the 'todays job' thread

[woody paul]

 Bit of hedge cutting opening up the view

 

Edited February 14, 2023 by woody paul

[AJStrees]

On 11/02/2023 at 11:07, doobin said:

For a new compact tractor I'd stick with Kubota or possibly Iseki. Deere if you're feeling flush, but I wasn't keen on paying £3k more than the Kubota like for like when the only difference I could see was that their marketing department spent a lot more money targeting City folk with big country houses. The best thing about the Kubota is the bi-speed turn, it makes such a difference to your working day.

 

Kubota's pedigree is immaculate when it comes to compacts. It's a great machine with a mid mount and collector on too. I bought it with the intention of having 'one tractor to do it all', but then the alpine and a 38hp Iseki came along. All have their place, but it seems silly to have one brand new one now!

 

If you're looking secondhand, Iseki are by far the best value.

True Iseki are good tractors. 👍

[Stephen Blair]

Current pruning job.

[doobin]

Getting some more flail collecting done before bird nesting. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Pokes you in the chest with his boney wizened finger…‘I’m 60 this year you know’

 

 

[Joe Newton]

Snapped my 18mm dead eye today, rigging down pine. 5' lump approx 25" wide.

 

It's taken bigger rigs before so I'll assume it was a cycles to failure thing. 

 

 

[Pete Mctree]

Must be nearly 0.5 cubic M - so 250-300kg? Easy to generate massive forces with that.

 

 

More than likely cycles to failure, especially if it used a few times in rapid succession 

 

how old is it?

[Mick Dempsey]

54 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Snapped my 18mm dead eye today, rigging down pine. 5' lump approx 25" wide.

 

It's taken bigger rigs before so I'll assume it was a cycles to failure thing. 

 

 

Any damage to anything?

[Dan Maynard]

40 minutes ago, Pete Mctree said:

Must be nearly 0.5 cubic M - so 250-300kg? Easy to generate massive forces with that.

Obviously forgot to tape a log weight chart to the inside of the visor as a handy reference.

[Joe Newton]

1 hour ago, Pete Mctree said:

Must be nearly 0.5 cubic M - so 250-300kg? Easy to generate massive forces with that.

 

 

More than likely cycles to failure, especially if it used a few times in rapid succession 

 

how old is it?

I would've guessed at closer to 500kg.

 

It was a couple of years old, it's seen a bit of heavy rigging but not loads to be fair. 

 

I'm not totally convinced of the suitability of a double braid splice for that application. Reckon a hollow braid dead eye with a locking brummel would do better. 

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Any damage to anything?

Miraculously not, I think the deadly held on long enough to swing the lump into the base of the tree, then it kind of rolled over a little dry stone wall knocking one lump off 😀