What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[mcmxi]

Wow, $925k could buy a good part of my town …being kind of a smart aleck.

We are very rural, older, and poor generally. We don’t have the beautiful scenery you have, but it is a nice looking place.

We do get a lot of buying pressure from the NYC/metro area, most with much more cash than the locals. We’re about 3-4 hours from the NYC area.

Sounds similar to the PA neighbor you have out there.

My neighbor put his company up for sale a couple of years ago and used an accounting firm to find buyers, vet them and work out the details. There were 200 or so companies interested that were eventually whittled down to three. The final offer was for $75MM plus all manner of incentives, but at the last minute he decided not to sell. Hopefully he does something similar with this 46 acre property. Worst case, I'll sell and move further out. Find a place with good soil, no ground squirrels and bordered by US Forestry land. That shouldn't be hard right?

 

[mcmxi]

this is disappointing to learn. I'm assuming the PTO shaft was riding up against the cross member of the QH? why is it doing that? Would the larger heavy duty QHs address this conflict, like QH20 or 30??

Please disregard my earlier post about the QH15 and RCR1884 not working together. @Matt Ellerbee asked me why not in another thread, so after hooking up the grapple to the M for the first time (went sort of ok) I took another look at the QH15, and after some messing around got everything set up.

I also removed the god awful "sliders" from the M that are supposed to limit or index the 3-point and draft control levers. I hate those things and will remove them from the MX too.

 

[MOOTS]

Please disregard my earlier post about the QH15 and RCR1884 not working together. @Matt Ellerbee asked me why not in another thread, so after hooking up the grapple to the M for the first time (went sort of ok) I took another look at the QH15, and after some messing around got everything set up.

I also removed the god awful "sliders" from the M that are supposed to limit or index the 3-point and draft control levers. I hate those things and will remove them from the MX too.

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Damn that EA 60 looks tiny on that M! Glad you got the QH figured out. What was the problem?

As for the stops on 3 point. I have put this on the LX and MX.
Clamping Handle with Threaded Stud, M6 x 1mm, 20mm Long Thread

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Easy to move and locks tight. Especially helpful if raising and lowering the cutter, no thinking, just slam her down to the stop you set.

 

[MOOTS]

Working them kool-aid implements on this lovely Sunday.

 

[mcmxi]

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Working them kool-aid implements on this lovely Sunday.

I have the same kool-aid implements!

 

[mcmxi]

Damn that EA 60 looks tiny on that M! Glad you got the QH figured out. What was the problem?

As for the stops on 3 point. I have put this on the LX and MX.
Clamping Handle with Threaded Stud, M6 x 1mm, 20mm Long Thread

McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.

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Easy to move and locks tight. Especially helpful if raising and lowering the cutter, no thinking, just slam her down to the stop you set.

Yeah, the Wicked 60 looks kind of ridiculous on the M. I should have gone with the Wicked 66. The problem was operator stupidity. I was trying to connect the top hook to the pivoting link below the pin where the hook is supposed to connect. Not sure if that makes sense.

Thanks for the link. I really can't stand the ones that Kubota uses.

 

[mcmxi]

I was only going to cut the lower field this afternoon which took about 30 minutes, but I was having so much fun I ended up cutting about 8 acres this afternoon. The field is very hilly and steep in some areas with holes and rocks so it's slow going. I was cutting at 2.7 mph in L3 and really like the rpm management feature that the M has. I have to say that I'm loving this M and should have bought one six years ago.

What a difference a year makes. This time last year I was pulling the RCR1884 with an open station MX. The M is a much appreciated upgrade. It's a tank, it's comfortable, it has plenty of power, it's fuel efficient, it's a lot quieter than the MX and it handles the hills and holes way better. The MX is a great tractor too but the M6060 is my choice for pulling the rotary cutter. It's perfect for this job.

Last year .... MX6000HST with RCR1884

This year .... M6060HDC with RCR1884. The field looks great after cutting!

 

[michigander]

I was only going to cut the lower field this afternoon which took about 30 minutes, but I was having so much fun I ended up cutting about 8 acres this afternoon. The field is very hilly and steep in some areas with holes and rocks so it's slow going. I was cutting at 2.7 mph in L3 and really like the rpm management feature that the M has. I have to say that I'm loving this M and should have bought one six years ago.

What a difference a year makes. This time last year I was pulling the RCR1884 with an open station MX. The M is a much appreciated upgrade. It's a tank, it's comfortable, it has plenty of power, it's fuel efficient, it's a lot quieter than the MX and it handles the hills and holes way better. The MX is a great tractor too but the M6060 is my choice for pulling the rotary cutter. It's perfect for this job.

Last year .... MX6000HST with RCR1884

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This year .... M6060HDC with RCR1884

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IMO the first picture belongs in a Kubota Catalog

 

[mcmxi]

IMO the first picture belongs in a Kubota Catalog

Thanks! Wouldn't that be a great life. Getting paid to use Kubota products and take nice photos of those products. I'm sure someone has that life!

 

[BozenBota]

Used the grapple to turn the chicken waste compost. The pile is about 2/3 of what we and the flock (12 birds) generated this winter. I had been using a manure fork and bins, but this is just way better with the volume of material.

 

[ACDII]

Put it to work yesterday. Had a pine tree that needed trimming so that I could run the tractors close to it. One side is the road side and gets cut regularly, the other side is the hay field.

Thats the second load. Whe knew pallet forks would be so handy.

 

[ctfjr]

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Nice pic of a really nice machine Matt!

 

[Shekkie]

My neighbor had a tree cut down today and took me up on my offer to clean it up for him. Only took about 1/2 an hour and I have a few more logs for my 300 yard rifle range project along with some limbs for my tiny burn pile.

 

[NCL4701]

Was reminded again today why I didn’t buy a bigger tractor. Checking trails yesterday after a little storm ran across this. Yes, there’s a trail under there somewhere.

Dead old tree that pulled down several little trees and bushes with it. A few strategically placed cuts with the saw and the grapple pulled the mess out in chunks of trunk, brush, and whatever else was in the way.

Support vehicle and crew (wife) leading the way home.

Same trail minus the wad of trees. And yes, most of our numerous trails are more designed for walking and ATV’s than tractors. The L fits kind of the same way Shaquille O’Neal fits through a standard door.

 

[mcmxi]

This must be a tree day. My neighbor had a big fir tree blow over a couple of months ago. He told me that I could cut it up for firewood if I wanted. The photos are fairly self explanatory. The bigger of the two trunks is about 20"diameter at the base and the longer one is about 60 ft in length. After cleaning off the branches I cut the trunks into 11ft lengths and tossed them over the fence onto my property.

I could have used a saw with a longer bar to cut the bifurcated base which is probably 40" or so in diameter. I ended up using the grapple to give the stump a whack and was able to knock the base log off. I used the tractor to push the stump over when I was done.

 

[mcmxi]

Was reminded again today why I didn’t buy a bigger tractor.

I can see the logic there. I went the other way and was reminded yesterday and today why I did buy a bigger tractor. I don't see myself owning anything smaller than the MX6000 unless it's a collectible older tractor of some sort. A David Brown, Massey Ferguson or something. More for show than go.

 

[Quick]

Well, this turned into an all day adventure! Thought I'd tackle a little bigger stump today. This thing is heavier than the tractor! Rope and pulleys for the mechanical advantage for the most part after digging 5 feet down all the way around it. A bigger tractor would have saved me some time, but dang it, I got it out! (-;

 

[BetterThanAShovel]

I have a moment of smack-the-forehead "duh" BEFORE it was too late!

I was using the B77 backhoe on my B2650 and as I was setting down the outriggers, I noticed something. The footpegs you use to get up and down from the backhoe platform were bent towards the front, so that everytime the outrigger cylinder passed it, it was rubbing. It was like that on both sides of the tractor...nice shiny rub marks where the cylinders passed them. (I bought the tractor used). I decided this was bad, so set out to fix it. I was figuring I just needed to bend the footpegs back out. I went into the garage and got a logging chain and a large pipe for leverage. I was trying to figure out how I was going to attach the pipe to the footpeg with the chain so I could try to manually pull it back out....and that's when it came to me.

I'm standing right next to a machine that can exert way more force than I can, and exactly in the direction I need it.

So I looped the chain around the backhoe bucket (which was curled all the way in) and slipped the hook over the footpeg. I swung the backhoe over to the side so it would pull directly out, and then slowly extended it. Very easy, very precise, and no grunting and cursing on my part. Swung the backhoe over to the other side and did the same for that footpeg as well. Now they don't scrape against the cylinders and it was SO EASY.

I'm just kinda giddy that I figured that out BEFORE I had spent a lot of time and effort and cursing trying to manually bend those footpegs in the hot hot sun.

 

[dlsmith]

Had to take the right front tire off my BX today, just as I expected, I picked up something on Saturday when I was mowing and cleaning up my niece's front yard. Her JD LA125's mower deck succumbed to rust and the idler pulley ripped out of what little metal was left in that area. I love my niece dearly, but she doesn't take care of anything. The yars was an overgrown junk yard, trash everywhere. She and one of her sons filled my 14' trailer with junk and trash, which we filled my 5 yard dumpster with. I think the deck is a lost cause, the more rust I cut out to find good metal to weld to, the more rust I find.

 

[B737]

Spread 20 yards of fill, and 40 yards of topsoil today, for a friend nearby.