Orange man
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Kubota L2502 LA526 loader , woods prd6000 mower, Land pride RB 1672
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Orange man
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Kubota L2502 LA526 loader , woods prd6000 mower, Land pride RB 1672
The new seat and suspension system is so much nicer than the seat on my L2501.
HappyTopster
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In the hunt for tractor; Have Honda Pioneer 700, 5x8 trailer, XMark Radius E
What is a decompression cable?If you did something to or on you're tractor today and you don't want to start a new thread then post it here
I installed a horn I took from a tiny Toyota and then installed a decompression cable on mine today. Was going to do a little grading on the drive but got tired
Gurn
OntheRidge
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Kubota L47 TLB, Homestead 55" grapple, LP 1684 rear blade, WR Long 84" snowplow
That is a 13 year old post, and member hasn't been seen (on here) in 10 years.
HappyTopster
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In the hunt for tractor; Have Honda Pioneer 700, 5x8 trailer, XMark Radius E
lol! I clicked on “New Posts” and somehow ended up there. I’m not familiar w/forums. But my question stands.
Older tractors would have a valve (connected via a cable from the dash) that would be pulled so that the motor would spin freely (without compressing the gasses to ignite), once the engine had enough speed (momentum) you release the decompression lever to close the valve so the next rotation, the engine would fire off the compressed gases...
Also, if you return to a thread that did not have any "new" posts, you will default to the first post of the thread. In which (in this case) is the thread you replied too!! Not a problem at all... good to see some of the old threads
Well, after the Paypal fiasco with BXpanded, I should’ve followed my gut.
But I got the Quick Connect Backhoe Bucket connector ordered, and it arrived in good time. This morning, I started what I figured would be maybe a 1 hour job to get it mounted. 8 hours later, it’s still not working as advertised. Many contact points had to be ground off, on the connector, on the BH77 backhoe dipper arm and on the mechanical thumb (OEM). I’ve gotta say, if I knew then what I know now, I would not have ordered this thing.
But I got the Quick Connect Backhoe Bucket connector ordered, and it arrived in good time. This morning, I started what I figured would be maybe a 1 hour job to get it mounted. 8 hours later, it’s still not working as advertised. Many contact points had to be ground off, on the connector, on the BH77 backhoe dipper arm and on the mechanical thumb (OEM). I’ve gotta say, if I knew then what I know now, I would not have ordered this thing.
I got the Schafer disc harrow connected to the MX this evening and pulled closer to the garage in preparation for some upgrades. I have a little over 3 acres to disc up this weekend so need to weld up a drawbar for the M6060 with a pintle hitch compatible plate on the end. I picked up some 3"x3"x3/8" tubing this afternoon to weld into the disc frame to support four or six additional coulters.
The young chap cutting the steel messed up one of the 24" pieces (cut it at 23") so he gave it to me at no charge and cut me another stick at the correct length. No doubt I'll find a use for the extra piece.
I also picked up a piece of 8"x5/8" flatbar that I had the steel supplier cut to a length of 14". I drilled three sets of holes in it. The top four holes are for 16mm bolts that will pass through the front weight bracket, the spacer plate and brush guard, and thread into the frame on the front of the tractor. I'll weld the plate to the front of the brush guard tomorrow. The bottom larger bolts will be used to bolt the front weight bracket to the brush guard so that they're a single unit which will make it much easier to bolt the entire thing to the tractor. The 5/8" plate acts as a spacer to provide clearance for the suitcase weights. Without the plate spacer there's no way to get the weights on due to interference between them and the brush guard. Thanks to @Russell King who suggested I do this almost two years ago!
The young chap cutting the steel messed up one of the 24" pieces (cut it at 23") so he gave it to me at no charge and cut me another stick at the correct length. No doubt I'll find a use for the extra piece.
I also picked up a piece of 8"x5/8" flatbar that I had the steel supplier cut to a length of 14". I drilled three sets of holes in it. The top four holes are for 16mm bolts that will pass through the front weight bracket, the spacer plate and brush guard, and thread into the frame on the front of the tractor. I'll weld the plate to the front of the brush guard tomorrow. The bottom larger bolts will be used to bolt the front weight bracket to the brush guard so that they're a single unit which will make it much easier to bolt the entire thing to the tractor. The 5/8" plate acts as a spacer to provide clearance for the suitcase weights. Without the plate spacer there's no way to get the weights on due to interference between them and the brush guard. Thanks to @Russell King who suggested I do this almost two years ago!
HappyTopster
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In the hunt for tractor; Have Honda Pioneer 700, 5x8 trailer, XMark Radius E
Nice!I got the Schafer disc harrow connected to the MX this evening and pulled closer to the garage in preparation for some upgrades. I have a little over 3 acres to disc up this weekend so need to weld up a drawbar for the M6060 with a pintle hitch compatible plate on the end. I picked up some 3"x3"x3/8" tubing this afternoon to weld into the disc frame to support four or six additional coulters.
The young chap cutting the steel messed up one of the 24" pieces (cut it at 23") so he gave it to me at no charge and cut me another stick at the correct length. No doubt I'll find a use for the extra piece.
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I also picked up a piece of 8"x5/8" flatbar that I had the steel supplier cut to a length of 14". I drilled three sets of holes in it. The top four holes are for 16mm bolts that will pass through the front weight bracket, the spacer plate and brush guard, and thread into the frame on the front of the tractor. I'll weld the plate to the front of the brush guard tomorrow. The bottom larger bolts will be used to bolt the front weight bracket to the brush guard so that they're a single unit which will make it much easier to bolt the entire thing to the tractor. The 5/8" plate acts as a spacer to provide clearance for the suitcase weights. Without the plate spacer there's no way to get the weights on due to interference between them and the brush guard. Thanks to @Russell King who suggested I do this almost two years ago!
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dirtydeed
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B2650 BH77, U27-4R2, BX23TLBM, box blade, rear blade, flail mower, Stump Grinder
Finished the job on Day 5 yesterday. Long day spreading 5 triaxles of topsoil. Rolled out of there at 8:30 pm after seed/fert/straw and rolling the new "lawn".
Just a few pics of the final grading...and one of our new workers heading to the job.
Cody giving me the "stank eye" on the way to "work"
Start- 3 triaxle loads. 2 more added in the afternoon.
finish grade:
Just a few pics of the final grading...and one of our new workers heading to the job.
Cody giving me the "stank eye" on the way to "work"
Start- 3 triaxle loads. 2 more added in the afternoon.
finish grade:
RCW
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BX2360, FEL, MMM, BX2750D snowblower. 1953 Minneapolis Moline ZAU
I did a little mowing. Lawn could be a challenge with 5 days of rain coming.
Just hosed the tractor off afterwards. Thing has gotten pretty dusty/dirty.
Of course, Geddy had to “help.”
Just hosed the tractor off afterwards. Thing has gotten pretty dusty/dirty.
Of course, Geddy had to “help.”
HappyTopster
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In the hunt for tractor; Have Honda Pioneer 700, 5x8 trailer, XMark Radius E
Chanceywd
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Kubota L2501DT BH77 VIRNIG URG60-CT 1950 8N WC-68
A few weeks ago I fired up the L3902 after sitting all winter. Started fine and proceeded to spend a few hours harrowing some of the snow free pastures. After parking it for the day I noticed fuel had been slowly dripping onto the right front loader main frame and appeared to be coming off of the water separator. The drip was so slow it was quite a few minutes between drips. Called the dealership since it is under warranty and told them the water separator was leaking. They told me to bring it in if I was in a hurry or they could come out today to have a look. I said a site visit was good since I have use of the other tractor if needed. The service tech came this morning and upon inspection the leak was from the fuel sensor and would dribble down onto the separator and then drip from the bottom of the separator. The tech went to the dealership 10 mins or so away, got the part and replaced it. The rubber gasket from the factory was clearly damaged on the original. While here the tech did the 50 hour service (29.1 actually) and did a good once over. Very impressed with all my dealings with my local dealership. It was the reason I went orange as the green dealership here has poor reviews.
Finished upgrading the Schafer disc harrow with the addition of six coulters, greased everything, checked every nut and bolt and put some air in the tires and I think it's good to go for Saturday. Now to finish up the brush guard/front weight bracket combo for the M6060, and the pintle drawbar, so that I only have to focus on loading up the tractor and disc on Saturday morning.
I'll be using the new to me F-450 to tow the tractor which will be my first towing experience with the new truck.
I'll be using the new to me F-450 to tow the tractor which will be my first towing experience with the new truck.
I can't believe, but I got that big ol' stump out!!!!
It took me a week worth of digging with a shovel, swinging an axe and using a wrecking bar. The tractor couldn't lift it very well but once I removed most the dirt from the stump I was able to move and lift it a little with the bucket. I never dug out a stump this big before.
it's so satisfying to get it out after all this work.
Smoothed out the area after, need to get some clean fill but I need get a couple more drainage pipes to finish extending the drainage line from the house and then top soil it all and seed some of it. Part of it's gonna be my parking area from of the tractor attachments. Going to relocate my shed to somewhere in here at some point.
Things are looking better each time!
It took me a week worth of digging with a shovel, swinging an axe and using a wrecking bar. The tractor couldn't lift it very well but once I removed most the dirt from the stump I was able to move and lift it a little with the bucket. I never dug out a stump this big before.
it's so satisfying to get it out after all this work.
Smoothed out the area after, need to get some clean fill but I need get a couple more drainage pipes to finish extending the drainage line from the house and then top soil it all and seed some of it. Part of it's gonna be my parking area from of the tractor attachments. Going to relocate my shed to somewhere in here at some point.
Things are looking better each time!
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