Took the little one and the Stihls for romp in the woods wake up the squirrels.…
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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I put a LED 26" long roof warning light onto the Curtis cab on my BX23S. If we get the snow that is predicted for tonight, I will have a picture of it doing its work. It came with magnets to hold it to the roof, and I replaced those with suction cups.
NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
Well, despite the vague and variable prognostications of meteorologists, we didn’t get 12” of snow and didn’t get 1/2” of frozen rain (thank goodness on the frozen rain). Mostly sleet here so being on top of snow it kind of looks like snow but it’s really about 2” of sleet on 2” of snow. The Kubota sat in its bay ready to clear fallen trees, run the generator, and plow snow. Much as I enjoy running it, I was fine with not needing to fire it up today. Overall it was about as benign as possible.
Currently our private road looks as good
as the state road.
BTW, for anyone not familiar with significant accumulations of sleet: tossing a snowball at your wife is being playful; chucking a sleetball at your wife is domestic assault and battery.
Currently our private road looks as good
as the state road.
Yea, not quite as bad as (I think) 1993 when school was canceled because of snow but the "snow day" was a bright sunny day!!!! 
Wife reminded me of Raleigh's Snowmageddon in 2014, where we should have gotten a "dusting". I knew people that took 9 hours to get home... With a "infamous" photo...
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NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
The home office of the company I work for is in Raleigh. Before that they had a tendency to question us every time we closed or delayed a satellite office for bad weather as they’re “always” open. They closed too late and had people that slept in their cars, abandoned their cars and walked home or to a hotel, or took 9 hours to make a 30 minute drive. It was a total cluster. Since then they’ve been much more understanding.
There’s really no telling what we’re getting here. It’s prepare for the worst and hope for the best every time.
I didn't even try to drive home, I left my truck at work (Ok, not a real truck, a Nissan) and walked home (about 3 miles). Got picked up by a friend and after a while, told the friend I needed to get home to let the dog out... and walked the rest of the way. (we were stuck in traffic!!!)
I got home, took care of the dog and shortly afterwards, my friend came to the door... I asked him if traffic cleared up and he said, No, I parked the car and walked.... His wife took 9 hours to make it to our house!?!?
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RCW
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BX2360, FEL, MMM, BX2750D snowblower. 1953 Minneapolis Moline ZAU
Like a lot of folks, moved some snow. First time this winter. Shy of a foot, not a big deal.
Used new back blade some too. Worked pretty good, and didn’t have much base to work with. Would be better with a better base.
Used new back blade some too. Worked pretty good, and didn’t have much base to work with. Would be better with a better base.
je1279
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LX2610 w/ 60" MMM, LP 72" Snow Plow, EA Wicked 55" Grapple, and Woods 60" BB
Had to clear 12" of heavy wet snow right as it changed to rain......which sucked.
Had to go really and take half cuts, not because the tractor couldn't handle it per se, but because the snow was so wet it would just pile up in front of the blow if I added too much ground speed I ended up with a growing pile in font of the blower about 6' out in front......
Should be 38 degrees in a couple hours and the rain stopped.....dropping to 16 degrees this evening so I will take another pass at the driveway with the back blade and fire up the Honda tracked blower to do the dog area and access path......
Had to go really and take half cuts, not because the tractor couldn't handle it per se, but because the snow was so wet it would just pile up in front of the blow if I added too much ground speed I ended up with a growing pile in font of the blower about 6' out in front......
Should be 38 degrees in a couple hours and the rain stopped.....dropping to 16 degrees this evening so I will take another pass at the driveway with the back blade and fire up the Honda tracked blower to do the dog area and access path......
HVACRoger
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2021 L2501 Loader, Backhoe, LandPride Grapple, Tiller, Forks, Quick Connect
It's really interesting to see how many of us are in the Raleigh area.
And yes, I also remember snowmageddon. What a cluster that was.
RMS
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LX2610HSDC, RCR1260, PFL1242, LX2963, RB1684, WC-68,Flail Mower,Grapple, Z421
We got around 8". I got out with the snowblower before the rain hit so I could get most of the snow taken care of. Once the rains stopped, I used the rear blade to take care of the slush that was left over. I really like having both of those implements for snow.
Had some cat 2 bushings made for my QH15. It came with one set of cat 1 to cat 2 bushings that are 1.25" wide. I had no issues with them in my box blade or finish mower.
They did cause an issue with the snow blower. For whatever reason they would slide out of place and the pin would be resting on the QH causing the blower to ride sloppily in the QH.
I couldn't find any bushings locally so I had a machine shop make three sets for me. The are 2.25" vs the 1.25" that the QH came with. Put a set on the blower and they worked great.
They did cause an issue with the snow blower. For whatever reason they would slide out of place and the pin would be resting on the QH causing the blower to ride sloppily in the QH.
I couldn't find any bushings locally so I had a machine shop make three sets for me. The are 2.25" vs the 1.25" that the QH came with. Put a set on the blower and they worked great.
Back on Jan. 1st. I posted about some mods I did to include running some 4AWG cables to the rear of my L4060LE and adding a couple power distribution blocks (positive and negative). These fed a fuse block that I wired to a USB power port and a 12 vdc power plug and a couple Artillian lights to. I didn't take any pics at the time (dumb on my part) but finally took some. I ran the cables so I can run a winch in the near future, feeding the fuse block was a plus.
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Another day in the woods with the girls…little bit slippery out today though…some of you with all that bling on your shoes making me jealous…
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Our power was out so I spent the morning opening up my neighbor's lanes after I plowed out mine.