TODAYS SEAT TIME

Runner · Oct 2, 2025

A little more leaf pickup today. The sweetgum and tulip poplar decided to drop a few more leaves and since it was a small job, I broke out the 185. Since it is basically in retirement, I keep it set up with the bagger
"in case of just such an emergency" (as Foghorn Leghorn might say).

I gave it a little whiff of ether and it popped as soon as I turned the key, even after sitting for months. It runs good, but I was a little surprised it started so easy because it has been having a problem with the interlock for the PTO switch.

You turn the key and nothing. Engage the PTO switch, turn the key and it clicks, then, disengage the PTO switch, turn the key again and it starts. Not sure exactly what part of the system is causing the problem, the PTO safety switch or something else. Sometimes it starts first try, sometimes you have to play with it a little.

Anyway, the bagger has always worked very well on this machine and it just took a few minutes to get it done.

ptsg · Oct 22, 2025

Today's seat time consisted on hauling about 7000 lbs of gravel to make a 20x16 ft pad in front of the storage building so I can park the vehicles there and not get mud all over the interior.

It was about a 9 mile round trip with the way back having a pretty good 20% incline. Tractor had really good workout on this incline as I had to downshift to 1st gear High range for most of it. Pretty sure I could see the fuel gauge dropping. On flat road, it did 4th gear easily.

Weather was great to drive an open station tractor as you can see. Not really.

Sawyer Rob · Nov 6, 2025

We have had two hard frosts so it's time to dig my Cana bulbs. First thing is to rotary cut them close to the ground,

Then I put the pallet forks together on my loader tractor and use them to pry the clumps of bulbs out of the ground. I got my nephew to help me pick them up and put them in pails,

Here's what we ended up with from that row, 24 pails of bulbs.

I store them over winter and replant the row in the spring; it takes about 8 pails to replant.

SR

4570Man · Nov 22, 2025

I changed the hydraulic oil in my skid steer today. I didn’t have a drain pan big enough so my first plan was to pump most of the oil out the aux line which that part worked perfectly. After that i realized that apparently there’s no drain plug so I used a shopvac to suck the remainder of the oil out. Then the filters are mounted in the tank and the access hole is about 5” round. I couldn’t get the suction filter broke loose with such limited access and it looked pretty clean anyway so I reused it.