You have unlimited patience to take the time to get individual shots of each step of unhooking and hooking up implements. I’m a poultry farmer and despise hooking and unhooking equipment. If I could afford it I would have a tractor for every piece of equipment I own. Good job.
I own the same tractor ( L4701) I’ve removed my water separater after shut of the fuel and have never had to bleed. I don’t think you need that step unless the tractor loses prime. I remove mine periodically if just too remove sediments from the bowl but have not had any water issues with the truckstop diesel I buy and always from the same place. Good Luck!
I just reconnected to your videos. Gotta say, I’m bummed about the move, but I’m thankful to the Lord for his direction in your life. I’m a pastor (Reformed/Baptistic) in New England. May the Lord bless your new efforts!
There is a special wrench for that water separator. It has teeth that match up with the notches in a complete circle. Another type has a notched semicircular end with a tooth to catch the notches. It just saves hammering on that fitting. Good job on the drainage ditches, hope they can withstand the next storm! Your comment on the regen was something I’ve always wondered. Burn more fuel to clear up unburnt fuel!😂
Things that need attention around the homestead are always there and it is a often a pleasure to try to keep up with, more so than work to keep up with. You obviously enjoy that. I do as well. Your video is quite well choreographed. I can tell you put a ton of effort into it and it shows. Nice!
I've thought the same exact thing about the regen on my L3301. It's not the end of the world but it can be inconvenient when you are wanting to get off the tractor to do something and then get back on because it has to be at full throttle. I don't like it at full throttle when I'm off of the seat. It's also extra wear and tare on the engine in my opinion. Nice video.
Dude, I never heard of you before, but can't tell you how MUCH I enjoyed watching this video! From changing out attachments - the whole thing, thanks! 😀
Channel locks are the special tool for just about everything. 😃 Great video. It makes me ponder getting out of the suburbs just so I have a good excuse to own a tractor.
there is a special tool for that made by the separator company( seems there's one for each filter model) but the best all-round tool is a strap wrench. It applies tension and pressure evenly unlike a slip joint plier or pipe wrench
That was great. And awesome video job and great looks at what that Kubota L4701 can do. Thank you so much for letting us join you for some cool projects.
Looking at the back end of your Kubota tractor brings back memories. Almost seventy years ago my dad and I worked a small Ohio farm with a Ferguson tractor employing the same hydraulic lift/3-point hookup/PTO arrangement. My recollection, which could be wrong, is that a Ford/Ferguson collaboration originated that design.
@@grinpick No, you are correct. The engineer was named Ferguson and the collaboration was with Ford. After the falling out over the IP, he teamed with Massey.
Sometimes I'm amazed at all the things you do just to stay even with your land. The pressure at times must seem heavy. Education is expensive and has to be paid for by the many years spent learning and doing the hands-on work. Most all good education is on-the-job training. You can't get it from books. Good video. The one sad thing about this video was you admitting this wasn't the first time you broke into your car. Get a couple of keys made, I would hate to see your wife trying to break into the car too. God Bless and stay safe.
The need the DPF to meet the average NOx emissiions standards so they were legal and could even sell you the tractor. Without the DPF the tractor isn't legal. When you get to the point of having to do a regen the catalyst in the system is dirty enough that it is in danger of not meeting the NOx standard again so the need to burn off the particulate in the system. You are lucky you can still work wile doing the regen, that way you are only burning the little additional fuel for the difference in rpm from where you would normally run and the increased rpm. At only 12 minutes to regen that isn't very bad.
You're burning alot more fuel because not only are you running at higher rpms, but you're also injecting fuel into the DPF so it burns off the soot which 8s increasingyour fuel consumption considerably no matter what rpm you are at. When my pickup had all if that when it was regening on the highway I'd get 9mpg at 65-70 compared to 19mpg.
Make cemented roads. They require less maintenance. Its just amazing to see you doing variety of work.falling water in slow motion from bucket was beautiful. Great camera angles👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥
i have same problems that you have , i have a couple recommendations for you. put some water breaks across your road so the water will run into the ditch line instead of straight down your road, also put a silt trap in before the sand gets into your pond . you might need to rent a small excavator , it will make the job much easier and faster. good luck.
In the past I had diesel tractors that had a valve on the bottom of the bowl of the water separator. If you find one of these you will be able to remove the water without having to bleed the fuel system
Great video, sir. Pretty slick back-blading with the front bucket and you have some serious box-blade skills as well. I make whoop-dee-doos whenever try to use one. Looking forward to the next video already.
With you being in the medical field I imagine you can snatch a blood pressure cuff. Lay it on the top of the door and pump it up. It’s easy on the paint and works like a charm pushing the door away from the top of the cab.
The diesel tank you have for storage on your property needs to be always as full as possible,otherwise it will condensate and you will always wonder why you get so much water in your diesel ..
Some great camera work & an interesting list of jobs Wes! Strikes me a backhoe would be very useful for a lot of the jobs you have to do especially maintaining those dainage ditches. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Idea for you. Purchase a used rear implement that you don’t mind modifying and fabricate/weld on one side a half moon digging reverse plow that pushes/scoops the debris out and further away as you drive along side your ditch creating a perfect and consistent ditch. And being that it would only need to be about 8-12 inches wide/diameter, it would be just a quick drive down the road with the scoop spooning out and depositing the tailings towards the woods and away from your road.
Wes, have you ever considered putting drainage hose with a sock on it under the low side of your driveway? You might need to put it in at a depth suitable for your environment but it would solve your erosion problem once and for all.
If you can get your hands on some sections of old highway guardrail (straight pieces), they make GREAT ditch structures (surface culverts) across dirt roads! You dig them in a couple inches so the top (valley/highway side) is flush with the surface of you roadway. They should be angled sufficiently so they drain and self clean (scour). Super easy to install and maintain and they are heavy gauge galvanized steel so they last a long time. I've installed 10 on my hilly dirt roads and hope to get more from my local Public Works Department.
Looks like you got Thanksgiving dinner in the works there with your winter venison you will have a full freezer all off your own land nothing better than that! Thanks for sharing your videos with us and God bless
A few years ago I found an old JD “grader” blade at a pawn shop for $100 that’s great for pulling that gravel back up on the drive and making good drainage ditches. I’d highly recommend one for your operation. Thanks for sharing.
ATTENTION FALL LINE RIDGE........... Unfortunately the guy who set up your disc "harrow" didn't have a clue on the proper placement of the rear gangs. They need to be adjusted out on each side to where the 4 bolts that are nearest the outside are near the end of your square tubing. Just slide your rear gangs out about 10 inches on each side. If you notice in your video about 17:56 the front gangs are throwing the dirt much farther out than the rear gangs have the capability of reaching to throw it back in. Also you'll have some ridging in the middle the way it's set up now. They slide those in when they ship them to make them narrow but most people don't have a clue when they set them up at the dealership or farm store.
If you get locked out again, try some plastic felling wedges to hold the door Frame open. The taper makes them easy to get them in. Ask me how I know this. LOL
I mean this very nicely to save you thousands lol. Never back draw with a full curl bucket. Your cylinders will break! Other then that awesome video loved it all
Seems like all water travels down to the left, use the 3pt link and the box grader, the tractor 3pt links should have height adjustment, wind the left arm all the way up and the right all the way down then reverse as far back into the ditches as the kubota can and cut a decent swale to slow down and catch the water to take it away from the road, then cut up from the bottom to the to top of the drive starting from righthand side of the driveway continuing across to the left.
A good days work. I'm sure it feels very edifying to do a good days work on your own homestead. Thank you for providing your listeners with good, clean, hard working, every day activities you do on your homestead. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delights in his way.
I agree - get a "Hide-a-Key" and another set of truck keys to put in it. Slim-Jim as last resort. From the beginning of this video I see that you are assured of a turkey for the holiday table.
Great job. Any water is bad. Worst killer for injectors and injection pump. Really miss my wife's L3400. Would like to get one about your size. I have the same feelings about burning more fuel that you do.
remember driving around my grandfathers farm in shropshire england in the 60s in an ex ww2 jeep still left hand drive sitting on my grandpas lap helping him steer. great memories with him and the animals including dairy cows chickens pigs and cranky dangerous bull. open jeep perfect for that, great use of the tractor to fix the ruts and removing the silt just two great uses of the tractor around the farm with moving logs essential. getting a second or third set of car keys is just common sense
I have the same gripe about the regen. I have a different brand of tractor, when I use it I usually have it near redline 80% of the time. It has gone through regen 4 times in 60 hours of running. Two times right when I was pulling up to the trailer at the end of jobs. So 10-15 minutes of running at high rpm while no work is being done, half hour total. I suppose it's better than having to purchase DEF fluid in addition to diesel, but I cannot see where any help to the enviroment is accomplished.
I was wanting to buy an older tractor without pollution add-ons and the dealer kept trying to steer me to a regen tractor saying you only had to regen it every couple of days if used hard. I said no.
I've got a 2015 L3901 with the regen catalyst and 30 years of air pollution experience, and you want that system working for you. Diesel exhaust is a serious carcinogen and far worse than cigarette smokem and i've known older diesel mechanics to die from resulting lung cancer, emphysema, COPD. The diesel particulate filter scrubs out a portion of the particulate, and when the filter's loaded up it burns it off by adding air and fuel (diesel) inside the catalyst. The noble metal in the cat burns the diesel fuel at very high temps...and that burns off the residual crud trapped in the filter. That tier 3 diesel engine only uses diesel fuel to fire off the catalyst, but a Tier 4 engine employs a 3-way catalyst and depends on urea as the reductant to reduce both oxides of nitrogen (which creates summertime smog) and diesel particulate matter. The Tier 4 system's been used on onroad diesel trucks since 2010 and they've got the bugs worked out--I'd rather have it than the tier 3 system since it eliminates far more crud than its predecessor. Operate a tier 4 tractor and you'll not smell any of that characteristic diesel stink.
@@williamgaines9784 Actually it's more than 30 years along with the related college paid for by wrenching cars and trucks for years. Private-sector engineering, regulatory, strategic involvement with clients you might recognize, 11 yrs in air agencies. Probably about as far from the "ring of falsehood" as one could get. Besides, the ad hominem thing's missing the point--diesel exhaust is a known, dangerous carcinogen, shortens lives and kills people, stinks like he__, and now has access to highly effective control technologies that are readily available around the planet. Yeah, they add cost, but unlike old dinosaurs, they save lives.
That damn dpf regen, one of the main reasons i bought a Mahindra so i don’t have to deal with that BS. I agree with you especially on small tractors for home use....just something on the engine that doesn’t need to be there
"Ummm...Nothin better than Dad's Dump Bucket Tea!" You know Wes a quick hitch on the back of your tractors would certainly speed the changing of tools. Would the cost of the adapters be worth the effort? What about digging a French Drain at the very top of the road where the road come out on the field to divert the water into the woods. Great video Wes, thumbs up.
A quick hitch would be great. But I don't think I swap implements enough to justify the cost. They run $400 +...so every time I fight with an implement I just look at it as getting paid $400 to swap implements. I think a French drain would work well...something else has definitely got to be done.
@@falllineridge Check out the channel "Outdoors with the Morgans" Mike recently installed a French Drain behind his son's house, to drain a depression in the lawn, and to take care of the run off coming down out of the woods. All of the water from your field could be diverted to the right or the left of your road. Nice work Wes, always enjoy the projects you take on.
You might want to put a small waterbar in your road every five foot of vertical drop, and drop it into a ditch. The Forest Service puts them into their roads, and may have details of how to construct them. either the Engineering shop, or the Road Crew, could give you some pointers. That should keep the water velocity in the road low enough to not rob your fines.
Do you park outside? I have never had any water ever show up in my separator. FYI, tere is a proper way to use an adjustable wrench and an improper way. You got the improper way down pat, next time if you turn the wrench over it will work better and not round off hex heads
Have You seen the FEL adapter plates modified for 3 point hitch attachments? Imagine being able to put a box Blade or a Scraper or a Rake on Your FEL then back drag with them Just a thought when I saw You scooping with the Bucket Possibly even build arms that extend out farther
Hey man! If you get you some rip rap and put it there around the pond where the silt is getting in there, it will stop most of the erosion all together. Good luck. Tim
I’d recommend a 16” slip joint plier for your homestead. People call them channel lock pliers but that’s just a brand name. Harbor freight has a nice reasonable pair of 16” and even larger but I have never needed anything bigger
You have to dig wider and deeper ditches on the side of the road. Road got to have a crown so the rain water dont flow in the senter of the road. Dig the ditches 2-3feet wide an d a foot deep. No more problem... good luck..
Couple of issues on safety (yours): wearing watches, bracelets, and WEDDING BANDS when working on machinery is risky (personal injury, damage to jewelry. etc). That fuel separator needs some type of lubrication (Teflon tape, lithium grease, silicone) so removal doesn't damage the fitting that has to be removed /replaced repeatedly.
Hey....you did some sweet gum slabs a while back...how did they turn out?...I have some very large ones on the property... And was thinking I might try it?? Tks...David gay ga..
Why don’t you angle your box blade and cut ditches on the sides of your driveway, your still going to have wash out problems if you leave it this way, I think a small Colbert pipe is probably needed at the bottom where it bends near the pond that way it’s not waging over the road and dropping sediment at the edge of the pond.
I have a 2013 L3800 and I say " yeaaaaah no regen, but Neil Messick from UA-cam Messicks says kubota's are self priming. I've done what you just did and I didn't bleed the system and it did prime itself. Just a FYI for ya. I love your land it's a lot like mine.
You have unlimited patience to take the time to get individual shots of each step of unhooking and hooking up implements. I’m a poultry farmer and despise hooking and unhooking equipment. If I could afford it I would have a tractor for every piece of equipment I own. Good job.
I own the same tractor ( L4701) I’ve removed my water separater after shut of the fuel and have never had to bleed. I don’t think you need that step unless the tractor loses prime. I remove mine periodically if just too remove sediments from the bowl but have not had any water issues with the truckstop diesel I buy and always from the same place. Good Luck!
I just reconnected to your videos. Gotta say, I’m bummed about the move, but I’m thankful to the Lord for his direction in your life. I’m a pastor (Reformed/Baptistic) in New England. May the Lord bless your new efforts!
Everything takes effort. I enjoy how your cinematography highlights the struggles of every day tasks.
Watching the beginning and disconnecting/connecting the box blade made me remember and be glad I went QH.
Great video. You got a lot done. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
There is a special wrench for that water separator. It has teeth that match up with the notches in a complete circle. Another type has a notched semicircular end with a tooth to catch the notches. It just saves hammering on that fitting. Good job on the drainage ditches, hope they can withstand the next storm! Your comment on the regen was something I’ve always wondered. Burn more fuel to clear up unburnt fuel!😂
Things that need attention around the homestead are always there and it is a often a pleasure to try to keep up with, more so than work to keep up with. You obviously enjoy that. I do as well.
Your video is quite well choreographed. I can tell you put a ton of effort into it and it shows. Nice!
I've thought the same exact thing about the regen on my L3301. It's not the end of the world but it can be inconvenient when you are wanting to get off the tractor to do something and then get back on because it has to be at full throttle. I don't like it at full throttle when I'm off of the seat. It's also extra wear and tare on the engine in my opinion. Nice video.
enjoyed the variety of your video great job......not a boring 20 minutes like so many others
That Kubota sure does the trick! Great video!🔥🔥🔥
Dude, I never heard of you before, but can't tell you how MUCH I enjoyed watching this video! From changing out attachments - the whole thing, thanks! 😀
Channel locks are the special tool for just about everything. 😃 Great video. It makes me ponder getting out of the suburbs just so I have a good excuse to own a tractor.
there is a special tool for that made by the separator company( seems there's one for each filter model) but the best all-round tool is a strap wrench. It applies tension and pressure evenly unlike a slip joint plier or pipe wrench
Or a hook spanner wrench works well.
That was great. And awesome video job and great looks at what that Kubota L4701 can do. Thank you so much for letting us join you for some cool projects.
Putting aside your farmwork and general work ethic, your camera work and editing is just on par with the best out there
It helps tremendously having a six foot steel bar ( I use a old model T driveshaft)
To wiggle the implement on/off the lift arms.
Looking at the back end of your Kubota tractor brings back memories. Almost seventy years ago my dad and I worked a small Ohio farm with a Ferguson tractor employing the same hydraulic lift/3-point hookup/PTO arrangement. My recollection, which could be wrong, is that a Ford/Ferguson collaboration originated that design.
I think you are correct.
Maybe Massey/ Ferguson you thinking of?
Maybe Massey/ Ferguson you thinking of?
@@digg71 Very possible. There have been others who've pointed out that they don't remember things exactly the same as I do.
@@grinpick No, you are correct. The engineer was named Ferguson and the collaboration was with Ford. After the falling out over the IP, he teamed with Massey.
Oh yes the joy of 3 pt hitches with swaybars... been 40 years and this brings back memories
Another great video, Wes! Your content resonates with me so much, as any given day, I feel like I'm doing 10 different things!
Way to go! 💪👍
That video was Harrowing! ;-) Good work all around! Well done! Thank you for another great video!
Sometimes I'm amazed at all the things you do just to stay even with your land. The pressure at times must seem heavy. Education is expensive and has to be paid for by the many years spent learning and doing the hands-on work. Most all good education is on-the-job training. You can't get it from books. Good video. The one sad thing about this video was you admitting this wasn't the first time you broke into your car. Get a couple of keys made, I would hate to see your wife trying to break into the car too. God Bless and stay safe.
I really enjoy all of your videos and especially the great camera work and angles.
Thanks, Gene.
Amazing how handy a tractor is. I may be dating myself a little, but the super-slow-mo of the water dump was only missing Bo Derek. ;-)
I'll admit I don't get the reference...but thanks for watching!
@@falllineridge She's a 10!
@@falllineridge you see how the red car looks so nice to get the jimmy out
I love watching you use you tractor.
I did the exact same thing to my Cannon, I took a piece of square metal like you did and filled it full of concrete works great
A friend did this for me, I'm not much of a welder, but he did great. It's detachable which is nice.
Been watching you since you started. Nice job breaking into your truck in under 4 minutes. Nice looking place you've got there.
The need the DPF to meet the average NOx emissiions standards so they were legal and could even sell you the tractor. Without the DPF the tractor isn't legal. When you get to the point of having to do a regen the catalyst in the system is dirty enough that it is in danger of not meeting the NOx standard again so the need to burn off the particulate in the system. You are lucky you can still work wile doing the regen, that way you are only burning the little additional fuel for the difference in rpm from where you would normally run and the increased rpm. At only 12 minutes to regen that isn't very bad.
You're burning alot more fuel because not only are you running at higher rpms, but you're also injecting fuel into the DPF so it burns off the soot which 8s increasingyour fuel consumption considerably no matter what rpm you are at. When my pickup had all if that when it was regening on the highway I'd get 9mpg at 65-70 compared to 19mpg.
Make cemented roads. They require less maintenance. Its just amazing to see you doing variety of work.falling water in slow motion from bucket was beautiful. Great camera angles👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥
That'd be awesome, unfortunately it would cost a fortune! Always appreciate your comments.
i have same problems that you have , i have a couple recommendations for you. put some water breaks across your road so the water will run into the ditch line instead of straight down your road, also put a silt trap in before the sand gets into your pond . you might need to rent a small excavator , it will make the job much easier and faster. good luck.
In the past I had diesel tractors that had a valve on the bottom of the bowl of the water separator. If you find one of these you will be able to remove the water without having to bleed the fuel system
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N California is crackling.
You jhad the Thumbs Up with your dog drinking out of the bucket. Great job with the video. 'Felt like I was there at every step.
Great video, sir. Pretty slick back-blading with the front bucket and you have some serious box-blade skills as well. I make whoop-dee-doos whenever try to use one. Looking forward to the next video already.
Thank you, Woody. Appreciate you watching!
Tractors Jack of all trades a master at none .
With you being in the medical field I imagine you can snatch a blood pressure cuff. Lay it on the top of the door and pump it up. It’s easy on the paint and works like a charm pushing the door away from the top of the cab.
The diesel tank you have for storage on your property needs to be always as full as possible,otherwise it will condensate and you will always wonder why you get so much water in your diesel ..
Some great camera work & an interesting list of jobs Wes! Strikes me a backhoe would be very useful for a lot of the jobs you have to do especially maintaining those dainage ditches. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Only had one key for my truck as well. Did get a regular copy made for couple bucks. It won't start the engine, no chip, but will open the door
Idea for you. Purchase a used rear implement that you don’t mind modifying and fabricate/weld on one side a half moon digging reverse plow that pushes/scoops the debris out and further away as you drive along side your ditch creating a perfect and consistent ditch. And being that it would only need to be about 8-12 inches wide/diameter, it would be just a quick drive down the road with the scoop spooning out and depositing the tailings towards the woods and away from your road.
Wes, have you ever considered putting drainage hose with a sock on it under the low side of your driveway? You might need to put it in at a depth suitable for your environment but it would solve your erosion problem once and for all.
If you can get your hands on some sections of old highway guardrail (straight pieces), they make GREAT ditch structures (surface culverts) across dirt roads! You dig them in a couple inches so the top (valley/highway side) is flush with the surface of you roadway. They should be angled sufficiently so they drain and self clean (scour). Super easy to install and maintain and they are heavy gauge galvanized steel so they last a long time. I've installed 10 on my hilly dirt roads and hope to get more from my local Public Works Department.
Looks like you got Thanksgiving dinner in the works there with your winter venison you will have a full freezer all off your own land nothing better than that! Thanks for sharing your videos with us and God bless
A few years ago I found an old JD “grader” blade at a pawn shop for $100 that’s great for pulling that gravel back up on the drive and making good drainage ditches. I’d highly recommend one for your operation. Thanks for sharing.
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Just came across your channel subbed I like seeing all the different shots of machines working like that...relaxing lol.
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner right there in the field for the taking !! gobble gobble !!
nice property. great video
ATTENTION FALL LINE RIDGE...........
Unfortunately the guy who set up your disc "harrow" didn't have a clue on the proper placement of the rear gangs. They need to be adjusted out on each side to where the 4 bolts that are nearest the outside are near the end of your square tubing. Just slide your rear gangs out about 10 inches on each side. If you notice in your video about 17:56 the front gangs are throwing the dirt much farther out than the rear gangs have the capability of reaching to throw it back in. Also you'll have some ridging in the middle the way it's set up now.
They slide those in when they ship them to make them narrow but most people don't have a clue when they set them up at the dealership or farm store.
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If you get locked out again, try some plastic felling wedges to hold the door Frame open. The taper makes them easy to get them in. Ask me how I know this. LOL
That's a great idea! Less chance of bending the door up too.
That is a good one. My problem is that for the wedges would be laying on the seat inside the truck...LOL
This was not on my to do list today but now I feel like I have to check the water in my filter. Thanks!
Glad to help!
That road needs a crown, Son.
I mean this very nicely to save you thousands lol. Never back draw with a full curl bucket. Your cylinders will break! Other then that awesome video loved it all
As soft as that sandbar was, I think it was safe this time, but yeah, not a good practice in general.
Watching this made me appreciate my quick hitch so much more 😂🤣😂
Here in WNC we’ve been hammered with rain. Have a great Thursday!
Seems like all water travels down to the left, use the 3pt link and the box grader, the tractor 3pt links should have height adjustment, wind the left arm all the way up and the right all the way down then reverse as far back into the ditches as the kubota can and cut a decent swale to slow down and catch the water to take it away from the road, then cut up from the bottom to the to top of the drive starting from righthand side of the driveway continuing across to the left.
I've done that on my pond, too. I wasn't worried, though. The dealer who sold me the tractor said that it floats. 🤭
Strap wrench is always handy but pump pliers are the best all round tool in the box for all sorts of jobs.
Just an awesome job and an awesome channel.
Thanks, Paul!
A good days work. I'm sure it feels very edifying to do a good days work on your own homestead. Thank you for providing your listeners with good, clean, hard working, every day activities you do on your homestead. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delights in his way.
I could be mistaken but when I changed out the filter that you’re changing and cleaned out the water, I didn’t have any need to bleed the fuel lines
Maybe, I was just going by what the manual said.
I agree - get a "Hide-a-Key" and another set of truck keys to put in it. Slim-Jim as last resort. From the beginning of this video I see that you are assured of a turkey for the holiday table.
Nice video. Excellent camera work.
might want to put a length of silt fence along the pond at the low spot in the road. Not pretty, but it would protect the pond.
My dog Annie, prefers that rain water too!
Great video!
Great job. Any water is bad. Worst killer for injectors and injection pump. Really miss my wife's L3400. Would like to get one about your size. I have the same feelings about burning more fuel that you do.
remember driving around my grandfathers farm in shropshire england in the 60s in an ex ww2 jeep still left hand drive sitting on my grandpas lap helping him steer. great memories with him and the animals including dairy cows chickens pigs and cranky dangerous bull. open jeep perfect for that, great use of the tractor to fix the ruts and removing the silt just two great uses of the tractor around the farm with moving logs essential. getting a second or third set of car keys is just common sense
I have the same gripe about the regen. I have a different brand of tractor, when I use it I usually have it near redline 80% of the time. It has gone through regen 4 times in 60 hours of running. Two times right when I was pulling up to the trailer at the end of jobs. So 10-15 minutes of running at high rpm while no work is being done, half hour total. I suppose it's better than having to purchase DEF fluid in addition to diesel, but I cannot see where any help to the enviroment is accomplished.
I was wanting to buy an older tractor without pollution add-ons and the dealer kept trying to steer me to a regen tractor saying you only had to regen it every couple of days if used hard. I said no.
I have a Mahindra, 39hp No DEF, no DPF no troubles.
I've got a 2015 L3901 with the regen catalyst and 30 years of air pollution experience, and you want that system working for you. Diesel exhaust is a serious carcinogen and far worse than cigarette smokem and i've known older diesel mechanics to die from resulting lung cancer, emphysema, COPD. The diesel particulate filter scrubs out a portion of the particulate, and when the filter's loaded up it burns it off by adding air and fuel (diesel) inside the catalyst. The noble metal in the cat burns the diesel fuel at very high temps...and that burns off the residual crud trapped in the filter. That tier 3 diesel engine only uses diesel fuel to fire off the catalyst, but a Tier 4 engine employs a 3-way catalyst and depends on urea as the reductant to reduce both oxides of nitrogen (which creates summertime smog) and diesel particulate matter. The Tier 4 system's been used on onroad diesel trucks since 2010 and they've got the bugs worked out--I'd rather have it than the tier 3 system since it eliminates far more crud than its predecessor. Operate a tier 4 tractor and you'll not smell any of that characteristic diesel stink.
@@autumnwindassociates7783 "30 years of air pollution experience" has a ring of falsehood, kind of like "I have 50+ years of political experience".
@@williamgaines9784 Actually it's more than 30 years along with the related college paid for by wrenching cars and trucks for years. Private-sector engineering, regulatory, strategic involvement with clients you might recognize, 11 yrs in air agencies. Probably about as far from the "ring of falsehood" as one could get. Besides, the ad hominem thing's missing the point--diesel exhaust is a known, dangerous carcinogen, shortens lives and kills people, stinks like he__, and now has access to highly effective control technologies that are readily available around the planet. Yeah, they add cost, but unlike old dinosaurs, they save lives.
Be handy if that separator had a tap at the bottom to let the water drain out. Great vid', thank you! :-)
Please do a quick bee update for us. Thanks, and keep those videos coming.
Good stuff. Like the old Ford tractors.
Great work!🙂👍
That damn dpf regen, one of the main reasons i bought a Mahindra so i don’t have to deal with that BS. I agree with you especially on small tractors for home use....just something on the engine that doesn’t need to be there
You can probably take it off. I got rid of this BS on my car. Of course, I also had to deactivate it in the engine computer.
@@vzmax automobiles are easy, tractors not so much. Brand specific connectors and software, not OBDII like vehicles
3:17 second! Haha that's was funny. Nice work.
Wow , great footage and quality video , what camera are you using ,? great shots . The slow motion is super cool .
"Ummm...Nothin better than Dad's Dump Bucket Tea!" You know Wes a quick hitch on the back of your tractors would certainly speed the changing of tools. Would the cost of the adapters be worth the effort? What about digging a French Drain at the very top of the road where the road come out on the field to divert the water into the woods. Great video Wes, thumbs up.
A quick hitch would be great. But I don't think I swap implements enough to justify the cost. They run $400 +...so every time I fight with an implement I just look at it as getting paid $400 to swap implements. I think a French drain would work well...something else has definitely got to be done.
@@falllineridge Check out the channel "Outdoors with the Morgans" Mike recently installed a French Drain behind his son's house, to drain a depression in the lawn, and to take care of the run off coming down out of the woods. All of the water from your field could be diverted to the right or the left of your road. Nice work Wes, always enjoy the projects you take on.
Came to learn homesteading, instead I learned how to break into a truck. LOL, good stuff, enjoying the content.
I love the dog drinking at 1:02!
You might want to put a small waterbar in your road every five foot of vertical drop, and drop it into a ditch. The Forest Service puts them into their roads, and may have details of how to construct them. either the Engineering shop, or the Road Crew, could give you some pointers. That should keep the water velocity in the road low enough to not rob your fines.
Do you park outside? I have never had any water ever show up in my separator.
FYI, tere is a proper way to use an adjustable wrench and an improper way. You got the improper way down pat, next time if you turn the wrench over it will work better and not round off hex heads
This was so exciting to watch.
Give a man a chore list and he'll dread every item.... Give a man a tractor, and he'll work all day and think its "playing"
You need to get some old guardrail and put them in for water breaks once they getworked in they work great
Have You seen the FEL adapter plates modified for 3 point hitch attachments?
Imagine being able to put a box Blade or a Scraper or a Rake on Your FEL then back drag with them
Just a thought when I saw You scooping with the Bucket
Possibly even build arms that extend out farther
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Hey man! If you get you some rip rap and put it there around the pond where the silt is getting in there, it will stop most of the erosion all together. Good luck. Tim
I’d recommend a 16” slip joint plier for your homestead. People call them channel lock pliers but that’s just a brand name. Harbor freight has a nice reasonable pair of 16” and even larger but I have never needed anything bigger
You really should carry a 3# hammer on your tractors to drive pins in and out. Congratulations on 4 years!
That dog is Thick! Great video!
HELLO FALL LINE RIDGE ITS IS RANDY AND I LIKE U VIDEO IS COOL THANKS FRIENDS RANDY
You have to dig wider and deeper ditches on the side of the road. Road got to have a crown so the rain water dont flow in the senter of the road. Dig the ditches 2-3feet wide an d a foot deep. No more problem... good luck..
Get a petcock and install it in the bottom of the filter housing. That lets you drain of the water, without removing the housing.
That's what I have and had on all my diesel cars, I was surprised it's not the case on a tractor !
I feel ya with the rain. I live on the other side of the river from you and it has been relentless. its nice that the weather is cooling though.
I'll admit I don't get the reference, but I appreciate you watching.
@@falllineridge The other side of the Chattahoochee. Smith station
Also The Irwin brand channel locks fit around the filter perfect.
Couple of issues on safety (yours): wearing watches, bracelets, and WEDDING BANDS when working on machinery is risky (personal injury, damage to jewelry. etc). That fuel separator needs some type of lubrication (Teflon tape, lithium grease, silicone) so removal doesn't damage the fitting that has to be removed /replaced repeatedly.
Hey....you did some sweet gum slabs a while back...how did they turn out?...I have some very large ones on the property... And was thinking I might try it?? Tks...David gay ga..
They were ok. I used some of them to replace a work table top in my shop. There are better woods out there.
Why don’t you angle your box blade and cut ditches on the sides of your driveway, your still going to have wash out problems if you leave it this way, I think a small Colbert pipe is probably needed at the bottom where it bends near the pond that way it’s not waging over the road and dropping sediment at the edge of the pond.
I have a 2013 L3800 and I say " yeaaaaah no regen, but Neil Messick from UA-cam Messicks says kubota's are self priming. I've done what you just did and I didn't bleed the system and it did prime itself. Just a FYI for ya. I love your land it's a lot like mine.
Hard to believe people won't to own property, but yet don't understand how important yearaly maintenance is, on property.