Kubotas at play. Er, I mean work!

Here's a video on putting it together. The video doesn't show the fellow greasing key area and he likely over filling the gear oil by not removing the lower bolt. Looks like his 2650 does well with the auger, but he likely has easier soil than us up here.

 

We continued removing small stumps, roots, rocks, boulders, and thistle from the hill today. Very tough work only using the bucket, but it's all I got. Most of the stumps are smaller, a million roots which I dig under, lift up and push over. There were some insane sized boulders I dug out. All were moved elsewhere, many times only one at a time, one was pushed into the pond, it wouldn't fit into the bucket and was to heavy. There is still a little too do with the help of the kubota, so far did a 100ft x 20ft section of hill. The rest will be hand pulled thistle to get the roots out and digging by hand about 5 more saplings. Lastly, it'll get everything graded by bucket and rake by hand and seeded. Once that's done, I need to move a ton of wood, pallets, and equipment to final grade the area for the 3 sided pole barn. Still waiting for the post hole digger to arrive, hopefully by the end of the week.

 

I don't have a box blade. I called everything attachments for the 66" with 5 scarifiers, but it was an 8 week wait! So using what I've got is working well just more labor intensive, but not as intensive if I didn't have a tractor. It's in the front of the house behind where we were eating hot dogs that day. When the previous owners graded where the house sits, the excavators dumped the dirt, didn't grade and it wasn't kept up with. I pulled down leftover concrete from the concrete pad that was dumped there, a bit of a mess, but it's turning out nice. The entire area below was nothing but trees, saplings, buried old sheds, e.t.c. 3rd summer getting it back up to snuff!

 

I'm just as impatient as you!


I picked up the auger last weekend and finally picked up the Post hole digger today. I'm hoping to get it put together tomorrow. Once the hill is done & seeded, I'll start moving all this wood and equipment to start leveling where the 3 sided pole barn will go. Then holes & posts.

 

Post hole digger installed, but I'm not quite done yet. Still needs gear oil and I have to dbl check when the shear bolt is out, the set screws keeps the drive line in place. Test tomorrow, I gotta go meet Dawn.

 

Ok, managed to dbl check the set screw if the shear bolt busted, worked as it should. This must be an updated model I haven't seen yet. It came with a stand and a bar that the operator can safely reach to straighten up the case on the gear box, but in my mind, it's kinda pointless. Still can't see the angle from the operating station anyway, so I'm not adding it. The chains for the protective sleeve over the drive shaft are missing so I'll contact speeco to send them out since it's a pretty important safety feature imo. Other than that, it works. Next time I'm out, shear bolts, cause I'm gonna likely need a bunch as others suggested.

 

2 out of 3 test holes went well. The first I hit a chunk of metal. The auger is wide enough that I got around 53" down, not bad.

 

For now the auger is here. I needed to get it off to do a bunch of loader work. Once I get my shelter built, it'll have a custom holder.


Works for now......

 

That's crazy prices for one day! There is a smaller model for smaller tractors. On tractor supply co website, the main post hole digger from county line (speeco) has a comment section. Ask on there if it will fit, if not, the customer service person will suggest the proper part # for your tractor.

It should work well, but I know I'll hit larger rocks, it's a given. I ran the test holes this morning in an area I thought should be mostly clear of rocks etc.

What will you mostly use it for? They offer 6",9",& 12" augers.

 

About $489/week here. Already worth it in a week. There's fellow's that go around for $20-50 bucks a hole for their customers. $500 for 10 holes, damm near paying for itself after a day.