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    New (to me) BX and to the forum

    I've mowed the (2 acres of) lawn before in 4WD.......I did notice the front axle got pretty warm. By and large, my lawn is fairly flat but here and there it's hilly, so I used to switch it in and out of 4wd all the time. (small pita) Now I just leave it in. I don't think it hurts anything...
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    New (to me) BX and to the forum

    Correct. No clutch on a BX2380.
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    Pros and cons of snow removal options

    One year, about 15-17 yrs ago, it snowed something like 4.5 feet in 4 or 5 days. It was so bad, I couldn't get out past the end of my driveway. Wheel loaders, then the snow plow, had to come down my road. About every 10-12yrs we (NB) get snows approaching situations like that. Most winters...
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    Pros and cons of snow removal options

    "GreX, post: 604908, member: 55886"] Great write up and thread! Since moving to Maine, I've tried several different methods of removing snow. I started with a shovel, sure it works, but it takes FOREVER. Then I added a snow blade to my Ryobi riding mower, and that thing works great with wet...
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    RTV1120 heater

    12volts x 15amps = 180watts It'll do ALMOST nothing in cold weather.
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    Tractor(s?) for Vermont

    HUGE FAN of front snowblowers here. If I had to take it on/off every snowstorm, I'd move to Key West, Florida and sell it all. ie: it will get old, really really fast. (I don't even like doing it twice a year) I'd either go to some kind of 3pt blower, or a style I could clamp to the bucket...
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    New Owner/new channel?

    THIS, RIGHT HERE !!!!
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    Snow removal

    It's funny. People argue about blower vs. blade and the blade guys are SURE they have the right tool.....until they don't. Us blower guys are sure we have the right tool, until we don't. I live in the snowbelt and a blower is an obvious choice and what works well for me....95% of the time. If...
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    ❗️K008-3 mini X issues after tipping❗️

    I am guessing he's out of the running for "Employee of the month", eh?
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    no need for ballast?

    Forgetting for just a moment, your personal dissapointment about not being able to lift your rear wheels off the ground, I have not seen it stated in ~2 pages of comments anywhere just how much your FEL can lift, so I'll just be blunt. HOW MUCH ARE YOU ABLE TO LIFT? Surely, you have some vague...
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    no need for ballast?

    Forgetting for just a moment, your personal dissapointment about not being able to lift your rear wheels off the ground, I have not seen it stated in ~2 pages of comments anywhere just how much your FEL can lift, so I'll just be blunt. HOW MUCH ARE YOU ABLE TO LIFT? Surely, you have some vague...
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    What does the sticker on your vehicle say about you or what people may think about you

    "Actual Size" Window sticker, not bumper sticker. 1987 Austin Mini City-E (right hand drive)
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    Snowblower pushing snow & not blowing

    Augers clocked properly? Some of them need to be offset 180* so that when you are blowing snow, as they're gobbling snow they're not "stuffing the face" of the impeller faster than it can "swallow" snow and then spit it up the pipe. That aside, you should be able to stand back and see if...
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    Glow Plug question

    On both my (admittedly small) machines, the operator (that'd be me) controls how much glow the engine gets--if any. Both via the key and the amount of time I put into holding it in the sprung position on the key before advancing it to the crank-this-sucka-over position. My TG won't even start...
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    New b2601 Hydro creeps forward

    Lube it. For safety; apply the parking brake when you intend for the machine to remain stationary.
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    Daily Chuckle

    Bud light never owned a tractor I guess !
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    Thanks very much for your kind words Flint. I don't mind snowblowing, but I don't especially like doing it in the dark, from the safety standpoint. (well over half of my snow cleanup here is before sunrise or after sunset, thus investing a tiny bit of $$ in lighting was a no-brainer. Even on...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    I have a lightbar on the ROPS facing forwards and 2 smaller lamps facing backwards. I also have a multicolour beacon lamp in the middle of the ROPS that flashes up to 10 different patterns in orange and white, so depending on what "moment in time" I take a picture, some of the light may be...
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    Looks like my block heater crapped the bed…

    Could it be the AC cord (one or more open wires)? Did you measure the DC resistance of the heater element and confirm it's blown open? Shall we ask more questions and also receive a sarcastic "no reply" <TIC>