bandit67

Well, I haven't spent much time online lately - busy with a few jobs, and a bunch of tractor projects.

I've had it for 2 weeks now, and it's at 25 hours. I am really pleased with it - so far it's done everything I've asked. I hope I stay satisfied with it for years to come (as in not outgrow it), and can slowly add more and more attachments and implements to it. So far, after running a number of different sized machines on my new property, I think the B3030 is the perfect size for my needs.

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KUBOTA B3030 with R4s, fender mount FEL joystick, 40 amp alternator, block heater, loaded rears, LA403 w/60" bucket, BH75 w/12" bucket, pin-type QA, pallet forks, & Landpride RB2572, Bro-Tek thumb.
Old attachments: Midwest LR2072 rake w/gauge wheels, Rhino SE4 rotary cutter, 3pt trailer receiver.

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Kennyd

Very nice

John Deere 4110HST
FEL, MMM, FEL Forks (homemade),I-Match, Ballast Box, #380 plow (modified to fit) Markham LD-48 Grapple, and lots of other STUFF.

Chris2520

That looks great. but man that looks like a lot of rock.
i bet thats sure rough on it. that almost looks like a job for
an Excavator. But i bet your haveing fun though.
that sure is a nice set up....

Chris...

John Deere 2520 , R4's , 200CX loader with 61 inch bucket and JD Tooth Bar. And Markham 7 tooth. Tooth bar. 46 Backhoe with 16 inch bucket. with Custom made Street Flip pads off a 448 hoe. Foward work lights. Dual rear work lights. Heavy duty Alternator. I-Match , Ballast Box , Frontier BB2060 box blade , Frontier pallet Forks , JD 3 point reciever hitch. and soon A lot more.. and for grass cutting , John Deere GX 255 with 48 inch deck.

bandit67

I beat on a couple of bigger rentals working on that rock last fall. I did the majority of the digging with the rentals, now I just have to finish up - about 25% of the total dig will be with my machine.

I'm taking it nice & slow & easy. Don't want to tear up my baby. It's slow going, but I'm getting through it. The little BH75 seems to be handling it just fine as long as I don't take too big of a bite. I'm very impressed with that hoe.

KUBOTA B3030 with R4s, fender mount FEL joystick, 40 amp alternator, block heater, loaded rears, LA403 w/60" bucket, BH75 w/12" bucket, pin-type QA, pallet forks, & Landpride RB2572, Bro-Tek thumb.
Old attachments: Midwest LR2072 rake w/gauge wheels, Rhino SE4 rotary cutter, 3pt trailer receiver.

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Chris2520

What is it you are digging out for a house or garage or something ?
its a pretty big hole.

Chris....

John Deere 2520 , R4's , 200CX loader with 61 inch bucket and JD Tooth Bar. And Markham 7 tooth. Tooth bar. 46 Backhoe with 16 inch bucket. with Custom made Street Flip pads off a 448 hoe. Foward work lights. Dual rear work lights. Heavy duty Alternator. I-Match , Ballast Box , Frontier BB2060 box blade , Frontier pallet Forks , JD 3 point reciever hitch. and soon A lot more.. and for grass cutting , John Deere GX 255 with 48 inch deck.

PaulChristenson

No, he needs a place for all the eroded dirt to settle in after the next big cloudburst...

So just what are planning on putting on the hill to stop erosion?

Paul in VT

I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up. I couldn't find tractors small enough to fit it.
-- Steven Wright

Ducati996

all that rock from the "old man on the mountain' ? thats some serious rock and nowhere to go with that -

Your machine looks great and you sound very happy, and we are glad you shared the whole buying experience with us!

thank you

Kubota L39 w/WR long RGB Grapple, Bradco Pallet forks, BH QA buckets, and more!
JD 2520, 210Cx, 46BH, 60" Box Blade-Mid West, 52" Mid West aerator, 52" first choice Tiller, 5' Fontier blade, 42" pallet forks, Green MFG PHD, Mid West York Rake w/guage wheels, Cub 3204 with Blower & Simms Cab, Mowers (44",48",50"),Ford 2006 F550 turbo diesel 4x4 w/11' mason dump, 16' 10k Doolittle trailer, Southwestern enclosed trailer, Wright Stander RH 52", Better Outdoor Product Quick 32" mower!

Dougster

I am hoping that none of my potential customers see that last pic of yours:



They are going to be asking why that little Kubota backhoe can go through solid rock like butter while I have to call in my rock drilling guys!

Dougster™

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bandit67

I wouldn't say 'like butter', and although drilling/blasting would be quicker, it might make the hillside too unstable. With all the rock there, not much of anything budged during the winter or spring thaw. I really don't have to worry about any of the hillside caving in - it's too solid. We've had two good storms that started out as rain, then changed to snow this week, and even after 8" of heavy wet snow melted and ran down the hill, still, nothing moved. 30* and snow today, 70* by tomorrow - gotta love springtime.

I was planning on digging it out and creating a terrace and putting shrubs in, but there's so much rock, I may just leave some of it as a sheer rock wall in that one corner. The rest of it will be graded to a slope that I can plant field grass on and keep it cut back with a hand trimmer & push mower. I still may do some terracing in a couple of spots. But aside from the rock wall, most of the hill will be landscaped to some degree.

All of this was done so we can get something bigger than a compact car in and out of any of the 3 bays of the garage. And since we don't have a compact, we pretty much had to do it. Slacker builder did minimal excavation, and the folks that lived here before, well, didn't do much of anything to the property. But if they had, I wouldn't have all these tractor projects.

All that decomposed rock makes some good fill for a few areas that I need to level around the property for various things. One is a travel trailer pad, and the other is a permanent kennel area for the sled dogs.

KUBOTA B3030 with R4s, fender mount FEL joystick, 40 amp alternator, block heater, loaded rears, LA403 w/60" bucket, BH75 w/12" bucket, pin-type QA, pallet forks, & Landpride RB2572, Bro-Tek thumb.
Old attachments: Midwest LR2072 rake w/gauge wheels, Rhino SE4 rotary cutter, 3pt trailer receiver.

Click here for Tractor photos

Chris2520

I was going to say. if you was going to plant bushes anywhere around that. you would have to blast holes in the ground to plant....

Chris...

John Deere 2520 , R4's , 200CX loader with 61 inch bucket and JD Tooth Bar. And Markham 7 tooth. Tooth bar. 46 Backhoe with 16 inch bucket. with Custom made Street Flip pads off a 448 hoe. Foward work lights. Dual rear work lights. Heavy duty Alternator. I-Match , Ballast Box , Frontier BB2060 box blade , Frontier pallet Forks , JD 3 point reciever hitch. and soon A lot more.. and for grass cutting , John Deere GX 255 with 48 inch deck.