Trivial use of tractors

[tchall]

[SIZE="+1"]I wonder if carrying a 450 pound oak entertainment center from the trailer we moved in to the deck (with a five foot lift) counts...

Currently I'm carrying the pile of boxes, furniture and junk that we dropped at the other end of the house around to the basement a bucket load at a time... a bucket full a day is getting it caught up nicely and gives me time to get things arranged in the basement between loads...

I spent a day carrying boxes on a handcart... about 90 feet one way.... until I looked at my tractor sitting right next to the pile doing nothing<g>

Seems like it's an awful lot easier to nudge landscaping rocks, pick up logs and most anything else around here that weighs more than a dozen pounds with my little TC30 New Holland...[/SIZE]

 

[TwinWillows]

NH40 carrying a whopping ten 6ft metal T posts & driver 200yds from the barn to the garden - I thought aobut it driving over & decided why not, it's my tractor might as well use it instead of wearing myself out - it sure did beat carrying them

 

[jimmer2880]

Our house doesn't have Central Airconditioning. so, each spring, I use my tractor to carry the 4 airconditioners from the shed, 50' to the rear deck. Then, each fall, 50' from the deck back to the house.

Call me lazy, etc, I dont' care. I say it helps to save my back.

 

[tony123]

Shoot....I use mine for anything that can remotely be associated to it. Why walk when you can ride?

I'll use it to go back to the garage for extra chainsaw gas. It's only 200'

 

[rpoage]

Scooped dead ground hog off road in from of the house and dumped it over the field for the vultures.

Moved metal lathe and small mill drill from garage to basement. Still took 5 friends and a lot of beer but at least they all are still speaking to me.

Local area has 4th of July parade and cook out who's origins started out as a bunch of locals on garden tractors and tractors doing the local loop show 4th Patriotism and to drink beer. Beer seems to be a recurring theme around here?

 

[855Idiot]

Used it as scaffolding to build & paint the my new Garage.

 

[3RRL]

My fence came down when a large Oak fell during a storm. I noticed a small herd of cattle were now grazing on what is my homesite circle. I used the tractor to "herd" them back through the opening. They were Longhorns so I wasn't to thrilled to get off and chase them on foot. LOL...I moved the dual grapples up and down to get their attention, and it worked.

Got them all back on the neighbors property, then used the tractor and grapples to move the Oak and finally fix the fence.

 

[whodat90]

I use it to recover deer rather than drag them, bring it to where I'm going to gut it, then use the FEL to hang it and load it in the truck.

 

[Dieselmh]

Back when Hurricane Rita hit, we were without power for 8 days. My cousin parked his tractor by the house, ran an extension cord through the house, splicing in 12 volt automotive bulbs as he went, and used the tractor's charging system to keep the battery charged. It was hot as ****, but at least he and the family could see what they were doing at night.

 

[Tdog]

'Diller taxi service.

Jack

 

[ctpres]

FEL makes excellent platform to trim trees

 

[ctpres]

Keep tractor at idle next to mosquito (SP) infested location. Exhaust fumes make working possible.

 

[hutch1200]

I lowered the suspension a little on my '04 H-D Lowrider. It never did fit on my portable jack/lift. Now it bottoms out hard trying to get it on my buddies lift table. I change the synthetic oil every 1000 miles. I was having to lay on my back and get oil all over because of the tight clearance between the bike and the ground with a homeade drip pan. I welded up some square stock, then topped it off by welding on angle iron and glued on some strips of thick rubber. I rigged up some 6M strand, and use my FEL to lift the bike about 36" off the ground. Since the tranny and oil pan are underneath, I can sit on a stool and do the service very easily. I won't do my friends bikes that weigh any more than mine this way, due to the 500lbs rating. When I pointed out yet another use for the FEL, my wife muttered something about getting rid of me, the Harley and the FEL. Some people you just can't reach no matter how much you love them!

 

[Rebel]

The only way to move a Piano!

 

[rpoage]

Now there is a semi finalist if I've ever seen one.

 

[tony123]

I don't know....a lot of these seem like darn good and justifiable uses to me.

Doesn't "trivial" mean things like checking the mail or bringing your wife a drink out in the garden?

I wonder if there really is a trivial use? not around here.

 

[Flywheel]

When I don't feel like working anymore, I maneuver the tractor about 20 feet from the barn and hang the hammock between a barn pole and the ROPS.

Usually the hammock will sag pretty good at first - easy to adjust by simply moving the tractor forward.....

 

[Spider]

Once I got tired of crushing food cans by hand to get more in the recycling box so I used the front loader instead. Fun for a while but not as efficient I have to admit.

 

[woodchuckie]

I wanted to do some work on my gas tank on my 77 dodge pickup where mice chewed wires and a slow seep and fuel gage don't work. I tried a bolt or two on removing the gas tank but I gave up on that so noticing only eight easy to reach bolts holding the bed on and having a tractor on stand by I just took the bed off lifting it with the fel and a 25 foot strap.

Another fun thing I did was place three large cedar poles 20 foot long and 12 inches diameter at the big end across a creek(ditch) 15 feet deep. I put a 3 foot chain near the end of the log and hooked the two hooks on the bottom lip of bucket. When I picked it up I could hold it perfectly horizontial to drive it to the ditch and lower it exactly where I needed it. I could also load it into my truck that way. That wasn't the first method I tried but play and learn.

We nailed the boards on the logs on our annual fall campout I took eight of my Grandkids on.

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[zzvyb6]

I've used my 20' extension ladder in the raised bucket to rethread the lanyard on the top of my 30' flagpole. The aluminum pole sure is a lot more flexible than I first thought. Need to keep the tilt angle REAL small...