[AT] another adventure

[Ralph Goff]

Cecil, that huge Komatsu makes my little old 730 Case with the 7 foot dozer
blade seem pretty insignificant. Although I am still pretty pleased with how
much progress  I have made clearing bush on the farm in the past few days. I
haven't even broken anything, although I did accidentally knock the
precleaner off the air cleaner when a stray tree branch pushed past the
guard.
That expanded metal brush guard I built for the front end has sure saved the
grille of the tractor. Some of the poplar trees were too big to push and I
had to pull them down with a long chain. On the medium sized ones the
tractor will climb right up with the front wheels off the ground before the
tree gives in. Would make a good photo op but I'm usually a little too busy
to stop and take a picture.
I might give it a rest today though. I only have one good knee left and that
one was starting to ache a little from all the clutch work yesterday.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

----- Original Message -----
From: Cecil E Monson <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:27 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] another adventure


> What seems to work best for me, Dudley, is to first break the lateral
> roots on each side of the stump as I am facing it. I work the bucket into
the
> ground by working it down and break the root by pulling back on the dipper
> and rolling the bucket at the same time. Takes a half a minute or so on
each
> side. Then I reach over and see if it will move by doing the same thing in
the
> middle of the back of it. If it moves, it is history. If it doesn't move,
I
> break the roots that go to the rear on each side and generally see the
stump
> move as I get them. Then I pick it up from the rear and roll it over by
pulling
> towards me with the bucket. I pick it up with the bucket if it is a small
stump
> and drop it a couple times to shake out the soil but mostly I have to
break the
> rocks out of the bottom of it with the teeth on the bucket as they are too
large
> to pick up. I make a windrow as I go along so I can pick them up later
with the
> loader bucket of a backhoe. Most of these seem to be between 6 feet and 8
feet
> around as they come out and are red oak, hard and soft maple and American
beech
> so are too big to be picked up by the bucket of the excavator. After
pulling
> them, I "loosely" fill in the hole by pushing the dirt back into the hole
with
> the back of the bucket or sliding it side to side.
>
> This machine will simply pull any stump with one swipe from the rear
> that is 10" or under.
>
> I timed what it takes to do 35 stumps to get an average and it worked
> out to 8 minutes a stump of running time with this PC-200.  I don't have
any
> plans to burn these as I think there is an ordnance against burning stumps
and
> logs in burn piles locally. Probably because they literally burn for days.
I
> plan to make a stump fence along the property line. Should be a good home
for
> little animals.
>
> I'm also picking out the rocks that are 2 feet in diameter or so and
> up and setting them aside. Smaller rocks should grade off OK later.
>
> Cecil
> --
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
>
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