Mahindra 4540

[SpaceBus]

It would've been more but we received a bunch of rain before it turned to snow, the bottom four inches of snow was some heavy chit.

Rain and snow mix was the bane of our winter. Several times it rained after snowing several inches. This made our lives very difficult. How was moving it with the tractor? I might get a plow for mine since I'm adding a third function.

 

[thewoodlands]

Rain and snow mix was the bane of our winter. Several times it rained after snowing several inches. This made our lives very difficult. How was moving it with the tractor? I might get a plow for mine since I'm adding a third function.

I didn't have any problems with the ag tires without chains, I think I remember you bought chains so you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[thewoodlands]

Rain and snow mix was the bane of our winter. Several times it rained after snowing several inches. This made our lives very difficult. How was moving it with the tractor? I might get a plow for mine since I'm adding a third function.

Make sure if you get a plow that you pay a bit more for the one you can change the angle using the third function, it's worth the extra cash.

 

[SpaceBus]

I didn't have any problems with the ag tires without chains, I think I remember you bought chains so you shouldn't have a problem.

I was sliding and spinning tires before the chains. Our driveway runs right up a steep hill.

 

[Hammy]

@SpaceBus your manual should tell you how many amps your rear wires are rated for. Mine had a 5 amp fuse so good to run my 4 LED work lights at 27 watts each.

@thewoodlands glad the spreader is working out for you. Sorry to hear about the snow. Things are melting well here so hoping to be green in the next week or 2.

I have been crazy busy trying to finish up this bathroom addition and am finally on the mud/tape stage. It’s been a big push but we should be done in a couple weeks minus the doors and vanity that I will build over the summer. My daughter is getting pretty excited for her new room to be finished too.

 

[SpaceBus]

@SpaceBus your manual should tell you how many amps your rear wires are rated for. Mine had a 5 amp fuse so good to run my 4 LED work lights at 27 watts each.

@thewoodlands glad the spreader is working out for you. Sorry to hear about the snow. Things are melting well here so hoping to be green in the next week or 2.

I have been crazy busy trying to finish up this bathroom addition and am finally on the mud/tape stage. It’s been a big push but we should be done in a couple weeks minus the doors and vanity that I will build over the summer. My daughter is getting pretty excited for her new room to be finished too.

The manual didn't say much, but I feel like 5 amp is a good idea. I was thinking about getting a light bar that could be aimed forward or backward.

 

[thewoodlands]

I was sliding and spinning tires before the chains. Our driveway runs right up a steep hill.

It could be worse, you could be on this cruise ship that h

@SpaceBus your manual should tell you how many amps your rear wires are rated for. Mine had a 5 amp fuse so good to run my 4 LED work lights at 27 watts each.

@thewoodlands glad the spreader is working out for you. Sorry to hear about the snow. Things are melting well here so hoping to be green in the next week or 2.

I have been crazy busy trying to finish up this bathroom addition and am finally on the mud/tape stage. It’s been a big push but we should be done in a couple weeks minus the doors and vanity that I will build over the summer. My daughter is getting pretty excited for her new room to be finished too.

Hammy, I already have a work light on the rear right fender but I will look under the seat and the left fender for another hookup for lights.

 

[thewoodlands]

I plowed another walking trail in the woods, a spot for one of the splitters, the area we're getting wood from and then moved a bunch of snow off the driveway so it's wider.

I forgot the camera but remembered my sunglasses, what a beautiful day. I thought my firewood cutting would've started last week but with all the snow it might be at the end of this week, we'll see how much snow we lose.

 

[heavy hammer]

My manual doesn't say anything about the light rating either for the wires in the back of my tractor. We were supposed to get snow but it missed us. The yard is finally starting to dry out pretty good I could of used the tractor today but with getting the tile for our bathroom project and going over stuff I just ran out of time. I carried up some while playing with the dogs.

 

[thewoodlands]

My manual doesn't say anything about the light rating either for the wires in the back of my tractor. We were supposed to get snow but it missed us. The yard is finally starting to dry out pretty good I could of used the tractor today but with getting the tile for our bathroom project and going over stuff I just ran out of time. I carried up some while playing with the dogs.

We'll need to put some wood in tomorrow and then I'll take a file to the chains I have on the saws, Tuesday I'll start on felling some firewood with some yellow birch that is damaged coming down. Later Tuesday or Wednesday I'll get our first ash of the year.

 

[Hammy]

I think I had to check the fuse diagram/listing to get the amp rating for the rear work light. I ran from there into a box with 2 switches for the lights. 2 forward lights on 1 and 2 rear on the other.

@thewoodlands i don’t think you would have 2 wires but you could split it like I did. I think that connection is meant for 1 traditional flood light that would take a lot more power than LEDs.

I bought inexpensive 2 packs of flood lights on amazon. I figure I don’t need spot lights as I am never moving quick enough on a tractor to bother with spots. Light bars certainly put out more light but it’s like daytime front and back at night with the 4 floods I have.

 

[thewoodlands]

@Hammy, nice job and the lights look like they're doing the job.

I finally felled a yellow birch that was rotting from the top down, I still have more that needs bucking but they're in some deep snow. I wish that I cleared the area near here last fall so I could plow it out with the tractor so I could fell a few ash and then buck them up.

Hopefully I can split the yellow birch rounds this week.

 

[SpaceBus]

Yellow birch is great firewood!

 

[thewoodlands]

Yellow birch is great firewood!

We like it, we have a face cord that's seasoned that we never burned this year. I'm hoping this warm weather opens up a few stacking areas so I can split and stack the new yellow birch.

I'm also hoping that this single digit temps in the morning will be gone after tomorrow morning, I would like to burn some shoulder season wood, we have three face cord left from when we switched over last fall.

 

[SpaceBus]

We like it, we have a face cord that's seasoned that we never burned this year. I'm hoping this warm weather opens up a few stacking areas so I can split and stack the new yellow birch.

I'm also hoping that this single digit temps in the morning will be gone after tomorrow morning, I would like to burn some shoulder season wood, we have three face cord left from when we switched over last fall.

I look forward to the day I have enough seasoned wood to be picky about it. I have about 3.5 cords CSS and covered for next season already, probably to be many more over the course of this summer.

 

[thewoodlands]

I look forward to the day I have enough seasoned wood to be picky about it. I have about 3.5 cords CSS and covered for next season already, probably to be many more over the course of this summer.

With the setup you have, it won't take long.

 

[SpaceBus]

With the setup you have, it won't take long.

If it's in your budget, the skidding winch is money well spent. I've safely pulled out several hung up trees and widowmakers. I felled about 15 tress over the last two weeks and pulled them all out with the skidding winch. It would have taken me weeks to deal with all of that by hand. All but one of those trees got hung up.

 

[heavy hammer]

Hammy lights look great! Could you show how you wired them in? Are they from the battery with an in line fuse? Could you show the box where you ran the lights into the switch.

 

[thewoodlands]

If it's in your budget, the skidding winch is money well spent. I've safely pulled out several hung up trees and widowmakers. I felled about 15 tress over the last two weeks and pulled them all out with the skidding winch. It would have taken me weeks to deal with all of that by hand. All but one of those trees got hung up.

I would get a chipper for the tractor or a grapple before the skidding winch, we have a bunch of places that I get wood that I'll never take the tractor.

If you lived close by and you burned pine, I would get you caught up on your shoulder season wood real quick. Most of what's in the picture is still there.

 

[heavy hammer]

A grapple is a firewood must! I'm sure I have posted these before, but a grapples is a great help

 

[kennyp2339]

I might get a plow for mine since I'm adding a third function.

You can get a plow now and run longer hoses to the rear hydro's, control the angle movement by actuating the levers on the right side of your seat.

 

[SpaceBus]

I ordered the 60" version of this grapple on sale as soon as my second rear remote shows up at the dealership I'll get the third function plumbed up as well. I'm impatiently awaiting this remote as the grapple, third function, and stump grinder are sitting at the dealer!

 

[SpaceBus]

You can get a plow now and run longer hoses to the rear hydro's, control the angle movement by actuating the levers on the right side of your seat.

. I had thought about running the grapple off the rear remote, but a guy at the dealership says it's really annoying.

 

[thewoodlands]

I shaved about two to three inches of snow/ice off the driveway with the bucket on the 4540, hopefully we get some rain so it will slush up so I can take more off.

 

[thewoodlands]

This was my second run at scraping down the driveway today, the last picture is some of the ice,snow and slush that I scraped up.