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#tractor

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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Final result: Moved it about 3m. Just too bloody heavy.

I tried many things. The wheel lever worked, but was a lot of work to reset (steel wheel very heavy). Shortening up the chain and lifting it with the three point hitch hydraulics worked equally well and a lot faster, but the wheels just dig in and lose traction. Maybe double tyres 😁

Also learnt that a front ballast for the tractor doesn't do anything. At least not a 100kg one (me standing on the front bar hopping up and down).

The end of the beam, leaving a gash in the dirt where it used to be. It's about 3m from this mornings position, which is good but not nearly good enough. Another beam is hidden under grass and moss next to it.
#Tractor
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Ok, giving up for now. I'll check how long I need the beam to be for the sawmill foundation and then I'll cut it into parts.

It's just too heavy to pull from the soft soil there. Dug over half the yard with the wheels. Broke off the concrete crown with the chain. Even fetched the stone sled from the forest and winched it onto that (actually winched the sled under the beam, because beam don't move). Even with that it won't budge more than a few mm at a time.

Infernal concrete beam, now with the concrete crown shattered in two pieces, exposing a thick steel pipe, steel plate and four nuts holding the pre-stressed reinforcements together. A piece of thick chain, pickaxe and thick wire rope are laying around.
Pulling the beam sideways out of its groove worked, but did not improve things greatly. Here the tractor is in the garden, pulling at a 90 degree angle and the beam has left its slot in the dirt over the entire length.
The problem. The tractor is hitched to the beam with a thick chain. The tyres are dug deep into the soft and moist soil there. Lifting the three point hitch up and down does sometimes gain a few cms but not enough. It's just not enough traction.
A final attempt, with an old home welded steel sled for dragging behind a tractor while workers toss fieldstones onto the sled for retrieval. Here a hand winch is trying to pull the beam over an old plow share set up as a ramp onto the sled with the chain. This worked, except the winch pulled tractor and sled backwards under the beam, which did not budge.
#Homestead#Farm#Tractor
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Giving @davepolaschek's suggestion a try. The T-40 wheel I found in the garage is getting some use as uh, round lever? What do you even call this.

It kinda worked. Well, it didn't budge as I was pulling, but when it fell over while under tension it levered the beam out of the ground sideways and a little forward.

Still refuses to go further, but I'm having a strong coffee and sweets and shall stubbornly continue.

The pesky concrete beam in our garden is now attached with a very beefy chain to a very beefy piece of wire rope. A big tractor steel wheel (sans tyre) is rolled in front of it, with the wire rope leading over the wheel and off to a tractor not depicted here. The ground is churned up from pulling many other concrete beams out of the garden already.
Same arrangement, excep the wheel has fallen over sideways. The wire rope still leads through what used to be its top. The beam however has shifted in the direction of the fallen wheel and left its deep groove for the first time.
The rear end of the beam with a gap that is now about a metric foot longer (we only have metric feet here, sorry, they're about one foot long though). The standard reference foot including boot is next to it. It's a size 44, in case you need to calibrate.
#Farm#Mechanics#Concrete
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Picked up the rest of the two fallen birches from the bottom of the road. The parts not frozen to the ground anyways.

Lots more fallen and hanging trees to clean up.

The pile grows!

Been looking at a PTO shredder for the tractor to process the piles of branches I've been leaving everywhere. Good stuff when mulched. Less so when piled up in the forest. Burning is dumb.

There's a nice one from Poland:

litechnija.lt/en/wood-chippers

Need a sponsor 😛

Small blue tractor with small trailer in the forest, loaded with some birch logs. The forest is thin birches growing in swampy soil near a river. There's lots of hanging trees visible and the sun shining low over the tops. Snow is on the ground, and a pile of branches behind the trailer.
A pile of split firewood in front of a barn. The evening sun is shining on it, casting it in a nice reddish light. The ground behind is covered with chips and sawdust.
#Homestead#Firewood#Shredder
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Tree fell on the old barn down by the river. It already had a hole in the roof, so now it has another one.

Very rude, so said tree got cut up for firewood.

Couldn't check inside as I forgot to bring the right key. Can't fix it with everything frozen anyways.

Tried getting up the steep hill in 2WD by accident and that showed how right it was to get a tractor with 4WD. Should find something heavy to strap to the front as well.

A very old barn already patched many times. A tree has fallen on the roof and broken part of it. It's still hanging there, across half the door. There's more trees on the hill behind and snow on the ground and barn roof.
Close-up of the tree across the door and on the roof. The roof tiles are broken off at the front where the tree lies. Branches are hanging over the crooked door.
Snowy valley with a blue tractor and small trailer parked across the scene. Part of the barn is visible on the left. The naughty tree is now cut into trailer size pieces and loaded.
#Barn#Homestead#Tractor
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

After the test run, first mission: pick up windfall from the road down to the river.

This is why I serviced the already overhauled tractor first - I really wanted to be sure the brakes work. Had to stop on that hill repeatedly to pick up piles of logs.

Great success, not only did everything fit in the trailer, the Iseki pulled it back up the steep and snowy path with ease.

A lot easier than by wheelbarrow! 😅

Bonus: A nice sunset.

Blue tractor facing downhill on a snowy road that is sloping more towards the front wheels. The trailer is partially filled with snow covered logs. A forest is behind, on a level area.
Tractor and trailer again. Now fully laden with logs from fallen trees and some snow, they are parked in front of a barn for unloading.
A nice sunset peeking out under cloud cover. A tall tree and some snowy landscape.
The trailer, unhitched and tilted back like a dump trailer, the hitch supported by a stick, giving me ideas for improvements.
#Tractor#Trailer#Firewood
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Eric

Busy day getting more firewood from the barn and moving snow around. Had to put the battery charger on the old ‘97 Kubota and take the rake implement off the rear. Quite cold for the ancient battery. Cleared our 300ft uphill driveway and the big frozen snowplough berm down at the main road. #farmlife #tractor #canada

Compact Kubota tractor parked in snow
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Tractor maintenance. Wanted to make sure there is antifreeze in the engine. Turns out there was at least some glycol in the mix, but it looked rather brown. Flushed it through twice and then put fresh coolant in.

Belt and battery clamps needed tightening. Otherwise it looks great - they put in a new radiator, alternator, manifolds, seat, exhaust pipe, wheels+tyres and painted everything. I think we got a good deal.

Tractore close-up. A brown fluid is dripping from a pipe into a red funnel, collecting in a large plastic bottle. Another plastic bottle is already filled with the same fluid.
Close-up up a small Iseki 3 cylinder diesel engine. It looks in good shape, hoses look good, the alternator is brand new, a sensor on the air intake is new and there is not much rust in sight.
Tractor with the engine covers removed partially visible. On the ground four plastic bottles filled partially with brown fluid in increasing light shades. The new cannisters of green fluid stand behind.
#DIY#Tractor#Maintenance
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Drove the tractor to the tractor barn and did a conscious uncoupling of the rotavator, as we don't need that just yet.

Then back to the garage and fitted the nice multi-purpose drawbar and long top-link that I got them to throw in with the purchase.

Finally, first job @davepolaschek - haul the big old trailer out, unblocking the rest of the big barn.

Trailer looks homemade, but has a very strong frame and the tyres even still had air 😲

Rear of a blue tractor. A blue accessory has been uncoupled from the three point hitch and left behind. There's some leftover metal roof items on top of some wooden planks behind. The floor is dirt and hay.
Rear of the tractor with a new black drawbar fitted to the three point hitch. A silver grey long top link has also been fitted. The draw bar has a towing pin for a ring and on the reverse side a metal ball for a regular car trailer. A rusty old trailer is hooked onto it.
Blue Iseki tractor with a large old trailer in front of open barn doors. The trailer still has some stuff on it. The tyres look a little low on air, but held admirably for their age. The trailer is a home welded flat bed with wheel arches and some wooden sticks in tubes for retaining cargo. It's larger than the tractor.
#Tractor#Farm#Homestead
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