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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Kubota B2601 compact tractor. Grapple. Oregon CS300 Chainsaw. Clearing the meadow.
We're back at it over in Guy's meadow. Today, I head over with the Kubota B2601 compact tractor and my HLA Attachments Root Rake Grapple. We have some roots, small stumps and rocks to rake out of the ground with the Grapple, and more dead saplings to clear out with the Oregon CS300 battery-driven chainsaw. Come join me for a little while up here at the cottage, in the outdoors. Cheers!
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What’s better than a tractor for help around the property? A second tractor and a good neighbor friend. Nice work guys, clearing up the property. Imagine the farmer who built that stone wall initially? Hope he had a good neighbor too.
Spent all of last week clearing brush like yours. It was hot and humid all week in upstate NY. The grapple was worth its weight in gold. We picked up piles and piles of cut brush.
Not in the market for a new chainsaw, but you’ve given me an idea. My wife is a big help around the property, but skiddish about using a chainsaw. That’s ok,I enjoy the work. She uses “loppers” to cut up the small limbs off of downed trees, as well as brush clearing, ...etc. I think she’d get some use out an electric chainsaw. I’ll float the idea after she watches this video. 😏
Note at the end of the work day, a nice ( Canadien) Whiskey, and a good cigar on the front porch keeps the bugs away!
Good morning Rob! You're talking my language. Canadian Rye...:)) I cannot imagine the endurance guys had to have way back then to clear land. Happy you were out and got some great work done on the property. Really satisfying to get through it. She may feel much better with the CS300. Guy won't give it back - it is in his workshop - he uses it alot now. LOL. If you do start thinking about an electric, try to hang on a few more weeks before you buy it, if you can, and keep watching the channel. ;) :)
Another great video, and great dissertation on the black flies, deer flies and dragon flies! I like the battery chain saw, and nice grapple work. Oh, now I see you're getting into mosquito's!!! LOL. Thanks!
LOL. Good evening Kapper. Yup - it's the hat trick happening right now for the next month or so. Take care and thanks for stopping by!
Saturday morning tractor video. Even better than Saturday morning cartoon time when I was a kid.
LOL! Hey, NH. Now, I can almost agree but a little Flintstones, a little batman and some Sesame Street... welll....maybe....:))) Have a good one!
We get "Greenheads" this time of year but at least they are found only along beaches and marshes. They take a hunk of flesh out of you but the bite is usually a notch or two below a bee sting. And just before dusk the skeeters come out. My gramps used to say "Stop complaining and bite'm back"! Best regards, Jay
LOL! Good story, Jay! Got to love Grampa's. Cheers Jay!
Nice project! It’s fun working two tractors together!
Good day K&H! Yup, always more fun for sure. Have a good week!
Great video Gord . Yes those Deer Flies can take a big bite from you . A few times up North camping in my 5th wheel we get these little flies at night . If you have your window open and a light on close to the open screened window those little buggers can get through the screen being attracted by the light . Learned my lesson . No lights on near an open screened window at night . Take care .
Good evening Henry! Yup, they are a little annoying at best. How do you enjoy the 5th wheel? Did you take it on trips across Canada, kind of thing, or primarily up north for camping out?
@@GPOutdoors Hello Gord . I mainly bought it to go camping up North . Not really interested in taking it across Canada . It's my brother who goes with me . I'm not married or anything like that . Maybe if I had a wife I would travel with it . I like sleeping in my own bed and not interested I staying in any hotel . Where we camp it's a 2 hour drive into the bush so you make sure that you bring everything with you that you might need . No running into town if you need something . 4 hour drive to go back and forth from town . I tow a 16ft lund behind my trailer . You need a big truck to do that which I have . Dodge Ram with a 6.7 liter diesel engine . It flies down the highway . LOL . It's about a 12 hour trip or around 1000 k . one way . Nice clean fresh air , great fishing , Northern Lights at times and you get to see the Space Station at night . We love the fact that we are out in the middle of no where . No cell phones service but we bring a satellite dish to watch TV . LOL . We have a satellite phone to keep in contact back home and to use incase of emergencies . I use a 5th wheel because you can tow a boat trailer behind it . Can't do that with a normal ball and hitch trailer . I laugh at the stares we get when stopping to fuel up . Many people have never seen that . Not going this year because of the virus . Oh well . Next year . Take care Gord .
Great video, Gord! Really enjoyable to see you and Guy working the tractors together. I had to laugh at your description of our Ontario bugs. I came up to my camp last night to get the grass cut and trimming done in the evening and early morning to avoid the heat (and I have orders from the management to be home this evening as tomorrow is Father’s Day). Got all the chores done by 11am, sitting here having a coffee and watching your video outside my trailer under the canopy... and of course, trying to keep the damn mosquitos and deer flies from eating me alive LOL! Not a deer fly to be seen last weekend, but they are in full force today! Fewer mosquitos this weekend (I think because it’s been so dry), but enough to make me apply the deet! Sigh.... I wish September and October lasted about 8 months
By the way, great work with the grapple. I’ve been putting mine to good work here coding much the same as you. Cheers!
Good evening and a belated Happy Father's Day, Dave! Great to hear you were able to get up and enjoy your property for a bit. LOL. Yup, just got up here today and they have exploded in numbers and are a lot bigger than they were a week ago. I'll be sorting my netted jacket for the rest of the week. :)) Take care and all the best!
Man, black flies, deer flies, dragonflies....everything except butter flies !! But one thing I can't get over is the number of rocks you gentlemen turn up. Does the old dog suffer a bit from hip dysplasia ? He kinda holds his haunches down and rear feet together like my 16 year old Malamute used to. The only thing better than a good loyal companion is a second one...and it doesn't matter if its two legged or four...LOL. Man, GP you guys are knocking it dead with the rock and root removal. And yes, I'm binge watching to catch up again....
LOL, T! I honestly don't know . Koda was taken from an abusive family and Guy adopted him. He never leaves Guy's side, and I'll tell you, if Koda doesn't want you near Guy, there is no chance you are getting close to him. LOL. Yup, when Guy does a job he does it thoroughly - no cutting corners. The Meadow is really shaping up - a little box blade and some grass seeding and in a few months I think it will turn out really pretty. Oh, and blasting a few rocks, which you will see in the morning. :))
💥 I don't know how you deal with those black flies. They are worse than deer flies or horse flies in my opinion. They might not bite as hard but there are so many of them!! We get summers where the black flies can get bad for awhile but it's not every year like you get. Good luck GP, you need a fly suit like Grampie had in a recent video.
Keep on tractoring!
LOL! Good afternoon Jon! You bet - there are tons of them. I have a netted jacket which works great but man, it gets hot wearing it in the mid summer. Hope you and your family are all doing well. Cheers!
Hey GP , SPOT ON on the flies.
You are getting BETTER with the vid's
Thank's , .............. Cheers , B.K. !!!
Thanks Bubba! Have a great weekend!
Nice overview of your seasons GP, the meadow is looking good. Cheers
Thanks Roy! Have a great weekend! Hope you got that stump out, my friend.
You guy’s make a great team! Nice job and nice explanation of your constant bug problems 😏. 🚜👍🤠
Thanks LTD! Cheers!
Good morning, The Dynamic Duo strikes again!!👍👍 You and Guy did a great job on the meadow. It really looks good. Working together with friends never gets old. I enjoyed the video and will have to watch it again, I have trouble sometimes walking and chewing gum at the same time 🤗 so I will go back and concentrate on one of you guys at a time. 🤣 Gives me a chance to see something I might have missed. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.
Good evening Fred! Happy you enjoyed it, my friend. Still a little left to do to finish up, so you should see a little more progress this week. Hope you are keeping out of the heat and all is well. Have a great week and all the best Fred!
My late wife was allergic to deer flies and after a bite would get a large welt. Life in the north country, Winter then a short spring and then BUGS. Late summer and early fall are the best by far. My Cabin in east central MN is a great place to visit sometime of the year. Thx for the video.
Good day Cleon! Love being outside in the fall timeframe for sure. So much nicer. Have a great week Cleon!
Happy Fathers Day! Always a fun project going on at Guy’s place. The bond between Koda and Guy is amazing. He never leaves Guy’s side.
Thanks Sonnic! And to you, too! Yup - they are inseparable. Hope you have a great day today!
I was trying to move a downed tree with my grapple (the one I cut down in my last video) and it shifted and racked my loader frame pretty severely. Just filed a claim with KTAC. Lesson learned. And perhaps an upcoming topic - don’t push these compact tractors beyond their capabilities. You are right to mention the importance of keeping your load centered.
Good morning MCG! I'm sorry to hear that. I was very lucky - I didn't know that myself until a few subscribers taught me about it a while back. Hope it gets replaced quickly. It's tough being without the tractor this time of year. Happy to hear you had the insurance. Good luck and all the best!
Nice work out there JP and Guy
Thanks Teddy! I hope you are keeping well!
What a great video GP, really good advice too. You two work very well together its nice to see, looked like a ton of fun. Someday if/when I retire this is how I want my life to look like! Just 2 good friends doing some tractor work together and getting stuff done. You guys sure do have a lot of big rocks up there!
PS. I think your editing skills are far better than mine!
Thanks Biff! Always a lot more fun getting it done with a buddy or two out there. And hey, you will be a pro in no time ! Cheers and enjoy the rest of the weekend!
@@GPOutdoors Thanks you too! Happy Fathers day BTW!
Hi Gord! Looks like you and Guy had another fun and productive day on your tractors! BTW, I like your commentary during portions of the “action” scenes. It conveys interesting info in addition to the action. We don’t have black flies but we do have deer flies here and we hate them. Thanks for sharing!
Good day and Happy Father's Day Martin! Thanks for the great feedback. You, those deer flies are no fun, especially as they get bigger. Hope you have a wonderful day with your family!
Happy Father’s Day to you too, Gord! Cheers!
Nice job on the video GP! I love the team Kubota work. Seems as the insects get bigger the more their bite hurts. We don’t get many black fly’s here in East Central MN, but the deer flys are real bad right now. It’s been a dry spring so the mosquitoes are not bad. You and your family (and Guy of course) have a great week. Cheers and ✌️!
Morning Michael! Here's to hoping they don't hang around too much longer. LOL! Thanks - you too!
Looks like you guys were having a blast out there. Those rock fences are really nice. Thanks for posting!
Thanks Allen! Got lots done that day - have a good week out there and all the best!
Hi gp been watching all along got my new l2501 in December thought it was the best Investment I've ever made for snow removal until I recently got my third function installed and a everything attachments 55 inch root rake grapple absolutely the BEST Investment I have ever made firewood and brush cleanup is a pleasure amazing the work these smaller tractors can do and I figure I can pay for the grapple with saved chiropractor bills haha thankyou for the videos they are always helpful and it's interesting to see the abilities of the equipment you demo from time to time
Good morning and great to hear from you Matt! Thanks for watching along. Yes, these smaller tractors are surprisingly capable for sure. Me too - grapple is on the tractor 95% of the time - so helpful for many things. Thanks for the kind comments- enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Nice work GP. You and Guy make quite the tag team. Gord and Guy the Kubota Comrades. Cheers :)
Hey good evening and thanks MG! A good day's progress, I think. Have a great week!
Yes our lovely biting friends, need to include horseflies😃 Have had some success with reducing their numbers around our place with the Epp’s Biting Fly Trap. Been using for 6 years now and has reduced the numbers of deerflies and horseflies to where you only get the odd annoying one.
Thanks Sherpa. I will look into that trap. Hope all is well!
Good day Gp you are better than me I think we can do without black flies, mosquitoes, and deer flies. I say kill them all 🤬 lol. Guy and you are making a nice sand box to play with your tractor. Have a good day
LOL! Cheers and thanks Denis!
Great video GP , Thanks
Thanks John! Cheers!
GP, thanks for the channel, always interesting stuff, and workin with a friend, even with all the annoyances and issues, it still makes it enjoyable,
Thanks so much John! You are most welcome and I'm very happy you enjoy it. Have a good weekend and all the best!
I think there may have been a little hint in that video GP:) Looking forward to what I hope is coming on the channel. Have a great Sunday!
LOL! You too Steve- have a good week!
Thanks for the update at Guys! Looking good. Ya I hate all them flies, add mayflies here on the water here in Minnesota. Sure is good to see Guy back in action! I appreciate the seasons and the changes that come with it, adds more material for G P Outdoors! Cheers
That it does, Tom! Thanks - I'll pass along to Guy for you. have great week out there!
If I get one. The root rake style! You can do so much more with them. Enjoyed the video GP!! Have a good week and watch the flies!!
You too, John! Hope you had a great Father's Day! Cheers!
@@GPOutdoors Thanks GP! Same for you!
Very great video quality and editting. Not alot of fluff and content I am looking for. Thanks, keep up the amazing work !
Good morning and thanks very kindly, C. Happy Canada Day/4th of July!
How's she goin'? You and Guy have done a great job on the meadow!! You'll be growing grass before the fall!!! Take care!!
Happy Father's Day Grampie! It's coming along well I think. Hope you get to enjoy the family today! Take care!
GP, you are a good neighbor! You and Guy work together really well and having two tractors works out great. Be safe out there!
Hey thanks MD! I always enjoy hanging out with Guy and with Bob. They are pretty funny and make it pretty easy to work out there. We will for sure, and you too, all the best!
Take note folks of what true loyalty is both man and canine.
LOL! Cheers Mike!
nice
These compact tractors sure make work easier, wish we could have had one at the cottage when I was growing up
Morning Don! They sure do. Wish I had picked it up years ago, but happy I have one now. Have a good weekend!
I don't know GP, I'd keep an eye on Guy. I think he wants more grass so he has a reason to "borrow" that Ferris! haha Have a good one and give my best to Guy. Thanks
LOL! You might be right, DA! I'll keep my eye on him. I give him a copy of all my keys, so if that Ferris is missing one morning, I'll know who took it! LOL. Cheers!
Love those old rock walls.
Me too Meta! Have a good one!
Another great video! I really like your comment/discussion box in the corners.
Good morning and thanks Roger! Happy you enjoyed it. Have a good weekend out there!
OK, OK, I'm going to have to have a third function valve put on my tractor so I can upgrade to a grapple.
LOL! I think you will be happy you did John - Cheers!
I love it! I look forward to enjoying a cup of coffee and watching your videos. Be well and keep the videos coming!!
Thanks so much JM! Happy you enjoy them. Enjoy the coffee and the weekend!
Nice work with that chainsaw. I guess this electrical conversion is making real headway.
Morning Meta! It is proving to be a handy friend for doing small diameter stuff out there. Works really well and super easy and convenient. Cheers!
Good Morning GP 😊 Great live lumber action with Guy with the very quiet electric chainsaw 👍 Poor GP is a feeding station for the Black-flies and Moskitos.🤣🤪 I realy like the Dragonfly ( Marie Ange call them helicopter, I do not know were she got that 🤔✈ 🤣) I love that puppy dog 💝Yes that grapple is handy for sure 👍 Yes I do agree with you Aug- Oct is a great seasons to work outside 👍 🤣 Ho Yes, they take a good shunk of your skin and try to extract them self out 🤣🤣🤣 Great tips on your grapple and good job using it 👍👍👍 Great team tractor therapy work live action 👍🤭😊 HEY GP !!! What were you thinking about about L and B tractor ? 🤔🤭😊 Cheers and have a great week end 👍👍👍
LOL! Thanks Dave ( and Mary Ange!) - They are like little helicopters - just like her dad works on. :)) Hope you are keeping well. Cheers!
@@GPOutdoors 😊👍
Good morning GP and Guy from Southern California... land of no black flys, deer flys, horse flys and for the most part, mosquitoes 😆
Enjoy a safe weekend.
LOL! I think we need to move. :)) Cheers and all the best Edward!
I always chuckle when someone talks about Southern California as a good place to live. No negatives there, truly heaven on earth. Really??
@@cleonmain1291 never said it was heaven on earth, but it's got an awful lot to offer, especially with getting out into the mountains or desert.
We'll...I think we all find our heaven somewhere Cleon. :)) Have a great weekend!
great videos, i'd love to see you using a jd 4066r with more hp, bigger attachments, etc
Good evening Kooky! I'd love to try one sometime - never operated a Deere. Have a good week out there!
Like your videos with the voice-overs.
Morning Terry! Thanks for the good feedback - all the best!
Gord, another well made and informative video. Thanks for filling in the seasonal biting timeline. Horse flies are bad too, I remember chunks of flesh being taken out of me in the Quebec countryside growing up. I seem to be a natural magnet for anything that wants to bite a human. Where did you get the netting you wear when the mosquitoes and flies are bad in the forest? Also, do you see many bees, wasps or hornets? I am thinking about putting some honey bee boxes in the meadow and growing some lavender there. I hope to have that working in a few years once we settle in late this summer.
Good evening Sunjay. Yes indeed - bees and hornets are plentiful for sure. I get the netted jackets from the local hardware store. They are usually around $25.00 CDN. Lavender will offer a nice aroma through part of the summer for you and a nice colourful background. Have a good week and all the best!
Use permethrin on your clothes. It's a pretty amazing result. Light weight, long sleeve shirts should take care of a lot of those lil guys. Except around your face. We can't win all fights at once. It takes a series of battles to win the war
Thanks Tom! A few folks have suggested it, too. Cheers!
@@GPOutdoors i live just north of Nashville Tennessee. We have a lovely lil bug called a chiggar. They for some reason LOVE ME! It got so bad i was seeking medical assistance. I could walk right behind 3 to 4 other people, they would get a few bites, i would be covered in literally hundreds of not thousands. Yes, it was that severe. I started using Permethrin. In one use i had no bites. It's changed how i face going outdoors again.
We have horse flies down South Gordo. They are very similar to deer flies. None are our friends! They love to attack when you get near the water. Pool is "at your own risk",
Morning Mitch! Yup very similar but I think the horse flies are even worse - I guess when you swim, you have to stay under as long as possible. :)) Have a great week out there!
@@GPOutdoors Maybe that's why we are so good at holding our breathe! Stay safe GP.
LOL!
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Cheers BB!
Good stuff!
Thanks Steven!
Hey those Kubotas look like friends (just like you and Guy) LOL Bahaha Cheers
:)) Cheers Tom!
Good one Gord.
Cheers and thanks Don!
G P Guy great to see how to clean up an area still thinking about a grapple
God Bless All
PaK
Good stuff Peter! Have a wonderful weekend!
Part B and Part L... Guessing you have seen the new LX series? And it does make work easier when you have two tractors working together.
And the only thing worse than a Deerfly bite is a horsefly bite.... :-o
LOl! So true, Chad. Thank goodness we have very few horse flies up this way, but the odd one shows up once in a while. Hope you are well. Cheers!
Hey GP watch Messicks grapple episode on putting too much stress on your grapple and its hydraulics. Something i would never have thought of.. it was a recent video put out in past 3 months or less. Keep up the great videos 😊
Morning CM! Hope you are well. Thanks for the head's up. I did - nothing for me to worry about - I don't use the grapple in the manner he describes. In the early days, while I was learning, I certainly grabbed a few logs that were too long, but haven't done that since I learned about the sideways forces it creates on the tractor. The jaw is designed for gripping and control, not for ripping and pulling. Totally fine to curl the jaw and use it to back-drag the soil. Thanks though - greatly appreciated CM! Take good care and all the best!
Do you have the wood ticks and deer ticks like we do in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula?
Hi Les! We primarily have the black-legged ticks up here but also have deer ticks. The OFF Deep Woods seems to work pretty well against them. Take care and all the best!
Good job going on there 👍 I like the tree that's left by the rocks looking just right are you going to clear any more of what looks like a wall of stone. By the way you both work well together 👍👌😁
Good evening and thanks very much Roy! Guy is a pretty great neighbour and has a great sense of humour- always makes working outdoors more fun. I think he wants to leave the old rock wall created by those hard working folks from the past. A little history, I guess. But the grounds are really shaping up, just as he planned. Thanks for tuning in and for the comment today. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Hi G.P. Before when I thought of Canada I always thought cold and snow, but it sounds funny hearing you talk about flys and mosquitos I thought that was a southern thing. I have a question about fuel for your tractor. Do you use off road or on road fuel and do you get it from the gas station in town or have a fuel tank. You use your tractor a lot and I don't know how far town is. Using a lot of fuel can be a lot of trips to town. Thanks for sharing another great video. Have a wonderful weekend
Good evening Ronald. A great question. I started out using a diesel filter and getting my diesel from the local gas stations, in gas cans. Guy has a big diesel tank on his property and gets it filled with conditioned diesel and he eventually asked me if I would like to fill from his tank. Guy is very kind, as you have probably learned now. So much easier. We share in the cost of the fuel and I fill up from his big tank, and just pay for what I use. Really helpful to have a few neighbours pitch in and have a supply of conditioned fuel (winter conditioned) and to just have the tanker come by as needed to fill the on-premise tank. Thanks for the good question and take care!
GP love the video and for flies wel Im Ontario est .
Thanks Leo!
Is Guy making a rock wall around the place with all those boulders? I really wish there was an easier way to crush granite like that. We have lots of it in Manitoba here too.
Good day Bert! You bet - he is lining the edge of the slope from the forest with all the boulders we are pulling out of the meadow. It should look nice when it's done, I think. Have a good weekend out there!
Where did you buy your grapple bucket from? I have the same Kubota tractor and I would love one of those. Thanks....
Good day Kevin! It is an HLA Attachments make and it is their Light Duty Root Rake with Grapple - 60". Just a note - it is commercial steel, not high tensile steel ( like some other makes) so it weighs alot more than those types. I love it, personally and am very happy with it - works great but is much heavier than the average. And you will need the 3rd function valve installed on the tractor, if you don't have one yet. Good luck and all the best!
Why does it look like your tractor is smaller, but is doing 3 times the work!
LOL! Morning Pat! The L was busy off camera clearing the brush on the other side. :)) Cheers and all the best!
Lol you forgot to mention the " Horse flyies???
LOL! Thanks Dave. I don't get alot of them up here, to be honest. Here and there only, really. They are kind of worse than the deer flies I think. LOL. Cheers!
Part B and Part L?
LX incoming?
;)
What type of seed will you plant in that meadow
Good evening Brian. I went out back to see If i had the bag still but can't remember - I know I covered it in a previous video last summer. I know it has part rye grass in it and two other strains. I will try to mention it when we get to seeding soon. Take care!