What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[mcmxi]

lol that is awesome ^^^ and I totally know the feeling of the code brown !

It wasn't much fun as the tractor started to fishtail on the asphalt! There's that moment of mild panic where everything starts to slow down and then the thoughts of maybe this isn't going to end well. Both brake pedals were locked together when I pressed the brakes but the tractor immediately started to yaw. One of the first thoughts was that I should have gone with Kubota insurance, followed by should I jump off or stay with the tractor. I confess that it didn't occur to me to drop the FEL ... until after the fact ... unless subconsciously I ruled that option out because I didn't want to ruin a $$$$ asphalt job.

Anyway, the worst is over and I won't be doing that again.

 

[River19]

It wasn't much fun as the tractor started to fishtail on the asphalt! There's that moment of mild panic where everything starts to slow down and then the thoughts of maybe this isn't going to end well. Both brake pedals were locked together but when I pressed the brakes but the tractor immediately started to yaw. One of the first thoughts was that I should have gone with Kubota insurance, followed by should I jump off or stay with the tractor. I confess that it didn't occur to me to drop the FEL ... until after the fact ... unless subconsciously I ruled that option out because I didn't want to ruin a $$$$ asphalt job.

Anyway, the worst is over and I won't be doing that again.

Suffice to say you lived to tell the tale and probably learned a little something......and, probably swapped underwear in the middle of the day for the first time in a while lol.

I have some hills on my property that when I have something heavy in the FEL I seem to always think of my abort procedures of dropping the Box Blade and or FEL. The whole advice to always put it in 4WD when dealing with heavier loads has also stuck with me....that being said in the heat of the moment I can only hope to remember those and calmly implement that plan


Rock looks good.

R4s........glad I have Turfs I guess.....

 

[MOOTS]

@mcmxi were you in 4wd?

As for the tires loosing traction in other cases, check the pressure. Mine were like 30psi when I got it home. went down the 15 or so, and finally settled at 10-12.

 

[mcmxi]

@mcmxi were you in 4wd?

As for the tires loosing traction in other cases, check the pressure. Mine were like 30psi when I got it home. went down the 15 or so, and finally settled at 10-12.

No, I wasn't in 4WD on the driveway but I was when I was bringing the rock up one side of the property to get to the top of the driveway. That was a mistake I'm sure.

I'll check the tire pressure. I know the dealer put ballast in both rear tires but I have no idea what the pressure is.

 

[mcmxi]

Suffice to say you lived to tell the tale and probably learned a little something......and, probably swapped underwear in the middle of the day for the first time in a while lol.

I have some hills on my property that when I have something heavy in the FEL I seem to always think of my abort procedures of dropping the Box Blade and or FEL. The whole advice to always put it in 4WD when dealing with heavier loads has also stuck with me....that being said in the heat of the moment I can only hope to remember those and calmly implement that plan


Rock looks good.

R4s........glad I have Turfs I guess.....

The skid marks are on the asphalt and nowhere else! That's good advice re thinking of how to react if something goes wrong prior to starting out. Pilots do that all the time and I need to take a page out of their book.

I think the rock looks good where it is too. It was doing nothing in a corner of the property so I'm pleased to put it somewhere where it can be seen and has some sort of purpose. I have much bigger boulders around the place but have no way to move them.

 

[S-G-R]

Cleaning out the shed. Winter gear out and summer fun gets put away

 

[S-G-R]

And another milestone today. Hit 200 hundred hours. 16 months of ownership.

 

[ctfjr]

Started cutting a trail from the top part of driveway down into the woods. With I'm not really anxious to put almost 5000lbs on my new lawn with R4's. I need to get to the woods between the house and street and am severely limited because of the topography.
Cut down several trees and will start with the grapple to clean things up tomorrow.

 

[fruitcakesa]

Shipped out the last load of logs today so I blocked off the now empty landing with left over poles to keep
the riff raff from tearing it up after we seed and hay it.

 

[dlsmith]

I fired up the BX and mowed the yard, for what I hope is the last time this year. I don't ever remember mowing in November in the 47 years I've lived here. Was 45° when I finished up at 4:30PM.

 

[OrangePower]

First 3 days of ownership, 24 tractor hours on my brand spanky knew tractor and one of the jobs half finish. Filling the hole back up after I pull the tree down is next.

 

[NHSleddog]

Well. Haven't been on in a few days due to the massive storm that hit Massachusetts. Almost lost my brand new tractor. Tree fell to the left and missed it and another to the right that landed on my truck. The Kubota gods were good to me, the Ram gods not so much. Spent the past few days cleaning up the mess and spending as much time as possible on the LX3310. View attachment 68899 View attachment 68900 View attachment 68901 View attachment 68902

All ready for the cleanup. Very serendipitous have the new machine there I would say.

 

[litework]

Cleaned up a tree around the pond yesterday. Used the grapple to move the big stuff and the RCR 1860 to get the rest.

 

[mcmxi]

@mcmxi were you in 4wd?

As for the tires loosing traction in other cases, check the pressure. Mine were like 30psi when I got it home. went down the 15 or so, and finally settled at 10-12.

I checked the rear tire pressures yesterday afternoon. 18 psi left, 16 psi right ... and valve stem has to be very close to 12 o'clock to avoid getting a tire gauge full of ballast liquid. I dropped the air in both to around 13 psi.

I moved more rocks around last night. 90% of grapple use is/will be moving rocks. That's why I wanted a very strong grapple such as the Wicked 60 made by Everything attachments. This MX allows me to move rocks that I could never move with the BX. It's picked up everything so far but I really do need wheel weights. The weight of the FEL, grapple and rock need more than an 800 lb box blade in order to offset the weight. I've ordered wheel weights for the new MX but if I keep this one too I'll definitely be adding them although a ballast box might be a better solution since it would be easy on/off.

 

[ctfjr]

I had a change in tractor plans today. Was going to start clearing trail with grapple, then I found a tick on me
Most probably came from the dog(s). The ticks don't get attached to them but they bring them in the house from playing in the woods.
Talstar-P time! Dropped the grapple, put on the forks, picked up my sprayer and ended up spraying about 35 gallons in the woods.

 

[RichardAaronlx2610]

First 3 days of ownership, 24 tractor hours on my brand spanky knew tractor and one of the jobs half finish. Filling the hole back up after I pull the tree down is next.

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what kind of tractor are you digging this out with? This looks like fun!! Backhoe or loader

 

[katansam]

Finstead sub freezing attempt to run it. 25 seconds on gow plugs and 3cranks started right up. Not bad for 30 something yo tractor

 

[Oo-v-oO]

I added a steering wheel spinner.

 

[Blue316]

Okay this is what I actually did yesterday... This is how I found my new toy/tool when I arrived at the Central Transport shipping terminal.


This is how I first saw it when I pulled up to the ramp. No strapping was present.

The worst of the damage. Scrapes and scratches.

Okay, I know its just a 500 pound tool but nobody wants someone else to put the first scratch on their new toy/tool... Right.
While the seller Skid Steer attachment Depot will not admit it they strapped it on to a pallet that is too small and too lightweight, it weighs only about 10-15 pounds and is bent and broken.

 

[johnjk]

Three days of overnight temps in the 20’s means that my last mowing will be this weekend. Have the spare blades sharpened and ready to go on once I finish. Only put on around 60hrs on the B1700 this year so no major service other than greasing, blowing out any grass and dirt and a nice wash before she is put away in her winter spot. The B3200 will take front and center for firewood and hopefully some snow removal. I may have put 15hrs total on her this year. Once the beans are picked up front, I have a few hrs of brush hogging to do cutting back the tree lines from the fields and get my trails opened back up.