Hi Adam, I think it ended up being about 1/3 acre or just a hair bigger. You can see a little more of the fully dug pond on this vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1BnivWc0Q0A.html
An old mountain man told me that you know if an area can support you if there is a beaver dam there. It brings all the wildlife and supports everything necessary to make it so you can survive. Demolishing a beaver dam basically equates to slitting your own throat.
I hear ya. Rarely but occasionally these amazing beavers setup shop in a residential storm water drainage and cause water to back up into places it's not supposed to be. That was the case here as there is a neighborhood just out of view. In a more rural setting, beaver habitat restoration can and often does bring enormous benefit to the area.
Bummer. That shouldn't have happened with so few hours, if under normal use. I just replaced another output seal in a heavy 7ft Rhino I own. I hit a concrete curb at full rpm and broke the output shaft - a $300 and full gearbox teardown replacement. Ouch!
I rarely took the 24" bucket off. Loved it. The only time I did was when I needed to use the 7" bucket for a trench. I never had a reason to use the 16" that came with the backhoe.
Hey Batman, I believe this was the one right here. Are you in need of the same repair? www.colemanequip.com/parts/details/KubotaParts/COVER--DUST/TD270-44680/
Hey Chaz, I got the pond liner down in Spring 2019. It holds really well about 2ft lower than I want it to! I thought I lined the low spots on the dam with enough clay but I guess not. Here's a vid where I put about 10,000ft2 of liner down in a day by myself. It about killed me. :-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1BnivWc0Q0A.html
What a great video. Well done and super informative. I'm rebuilding my 30 year old J.D. 506 and had a metal-smith heat & pull dents and caved-in rear plates, fixed torn metal and beafed up the tail wheel. I wanted to wire-wheel the rust and paint it so just pulled the gearbox off and wondered, what now. And there you were=)). I'll order the seal tonight before it becomes discontinued by daybreak and get-er-done. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the detail at 3:40 describing how to order a seal based on the specs (outer/bore diameter, inner/shaft diameter, width/thickness). Helped me find what I was looking for on my mid-1980's brush hog of unknown origin.
That's a fair question. I don't think even with the rippers down that it'd have worked any better. There were so many curves and contours I doubt a box blade would have gotten much ground engagement. I did use one early on though when I was removing top soil.
Thank you for this vid! I looked for this to figure out how to remove the old seal. I can't just lift it out. Now that I have watched, I see my old Bush Hog does not have the washer between the seal and the clamp. I suspect that is why it has been leaking as I paid someone to repair it just a few years ago. I will now check and see if there is indeed supposed to be a washer there. Glad this was here as it really helped.
Mike - You've had the 4690 for some time now - what are your long term impressions of the machine and it's mounting? I am looking at a used one for my L3400 and am concerned about all the negativity associated with 3pt hoes - really interested in your opinion. Looks like you are in sand land, I"ll be digging a mix of sand and some red/white clay and I know I will have to take it easy. Also, if you still. have it, can you do a video on the mounting process and the additional mounting pieces that are for the 4690? Thank you -
Hi Ray, unfortunately I don't still have it to do a video but I'd be happy to tell you all I know. I think all the negativity is unwarranted. The guy that had this 4690 before me used it in his plumbing business. I know we both worked it hard and it was ready for plenty more when I sold it. I dug in hard clay as well as this silty soil you see here. The only drawback is the hookup. Like anything though, you get better at it over time. It is more difficult to hook up than the subframe mount (I've had both BH77 and BH90 backhoes.) I bet it took me 2hrs to hook up the first time but generally it was a 15-20 minute task after that. If I'd taken time to build a dolly for the backhoe, that would have helped. But considering the prices you can find on these things and the fact that you don't have to purchase a subframe, I think they are great attachments to have in your arsenal.
Gets dusty and won't cool in hot weather. I'm your neighbor in Texas and I'm looking at Skid Steers but Kubota is off the list now based on your assessment - no way on earth I would spend that kind of money for a machine that the AC doesn't cut it. Thanks for your review.
One thing I learned this summer is that there's another evap coil under the cab and once that was cleaned the A/C really did a bang up job. Still though, I don't think it's likely to be the best on the market. Otherwise, the overall machine is absolutely fantastic and I love every other detail about it.
Do you have a completed pond pic?also what liner did you use?im digging a pond myself and might do a liner,how much did the liner cost if you don’t mind me asking?thats a nice pond bro..
Man, I got so much dust in my cab I honestly looked like I changed ethnicity. I couldn't believe how bad it was by the end of the day. Although, I've never really felt like the cab was sealed all too well. To be fair, it does take a bit of a beating with this attachment and the subsequent vibrations while cutting. Do you have a similar experience?
@@MikeBosley I am just looking around at machines at this point I am thinking of doing some under brushing on the side down around Houston. I really like the svl-95 but I want a cab to stay out of the dust and that seems to be the only downfall with the Kubota cab. I have spoke with some guys with bobcats with mulchers and they say they get no dust in there cabs.
@@dolanjohnson6601 I knocked the glass out of the front door twice this year using the shredder. Since I had to take the door apart, I can see where some weather stripping along the edge of the door would work wonders.
Awesome video! I have the same kind of landscape heavy brush like yours, do you think rotery is better then a flail, I haven’t found much on flail units doing this kind of heavy cutting
Hey man, thanks for commenting. It's hard to imagine a flail mower cutting like this even with heavy knives on a smaller tractor. However, some of the large industrial flail attachments for excavators can cut trees 6" and better! At that point it looks like a forestry mulcher but still is just cutting with flail knives. Very impressive stuff.
Hi John, I'm sorry I missed this. I actually bought the liners as discontinued part numbers from an oil field supply company. The first round I bought were only $700. I bought 5 and only needed 2. I sold the others for around $3k each. They are $4500 liners when new.
I am all for chopping up brush etc. like this BUT I would be using and open rear faced chopper and wouldn't even be doing it at all with out either a chain guard or at the very least a rubber guard guard in the front, its only a matter of time till you catch one in the back of your head if your lucky
It's finally nice to watch a video from a man who uses his equipment the same way I do, There must be about a million videos from "city boys" who bought a new tractor with a rotary cutter and refer to what they're doing as "brush hogging" when all they're really doing is cutting grass and wasting my time. I wish there were some way I could give your video two thumbs up! :-) FYI...My equipment is a 1996 Kubota M4700 pulling a 6 foot Rhino and it will shred just about anything I can back into.
Haha. Well thanks, Uncle Duke. If you use 'em right, it's amazing what good pieces of equipment can accomplish. I actually had an Uncle Duke by marriage in Southern Oklahoma. He was a tough ol' boot and a good dude. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey Mike - this is one of the best youtube videos I have seen. You have a great talent. Great introduction (wife's garage.... - I was waiting for a comment when the gearbox oil dripped out onto the rags on the floor...!). To the point (zero extraneous info) great audio and video quality, your such a clear accent and importantly including information which really sets the context for tackling the problem. Way to go...
Great job this may be a dum ? but why do you need the liner for that big of pond would it not hold water ? but it looked like it was a hard job but nice job with what you had to use ! have a great day ! Kioti Curt :-)
Correct. There was not near enough clay there to hold any water - but at least I knew that going in. It had been full once or twice prior to putting in the liner. Thanks for the kind words. It was an absolute bear to get put in!
You are clearing trees off you r place, and I am trying hard to plant as many trees as I can get on mine. Are we all nuts are what? Send your trees my way!!
Lud Wig I know, right?! Seems like half of us don't want what we have and the other half can't get enough of the same! I really hate removing just about any tree but I was clearing for a pond.
BigJim57 Hi BigJim, great to hear from you. You can't see it well in the pic but the thick factory rubber guard is alive and well on the front of the cutter. I prefer this over chain guards for heavy brush cutting. The chains are a little better when mowing grass, in my experience, since it doesn't lay the grass over quite as much.
I just purchased that same tractor yesterday used and it came with a 6 foot king kutter. thanks for the video post, I was wondering how big of brush it would handle but your video answers my question.
