Mahindra 4540
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heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
Can you quickly change this to a bucket or pallet forks? My dealer said they'd do a third function for me and a root rake grapple sounds really nice. I have no idea what it's like to remove an attachment with hydraulic lines. My dealer said it's easy for the backhoe as one of their customers takes it off frequently and takes like ten minutes. I have doubts.
jaoneill
Feeling the Heat
Quick couplers on the hydraulic lines make hooking/unhooking a snap. FWIW, when dealing with hydraulic lines I generally shut the tractor off and move all the levers to and fro to relieve any pressure before attempting to unhook.
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
Thanks for the tip. When I get the grapple installed I'll make sure they use quick connects for the third function. I'm getting a backhoe at some point, so I'll have them do the same with it.
jaoneill
Feeling the Heat
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
Yeah, so all of the hydraulic lines on my tractor are quick connect. We had a laugh at the dealer today, I had no idea. I'm very new to hydraulics. Most of my experience with pressurized tubes is pneumatic tools.
jaoneill
Feeling the Heat
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
I might be ordering one soon. Some trees need to come down to access the rest of the property.
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
We will see what the weather brings. But that is what I’m talking about it seems like the storms and the wind has been intense lately.
The sun was strong today so I scraped the driveway down with the 4540 later this afternoon, I took off about three inches of snow.
NOAA has the winds starting to ramp up starting at 6 a.m. Sunday morning.
NOAA has the winds starting to ramp up starting at 6 a.m. Sunday morning.
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
I did the same today. I'm hoping for more nice weather tomorrow before the storm hits us
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
I was called Friday morning for storm work on Sunday. It is starting to get windy here we will see what the weather brings. It was a nice day here sunny and warm.
Stay safe out there heavy hammer. The outages have started in western and central New York, our stronger winds come in later.
https://www.nationalgridus.com/Upstate-NY-Business/Storms-Outages/Outage-Map
Wind Advisory in effect until 5:00 PM EDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...The western slopes of the Green Mountains in
Vermont and the northwestern slopes of the Adirondacks in
northern New York.
* WINDS...Southeast 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
* TIMING...Strong winds will develop early this morning with the
strongest gusts expected during the late morning and early
afternoon hours.
* IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down limbs, trees, and power
lines. Scattered power outages are expected.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph or more are expected
or wind gusts of 50 mph or more. Winds this strong can make
driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use
extra caution.
Our biggest gust was around 7:30 this morning but other then that it there was nothing for wind. We're still getting rain so I'm thinking about sanding the driveway after I start a fire.
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
I put in 16 today the storm was not as bad as a couple of weeks ago. That wind still cut through you. The wife had the house nice and warm.
We received 4 to 5 inches of snow overnight so it was a day of plowing, some sanding and then moving some snow.
The deer were loving the sun.
The deer were loving the sun.
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SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
Wow, all of our snow is melting. We started with snow Sunday night that became rain and wind. That seems to have started spring.
That all starts for us tomorrow with the high of 53 with a temp of 44 with just over a quarter inch of rain at night, Friday we have a high of 56 with some rain but dropping down to 32 at night.
I moved snow for about three hours today which should keep us high and dry once the melt starts. Tomorrow will be a day we put in two loads of wood and then I can grease the tractor and the sander so I can be ready for what ice we have on the driveway.
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
I should probably grease my loader soon. I need to order the lockn lube, but I've got a regular grease gun for the time being.
We were down to half of a 4 x 4 rack of wood inside so we put two loads of cherry in this morning, after that I greased and checked the fluids on the tractor before I started scraping down the driveway, it's 52 degrees today so I'll be going out for round 2 of scraping down the driveway.
I don't think that I'll need to sand today so we'll see what mother nature leaves for a driveway tomorrow morning, I'll sand the whole driveway tomorrow.
I don't think that I'll need to sand today so we'll see what mother nature leaves for a driveway tomorrow morning, I'll sand the whole driveway tomorrow.
With the tractor being in the garage this winter, I never had to tighten any clamp on the 4540. I think the lowest temp in the garage this winter was 18 degrees.
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