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so if I buy it, it will be right at home next to BR
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Quote from: Flyin6 on June 06, 2015, 12:09:15 AM so if I buy it, it will be right at home next to BRYou don't need to armor up the Farm like you're protecting the Fulda Gap there Chief...You and few others will probably get that.. nice and subtle.
Bobby, You ever visited or see the Fulda gap from the cold war days?Back when I was an aeroscout pilot for the 3rd I.D., the 11th ACR covered the Fulda Gap area. I've been up there in my trusty jet ranger a time or two. Beautiful country!
Good looking machine there. Don't think I've ever seen this many pics of Don unless you count his book.Maybe for the asking price they can get all those little items cleaned up, and wake up Rip.
A big loader with a thumb has to be about one of the most valuable pieces of equipment out there, especially with all those trees on your property.Saw a video of a guy the other day using his loader to cut firewood. Literally just picked up a log a few feed off the ground, and chunked it up into rounds without even having to bend over... YES PLEASE!
And of course you'd paint it OD Green too....
Here is a line up of equipment on our last big pond job...Those trackhoes are as big and bigger than what you looked at. Those Dozers are even bigger...The off road dump trucks have 30 yard beds, and weigh about 88k lbs, empty... Full 6wd...The tractor on the end is running tracks, has 450hp CAT motor, and pulls a 21 yard pan behind it...Lots of man stuff going on in that pic, lol...
Also, on the pond building, you have to know what you're doing, or you could waste a lot of time and money on fuel, and not accomplish a simple "hole that holds water"...Have to check drainage in surrounding areas, check for springs, make sure you can core out for the dam, make sure you don't hit any water tables or springs! Contrary to everyones thinking, a spring/water table is the WORST thing you can hit when digging your pond. Reason is, when you dam up the pond, and it begins to build up with water, the head pressure of the volume of water pushing back against the water table/spring, can actually prevent your pond from filling up. It will get enough weight that it will push water back into the table/spring, instead of the opposite... Pond will only fill up to that point, then no more... Seen it happen, built one like that, landowner didn't care. It could drop 8" of rain in 5 hours, and his pond would not get with in 2' of his spillway. Would not happen. So, make sure you get someone out there that knows what they are doing, to advise you as you go along...Practice and experience make perfect, so learn from people that have been there, done that... 8)
You already know, it is a lot better to find out before using the pen. There are plenty out there. You'll find the one you are supposed to have in God's time.
Being back to just Big Red is not such a bad place to be. It is ready now.
Those drive motors are a common issue with older machines. As you found out if it aint tracking straight running at full speed they are likely the issue. When you get one it will quickly become the most used machine on the farm. Pretty easy to run efficiently if you have experience pulling levers to make things happen, as you do. The way I was taught was to look at the boom as your arm, 3 joints, and the bucket as your hand. Fun to run once you figure out the controls.
Good dealers are hard to come by. If you have one that is taking care of you stick with them. We have a great kubota dealer close by that we deal with a lot. Been looking for a good used mini ex for a year or so. They knew it and we got the call as soon as they got a kx 91 in on trade. We were there when they unloaded it and brought in their shop. 2 yrs old, 250 hrs and not a mark on it. Must have been used to install a couple truck swallowing pits at the mall and that's it. Anyway, bout 20 after they got it in paperwork was signed. Got it for about 2/3 new cost.Pecked all that out to say be patient. The right machine will there be yours in God's time.
Did that thing float on to your property, or has it always been there. :)
Did the leak get fixed? At the farm yet? Anxious to see you get the demo going.