Just an FYI. They do rub the R4 tires if you give them too much slack. Not a lot room but I like them better than the turn buckel style.
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Well, I did it again. I made another video. It's most likely going to be my last time plowing with the tractor this season. However..being that I live in Vermont....nature sure can throw a curveball. Looking at the weather pattern, my gut says its pretty much over. The snow you see in this video is nearly all gone. The snow banks are half the size now.
I probably didn't need to plow as it all would melt later that day but I didn't want the driveway to be a slushy mess either. It was also kinda fun to plow one more time and to make a video.
I had technical issues with the video footage, so its not as good as my previous ones. Sorry about that, I am not sure what happened. Its set to record at 4k60, but it recorded at weird frame rates..24fps, 50fps, 60fps...not the standard 59.94.
I think I'm going to get an action camera and start using that instead of my phone! Haha.
I probably didn't need to plow as it all would melt later that day but I didn't want the driveway to be a slushy mess either. It was also kinda fun to plow one more time and to make a video.
I had technical issues with the video footage, so its not as good as my previous ones. Sorry about that, I am not sure what happened. Its set to record at 4k60, but it recorded at weird frame rates..24fps, 50fps, 60fps...not the standard 59.94.
I think I'm going to get an action camera and start using that instead of my phone! Haha.
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Several years ago, a co-worker's husband was laid-up after surgery. We had a good snow and the only person he'd allow to run his BX23S was me. I have a snowblower on my BX2360.
Those SSQA blades are pretty slick. Not an option for my older BX.
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I switched to Bose in the ear noise cancellation buds and they are great. No issues with falling out or battery life AND I can wear a wide brimmed hat vs a baseball cap. So was doing Sony over the ear BT prior to that. They were good but the Bose are so much better
Good luck. If you get it figured out let me know how it worked. We tried tried that 2 yrs ago and so far no shrooms…kit we picked up was from ‘field and forest’…I think. It’s easier to just allocate time to pick morels in spring…yeah I know that are not really mushrooms (spongeforms). Finding them is part of the fun. Good luck.
I see you get some snow…how does the canopy you park under hold up to deep snow and wind? Are you happy with it? What brand?
I have tried a few of those in the past, they do sound really good for what they are. I personally can't stand things in my ear which is why I use Shokz..not cancelling but designed to hear the outside. They been my absolute favorite so far.
I plowed the garden for the first time in 4 years. I managed to hit a rock resulting in plowshare dysfunction. Need to straighten it out.
I never seen a ripper like on a tractor before. Dozers sure but not a tractor. Never thought about that. Interesting.
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Thanks. I have a secret weapon — my brother-in-law has been in the mushroom and foraged foods business for years. He’s coming to help.
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It’s a Vevor brand I think, I picked it up from Wayfair for $160 (total) in 2023. After the initial trouble (see below), I improved the installation by spiking the wood pieces down and it has been trouble free since then. I also bought a cheap diy grommet kit from harbor freight and doubled the grommets and elastic things that hold the cover on, which I think was worthwhile.
I also knock the snow off it.
Overall I’d say with careful installation, it was well worth $160. But it is definitely not very high quality.
Thanks for the thoughts. I’d like something for my place that’s in snow belt, but I am not there to knock snow off….i am very leary of potential snow load…we had 6’ at one event this winter.
I would think that the only regret most have when adding hydraulics to an implement, or a tractor for that matter, is the cost, since few will object to the significant improvement that hydraulics offer in terms of utility and function. I've been using a Land Pride hydraulic angle snow blade (STB1596) since February of 2021 and it's worth every penny of the $3,350 I paid for it new.
I paid a little more than that late last year for a used rear blade with three-way hydraulics, and once again the ability to angle, offset and tilt the blade from within the cab is a game changer. I owed a Land Pride RB3796 rear blade for a while but sold it to the individual that bought the MX6000HST. It was a nice rear blade, but without hydraulics it was just ok. Had I added the three cylinders I very much doubt I would have sold it.
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Over the past few years, we’ve thinned some trees, cleaned up deadfall, cleared trails, and otherwise messed with trees at our place, some at church property, and some at friends’ places. But despite heating 2000SF of our house solely with wood, we haven’t added to our firewood stock since summer 2021. A series of events ballooned our supply shortly before a concurrent couple of events cut our demand by about 60%. We still have enough to finish this heating season plus all of 2025-2026 heating season with some left over. Time to add some, though.
Over the past few months, we’ve had some quality hickory, white oak, and maple felled by storms and by utility crews. We’ve piled up logs in the wood yard with the grapple and Farmi to work up later when the list of more pressing projects was worked down. Today was the start of “later”.
First step was pulling the wood splitter out of the shed and hoping “ran when parked almost 4 years ago” was good enough to get it started and running smoothly by the end of the day. It’s the splitter my father bought to replace me (his previous wood splitter) when I went to college. Hadn’t thought about it until I was checking over the hydraulic hoses today, but that means it turned 40 last September.
I was reasonably confident I’d shut off the gas and run the carburetor dry before putting it in the shed and the gas was treated with Stabil, but it had been 4 years and it’s common there’s a little left somewhere in the carb even when it’s run until it shuts off. Miraculously, tires still had plenty of air. Covered with spider webs and a pretty thick layer of greasy dust as well as light surface rust on any steel that didn’t have paint on it. Still had a little bit of old gas in the tank: great…
. Finished filling with fresh gas. Might should have drained old stuff but there was so little, figured it wouldn’t matter once it mixed with an overwhelming amount of new.
Towed it to the shop with the L. Blew it off with an air hose, removed the surface rust with a wire brush on the little 5” grinder, checked the oil, blew out the air filter, and decided it was time to see what it was going to take to get it running. Turned gas on, set choke, and started pulling. After about 25 pulls without any hint off an attempt to fire or smell of being flooded, pulled the spark plug wire off just a little to see if I could tell if it would jump the gap to confirm it was getting fire. Figured I’d have to go get a timing light to actually test it but was pretty sure I heard the click of it sparking across the gap, so set it back on the spark plug and started pulling again. Fired up on the next pull. Almost certainly a coincidence; most likely just took a while for the gas to make it from the tank to the cylinder. Had to play with the choke to keep it going at first but after a few minutes it smoothed out on half choke.
While it warmed up fully, pressure washed the whole thing. By the time I finished washing it, it was running smooth as silk with the choke all the way off. For little gas engines, I do like a Honda.
Let it dry in the sun and coated the bare steel with WD-40 plus a little grease on the slide. It’s a 40 year wood splitter and nothing special so I know there was no practical reason for some of what I did to it. Mostly, I just felt like cleaning it up and was thankful it didn’t require tearing the carb down to clean that.
Over the past few months, we’ve had some quality hickory, white oak, and maple felled by storms and by utility crews. We’ve piled up logs in the wood yard with the grapple and Farmi to work up later when the list of more pressing projects was worked down. Today was the start of “later”.
First step was pulling the wood splitter out of the shed and hoping “ran when parked almost 4 years ago” was good enough to get it started and running smoothly by the end of the day. It’s the splitter my father bought to replace me (his previous wood splitter) when I went to college. Hadn’t thought about it until I was checking over the hydraulic hoses today, but that means it turned 40 last September.
I was reasonably confident I’d shut off the gas and run the carburetor dry before putting it in the shed and the gas was treated with Stabil, but it had been 4 years and it’s common there’s a little left somewhere in the carb even when it’s run until it shuts off. Miraculously, tires still had plenty of air. Covered with spider webs and a pretty thick layer of greasy dust as well as light surface rust on any steel that didn’t have paint on it. Still had a little bit of old gas in the tank: great…
. Finished filling with fresh gas. Might should have drained old stuff but there was so little, figured it wouldn’t matter once it mixed with an overwhelming amount of new.Towed it to the shop with the L. Blew it off with an air hose, removed the surface rust with a wire brush on the little 5” grinder, checked the oil, blew out the air filter, and decided it was time to see what it was going to take to get it running. Turned gas on, set choke, and started pulling. After about 25 pulls without any hint off an attempt to fire or smell of being flooded, pulled the spark plug wire off just a little to see if I could tell if it would jump the gap to confirm it was getting fire. Figured I’d have to go get a timing light to actually test it but was pretty sure I heard the click of it sparking across the gap, so set it back on the spark plug and started pulling again. Fired up on the next pull. Almost certainly a coincidence; most likely just took a while for the gas to make it from the tank to the cylinder. Had to play with the choke to keep it going at first but after a few minutes it smoothed out on half choke.
While it warmed up fully, pressure washed the whole thing. By the time I finished washing it, it was running smooth as silk with the choke all the way off. For little gas engines, I do like a Honda.
Let it dry in the sun and coated the bare steel with WD-40 plus a little grease on the slide. It’s a 40 year wood splitter and nothing special so I know there was no practical reason for some of what I did to it. Mostly, I just felt like cleaning it up and was thankful it didn’t require tearing the carb down to clean that.
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Gotta luv those small Honda motors!Over the past few years, we’ve thinned some trees, cleaned up deadfall, cleared trails, and otherwise messed with trees at our place, some at church property, and some at friends’ places. But despite heating 2000SF of our house solely with wood, we haven’t added to our firewood stock since summer 2021. A series of events ballooned our supply shortly before a concurrent couple of events cut our demand by about 60%. We still have enough to finish this heating season plus all of 2025-2026 heating season with some left over. Time to add some, though.
Over the past few months, we’ve had some quality hickory, white oak, and maple felled by storms and by utility crews. We’ve piled up logs in the wood yard with the grapple and Farmi to work up later when the list of more pressing projects was worked down. Today was the start of “later”.
First step was pulling the wood splitter out of the shed and hoping “ran when parked almost 4 years ago” was good enough to get it started and running smoothly by the end of the day. It’s the splitter my father bought to replace me (his previous wood splitter) when I went to college. Hadn’t thought about it until I was checking over the hydraulic hoses today, but that means it turned 40 last September.
I was reasonably confident I’d shut off the gas and run the carburetor dry before putting it in the shed and the gas was treated with Stabil, but it had been 4 years and it’s common there’s a little left somewhere in the carb even when it’s run until it shuts off. Miraculously, tires still had plenty of air. Covered with spider webs and a pretty thick layer of greasy dust as well as light surface rust on any steel that didn’t have paint on it. Still had a little bit of old gas in the tank: great…
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Towed it to the shop with the L. Blew it off with an air hose, removed the surface rust with a wire brush on the little 5” grinder, checked the oil, blew out the air filter, and decided it was time to see what it was going to take to get it running. Turned gas on, set choke, and started pulling. After about 25 pulls without any hint off an attempt to fire or smell of being flooded, pulled the spark plug wire off just a little to see if I could tell if it would jump the gap to confirm it was getting fire. Figured I’d have to go get a timing light to actually test it but was pretty sure I heard the click of it sparking across the gap, so set it back on the spark plug and started pulling again. Fired up on the next pull. Almost certainly a coincidence; most likely just took a while for the gas to make it from the tank to the cylinder. Had to play with the choke to keep it going at first but after a few minutes it smoothed out on half choke.
While it warmed up fully, pressure washed the whole thing. By the time I finished washing it, it was running smooth as silk with the choke all the way off. For little gas engines, I do like a Honda.
Let it dry in the sun and coated the bare steel with WD-40 plus a little grease on the slide. It’s a 40 year wood splitter and nothing special so I know there was no practical reason for some of what I did to it. Mostly, I just felt like cleaning it up and was thankful it didn’t require tearing the carb down to clean that.
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Oh yeah, I def wouldn’t use this cheap Vevor carport for that.
I have another one that was a hand-me-down which is very rugged and I would trust with a lot of snow. I don’t know the brand though. Also, judging by the weight of the steel pipes, my guess is it wouldn’t be very economical (inexpensive) in 2025.
If you're on Facebook, try marketplace for someone selling off a used metal carport. They pop up often, at least around me. Just saw a 12x20 show up for $700 obo.
I plowed another garden today. I ordered a replacement share. I bent it yesterday, but still worked OK.
