dandeman
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BX2230, LA211 FEL, RCK60B Mower, GCK60BX Bagger; Ford 4000, bush hog, blade, etc
Several folks have posted photos of their tractor chain saw holder and thought I would post mine... ummm and a few other things the Kubota carries around with it.. 
First a little history. I bought this tractor primarily for wood land and yard maintenance which included the 60" mower and pto driven leaf blower/bagger on the rear. After using a friends tractor with a front end loader I decided I had to have one..
The steel work you see added to the tractor initially started out to solve two things.. the bagger on the rear is quite fragile when it comes to backing into trees in tight areas. so a steel frame was built to protect that. When I got the FEL I didn't buy any weights to go on the rear of the tractor as I planned to ummm.. add my own weight back there..
More steel work was added on the lower left rear when I found out in the woods there was still an opening for a tree that happened to be leaning at just the right angle to jump in and wipe out a couple of those expensive Kubota rear lights. And of course after that happened, I decided I better wrap the chainsaw, gas & tool box with steel to keep those pesky trees away. You probably would never guess that I'm always looking for an excuse to break out the welder.. Since the mower is the widest thing on the tractor (and it always stays on) I kept every thing added within the width profile of the mower.
Well I should admit that I think Rube Goldberg was a distant cousin on mine so the things added on to the tractor just kept growing.. You know.. that work far away from the garage and the long walk to get a tool.. and now what was it I going to use that tool for???????
Things on the tractor... as I tell my friends before showing it to them ... It's OK to laugh I won't be offended...
In addition to the mower deck, FEL and rear bagger/pto blower, a few (what is "few"?) other tools stay on the tractor.
Let's see,
Chainsaw (that's what started this), chainsaw gas, oil and tools
Gas string trimmer/brush cutter
Shovel, rake (really try to minimize using tools that don't make no noise)
Cant hook (or peavy) which ever name you like (and of course modified to more efficiently lift parts of trees out of the dirt so my just sharpened chainsaw doesn't get introduced to a rock or other detritus.) That terrible looking Ford tractor blue (from the other tractor in the stable) on the peavy will be sprayed orange)
Electric shrub trimmer (and if I'm forced to use them the hand operated shrub trimming shears are there)
100' of logging chain (for the pesky trees that need to be persuaded which way to go) and makes a nice ballast weight for the FEL
Bolt on addition to the top of the ROPS to protect the string trimmer from getting reshaped by a low tree limb, and place to lay a 24' extension ladder one end in the bucket and the other on top of the ROPS extension in a little saddle that keeps it off my head. (ladder to get chain up high enough in trees to be cut to persuade them which way to go),
Come Along to tension chain (if I don't use the Big Blue to do that, a man can never have too many tractors)
Tree Pruning Pole/Saw
FEL bucket hooks for lifting things that won't fit in the bucket..
Trailer hitch on the back; steel was added around the pto driven blower attachment and additional attachment points to the tractor frame to ensure trailer towing (or trees that sneak up and hit the back of the tractor when I'm not looking) forces are not transfered into the PTO powered blower drive unit.
Did I mention the 22hp pto driven leaf blower (redirected by ductwork) will clean out leaves, water, small animals paralyzed by the noise, detritus and pokeymon players out of ditches?) well after countless hours tuning the duct work from the PTO blower to combine effectively with the "blow" of the mower deck chute to put the leaves deep into the surrounding woods. I seldom use the bagger for leaves.
In case you noticed how high the seat is, that is a spring suspension/oil shock seat to save my back that protests much too easily from the shocks riding over rough ground, especially with the tires pumped up to recommended spec for FEL stability.
Well enough words.. if no photos posted, it don't exist.. so enjoy! first 5 pics
First a little history. I bought this tractor primarily for wood land and yard maintenance which included the 60" mower and pto driven leaf blower/bagger on the rear. After using a friends tractor with a front end loader I decided I had to have one..
The steel work you see added to the tractor initially started out to solve two things.. the bagger on the rear is quite fragile when it comes to backing into trees in tight areas. so a steel frame was built to protect that. When I got the FEL I didn't buy any weights to go on the rear of the tractor as I planned to ummm.. add my own weight back there..
More steel work was added on the lower left rear when I found out in the woods there was still an opening for a tree that happened to be leaning at just the right angle to jump in and wipe out a couple of those expensive Kubota rear lights.
And of course after that happened, I decided I better wrap the chainsaw, gas & tool box with steel to keep those pesky trees away. You probably would never guess that I'm always looking for an excuse to break out the welder.. Since the mower is the widest thing on the tractor (and it always stays on) I kept every thing added within the width profile of the mower.Well I should admit that I think Rube Goldberg was a distant cousin on mine so the things added on to the tractor just kept growing.. You know.. that work far away from the garage and the long walk to get a tool.. and now what was it I going to use that tool for???????
Things on the tractor... as I tell my friends before showing it to them ... It's OK to laugh I won't be offended...
In addition to the mower deck, FEL and rear bagger/pto blower, a few (what is "few"?) other tools stay on the tractor.
Let's see,
Chainsaw (that's what started this), chainsaw gas, oil and tools
Gas string trimmer/brush cutter
Shovel, rake (really try to minimize using tools that don't make no noise)
Cant hook (or peavy) which ever name you like (and of course modified to more efficiently lift parts of trees out of the dirt so my just sharpened chainsaw doesn't get introduced to a rock or other detritus.) That terrible looking Ford tractor blue (from the other tractor in the stable) on the peavy will be sprayed orange)
Electric shrub trimmer (and if I'm forced to use them the hand operated shrub trimming shears are there)
100' of logging chain (for the pesky trees that need to be persuaded which way to go) and makes a nice ballast weight for the FEL
Bolt on addition to the top of the ROPS to protect the string trimmer from getting reshaped by a low tree limb, and place to lay a 24' extension ladder one end in the bucket and the other on top of the ROPS extension in a little saddle that keeps it off my head. (ladder to get chain up high enough in trees to be cut to persuade them which way to go),
Come Along to tension chain (if I don't use the Big Blue to do that, a man can never have too many tractors
)Tree Pruning Pole/Saw
FEL bucket hooks for lifting things that won't fit in the bucket..
Trailer hitch on the back; steel was added around the pto driven blower attachment and additional attachment points to the tractor frame to ensure trailer towing (or trees that sneak up and hit the back of the tractor when I'm not looking
) forces are not transfered into the PTO powered blower drive unit. Did I mention the 22hp pto driven leaf blower (redirected by ductwork) will clean out leaves, water, small animals paralyzed by the noise, detritus and pokeymon players out of ditches?
) well after countless hours tuning the duct work from the PTO blower to combine effectively with the "blow" of the mower deck chute to put the leaves deep into the surrounding woods. I seldom use the bagger for leaves. In case you noticed how high the seat is, that is a spring suspension/oil shock seat to save my back that protests much too easily from the shocks riding over rough ground, especially with the tires pumped up to recommended spec for FEL stability.
Well enough words.. if no photos posted, it don't exist.. so enjoy! first 5 pics
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