A small mistake, a small scare....

[Mark_BX25D]

I was doing some cleanup in the yard today and got a tap on the shoulder that woke me up. Nice when you get a lesson that isn't costly.

I had been using a ratchet type cargo strap eariler and left it on the floorboard of my BX. It sat there while I did other things, near my foot, but not bothering me. I stopped to load a bunch of stuff into the bucket to be carried to another place. Climbed back in, got started, and something yanked my left foot.

The end of the cargo strap had fallen on the ground, while my foot was on top of the bulk of it piled up on my floorboard. I ran over the end, which stopped it instantly, yanking on my foot. I was quick on the stop, so no harm done.

If that had happened as I was cruising up the driveway at full speed, that could have been ugly.

Take some advice, gents. Keep that floorboard clear.


I need to fit some kind of carrying box on that thing.

 

[mcfarmall]

TTWT just posted a video where he used one of his loader valves as a rear remote by plugging in a pair of extension hoses and routing them below the tractor. One of them started sagging, ended up dragging on the ground and got run over by the rear tire. It broke the tip of the male plug off in the female (hate it when that happens ), bent the hose mounting bracket and the hard tubing all to heck. A very expensive repair.

 

[Captain13]

It could have been ugly. 28 years in the Navy and Coast Guard, has taught me that allowing a leg to be in the bight of a line on a moving ship is often deadly. Sailor have been pulled through chocks while underway. Getting pulled into a piece of running equipment by a line or strap would have the same consequences. Glad you didn’t get injured.

 

[DustyRusty]

I was doing some cleanup in the yard today and got a tap on the shoulder that woke me up. Nice when you get a lesson that isn't costly.

I had been using a ratchet type cargo strap eariler and left it on the floorboard of my BX. It sat there while I did other things, near my foot, but not bothering me. I stopped to load a bunch of stuff into the bucket to be carried to another place. Climbed back in, got started, and something yanked my left foot.

The end of the cargo strap had fallen on the ground, while my foot was on top of the bulk of it piled up on my floorboard. I ran over the end, which stopped it instantly, yanking on my foot. I was quick on the stop, so no harm done.

If that had happened as I was cruising up the driveway at full speed, that could have been ugly.

Take some advice, gents. Keep that floorboard clear.


I need to fit some kind of carrying box on that thing.

A little more than 50 years ago, the ex forgot to put the dog's leather leash into the car after the dog jumped in and settled down on the floor at her feet. I started to drive away when suddenly the dog gave out a yelp. I wasn't going very fast, and the leach got caught under the tire. When the buckle of the leash hit the inside of the bottom of the door it couldn't go any further. Fortunately, the dog wasn't hurt, and the only damage was to the leather leash. I still have the leash and I still think about the dog. She was my first Weimeraner, and I still miss her, even though we have had others since. Now we are dogless for the last 3 years.

 

[Old_Paint]

I was doing some cleanup in the yard today and got a tap on the shoulder that woke me up. Nice when you get a lesson that isn't costly.

I had been using a ratchet type cargo strap eariler and left it on the floorboard of my BX. It sat there while I did other things, near my foot, but not bothering me. I stopped to load a bunch of stuff into the bucket to be carried to another place. Climbed back in, got started, and something yanked my left foot.

The end of the cargo strap had fallen on the ground, while my foot was on top of the bulk of it piled up on my floorboard. I ran over the end, which stopped it instantly, yanking on my foot. I was quick on the stop, so no harm done.

If that had happened as I was cruising up the driveway at full speed, that could have been ugly.

Take some advice, gents. Keep that floorboard clear.


I need to fit some kind of carrying box on that thing.

Here's what I did, both sides. I put my chain in the RH box, a handful of tools in the one on the left. Made my own brackets with 1" box beam and used inexpensive 50 cal cans from HF. Bolted to the ROPS using existing holes. I could easily get 4 of 'em on there if I just used longer bolts through the ROPS. I used aircraft Nylok nuts because of the vibration from the tractor. So far, so good. Put this one on in November 2020. Added the 2nd one a couple weeks ago.

 

[fried1765]

A little more than 50 years ago, the ex forgot to put the dog's leather leash into the car after the dog jumped in and settled down on the floor at her feet. I started to drive away when suddenly the dog gave out a yelp. I wasn't going very fast, and the leach got caught under the tire. When the buckle of the leash hit the inside of the bottom of the door it couldn't go any further. Fortunately, the dog wasn't hurt, and the only damage was to the leather leash. I still have the leash and I still think about the dog. She was my first Weimeraner, and I still miss her, even though we have had others since. Now we are dogless for the last 3 years.

Nobody should be "dogless"!
I am closing in on 82, and our wonderful Sadie (almost pure white Lab) just turned 3 today.
The big beautiful creature is our very late in life spoiled child!

 

[Mark_BX25D]

Here's what I did, both sides. I put my chain in the RH box, a handful of tools in the one on the left. Made my own brackets with 1" box beam and used inexpensive 50 cal cans from HF. Bolted to the ROPS using existing holes. I could easily get 4 of 'em on there if I just used longer bolts through the ROPS. I used aircraft Nylok nuts because of the vibration from the tractor. So far, so good. Put this one on in November 2020. Added the 2nd one a couple weeks ago.

That looks really good, Old Paint. I was thinking that a .50 cal box would be about right.

 

[Old_Paint]

That looks really good, Old Paint. I was thinking that a .50 cal box would be about right.

Yup, a 50 cal can will hold a 20 foot 3/8 chain with grab hooks, four 1/2 inch clevis', one 1" clevis, with room to spare, OR
One large rubber mallet, pair of channel lock pliers, one flat-blade screwdrier, one 10-inch crescent wrench, a couple rags and a pair of leather work gloves, again, with room to spare. The mallet has to go in first unless you trim the handle a little.

I'm thinking a 30 cal to replace the little plastic box above the top link for all the assorted pins and doo-dads.

Oh, and it looks even better now. That was before I painted it Kubota Orange.

 

[Mark_BX25D]

Oh, and it looks even better now. That was before I painted it Kubota Orange.

Well, of course! Goes without saying!

 

[Old_Paint]

I think the scariest thing that ever happened to me was being dragged off the seat of an old Ford 8N by a low hanging branch, bouncing off the top link, rolling down the lifting frame, and landing on my back on the deck of a 6' brush cutter. The first thing I thought was "How the heck am I gonna get back in that seat before my mother sees me?" Got a little bruised and scratched, but fared a lot better than the seat cushion which went under the cutter. I was mowing the perimeter of a hay field getting ready for haying, and ran under the limb while looking back to make sure I was going to miss a stump with the corner of the cutter. We always cut the perimeter with the brush cutter to prep for the sickle mower we used for haying. My mother HATED me being on that tractor with the bush hog behind it. Same day, I hit a big pine knot with the rotary, which came out the front up between the driveshaft and lift arm, bounced off the fender and hit me in the back of the head. That nearly knocked me out cold. That's one of those days when I wished staying in bed was an option.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Dang, Old Paint!

My dad had an incident similar to Old Paint's with a knot coming out from under the brush cutter and hitting him in the head. He said it was half rotten, after that he always wore a bump cap, the only PPE he ever used.

My own closest was mowing our horse pen with the old MF50. No ROP and rear exhaust made it ideal for trimming under trees. You could hunker down to the side and be no higher than the hood.

So I'm lined up to make a pass under the right side of a big cedar tree. As I get to the tree, I hunker down on the right side and glance over to the left. There I see a 5 gallon bucket sized hornet's nest hanging on the bottom limb and the left rear is headed straight for it. Couldn't stop, couldn't steer. I was watching hornets go in and out as the tire cleared under the nest no more than 4 inches.

 

[DustyRusty]

I remember when I was in college, the PhysEd instructor was York raking the ball field when he fell off the tractor and somehow he wound up under the York rake. He had enough strength to lift it up, but once it was almost past, he lost the battle, and it came down on his head. He survived but was badly scared and I think that he lost one eye as a result. When I was an EMT I saw more than my share of small lawn tractor accidents, and as a result, I am extremely cautious when I am on the BX23S. My doctor once told me that I could live another 30 years, and I intend to try, but at my age, unless medicine comes up with some miracle drug like the fountain of youth, I know it isn't in the cards. I just don't want to be a tractor statistic.

 

[nbryan]

-------------- Same day, I hit a big pine knot with the rotary, which came out the front up between the driveshaft and lift arm, bounced off the fender and hit me in the back of the head. That nearly knocked me out cold. ------------

Good thing it wasn't a rock or stone, could have done way worse than knock you out cold. Was there a chain skirt across the front of the mower housing? Those are for preventing exactly this.

 

[Jeff S]

First time posting here and trying to figure this out. Got hydraulic fluid leaking from time to time out of split pin drain plug under clutch housing. Anybody there?

 

[Evad]

Thank you for sharing, Its good we all learn from each other's mistakes.

 

[ve9aa]

First time posting here and trying to figure this out. Got hydraulic fluid leaking from time to time out of split pin drain plug under clutch housing. Anybody there?

Start a new *(your own) thread sir. This question is buried in amongst another thread.

 

[skeets]

OK since we are bearing our souls here, before I got the BX I had an old yellow beast. No ROPS, nada safety stuff if anything was there it was jumped out. Anyway mowing through the orchard, I would just push low limbs up and out of the way. Fast forward to the NEW BX,, same thing down through the orchard, lifting limbs out of the way. UNTILL one got sideways between my arm and the ROPS. 6 weeks in a cast, not fun, now all the low limbs are at least ROPS high. Just a little bit of complacency or laps in concentration or judgment, and thing can go sideways in a most specular fashion.

 

[Mark_BX25D]

First time posting here and trying to figure this out. Got hydraulic fluid leaking from time to time out of split pin drain plug under clutch housing. Anybody there?

Welcome, Jeff. You need to go to the "Repair, Service, and Maintenance" section and start a new thread. Look up at the top right of the page and you should see an orange button (what else?) that says, "Post thread". Click on that sucker, and you are on your way.

A tip for getting the best out of forums: Put some effort into your title. You want to grab the attention of people who can help with your problem, so be brief, but clear. Something like, "Help", or "New guy with question" is NOT useful. Your title should tell what the problem is. Something like "hydraulic fluid leaking under clutch housing." would be good. Short and to the point. Get the idea?

 

[D2Cat]

First time posting here and trying to figure this out. Got hydraulic fluid leaking from time to time out of split pin drain plug under clutch housing. Anybody there?

That loose pin is there to let fluids drain out of the clutch area. Where and how much fluid you are finding there is a deeper topic. As suggested by others start a post describing your observation, and all details you can. You'll get several responses that way. Welcome aboard.

 

[GeoHorn]

I was doing some cleanup in the yard today and got a tap on the shoulder that woke me up. Nice when you get a lesson that isn't costly.

I had been using a ratchet type cargo strap eariler and left it on the floorboard of my BX. It sat there while I did other things, near my foot, but not bothering me. I stopped to load a bunch of stuff into the bucket to be carried to another place. Climbed back in, got started, and something yanked my left foot.

The end of the cargo strap had fallen on the ground, while my foot was on top of the bulk of it piled up on my floorboard. I ran over the end, which stopped it instantly, yanking on my foot. I was quick on the stop, so no harm done.

If that had happened as I was cruising up the driveway at full speed, that could have been ugly.

Take some advice, gents. Keep that floorboard clear.


I need to fit some kind of carrying box on that thing.

Check this out: https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/tool-box-options.51093/#post-460472