What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[Old Machinist]

Did a little tilling today. The once every 35 year snow and ice storm we had a couple weeks ago killed all my ferns behind the house. I cut them all down and tilled that area so they can start fresh. I also tiled up a patch of ground to throw out some early zinnia seeds. I have a burlap sack of those from last years flowers so I will gamble some to see if I get a early crop.

 

[PaulL]

Full service on the B2601 over the past 2 days. 400 hours.
Emptied engine oil. Taking the cap off the top lets it flow out faster. Replaced filter. Put two drain bolts back in, refilled. Cursed stupid funnel with a filter in it that runs incredibly slowly. Cut down a milk bottle as a funnel instead.
Emptied axle oil. Poured on the floor because my catch tray didn't quite lean inside the wheel rim enough, and as the flow slowed it trickled out sideways. Went to refill, milk bottle funnel didn't fit in the hole. Worked out how to remove filter from filter funnel, used that. Filling from full 20L UDT container very hard, spilled starting it off. Then funnel tipped over sideways and poured on the floor. Tied to fuel hose with string, filled.
Then noticed spare crush washer in the drain container. From engine oil drain plug. Checked which one was missing drain washer, took off, installed washer, reinstalled drain plug without losing too much oil. Not on the floor this time, went in drain pan.
Drove tractor up onto some timber to make it high enough to drain HST fluid directly into spare/empty UDT container. Took out drain plug, drained into UDT container well. First filter wouldn't come off with filter remover - too much fluid had gone on it from gloves. Slip jaw pliers are under tractor front wheel. HST fluid empty, cannot drive. Tried various other tools that didn't work, found pry bar to lift front wheel enough to get slip jaw pliers out. Removed and replaced first filter.
Went to remove second filter. No clearance, someone put a pipe right underneath it. Tried slip jaw pliers on the end of it, slipped off and crushed little finger on my left hand. Said some rude words and lay on the ground. Better half who had chosen that time to visit to see how I was going decided not to visit at all and went away again. Crawled under tractor to get better angle, and inched off the filter a tenth turn at a time. Replaced filter.
Refilled fluid using filter funnel without filter in it, and tied to tractor tool box so it didn't fall over. No spillage, but 20L UDT container is heavy to hold and pour. Probably need a pump.
Removed air cleaner, full of dirt. Started air compressor and blew it out. Air compressor hasn't been used for too long, pressure valve didn't work, air all leaked out, but filter clean.
Removed fuel bowl, full of junk. Diesel on floor. Hard to remove old fuel filter - seems to be jammed in. Tried screwdriver for a while, almost but not quite. Used slip jaw pliers to grab and pull out. Cleaned bowl, put in new filter. Tipped spare diesel from bowl and filter into the UDT container with the used fluid.
Refitted it all.....and everything works.
All in all, a good days work.

 

[Old_Paint]

Gave my L3130 a colonoscopy, as recommended by @North Idaho Wolfman due to my glide shift trans not responding well to the hydraulic fluid I had in it.


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Also bought it a new friend for it. Just arrived before dark today, so no time to unbox. 48" from Titan attachments. I know there are "bigger/better", but I am a light duty user, and I have CNC plasma and several welders if I decide to beef it up or add width.

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Their standard duty grapple actually looks pretty robust. What I like about it is the gripper teeth on the clamshell. That'll stop logs from rolling and slipping out. IIRC, it also has gussets where the bottom teeth meet the cross brace. While that may dig a little wider trench than you want, you'll be glad it has them because my LS grapple did not have them and I was constantly bending the teeth. I finally added gussets. I still bend them a little but only on the very ends where a few quick whacks with a 4 pound hammer fixes them right up. I still need to add them to my clamshell. One thing that stopped me from getting the Titan was the single cylinder. I dunno for certain and someone will probably tell me I'm wrong, but it would seem to allow the clamshell to torque pretty hard and put some undue stress on the pins. I could be completely wrong though. My LS has two cylinders, so perhaps that's even worse about torquing the clamshell, but the bracing in the little LS is pretty darn good. It's just the ends of the teeth that give me a little heartburn. If I could figure out a way to harden the whole thing, I'd probably do at least 6 inches on clamshell and body teeth. That also looks like Titan puts ripper chisels on the bottom teeth. Let me know how that works out for you. That thing oughta be a root eating monster, even for a standard duty.

 

[RCW]

Our forecast of 6-9” turned out 3. I’m not complaining. Still needed to do a little removal.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

Full service on the B2601 over the past 2 days. 400 hours.
Emptied engine oil. Taking the cap off the top lets it flow out faster. Replaced filter. Put two drain bolts back in, refilled. Cursed stupid funnel with a filter in it that runs incredibly slowly. Cut down a milk bottle as a funnel instead.
Emptied axle oil. Poured on the floor because my catch tray didn't quite lean inside the wheel rim enough, and as the flow slowed it trickled out sideways. Went to refill, milk bottle funnel didn't fit in the hole. Worked out how to remove filter from filter funnel, used that. Filling from full 20L UDT container very hard, spilled starting it off. Then funnel tipped over sideways and poured on the floor. Tied to fuel hose with string, filled.
Then noticed spare crush washer in the drain container. From engine oil drain plug. Checked which one was missing drain washer, took off, installed washer, reinstalled drain plug without losing too much oil. Not on the floor this time, went in drain pan.
Drove tractor up onto some timber to make it high enough to drain HST fluid directly into spare/empty UDT container. Took out drain plug, drained into UDT container well. First filter wouldn't come off with filter remover - too much fluid had gone on it from gloves. Slip jaw pliers are under tractor front wheel. HST fluid empty, cannot drive. Tried various other tools that didn't work, found pry bar to lift front wheel enough to get slip jaw pliers out. Removed and replaced first filter.
Went to remove second filter. No clearance, someone put a pipe right underneath it. Tried slip jaw pliers on the end of it, slipped off and crushed little finger on my left hand. Said some rude words and lay on the ground. Better half who had chosen that time to visit to see how I was going decided not to visit at all and went away again. Crawled under tractor to get better angle, and inched off the filter a tenth turn at a time. Replaced filter.
Refilled fluid using filter funnel without filter in it, and tied to tractor tool box so it didn't fall over. No spillage, but 20L UDT container is heavy to hold and pour. Probably need a pump.
Removed air cleaner, full of dirt. Started air compressor and blew it out. Air compressor hasn't been used for too long, pressure valve didn't work, air all leaked out, but filter clean.
Removed fuel bowl, full of junk. Diesel on floor. Hard to remove old fuel filter - seems to be jammed in. Tried screwdriver for a while, almost but not quite. Used slip jaw pliers to grab and pull out. Cleaned bowl, put in new filter. Tipped spare diesel from bowl and filter into the UDT container with the used fluid.
Refitted it all.....and everything works.
All in all, a good days work.

Thanks for sharing, that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time. Sometimes I too have a job where everything just goes sideways so I'm laughing with you as a fellow wrench monkey.

 

[Old_Paint]

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Installed the heated set my wife bought me. She asked if there was anything I wanted to add to her Amazon order and here we are.

I'm more interested in the tool rack I see in the top edge of the photo. Care to share a closer photo of that?

 

[lynnmor]

Full service on the B2601 over the past 2 days. 400 hours.
Emptied engine oil. Taking the cap off the top lets it flow out faster. Replaced filter. Put two drain bolts back in, refilled. Cursed stupid funnel with a filter in it that runs incredibly slowly. Cut down a milk bottle as a funnel instead.
Emptied axle oil. Poured on the floor because my catch tray didn't quite lean inside the wheel rim enough, and as the flow slowed it trickled out sideways. Went to refill, milk bottle funnel didn't fit in the hole. Worked out how to remove filter from filter funnel, used that. Filling from full 20L UDT container very hard, spilled starting it off. Then funnel tipped over sideways and poured on the floor. Tied to fuel hose with string, filled.
Then noticed spare crush washer in the drain container. From engine oil drain plug. Checked which one was missing drain washer, took off, installed washer, reinstalled drain plug without losing too much oil. Not on the floor this time, went in drain pan.
Drove tractor up onto some timber to make it high enough to drain HST fluid directly into spare/empty UDT container. Took out drain plug, drained into UDT container well. First filter wouldn't come off with filter remover - too much fluid had gone on it from gloves. Slip jaw pliers are under tractor front wheel. HST fluid empty, cannot drive. Tried various other tools that didn't work, found pry bar to lift front wheel enough to get slip jaw pliers out. Removed and replaced first filter.
Went to remove second filter. No clearance, someone put a pipe right underneath it. Tried slip jaw pliers on the end of it, slipped off and crushed little finger on my left hand. Said some rude words and lay on the ground. Better half who had chosen that time to visit to see how I was going decided not to visit at all and went away again. Crawled under tractor to get better angle, and inched off the filter a tenth turn at a time. Replaced filter.
Refilled fluid using filter funnel without filter in it, and tied to tractor tool box so it didn't fall over. No spillage, but 20L UDT container is heavy to hold and pour. Probably need a pump.
Removed air cleaner, full of dirt. Started air compressor and blew it out. Air compressor hasn't been used for too long, pressure valve didn't work, air all leaked out, but filter clean.
Removed fuel bowl, full of junk. Diesel on floor. Hard to remove old fuel filter - seems to be jammed in. Tried screwdriver for a while, almost but not quite. Used slip jaw pliers to grab and pull out. Cleaned bowl, put in new filter. Tipped spare diesel from bowl and filter into the UDT container with the used fluid.
Refitted it all.....and everything works.
All in all, a good days work.

What a missed opportunity! Next time don't start till the better half fires up the video recorder.

 

[Old_Paint]

Full service on the B2601 over the past 2 days. 400 hours.
Emptied engine oil. Taking the cap off the top lets it flow out faster. Replaced filter. Put two drain bolts back in, refilled. Cursed stupid funnel with a filter in it that runs incredibly slowly. Cut down a milk bottle as a funnel instead.
Emptied axle oil. Poured on the floor because my catch tray didn't quite lean inside the wheel rim enough, and as the flow slowed it trickled out sideways. Went to refill, milk bottle funnel didn't fit in the hole. Worked out how to remove filter from filter funnel, used that. Filling from full 20L UDT container very hard, spilled starting it off. Then funnel tipped over sideways and poured on the floor. Tied to fuel hose with string, filled.
Then noticed spare crush washer in the drain container. From engine oil drain plug. Checked which one was missing drain washer, took off, installed washer, reinstalled drain plug without losing too much oil. Not on the floor this time, went in drain pan.
Drove tractor up onto some timber to make it high enough to drain HST fluid directly into spare/empty UDT container. Took out drain plug, drained into UDT container well. First filter wouldn't come off with filter remover - too much fluid had gone on it from gloves. Slip jaw pliers are under tractor front wheel. HST fluid empty, cannot drive. Tried various other tools that didn't work, found pry bar to lift front wheel enough to get slip jaw pliers out. Removed and replaced first filter.
Went to remove second filter. No clearance, someone put a pipe right underneath it. Tried slip jaw pliers on the end of it, slipped off and crushed little finger on my left hand. Said some rude words and lay on the ground. Better half who had chosen that time to visit to see how I was going decided not to visit at all and went away again. Crawled under tractor to get better angle, and inched off the filter a tenth turn at a time. Replaced filter.
Refilled fluid using filter funnel without filter in it, and tied to tractor tool box so it didn't fall over. No spillage, but 20L UDT container is heavy to hold and pour. Probably need a pump.
Removed air cleaner, full of dirt. Started air compressor and blew it out. Air compressor hasn't been used for too long, pressure valve didn't work, air all leaked out, but filter clean.
Removed fuel bowl, full of junk. Diesel on floor. Hard to remove old fuel filter - seems to be jammed in. Tried screwdriver for a while, almost but not quite. Used slip jaw pliers to grab and pull out. Cleaned bowl, put in new filter. Tipped spare diesel from bowl and filter into the UDT container with the used fluid.
Refitted it all.....and everything works.
All in all, a good days work.

I have my 400H service due right now (399.6 on the ticker). I didn't bother with just a filter change at 200H, I went ahead and swapped out the UDT2 when I remove the filters (had the wrong one for the suction filter, didn't I). The pressure side WILL NOT fit on the suction side. Note to self, MAKE SURE TO HAVE THE CORRECT FILTER WHEN CHANGING THEM. Pressure side filter was easy because I lost enough fluid to get below that level. Engine service was easy, except for removing the filter. Have to remove a guard for the fan belt to get the strap wrench on the filter. I haven't needed an air-filter yet, but I think I'll change it this time just for general gits and shiggles. Most of my work is on leaf mat covered ground, so not much dust.

Gonna go to my local Kubota dealer tomorrow and get the filters, UDT2, and some Kubota engine oil. I already have a full 5 gallon bucket of UDT2, but doing the front axle this time is gonna take a little more. 8 more payments and the LX is mine, all mine. Got a 5 year warranty when I bought it, and I'm thinking I'll keep the KTAC insurance on it just for giggles. Makes sense to protect it because I sure can't buy a new one again.

 

[g_man]

Full service on the B2601 over the past 2 days. 400 hours.
Emptied engine oil. Taking the cap off the top lets it flow out faster. Replaced filter. Put two drain bolts back in, refilled. Cursed stupid funnel with a filter in it that runs incredibly slowly. Cut down a milk bottle as a funnel instead.
Emptied axle oil. Poured on the floor because my catch tray didn't quite lean inside the wheel rim enough, and as the flow slowed it trickled out sideways. Went to refill, milk bottle funnel didn't fit in the hole. Worked out how to remove filter from filter funnel, used that. Filling from full 20L UDT container very hard, spilled starting it off. Then funnel tipped over sideways and poured on the floor. Tied to fuel hose with string, filled.
Then noticed spare crush washer in the drain container. From engine oil drain plug. Checked which one was missing drain washer, took off, installed washer, reinstalled drain plug without losing too much oil. Not on the floor this time, went in drain pan.
Drove tractor up onto some timber to make it high enough to drain HST fluid directly into spare/empty UDT container. Took out drain plug, drained into UDT container well. First filter wouldn't come off with filter remover - too much fluid had gone on it from gloves. Slip jaw pliers are under tractor front wheel. HST fluid empty, cannot drive. Tried various other tools that didn't work, found pry bar to lift front wheel enough to get slip jaw pliers out. Removed and replaced first filter.
Went to remove second filter. No clearance, someone put a pipe right underneath it. Tried slip jaw pliers on the end of it, slipped off and crushed little finger on my left hand. Said some rude words and lay on the ground. Better half who had chosen that time to visit to see how I was going decided not to visit at all and went away again. Crawled under tractor to get better angle, and inched off the filter a tenth turn at a time. Replaced filter.
Refilled fluid using filter funnel without filter in it, and tied to tractor tool box so it didn't fall over. No spillage, but 20L UDT container is heavy to hold and pour. Probably need a pump.
Removed air cleaner, full of dirt. Started air compressor and blew it out. Air compressor hasn't been used for too long, pressure valve didn't work, air all leaked out, but filter clean.
Removed fuel bowl, full of junk. Diesel on floor. Hard to remove old fuel filter - seems to be jammed in. Tried screwdriver for a while, almost but not quite. Used slip jaw pliers to grab and pull out. Cleaned bowl, put in new filter. Tipped spare diesel from bowl and filter into the UDT container with the used fluid.
Refitted it all.....and everything works.
All in all, a good days work.

I enjoyed your story ! One of those days where you have to fight everything. It made me glad I'm not on the bottom of the world where you are and it is upside down making it harder to do stuff.

gg

 

[McMXi]

A mixed list today. A quick trip down and up the driveway to clear off as much of the overnight stuff as possible to limit build up. Then off with the snow blade, on with the pallet forks and ball to move a trailer, off with the ball, unload the pallet and fuel tank and move into the truck bed, off with the pallet forks and back on with the snow blade.

 

[McMXi]

After I was done with the MX, I made up a test extension piece for the Buhler/Farm King rear blade to see if this cylinder rod extension concept is worth pursuing. This was a hurriedly made POS using what I had laying around. Extending the boom cylinder rod by 6" does move the boom over a fair bit more, which of course moves the blade over more, and gives me an additional 12" to 14" of reach on the left side of the tractor.

I'll test it out this week, and if all goes well I'll make this extension look a little better with the idea to make something a lot nicer in the spring or summer. You can see in the bottom photo that the boom has contacted the 3-point mount plate in the past (previous owner), and caused a little bit of damage. I made sure that there's about 1/2" of clearance between the boom and the plate at full cylinder extension.

 

[MOOTS]

Gonna haul the box blade to work, to add a receiver tube on the back. The toy yoda putting in work.