What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[RCW]

We got about 3 or 4 inches of wet heavy snow in North East Ct overnight, and it is more like glue than snow. It was so heavy that it would push the BX around if I got too much of it in front of the blade. Had to redo the main part of the driveway that the neighbor plows with his truck since he never plows it wide enough and leaves the snow along the edges to melt. If you don't push them off to the side, when they freeze the road gets too narrow, and when they melt, the water floods the dirt roadway, causing mud. Some people never learned how to plow snow!

I don't have room enough to push snow around, especially the wet stuff like you and I got. My BX2360 couldn't push some of the 3-foot snowfalls we've had either.

One advantage of a snowblower is that you move it once...usually. I can also throw it such that it doesn't cause flooding problems during a thaw. House is at the bottom of a large hill.

I had to leave quite a bit this morning at the driveway apron; wet and tough to move.

That I'll likely scrape up with the back blade tomorrow morning. Pull it up the hill, then blow out of the way.

 

[RCW]

Some of the front yard.
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Some of the back yard.
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That’s not too bad. Know you’ve had much more.

Any consolation, here’s all the maple sap tubing in our woods next door. 150 taps on our place. Might have to zoom in to see blue tubing.

Maple season means Spring is coming!! (I hope)

 

[Biker1mike]

We got about 3 or 4 inches of wet heavy snow in North East Ct overnight, and it is more like glue than snow. It was so heavy that it would push the BX around if I got too much of it in front of the blade. Had to redo the main part of the driveway that the neighbor plows with his truck since he never plows it wide enough and leaves the snow along the edges to melt. If you don't push them off to the side, when they freeze the road gets too narrow, and when they melt, the water floods the dirt roadway, causing mud. Some people never learned how to plow snow!

LMAO ! Just over the hills from you. Give me 12 inches of powder any day over the snow, rain, sleet stuff.
We put money aside in the budget for grass seed and stone !
The local landscapers make a fortune every spring fixing the gravel driveways that they plow all winter. The full time residents just live with some crappy looking grass along the driveways !

 

[MOOTS]

Absolutely DO get a gooseneck!
They tow so much better than bumper pull.

Agreed. And no one asks to borrow it. The finance department wants to sell the 16’ car hauler first. Gonna pull it out and pressure wash and list tomorrow.

 

[Mowbizz]

Got a foot of heavy snow here in central NH just came in from doing my driveway, the neighbor’s parking spot across the road and my “off road” areas.
I was in the road clearing my mailbox for the mail lady and then turned toward my driveway to attack the 3’ berm of junk from the town plows…I got a foot into it and BANG! No more blowing…crap. Augers we’re fine BX5455HD snowblower and the fan was plugged solid with the crap.
Went back up the 500’ drive on the 1st path I made down to the road and got up to the garage to get my “poke stick” to clear the fan housing. Sure enough, the fan was freely spinning. Not having had a fan shear pin go, I started looking for the pin the. I noticed where 2 flanges meet the flanges were misaligned. I thought at first I had something major break but so figured out that’s where the fan shear pin goes. Whew! Luckily, I had bought spare shear pins for the augers and fan so I found them and fixed it. While digging the rest of the junk out of the fan housing, out popped a 2” freakin stone pushed up by the town
The road I live on is not in the best repair with the old asphalt breaking up in many places and the plows, of course, plow well wider than the edges to allow for future snow. Note to self: Be wary of what the town plows push into my driveway!

 

[BigG]

Measured the MX with bush hog length. About 25’. Thinking of getting a trailer and maybe do some side work.

Looking at goosenecks in the 30’ range.

30 feet will not be long enough. I put a L2501 and hog on my 30 foot Big Tex along with something else, i.e. lawn mower, roller, box blade and poof the trailer is to short. Monster ramps are a wonderful thing.

 

[MOOTS]

30 feet will not be long enough. I put a L2501 and hog on my 30 foot Big Tex along with something else, i.e. lawn mower, roller, box blade and poof the trailer is to short. Monster ramps are a wonderful thing.

I also agree. 30’ is the minimum I’d look at.
Not really interested in the wide ramps.

What big Tex do you have? They are high on the list.

 

[WFM]

Snow
Snow and more snow. We had 8" at 7am. 14" when it was done here in southern Maine.
Sorry no photos but we got pleanty.
I'm thinking of buying myself a retirement tractor cab next year. Has anyone added a decent cab to their tractor years later ?

 

[dlsmith]

Spent about an hour with the BX cleaning off the 5-6 inches of wet, sloppy snow we got
yesterday afternoon and evening on my drives and the neighbor's drives. Had to pull the bonnet and tap on the starter to get it to engage, looks like it might be time for a starter rebuild. I had a problem before with a little tit building up on one of the high current posts on the solenoid.
Checked on Messick's, and they want $700 for a new unit. I think I'll take it to a local Amish shop and see what they say about it.

 

[hoot owl]

Nothing like some of you.
64 here today so I moved some equipment around and used the FEL to lift the back of our spare car to drain the gas tank. Lifted it up no problem. It's going to the scrap yard next week.
When finished my wife came out to see what I was doing and I tried to talk her in to moving the tractor but she wanted nothing to do with it. Could never get her on a riding mower either.

 

[fried1765]

Nothing like some of you.
64 here today so I moved some equipment around and used the FEL to lift the back of our spare car to drain the gas tank. Lifted it up no problem. It's going to the scrap yard next week.
When finished my wife came out to see what I was doing and I tried to talk her in to moving the tractor but she wanted nothing to do with it. Could never get her on a riding mower either.

My wife loves the zero turn mower.
"Like a Disney ride"

 

[Trapper Bob]

I’m going to trade this load of Hedge to my BIL for some borrow time on a hydraulic post hole digger. I’m a little low on gpm, but it is worth a try. He will not be giving the Hedge back if it doesn’t work. He can just bring his SLV75 over & run it hisself. Win for me, either way.

 

[D2Cat]

My wife loves the zero turn mower.
"Like a Disney ride"

My wife got a new Grasshopper zero turn 4 years ago and I haven't set in the seat yet!

 

[BigG]

I also agree. 30’ is the minimum I’d look at.
Not really interested in the wide ramps.

What big Tex do you have? They are high on the list.

I have a 14gn that is de-rated down to 14,500 pounds. This trailer has over 400,000 miles on it. I run a hot shot truck and trailer. It is not my favorite trailer but it makes me money. I do not load it heavily as I cannot have problems with the DOT. I have had to replace both axles that bent and all the springs which have cracked or broken. The price is almost doubled from 2017 to today.

 

[L35]

I’m going to trade this load of Hedge to my BIL for some borrow time on a hydraulic post hole digger. I’m a little low on gpm, but it is worth a try. He will not be giving the Hedge back if it doesn’t work. He can just bring his SLV75 over & run it hisself. Win for me, either way. View attachment 97281

I gotta find a excuse to take a trip out towards the west and on my return trip grab a load of the legendary hedge so I can see what it’s all about

 

[Trapper Bob]

I gotta find a excuse to take a trip out towards the west and on my return trip grab a load of the legendary hedge so I can see what it’s all about

It’s not magic, just what we have. I have plenty, I can hook you up. It can be interesting to process.
(My company has/is purchasing equipment from a vendor in Milford, CT. I’ve been there a couple times.)

 

[D2Cat]

The wood we often call hedge is Osage Orange, here's the full story.

Maclura pomifera
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange, is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States. It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres tall. The distinctive fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 8 to 15 centimetres in diameter, and turns bright yellow-green in the fall. The fruits secrete a sticky white latex when cut or damaged. Despite the name "Osage orange", it is not related to the orange. It is a member of the mulberry family, Moraceae. Due to its latex secretions and woody pulp, the fruit is typically not eaten by humans and rarely by foraging animals. Controversial suggestions have been made that it was consumed by extinct Pleistocene megafauna, but these claims have been criticised as lacking empirical evidence. Maclura pomifera has many names, including mock orange, hedge apple, hedge, horse apple, monkey ball, monkey brains and yellow-wood. The name bois d'arc has also been corrupted into bodark and bodock.Wikipedia

Native American's used it to make bows! We mostly use it for firewood and fence post since it is so dense and readily available. I know if you get some of the sap (right after cutting) on your leather gloves they will last 3 times as long as without it.

 

[johnjk]

Deck is back on the B1700. Bring on the grass!

 

[ctfjr]

. . .
(My company has/is purchasing equipment from a vendor in Milford, CT. I’ve been there a couple times.)

lol, just came back from Miford. Met my son & family for breakfast

I could have picked something up for you

 

[Fordtech86]

Had to go up north for the weekend, got a chance to take the kids out to the farm I grew up on with my grandparents. They had a blast!

I know I know it’s a green tractor, but it had heat

One of my favorite spots on the farm

he got to check out a bigger orange then his though