Oh burn,


suck it up, was a good response.


I thought at the time.

Ed

 

I'll grant that a TLB without a quick connect hoe is less than desirable to grade with in close places because the cutting edge follows the rear wheels instead of the front,but with the hydraulic tilt and center link on the 3 pt it works quite well and can be changed in a couple minutes
I didn't want to own 3 or 4 machines and this one was the best bang for the buck

 

Funny thing is Ed I can see myself saying EXACTLY what you did. haha

Oh, and Brent. No you do not look happy mudding the drywall. SUCK IT UP!

 

FYI Ray I still have not torn into my mig welder yet. Maybe this weekend yet.

 

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Yea. Like I said. If you need to be able to do multiple jobs with one machine then a TLB is the way to go.

If you have the need for a skid and a regular excavator then it's not worth having a TLB. We already have a skid and a regular excavator so it's not worth owning a TLB for us.

We sold that 510D to buy the JD 490. The hammer was a little big for that TLB though. If you swung it out to the side the machine had a tendency to flop over. Fortunately I was able to catch the machine as it was going and I straightened it back out. There's an example of not using your brain being dangerous.

Another thing that I prefer about excavators vs. the hoe on a TLB is this.

On all TLBs I've run the rear boom had a fair bit of slop whereas all the excavators I've run have been very smooth with little to no slop.

 

I never was a big fan of skidsteers if possible I'de rather use an articulated loader
No slop in my boom

 

I'm going home!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and Happy Easter!

Be safe.

Edmo

that was for you Pete.

 

Our only loaders are 3 yard loaders so unless you want 3 yard loaders running around your yard the skid is the only option.

Plus the skid fits through all the low doors around the barn.

And the loaders leave huge ruts wherever they go since they're such heavy beasts.

I've got a few large sets of ruts in the front yard of the farm house to prove it. They are somewhere around knee deep.

The last time I had an assignment with a TLB it was a disaster for quite a while.

I was doing a drainage project for my grandparents. You know what they say about "Too many chiefs not enough indians"

Well I had "too many engineers not enough laborers"

My grandpa and uncle were there and they are both civil engineers and we had the one laborer. Me.
We started off the day fine. Dug the 75 or so feet down the front of the house and made the corner then when I was digging to the side to pick up another downspout I hear like a creaking of metal. I figured it was because I hit a rock. I go for another bucketful and the top of the arm where the crowd cylinder mounts to the arm was bent way out. Turns out only half the pin was in there. We drove the rest of the pin out and tried bending the piece back. No luck. The pin was DRY to the touch.

Finally we got a little JD 110 TLB there which was better than the tractor they had before because it did have an actual creep feature. Wasn't ideal because the boom was still sloppy, but it was better than the tractor/3pt hitch combo where you have to get on and off constantly.

 

Thanks Jay I'll tell her in the am. She is sound asleep right next to me.
I'm a friggen marshmello when she is like this.

GNight Ed I hope you have a great Easter wekend also.

 

Kinda funny how prices changed over the years.when I first started running equipment til the early '70s new iron was a dollar a pound then about '73 it started going up and hasn't slowed down.Now it's hard to find junk for $2 a pound

 

Nolan that is friggin hilarious!

 

Ok, now I'm going home.

Thanks Jim.


I think I might go get Chuck and the Jeep and hit the mountains for a day or two.

WE WILL SEE.

Ed

 

We just put the boards up. No mudding. Hes paying to have that done since the old azz house is so difficult to work with. I love patching the stuff. I cant stand fastening the stuff and cutting it. Working over my head is totally out of the question but Im always the tallest one so I get stuck doing it! Mudding...I dont mind sometimes. PM will be in your box soon...

J-L...sounds like youre pretty tough! Hope you get to feeling better soon! I hope you arent like me and rack up a nice collection of icepacks! You will be back to normal pretty soon, especially with your dad lookin after ya!

 

The farm I worked on had 2 old guys that owned it. Ed and Jackie (dunno how you'd spell that in a guy way)

We always called them Edmo and Slackie. It's very odd to see "wonderful" from someone calling themselves Edmo.

Ed is pretty amazing in what he can still do. He's 70+ years old and what two young guys have hard time doing he and myself can do it no issues. Like moving the hay elevator. I have a hell of a time lifting it. So does Mike who is the other guy I worked with who was in his 20s. Ed would come over and lift it with one hand and push with the other. Incredible to see.

Jack is just falling apart though. Bad knees/hips something. Walks with a cane and real slow.