FA 10 in use

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   The FA 10 is a good size for most jobs we need done on our ranch.  And it is one of the last "one man dozers - one man can handle most parts"

Though I can call on some assistance

Meet our "Diesel Dog"

Our setup for pasture reseeding.  It is mostly with buffel grass (cenchrus ciliaris), a fluffy seed.  The mechanism is a spring loaded counterweighted chain through a hole in the bottom of the bin.  Needs some rule of thumb calibration.  Seeding is boot deep and flat chat in second.

Note another example of our machinery fleet on the right - it was running the pto welder.

Some of our timber is not kind to radiators if you have to push into the head end.  This guard follows a local pattern.

Desilting is another job.  We have a straight tilt blade.  Magic for moving dirt but it isn't much wider than the tracks so if you get too close going across the batter - - .

We're pretty non-denominational and the driver is a Cat apprentice of the year.  We have 2 in the area.

What a friend refers to as "a fairly serious tree pusher" in action.

And another result.  The tree is an ironbark which was in the way of side loading stock at our yards.  The stick is 3 feet long, the tree was about 75 feet high.

It didn't have side screens when we got it, and a tapered bonnet feeds sticks etc in around the engine magnificently.  The parts book showed screens were possible but it took a while to work out how Fiat had done it.

Now the confession.  I'm having a bit of a lend of you with that ironbark photo.  When our son was ripping around the base he hit a big root at the back AND IT FELL OVER.  But the FA 10 did move it out of the way.

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Ian Beale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Location: New South Wales Points: 993	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian Beale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: FA 10 in use Posted: 27 Dec 2015 at 9:57pm
	The FA 10 is a good size for most jobs we need done on our ranch. And it is one of the last "one man dozers - one man can handle most parts" Though I can call on some assistance Meet our "Diesel Dog" Our setup for pasture reseeding. It is mostly with buffel grass (cenchrus ciliaris), a fluffy seed. The mechanism is a spring loaded counterweighted chain through a hole in the bottom of the bin. Needs some rule of thumb calibration. Seeding is boot deep and flat chat in second. Note another example of our machinery fleet on the right - it was running the pto welder. Some of our timber is not kind to radiators if you have to push into the head end. This guard follows a local pattern. Desilting is another job. We have a straight tilt blade. Magic for moving dirt but it isn't much wider than the tracks so if you get too close going across the batter - - . We're pretty non-denominational and the driver is a Cat apprentice of the year. We have 2 in the area. What a friend refers to as "a fairly serious tree pusher" in action. And another result. The tree is an ironbark which was in the way of side loading stock at our yards. The stick is 3 feet long, the tree was about 75 feet high. It didn't have side screens when we got it, and a tapered bonnet feeds sticks etc in around the engine magnificently. The parts book showed screens were possible but it took a while to work out how Fiat had done it. Now the confession. I'm having a bit of a lend of you with that ironbark photo. When our son was ripping around the base he hit a big root at the back AND IT FELL OVER. But the FA 10 did move it out of the way.

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SHAMELESS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: EAST NE Points: 29486	Post Options Post Reply Quote SHAMELESS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2016 at 10:34pm
	that downed tree looks like an olive tree, we used to have a lot of them, you could see sparks fly when chain sawing them....great firewood if you could get them cut up. and that's when they were green!

Ian Beale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Location: New South Wales Points: 993	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian Beale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 2016 at 12:54am
	Shameless In Australia it is a fair bet that any tree you don't know will be either an Acacia or a Eucalypt and hardwood. This is silver leaf ironbark - a fair post timber, not really used for milling and reasonable firewood but hard to split. Gets hollow and dirty, so hard on chainsaws. Has a big tap root which is why I didn't expect that one to be handled by the FA 10 even with ripping.