The_Black_Log Foler
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Guest, did you like the last podcast notification?? Well here's the second one, and for the third podcast! Yep. This Thursday 8-8-24 at 7pm Central
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Yes it is. There are probably more used tractors for sale here than used cars. I bought used, too. I think a large part of the bad rep is they are overpriced new. But it has been super reliable for me. Mind you, I do take care of it like it's a mint car in Jay Leno's garage.
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Know what's cool? My brother actually has a gas powered hammer drill. He used to do some work putting basements under cottages where there wasn't always power. That thing is amazing. I think you could drill through a diamond three feet thick in about a minute and a half.
The_Black_Log Foler
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BrutulTM
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Really no reason not to. Tractors last forever if you take care of them. Old John Deere tractors like the 4020 (late 60s, early 70s) and the 4440 (late 70s, early 80s) still sell for as much or more than they did new and there are thousands of them still in use every day. I still have a 1976 4430 with a dozer blade on it and it's perfectly reliable to be our snow moving machine. It was $23k new and I could probably sell it for $20k now even though I'm 44 and there's a picture of me as a baby riding in it with my Dad.
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The trick around here is to find someone who built a McMansion and thought they needed a tractor and then found out they never used it because they hire a lawn service. Then they just want to get rid of it so their wife isn't nagging them. I got one with less than 50 hours on it for less than half of the original price because the owner didn't know what he had, and just wanted it to go away. People aren't smart.
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Burren
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This might be a dumb question, but is there a meter that records how long its been used, or is that just an estimate someone throws out about how much they think they've used it?
Dandai
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Yeah, it’s as standard for equipment like tractors as odometers are for automobiles.
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The_Black_Log Foler
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Fuck. I want a tractor with all this tractor talk but don’t think I have much use for one.
Question - I need to raise some land down by my river. Is all dirt created equally? My guys who did clearing before brought in about 4 dump truck loads of it but I could maybe use 12 more.
Also did Bahia grass down along the river. Holy shit that stuff is TOUGH as fuck (river overflows in Florida summer during heavy rain). Problem is that it grows fast as fuck. I’m fine keeping it along the river to hold up against the current but the land I want to raise is maybe 20 ft in from river- hopefully won’t flood after more dirt, any suggestions on grass?
Question - I need to raise some land down by my river. Is all dirt created equally? My guys who did clearing before brought in about 4 dump truck loads of it but I could maybe use 12 more.
Also did Bahia grass down along the river. Holy shit that stuff is TOUGH as fuck (river overflows in Florida summer during heavy rain). Problem is that it grows fast as fuck. I’m fine keeping it along the river to hold up against the current but the land I want to raise is maybe 20 ft in from river- hopefully won’t flood after more dirt, any suggestions on grass?
Fogel
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I'm no expert but it's going to depend on what you want to do on the land after you raise it. From there it'll determine what mix of sand/dirt/gravel you get and how compacted you want it.
Dandai
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I'm in north central Florida and have started keeping an eye out for a used a tractor. I initially was gonna try my luck at auction sites, but McMansion sounds like a safer bet in terms of upfront maintenance and troubleshooting!
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Borzak
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I mowed 40 acres on a Ford 9N up until the late 90's that was built in the first years of WWII. Not fancy but cranked and mowed just fine, just no A/C. That and discing. Eventually the camshaft broke in half. Then I replaced it with a Ford 650 that was built in the 50's. It's still going strong lol. If I needed a replacement on < 20 acres I'd probably get a kubota. Used one landlord had with a homemade front loader. Loved it. Ready to dig potatos early in the day, let's go. Safety approved footwear a must as always.
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Borzak
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If slash pine which is very common in FL you're better off letting it rot and it likely will happen first before it burns. Pine in the southeast is quick to rot when not standing. Now if you had longleaf (you 99.9% most likley don't) that you'd have something. It used to be tapped for turpentine. I had a house that was framed with it prior to mass removal and replacement with loblolly pine. 100 years later the framing you could still smell the turpentine, very rot resistant and where lighter pine stumps come from. Poof city
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What fogel said is absolutely right. What do you want to do with the land, and how much are you raising it? If it's more than a foot you might start off with cheap fill dirt and do the top six inches with good soil for grass or whatever you're doing there.
Also, you should get a tractor. Get the right mower and you'll take down that river grass in minutes, and you'll be able to keep it short if you want it. That stuff is rotten to cut any other way, though I know someone who cuts it with a hedge trimmer. Do you have one?
Dandai
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Depends on how determined you are. I’m a fan of forced air using a leaf blower and stove pipe. These stumps were close enough that I could run extensions cords but you could use a gas leaf blower. Piling dirt on top of the stove pipe is an important heat shield for the leaf blower.
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The_Black_Log Foler
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As a kid, my family lived on 10 acres in northern California in the late 80's / early 90's. We had a little Kubota to keep the pasture around the house under control and maintain a fire break in the summer. Maybe a L2550?
From what I recall it was reliable.
From what I recall it was reliable.
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35 billion years from now, some alien will find a Kubota drifting around in the detritus of space and time, put a gallon of diesel in it, and it will fire right up.
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