Detach after you shut the machine off and after shutting the machine off you cycle both open and close functions and lastly disconnect your attachment. That should relieve the pressure.
That. Or after you shut the loader off, push the 'valve stems' (for lack of a better word) of the couplers in for a few seconds without immediately disconnecting the hoses. They're designed to bleed the pressure back to tank (originally just to relieve pressure on the machine side for connecting, but will work for the attachment side before decoupling as well). Source: Have worked on designing a similar product. ;-)
when your hooking up hydrolic attachments on your mini skid, shut it off and relieve all the pressure by wiggling all the controls. this will make it easy to hook up. no wrenches needed.
matt i do understand the amount of work involved in a small holding such as yours. if your not going to graze stock get a contractor in and turn all that grass into feed. you may be surprised at how many bales you get and the value of them.
Depending on his county tax roll rules, he may need either an animal husbandry operation or to to use a bunch of his unused hill sides and spaces to grow grass to satisfy the Ag tax carve out- that could be worth more than the grass itself. The grass could likely be a contractor type operation- and such contractors often will need secure areas to store their cut bales too. Matthew has a bunch on his own plate- I'm thinking the grass w/ contractor would detract less of Matt from an already full slate! FR
Yes, the tax incentive would be worth more than the hay but there are minimum acreage requirements and we’d dip below that threshold pretty quickly with our development plans
I would strongly suggest either trading your skid steer in on a larger full blown model. Or keeping it for indoor/driveway use and buying a new bigger one. The number of attachments for them is beyond imagination. Even a brush cutter, log splitter, etc. Not to mention all the work for leveling the ground so that you can build. I also have a backhoe attachment for digging water lines, footings etc. They are awesome.
You have to ALWAYS Bleed off the pressure if before detaching any hydraulic implements. This is normally done on your 3rd function (front grapple) by leaving some opening, shutting your engine down, then turn on "ignition" only and work the function buttons.
If you have room to store the brush in piles, the little critters use them to escape predators. Rabbits, chipmunks and other tiny creatures make homes there. And I might add, the bigger the better.
Beautiful place, Matthew! I know you have a great plan- but I can see why previous owners liked for horse country. It's a bit too "shapely" to be easy or economical to row crop farm, still has enough large standing trees ( that big bearing "nutter" was a find!) ti be expensive to completely clear- but the ups and downs make great pastures for horses and riders- the shady spots will be good for both! And if you don't tell your kids about ponies, well, I will! Awesome- great find and tremendous possibilities. Oh, and killer grass growing land- one of the lowest input ways to maintain your agricultural tax status is to grow feed stock grass and bale or roll it for sale- through a contractor! FR
thank you Matt. i wonder if you could plant ligum vita or rose wood or some of the other exotic woods ? or what kind of woods are you going to plant ? oh get rid of the wood piles ( brush ) they are just snake pits really
Matthew the Juglans tree on the backside of your property you want to prune: you better do it just after harvesting your nuts. If you wait till winter there is a good chance it’s bleeding in spring. If you prune it in September/October the wounds have time to heal. (Just the way you do with other bleeding species like Acer, Betula and Carpinus)
When you plant trees, dig the hole a little deeper and put yard clippings at the bottom. As time passes the clippings will feed the tree, and give it a good start. I did it to 3 trees, some time ago and they are 60 feet tall.
18:28 is why you have to crack a line to hook up the quick couplings. Even if you have no pressure on the cylinder prior to unhooking the hoses once you move the attachment to the ground the system picks up a little bit of pressure from its own weight. This can be made worse or better by changing temperature of the fluid, either through sunlight on dark hoses and or true temperature changes. With quick couplings only a few PSI will stop the fitting from working and it doesn't take much weight or change in temperature to cause that. Only option to avoid this is to disconnect the lines after dropping the attachment and then hoping the fluid temperature doesn't change much before you hook back up. They also make a bleed tool for the couplings that might be faster but certainly more costly than your current method. Talk to local hydraulic shop or search online for the bleed tool for your specific coupling size/style.
There's a tool called the Tuggy T-Post puller (and several other of similar design). It works a charm if you don't have power equipment like a skid-steer or the like.
If you actuate the hydraulic valve for the aux. hydraulics either direction for 5sec with the machine off you should be able to relieve the Pressure off the system. Then you just got to try which one of the fittings is easyer to hook up first. Might also help to do this procedure when detaching the hydraulics. Also standing the log grapple up on the claws will put some pressure on the system, maybe try laying the grapple down flat on pavement or a pallet in that case.
Pile brush in middle of field have New Year’s Eve bonfire Ps if your 70 year old hands could back and talk to your hands they would say wear good quality gloves. Also try to really limit chemical export to bare skin. At this point in your life the damage is hardly noticeable but trust me you use your hands like I did most of my life. 5of my 8 fingers hand trigger finger damage needing minor surgery. Trust me you wear all that safety gear to saw except gloves and it will catch up to you Thanks for all the videos
I'm thinking hes going to have to buy a tractor and a bush-hog for his next property maintenance purchase. He could also use the saw dust and wood-chips to make good top soil in the sandy areas. Im also curious if he plans on taking out the house/run fenced areas.
When you shut the machine down actuate the controls for the lines you want to connect it will purge the fluid back into the system alleviating the pressure that causes your frustration
sometimes the key has to be on depending on the vehicle also set the attachment on the ground before disconnecting I saw it bleed down after hoses where off
I think you should get a heavy duty shredder for the branches and maybe the cut offs from the saw mill.Then you can use the woodchip in your garden or compost pile.
Back where you were clearing out the deadwood I could see your children wanting to build a fort with their dad. That would makes some interesting content.
What a FUN property you have now, Matt !! Your kids are going to enjoy themselves as they grow up - exploring, hiking and generally having a good time !!
Hey Matt, When you plant your walnuts, whether in containers or in the ground, consider covering the soil with pieces of chicken wire pinned down with soil staples. Helps keep the squirrels from getting them.
You might have a pressure relief button on a control panel that you can push at "shutdown" that releases pressure just before you detach. If not the best advice is to put the device in as near a "neutral" state as possible just before detaching.
you need to get a John deere Gator to get around the property fast and hual loads of tools and do maintainance the kids would enjoy riding on it as well , fun for everyone
In China two of the same walnuts ( size and looks) can make a lot of money. The trick is to see it on the outside before opening. They dry them and clean them , so they can hold them and play with it. I know some walnut trees outside Beijing in the mountains but many are protected, so it less and less wild and old trees. Could be a nice export ,as it makes more then a river table of walnut:))
I noticed when you disconnected the grappel it seemed to close a bit more which would put pressure on the lines. This is my guess why you have to bleed to connect.
I recommend you get a robo cody, he seems to be the perfect solution for those clearing and fence pulling tasks. When he is not busy terraforming mars.
Yeah, my ideal tree (to my wife's eternal dismay) is like a child's drawing: a straight stick, with a ball on top (or in the case of an evergreen, a cone on top).
Have you considered a wood chipper? Burning piles of brush disposes of the brush but there may be issues with that method. Chipping the brush in place leaves a bed of mulch under the trees that has a lot of benefits. It is likely you could even find an attachment for your crawler to do the trick (one les engine to maintain).
I will eventually get a large one to chip all the sawmill waste. I’d also like to set myself up as a tree service dump site so I’d need to be able to process all their brush
I saw Andrew Camarata use something called an "Irwin QC Mate Quick Coupler Hand Clamp from XBoom" (i.e. www.skidsteersolutions.com/qc-mate-quick-coupler-hand-clamp-xboom/). That might be a solution for those couplings.
Hey Matt Just a quick Reminder Good fences Make Good Neighbors, Great Fences make Great Neighbors. Their is a reason for that old saying. I never though to much about that old saying until I bought My last Property back in 2006, When my property lines didn't line up the way they were suppose to. and after talking to a neighbor that wasn't the most truthful and a few Hundred Dollars to have it all assessed . And a few more Hundreds of Dollars my line all line up and a nice tall chain-link fence. Make the Guy next door a little more honest. he has his and Now I finally have all of mine. Just a thought.And it keep missed placed animal out of my yard
Matt, we can see (at 18 minutes) what your doing incorrectly when you remove the hydraulic attachment, you need to shut the engine so the hydraulic oil pump stops and then play with the controls every way, to remove any pressure left by the pump, then you will be ok next time, BTW don't you think you are using an overkill too large chainsaw for pruning, take a look at the Stihl multi tool trimmer-broom-squidgy-pruner-hedge cutter-tiller...with extensions, I got a full pro kit 10 years ago and never regretted it... That would be a great tool addition for your property with maybe an RTV-x or something like that!
looks super....nice and flat in some areas. looks good Matt,,course i live in Wv,,,,a lot ov hills..haa...keep in mind,,when putting fence post up....always come back a foot on your land,before setting it in..that way you know dam well your standing on what you own.....people always seem to come closer,,if you know what i mean....oh do you have the toys,,ha,,they dont use bob wire when theres horses......any other nut trees....whole place is very nice...indeed..
I know it's been a year or more since you did this video, I was just curious about all the brush you got rid of, did you have a burn pile or what. I started watching you again when you had laid the pad for your big barn/warehouse. I'm catching up on some of your previous videos. Your wit and happy go lucky attitude is contagious. As you say Happy woodworking.
Regarding the nut trees, I have to ask if you counted the leaves on each stalk. Those trees look an awful lot like the Butternut trees in my yard. Butternuts average 17-19 leaves per stalk. Walnuts usually 21 or more. Big difference in growth rate and nut edibility. Butternuts are best left to the critters, with soft “buttery” nut texture. Butternuts grow as fast as a soft maple. Walnuts much slower.
Looking at that property makes me homesick man. I do furniture on a small scale. As a General Contractor in California, years ago, I did mostly remodeling. Then for myself did furniture, mostly cause of the prices and there wasn't always available what I'd want, so I made it.
I think that you will accomplish a lot with the property Matthew. Many years worth of limbing and burning of brush including a bees nest could find themselves in a hot situation/LOL.
Wouldn’t a smaller lighter pruning saw come in handy. Looks like a beautiful property. Maybe I missed it what is it total area your on and where in general are you located and are there many property’s available? Nice job by the way with your cleanup.
With all that brush you need a small Kubota BX mini Tractor with a grapple bucket and a small utility dump trailer, and a small 4' Bush-hog to mow your field
There's a tool for those hydraulic quick connectors, I only know because I saw it in an Andrew Camarata video recently. Here's the spot in the video and he links to it in the description. I have zero skin in the game, just a fan of you both and it looks like you could use it. th-cam.com/video/Vsy3lKo-RkQ/w-d-xo.html
You have enough property and work to do on it that you can easily justify the purchase of a nice compact 4x4 tractor. Get one with a factory cab, so you can sit in A/C comfort when you mow and be warm while running the snowblower.
Besides the other suggestions of decompressing your hydraulics before detaching your attachments, I have noticed that pressure will also build up by the attachments being exposed to the sun, heating up and causing pressure to build up. Don't clamp the fittings together; all you have to do is tap the male ball end onto some metal part of your attachment, and it will squirt the extra pressure out, making it easy to install the equipment.
When you take your attachment off of your vermeer shut off the machine and cycle all the levers before you disconnect the hoses Matt that should do the trick
I think I see why you have residual pressure. You should stop the engine before detaching any hydraulics. There may even be (as on Bobcats) a button which simultaneously bleeds the pressure and stops the engine when you hold it down for 5 seconds. That said, there is a tool for forcing recalcitrant hydraulic quick disconnects together. It is essentially a pistol-grip quick-clamp with jaws (forks) that fit around the hoses so you can squeeze the QDs together. I saw it on Andrew Camerata's YT channel a while back. If you don't have time to look for it, just ask me to find the exact episode.
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Yep, I stumbled on a sub-terranian hornets nest under a log (ripped the top off the nest when I moved the log) Residents were not happy...got hit 4 times before I got back inside the house
something you can try for your hydraulic. Is turning hydraulic off/ or equipment before disconnect the hoses. With are work trucks if we don't turn off the hydraulic to are tools before disconnect them, we cant reconnect them without bleeding the tool. if we turn of the hydraulic before disconnect the tool we have no problem reconnect the tool without bleeding it.
I have a Morbark Boxer 700 mini skid. On the machine side hydraulics there is a relief block with two button and a small line running back to the tank to relieve pressure on the block to attach hoses
Sell me an acre on the far edge of the property and you'll have some build money for the shop. Only noise I'll make is an occasional table saw. Let me know as I'm seriously looking.
Always had trouble with hooking up after an attachment sits and warms up, hydraulic pressure builds up in the sun or heat therefore you can't connect the couplers.
Matt, why build your shop and drying shed so far from the house? It will add expense running power and water and septic connection costs up and add a security issue.
Think about tree clippings as a means of propagation as opposed to the nuts. The tree is a known performer, might as well clone it instead of sexual reproduction. Clippings are easy and fun.
If you have no use for the T-posts, you could sell them as scrap, but before you do, try selling them on Craigslist or in the local classifieds. There might be someone out there looking for a deal.
I hope you can get a big squishy tire tractor instead of the skid steer if you are gonna make many more trips down to the lower 40. I know your teeth and spine will thank you. Absolutely cannot wait to see all the progress that will be coming on your new property.
Andrew Camarata has a quick clamp that is modified to slip over the hydraulic fittings to press them together. He has a video on it somewhere in his library.
So fun fact. If you want to create any new natural hedge rows on the property, put some of those t posts back in a line where you want a row. String a wire. The birds will land on it and drop seeds from berries and stuff. Pretty soon, a new hedge row.
Make sure that you pick up all that barbed wire and other fencing. If you catch it in the future with a mower or bush hog you will hate your life for several hours while you fight to get it unwound. I made that mistake once
That's a common issue with hydraulics but your doing it the hard way to bleed the pressure off just do it framer style and push the center against something
It seems u will need to buy a wood stripper machine to get rid of all the dead branches? I miss my parent's farm so was nice to watch ur 22acres property soon into something else.
Hay mate do you have a hydraulic schematic for your little skid steer most of the little ones will have a discharge valve of some kind if not put one in and problem solved no more bleeding 😁
Why dont you make a trailer hitch for a little trailer say capacity no more than a ton on a four wheel chassis it would prove very useful in your property and useful in moving timber around to the shop ? Just a thought
On the hydro hoses after you turn the machine off wiggle the controllers that operate it & the pressure will release ! The area you trimmed would be a nice camping area if it had seperate access from the road ! Those fence post you could resell $2 or $3 each or sell as scrap the scrap prices are really high right now !
A smaller saw would be better for the work you are doing. That big saw costs more to operate, more to fix, more for chains and more wear on the operator.
Homestead maintenance. Cleaning up the place. There is a lot of work here that needs attention. Slow and steady. I can see a tractor and brushog in your not too distant future.
Detach after you shut the machine off and after shutting the machine off you cycle both open and close functions and lastly disconnect your attachment. That should relieve the pressure.
Yes, cycling the valves will relieve the pressure.
That. Or after you shut the loader off, push the 'valve stems' (for lack of a better word) of the couplers in for a few seconds without immediately disconnecting the hoses. They're designed to bleed the pressure back to tank (originally just to relieve pressure on the machine side for connecting, but will work for the attachment side before decoupling as well). Source: Have worked on designing a similar product. ;-)
I can tell you, without a doubt, having ground-level access on 2 different levels is pure gold.
when your hooking up hydrolic attachments on your mini skid, shut it off and relieve all the pressure by wiggling all the controls. this will make it easy to hook up. no wrenches needed.
And no pressure. Allways. Think oil Electric. Gas. Is live...
matt i do understand the amount of work involved in a small holding such as yours. if your not going to graze stock get a contractor in and turn all that grass into feed. you may be surprised at how many bales you get and the value of them.
What feed crop would typically be grown on a parcel like Matt's in that region?
Or plant trees and let some of the pastures go wild:) more trees!!!
@@vintagemotorcyclerepair4052 I believe that he is talking about cutting and baling the grass for Winter feed. It can be used for cattle and horses.
Depending on his county tax roll rules, he may need either an animal husbandry operation or to to use a bunch of his unused hill sides and spaces to grow grass to satisfy the Ag tax carve out- that could be worth more than the grass itself. The grass could likely be a contractor type operation- and such contractors often will need secure areas to store their cut bales too. Matthew has a bunch on his own plate- I'm thinking the grass w/ contractor would detract less of Matt from an already full slate! FR
Yes, the tax incentive would be worth more than the hay but there are minimum acreage requirements and we’d dip below that threshold pretty quickly with our development plans
I would strongly suggest either trading your skid steer in on a larger full blown model. Or keeping it for indoor/driveway use and buying a new bigger one. The number of attachments for them is beyond imagination. Even a brush cutter, log splitter, etc. Not to mention all the work for leveling the ground so that you can build. I also have a backhoe attachment for digging water lines, footings etc. They are awesome.
When you detach your hydraulic attachments do you cycle the hydraulics to relieve the pressure in the hoses first? This is your likely problem.
You have to ALWAYS Bleed off the pressure if before detaching any hydraulic implements. This is normally done on your 3rd function (front grapple) by leaving some opening, shutting your engine down, then turn on "ignition" only and work the function buttons.
If you have room to store the brush in piles, the little critters use them to escape predators. Rabbits, chipmunks and other tiny creatures make homes there. And I might add, the bigger the better.
Beautiful place, Matthew! I know you have a great plan- but I can see why previous owners liked for horse country. It's a bit too "shapely" to be easy or economical to row crop farm, still has enough large standing trees ( that big bearing "nutter" was a find!) ti be expensive to completely clear- but the ups and downs make great pastures for horses and riders- the shady spots will be good for both! And if you don't tell your kids about ponies, well, I will! Awesome- great find and tremendous possibilities. Oh, and killer grass growing land- one of the lowest input ways to maintain your agricultural tax status is to grow feed stock grass and bale or roll it for sale- through a contractor! FR
Kudos for wearing the safety equipment! 👍🏻
thank you Matt. i wonder if you could plant ligum vita or rose wood or some of the other exotic woods ? or what kind of woods are you going to plant ? oh get rid of the wood piles ( brush ) they are just snake pits really
I think we need to do a maker meetup/camping trip/timber framing class/barn raising event in the years to come!
Matthew the Juglans tree on the backside of your property you want to prune: you better do it just after harvesting your nuts. If you wait till winter there is a good chance it’s bleeding in spring. If you prune it in September/October the wounds have time to heal. (Just the way you do with other bleeding species like Acer, Betula and Carpinus)
When you plant trees, dig the hole a little deeper and put yard clippings at the bottom. As time passes the clippings will feed the tree, and give it a good start. I did it to 3 trees, some time ago and they are 60 feet tall.
I don't know where you get your energy. Really nice getting an overview of the property, thanks for sharing!
18:28 is why you have to crack a line to hook up the quick couplings. Even if you have no pressure on the cylinder prior to unhooking the hoses once you move the attachment to the ground the system picks up a little bit of pressure from its own weight. This can be made worse or better by changing temperature of the fluid, either through sunlight on dark hoses and or true temperature changes. With quick couplings only a few PSI will stop the fitting from working and it doesn't take much weight or change in temperature to cause that. Only option to avoid this is to disconnect the lines after dropping the attachment and then hoping the fluid temperature doesn't change much before you hook back up. They also make a bleed tool for the couplings that might be faster but certainly more costly than your current method. Talk to local hydraulic shop or search online for the bleed tool for your specific coupling size/style.
The amount of times I've pulled my back or shoulder pulling T-bars... The vermeer would've been a dream.
you may find a mobile A-frame/pyramid with a chain pulley to be easier.
There's a tool called the Tuggy T-Post puller (and several other of similar design). It works a charm if you don't have power equipment like a skid-steer or the like.
If you actuate the hydraulic valve for the aux. hydraulics either direction for 5sec with the machine off you should be able to relieve the Pressure off the system. Then you just got to try which one of the fittings is easyer to hook up first. Might also help to do this procedure when detaching the hydraulics. Also standing the log grapple up on the claws will put some pressure on the system, maybe try laying the grapple down flat on pavement or a pallet in that case.
Pile brush in middle of field have New Year’s Eve bonfire
Ps if your 70 year old hands could back and talk to your hands they would say wear good quality gloves. Also try to really limit chemical export to bare skin. At this point in your life the damage is hardly noticeable but trust me you use your hands like I did most of my life. 5of my 8 fingers hand trigger finger damage needing minor surgery. Trust me you wear all that safety gear to saw except gloves and it will catch up to you
Thanks for all the videos
I'm thinking hes going to have to buy a tractor and a bush-hog for his next property maintenance purchase. He could also use the saw dust and wood-chips to make good top soil in the sandy areas. Im also curious if he plans on taking out the house/run fenced areas.
You missed the perfect opportunity for a “horsing around” pun when showing off the property. ;)
😂😂
Nay!
When you shut the machine down actuate the controls for the lines you want to connect it will purge the fluid back into the system alleviating the pressure that causes your frustration
sometimes the key has to be on depending on the vehicle also set the attachment on the ground before disconnecting I saw it bleed down after hoses where off
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I think you should get a heavy duty shredder for the branches and maybe the cut offs from the saw mill.Then you can use the woodchip in your garden or compost pile.
Back where you were clearing out the deadwood I could see your children wanting to build a fort with their dad. That would makes some interesting content.
Watched you for some time, happy to see how things have worked out for you.
What a FUN property you have now, Matt !! Your kids are going to enjoy themselves as they grow up - exploring, hiking and generally having a good time !!
Hey Matt,
When you plant your walnuts, whether in containers or in the ground, consider covering the soil with pieces of chicken wire pinned down with soil staples. Helps keep the squirrels from getting them.
Smart
I think "paddock" is the word you were looking for ("horse areas"). haha. I'd love to have 22 acres of land.
All these silly equestrian terms
@@mcremona Indeed!
Yes a lot sillier than woodworking terms right
You might have a pressure relief button on a control panel that you can push at "shutdown" that releases pressure just before you detach. If not the best advice is to put the device in as near a "neutral" state as possible just before detaching.
You’re gonna have to get a tractor with a PTO and a chopper on it turn tree limbs into mulch i
you need to get a John deere Gator to get around the property fast and hual loads of tools and do maintainance the kids would enjoy riding on it as well , fun for everyone
My black walnut tree is about 40’ and produces a lot of walnuts. Makes for a good stain too.
In China two of the same walnuts ( size and looks) can make a lot of money. The trick is to see it on the outside before opening. They dry them and clean them , so they can hold them and play with it. I know some walnut trees outside Beijing in the mountains but many are protected, so it less and less wild and old trees. Could be a nice export ,as it makes more then a river table of walnut:))
I couldn't imagine the time you take to make these videos for our entertainment. Doing the work/project, recording then editing. Thank you very much.
I like the idea of making the trees into "tree form" instead of "bush form"!
I noticed when you disconnected the grappel it seemed to close a bit more which would put pressure on the lines. This is my guess why you have to bleed to connect.
I love the massive chainsaw for the the massive limbs and trees you were cutting. The Full Cremona.
*Great Looking Yard!!!!*
Love the Walnut Tree!
I recommend you get a robo cody, he seems to be the perfect solution for those clearing and fence pulling tasks. When he is not busy terraforming mars.
Robo cody and his pet brush hog.
A Cody's lab/Cremona crossover episode?
Sounds like I have a lot of work to do. 🤔😂
If you leave the implement in the sun, the oil *will* expand in the system causing pressure increase.
I bet your dream for the property will be great! I do love seeing all that land, would be a dream for me. Still on a city lot at the moment.
what was that at the end? Happy Yardworking?
Matt, Thanks for the summertime your. Didn’t the fence post help to identify property lines (especially in winter snow)?
The barbed wire fence is on the property line. The electric fencing is within the property
The Vermeer may have made light work of the T-bars but the effort of moving the camera for every T-bar pull didn't go unnoticed! Nice job!
The majority of my exercise that day
Yeah, my ideal tree (to my wife's eternal dismay) is like a child's drawing: a straight stick, with a ball on top (or in the case of an evergreen, a cone on top).
I like watching you work Matt :-) Enjoy 😉 your new property!
Have you considered a wood chipper? Burning piles of brush disposes of the brush but there may be issues with that method. Chipping the brush in place leaves a bed of mulch under the trees that has a lot of benefits. It is likely you could even find an attachment for your crawler to do the trick (one les engine to maintain).
I will eventually get a large one to chip all the sawmill waste. I’d also like to set myself up as a tree service dump site so I’d need to be able to process all their brush
That's a WAY easier way to pull T posts than using the manual Harbor Freight puller I have.
I love the 2 story idea of a shop in the future, that is my plan also.
What is the plan for the brush piles? I like your place, lots of room.
No plan; a task for another day. Thanks!
Thanks Matt....only in video 10 seconds and i want taco's....ok now back to the video.........TACO'S.....
I saw Andrew Camarata use something called an "Irwin QC Mate Quick Coupler Hand Clamp from XBoom" (i.e. www.skidsteersolutions.com/qc-mate-quick-coupler-hand-clamp-xboom/). That might be a solution for those couplings.
..lookin' good, nice property and good planning...stay safe..
Right now, those t posts are worth their weight in gold! Too bad you're not closer, I'd be willing to take them off your hands.
shut machine off then move the stick or lever to take presure off valve that should make it easy to conect the quick conect coupling
MATT
WHY do you turn off the skidsteer when you connect the aux hydraulics?
Keep it running....
Nice I have a lot of land here in Texas! Always something to do! Lookin 👍🏻
Hey Matt Just a quick Reminder Good fences Make Good Neighbors, Great Fences make Great Neighbors. Their is a reason for that old saying. I never though to much about that old saying until I bought My last Property back in 2006, When my property lines didn't line up the way they were suppose to. and after talking to a neighbor that wasn't the most truthful and a few Hundred Dollars to have it all assessed . And a few more Hundreds of Dollars my line all line up and a nice tall chain-link fence. Make the Guy next door a little more honest. he has his and Now I finally have all of mine. Just a thought.And it keep missed placed animal out of my yard
There is a clamp-like tool for attaching hydraulic & air fittings: QC MATE QUICK COUPLER HAND CLAMP | XBOOM
Matt, we can see (at 18 minutes) what your doing incorrectly when you remove the hydraulic attachment, you need to shut the engine so the hydraulic oil pump stops and then play with the controls every way, to remove any pressure left by the pump, then you will be ok next time, BTW don't you think you are using an overkill too large chainsaw for pruning, take a look at the Stihl multi tool trimmer-broom-squidgy-pruner-hedge cutter-tiller...with extensions, I got a full pro kit 10 years ago and never regretted it... That would be a great tool addition for your property with maybe an RTV-x or something like that!
looks super....nice and flat in some areas. looks good Matt,,course i live in Wv,,,,a lot ov hills..haa...keep in mind,,when putting fence post up....always come back a foot on your land,before setting it in..that way you know dam well your standing on what you own.....people always seem to come closer,,if you know what i mean....oh do you have the toys,,ha,,they dont use bob wire when theres horses......any other nut trees....whole place is very nice...indeed..
I know it's been a year or more since you did this video, I was just curious about all the brush you got rid of, did you have a burn pile or what. I started watching you again when you had laid the pad for your big barn/warehouse. I'm catching up on some of your previous videos. Your wit and happy go lucky attitude is contagious. As you say Happy woodworking.
Awesome video.
Bespoke is junk. I know they send TH-cam people free stuff. It's junk and not worth the money. You MC are awesome.
Regarding the nut trees, I have to ask if you counted the leaves on each stalk. Those trees look an awful lot like the Butternut trees in my yard. Butternuts average 17-19 leaves per stalk. Walnuts usually 21 or more. Big difference in growth rate and nut edibility. Butternuts are best left to the critters, with soft “buttery” nut texture. Butternuts grow as fast as a soft maple. Walnuts much slower.
Looking at that property makes me homesick man. I do furniture on a small scale. As a General Contractor in California, years ago, I did mostly remodeling. Then for myself did furniture, mostly cause of the prices and there wasn't always available what I'd want, so I made it.
I think that you will accomplish a lot with the property Matthew. Many years worth of limbing and burning of brush including a bees nest could find themselves in a hot situation/LOL.
What a Rat's Nest...Nice Job on the clean up.....Need to do the same in my woods...Thanks Matt!....
Wouldn’t a smaller lighter pruning saw come in handy. Looks like a beautiful property. Maybe I missed it what is it total area your on and where in general are you located and are there many property’s available? Nice job by the way with your cleanup.
With all that brush you need a small Kubota BX mini Tractor with a grapple bucket and a small utility dump trailer, and a small 4' Bush-hog to mow your field
There's a tool for those hydraulic quick connectors, I only know because I saw it in an Andrew Camarata video recently. Here's the spot in the video and he links to it in the description. I have zero skin in the game, just a fan of you both and it looks like you could use it. th-cam.com/video/Vsy3lKo-RkQ/w-d-xo.html
You have enough property and work to do on it that you can easily justify the purchase of a nice compact 4x4 tractor. Get one with a factory cab, so you can sit in A/C comfort when you mow and be warm while running the snowblower.
Besides the other suggestions of decompressing your hydraulics before detaching your attachments, I have noticed that pressure will also build up by the attachments being exposed to the sun, heating up and causing pressure to build up. Don't clamp the fittings together; all you have to do is tap the male ball end onto some metal part of your attachment, and it will squirt the extra pressure out, making it easy to install the equipment.
When you take your attachment off of your vermeer shut off the machine and cycle all the levers before you disconnect the hoses Matt that should do the trick
I think I see why you have residual pressure. You should stop the engine before detaching any hydraulics. There may even be (as on Bobcats) a button which simultaneously bleeds the pressure and stops the engine when you hold it down for 5 seconds.
That said, there is a tool for forcing recalcitrant hydraulic quick disconnects together. It is essentially a pistol-grip quick-clamp with jaws (forks) that fit around the hoses so you can squeeze the QDs together. I saw it on Andrew Camerata's YT channel a while back. If you don't have time to look for it, just ask me to find the exact episode.
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Yep, I stumbled on a sub-terranian hornets nest under a log (ripped the top off the nest when I moved the log) Residents were not happy...got hit 4 times before I got back inside the house
oh, the irony of watching someone else clean up, while lazing about on one's own butt, eating biscuits at 11:30pm..
something you can try for your hydraulic. Is turning hydraulic off/ or equipment before disconnect the hoses. With are work trucks if we don't turn off the hydraulic to are tools before disconnect them, we cant reconnect them without bleeding the tool. if we turn of the hydraulic before disconnect the tool we have no problem reconnect the tool without bleeding it.
I have a Morbark Boxer 700 mini skid. On the machine side hydraulics there is a relief block with two button and a small line running back to the tank to relieve pressure on the block to attach hoses
Running power along ways from the nearest power pole can get expensive quick. Can’t wait to see this shop built.
Sell me an acre on the far edge of the property and you'll have some build money for the shop. Only noise I'll make is an occasional table saw. Let me know as I'm seriously looking.
Always had trouble with hooking up after an attachment sits and warms up, hydraulic pressure builds up in the sun or heat therefore you can't connect the couplers.
Love their little faces while you're pouring in the milk / cheese...you can hear those gears turning...
Matt, why build your shop and drying shed so far from the house? It will add expense running power and water and septic connection costs up and add a security issue.
Think about tree clippings as a means of propagation as opposed to the nuts. The tree is a known performer, might as well clone it instead of sexual reproduction. Clippings are easy and fun.
If you have no use for the T-posts, you could sell them as scrap, but before you do, try selling them on Craigslist or in the local classifieds. There might be someone out there looking for a deal.
I hope you can get a big squishy tire tractor instead of the skid steer if you are gonna make many more trips down to the lower 40. I know your teeth and spine will thank you. Absolutely cannot wait to see all the progress that will be coming on your new property.
Andrew Camarata has a quick clamp that is modified to slip over the hydraulic fittings to press them together. He has a video on it somewhere in his library.
Now you can rent a chipper/mulcher and really take care of all of the brush... Great job...
irwin make a clamp just for attaching pneumatic hoses... check out Andrew carmarata channel
So fun fact. If you want to create any new natural hedge rows on the property, put some of those t posts back in a line where you want a row. String a wire. The birds will land on it and drop seeds from berries and stuff. Pretty soon, a new hedge row.
Make sure that you pick up all that barbed wire and other fencing. If you catch it in the future with a mower or bush hog you will hate your life for several hours while you fight to get it unwound. I made that mistake once
You are lucky that you do not have Cockatoo"s. like here In Australia ,because they would eat all those walnuts very quickly.
Used T post sell good on Craig's list. Recover some cash for more tools! THANKS Dan H
That's a common issue with hydraulics but your doing it the hard way to bleed the pressure off just do it framer style and push the center against something
It seems u will need to buy a wood stripper machine to get rid of all the dead branches? I miss my parent's farm so was nice to watch ur 22acres property soon into something else.
Hay mate do you have a hydraulic schematic for your little skid steer most of the little ones will have a discharge valve of some kind if not put one in and problem solved no more bleeding 😁
Why dont you make a trailer hitch for a little trailer say capacity no more than a ton on a four wheel chassis it would prove very useful in your property and useful in moving timber around to the shop ?
Just a thought
On the hydro hoses after you turn the machine off wiggle the controllers that operate it & the pressure will release ! The area you trimmed would be a nice camping area if it had seperate access from the road ! Those fence post you could resell $2 or $3 each or sell as scrap the scrap prices are really high right now !
A smaller saw would be better for the work you are doing. That big saw costs more to operate, more to fix, more for chains and more wear on the operator.
Homestead maintenance. Cleaning up the place. There is a lot of work here that needs attention. Slow and steady. I can see a tractor and brushog in your not too distant future.
Beautiful property. YOU NEED A DOG TO GO OUT WITH YOU.