If you need me, I'll be on my tractor. Kubota L3902

[MountainGoat]

Lown Performance is making a lot of that stuff too. He's in West Columbia and I've known him for years.

Good info.
Have been trying to get a guy I know in Hodges to cut me a tie down plate for the front of mine since August

 

[GPWMike]

Lown Performance is making a lot of that stuff too. He's in West Columbia and I've known him for years.

Small world - He worked for me at Michelin back in the day.

 

[LBarr2002]

Small world - He worked for me at Michelin back in the day.

Yep, he used to rent a house from a guy I work with and is the person who bought the caged BMW. We stripped that car in his front yard and the city trash service picked up the leftovers.

 

[LBarr2002]

3 point hitch trailer movers are so handy!

Deck demo/build day then Bennett drove me around learning how to pull a trailer.

 

[matth_85]

Good info.
Have been trying to get a guy I know in Hodges to cut me a tie down plate for the front of mine since August

That guy is slack

 

[LBarr2002]

That guy is slack

I didn't realize who MountainGoat was until the Rubihara post. Wasn't trying to steer away your business 🤣

 

[matth_85]

HAHA. It's all good. I haven't had time this year to do what I need to do with it. The little man takes up a lot of time and real work has been wild this year.

 

[YJeeper]

HAHA. It's all good. I haven't had time this year to do what I need to do with it. The little man takes up a lot of time and real work has been wild this year.

Gotta get all them deer antlers and oak tree signs cut out for crih-mus this year too.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

is the new trailer primer or gray paint?

 

[LBarr2002]

is the new trailer primer or gray paint?

It's poorly painted gray.

 

[LBarr2002]

It has been green, tan, and gray at different times in its life. Maybe the quantity of paint is why it isn't rusty?

 

[LBarr2002]

Thanksgiving day ended with a hayless hayride in the new M101A2.

 

[LBarr2002]

Or thats what I thought until I almost got stuck then about killed myself shoveling out the trailer. It worked out just about as well as most of Clarkson's antics.



I was using one of those clamp on bucket trailer movers and the thing started shifting. When I got down into the creek I couldn't steer the trailer and had to drop it, back out, turn around and hook up to the 3 point. After getting the trailer out of the mud I flipped back around to the bucket and tried to dump the trailer but the clay just stuck to the trailer. I shoveled it mostly out but the trailer coupler jammed up at some point and made it even more difficult.

I have a couple ideas for improvements to come.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

but did you die?

 

[LBarr2002]

Trailer mover upgrade.

I bought a cheap RV bumper hitch mount and made a more permanent hitch/hook mount for the bucket. My bucket has a narrow (but 1/4" thick) top rail with a gap right in the middle to acces the fittings for the combo bucket. I didn't want to make anything permanent so you could get to the fittings.

I built a little bracket out of 2" and 3" 1/4" flat bar. It has tabs that lock over the lip, spans the gap, and secures with 2 bolts on the face.







I'll need to use a drop insert but I think this will work much better than the clamp on and can be left in place while using the bucket.

I also swapped out the clamshell type coupler on the trailer for a regular style. Something jammed in that coupler and you couldn't unlock it without a hammer. I've never liked this style anyway, so replaced.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

how much does the bucket stick out into the trailer area with it in use?

 

[LBarr2002]

how much does the bucket stick out into the trailer area with it in use?

You could use a hitch extension with the bucket closed, or bucket open like I have it in the picture as long as there's nothing sticking up on top of the tongue high enough that the blade would hit.

With bucket closed, the front edge hits the jack foot before you get under the ball.

 

[LBarr2002]

Trailer mover / dump trailer rev 2.0 definitely went better.

 

[LBarr2002]

It was bound to happen.





We have more water flowing through our behind the house creek and I'm trying to get a couple pipes in. Went in for "one more scoop" and got the tractor stuck. Jeep is broke and I want sure the Travelanche would make it through the wet field on the other side to get around to it.

I took my cradle winch and battery pack down and put the winch in the 3 point trailer mover. Winching backwards and pushing with the bucket it came out pretty easy.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

nice bucket work