What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[nbryan]

First really nice day in months yesterday so we got the "fleet" running and my 8yr. old grandson drove them all around except for the Kubota. He was a little shy about that? I don't know why - he was pushing a pallet of slate with the excavator the day before. He'll be mowing grass this summer so maybe I can ease him into it. He used to ride with me all the time when he was little, but he's a bit big for that now -

The smallest one on the left. Make, model, year? She a beaut!

 

[River19]

It will be a nice improvement over man handling it out of the way! Like the old Wheel Horse.,

No doubt.....I figure I can offload the blower in the garage onto the dolly and wheel it to its summer resting place......that is the one implement I don't want outside all summer if I can avoid it with the hydraulic hoses and electrical connection......why add exposure when you don't have to.

The Wheel Horse......thanks. My father bought it used in 1985 when I was 10, it is the same age I am (1975) and I fixed it up a bit over the COVID pandemic and it runs like a top still with the 16hp Kohler, hydraulics and hydrostatic transmission......amazingly well built and still alive and kicking 45 years later.

 

[Mike9]

@nbryan - That is a mid 60s Speedex. It's a really cool tractor and it came with a snow plow, discs, moldboard plow, etc. It sat idle for 30+ years and was a lawn ornament the past few. We got it freed up and gave it to a guy we know who redid the ignition and now it runs like a top. Gotta put some Liquitube in the tires as they have some dry rot. I found the chains for the rears too.

 

[johnjk]

Down and dirty brace to hold the FEL off my quad. It works. Will add another 2x4 across the top

 

[dirtydeed]

Just playin' out at the range...

 

[B737]

Just playin' out at the range...

lol what’s getting dug here??

 

[dirtydeed]

lol what’s getting dug here??

Ha, nuttin (that I would put in writing anyway) . Free fill dirt that the twp dropped off for me. Will use it to expand the "range" so we don't have to stand in the mud.

 

[ctfjr]

Did some more wood chipping with the WC68 today. Then had to get serious
I have a load of shrubbery coming and as soon as call before you dig finishes marking the area I have to start drilling holes with the PHD. So took it down from the chain fall I have under the deck and mounted it on the tractor. I haven't done anything to it since I bought it off Craigslist months ago.
Took it into my work garage (as defined by that's where the tools are). There I took off the 6" flight, topped up the gear oil (not very low), thoroughly greased the pto shaft connectors and the 2 piece shaft.

It's a push in pto connector
Tomorrow I'm going to connect it. Probably a lay on the ground job, feh. Then connect the 12" flight and see how much damage we can do!

 

[awesome]

It was dead center of one of my rear tire tracks. Talk about making your heart jump into your throat .... I just knew I was about to see tire ballast spraying everywhere. Couldn't find a mark on the tires, though, so apparently the ground was soft enough it let this go into the ground instead of my tire.

I keep saying, there's no guessing what will be found in my yard, and so much of it very dangerous for tractor tires. Working with a tractor in my yard isn't much less stressful than driving in Atlanta rush hour traffic.

Haha wow. Well I have to raise you up with this:

Found this on my rear tire the other day.

 

[nbryan]

Haha wow. Well I have to raise you up with this:
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Found this on mu rear tire the other day.

Involuntary studding.

 

[OrangeKrush]

No doubt.....I figure I can offload the blower in the garage onto the dolly and wheel it to its summer resting place......that is the one implement I don't want outside all summer if I can avoid it with the hydraulic hoses and electrical connection......why add exposure when you don't have to.

The Wheel Horse......thanks. My father bought it used in 1985 when I was 10, it is the same age I am (1975) and I fixed it up a bit over the COVID pandemic and it runs like a top still with the 16hp Kohler, hydraulics and hydrostatic transmission......amazingly well built and still alive and kicking 45 years later.

That’s cool.. it has history and definitely something to hang on to. I’ve always liked the old wheel horse tractors, just something about them.

 

[OrangeKrush]

Haha wow. Well I have to raise you up with this:
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Found this on my rear tire the other day.

Lucky you caught that one just right! It would have had no problem finding its way in the other direction.

 

[Magicman]

I don't wanna play that nail game.

 

[Old_Paint]

Haha wow. Well I have to raise you up with this:
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Found this on my rear tire the other day.

You need to go buy a lottery ticket right now.

 

[dirtydeed]

Haha wow. Well I have to raise you up with this:
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Found this on my rear tire the other day.

I like it. It's like one of those cool/hip body piercings. Did you get it at "Piercing Pagoda"?

 

[S-G-R]

Used my forks to unload my root rake/grapple that finally came after 13 weeks. It was pouring rain so I will add the hydraulic fittings to the third function tomorrow and try it out.

 

[fruitcakesa]

Took advantage of the Kubota $10 off a pail and bought 3 pails, 2 hydro filters and an oil filter so I am ready for the next full hydro service.
Still too muddy to use the tractor at all.

 

[Magicman]

My grandson found out that my M4900 will not start if the kill knob is pulled out.

 

[DustyRusty]

Gave the old BX22 a bath, cleaned up all the "accessory" items that belong to that tractor, and if the sun is out, I hope to have it listed for sale on Craigslist and Facebook Market Place. Hope to find a buyer quickly, since I want to buy something else with that tractor money.

 

[bx tractorjoe]

Cleaned up and blew out all the stuff on the bx2200 I just got.. radiator had a few good clumps at the bottom and sandy dirt around the hydraulic steering ram.. guess that means I have a leak..

But this bx2200 is one of the cleanest older original tractors I've had...even has a New kubota branded battery.. good sign the old owner took good care of it

Also out the box blade that came with the bx2200 on the b7300.. all the weight back there makes it steer like it has power steering.. I also ordered a oem Kubota fuel pump for it.. I was bad and bought a after market one, and it started leaking the same day I put it on.. being cheap is a bad idea sometimes but 140 for a fuel pump sucks