What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[DustyRusty]

Might not be “heavy” but I picked up a 250lb anvil a couple weeks ago and set it in the back of my truck. Didn’t “have time” to mess with getting the loader. Two lessons learned:

1) Just because you could pick up a 250lb anvil and set it on a truck bed when you were 19 doesn’t mean you still can.

2) If the muscles you pulled in your low back are cramping bad enough, a trip to the feminine care section of the pharmacy to get some Midol (only over the counter muscle relaxant/cramp control I’m aware of) is dang near miraculous for controlling back spasms, not just menstrual cramps.

I slid it off the back of the truck into the loader bucket to get it off the truck and onto the other shop floor without busting the concrete or finishing off what was left of my back. Just a pulled muscle or three. All is well now.

Just be careful, I would hate to hear in a later post that you missed your period and are pregnant!

 

[NCL4701]

Just be careful, I would hate to hear in a later post that you missed your period and are pregnant!

I’m pretty sure I’m post-menopausal.

 

[ajschnitzelbank]

Awesome, thanks for the info! We are supposed to get a good amount this thursday and friday, so I am eager to try it out. I suspect like you it wont be great on ice, but in snow I dont know if there is anything better due to the paddle like tires. With the snow pusher, are the welds pretty decent on it, quality good? I got a QA landpride bucket with my loader and was disappointing with a couple of the welds, im not a welder but it looked like there was air bubbles in the weld that would just collect water. My neighbor welded it up for me after I ground it down. Regardless I have an old backblade from a ford 9n my neighbor gave me thats been heavily modified over the years thats a little under 5ft that i think will be sufficient for mid Michigan winters.

You know, I have no idea. I never really looked at the welds too closely. Or at all haha.

 

[mcmxi]

Moved snow twice today. Here's the second time out as it was getting dark. I took a short video of the MX warming up in the snow. Kind of a nice Christmas scene with the snow falling.

It's supposed to get very cold tomorrow with a low around -30F and a high around -4F. It's cold enough that the rear remotes don't work properly for the first few minutes, until the hydraulic oil has warmed up.

 

[Mountainhill]

R-1’s great in snow and slush. You wants Ice Chains when you get ‘glare ice’, with sloped/hilly roads.

I run chains all winter, they’ve saved me more than once, and also allow me to work road during ice conditions, spread material for traction.

 

[RCW]

Only moved the Kubota to get the generator out and run it, just in case….

Geddy was helping! He’s pushing 65 pounds now at 7 months.

Running at 122 volts and 61 Hertz.

Genny has had a lot of hours on it in 2022. Voltage was low earlier this year.

Need to get back to my “Generator Recommendations” thread….

 

[mcmxi]

The snow is really starting to pile up on the lower driveway where I push rather than blow it. I spent about 30 minutes pushing as much over the edge as possible to make room for the next round of snow. Having the hydraulic snow blade far out in front makes it easier to keep all four wheels on the ground and reduce the likelihood of going over the edge which would not be fun! The driveway is steep and the drop off on the left side heading downhill is no joke. When I'm plowing I have to be careful and not get too near the edge.

 

[Flintknapper]

The snow is really starting to pile up on the lower driveway where I push rather than blow it. I spent about 30 minutes pushing as much over the edge as possible to make room for the next round of snow. Having the hydraulic snow blade far out in front makes it easier to keep all four wheels on the ground and reduce the likelihood of going over the edge which would not be fun! The driveway is steep and the drop off on the left side heading downhill is no joke. When I'm plowing I have to be careful and not get too near the edge.

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Yes.....continue to be careful there my friend. That would be a really bad deal if anything went awry.

 

[mcmxi]

Yes.....continue to be careful there my friend. That would be a really bad deal if anything went awry.

Thanks. I really have to pay attention when I get near the edge. Would be nice if someone made an hydraulic snow blade with hydraulic offset, kind of like my flail mower. Then I could push lots of snow over without risking rolling the tractor. Rolling over the edge would most likely prove fatal, particularly on the upper half of the driveway where it's a long way down to the road.

 

[Flintknapper]

Would be nice if someone made an hydraulic snow blade with hydraulic offset, kind of like my flail mower.

Yeah, if it could just hydraulically 'side shift' like some fork-lifts do.

But I'm sure someone would manage to maim or kill themselves misusing it and then the lawsuits would begin.

 

[RalphVa]

Removed the WM WC46, putting it on its dolly made from putting steel castors on the shipping container.

Put the RB on. Have the top hook now just bolted in one place that works for everything. Cannot use the Cat 1/2 and 2/3 bushings because the arms are just short enough that the keepers won't go in place.

 

[DustyRusty]

corrected post below....

 

[DustyRusty]

The snow is really starting to pile up on the lower driveway where I push rather than blow it. I spent about 30 minutes pushing as much over the edge as possible to make room for the next round of snow. Having the hydraulic snow blade far out in front makes it easier to keep all four wheels on the ground and reduce the likelihood of going over the edge which would not be fun! The driveway is steep and the drop off on the left side heading downhill is no joke. When I'm plowing I have to be careful and not get too near the edge.

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In the spring I would be thinking about putting some form of guard rail along that section of the driveway. It might be expensive, but what is your life worth to be more comfortable when it comes to safely clearing the driveway? A guard rail would also provide safety to the rest of the family that traverses that section after it has been cleared. I have seen plow trucks get too close to the edge and start to go over the edge, and if it wasn't for the grace of G-d, they could have gone all the way and been seriously injured or killed. Plowing that driveway isn't for the faint of heart.

 

[mdhughes]

Did a little firewood this after noon after work, used the grapple to move the logs.

 

[Magicman]

White Oak eh??

 

[woodman55]

Thanks. I really have to pay attention when I get near the edge. Would be nice if someone made an hydraulic snow blade with hydraulic offset, kind of like my flail mower. Then I could push lots of snow over without risking rolling the tractor. Rolling over the edge would most likely prove fatal, particularly on the upper half of the driveway where it's a long way down to the road.

A wing like what are on snow plows is what comes to mind. Don't know if I have ever seen one mounted on a tractor.

 

[nbryan]

Hit the back woods trail again after the latest rounds of snow. Nice to have a calm wind today, can relax at the controls a bit without ice dust flying back at me and all over the place. It does not seem top matter which way the wind is howling some days, it just swirls and has me cursing whatever direction the chute is facing.

The temps are up to around only -20C today and that's also keeping the snow dry and grippy. Hate slipping around on these R4s when its around freezing in wet snow. They can suck for traction, but not enough yet to invest in a set of chains. The wet snow season is usually short here in MB and we get into the fluffy cold dry stuff soon enough like today's job.

 

[mdhughes]

White Oak eh??

You asking me about the logs in the grapple? Yes, White Oak.

 

[BAP]

Replaced my 10 year old original battery in my B2920. Old one would still start tractors if I used it every couple of days or so, but more than that and it was starting to cause problems. I figured that 10 years was enough.

 

[Danl1957]

Hi all,

With my almost 4 year old grandson here for Christmas, I used the bx2380 to pile snow making a sliding hill. Will add more to the pile today.