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  1. River19

    Snowblower Help - Eating Shear Bolts

    Could use some help.......I have a BX2830 48" blower and it has been flawless in 3 seasons however towards tail end of our epic 38" snow storm a couple weeks back I hit a piece of tree debris and broke a shear bolt on the impeller. No big deal, have plenty.......installed a new one......that...
  2. River19

    Post a picture of your Kubota Front Mount Snowblower, please.

    I have 3 seasons on my BX2830 blower and other than the usual maintenance and shear bolt replacements when broken I have had very little issue, in fact none really. Got rid of that silly "Lawyer Grill" over the chute the first season and I spray it occasionally with non stick spray when I know...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    To be fair, my big win this morning was raking the bottom 8-10" of my roof out front standing in waist deep snow and getting the ice off my impeller on my blower to line up the shafts to replace the shear bolt. I lined it up, looked at it, looked at the Morton Building only 200' way and said...
  4. River19

    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    I don't like you at this moment. :-)
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    So.....I am officially sick of winter and as enjoyable as clearing snow is with my blower and blade on the B2601..... we just got hammered with 38" in NH on top of 18" last week and frankly after 10hrs on the tractor in 2 days I need a break...... Finally broke a shear bolt late yesterday after...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    As much as I enjoy using the Kubota for snow removal........I am reaching the end of my joy, which is about right for the end of the season. This past weekends 14" of heavy wet snow on top of my non-frozen gravel driveway was messy to clear. The options were to either leave 2" that would turn...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    I don't want to bore you guys with what look like the same pics of me clearing snow from the driveway..... over the weekend I had to clear the driveway each morning as it just kept snowing, not a lot but seems like we got 2-3" each night that would turn to ice.... And of course we had a slow...
  8. River19

    Snowblower help

    How much was the damn coupling?
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    Snowblower help

    I'll take a look at mine when I take it off in the Spring. I raise mine all the way quite often with it running as I have lots of slope I am dealing with over the course of my 650' gravel drive in NH. Why do I do this? Well, for one thing, nothing said to NOT do that. If I have to replace...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    I'll spare you yet another pic of me blowing snow with the B2601.......but spent another hour late yesterday clearing another 10-12". Need to go back out this morning and finish it up and sand some areas as well as fire up the Honda HSS to clear the walkway and some paths for the dogs out...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    Groundhog Day. While this looks like my post from the other day, I swear it was this morning part way through this latest storm....... 8" of heavy wet crap and we got 90mins of light rain while I was out before swapping back to snow for the rest of the day. This was my initial cut, always the...
  12. River19

    Gaining traction

    B2601 here as well. I elected to go a little more conservative with my blower size at the 48" commercial blower as I am blowing uphill 50% of the time on my 650' gravel driveway in NH. When I was buying my tractor a couple years back I did a bunch of research and landed on the turf tires......I...
  13. River19

    Front snow blower

    B2601 here with similar engine power and I have the 48" "Commercial" blower....WOT, low 4WD does a nice job, I specifically kept the blower on the conservative side knowing I would be blowing uphill 50% of the time and that we get anything from powder to concrete on out 650' driveway. That...
  14. River19

    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    It didn't suck. If it is going to be cold, might as well snow. Plus I can burn my winter fuel lol. Gotta go back out in a bit and do another pass.........then get the Honda HSS tracked blower going to do the walkways and dog areas.......... my wife said she would do the decks and rake the...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    Another morning of "Cold Water Logistics"...............ahve to go back out and give it another go later........
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    Tractor(s?) for Vermont

    I'm in Central NH and have a cabin in northern VT 40miles from Canada.......I wouldn't really be THAT concerned with the snow.....sure, it snows, but it isn't measured in "feet" very often. The deep cold and MUD are the two things I would be prepared for. Mud is a reality for ~8 months out of...
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    Proper Ballast Recommendations

    Makes sense in general. I also made the conscious decision to get the 54" bucket and usually limit the load as I would rather take more trips at 2/3 capacity than a few less trips but they are "sketchy".......anything near max for me is on flat with the pallet forks (ie unloading a delivery to...
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    Proper Ballast Recommendations

    True story. I'm used to it at this point. I did just build a small carry-all platform that I "could" use should I need to work in tight quarters.
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    Proper Ballast Recommendations

    I also have a B2601 and when I first got it I researched, read, sought advice etc on ballast to make sure the rubber side stayed down when using the same loader and bucket. I followed the advice I received here around using my box blade for rear ballast when using the loader.........filled...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    Installed the "Tractor Caddy" that I bought myself for Christmas........ Slick piece. Solves the age old "where do I put my chainsaw/clippers/drill/etc." issue. A couple rubber bungees and we will be good. I like how I can pull the Caddy off easily with 4 cotter pins then put it back on in 3...