You probably have Dove anyway....but you are really going to have them now (Sept).
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Yep! It was a tough day for sure and I hope I never to have to do this again! I knew I had to move the tires to the other side of the tractor after changing the setting of the centers, but completely forgot about it in the stress and heat of the moment. I had removed the wheel weights and wheel on the left side when I realized the mistake. That's such a great feeling when you know you have to do it all again.I will add that we did a much better job of aligning the weights than the local Kubota dealership, and given the cost savings (around $500) it was worth doing myself.
I don't know what the wheel/tire weighs but there's 72 gallons of beet juice in each tire which is around 720lb, then there's the weight of the steel rim and the tire itself. 1000lb would probably be a reasonable estimate.
Even with the MX and pallet forks it was still a tough job due to the weight of the wheel/tire and the friction of the rubber on the pallet forks. It all worked out in the end though but I was beat last night. The wheel weights were the easy part, but I can assure you it wouldn't be much fun trying to position and bolt on 160lb wheel weights without something to help. Pallet forks work well for that.
Here's how the morning started with the wheels at the second narrowest setting and two wheel weights.
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Removing the weights
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Removing wheels
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Moving wheels around
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All done with all bolt/nuts torqued to spec, and the tires on the correct side of the tractor
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Dang.........I got tired just reading about it. Good job.
trial and error
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B7100dt manual trans. homemade FEL, 4 way hydraulic dozer blade
Got a yard of crushed concrete from the local recycling place and spread it under the tool shed- lean too this morning. I wouldn't have wanted to move the 2400lbs with a shovel and wheelbarrow
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fried1765
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Kubota L48 TLB, Ford 1920 FEL, Ford 8N, SCAG Liberty Z, Gravely Pro.
Had to pull the little fishing boat out of the water. For some reason the darn thing keeps filling with water in the pontoons. Really irritating.
Siesta Sundance
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L305DT, MX 5200, SVL 75-2, (Sold M7060))
Yes sir, 99% of them are white wing and white tip doves. Should be a pretty good harvest year with the normal yearly rainfal that we have received so far.
How clean does that seem to be? I just put down about 60 tons of what they call #2 reag. Fist size chunks. I expected wire, conduit, metal, and other junk to be in there. For the top coat, they have a crush & run equivalent and 57s. Just not if there is the same amount of tire popping trash in there.
trial and error
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B7100dt manual trans. homemade FEL, 4 way hydraulic dozer blade
Seamed pretty "clean" I only got 1 yard (they where basically out) biggest chunks where 1"ish and lots of small sandy fines, didn't see any tire popping garbage or large sharp chunks but this is my first time using it so idk for more bulk amounts. Not sure of the size rating they had, but since it is more of a item 4 consistency I assume they try not to include a lot of metal junk becuase it is used for temp roads etc and is more of a top coat then a base layer
Excellent to know. I will likely go to the plant I got the base concrete from and look at a shovel full to be sure. I would expect the junk to get screened out through the seive when they run it but ya never know. Considered reclaimed asphalt, but it won't match the driveway it connects to. Not that I care, but management seems to
Best watering setup almost ever! Gotta run 12v up by the 3rd function quick connects to plug into. And make some type of hanger for the pump.
How full will that orange monster handle it…and how high / level ground need to be to move it. I’ll be doing that sooner than later and I am very curious (I don’t have a level stretch between both my properties).
Gave the hiller a test run. Tried different depth/speeds to see what works for me. I have a small rear tine tiller for doing in between the rows so I wanted 20-24" between the rows and that is roughly what I'm getting. Going to till it all under again tomorrow and change the disc angle and see how it affects the shape of the row.
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Tread on the back tires is pointing the wrong direction. Oops.Anyone notice a problem?This was my day today!
I just love spending a few hours doing something only to realize that I need to do it all again.
- Remove two 160lb wheel weights from the rear wheel of the M6060
- Remove the wheel & tire that are filled with Rim Guard
- Remove the center of the wheel
- Flip the wheel around and install the center to the second widest setting (was second narrowest)
- Reinstall the wheel
- Reinstall the two wheel weights that were removed in the first step
- Install a third wheel weight
- Repeat the process on the other side
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I don’t think I’d mess with success. Nice hills, plenty middle left for side dressing. I see you caught the two disks were pointing the wrong direction in the “pre-dirt” photo in the previous post. Well done. Gives that little satisfaction of beating the system and doing the job for pennies on the dollar it costs to buy similar equipment.
Warn days (expanding the air inside the pontoons) and cool nights causing a vacuum in the pontoons which will suck water right in. Are the drain plugs below water level? Might try sealing them up with some RTV. Already know where you are and don’t figure there’s more than a couple degrees difference in our weather.
When I moved it up to the garden last year with the EA 84” box blade on, it felt sketch as hell filled to the second bar down, about 250 gallon, with the tiller on, I went half way from that bar to the top. You knew it was there, but low and slow got the job done. It will lift the spigot waist high easily.
It looks like you are making progress.
It took me some trial and error to come to the setting that gave me the height / width…I ended up needing to take a break and have some thinking juice to get it right
. I recently added a second set of discs hoping to maintain the height of the hill but maybe make a little wider…TBD. I did not get to play on the big girl today, but the aftermarket parts I ordered arrived…my little buddy is doing some QC / inspection to make sure they pass the smell test
before putting into service.I am hoping this will buy me enough width on the pins I do not have to remove the QH20 to attach the bedder (I sure as hell wish I got pats instead, but the PTO shafts on multiple implements are cut now).
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I have had similar experience…I think the MX is very front heavy, which for pulling is great…for lifting ballast is very important. BH92 makes it feel very planted, but using the brush cutter as ballast, a pallet of wood/block/brick/feed/etc still a little sketchy.
Forgot the last part of your question. My driveway is up hill with a hump of asphalt at the top, bumping over that while turning is the worst part. Crossing the road onto the gravel drive isn’t bad, then headed up the lawn to garden isn’t flat by any means, sorta short rolling divots you bob in and out of. I haven’t had the tank on any little side hills.
Just use common sense and listen to your seat-o-pants meter. You’ll be fine.
My tiltometer is calibrated for 2 wheels (motorcycles)…everything else leans the wrong way
. And in the case of tractors, center pivot without suspension can make me deform the finally seat fairly easy. For me my general rule is if I need ballast beyond my filled tires and wheel weights, side hills are not my friend. (Generally that is at or around 1k).
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