jyoutz
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MX6000 HST open station, FEL, 6’ cutter, forks, 8’ rear blade, 7’ cultivator
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Today I continued using the box blade on my driveway, future maintenance area and future flower garden ... mostly using the rippers to loosen the soil and bring larger rocks up to the surface. Then I mounted my new landscape rake to see what it could do. It's a very useful tool. I am realizing, however, that tuning up driveways is a skill that I don't yet have.
Bmyers
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Grand L3560 with LA805 loader, EA 55" Wicked Grapple, SBX72 BB, LP 1272 mower
Good to know, but I guess know I am going to have to go though the rest of them to see what they do.
Bmyers
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Grand L3560 with LA805 loader, EA 55" Wicked Grapple, SBX72 BB, LP 1272 mower
Ran the stump grinder and got rid of all my stumps that aren't covered by brush. Finally got the hang of this thing. The first time it was used, went too fast/cut too deep and stalled the tractor a few times. Never stalled this time or sputtered, took it easy the whole way and the LX handled all the cedar and buckthorn stumps like a champ.
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Put a new dust boot on for the loader control Lever. When the 3rd function was installed they cut the boot to run the wiring harness. Land Pride install manual even says to cut the boot. I get it…time is money and it’s very putsy pushing the harness through the boot. Messick’s has the boot for less than $5. Now the boot covers the wiring and the wire channel in the control lever.
Wow... Couldn't even bother to make a clean cut on that boot, sloppy workmanship. New boot makes a world of a difference.
Almost forgot…
I installed the L8430 telescopic stabilizer kit too (from Messick’s). That was on the B2650 I had and I missed having that. Oh, and a plug cover for the block heater. It’s the little things.
I installed the L8430 telescopic stabilizer kit too (from Messick’s). That was on the B2650 I had and I missed having that. Oh, and a plug cover for the block heater. It’s the little things.
NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
A few weeks ago, hooked up the chipper and noticed when it lifted it was canted off to one side. Pulled the lever for the rear remote on the tilt cylinder to level it. Got on the wrong lever (dumb move 1). Didn’t look at the hitch as it moved (dumb move 2). So the hydraulic top link tilted it in way too far.
I know it can’t be tilted up all the way without binding the PTO but why would I ever need to tilt it up at all. That and with my co-owner brother’s slight larger JD 5 series and quick hitch, not like I can really shorten it more than I already have. So yeah, it took two stupid errors but the shaft bound and my first notice was the sound of a casting somewhere cracking, which sounds a lot like a large vacuum being applied to my bank account.
So I shut down, got off, and started looking for what failed. Couldn’t find anything wrong with the tractor (almost happy but not convinced it’s ok until it’s under load and not spewing oil or worse). Couldn’t find anything wrong with the chipper or PTO shaft either but wherever it is, I know the sound of a casting cracking so I know something will show itself shortly. Ran the chipper no load at idle for a bit. Nothing. Slowly wound it up to normal operating speed. Nothing. Chip with it for a bit and it although it performs as usual, the crack finally shows. The rear pillow block bearing on the chipper cracked at its weakest point; where the hole is bored for the zerk.
It’s a standard size so I both called Woodland Mills and sourced local. Woodland Mills was as cheap or cheaper than local suppliers and other online suppliers so I ordered one from Woodland Mills. Replaced the bearing and checked bed gap this morning before church. Needed some wood chips in a natural area and had some stuff needing chipping. Ran it for about an hour with no issues. I’ve also put 3 or 4 PTO Hours on it brush hogging so no apparent damage to the tractor. $88.00 all in seemed like a minor miracle considering the egregiousness of my operator error.
Next, off with the grapple and chipper. On with boxblade and forks. Boxblade pulled gravel from ditches back toward middle of road. With top/tilt really didn’t take long.
Shortly after that, the people showed up to pick up Dad’s bees and associated equipment. Dad passed recently and we all know he wanted them to go to someone who would give them a real shot at continuing so that’s what we did. That’s what the forks were for. Palletizing the hives and equipment made loading relatively easy. Only person who got stung was me. Standing 30’ away totally out of any flight path just waiting with the tractor and forks while the new people got them ready to go, random honey bee flew straight into my right eye and stung my eyelid. I brought a can of moist snuff just for such occasions so it didn’t swell shut (yet) but it was kind of a poetic final f you on the way out.
Final chore for the Kubota today: off with the box blade and on with the trailer mover to retrieve the equipment trailer from the edge of the woods by the dam where it’s been for a bit over a week to make room for parking. All that stuff has quieted down now, so the trailer returned to its home in the carport.
No big jobs today but there were a lot of them.
I know it can’t be tilted up all the way without binding the PTO but why would I ever need to tilt it up at all. That and with my co-owner brother’s slight larger JD 5 series and quick hitch, not like I can really shorten it more than I already have. So yeah, it took two stupid errors but the shaft bound and my first notice was the sound of a casting somewhere cracking, which sounds a lot like a large vacuum being applied to my bank account.
So I shut down, got off, and started looking for what failed. Couldn’t find anything wrong with the tractor (almost happy but not convinced it’s ok until it’s under load and not spewing oil or worse). Couldn’t find anything wrong with the chipper or PTO shaft either but wherever it is, I know the sound of a casting cracking so I know something will show itself shortly. Ran the chipper no load at idle for a bit. Nothing. Slowly wound it up to normal operating speed. Nothing. Chip with it for a bit and it although it performs as usual, the crack finally shows. The rear pillow block bearing on the chipper cracked at its weakest point; where the hole is bored for the zerk.
It’s a standard size so I both called Woodland Mills and sourced local. Woodland Mills was as cheap or cheaper than local suppliers and other online suppliers so I ordered one from Woodland Mills. Replaced the bearing and checked bed gap this morning before church. Needed some wood chips in a natural area and had some stuff needing chipping. Ran it for about an hour with no issues. I’ve also put 3 or 4 PTO Hours on it brush hogging so no apparent damage to the tractor. $88.00 all in seemed like a minor miracle considering the egregiousness of my operator error.
Next, off with the grapple and chipper. On with boxblade and forks. Boxblade pulled gravel from ditches back toward middle of road. With top/tilt really didn’t take long.
Shortly after that, the people showed up to pick up Dad’s bees and associated equipment. Dad passed recently and we all know he wanted them to go to someone who would give them a real shot at continuing so that’s what we did. That’s what the forks were for. Palletizing the hives and equipment made loading relatively easy. Only person who got stung was me. Standing 30’ away totally out of any flight path just waiting with the tractor and forks while the new people got them ready to go, random honey bee flew straight into my right eye and stung my eyelid. I brought a can of moist snuff just for such occasions so it didn’t swell shut (yet) but it was kind of a poetic final f you on the way out.
Final chore for the Kubota today: off with the box blade and on with the trailer mover to retrieve the equipment trailer from the edge of the woods by the dam where it’s been for a bit over a week to make room for parking. All that stuff has quieted down now, so the trailer returned to its home in the carport.
No big jobs today but there were a lot of them.
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Indeed!Found a new use for duct tape!
The silicone couplers and hose clamps won’t arrive until tomorrow. For mock-up purposes…duct tape works great!
Mike
Looks like you dogged a bullet. Hearing the sound of the casting break must have been a heart-stopper.
What do you mean by "check the bed gap"? Is that the front-to-back movement, parallel to the shaft axis of rotation? Like what a thrust bearing would adjust?
Also, my condolences.
--eric
NCL4701
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L4701, T2290, WC68, grapple, BB1572, Farmi W50R, Howes 500, 16kW IMD gen, WG24
Bed plate is the anvil that’s taking the beating from the blades hitting the material being chipped. It’s adjustable to set the gap between it and the blades. After that kind of damage, figured it would be prudent to check it.
The front to back movement of the flywheel shaft (as best I could tell) is fixed by shoulders on the shaft that are retained by the pillow block bearings. I didn’t see any option for adjustment of the flywheel shaft in any direction.
Made sense the front bearing wasn’t damaged; no force applied to it as the front shoulder slid away from the bearing. The rear bearing took all of the force and (thankfully) was weaker than whatever it’s counterpart was in the rear ended of the tractor. Whatever that is in the tractor must be pretty stout. Definitely dodged a bullet on that one.