What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[rc51stierhoff]

10 minute till job, that led to an hour of cleaning old burlap out of the flanges. That little pile in the second pic was only about a quarter of it.

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Looks like you have all the right tools and ‘fluids’.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Got the third valve added to the FEL stack and reinstalled. I'll have to come up with an actuator linkage. I'm not sure if I want it fore-aft or side-to-side. I also need to modify and mount the hard lines to the front.





Also got the light bar mounted, but not wired, on the front guard. I installed LED headlights before, but they're so low they hit the back of the bucket. I ought to be well lit on the front.

 

[Chanceywd]

I found that piece of rebar I lost.
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I found a piece in the side of my ford taurus nearly new winter tire. It was my own fault I laid a few short pieces by the garage door. Then when backing it out I turned the wheel to soon. There was a bang, bang, bang against the wheel well and a hissing sound. One of those moments when you realize we all do stupid things.

Bill

 

[Virtual Guy]

I found a piece in the side of my ford taurus nearly new winter tire. It was my own fault I laid a few short pieces by the garage door. Then when backing it out I turned the wheel to soon. There was a bang, bang, bang against the wheel well and a hissing sound. One of those moments when you realize we all do stupid things.

Bill

Oh yes the bang bang hiss is familiar.

I am filling in an old pond and used some broken up concrete as fill. I just HAD to climb up on that concrete to put a bucket of dirt where I wanted.

 

[ACDII]

Finished the install of the 3rd function Quick Attach Remote L2272 kit. Detailed write up here

 

[RCW]

took a break from dropping trees to put in a shed pad...er...POD pad as it will be. Friend of mine wants it gone, all I have to do is haul it here....so, why not?

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Dirty - - you've got to be one the hardest working guys I "know".

Most of your excavating/pipe jobs are your "side" work, right?!?!

You and your guys do a lot, and even have matching uniforms....

Looks like you do good and careful work. Those places are tough work locations....

Hell, come to Chenango County, New York to do my water service!!! Short shot...I know how to do it, but can't do it myself. Nobody else knows or wants to...

Understand the ash-elimination and POD pad are "housework."

I've poked at you in fun before. Not being a smart-ass. Not my intent at all this time......

My hat's off to you!

 

[SAR Tracker]

Real simple job - removed BH77 backhoe, installed pine needle rake.

 

[ken erickson]

Spent the day with my son doing some grapple work, switching the grapple and rotary cutter to the bucket and box blade. We set elevation stakes and ribbons around the perimeter of the new pond dig to help me with elevations as I build up the dam. Real old school, string and line level! lol

We also did some basic maintenance to the tractor. Checked HST fluid level, cleaned and lubed the seat track , radiator screen, fueled it up and gave it a quick overall check.

 

[Chanceywd]

Spent the day with my son doing some grapple work, switching the grapple and rotary cutter to the bucket and box blade. We set elevation stakes and ribbons around the perimeter of the new pond dig to help me with elevations as I build up the dam. Real old school, string and line level! lol

We also did some basic maintenance to the tractor. Checked HST fluid level, cleaned and lubed the seat track , radiator screen, fueled it up and gave it a quick overall check.

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Always great when my son stops by for a half hour visit. Always tractor talk as he has a mahindra with a backhoe. He and it never sit still for long!

Bill

 

[dirtydeed]

Dirty - - you've got to be one the hardest working guys I "know".

Most of your excavating/pipe jobs are your "side" work, right?!?!

You and your guys do a lot, and even have matching uniforms....

Understand the ash-elimination and POD pad are "housework."

Correct. Most of the side work with the excavator was for the plumbing co that my wife works for. That gig has dried up for me (for now) as I was serving as a pinch hitter. They've recently hired a full time guy to ride the excavator.

The rest of the stuff is just me. Either part time side work or just at home. I enjoy it, it makes me happy. Much better than my real profession sitting behind a desk and hating every minute of it. Sadly, I've spent the better part of 30+ years doing something that I can't stand...all for the money. Looking back on it now, it wasn't worth it.

 

[NCL4701]

Spent a little time Saturday morning replacing the fitting I accidentally ripped off the grapple last weekend. That took approximately 5 minutes. Then did the 300 hour service, cleaned the radiator and pre-screen, and generally cleaned it up enough I can at least see the gauges through the dust and mud a bit more clearly. Then ran around for a bit picking up brush to haul to the brush pile for chipping later. It was a little disappointing to find the gallon of SUDT I had on the shelf wasn’t a gallon; it was a gallon jug with about a quart in it. With the current cost of SUDT, that was a disconcerting blow to my overall net worth. Didn’t lose much when the lid line broke so even though it didn’t require any (on the lower side of the range on the dipstick) I threw whatever was left in the jug into it and I think the level moved on the dipstick but not positive.

Yes, this was one fitting prior to last weekend, but it wasn’t strong enough to withstand the power of operator error.

Good as new. Finding the fitting was the hardest part. Now that I know there’s a Parker dealer retail store a mile and a half from my Kubota dealer, next time I can just go straight there if it’s something that looks a little “special”. Sometime maybe I’ll look up the part number they listed on the invoice to find out what exactly the specs on the fitting are. For now, don’t much care.

Back in business…

 

[PHPaul]

Spent a cheery afternoon removing the cab roof and headliner on my B2650 so I could clean up the mouse house and deceased baby meese that had taken up residence under the A/C evaporator.

Getting it apart (after figuring out that you pushed the little pin IN to remove the plastic rivets) was pretty straight forward.

Putting it back together was another story...

 

[pokey1416]

Installed the Reflectix liner while I had the roof off.

 

[ve9aa]

I made a pallet fork trailer hitch ball mount (no pix).
I simply took an old bed rail (2' long) (man, is that metal tough to drill, holy farg batman!!) and put a 1-7/8's ball in the end of it. Now I can move my utility trailer around the backyard when mowing without getting off the tractor or trying to align it to the ball on the rear of the 'BX.

I attach the "bed rail" to the pallet fork with a couple biggie C-clamps.

For all I am doing, I think it'll be fine. If I was moving a travel trailer, I'd likely be overdoing it, but for an empty utility trailer, it seems to work just fine. Near zero $$ solution. (other than burning out drill bits and grinding stones trying to get a hole in an old angle iron bed rail, apparently made out of diamonds.

 

[johnjk]

I hoped the 1.5” of rain overnight would have softened up the clay but no. Digging a trench to run my Starlink cable. Could only get about an inch down with the tooth bar. Filled the trench with water and will let let soak in for a few hrs and repeat a couple times. Could use a sub soiler for this but don’t have one. Ah well, more seat time

 

[ve9aa]

I hoped the 1.5” of rain overnight would have softened up the clay but no. Digging a trench to run my Starlink cable. Could only get about an inch down with the tooth bar. Filled the trench with water and will let let soak in for a few hrs and repeat a couple times. Could use a sub soiler for this but don’t have one. Ah well, more seat time

I like it !

If that were me, I'd take a "sharp" pipe and ratchet strap it (pointed down) to my bucket and drag backwards to make a trench. Yours looks really good though.

I look forward to your opinion of STARLINK. There's a thread here on OTT about Starlink with differing opinions. I hope you post there. I am still on the fence, We're with Xplornet which is really our only option. Sometimes it's real good and then we get some hours every few DAYS where the speed is actually less than 56k dialup. Several times a year we'll get NO SERVICE at all for a few days in a row. (varies)

I am veering wildly off topic now - OOPS!@

 

[Ton]

Finally got my Piranha tooth bar delivered on Friday and installed today. Put it to work clearing a 1/4 acre at the back of my home property that has been neglected for years. Very thick brush with lots of heavy stickers and several young trees 1-3" diameter and a few upwards of 5" diameter. Plan to scrape it all out with the piranha in sections and working great so far on the first section. Got about a tractor's length in on that first pass, approaching head-on each time. Uprooting those larger trees takes some bucket skills, and I'm starting to get the hang of that. Very impressed with the piranha.

 

[johnjk]

I like it !

If that were me, I'd take a "sharp" pipe and ratchet strap it (pointed down) to my bucket and drag backwards to make a trench. Yours looks really good though.

I look forward to your opinion of STARLINK. There's a thread here on OTT about Starlink with differing opinions. I hope you post there. I am still on the fence, We're with Xplornet which is really our only option. Sometimes it's real good and then we get some hours every few DAYS where the speed is actually less than 56k dialup. Several times a year we'll get NO SERVICE at all for a few days in a row. (varies)

I am veering wildly off topic now - OOPS!@

Thanks and good idea. Eve soaking it multiple times over 3 hrs just got me another 4” down. Once our clay starts drying out it’s like concrete. I pulled down our old satellite provider hardware and will need the FEL to pop that pole free. Wife had errands to do so that will wait until later this week. Should be able to wrap a chain or strap around it and pop it free easily.

Starlink has been great so far. Forgot the garage door opener was on wifi but it was a quick update to point to the new system. I think I have it all over now.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Katy and I finished a trail to my northeast corner. Or close anyway, I'm staying back far enough to discourage the neighbors from trespassing, hopefully. Still need to make a turnaround loop, but that can wait.

It was a beautiful day.

 

[NCL4701]

I hoped the 1.5” of rain overnight would have softened up the clay but no. Digging a trench to run my Starlink cable. Could only get about an inch down with the tooth bar. Filled the trench with water and will let let soak in for a few hrs and repeat a couple times. Could use a sub soiler for this but don’t have one. Ah well, more seat time

If you have forks, take one off, set the remaining one near the center of the frame and plow it out a couple inches per pass with the fork angled just slightly down past level. May have to use a sharp shooter spade or a grubbing hoe/mattock to scoop some of the loose dirt out of the resulting ditch which is pretty easy. Not ideal, but works well on our brick hard clay for an occasional narrow trench.