What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[johnjk]

I've yet to even hook it up to the tractor, which I purchased in November and was in snow mode (rear snowblower attached), so it's likely sat since mid-October (or before) since being run. I wasn't sure if some dirty looking gear oil was 'normal' or if it could be a seal going bad? Given the shape they had the mower deck in, I'm guessing it is just residual from all the dirt and rocks they were mowing (given how the blades looked).

I did have the thought of changing it while warm (gear oil), sounds like I'll do that at the end of the season, unless the mower decides to stop working - hopefully that won't be the case, given the deck has maybe 50-60 hours on it.

Check around your seals to make sure it isn’t leaking. Did you happen to notice when you pulled the fill plug if the oil was up to the correct level? A MMM lives in a very dirty location. At a minimum mine gets blown off clean after every use and if dirty, I break out the pressure washer. I also grease mine every other use but I bought a 20+yr old B1700 with a MMM. Helps to spot potential leaks and issues.

Other than that, you should be good to get out there and get some seat time.

 

[GreX]

Check around your seals to make sure it isn’t leaking. Did you happen to notice when you pulled the fill plug if the oil was up to the correct level? A MMM lives in a very dirty location. At a minimum mine gets blown off clean after every use and if dirty, I break out the pressure washer. I also grease mine every other use but I bought a 20+yr old B1700 with a MMM. Helps to spot potential leaks and issues.

Other than that, you should be good to get out there and get some seat time.

Didn't see any leaking gear oil or even any damp looking areas around the seals - not sure on the correct level, it was a lot more gear oil than i expected - I took a 16oz beer can and cut it down to about 1/3 the size and was able to get that under the drain plug, which that filled up twice and had a little bit left after that - I'll for sure be using an aluminum baking pan (cheap ones that are single use) next time, just so I don't have to sit a watch the oil drain out/spill over, rinse/repeat..

Yeah, we'll see about the seat time, we're due for rain & snow over the next ~48 hours, and I still have a few snow drifts in the yard.. soon enough I'l be complaining about having to mow twice a week though.

 

[johnjk]

If it drys out, I will be mowing this weekend. No snow in Central OH this year

 

[Tarmy]

My tractor is garage bound. From yesterday. This is CA…we are still in a drought

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[aaluck]

This is CA…we are still in a drought

That is what happens when you divert 2 feet of rain into concrete "rivers" and send it to the ocean.

 

[Flintknapper]

After 27 years my Tractor wheels were starting to look a little 'rough'.....so thought I'd just touch them up a bit. Not a proper 'repaint' where you'd dismount tires thoroughly clean the rims, prime and use a paint with hardener. But just an effort to make it look a little better and keep things from getting worse.

If your tires don't have a lot of 'bead sealer' or otherwise fit ultra-tight at the rim, you can use cheap Playing Cards to 'mask' off the tires...so you don't get a lot of over-spray on them.

Spray the paint and them let it cure for at least an hour.

Then remove the Playing Cards and discard. If done carefully....there should be little to no over spray on the tires.

Since the rear tires on mine consist of a rim that mounts to a center flange....I opted to mask off the center portion with tape rather than paint over everything like the fronts, but it was minimal preparation.

I will let the rears cure overnight and then pull the masking tape. The rear tires had some amount of bead sealer around the lip of the rim so I wasn't able to seat the cards as deeply as on the front. Got a 'little' over spray because of that....but I can live with it.

Finished....except to 'gray out' the center hub on the front wheels and replace lug nuts with new cadmium plated.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Katy and I spent the last two days pulling and digging trees, hauling brush and watching wildlife. Momma and sister ran, but this little one stayed for the photo op. She must have been a late one.

 

[L35]

Spruce trees had quite the bumper crop of cones this season. I can’t recall ever having so many.

 

[6869704x4]

I got filters and S-UDT for the upcoming 50-hour service (so far, the BX only has 41 hours in almost 5 years... Can't wait to retire and finally start putting it to regular use!).

Before anyone asks: it has received two intermediate engine oil changes during that time.


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Let us know where your filters were made.

 

[aaluck]

Got the pine straw down to complete the job....

 

[McMXi]

D&R day yesterday. The back of the M6060 has been oily for months now and I suspected that one of the remotes was the culprit. I finally got around to spraying an engine degreaser all over the back end, hosing it off and wrapping paper towels around the rear remotes to confirm. Yep, the bottom right connector is leaking where it threads into the valve body.

The dealer in Sheridan, WY had installed an additional remote (middle), and the local dealer installed a third remote (top), but it's the factory installed remote with the painted connecting rod that's leaking. Not a big deal and should be an easy fix.

 

[Old_Paint]

Added some compost to our very late veggie garden. Late freeze and incessant rain has delayed it until now, so hopefully we’ll get a few good fresh veggies before the bugs attack.

 

[cthomas]

Took tractor in for a recall, so nothing is getting done outside.

 

[Old_Paint]

Then, let the LX watch while a 50 year old (except the Predator engine) TroyBilt Horse worked in a place where it can’t go.

 

[Old_Paint]

Then, there’s the place that the Horse can’t go……

 

[forky]

Nice looking green house. Nice not to have to bend over while working and harvesting.
I could use a few like that in the future.

 

[Old_Paint]

Nice looking green house. Nice not to have to bend over while working and harvesting.
I could use a few like that in the future.

They're not actually greenhouses. Just raised beds. An Aussie product, actually. We got 'em cheap because they weren't selling at the local hardware store. Got all you see there for the price of the 1 meter size. On occasion, the missus does find a good deal. Those are just screens to keep out bugs from things that don't need to bloom to produce (greens, root crops, etc). I'd like to say they work well, but we had a pretty bad infestation of army worms and other critters last year. NOTHING we sprayed seemed to work. Hoping the same doesn't happen this year. We had a very late hard freeze which wiped out all the greens we had that survived our normal winter, so sorta had to push the reset button. Got sprouts, cauliflower, radish, turnip, kale, lettuce, cabbage, onions, and I don't remember what else in those. Gonna put the cucumbers along the brick wall on trellis, and probably some eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes in the tilled soil on the left of the gravel walkway. Then, we can keep the covers down when we start seeing tell-tale white moths to keep 'em off our greens.

 

[B737]

spread wood chips, and put some piles of 1-½" along a driveway edge to be spread by hand

 

[fried1765]

After 27 years my Tractor wheels were starting to look a little 'rough'.....so thought I'd just touch them up a bit. Not a proper 'repaint' where you'd dismount tires thoroughly clean the rims, prime and use a paint with hardener. But just an effort to make it look a little better and keep things from getting worse.

If your tires don't have a lot of 'bead sealer' or otherwise fit ultra-tight at the rim, you can use cheap Playing Cards to 'mask' off the tires...so you don't get a lot of over-spray on them.

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Spray the paint and them let it cure for at least an hour.

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Then remove the Playing Cards and discard. If done carefully....there should be little to no over spray on the tires.

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Since the rear tires on mine consist of a rim that mounts to a center flange....I opted to mask off the center portion with tape rather than paint over everything like the fronts, but it was minimal preparation.


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I will let the rears cure overnight and then pull the masking tape. The rear tires had some amount of bead sealer around the lip of the rim so I wasn't able to seat the cards as deeply as on the front. Got a 'little' over spray because of that....but I can live with it.

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Finished....except to 'gray out' the center hub on the front wheels and replace lug nuts with new cadmium plated.

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Looks quite good!

 

[ctfjr]

With our move date rapidly approaching I have been filling a 20yd rolloff with the tractor. Cleaning out the basement workshop alone has generated a ton of crap. Its an easy choice - have I used 'whatever' in the last year or 2. If not, out it goes. Included were a lot of things that had nostalgia value, at one time.