With rain coming I just wanted to let those of you with box scrapers know that they are great for smoothing out the ruts in snow/ice. If you let the snow build up on your driveway and then it rains you can have a mess! I use the box scraper to smooth it out, but the ice has to be soft. You can lower your buck flat to the ground and back drag that to smooth out ice as well.
We got 3"-4" yesterday, supposed to be pretty cold, then a warmup with rain expected here as well. I'll plow later so the snow doesn't absorb the rain and then turn into a skating rink when it refreezes!
Used the tractor to split up some sugar maple today. I posted in the wood pile but just in case you dont visit there: I also added a gage to my splitter. I noticed it rarely gets over 1000 psi. For most splits it only hits 500 or so, and only on stuff that the wedge actually cuts thru does it get up to 1000.
Thanks! I know alot of people think its silly to put wood splitting time on a expensive tractor, but i can run it at 1900 RPM and split wood with very little noise at all compared to those 6hp air cooled gas bangers! I can easily have a conversation with someone standing next to me. Plus with it being on the back of the tractor, you can fit in some tight spots and instead of moving rounds you just hop back on and inch forward a little.
I ordered the spacers when I bought mine in the spring that was what held up delivery. After putting the chains on this year I am glad I did.
Pretty good, its a 18 GPM PTO powered Prince pump that drives the splitter. I think its a 4" or 5" cylinder. At 1900 engine RPM, i get alittle over 400 rpm out of the PTO, so only loosing 20% or so of cycle time by running the engine slower. The fact that its not a two stage pump (compared to every gas powered splitter out there) also comparatively increases the cycle times, especially on knotty stuff. Edit: i meant decreases the cycle times.
Sounds (&looks) like a great setup. If I didn't already have my huskee22ton, I'd be researching those.
Brian you'd also appreciate the additional 3-4" of track width on the side of your mountain. Keep your "tidy whities" in good order.
If you're tires are "loaded", just park the tractor close to the pickup so that you can just lean the tire against the bumper while putting on the spacers. At or near vertical, it's not hard to balance and keep it upright. A shed, barn or tree can do the same thing, good flat/level spot is what you want.
Hmmm, getting spacers will definitely offset the tidy whities cost! If I can make it!! Or a g2g! A couple helping hands!
We took the rear wheel off to the plumb the 3rd valve. It is filled and it wasn’t a big deal to move, just have something to pry it back on. Good Luck Well Seasoned
My tires aren’t filled but I have three weights on each tire. I know everybody likes to filled tires. But for me to ensure the chains are tight. It’s real easy to let 10 pounds of air pressure out of the tire put the chains on. Then re fill tire. Of course I got my tractor used so I didn’t get to pick how I wanted it set up.
Ohh. Yeah, It was one of those deals if you didn’t even want to tractor the price made it so you bought it anyway
