A battery operated auger? You must have the softest soil on the planet.Batteries are for regular use tools. How often do you use an auger? The RU-vid battery scam is strong with you.
Disagree. Gas would be for regular use tools, unless you love cleaning carburetors. Try a good battery auger, it has the power to knock you on your butt. More torque then any one or two person gas auger I've used. Best part is, it starts every time. I'll be done with the job while you still mess around mixing 2-stroke gas and figuring out which port needs to be cleaned out.
I know this is an old video but hopefully you're still responding to comments. May I ask why you didn't try "slant drilling", where you just angle the auger and drill into the earth diagonally? you could use a $10 extension bit to regain any reach lost to the angle. the weight of the auger will automatically make it bite into the earth and bring it up as you work the trench. this results in a cleanly excavated trench with no sections of earth between holes to dig out later. Just my thoughts, I haven't done this yet but am considering it after confirming in someone's youtube short that it works at least in some soil types.
I still needed to pull the dirt out when I angled The auger and the dirt fell in the trench. It felt like it took the same amount of time either way. You are right though, it probably would have saved time. I probably wanted to put that heavy auger down and have a break from it too. :)
The thin wall of dirt was easy enough to pull out with the posthole digger. It seemed a little more work to run the auger and then pull the loose dirt out with the posthole digger, but I definitely could be wrong.... (I could have just been happy to stop using the auger)
@@sunnyhillfarm I have used a hand held battery auger many times for short trenching and can assure you that using the auger at an angle is infinitely easier and faster than using the post hole digger between holes then shoveling out the loose dirt.
You actually gave me a great idea while looking at trenchers here on RU-vid. I am installing an irrigation system and instead of using a mini-ex to dig sprinkler valve boxes I can use my 30" tree auger for the valve boxes instead of bringing a mini-ex in. Just saved me some work!! Love the internet! 😁
Great info and part numbers. Just a note @ 11:42 of the video you can see a recessed 3/8 allen head plug in front of transmission you can remove it and drain from there as well to try and get as much old oil out as possible. Stay safe, and God bless
Oh my goodness - I have had a terrible solar install - the guy - Birks - left the conduit containing 3.3kW of power above ground (illegal - should be 60cm deep). I finally had the court case and am now waiting for the refund he has to pay me, and now I'm making what he did legally safe, and I have to trench 60cm deep for about 8-10m. I've been dreading it, thinking i would be digging it by hand, but I already have this tool! Thank you so much for this video - I'm going to do exactly what you did to dig the trench, then have the professionals come in and finish the job putting the conduit and cable where it legally should have been in the first place
Hello good afternoon, Pedro from Portugal thank you for your time and effort in editing this video, I bought this same tractor and change the hidraulyc /transmicion oil but but I have no idea here is the eye level. Are you able to guide me. Many thamks
Portugal, nice! Should be by your left foot when sitting on the tractor. I hope your window is clearer then mine. I have a hard time seeing the level through the old window. I use a plastic zip tie as a dip stick to make sure I'm at least close.
Thank you for posting. I know it is not the right tool for the job but honestly... renting a trencher would cost a ton, be one time use (while fast) and then its gone back to wherever rented from. Knowing that an auger can have more than 1 purpose use is pretty freaking awesome if you ask me that and the fact that you have a tool for planting, putting in posts and all the other things for a little over what you would have paid for a trench digger rental.
I prefer the opening & overall condition of the trench with an Auger. The Trencher I rented @ Hm Depot let all the soil cave in the skinny opening. Also Trencher only worked in forward, so when I wanted to go back & get a better opening I had to wait until I was @ my end point.
@@TexasLocalProduceTrencher I rented worked great. Even had a place to stand. Machine did all the work. Don't know why you would need to go backwards. As far as soil going back in. Well that's just poor soil quality. I suggest fertilizer.
Just wanted to say thank you. Been putting this off, the only thing I am an expert at most days. Significantly more confidence now. Pain to make these videos and I really appreciate it.
I wonder if it would be possible to continue trenching with the tool, after digging all those holes with it, if it had an extra bit with serrated edges? Then, perhaps, as a special drill, it was possible to connect those holes, if the soil allows it.
Good demonstration. That relief tool looks handy! Do you jiggle the loader valve with the tractor off just before disconnecting the hoses? I have yet to get brave enough to take mine off! 🤣
Thanks. I do wiggle the handle, it helps sometimes. The change in temperature from morning to afternoon usually gets the pressure up or sitting awhile. I wonder if your cab changes anything.
Was watching a kubota engine oil change video, looked like a L2550 and his had 2 oil drain plugs. Being I’m pretty certain you said you did the oil change the day before on this video, do you remember if we have 2 drain plugs on the 2850?
I'm not sure what you are referring to. The hood panel comes off to see them and below the filters is the hook up for the front end loader (which was off for the video).
@@sunnyhillfarmI had noticed some lines under my filter that looked like I may have to remove them to get my filter off. I didn’t see them in your video so thought maybe you had to remove them to get the filter off. Mine doesn’t have a loader but it looks like my lines run closer to the filter area.
Thanks for this video, I used it to change the drive belt on my SLTX 1054. Absolute mongrel of a job but made much easier by this video, cheers from Australia
Yes. Hydraulic and Transmission are the same oil held in the transmission case . UDT2 is expensive but is really good Kubota oil for Hydraulics/Transmission.
Bout to be buying a nice l2850 I’m not sure if it’s the same glide shift transmission or not. It has a 4 speed shifter up at the right hand area by the steering wheel. Hoping it’s the same so I can use this video. It’s a 1988 model.
Did your l2850 have 2 air filters or just 1? I was looking up the air filter for my l2850 and it shows only 1 filter and I thought it was a 2 filter setup. Like your primary air filter with like a sleeve filter that slid over it.
@@sunnyhillfarm wouldn’t you have to install that in pvc conduit to protect it under ground? I’m an electrician here in Perth and you have to install it underground with conduit and it has to be 600mm deep.
@@racoonman100 Same here or we can use UF-B wire. I can't remember if it's code here in South Carolina or not (I've moved around too much) but I pour some quick set dry concrete above the wire as a warning for potential future diggers
Everything you don’t like is like that on all battery mowers. None of them will start with the handle pushed in. And if you don’t like one blade why didn’t you get the ryobi with 2 blades that con is on you.
The problem was/is with the clamps not being strong enough to holding the handle fully extended if any pressure was applied causing the lawn mower to shut off. At the time of purchase Ryobi did not make a two bladed electric lawn mower and I don't have the money to go buy a new model of lawn mower each year. I have used an ego push mower since then, the clamps hold, the build quality is much more impressive. But if you want to buy me a newer Ryobi I'd be glad to review a newer model .
I put that bitch on its side after I took off hood, deck and battery. Fortunately, I didn’t have to pull off motor mounts after I took off pto. My pulley slid off so I popped on belt, loosen pulleys as I weaved the belt through. I didn’t have to fight the back pulley. I had 3 little bolts on fan which the old belt busted off. I’m guessing my mower is a little younger. You probably know on the deck blade removal a pipe wrench wedged to wall and a wrench is easier but I’m guessing you didn’t want to walk back to find it. But I see you gotter done.
My concern was going up an incline. On a flat plane with two passengers my cart will consume 150 to 180 on acceleration and settle around 50 continuously. I have a configurable bms and have it set to protect after 5 seconds at 300 amps. 400 amps will trigger it in 1.5 seconds. 500 amps instantly shuts it off. I’m running 16 lifepo4 40ah 10C continuous discharge cells. I get around 8-10 miles on a full charge. Some would argue that’s not enough. I find it to be plenty. The kicker is that I can charge the pack from 0% to full in about 90 minutes which is never really the case. I usually run the pack down to 40%-50% then charge it up to full which only takes a half hour or so. If I’m going on a long ride I bring my ecoflow and charge it in between stops.
@@sunnyhillfarm I made my own with 16 lifepo4 40ah cells in series. The cells are rated for 10C discharge or 400amps discharge continuous. Though I’m only discharging around 1C or 40 amps with normal cruising speeds.
Not a bad idea...well, from a redneck engineering point of view 🤣 I might have to try it. I wonder if an old sickle bar mower could be made to run vertically.
Signature Solar 48v EG4. It did NOT work with my golf cart. "battery technician have informed me that the clamp meter used in the video does not detect inrush current, the amperage draw is happening too fast for the clamp meter to measure it and a clamp meter that can measure inrush current would need to be used for testing." I will not be trying to convert this to lithium now. Signature Solar was nice and helpful, but I don't think my golf cart is able to do lithium (at least any on the market I've looked at)
Thank you for actually having a review where you used it! Virtually every review on here was no more than an unboxing with specs, which I really didn't need.
We bought one of these to dig holes for tree planting. The auger works great for this task. For trench digging I’m not so sure but the auger would better than just hand tools.
Thanks for the post and lessons learned. I had to do a 20' trench to connect to the septic pipe, did it by hand, took 10 hours spread over 5 days. In mechanics, you quickly learn the value of using the right tool... I'm not sure why it didn't carry over to trenching.
Dang, I rented a 4 inch by 24 inch deep trencher with tracks. Did 475 feet and it took right at 2 hours to complete. Price was 165 bucks for 4 hour rental.