A Case 580N which only has 2300 hrs, which for a well maintained loader, is just past break-in period.
It really is clean, everything looks new, the interior is pristine and everything is tight.
I've already done tons of work in one day, tackling jobs that were virtually impossible before, unless I wanted to payout thousands in manual labor.

What I'm looking forward to most, is exposing a gold vein I found over 30 years ago with the dozer.
Problem was, it literally crosses the main road down to the creek, but now I can dig in and at lest see how big the vein is, and if it's worth it, I'll simply build a new road, but that will take weeks, but it could be worth it.


https://rumble.com/embed/v1fofsl/?pub=17yzhh

Quote from: Solar on September 02, 2022, 07:11:42 AMA Case 580N which only has 2300 hrs, which for a well maintained loader, is just past break-in period.
It really is clean, everything looks new, the interior is pristine and everything is tight.
I've already done tons of work in one day, tackling jobs that were virtually impossible before, unless I wanted to payout thousands in manual labor.

What I'm looking forward to most, is exposing a gold vein I found over 30 years ago with the dozer.
Problem was, it literally crosses the main road down to the creek, but now I can dig in and at lest see how big the vein is, and if it's worth it, I'll simply build a new road, but that will take weeks, but it could be worth it.


https://rumble.com/embed/v1fofsl/?pub=17yzhh

Love your loader, they can do work no other equipment can. It can really come in handy when liberals get too close and there is evidence to destroy.     

Quote from: Possum on September 03, 2022, 06:47:05 AMLove your loader, they can do work no other equipment can. It can really come in handy when liberals get too close and there is evidence to destroy.     

         

Too true! My chipper started gumming up. They're a greasy gummy lot, and I noticed the forest critters were dying in the area.
My guess is the jabb isn't digestible and poisoning the ground.
Either way, they're a polluting lot dead or alive. But there's still a lot of mine shafts that need backfilled.

All those trees that went down during the winter are slowly disappearing. I've got a couple of guys coming up slowly cutting them up and hauling it all away.
The Ho came just in time to untangle the mess after pushing them up in a pile, the tractor was having issues getting them out.
Broke the guys chain trying to get one of the logs out he really wanted.
But nothing better than working in an airconditioned, dust free environment, while they stand outside and sweat.

Quote from: Solar on September 03, 2022, 06:59:40 AM         

Too true! My chipper started gumming up. They're a greasy gummy lot, and I noticed the forest critters were dying in the area.
My guess is the jabb isn't digestible and poisoning the ground.
Either way, they're a polluting lot dead or alive. But there's still a lot of mine shafts that need backfilled.

All those trees that went down during the winter are slowly disappearing. I've got a couple of guys coming up slowly cutting them up and hauling it all away.
The Ho came just in time to untangle the mess after pushing them up in a pile, the tractor was having issues getting them out.
Broke the guys chain trying to get one of the logs out he really wanted.
But nothing better than working in an airconditioned, dust free environment, while they stand outside and sweat.

Was the temp on the deer camera correct???? 120*? As a kid growing up it was the cold that made tractor work unbearable, we planted corn in mid February and often temps would be high 20's. Cabs were not invented but wind was. Spring was better weather but lots of thunderstorms. I would watch the lightning roll in, look around and realize I was the tallest item for the lightning to hit sitting on that tractor. When it got close, that old tractor would sit right there and I would walk/run on home. Loved those days.

Quote from: Possum on September 03, 2022, 08:15:50 AMWas the temp on the deer camera correct???? 120*? As a kid growing up it was the cold that made tractor work unbearable, we planted corn in mid February and often temps would be high 20's. Cabs were not invented but wind was. Spring was better weather but lots of thunderstorms. I would watch the lightning roll in, look around and realize I was the tallest item for the lightning to hit sitting on that tractor. When it got close, that old tractor would sit right there and I would walk/run on home. Loved those days.

       
Smart move!
I had a cousin killed starting his tractor in gear while sitting in a frozen puddle in Kansas, temps were in single digits for weeks.
He started it, revved the engine, the tractor never moved, just stood on end and over it went, crushing him to death.
That was decades before ROP protection.
I learn from others mistakes, and boy, did my extended family teach us a lot.

Nah, the temps on the cameras is seldom correct unless they are in the shade. The sun was beating down on it.
We never break 100 down at the creek, not even at the house 500' feet above.
However, that may change this week, they're calling for 106 on Tuesday. That means 116 plus in the valley.
Watch them scream globull warming.