What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[nerwin]

I cleaned up some mess I made yesterday but didn't stop there....I ended up dropping 4 more trees. Didn't cut all of them up yet, I think they'll be good firewood someday. I can't do everything in one day, need to have something to do later!!

Moved all the brush I made with the pallet forks. Half of it fell off before it got to my dumping/spoils pile

Yeah yeah yeah, I can hear your fingers already "You need a grapple". Someday my friends...someday.

I know it doesn't look big, but that sucker was heavy! I could feel it but wasn't much of an issue for the tractor.

It fell down into the drainage ditch and it may not look like it but it's quite an decline there so I felt more comfortable putting some pull straps on it and just drag it out to a move level place. Easy Peasy.

yes..these are stills I captured from yet another video I made. I didn't record everything, wasn't planning making a video and well....the storage ran out on my phone so I lost quite a bit of footage. It happens unfortunately.

All in all, it was a good day. Had some fun and learned some more.

 

[RMS]

Got snowblower and sub frame off over 2 days and loader reattached today after getting advice here on forum on how to depressurize loader lines. Amazing how much pressure built up in detached loader hydraulics due to temperature rise. Lesson learned.

I know how you feel, those hydraulic couplers are usually the hardest part for me when switching between snowblower and loader. It also doesn't help that they are located between the loader frame and the hood. Protected while in use, but a pain to reach.

 

[jkavanagh58]

Pulling TPosts. Learning how to use the BucketDriver to pull TPosts from the ground. I am a tractor newbie and that adds to the fun.
Also. first stab at tilling pieces of our plot. So much to learn.

 

[Bmyers]

Pulling TPosts. Learning how to use the BucketDriver to pull TPosts from the ground. I am a tractor newbie and that adds to the fun.
Also. first stab at tilling pieces of our plot. So much to learn.

Just a suggestions, over the years, we used the wrap the chain method and pulling the t-post with decent success. Although we would end up damaging some of the post. We bought a T-post puller (I think it was around $15) and since then it makes quick, easy work and we haven't damaged any post.

 

[nerwin]

Just a suggestions, over the years, we used the wrap the chain method and pulling the t-post with decent success. Although we would end up damaging some of the post. We bought a T-post puller (I think it was around $15) and since then it makes quick, easy work and we haven't damaged any post.

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I seen these at tractor supply along with other ones too. These seem to be better way going about it instead of damaging them especially you want to reuse them.

 

[jkavanagh58]

Just a suggestions, over the years, we used the wrap the chain method and pulling the t-post with decent success. Although we would end up damaging some of the post. We bought a T-post puller (I think it was around $15) and since then it makes quick, easy work and we haven't damaged any post.

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I did look at that but I opted for the BucketDriver because with the same tool, in a few days I will be driving these same posts with the same mechanism.

 

[NCL4701]

Pulling TPosts. Learning how to use the BucketDriver to pull TPosts from the ground. I am a tractor newbie and that adds to the fun.
Also. first stab at tilling pieces of our plot. So much to learn.

I have one of those things @Bmyers posted above. Works great.

“BucketDriver” sounded interesting as I have occasional reason to drive T-posts but not enough to justify big $ for a hydraulic driver. Looked up BucketDriver and found this…

https://www.amazon.com/Bucketdriver-697691525891-5-Puller-Kit/dp/B01JJ8H7K4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KY8ivJSNIEjnKQEqpLiW3gtyWP7YppM_n2xBebm5Ur-NimqG_FIAza5s-VP9npldZMG5GjATqqyEk6rAVVIdt04uLC7BoBYAEpaOnf11SUzcf3yTj2x9tYLr7Vfr7PeEePNpV3z4ZDrZUJQsOXjCDzUn8bYRWms_kl6lEXb84iKtSKsEco23woPWrtStG6k9BloH1OnXaXh5UOpKxLC9gg.WAvj9SoOMgKinEfxRb1HHP8lmFGrXYDsTOY4ZjRfixk&dib_tag=se&keywords=bucket+driver&qid=1745585317&sr=8-3

I’m assuming that’s what you have. Video linked in the listing seems to explain it pretty well. Never seen anything quite like it. Makes a lot of sense if your tractor size and ground hardness allow pushing posts in.

 

[jkavanagh58]

Yeah, when it works it is great.
BucketDriver 5

 

[Bri-Guy-GA]

Pretty sweet, but don't think my BX would have the power to drive them into the ground here in GA.

 

[Fastball714]

Better late than never! I'm putting just two long rows for vegetables in an "orchard" that I never got around to planting apples in. Going to grow dent corn, runner beans and squash all together in one, and the tomatoes and assorted veggies in the other. This was the first day breaking soil. I'm going to disk and till twice more before we plant (is the plan).

You need to look at your temperature gauge in photo. Your tractor is about to run hot.

 

[biketopia]

Yeah, when it works it is great.
BucketDriver 5

The video shows the tool offset to one side, but if room allows, I'd be inclined to center it up on my bucket. This will evenly distribute the stress between both loader arms. Shouldn't be a lot at all pulling or pushing a T post...but still.

 

[McMXi]

You need to look at your temperature gauge in photo. Your tractor is about to run hot.

You're making some assumptions there. First off, you're assuming that the operator isn't aware of the gauge, and second, you're assuming that what you see in a photo provides you with more information than the owner/operator has. The owner might have a long history with the tractor and be very familiar with what's normal and what's not.

 

[Bmyers]

The video shows the tool offset to one side, but if room allows, I'd be inclined to center it up on my bucket. This will evenly distribute the stress between both loader arms. Shouldn't be a lot at all pulling or pushing a T post...but still.

I seen that, but when I went to the website for the tool (because I hadn't heard of it) this is what the manufacture recommends.

Driver-5/front-clamp technology for lite utility tractor buckets allows you to work the fire out of our tool and not the other way around. Most convenient mounting of our clamp & driver-5 could be on your bucket corner hand hydraulic side and does help operator from doinking their helper. Safety-first.

So, if I'm reading that correctly, they recommend mounting it on one side or the other to keep anyone assisting you out from under the bucket.

 

[nerwin]

Figured I'd share the video I made yesterday. I posted some stills from it yesterday

 

[biketopia]

I seen that, but when I went to the website for the tool (because I hadn't heard of it) this is what the manufacture recommends.

Driver-5/front-clamp technology for lite utility tractor buckets allows you to work the fire out of our tool and not the other way around. Most convenient mounting of our clamp & driver-5 could be on your bucket corner hand hydraulic side and does help operator from doinking their helper. Safety-first.

So, if I'm reading that correctly, they recommend mounting it on one side or the other to keep anyone assisting you out from under the bucket.

Well, that makes some good sense

 

[g_man]

I've been wrestling rocks into the bucket over the past week or so as I cut out the topsoil out for the second driveway, but it really slows things down. I put in a couple more hours on the M this afternoon. Just have to keep chipping away at it.

This project has me wondering what the best piece of equipment is to make a 12ft wide, 150 yard long driveway in a field. Surely it's not a tractor. Draft control is working well pulling the EA box blade, and I'm making progress, but it's slow going. I'm enjoying the tractor time though, but rock wrestling not as much.

I called a local gravel company the other day for a delivered price on 1-1/2" pit run and 3/4" crush. Price here is $20.25/ton and $21.25/ton respectively.

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A grapple is not nearly as good as an excavator and thumb for rocks but I have pulled out a lot of rocks with my M5640 and FrostBite grapple - some pretty good ones.

Even the L3010 and bucket grapple does a good job.

Here's a short video of the M5640 pulling out a road rock

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