That area was also all woods previously, he told me he would prefer it green, even if not perfect. I suggested fill to level it, then topsoil, but he didn't want to. I liked the wood chips, even though they are my least favorite material to spread.
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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mcmxi
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Tire tracks and decent spacial awareness ...
. I've been sorting through the sprayer getting it ready and had to dismantle the rotary pump since it appeared to be seized up. After going through it everything is fine. I'll pick up new 3/4" hoses tomorrow since the current ones aren't long enough to reach the pump when it's on the MX. There's always something. I'll probably make up a bracket to secure the pump to the draw bar to prevent rotation. The chain method always seemed hokey to me.
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Are you getting an HLA model? I've wondered if a snow pusher is in my future, for the M6060. The MX is well set up with a front hydraulic snow blade and rear snow blower but the M just has the bucket.
Yesterday I removed a tree stump with my BH and several ton of dirt from a location in front of our church.
The water would get 6" deep on the floor level glass during a heavy rain.
Today I went back with my bush hog and reclaimed part of the over grown outfield, the rest has to have some 6" trees removed before mowing. Then I went to 2 other locations and bush hogged about a 1/4 acre at each around my bee hives.
The water would get 6" deep on the floor level glass during a heavy rain.
Today I went back with my bush hog and reclaimed part of the over grown outfield, the rest has to have some 6" trees removed before mowing. Then I went to 2 other locations and bush hogged about a 1/4 acre at each around my bee hives.
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I stopped drinking InBev products back in the 90’s after working for 8 weeks in Belgium. No thanks.
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It was refreshing. If you have trouble finding different styles in your area, see if Tavour will deliver where you live. They have an app and make it way too easy to order and fill up a box. They get some pretty unique brews on their site. As the temps warm, I go from the dark beers to the Saison and sours. Nice and refreshing. That being said, I still enjoy a Yeungling or a Rolling Rock every once in a while.
Ordered the SPL0548 which is the 48 inch pusher. Don't think I will have any issues since my bucket seemed to push it fine on last storm. Just got the tractor the day before the last storm hit. Was going with a blade but the pusher won't dig up my driveway as much as a blade does.
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I made my first repair to my L3901DT yesterday. Ignition switch failed at 875 hours. Found one in stock about a hundred miles away. Had a friend going that way, so by evening had a new switch in hand. Less than ten minutes to install and good as new. I was somewhat shocked by the cost of the switch, but, I'm shocked by the cost of most everything now a days. Now I can get back to planting.
I will certainly look into delivery! There are a couple places around here that carry random stuff from around the country. They may indeed have it, or be able to get it.
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It appears to be ??? No frost for 4 nights and 80 degrees here today. Close to that the next couple days. Not much snow left at all. Up closer to the border than here (St J area) there is even less snow. The roads and woods are all mud or wet so no more plowing or cutting wood no mater what happens. So I took them off.
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Tried out the new backblade. I think I'm kind of liking the side shields as you don't seem to get as much spillage on the low side until the blade is completely full?
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EA makes one very similar, but who built that one?
Looks very nice.
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Apologies for this late reply... Neither the filters themselves nor the boxes they come in show any country of origin. They are original Kubota though: I got them from the dealer, and all filter openings are sealed with plastic foil, something I've never seen on cheap stuff.
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I've been getting the sprayer ready for this weekend but once again I'm being bitten by incompetent designers, engineers, product managers, purchasers or whoever makes/made the decisions at FIMCO. The fancy chart in the Delavan pump manual shows pump output at various rpm, and at 450 rpm it's 8.0 gallons per minute (gpm). Running the tractor at 2,200 rpm turns the pto at about 450 rpm and in M range I have a top speed of about 6.5 mph. All is good .... NOT!!!
The sprayer manual specifically states that the nozzles need to operate at 20~30psi for best performance, but even with the pressure adjustment valve backed out all the way, and pto running at 450rpm, the pressure is 80psi. That's way above the optimal pressure of 20~30 psi, and at 80 psi the sprayer is putting out 1.81 gpm. I measured this by collecting water from one nozzle for one minute and weighing it. At 25 psi the sprayer should be putting out 0.9 gpm. This is messed up!
I called FIMCO this morning and admittedly the second person I spoke with was very knowledgeable and helpful. He listened to my explanation of what I was seeing, and then asked me the size of the return hose from the valve body to the tank. I told him that it's 3/8" to which he told me "there's your problem, and we don't know why we use such a small return hose". He suggested increasing the hose and fittings to 1/2" or maybe 5/8". The pump is circulating water at a rate of 8.0 gpm, the nozzles are supposed to be putting out 0.9 gpm at 25 psi, so around 7.1 gpm needs to get back to the tank, and that 3/8" hose is too restrictive so the pressure increases. So FIMCO makes and sells a sprayer that in its current form won't work at the pressures they say it should be set to. It never ends!
I removed the blower and snow blade last weekend (I think) but yesterday it was like being inside one of those snow globes! It snowed on and off most of the day.
I did manage to make some progress and upgrade some fittings on the pump and the valve body and run new inlet and outlet hoses. I "upgraded" the pressure gauge too but ideally want to use a fluid filled gauge. After pouring over the pump manual, the manufacturer is against the idea of rigidly mounting the pump to the tractor due to alignment issues. It would put too much stress on the input shaft and bearings so it's back to using the chain to prevent the pump body from rotating.
The sprayer manual specifically states that the nozzles need to operate at 20~30psi for best performance, but even with the pressure adjustment valve backed out all the way, and pto running at 450rpm, the pressure is 80psi. That's way above the optimal pressure of 20~30 psi, and at 80 psi the sprayer is putting out 1.81 gpm. I measured this by collecting water from one nozzle for one minute and weighing it. At 25 psi the sprayer should be putting out 0.9 gpm. This is messed up!
I called FIMCO this morning and admittedly the second person I spoke with was very knowledgeable and helpful. He listened to my explanation of what I was seeing, and then asked me the size of the return hose from the valve body to the tank. I told him that it's 3/8" to which he told me "there's your problem, and we don't know why we use such a small return hose". He suggested increasing the hose and fittings to 1/2" or maybe 5/8". The pump is circulating water at a rate of 8.0 gpm, the nozzles are supposed to be putting out 0.9 gpm at 25 psi, so around 7.1 gpm needs to get back to the tank, and that 3/8" hose is too restrictive so the pressure increases. So FIMCO makes and sells a sprayer that in its current form won't work at the pressures they say it should be set to. It never ends!
I removed the blower and snow blade last weekend (I think) but yesterday it was like being inside one of those snow globes! It snowed on and off most of the day.
I did manage to make some progress and upgrade some fittings on the pump and the valve body and run new inlet and outlet hoses. I "upgraded" the pressure gauge too but ideally want to use a fluid filled gauge. After pouring over the pump manual, the manufacturer is against the idea of rigidly mounting the pump to the tractor due to alignment issues. It would put too much stress on the input shaft and bearings so it's back to using the chain to prevent the pump body from rotating.
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Success! The CS person wasn't thrilled with my idea to use a 3/4" hose on the return line to the tank, but I had a plastic 3/4" NPT to 3/4" hose barb fitting on hand so disconnected the 3/8" return hose, removed the 3/4" NPT to 3/8" hose barb, replaced it with the 3/4" NPT to 3/4" hose barb, installed a short section of hose and ran it back to the tank.
On starting the tractor and PTO (450 rpm) with the valve in the bypass setting the first thing I noticed was that the pressure was around 80 psi whereas with the 3/8" return line the gauge was pegged. The original gauge went up to 400 psi. When I switched the valve to the nozzles the pressure was around 30 psi. I adjusted it to try to get the bouncing needle centered around 25 psi and then measured the output from one nozzle for one minute and I got 0.93 gpm which is perfect!
Now I just need to run the 3/4" hose to the bottom of tank so will need to buy a couple of fittings and maybe some more 3/4" hose.
On starting the tractor and PTO (450 rpm) with the valve in the bypass setting the first thing I noticed was that the pressure was around 80 psi whereas with the 3/8" return line the gauge was pegged. The original gauge went up to 400 psi. When I switched the valve to the nozzles the pressure was around 30 psi. I adjusted it to try to get the bouncing needle centered around 25 psi and then measured the output from one nozzle for one minute and I got 0.93 gpm which is perfect!
Now I just need to run the 3/4" hose to the bottom of tank so will need to buy a couple of fittings and maybe some more 3/4" hose.