Lets Change Gears And Get Some Pine- Kubota L3301 Strains Its Guts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we use too little of a tractor to do too big of a job. The loader capacity on the L3301 is only around 1100 lbs. So, once again bringing a knife to a gunfight we have to get creative to win the battle. Not a big deal because we've been contestants in this rodeo many times before. You'd think we'd bring the right equipment to get a job done. Naw, either we are slow learners or we just love to be the underdog. I don't know which. Maybe both.
Less than 24 hours earlier we'd received a phone call concerning the downed tree in the yard of my daughter in law's Granddaddy. Stopping by we found that the price of removal was already agreed upon with a professional tree trimmer. It was supposed to be such a busy time that he wasn't going to get to the job for two weeks....butttttt... today Granddaddy called and said the company was on the job and the brush was disappearing fast.
Like I said at the start of the video....things change with a phone call !! My son snagged the L3301 from the son in law's shed, and we headed to town with two trailers. The trimmers had already cut the logs to good dimensions for the sawmill and placed them like toothpicks right along side the road !! Talk about easy pickins'...!! Nothing like it. I could do this daily....the brush was all gone, the stump and root wad dropped back into the hole and already ground to a level below grade. Neat as a pin too. #kubota, #pine, #outdoors
Glad your there show young boys trick off the trade in logging. White pine make beautiful lumber plus white and others pine grown very big . You got a job on the bandsaw mill now tractorman 44 . 😊
This larger one should fit the OS-27 mill just about perfectly. Nice and straight. They are all good logs too. Thanks Leonard for the visit today !!
You guys always have a plan thumbs up to you guys very smart way to load something that heavy nice load of wood you will get some nice lumber from those logs take care have a great night
By golly Tom, there sure is a lot of sap running, literally dripping off the ends of the logs!! I'm gonna have to run some pine sol or detergent in the blade coolant to keep the pitch from building up on the blade. Stay safe and don't work too hard.
Gunna make some nice looking boards Wendell 😁👍 Great job with the loading
Well Zane, ya know a lazy guy always finds the easiest way to do something !! LOL But yes, I can't wait to see what comes out of these.
Nice job. You gotta use what you got to get the job done. Very cool restaurant.
Hot dang you are correct about that Rick !! I'm just glad we don't have to load by hand anymore. (-; There burgers were named things like the Massive-Ferguson burger. LOL The food was awesome. I had a shrimp taco and dang it was good.
I think it's the underdog part! Testing the limits of the equipment is always fun. Was nice not having to deal with the brush and root ball! 👍👍👍
Tractorman44
Heck yeah man, we got the meat and taters and didn't even have to clean up the mess !! LOL I don't know though on the other thing....I think there's a bit of the 'slow learner' thing going on too. (-;
Glad to see you'll never pine away! 🤣
Seriously glad to see you got some pine at you've been wanting to get for a while along with an assortment. Save that old boy some money 💰 and possibly landfill space
Yes, that saved him probably a C note to not have to pay the dump. He ground all the branches with the commercial chipper and blew it into his enclosed bed but it wasn't near full. So all is good for everyone involved.
@@tractorman4461 not to mention if he had to pay somebody to haul it. I know it was on the ground but $1,500 for a tree removals cheap nowadays. Where was that money when I was younger?
@@CAROLDDISCOVER-1983 The figure I overheard was 3 grand for the work. So me getting rid of the logs definitely allows him a little higher profit on the job. He has the set up though. 5 ton Ford chassis with telescoping boom for getting up high over buildings and an enclosed bed for the chipper to blow into. He had a 6 cylinder motor on the commercial chipper. He also had a track loader with 360* rotation and three finger claw for the branches and logs. Also one thing I never saw before.....a heavy set of mats he laid out on the lawn for the little track loader. He stood on the back of this little loader like those guys do with the commercial zero turns. When he moved this log we could not pick up with the Kubota, they said it was just about the maximum for the little machine. My son got there first and sent me a couple videos while I was getting the other trailer ready to go. These guys DO have some expenses though. They got insurance of course over all this machinery and labor plus benefits to the workers. These guys ain't a gonna do this for little of nothing anymore. But I still got the GOODIES out of the tree. LOL
Thankz for the loading tip!
Another thing you can do too Mike, is to use a chain and the dump trailer to elevate the log, block the log once its higher than the end of the trailer. Back the trailer under it like I did today then stick another truck bumper/trailer hitch against the log and push very easily. Leave the dump bed elevated just a tad so it pushes up at an angle past the balance point.
First time I tried coming at a angel using the ramps didn't werk so great for me.the last two times I have gotten much better! The winch makes a huge difference.
@@mikeadams2339 Heck yeah Mike. Whatever works for ya !! When its going at an angle, set a block on one ramp to make it spin on the end thats ahead so the other can catch up. Sometimes depending on how you have it rigged you may have to block the whole log and rehook.
Nice video Kubota tractors are definitely built tough
Well, we are a bit rough on them. I'll be the first to acknowledge that. I do have one I finally tore out the transmission on though. A '99 B2400 HST. It was horribly abused. I'm looking for a replacement tranny now. But that little beast worked well for many years. One time I literally broke it in half and drove it home with only the steel hydraulic lines holding the trans/final drive to the engine. Yes, I drove verrrrrry slowly too.
@tractorman4461 that's what tractors are for to be used hard and keep going I picked up a 10x10 building once with a yanmar compact tractor I was tearing the building down and lifted it right off the ground. I had the right front tire on the ground and that was it the other 3 were in the air. Definitely more weight than recommended haha
@@KlineFarmchannel Hahahaha...I believe it !! They CAN take some abuse. That little B2400 of mine spent half the time on the front wheels while loading materials in the woods. But its got a Bush Hog loader on it and the relief valve is set pretty high compared to the new Kubota loaders. Thin shims have to be added to the new ones to increase their lift capacity but then you gotta be careful to not overburden the loaders/buckets and get them twisted or bent.
Those first two logs will have some lumber that will be interesting with all those knots. Wallace of Wallace and Grommet fame chersihed his knotty pine furniture.
Yes, I am quite anxious to see what's hidden in there for sure. All of them are solid through and through too. We had those high winds and a local tornado that touched down about two miles from this tree. There was a LOT of tree damage thoughout town from that.
Good Morning Sir, these are big pine logs !! You are very ingenious Sir !! Rusty bargain items can put you in trouble with your lovely wife Sir,,, : ) Nice tractor restaurant Sir Cheers !!!
I knew when we looked at it that I wanted the pine on the mill Dave !! Oh...and shhhhhh....I've not told her about the rusty stuff yet. (-;
Nice logs , I got a huge walnut log from a friend years ago , cutting it on my band mill i sawed into a big spike ,I don’t like trees from around houses , ruined my blade
Yes, ya gotta be careful with logs from anywhere near kids with hammers and nails....LOL We have hit our share of things in logs that shouldn't be there. Thanks Wayne for stopping in today with a comment.
Which log weight app are you using?
I'm using the Norwood Imperial scale at 12'x 25'' diameter and its 2250. 13' is 2440, and these are FULL of sap.... so its somewhere in the general area. Give or take 100 lbs or so. Of course those apps are averages of many types of wood, heavier hardwoods and lighter softwoods combined.
Good day Tractor man🙂 would you mind telling me what city that is where they don’t allow burning and how long has that been the case?
Most all of the smaller towns out here on the outskirts of St Louis have burning restrictions this time of year. I think small burn pits are allowed, but not a large open back yard area at all. I think they are limited to 4'x4' area at the largest. Now from somewhere in October through March I believe they are less restrictive. The closer to the big city, the more restrictive they seem to be. Admittedly I have never looked up the specific restrictions....just heresay.
We’re super dry here in Alberta Canada. They are thinking about implementing a state of emergency 🚨 I thought you ment no burning anytime. Our capital city Edmonton was considering it year round because some foreigners don’t like the smell. Can you imagine!?
@@shapeshifter7753 Hahahaha....I can't imagine a person not liking the smell of a nice fire in the evening air. Wow ! Some people just don't know how to relax and enjoy the simple stuff do they.
ya pesa 1000lb por las ruedas kubota
La capacidad real de levantamiento de peso del cargador en los pasadores de pivote del cargador es de 525 kg. Tenemos más de 365 kg de contrapeso en la parte trasera del tractor en el bloque de hormigón.
Are 90s l4200 wouldn't have been quite so maxed out.
Its marked as 680 for the FEL
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Are jd 440 loader/crawler wouldn't have been any issues lifting it. But the tracks on the grass yard whould have been.
It has some track pads that are uneek to the loader model, that are nearly baby butt smooth even when they where new. That no one makes anymore.
Oh yeah the 440 would handle it nice Bruce...but the grass. )-: Its always the lawn that's the concern in town. I didn't want to haul the 580 case hoe in for just a few logs. But as soon as I get done with the 430 case loader tractor, it will probably be the one selected for these kinds of jobs. Its a bit heavier than this L3301, but the loader capacity is much higher. Thanks for the visit and for the additional input my friend.
You are Johnny-on-the-Spot! Glad you were able to help remove the pine from that yard and get some huge logs to saw. Looked like a gorgeous day to do it as well.
Yes, it was a beautiful day !! We sure got lucky with that phone call for sure. All the good and none of the bad to deal with on this one. I like it that way !!
Kind of disappointing it cannot pick that log up... was looking at a similar TYM tractor that could pick up almost twice the weight
The number on the side of the Kubota loader is the lift capacity in Kg. So this loader is only capable of lifting around 800 pounds after deducting the weight of the forks. I agree though, I'd expect a little more lift capacity in a tractor this size. That's why an MX5400 was added to the stable. It has a 1065 Kg loader (2,343 lbs).
Making that kubota grunt. Nice video tractor man.
Oh yeah...the last of the logs was just one size too big. LOL. A man's gotta know his limitations...right..?? LOL Thanks for taking the time to watch a couple poor boys trying to get by !!
Should be able to get some nice boards. Fun time with your son
Yeah, we always have a good time no matter what. He's been my sidekick since he was able to walk. Yes Richard, I do believe we will get some good looking material out of these.