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Awesome!

You didn't hear it from me, but I know guy that never ties down his mini crawler when he transports it.

Those things do not move when on the trailer.

Of course a couple straps are always good preventive medicine.

 

I have went down the rabbit hole of attachments. What are some good ones to get? I am thinking pallet forks first. Then maybe a trailer hitch attachment and then maybe later on down the road a root grapple.

 

The trailer ball is a must! I drilled a hole in the cutting edge of the bucket. I only hand tighten the ball because it's easy to remove with gloves. No tools are needed.

Be aware, the cutting edge will most likely we AR plate. It just laughs at drill bits. It had no resistance to the plasma cutter.

The forks are a second must.

Everything else is fine to get when opportunity presents itself.

The brush grapple is useful, but the ones above are a must!

 

You looked at that plug and couldn't tell what was wrong with it? That is so obviously water. Gas just doesn't bead up like that.

 

Good observation.

But not all of us have years of experience trying to figure out what small engines are behaving badly. We all were novices and had to ask for help at one time.

 

I knew it was water. Just didn’t realize I needed to drain about a gallon of gas to get it clean. How does that much water even get in a tank?

 

Every carbonated small engine has a gas tank with a vented cap. If it was sealed, the fuel pump would not be able to pull fuel and send it to the carb.

Because of the cap vent, the fuel in the tank cools overnight and creates a vacuum and it pulls in humid night air while doing this. The water in the air condenses from contact with the cooler fuel. This formerly vapor water is now liquid water. Because water is more dense than gasoline, it sinks to the bottom of the tank. Now it's the first thing that gets sent to your carb when you fire up the unit. This results in no joy. Engines don't run very well on water. This happens every night. The longer the machine sits, the more water is accumulated.

Obviously this is a 1 way street. Even though there may be hot, low humidity spells, that liquid water at the bottom of the tank is insulated by a big layer of plain gasoline. That water isn't going anywhere unless we drain it off.

This generally not a problem if the machine is used often. Today's fuel will blend with the water and still allow it to combust, but not with the rated efficiency, but you most likely won't notice it, since small engines are quite inefficient to begin with.

I hope this explanation made sense and I did not bore anyone.

 

Makes sense! Dang humidity and people not taking care of their equipment

 

It's never set out in the rain? Anyway, the smallest hint of the slightest bit of moisture in the gas tank necessitates the emptying of that tank in my opinion. At least that's been my experience having ran into this problem more than once or twice.

 

That is awesome, glad you got it running and got some help from Kirk

 

Forks for sure, you will use them more than you think.

 

No, they don't. And there's also no way it will become a few hundred pound projectile if you're ever involved in a fairly serious accident without it tethered down.

 

The push mower I worked on last week had water in the tank, I drained it all out into 2 glass bowls and poured the gas back in. Runs like a champ. Waste not, want not..er something.

 

I didn't tie my skid steer down once. I watched it moving around and always secure it now, well not anymore cause I sold my big trailer Friday

 

Forks are well worth it. I use mine way more than I thought I would. Especially if you get a pallet or two to load up Even better make a "box" to move around. Do that a lot moving stuff from the big garage around the property. Ive also got a 3 point hitch mount that doubles for carrying "suitcase" weights. Its nice for moving trailers around. My pallet forks do have a receiver hitch but its a pain in the ass if you dont remove the forks.

 

Yeah, it was left outside. Going to drain the whole tank and see if I can clean it out some. Then do a full fluid change on the engine.
Tucked away from the elements now.

 

Its all about how you use your tractor.

If its got a FEL?

To me quick attach pallet forks on a plate are a must. Its my most used "front" item.
After that? The non hydraulic brush grapple.
Then my rubber/alum snow blade.

Everything else I do with the tractor is on the back.
Trailer hitch, stump grinder, brush hog, plow, roller, counterweight...

 

See photo above your post, it's not a tractor

 

A root bucket looks really useful for all of the stumps I have. Not sure how well it will work on 16” stumps though.

 

That is the same model I have, it is a real power house. I replaced the little dog spike the 036 comes with, with one off an 044, otherwise it's a great saw. It does get a bit heavy after a while, so I'm actually wanting to find a smaller saw for delimbing work.