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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #150 on: February 27, 2018, 07:13:39 AM »
So when are you planning on deleting the DPF and SCR on that thing?  :grin: :beercheers:
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« Reply #151 on: February 27, 2018, 08:14:57 AM »
What’s that TV for?  You watching All My Children while you work?


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« Reply #152 on: February 27, 2018, 08:15:23 AM »
So when are you planning on deleting the DPF and SCR on that thing?  :grin: :beercheers:
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« Reply #153 on: February 27, 2018, 08:16:41 AM »
You could have at least taken 1 picture before you go it all dirlty!

Did you try out the auger?

I bet sarge is not happy with the new kid.
Dunno, I put em' bucket to bucket to let them work out their differences

Today, Chief gets intro'd into the mix...
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #154 on: February 27, 2018, 09:22:09 AM »
So when are you planning on deleting the DPF and SCR on that thing?  :grin: :beercheers:
I'm talkin' to a guy at the moment...

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« Reply #155 on: February 27, 2018, 04:36:56 PM »
You know, you should probably send sarge to auction, like an old cow. Ain’t much left but might get something :)


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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #156 on: February 27, 2018, 05:31:46 PM »
You could have at least taken 1 picture before you go it all dirlty!

Did you try out the auger?

I bet sarge is not happy with the new kid.
Dunno, I put em' bucket to bucket to let them work out their differences
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Today, Chief gets intro'd into the mix...

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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #157 on: March 09, 2018, 08:34:18 PM »
I'm at 16.6 hours now on the machine and sadly, I have to report my first CARREP.

First a hydraulic line was ripped out by an intruding limb while back dragging and mulching a pile of branches
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #158 on: March 09, 2018, 08:36:22 PM »
So, I pulled it off to have a new one made. I think I'll actually have two built or figure out a way to protect that hose with maybe some covering. Kubota adds covers over the manifold and clamps the lines every couple feet, all part of a good design.
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #159 on: March 09, 2018, 08:38:03 PM »
Next up, I was surprised to discover the guard/push rail up front was dented and pushed in on both sides. THat is unexpected as it is designed to push over trees to stress them while the blades do their thing.
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« Reply #160 on: March 09, 2018, 08:39:48 PM »
And the blades are really chunked up. But they saw their share of limestone and thick tree bases. They have probably cut a couple hundred trees and saplings at this point, and munched up a bunch of years old piles of trees and branches.
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #161 on: March 09, 2018, 08:41:34 PM »
The rest of the chassis is doing well, as are the tracks.

But it sure does accumulate its share of debris!

Well, it will be back to shuttling dirt in a few days!
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« Reply #162 on: March 09, 2018, 08:44:23 PM »
Looking above the loader arms at the closest left corner of the pondage, is what Spud will be shuttling next. I'll cut that area out with Chief, then dig another adjacent pond, and break that levee. Idea is to lower the water enough to snake in that drain pipe and start to get control of the water level.
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #163 on: March 10, 2018, 01:21:07 AM »
Well, you knew it had to happen. At least its friday and not late Sat or Sun so you can get hoses.

As for the dents, are you taking a run at em or what? Maybe cut some next size up tube in half and bolt/tac weld it on?

Sounds like you are happy with it so far, doing its job well?
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #164 on: March 10, 2018, 06:42:33 AM »
Quite the machine there Don!  Now, when using it, maybe approach what you're cutting the same way you landed your Chinook when TOUCHing down in pine trees?  Slow and steady as if you expect those blades to need to carry your craft home, and not like a teenage boy and........well you know.
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #165 on: March 10, 2018, 07:38:50 AM »
Don you might want to consider looking on CL or elsewhere for a used gates hydraulic hose maker and keep some supplies around.  Bet it would pay for itsself PDQ
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« Reply #166 on: March 10, 2018, 08:31:43 AM »
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Not been on it's lid yet, ok keep going..........

more, faster.......  :facepalm:
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #167 on: March 10, 2018, 09:06:06 AM »
Well, you knew it had to happen. At least its friday and not late Sat or Sun so you can get hoses.

As for the dents, are you taking a run at em or what? Maybe cut some next size up tube in half and bolt/tac weld it on?

Sounds like you are happy with it so far, doing its job well?
It is a tremendous machine. Works more than Sarge. The larger loader has its place, like keeping up with the pile that Chief can generate, but this rubber track thing is not so destructive and so versatile. I really haven't cracked the surface of what this thing really can do.
Next week, I'm going to plug on the auger and punch a million holes for ornamental grass, flower bulbs, rose bushes, buried ammo...err, setting logs, stuff like that...
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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #168 on: March 10, 2018, 09:07:06 AM »
Don you might want to consider looking on CL or elsewhere for a used gates hydraulic hose maker and keep some supplies around.  Bet it would pay for itsself PDQ
Ya, know...???...
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« Reply #169 on: March 10, 2018, 09:08:13 AM »
:popcorn:

Not been on it's lid yet, ok keep going..........

more, faster.......  :facepalm:
You're a bad man!

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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #170 on: March 10, 2018, 09:27:10 AM »
:popcorn:

Not been on it's lid yet, ok keep going..........

more, faster.......  :facepalm:
You're a bad man!

Go work on your girl's jeep and stop messin' with me...;-)

I have been and fighting a darn cold while doing so.....

Making good progress on it and will have her do an update this weekend with the results & pics.
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« Reply #171 on: March 10, 2018, 10:36:16 AM »
Don... if ya haven't already mounted a decent size fire extinguisher on that machine, do it.  Dry debris, hot machines/bearings and such have a funny way of igniting at times. And be careful with those tracks. They may not be as easy to ruin as a tire...but wreck one on a old tree stump and.... well our Skidsteers all have tires these days LoL

I agree with TRN ya need a few grand worth of Hydraulic line "consumables"  This is standard issue farmer stuff  :cheesy:

Funny story about that.... last night my parts washer in the shop spring a leak where the line runs from the pump to the "faucet" and made a nice mess. Not wanting this to happen again I ran to the farm and whipped up a 1/4" feed line from hyd hose and likely $40 worth of fittings LoL  But hey it was 9pm and I don't want it to leak again.

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« Reply #172 on: March 10, 2018, 11:00:53 AM »
Funny story about that.... last night my parts washer in the shop spring a leak where the line runs from the pump to the "faucet" and made a nice mess. Not wanting this to happen again I ran to the farm and whipped up a 1/4" feed line from hyd hose and likely $40 worth of fittings LoL  But hey it was 9pm and I don't want it to leak again.

Time for a larger pump now.....
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« Reply #173 on: March 10, 2018, 01:45:25 PM »
Don you might want to consider looking on CL or elsewhere for a used gates hydraulic hose maker and keep some supplies around.  Bet it would pay for itsself PDQ

That had just gone through my head when I read yours!

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Re: New Addition to the family, Meet, "Spud"
« Reply #174 on: March 23, 2018, 09:48:38 PM »
I checked the bucket for damage. It has been used pretty hard so far.

Inspection revealed nothing but paint scratches so far!
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« Reply #175 on: March 23, 2018, 09:50:59 PM »
The new grapple is a beast. It opens and closes a bit too fast for my liking. I was shearing off the ends of the boulders when that claw would slam down at like a hundred miles an hour. It's more like a mouse trap that the grapple on the tractor.
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« Reply #176 on: March 23, 2018, 09:51:49 PM »
Almost 22 hours on the machine so far and its running great!
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« Reply #177 on: March 23, 2018, 09:54:09 PM »
The rubber tracks are showing some wear and tear. There are some good cuts and gouges in the rubber here and there

I'm good with that

The thing is a dream to operate. It just doesn't seem to have any limits. although today, for the first time it would not climb a steep slope, but chose to spin the tracks and dig the dirt away instead.
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« Reply #178 on: March 23, 2018, 10:34:10 PM »
As fancy as that thing is you don’t have a pressure adjustment on the aux hydraulics?
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« Reply #179 on: March 23, 2018, 10:48:28 PM »
Don, keep the load as close to the ground as possible when traveling. Safer and balances out the weight.

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« Reply #180 on: March 24, 2018, 12:28:41 AM »
As fancy as that thing is you don’t have a pressure adjustment on the aux hydraulics?

Thinking the same. Can you limit the flow with the claws on.
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« Reply #181 on: March 24, 2018, 07:42:58 AM »
Don, keep the load as close to the ground as possible when traveling. Safer and balances out the weight.

How steep was the slope?
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« Reply #183 on: March 24, 2018, 08:58:23 AM »
As fancy as that thing is you don’t have a pressure adjustment on the aux hydraulics?
It does...
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« Reply #184 on: March 24, 2018, 08:59:16 AM »
Don, keep the load as close to the ground as possible when traveling. Safer and balances out the weight.

How steep was the slope?
Steep, maybe 45 degrees...A cut in the field where the road goes through
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https://www.zoro.com/parker-flow-control-valve-14-npt-14-npt-pf-400b/i/G3077627/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIu7u-6f-E2gIVErbACh3pxgfQEAQYAiABEgKMCvD_BwE#specifications

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First the hydraulics flow/pressure is all adjustable with electronics

Next, the momentary switch on the control is a variable affair. If you barely roll into it, you just get a trickle, slam it over and you get full power, like right now.

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« Reply #186 on: March 24, 2018, 10:46:44 AM »
Are you saying that when you work that thang, it's more like a ninety year old with palsy?



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« Reply #187 on: March 24, 2018, 12:27:56 PM »
Are you saying that when you work that thang, it's more like a ninety year old with palsy?



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Having a hard time visualizing that Kenneth...

Whatever that was you were trying to tell me (Not the sender...The sendee..;-))

This thing is a hoot to operate and to own!

I'd do it again, and I hope never to be without one again!
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« Reply #188 on: April 07, 2018, 02:04:27 PM »
Still running like a beast. Man this thing is powerful!

Accumulating some scratches, but no additional damage of a serious nature. It just kills every job I feed to it!
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« Reply #189 on: May 11, 2018, 11:06:52 AM »
I just found the next attachment you need here Don!

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« Reply #190 on: May 11, 2018, 07:39:54 PM »
Oh lawd noooo!!!!
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« Reply #191 on: May 11, 2018, 07:43:55 PM »
 How come the green state of Kentucky suddenly looks like Arizona?  Oh that’s right Don got a flamethrower!
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« Reply #192 on: May 11, 2018, 07:45:19 PM »
Oh ya!!
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« Reply #193 on: May 11, 2018, 08:58:59 PM »
I still don’t understand the actual need for the product, I mean really to start pallets on fire?


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« Reply #194 on: May 11, 2018, 10:02:11 PM »
Dave, need? When did that ever become a requirement?  :huh:
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« Reply #195 on: May 11, 2018, 10:05:14 PM »
I don’t need one either.
But now I want one for my quad!
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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« Reply #196 on: May 12, 2018, 02:15:27 AM »
Where is our fearless leader btw?

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« Reply #197 on: May 12, 2018, 03:22:01 AM »
Dave, I was going to post something earlier, but let it go.  :wink:

Why do we drive these trucks? Why do I want 30+ round magazines? A flame thrower, you betcha!!!!
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« Reply #198 on: May 12, 2018, 08:05:25 AM »
I like that

But made me think

If you mounted a flame thrower

then

why not

just mount a GAU-17?
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« Reply #199 on: May 12, 2018, 08:49:05 AM »
The machine continues to run well. Now past 35 hours and plenty of hard work in its past.

I used to be a M60A1 Tank Crewman. And from that time I remember well the need to keep the tracks adjusted to prevent you from "Throwing a Track."

In modern linguistics, the unfortunate event is called "De-Tracking"

I remember the awful crunching sound the M60 would make as the track folded to the inside or outside, walking off the sprocket or roadwheel. That sound meant hours of super hard work disassembling it so that it could be worked back on.

The sound a SVL-95 makes when detracking is a lot like that. You just know instantly that your day(s) changed.

So yea...
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