Recent content by top gnome

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    Broke casting on backhoe and backhoe leaking

    must be the bad back brigade all I know is mine paid for itself. I put in a lot of trail and many culverts and many trees and many bigfoots built a huge deck and two barns. removed many stumps and lifted logs and all with my glorified lawn mower + toy backhoe the thing is work got done that...
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    Broke casting on backhoe and backhoe leaking

    Hi I lost track of this thread they replaced the entire casting on the backhoe and fixed the grapple that is a very large casting. I now have 200 hours on the tractor and would guess about 75 using the BH. I was skeptical when buying it and almost cancelled it but it has been a godsend. I use...
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    Pros and cons of snow removal options

    I have used a backblade, bucket and now I have a plow with a hyd angle on the kubota the plow works great because you can still pile the snow 6 feet high or better I have 1/4 mile of driveway with heavy bush on and ditches on both side and few turn outs. But like others we have gotten very...
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    Looking to buy first tractor - B26 TLB??

    I use my backhoe as much as the loader. move a tree backhoe, have water on the trail ditch and culvert. I use the backhoe often for 10 min jobs stubborn brush in the way of a downed tree backhoe. lift a log off the ground to cut firewood backhoe not to mention footings and big foots for...
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    Whats A Good Deal

    We are shopping cars and cars aint like cars either. msrp if your lucky
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    B series replacement floor mats

    dont know-- but I do agree the b floor mats are not great mine is constantly coming loose when I turn my feet to get off the tractor in a hurry.
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    Pointless Upgrade?

    thank you I will look for them it looks like they are 200 each here with a tank but I will keep an eye open for them
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    Pros and cons of snow removal options

    that is kind of wild ==I love my front blade. I had a back blade but the front blade is awesome. I have studded chains and loaded tires and I can leave the backhoe on the back it took a little while to get the hang of it but being able to lift the blade up high and push the snow back from the...
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    Backhoe Owners poll.......

    Owning a backhoe is the one of the best reasons to own a tractor. I use mine very often more often than I ever thought I would. and for those who think a backhoe on a B 2301 is not useful they are wrong. I am very often transplanting trees. digging trenches or moving rocks I even lift logs to...
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    Pointless Upgrade?

    thank you I will look for them
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    Pointless Upgrade?

    What are the totes? I am looking for a way to move firewood so I dont have t stack it more than once thank you
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    B2601 Loader

    whats kind of bad is I did not realize it broke and tore up the lawn. backing up I know there is a video on how to remove that hardware sounds simple to fix but caught a tree root and it made a pretty big mess.
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    I wonder if new made in China Kubota's could be imported.

    We purchased a car in ottawa and it was imported from the states
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    B2601 Loader

    I had the same issue on my new 130 hours b2301 I just wire tied the arm up but it is disappointment. I straightened the pin the first time and broke it the second time. I will never take my loader off and in hind sight I should have not purchased the janky removable loader. I am seriously...
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    Pallet style Carry-all to haul screened top soil

    Thanks Russell I did not think about the grapple I did get some of the bigger rocks out with the grapple when I dug out the sea shed slab. I guess I am trying to find an easy way to get the dirt out from under the screen without having to scoop it out but maybe just keeping it simple will be...