What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[mcmxi]

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.

When I bought this place there was a t-post/barbed wire fence down the entire length of the driveway but many of the posts were twisted and bent due to snow plows that the previous owner either used or hired. I pulled that fence out shortly after moving here. Maybe some markers but they'd get bent or broken for sure. I just need to pay attention to the wheels of the tractor and make sure that they're on solid ground.

 

[ve9aa]

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.

Brave guy driving a tractor in -20*C with one hand, and about to lose his glove off the hood and falling into the driveway, not to be seen until April (or never if you catch it with the blower on the way back down the driveway, LOL!!!)

Enjoyed the video.

 

[nbryan]

Brave guy driving a tractor in -20*C with one hand, and about to lose his glove off the hood and falling into the driveway, not to be seen until April (or never if you catch it with the blower on the way back down the driveway, LOL!!!)

Enjoyed the video.

Lol I was waiting for the glove to get commented on, as i had to remove it to operate my smartphone camera. And yes, one-handed for a short bit, and even handsfree momentarily with my left knee on the steering in order to transfer the phone to the left so I could raise the blower a bit to free from a hidden stump I jammed against. And the split brake steering control is also very well used by me, as the front wheels don't get a good grip with the blower resting on the ground.
My hands are built for coid it seems, just takes one or 2 rounds of them getting cold and achy in the late fall and they're good to go for a winter of abuse with the gloves off as much as possible. I hate working with gloves especially around tools.

 

[ve9aa]

Lol I was waiting for the glove to get commented on, as i had to remove it to operate my smartphone camera. And yes, one-handed for a short bit, and even handsfree momentarily with my left knee on the steering in order to transfer the phone to the left so I could raise the blower a bit to free from a hidden stump I jammed against. And the split brake steering control is also very well used by me, as the front wheels don't get a good grip with the blower resting on the ground.
My hands are built for coid it seems, just takes one or 2 rounds of them getting cold and achy in the late fall and they're good to go for a winter of abuse with the gloves off as much as possible. I hate working with gloves especially around tools.

Good job not losing the glove. I would've lost that thing 50' back and probably never seen it again, LOL!

 

[mcmxi]

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.

Brings back memories of my days blowing snow on the BX25. I never had hydraulic chute rotation though but was going to add it prior to selling the tractor. I have no problem with R4 tires on gravel or asphalt, and my driveways are steeper than most.

 

[Trustable]

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

No worries, thanks for the info regarding the name, i may be looking into one of those ( 5 foot version) for next year depending how this year goes.

 

[nbryan]

Brings back memories of my days blowing snow on the BX25. I never had hydraulic chute rotation though but was going to add it prior to selling the tractor. I have no problem with R4 tires on gravel or asphalt, and my driveways are steeper than most.

Yes, the R4s are a great solid surface tire, made for that actually, yet they're plenty grippy enough in most mud and dryer snow, too.
This time ofyear I put the backhoe on the back so I can get myself unstuck from almost any situation the machine ends up sliding into, like a ditch bank on a 0C snowy day that no amount of gentle coaxing can be simply driven out of.
But with the real cold now its back to good grip again. Although the wet summer has left the back 80 tamarack grove quite soft and wet beneath the 1 1/2 ft of snow so until I've cleared our firewood work area with the blower the BH77 will stay on the back. Nothing like sinking to the axle between tamarack roots in the moss bog and popping it out in a few seconds with the BH. Once the deep frezze has solidified where I've disturbed and blown the snow around the box scraper and loader/forks go back on. I strap my 3-point trailer receiver on top of the BB1560 box blade for storage, having handy to swap out with the scraper for log skidding and trailer work, and around 80lbs added weight on the boxblade.

 

[mcmxi]

Yes, the R4s are a great solid surface tire, made for that actually, yet they're plenty grippy enough in most mud and dryer snow, too.
This time ofyear I put the backhoe on the back so I can get myself unstuck from almost any situation the machine ends up sliding into, like a ditch bank on a 0C snowy day that no amount of gentle coaxing can be simply driven out of.
But with the real cold now its back to good grip again. Although the wet summer has left the back 80 tamarack grove quite soft and wet beneath the 1 1/2 ft of snow so until I've cleared our firewood work area with the blower the BH77 will stay on the back. Nothing like sinking to the axle between tamarack roots in the moss bog and popping it out in a few seconds with the BH. Once the deep frezze has solidified where I've disturbed and blown the snow around the box scraper and loader/forks go back on. I strap my 3-point trailer receiver on top of the BB1560 box blade for storage, having handy to swap out with the scraper for log skidding and trailer work, and around 80lbs added weight on the boxblade.

I have 600lb of wheel weights and rear Rim Guard and the weight of the rear snow blower plus loader and hydraulic snow blade up front so I'm sure all of this weight helps me to maintain traction without chains or studs. If it's ice it's a different story and studs would be my preference.

Thanks for posting that video though. Blowing snow is about as fun as it gets on a tractor ... while sitting in a warm cab of course!

 

[JimDeL]

I have 600lb of wheel weights and rear Rim Guard and the weight of the rear snow blower plus loader and hydraulic snow blower up front so I'm sure all of this weight helps me to maintain traction without chains or studs...

My area is dead flat, so no grades to contend with. The BX2380 with R4 tires, front loader and 300 pound ballast box serves me quite well. No problems over the past winters.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

This has nothing Kubota related.
I started to post a picture of me using my old Husky rider to bag my leaves in west Tennessee, as a counter to all you guys posting your snow pictures.

This was Tuesday. Leaves started piling in front of the mower deck and when I backed up to clear them, I discovered they had gotten to the muffler. Aided by my neighbor and hindered by the fact I had disconnected the hoses and capped the hydrants, we did get it out.

Quite a contrast to your snow. It was about -2° this morning, so yard work is out. So, for the rest of the winter I can be reminded how dumb I am. I think any thatch problem I might have had is cured.

 

[ve9aa]

This has nothing Kubota related.
I started to post a picture of me using my old Husky rider to bag my leaves in west Tennessee, as a counter to all you guys posting your snow pictures.
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This was Tuesday. Leaves started piling in front of the mower deck and when I backed up to clear them, I discovered they had gotten to the muffler. Aided by my neighbor and hindered by the fact I had disconnected the hoses and capped the hydrants, we did get it out.

Quite a contrast to your snow. It was about -2° this morning, so yard work is out. So, for the rest of the winter I can be reminded how dumb I am. I think any thatch problem I might have had is cured.

WOW-that's my late October weather you just quoted ! ;-)

 

[PoTreeBoy]

WOW-that's my late October weather you just quoted ! ;-)

Well, I did put it off a while. I've been told I put the 'pro' in procrastination. I still need to trim the bushes.

 

[MOOTS]

This has nothing Kubota related.
I started to post a picture of me using my old Husky rider to bag my leaves in west Tennessee, as a counter to all you guys posting your snow pictures.
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This was Tuesday. Leaves started piling in front of the mower deck and when I backed up to clear them, I discovered they had gotten to the muffler. Aided by my neighbor and hindered by the fact I had disconnected the hoses and capped the hydrants, we did get it out.

Quite a contrast to your snow. It was about -2° this morning, so yard work is out. So, for the rest of the winter I can be reminded how dumb I am. I think any thatch problem I might have had is cured.

Burn the rest of it, so it looks like it was on purpose.

 

[mcmxi]

This has nothing Kubota related.
I started to post a picture of me using my old Husky rider to bag my leaves in west Tennessee, as a counter to all you guys posting your snow pictures.
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This was Tuesday. Leaves started piling in front of the mower deck and when I backed up to clear them, I discovered they had gotten to the muffler. Aided by my neighbor and hindered by the fact I had disconnected the hoses and capped the hydrants, we did get it out.

Quite a contrast to your snow. It was about -2° this morning, so yard work is out. So, for the rest of the winter I can be reminded how dumb I am. I think any thatch problem I might have had is cured.

Had you told us it was part of a prescribed burn I would have bought it hook, line and sinker. I bought the local fire department about $150 worth of barbeque a couple of years ago to thank them for helping me out when a prescribed burn went south ... literally!

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Burn the rest of it, so it looks like it was on purpose.

The thought did occur to me, but I didn't want the fire department to show up, plus it was smoking the neighborhood pretty good.

 

[bird dogger]

This has nothing Kubota related.
I started to post a picture of me using my old Husky rider to bag my leaves in west Tennessee, as a counter to all you guys posting your snow pictures.
View attachment 92664
This was Tuesday. Leaves started piling in front of the mower deck and when I backed up to clear them, I discovered they had gotten to the muffler. Aided by my neighbor and hindered by the fact I had disconnected the hoses and capped the hydrants, we did get it out.

Quite a contrast to your snow. It was about -2° this morning, so yard work is out. So, for the rest of the winter I can be reminded how dumb I am. I think any thatch problem I might have had is cured.

Two yrs ago in the fall, a person in a small rural housing development decided to burn a small pile of leaves in the back corner of his 2.5 acre lot in a well established area with nice trees, hedges, etc. It had been bone dry for quite some time and a burning ban in effect as well. Apparently he lit the small pile of leaves and left it unattended.

Soon that neighborhood was full of smoke. The wind had come up and spread the fire across his next door neighbors yard. They couldn't stop the spread between themselves and soon two separate fire departments were on scene. They saved the neighbor's back yard shed and were able to stop the spread just before it got into a heavily wooded area two neighbor's downwind from the original starting point.

The next door neighbor's back yard was all burned down to ground. I'm sure he lost his nice hedge, or most of it, and most likely a couple of nice trees as well. He was NOT happy with the careless neighbor!
Had the fire got into the heavily wooded tree claim area....all bets were off if it could have been stopped.

I have always waited until after a heavy rainfall to burn. Especially after witnessing the above.

 

[Flintknapper]

. So, for the rest of the winter I can be reminded how dumb I am.

^^^^

IF you are married....it wouldn't be necessary to look out there.

Wives will remind you....and remind you and remind you.

 

[S-G-R]

No snow and the driveway needed a little tlc so I back dragged with the bucket to level it out.

Looked at a new 20' K-Trail trailer. Looks like a new year purchase.

 

[matt-m]

Finished fabing a heavy duty rack to help tiddy the place up a bit

 

[mcmxi]

I was out moving snow again, and given the abysmal fuel efficiency of the MX I decided to experiment with engine rpm while blowing snow. The objective is to move snow away from where you don't want it, and since the blower worked just fine at 2,200rpm rather than the 2,600-2,700rpm indicated on the tachometer, I think I'll run it like this again.

I have no idea how much more fuel efficient it'll be but I can assure you that the noise in the cab is greatly reduced.