe.
I ended up paying $5,700 to have the stumps pulled on 4.5 acres. The work was way to much to handle with the L39, considering the size of the trees and the area. I figured working the heck out of the L39, I could do 1500 to 2000 Sq Ft/day. So I would have been at this for 2 months straight, putting too many hard hours on the L39 and myself. Still it kills me to pay that for 2 crawler excvators for less than 2 days work. They just wind rowed the stumps, I still have to bury them.
The weak loader I have been complainimg about is better since I adjusted the main pump, but I still find the curl force limp wristed. The L39 is light in the front, and does not backdrag well or have strong reverse or forward curl. Lift and break-out are nothing toi write home about either, but better than the curl force. The L39 needs the L48 engine.
Once I get the loader working like Skypups, that grapple is looking like a real good idea.
There is more adjustment left in the loader relief valve. I will tweak it again. As I have the main pump set, there is only so much the reief valve on the spool will do. I will not overdo the main pump as this is both dangerous and damaging to the pump and will load up the engine excessively.
All in all, my dream machine would be more something like a JCB 2C, except with more HP and bigger floatation tires.
Actually a +70 HP, Cab with air/heat, +10,000 lb machine that is no more than 5% or so physically larger than the L39 and just as manuverable, i.e. no bigger or smaller than the JD110 or L48, with 3 Pt and PTO like the L39 would be great.
Wonder if there is such a beast under $50K?
I am begining to think I would have been better off getting a used industrial BH, working the raw land, then selling for a L39 Machine or more Ag style tractor.
I wonder what a 8-10 ton used dozer cost?
That rock is big, but the hoe pulled it right out of the hole. Now the loader was none too pleased, but she performed as directed (barely). I had to skid the rock into place, mainly due to its size and the fact that I couldn't get it into the bucket far enough under the pivot point. That's the problem moving big rocks with a standard bucket. Forks are necessary for rock lifting. )</font>
This Sunday I made it up to our 17 Acres of land in Northfield NH to check and adjust on the hydraulic pressure of the main pump. I set it at 2750-2800 psig. That BT1000 does a good job now. The factory setting was at 2650 or 100 Psig low from what it should have been.
I played around a bit digging a short trench, tore out a large old stump next to my neighbor's driveway, and spread a 18 ton load of gravel for them.
The boom on the BT1000 is as strong or stronger than it needs to be for the weight of the tractor. I have to be careful, as it moves the tractor around with ease.
The BT1000 boom cylinder will lifte the L39 off the ground.
Dipperstick seems to be about right, boom is stronger, but the dipper force is fine.
I think I will adjust the bucket curl for a bit more force. Be nice to have more force for tearing roots.
The BT1000 BH is about as small of a hoe I would consider useful. I could not imagine getting much out of a smaller one. There are more 2 ton rocks up here than I care to handle. Kubota did a good job with this hoe.
I ended up paying $5,700 to have the stumps pulled on 4.5 acres. The work was way to much to handle with the L39, considering the size of the trees and the area. I figured working the heck out of the L39, I could do 1500 to 2000 Sq Ft/day. So I would have been at this for 2 months straight, putting too many hard hours on the L39 and myself. Still it kills me to pay that for 2 crawler excvators for less than 2 days work. They just wind rowed the stumps, I still have to bury them.
The weak loader I have been complainimg about is better since I adjusted the main pump, but I still find the curl force limp wristed. The L39 is light in the front, and does not backdrag well or have strong reverse or forward curl. Lift and break-out are nothing toi write home about either, but better than the curl force. The L39 needs the L48 engine.
Once I get the loader working like Skypups, that grapple is looking like a real good idea.
There is more adjustment left in the loader relief valve. I will tweak it again. As I have the main pump set, there is only so much the reief valve on the spool will do. I will not overdo the main pump as this is both dangerous and damaging to the pump and will load up the engine excessively.
All in all, my dream machine would be more something like a JCB 2C, except with more HP and bigger floatation tires.
Actually a +70 HP, Cab with air/heat, +10,000 lb machine that is no more than 5% or so physically larger than the L39 and just as manuverable, i.e. no bigger or smaller than the JD110 or L48, with 3 Pt and PTO like the L39 would be great.
Wonder if there is such a beast under $50K?
I am begining to think I would have been better off getting a used industrial BH, working the raw land, then selling for a L39 Machine or more Ag style tractor.
I wonder what a 8-10 ton used dozer cost?
