What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[NCL4701]

Have you tried reversing the blade?

Yes. That’s normally how I run it, at least for the last 3 or 4 inches. If the ground is frozen pretty good, that works OK. Still puts gravel in the ditch if floating the blade on the ground.

When I was a kid, I recall the ground here in January and February freezing hard enough for long enough we could skid logs out of always wet areas with no fear of breaking through the frozen crust, and a final scrape of snow from the gravel road displaced little gravel. I don’t recall the last time the ground has frozen that thoroughly here; been at least 25 years.

The upside is snow doesn’t stay around long. Just have to get it passable for my wife and Dad for a few days until it’s gone.

Downside is nasty things such as fire ants move further and further west. Found our first fire ant nest in our yard this year. Used to have to make it east at least to the sand hills to find fire ants.

 

[Buffalo]

Snow in Oklahoma ? I just run the landscape rake through it, a hair off the ground - with the rake at an angle it will tumble the snow and break it up. Looks like the snow is still there, but with just a little sun, the raked snow melts much more quickly than the rest of the snow, and my gravel drive is usually clear much earlier than the roads. In truth we don't get that much snow, but six inches will immobilize
Okies for two days!

 

[lerxstland]

Filled it and then over filled it with diesel. What a pain in the a## standing on the tire and pouring into a funnel. Just ordered a 50 gallon slip tank and electric pump.

Any information you can provide regarding what you purchased for the fuel setup would be appreciated, I have an mx5400 and am tired of standing on the tire as well.

 

[NvRudder]

Any information you can provide regarding what you purchased for the fuel setup would be appreciated, I have an mx5400 and am tired of standing on the tire as well.

FWIW...I just re-fueled my 2501 for the first time Saturday...used a Tuff Jug, with Ripper Cap...super cool setup....no spills or drips.
Just set the jug cap/nozzle straight down directly on the filler neck, weight of jug pushes open the spout valve and let it flow...it emptied very quickly, I was shocked how quick & clean the refill was.
My tank is 10 gal...just watched gauge get below 1/2...and it took the whole 5 gal with no issues.

I lucked out, as the company is located here in Northern Nevada...walked in & picked a Yellow 5 gal setup like the photo for $30!

Jeff

 

[MOOTS]

A bit of storm clean up.

 

[Deleted member 47704]

Put the urethane cutting edge on the rear blade. Hole saw works good for putting holes in, plus left it outside for a while to stiffen it up.Cold out.

 

[aaluck]

Spent the first day of 2022 (also my Birthday!) "playing" in the snow!
My Franken-Blower (Allied 60") & 2501 worked very well in some serious white-stuff...

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I did have a potential issue I wanted to ask about...my sister was watching and saw my left boot pushing up against the fuse box while I was turned around blowing snow. She thought I was going to break it off...
It is very close to the Clutch Pedal...
Thinking of making some kind of formed cold roll guard attached to the fuse box mounting bolts to prevent me from breaking the box off and causing all kinds of issues.
Here is a pic of the location of the fuses...

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Anyone else had any issues hitting the fuse box while depressing the Clutch on a 2501?

Thats some serious snow my friend. As for the fuse box... yeah it does look like it could be a problem if your not careful and thinking about not hitting it.

 

[aaluck]

Any information you can provide regarding what you purchased for the fuel setup would be appreciated, I have an mx5400 and am tired of standing on the tire as well.

This works great for me. Built a 'shelf' for the can to sit on, on the FEL and your set.

Amazon.com

 

[RMS]

Had some icy snow today. Got to try out the rear blade for the first time. Not enough for the snowblower but the blade did a great job. One thing I learned is that I need to be aware of the blade and blower when moving around. I came really close to the house on one of my turns. Once you start adding attachments on, the overall length of the machine is deceiving.

 

[mdhughes]

Cut a little firewood yesterday.

 

[aaluck]

Just set the jug cap/nozzle straight down directly on the filler neck, weight of jug pushes open the spout valve and let it flow...it emptied very quickly, I was shocked how quick & clean the refill was.

Do you have a link to this? I'd like to look into this can.

 

[HVACRoger]

Do you have a link to this? I'd like to look into this can.

I have seen them @ Northern Tools.

 

[NvRudder]

I have seen them @ Northern Tools.

They are available via the company website, Tuffjug.com or also at Amazon...
But I didn't see the Yellow Jug/Yellow Cap combination on either location...
Until I bought mine direct, I was planning on a white jug with yellow cap for the Diesel.

 

[johnjk]

Nothing today. Snow is going north or south of us. We are just 14 and chilly. At least the ground is freezing up so I can get on some trail maintenance this weekend

 

[DaveFromMi]

We are having a bit of snow now, not enough to cover the grass. The light snow sets off the trail I bushhogged across creek on hillside a couple of months ago. Normally, you can't see it from the house, but the snow shows the outline now.

 

[NCL4701]

Taking off tomorrow for a bit of storm cleanup. Thankfully just blocking a trail and nothing on the houses. I sometimes wonder what people without chainsaws, tractors, and chippers do with this type stuff. I hope I never have to find out first hand.

 

[ctfjr]

Did a good 'walk around' the tractor to check for any loose hardware. Good thing I did, found the double nuts on one of the Pat's Easy Change clamps were beyond loose. They were near the end of the threads. Tightened them up and added a little Loctite for good measure.
Connected battery tender and topped up fuel tank. Getting ready for 1st real snow of the season tomorrow. Even dug out my winter overalls.

Hopefully it will be an uneventful test for my new motorized snowblower chute.

 

[mcmxi]

This morning was the first time moving snow around in the dark with the new tractor. I'm pleased that I opted for the work lights but am definitely adding three sets of LEDs.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

We got about 3" between 4am and 1pm in west Tenn.

After it stopped, I broke out the redneck snow blower.

If we get much more, I'm going to have to get me one of them cab models.

We've had warm weather, so the ground isn't frozen.

 

[dmbjohn]

Cleaned up the 12” or so of snow we got over the last day with the new snow blower, very impressed with it so far.