Tractorhead 8,611 #26 Posted June 12, 2020 52 minutes ago, AMC RULES said: Hearing protection? WHAAAT? 😂 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,740 #27 Posted June 12, 2020 More than anything I’m concerned about poison ivy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 46,809 #28 Posted June 12, 2020 2 hours ago, AMC RULES said: Hearing protection? Heck we're just glad he finally got a real day job! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,827 #29 Posted June 12, 2020 Run a lot of small loader/backhoes and bobcats, but never a large dozer or trackhoe. I have put hundreds of windows in them, but would jump at the chance to run one!! Have fun!!!! Randy 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,975 #30 Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, AMC RULES said: Hearing protection? WHAT?? Did someone say that already? Edited June 12, 2020 by Stormin 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 8,611 #31 Posted June 12, 2020 I did play with a dozer several day‘s without hearing protection because i love Engine Sounds. Inside the cabin it was not loud at all. In my Ears a Engine noise is like a Music composition. Ok, maybe i‘m crazy about that - but i Love cool Engine Sounds. They don‘t must be Loud, they only must have that certain something. A silenced V8 is somtimes more sexy than a 4“ open Pipe, It depends on the Frequency‘s - or RPM‘s. I only had luck, not loosing my front teeths, when riding over a hill with fixed Backrest and lifted shield. 😎 @RandyLittrell whenever you have a chance to play once with a dozer, just do it. This is pure force and Power and you can feel that while riding. Wish you get that chance once in your Life, that's one of the things a man should have experienced. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,827 #32 Posted June 12, 2020 Here is a place a guy could play on a dozer! https://digthisvegas.com/ Randy 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 63,209 #33 Posted June 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tractorhead said: pure force and Power and you can feel that while riding One of the reasons I like driving big boy trucks.... 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,740 #34 Posted June 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, RandyLittrell said: Here is a place a guy could play on a dozer! https://digthisvegas.com/ Randy If a guy wants to, probably for less money, you can come rent a ‘hoe or dozer and move sone dirt at my place! That’ll get my pond dug in a quick hurry! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 8,611 #35 Posted June 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, pullstart said: If a guy wants to, probably for less money, you can come rent a ‘hoe or dozer and move sone dirt at my place! That’ll get my pond dug in a quick hurry! But you have to take care don‘t loosing you home for a new Pond... 😂😂 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,827 #36 Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: One of the reasons I like driving big boy trucks.... I grew up in Kansas, where you could get your permit at 14 and drive to and from school, and at a job. I worked at the COOP grain elevator and would drive a grain truck to other towns to haul feed when I was 15. We had an old Dodge 2 ton truck with glass packs and I would row that gearshift through every gear even when empty!! I sure miss those days!! Randy 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,740 #37 Posted June 13, 2020 Here is the largest tree I pushed so far... 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,768 #38 Posted June 13, 2020 That is the way to do it, build a ramp so you have good leverage. Or you could climb the tree, use a chain and pull it down to see how strong the cage is. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,740 #39 Posted June 13, 2020 I kept digging and pushing past the root ball, pushing on the trunk, lifting under he roots, digging, pushing... It took probably 15 minutes in all. We’re trying to remove as many root systems as possible but save as much top soil as possible too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 8,611 #41 Posted June 13, 2020 See somebody in that Vid, that grins from one ear to the other.. Nice Toy‘s - hahahaha.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,377 #42 Posted June 14, 2020 I'be always wanted to play with a dozer. Even have an opportunity now. I need about 700' of driveway on our property in Ky. To ease cleanup, I was considering a skid steer with a forestry attachment for the initial clearing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bottjernat1 2,189 #44 Posted June 16, 2020 Pretty sweet man!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 8,611 #45 Posted June 16, 2020 Well done. like how you enjoy your Fun. 👍 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,740 #46 Posted June 18, 2020 Here is Tuesday’s update... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,332 #47 Posted June 18, 2020 Biggest thing around here I would worry about not sure if you have them up there are the yellow jackets. The ones that burrow into the ground. You hit a nest of those a new best off be running as fast as you can! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,740 #48 Posted June 18, 2020 37 minutes ago, The Tuul Crib said: Biggest thing around here I would worry about not sure if you have them up there are the yellow jackets. The ones that burrow into the ground. You hit a nest of those a new best off be running as fast as you can! We’ve has ground bees here too Randy. A little gas in the hole and the flick of a match at night time... they prolong their sleep time! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 63,209 #49 Posted June 18, 2020 8 hours ago, pullstart said: ground bees Another good use for a spray can of brake clean. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,740 #50 Posted June 19, 2020 Well, this job is finished...ish. I could have spent more time plucking 1/4 pound saplings with a 30,000 lb piece of machinery, but there was a check engine light and ECU code that cut my work short unfortunately. I left my slightly broken disc there along with spring tine harrows in case they wanted to pull them around, but they have an 80 hp tractor coming with various farm attachments soon too. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites