What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

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We`re still building our new driveway. Starting to get cold here though. Wishing now i had bought the cab for our tractor. Friday gonna be around 58 degrees, and saturday looks good too. We`ll take advantage of it.
 
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We`re still building our new driveway. Starting to get cold here though. Wishing now i had bought the cab for our tractor. Friday gonna be around 58 degrees, and saturday looks good too. We`ll take advantage of it.
The weather certainly can cancel plans quickly for projects. I'm thinking I'm done with the bucket for now and this weekend I'll swap over to the snowblower for the first time. Should be fun......
 
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The weather certainly can cancel plans quickly for projects. I'm thinking I'm done with the bucket for now and this weekend I'll swap over to the snowblower for the first time. Should be fun......
Yeahhh, i can certainly see that happening where YOU live River! I`m surprised you havent been hit with alotta snow yet up there! Wow that wind was something yesterday here!

40 yrs ago, temperature`s never mattered to me, but now it gets to me quick now that i`m OLD :cry:
 
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Hauled all of this to burn pile, 60 feet when standing......... and 9 hours later left with this......... Without a tractor a much more difficult job!
 

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Well here goes nuffin... i took the advice from a few and decided to buy the LP BB1248 box blade. Heading out to the dealer right now to pick it up. I think they did a decent deal for wifey an i, $680 out the door.
 
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Bought the BB1248, made it there an back no problem, 1-1/2hrs to get there, nother 1-1/2hr ride home.

Picked up 4 extra scarifier clips to toss in the tractor tool box too. ($5 each) Better to have them and not need them vs need them and not have them. Guess that means i`ll have to toss some pliers in the tool box.

Overall, nice box. Looks very rugged! Would have been even better if they hadn`t stitch welded it though.

We`re looking forward to using it this thursday friday saturday sunday.
 
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Bought the BB1248, made it there an back no problem, 1-1/2hrs to get there, nother 1-1/2hr ride home.

Picked up 4 extra scarifier clips to toss in the tractor tool box too. ($5 each) Better to have them and not need them vs need them and not have them. Guess that means i`ll have to toss some pliers in the tool box.

Overall, nice box. Looks very rugged! Would have been even better if they hadn`t stitch welded it though.

We`re looking forward to using it this thursday friday saturday sunday.
Well done.

I need to get a few extra clips as I mentioned in the other thread.

You will like the box. After watching a few videos on people using box blades and understanding how the top link length impacts the whole shebang is key. I haven't had to use the scarifiers yet and have them set up and out of the way. I prefer to make less aggressive passes than go too aggressive out of the gate.

Like anything else, I think the key is having a plan before you get on the tractor is important. I figure out where I want to scrape and where I want to leave the material and then where I want that material to be spread. I'm sure most people do that but I can imagine plenty just jump on the tractor and start "doing" and make it up as they go. I'm just a planner......lol
 
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Well done.

I need to get a few extra clips as I mentioned in the other thread.

You will like the box. After watching a few videos on people using box blades and understanding how the top link length impacts the whole shebang is key. I haven't had to use the scarifiers yet and have them set up and out of the way. I prefer to make less aggressive passes than go too aggressive out of the gate.

Like anything else, I think the key is having a plan before you get on the tractor is important. I figure out where I want to scrape and where I want to leave the material and then where I want that material to be spread. I'm sure most people do that but I can imagine plenty just jump on the tractor and start "doing" and make it up as they go. I'm just a planner......lol
LOL... you an i are alot alike, i plan EVERYTHING out. Life is easier when you know what you have to do and knowing ahead of time what you`re going after. I`ve never been that good at just wingin`it. Always found myself second guessing things just wing`in it. Sometimes wing`in it is ok, but not always.

Another 3hr road trip again today. I decided i wanted the quik-hitch. Drove back down to the dealer again. Last night, i measured ALL the implements that i have just for chits & giggles, and holy cow, the quik-hitch spec`d out to fit them all! I dont know how it happened, but i found myself old to and tired to quick these days. 40/45/50yrs ago, i woulda thought nothing about changing implements out many times a day. Well to heck with THAT nonsense, this quik-hitch makes life sooooooooo much faster and easier. LOVIN`IT!!! It`s best thing since slice bread!!!
 

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Grabbed a couple of granite boulders from local demolition project. I wasn’t sure I could lift this one but made it! Guess I have enough weight in ballast box ( filled with steel scrap).

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Yep, I figured it at about 2,100 lbs. (12 CF x 175 lbs/ CF). I drove slow especially when making a jog onto a State Hwy.

Here they are at home.

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Picked up a free 48 inch scag mower yesterday.. owner said wont roll.. so brought the l2501.. turns out it was in gear.. after putting it in neutral it rolls....but used the l2501 to put it on the trailer..

Had a bit of negative tounge weight and the box blade was sitting on the rippers and the rest hanging off the back if the trailer.. had to put pallets forks on the mower..

Luckily was only a 4 mile trip on residential streets.. went about 35 mph..
 

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Useing the l2501 as a work bench to fix a few commercial toro mowers with kawasaki engines.. these Suckers are heavy! Sure beats lifting it onto the work bench or doing it on the ground
 

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aaluck

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Useing the l2501 as a work bench to fix a few commercial toro mowers with kawasaki engines.. these Suckers are heavy! Sure beats lifting it onto the work bench or doing it on the ground
Thats actually a great idea. Beautiful piece of wood in the background. I could make a great coffee table out of that!!!
 
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bx tractorjoe

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Thats actually a great idea. Beautiful piece of wood in the background. I could make a great coffee table out of that!!!

I was planning to use it as a chair back peice.. but I have more projects then time lately.. it would make a great table if it was wider
 

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Finally got my BX1880 back from the dealer after a warranty claim for what turned out to be a bad 'O' ring on the rear end. No more leaking and I can now mow and move hay around much easier.
 
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Got time to dig out around my septic pipe where it goes through the foundation. Had a waterfall with a north rain over Labor Day. Seems the septic contractor never sealed the pipe from the outside. Packed it full of hydraulic cement inside and out after cleaning the area thoroughly. Will let it dry and backfill after lunch
 

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We did some cleaning at the farm. Loaded up two trailers with scrap metal.
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