Our trip home to Alabama

Coffee_Creek · January 03, 2016, 09:40:32 PM

My wife and I both work for a major construction company and get moved around every few years, we're currently living and working in New Mexico just North of Santa Fe but, our retirement home is in Alabama. we were able to take a three week vacation this Christmas to go home. The last few months I've been buying more impliments to go with the tractor I bought a couple of years ago and the compact track loader I plan to buy this year. Sure was good to get home and play with the new toys. Most of the impliments are for the track loader I plan to buy but they seemed to work pretty good on the tractor. Here's a few pic's of the toys.

New auger, drilled a hole in about a minute, did not even think it would work on the tractor, boy was I happy.

Tree shear, again, did not think the tractor would run it, cut a 10" pine like butter.

Here's a few of the Wallenstein winch and Land Pride grapple bucket. I've had the grapple a couple of years and love it. Pair it with the wich and it's a great pair for moving logs. Worked great for getting felled trees out of the creek with the help of my son-n-law and a snatch block, This is Coffee Creek.

Ohio_Bill · January 03, 2016, 10:05:23 PM

Glad you got to enjoy your Christmas vacation. It's nice that the tools will work both on the tractor and future track loader. Very Nice.

CCC4 · January 03, 2016, 10:14:05 PM

Nice thread! Having built fence by the mileage, I greatly appreciate your post auger. Nice equipment all the way around.

Coffee_Creek · January 03, 2016, 10:24:30 PM

Quote from: CCC4 on January 03, 2016, 10:14:05 PM
Nice thread! Having built fence by the mileage, I greatly appreciate your post auger. Nice equipment all the way around.

Thanks, I've put in a few thousand feet of fence before using a bobcat and auger, having down pressure is a must.

Coffee_Creek · January 03, 2016, 11:29:24 PM

Quote from: Ohio_Bill on January 03, 2016, 10:05:23 PM
Glad you got to enjoy your Christmas vacation. It's nice that the tools will work both on the tractor and future track loader. Very Nice.

Thank you, if nothing else it will be handy to be able to move them around with the tractor.

beenthere · January 03, 2016, 11:52:52 PM

Good pics, and most right side up.. ;)

Just remember to take them with the vol. button at the bottom (pointing down) when taking pics on iPhone... otherwise they show up at different orientation.

thecfarm · January 04, 2016, 06:56:46 AM

You have way too many toys to play with. ;D I really should get a grapple.

Coffee_Creek · January 08, 2016, 03:34:58 PM

Quote from: thecfarm on January 04, 2016, 06:56:46 AM
You have way too many toys to play with. ;D I really should get a grapple.

They are great, if I could only keep one impliment out of the ones I have it would be the grapple

Coffee_Creek · January 08, 2016, 03:36:36 PM

Quote from: beenthere on January 03, 2016, 11:52:52 PM
Good pics, and most right side up.. ;)

Just remember to take them with the vol. button at the bottom (pointing down) when taking pics on iPhone... otherwise they show up at different orientation.

Weird, one the iPad which I posted from the were right side up, looked at them on the computer and some were side ways :

timberlinetree · January 09, 2016, 07:11:38 AM

Nice set up. Does the shear fell the tree away from the tractor some how? Nice job and work safe.

Coffee_Creek · January 09, 2016, 09:58:33 AM

Quote from: timberlinetree on January 09, 2016, 07:11:38 AM
Nice set up. Does the shear fell the tree away from the tractor some how? Nice job and work safe.

Thank you.
Yes, it has a wedge on the cutting blade that makes them fell to the right if they are pretty straight, if they're not standing straight I approach them so they are leaning to the right or away from the tractor,

samandothers · January 09, 2016, 10:31:50 AM

Love the tools you have! I too have a grapple and it is the best tool I have.

sandhills · January 09, 2016, 11:22:06 AM

Don't know why you need all that, looks to me like the son in law could've just carried those logs out of the creek!

Very nice equipment though and even nicer that they will fit on both units.

Coffee_Creek · January 09, 2016, 11:34:03 AM

Quote from: sandhills on January 09, 2016, 11:22:06 AM
Don't know why you need all that, looks to me like the son in law could've just carried those logs out of the creek!

He started whinning and I felt sorry for him :D , Just kidding, I'm blessed to have such a great guy for a son-n-law, hard worker and great dad and husband to my daughter and granddaughters. He always puts family first!