What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[MOOTS]

Glad you added that. Getting the seed trees would require at least selective logging off well over 100 mature trees even if it was just selective cut of the sweet gums that drop gum balls on the grass area. Not worth all that… But I’ll keep mowing them.

Nuke them from orbit. Sweet gums are way up on my shitty tree list, just behind Bradford pear.

 

[S-G-R]

Pulled out some old fence posts with the bucket hooks and a chain. Running a string line so I can put in new posts

 

[ACDII]

Pulled out some old fence posts with the bucket hooks and a chain. Running a string line so I can put in new posts

Thats next on my list, 4x4 anchored with concrete. I don't think the bucket and chain thing will work for me, the posts would snap before the concrete came out, so backhoe time. I need them out of the way so I can mow and bale.

 

[Jhilde]

Cultivated about an acre and a half with the B2650 this morning.

 

[ctfjr]

Just came back from MD. Brought my son down the PD15 PHD with 6 and 12" augers. I don't have any immediate use for it and he has a split rail fence in need of 60-80 posts to be replaced and he is putting in a zip line for his boys.
Fit in the Mazda fine after disassembly:

 

[S-G-R]

Just came back from MD. Brought my son down the PD15 PHD with 6 and 12" augers. I don't have any immediate use for it and he has a split rail fence in need of 60-80 posts to be replaced and he is putting in a zip line for his boys.
Fit in the Mazda fine after disassembly:
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It will probably be more pleasant to hook up in pieces too. Mine was a real chore to get on yesterday. I ended up taking the auger off to make life easier.

 

[Toyman]

Hauled the M4050 and tiller out to my farm after a winter of maintenance and some rewiring. Reset the slip clutch on my 7' brush hog and then set up for cutting. Cut the lane and trails/roads thru the property, cut an existing 1.5 acre clover and rye grain food plot, and then reclaimed about an acre for a new spring food plot that will be planted in buckwheat next week then turnips late summer and also an area for a pumpkin patch. Tilled the pumpkin patch, but ran out of time to till the other new food plot.

After about 5 hours of use I gave the M4050 a rest and the solenoid didn't want to work on the starter. Had it happen a few times last year also, always after a few hours of use and hot. It eventually started, but for no good reason. I originally thought it may be the safety switch which works off the gear shift, but the starter makes a dull noise when I hit the starter and then a little louder when it's released. This is at least telling me that power is getting past the safety switch. If the safety switch was bad, I would expect to hear nothing. When I was at the farm today, it fired right up on the first try.

Today I put my 4' brush hog in the garage on stands to do some rust repair on the deck. Not a huge job, but getting the tail wheel assembly off was a bit of a chore. Hoping to have it all fixed up over the next week or so. Here's a few pics from yesterday - cutting and the pumpkin patch.

 

[ctfjr]

It will probably be more pleasant to hook up in pieces too. Mine was a real chore to get on yesterday. I ended up taking the auger off to make life easier.

I never had a good solution for storing / mounting it. I eventually got a chain fall under the deck to hang it with. Worked ok but not the best. I suggested to Adam that he build a frame to store it on. Unlike me, he can weld.

 

[ACDII]

Well, First use of the JD 1209 MoCo. I spent a good 6 hours putting the new sickle bar and parts in, and finally hooked it up to the tractro. Worked really good considering I only paid $1600 for it. It needed a new PTo, but I knew that when I bought it, and had to make an equal angle hitch for it, which I didn't know it needed, but knew the sickle bar needed replacement. Thankfully only needed 3 guards along with the wear plates and hold downs.

So all told, $372 for the sickle portion, another $550 for the PTO, and $60 for the steel to make the hitch.

All in, ~ $2600. The least expensive mower near me was $3K when I found this one 2 hours away. Had to rent a trailer to get it, but well worth it.

 

[dirtydeed]

Ground some stumps yesterday for some quick cash. I wound up using the quick hitch with a PTO extender. All went fine but my neck was still sore from the day before. All in all it was a good weekend for the Kubota.

 

[PortTackFarm]

Cultivated about an acre and a half with the B2650 this morning.

Looks like you've got a good "Foreman" there making sure you do it the right way.

 

[aaluck]

I never had a good solution for storing / mounting it. I eventually got a chain fall under the deck to hang it with. Worked ok but not the best. I suggested to Adam that he build a frame to store it on. Unlike me, he can weld.

My $.02.. I just dig a hole about 2 feet deep and leave it there in the hole. Back up, hook it up next time I need it. Takes longer to remove the quick hitch than to hook it back up.

 

[Jhilde]

Looks like you've got a good "Foreman" there making sure you do it the right way.

Yep. That's my shadow following me around. Plus he likes looking for moles in the freshly turned over soil.

 

[ctfjr]

My $.02.. I just dig a hole about 2 feet deep and leave it there in the hole. Back up, hook it up next time I need it. Takes longer to remove the quick hitch than to hook it back up.

Thanks aa!
Yes I have heard of users doing that and mentioned it to my son. For me, I just couldn't get comfy with the idea of that tip just sitting in the earth . . .

 

[S-G-R]

Poking a few more holes

 

[Mowbizz]

Mowed my ENTIRE lawn (weedy grasses) today with my z422-54.
This timeI tackled my hilly grass around the house…some squirrel-y action on a few down slopes but she climbs like a trooper. Found out I need to go up then back down (reverse) in a few spots as it was too steep to keep control…no problem as it’s still faster than with the BX. I’ll figure it out

 

[BigG]

Mowed my ENTIRE lawn (weedy grasses) today with my z422-54.
This timeI tackled my hilly grass around the house…some squirrel-y action on a few down slopes but she climbs like a trooper. Found out I need to go up then back down (reverse) in a few spots as it was too steep to keep control…no problem as it’s still faster than with the BX. I’ll figure it out

Did the front end get a little light as you are going up the hill? I have never used a ZT but it seams like driving up a steep hill does not sound like a great idea. Stopping the mower as you go down backwards does not look like something you want to do either. I load some equipment on my trailer butt first because driving up the ramps forward allows the front end to become squirrely.

 

[mcmxi]

Well, First use of the JD 1209 MoCo. I spent a good 6 hours putting the new sickle bar and parts in, and finally hooked it up to the tractro. Worked really good considering I only paid $1600 for it. It needed a new PTo, but I knew that when I bought it, and had to make an equal angle hitch for it, which I didn't know it needed, but knew the sickle bar needed replacement. Thankfully only needed 3 guards along with the wear plates and hold downs.

So all told, $372 for the sickle portion, another $550 for the PTO, and $60 for the steel to make the hitch.

All in, ~ $2600. The least expensive mower near me was $3K when I found this one 2 hours away. Had to rent a trailer to get it, but well worth it.

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Wow! Great implement and photos.

 

[MOOTS]

Fuel tank clean out on the L5030 at work. Pretty easy job. Found some rubber bits as well as some hard brittle transparent plastic sheet, algae maybe? Got everything reassembled and will fill with fuel and a dose of power service tomorrow.

 

[mcmxi]

I picked up the M6060 from the dealer this morning and drove it 3 miles home. I want this beast to be as stable as possible on my hilly property so had the wheels set to widest and beet juice ballast added. I might add wheel weights at some point too. It looks more like the back end of an M5 now.

I was in Illinois for work all last week so it was the perfect time to have the following options added:

Creep range
540/540E
3rd function
Third remote with float option
Top-n-tilt

I like the stainless steel hard lines running along the loader arm but I don't like the hoses they made up for the top-n-tilt. Just no thought put into how they were set up. Also, a panel was scratched, there were oil smudges all over the place and generally I'm not impressed with their work this time. That's what I get for not buying the M6060 from them I guess.

I'm taking the MX6000 to the dealer tomorrow to have the wheels altered to the second to widest setting, or maybe the widest, I still have time to think about it.