What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[mcmxi]

I took advantage of this beautiful weather we're having and finished up a few things on the MX6000 HST to get it ready for a possible sale. I have mixed feelings about this, and driving around in the open station model this afternoon reminded me of how nice it is to be out in the open when the weather is nice, and I'm not engulfed in a cloud of dust.

 

[jyoutz]

Snow on gravel here in the south where the ground doesn’t freeze hard and stay frozen can be kind of a PITA as it tends to get unhandily rearranged with close scraping. On the rare occasions I have to scrape the snow off our gravel road I have to run the blade an inch or two above the gravel and then just run all over it to pack it into a surface drivable for the 2WD vehicles. Don’t know of any way to scrape every last scrap of snow off the gravel without making a mess when the ground isn’t frozen hard. Even the split pipe on the cutting edge isn’t perfect on loose gravel. It’s better, but not perfect.

Yes there is. Turn your rear blade around 180 degrees and the blade will remove snow while not disturbing the gravel. This will leave an inch of snow on the road, but it will do the job and your gravel won’t be moved.

 

[River19]

We finally got some snow of substance as we are really behind on snowfall this year in New England.

I started up my driveway, start getting to the top and notice the UPS guy up there, then I see a red thing where my mailbox usually is. Get closer......there is an older Ford Ranger in the ditch that clobbered my mailbox. There is a 16yo kid standing there in a sweatshirt and running shoes taking advice from the UPS guy. Kid's truck had bald tires and a busted transfer case (clearly didn't know as he thought he was in 4wd) and being in the ditch at 45 degree angle he had 1wd. Back down the driveway to get tow strap and shackles.

I get back up there and a communications crew had come by and put a truck up the road with a flasher on it so we can avoid getting killed with people coming down the hill. I hook up to his front tow hook and my tow bar and in 4wd Low pulled him out, up hill, on snow and ice with little sanding. A couple yanks, nothing strenuous on the Kubota really, Turf tires, no chains. I was really impressed.

Kid offered to pay for the mailbox.........I took a hard pass and told him to buy some tires and boots instead.

Then I went up the road to clear a neighbors drive as they were flying back from TX where his son was graduating basic training for Space Force. Neighbor captured me on his Ring camera and thanked me

 

[Diamond Jim]

Added 3" wheel spacers from Bro-Tech to my little B today. Grappling logs out of the woods was a challenge to keep the little girl upright with original rear wheel spacing. Had to keep the FEL almost dragging the ground to keep her upright... Too wet out to test her out today, but they are definitely needed. View attachment 73108 View attachment 73109 View attachment 73110

Love to know how much you feel these help out. Please send out update when you get back out there. Thinking of widening on my L series.

 

[NCL4701]

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Yes there is. Turn your rear blade around 180 degrees and the blade will remove snow while not disturbing the gravel. This will leave an inch of snow on the road, but it will do the job and your gravel won’t be moved.

Exactly. As you state, an inch or so is as close as you can get without disturbing the gravel. Can’t get every last little scrap of snow like you can on pavement, which is what the poster I was responding to was trying to do. And the poster I was responding to has a front blade so he can’t turn it around but I suppose he could run in reverse on the last pass or two to accomplish the same thing.

 

[River19]

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Exactly. As you state, an inch or so is as close as you can get without disturbing the gravel. Can’t get every last little scrap of snow like you can on pavement, which is what the poster I was responding to was trying to do. And the poster I was responding to has a front blade so he can’t turn it around but I suppose he could run in reverse on the last pass or two to accomplish the same thing.

I do the same thing with my long gravel drive. Back blade flipped around to ) while moving in > direction. You can also play with the top link angle to adjust how aggressive the blade is. Once the ground has frozen hard and has a skim coat on it I will use the traditional blade direction where possible.

 

[fried1765]

I took advantage of this beautiful weather we're having and finished up a few things on the MX6000 HST to get it ready for a possible sale. I have mixed feelings about this, and driving around in the open station model this afternoon reminded me of how nice it is to be out in the open when the weather is nice, and I'm not engulfed in a cloud of dust.

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Tractors and guns philosophy!
Don't ever sell the "old" one!

 

[fj40dave]

Wednesday dig. Deep root infestation between PVC and SDR pipe at 8.5 foot depth. Be careful where you plant those trees as the roots WILL go deep to find that yummy water source.

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Root mass:

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Done

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Now the can "close" on their sale. So many municipalities are requiring full sewer line inspections (camera) and many are failing...

Good Job!!!

 

[ctfjr]

The 10+ inches of snow we got the other day was pretty much hammered by the rain over the weekend. I took the opportunity to use the toothbar to backblade down the driveway yesterday while the temps were 40+. Was able to get down to the gravel pretty well - through what the snowblower left. Good thing. Whatever didn't melt and run off or evaporate is solid ice now.
I noticed our neighbors mailboxes in the cul-de-sac had packed down snow left by the plows in front of them. This morning that was 4-5" of ice. Used the toothbar again to rip up and remove almost all of it. I should have done it yesterday. It would have been a lot easier.

 

[fj40dave]

Life Guard and Recovery stand-by duty.

We've had some water issues up here in Washington this past week......so, we make the most of it!

Soon, my neighbor and I will be putting in another couple culverts to keep this flowing a little better next time!

 

[fj40dave]

Love to know how much you feel these help out. Please send out update when you get back out there. Thinking of widening on my L series.

Ditto!!!

 

[retired farmer]

Not yesterday but Friday I think. Changed all my fluids and filter, greased everything that gets grease. Only filter not changed was fuel filter, dealer sold me the wrong filter, Ugg, another trip to dealer.

 

[top gnome]

We had a Nor'easter this weekend. Worst one in years from what the neighbour said. We lost several trees and the front of the house looked like a christmas tree exploded with needles stuck in the snow. The trees are 80 ft from the house. The pictures were taken the next day so a lot of the snow already melted off. We got about 6 inches of snow near hurricane force winds and no power for 48 hours. The tractor plowed the snow fine with the back blade. Lots of ice but with the chains had no issues at all. Also had to cut up and push a large spruce off the driveway. got a whole 3 hours on the tractor now.

 

[mcmxi]

I installed a SCOSCHE magnetic phone mount onto the right side door handle in the new MX. I use these mounts in my Jeep TJ and Ford F250 truck and really like them. My phone has a thin metal plate that's stuck to the back and the mount has a magnetic base that holds the phone securely. SCOSCHE supplies a rubber harness/strap that wraps around the phone but I've never used them in 5+ years of using these mounts.

At first I installed it lower down on the handle but decided to move it up nearer the 12V outlet so that it's not in the way of the FEL control lever. This mount has three different plastic adapters to securely clamp to different bar/pipe/tube diameters. The mount is very adaptable to whatever orientation works best.

The right side door has very limited functionality. Maybe an escape route, or to make it easier to reach in and manipulate the controls, or to provide access for cleaning, but it sure isn't an ingress door.

 

[lynnmor]

What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

I took it for a nice trailer ride again, it has enjoyed several hundred miles riding in that enclosed trailer. Then it was dropped off and admitted to the Kubota hospital for the third time for some more surgery. Some day it may need to grow up and do some productive work, but it has been able to put that off for 9 months. It was born with all kinds of defects in the backhoe, hopefully the father will be neutered to prevent more of these births.

 

[fj40dave]

Pulled the Amazon delivery van out of the mud

 

[K.P.]

Needed more light on my B7300 for snow removal in the neighborhood. I Installed a couple of small flood lights from Harbor Freight on the ROPS. I mounted the lights to 3” diameter magnet bases so I can move them around until I find where I ultimately like them. One facing forward and the other pointed downward at the rear blade. For as small as they are, they’re bright enough to compliment the bright LED headlight bulbs I replaced the stock bulbs with.

 

[2manybikes]

K.P.,

THAT is a wood pile I could be proud of!

 

[NCL4701]

What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

I took it for a nice trailer ride again, it has enjoyed several hundred miles riding in that enclosed trailer. Then it was dropped off and admitted to the Kubota hospital for the third time for some more surgery. Some day it may need to grow up and do some productive work, but it has been able to put that off for 9 months. It was born with all kinds of defects in the backhoe, hopefully the father will be neutered to prevent more of these births.

You’re one of the very few people here who make me glad I didn’t get the backhoe. Hope all the bugs get worked out this time.

 

[lynnmor]

You’re one of the very few people here who make me glad I didn’t get the backhoe. Hope all the bugs get worked out this time.

I said from the beginning that Kubota needs to shut down the facility where the backhoes are produced, those folks do not deserve a job. After all the others issues with the thing, just a couple of days ago I had the console cover off where the backhoe levers stick out and found the nuts holding the levers on were ready to fall off.

While I still believe that Messick's will do their best to help, I didn't have a warm fuzzy feeling when they assigned the current work to the lawn & garden shop. I parked the tractor among the lawn mowers and such.