What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[NCL4701]

Why didn’t you dust that off for momma instead of the new Bota?

I would love that!

I tried, but she was not interested at all.

I mowed with that as a kid and it has pulled trailers here for many years. I do plan to get it running but haven’t put any time into figuring out what’s wrong with it. It sounds like it has good compression so it will most likely run again at some point.

 

[dirtydeed]

found a way to get to my pile of millings...

 

[Old_Paint]

Pulled the FEL off the LX2610SU for a deep cleaning and inspection of all the pins and bushings. I’m just over 250 hours on it, and I’ve been pretty rough with it. Amazing how much grease builds up with normal lubrcation. I think I may be greasing a little too often, but that’s a lot better than the alternative. Zero wear on pins or bushings, nothing cracked, broken or bent. A bit of paint rubbed off and that’s about it for wear. Gonna give the LX a bath while I’m in the mood to wash off some of dirt accumulation of the past few months. Maybe even use a little spray on wax while drying it off. I’ve worked it pretty hard the last couple weeks, so it deserves a little TLC. Will post a photo when it’s clean again.

BTW, doing it the hard way with engine degreaser and a whole roll of paper towels. It’s almost like cleaning up a baby with a dirty diaper, but doesn’t smell as bad.

 

[aaluck]

we just finished today.

Photos? I would like to see the final product. Looked good along the way.

 

[fried1765]

found a way to get to my pile of millings...

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Must you buy millings?
Around here they are expensive!

 

[Old_Paint]

Photos? I would like to see the final product. Looked good along the way.

Ask, and it shall be given. Happened to be sitting right by the finished project watching the sprinklers and having a cold adult beverage.

As for the results of giving Lil’ K a bath:

All dressed up and no where to go. I even used some Turtle Wax spray wax on her, especially the orange and plastic bits. Was gonna put some Armorall on the tires, but decided that might be a bit overkill. But I now have clean FEL pins and bushings, none worn or damaged, and a much cleaner boom. I’m sure I felt it wiggle a couple times while I was rubbing the wax on.
I used O’Reilly’s Engine Degreaser on the FEL and half a roll of paper towels to remove the old grease. There was a LOT of grease after 260 hours. There was at least a pound of grease on it that wasn’t doing anything except collecting dirt.

 

[fried1765]

Ask, and it shall be given. Happened to be sitting right by the finished project watching the sprinklers and having a cold adult beverage.
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As for the results of giving Lil’ K a bath:

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All dressed up and no where to go. I even used some Turtle Wax spray wax on her, especially the orange and plastic bits. Was gonna put some Armorall on the tires, but decided that might be a bit overkill. But I now have clean FEL pins and bushings, none worn or damaged, and a much cleaner boom. I’m sure I felt it wiggle a couple times while I was rubbing the wax on.
I used O’Reilly’s Engine Degreaser on the FEL and half a roll of paper towels to remove the old grease. There was a LOT of grease after 260 hours. There was at least a pound of grease on it that wasn’t doing anything except collecting dirt.

Overflow parking area job looks fantastic!

 

[dirtydeed]

Done. Could've used another 5 yards or so of millings. Resorted to putting the rake on and borrowing some from the rest of the driveway. Good enough for now. Saw henrietta out back near the dirt piles. She really didn't seem to care that I was there.

 

[dirtydeed]

Must you buy millings?
Around here they are expensive!

I got these last year when I added the driveway loop. They were milling out on a major highway and these came direct (no further refinement). I got these for about 1/3 the cost of stone.

 

[dieselbob69]

I got these last year when I added the driveway loop. They were milling out on a major highway and these came direct (no further refinement). I got these for about 1/3 the cost of stone.

I got lucky then. County was milling shoulder of my road, so I asked if I could get load for my sons house and mine. No problem, we each got a 10 wheeler load of millings no charge. Last year I got 6 loads of good fill when they were digging up culverts on my road…

 

[Old_Paint]

Overflow parking area job looks fantastic!

Thanks for the flowers. That’s my second major dig with it since I bought it. First dig was the pad for its bedroom, the 24x36 shop me and the missus built in 2021. I do most of the heavy lifting, she keeps me calm enough to avoid the neighbors calling the cops.

I really need to upgrade my box blade to one that is wider than the LX. Sure would make leveling gravel and clay a lot easier. Better yet, a grader blade that can be used in corners would be even better, also wider than the LX.

 

[dieselbob69]

I finally broke down and bought a set of the Kubota rear 50lb weights. Kinda pricey at $116+ tax per side, and dealer told me this was last set at that price, new stock price went up. The pros of these to me are: easy to take on/off if I want to move them to the turf tires. Access to wheel bolts with weight on rim. Won’t leak out if I run over something. They don’t stick outside of the wheel like some of the larger/plastic weights do. The Kubota part # is BX8113.

 

[MOOTS]

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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.

Well… it got did. This is what I had, so this is what it shall be!

 

[aaluck]

Happened to be sitting right by the finished project watching the sprinklers and having a cold adult beverage.

Nicely done. That looks great.

 

[S-G-R]

Mowing in between showers.

 

[trial and error]

Got the wood shed topped off, 1-1/4 loads with the 4×8 trusty h.f. trailer

 

[S-G-R]

I hate mowing wet grass. What a mess.

 

[dlsmith]

Mowing in between showers.


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Great crop of dandelions!

 

[S-G-R]

Great crop of dandelions!

Yeah, no shortage of them.

 

[Lug66]

Installed a nice radio in my cab. The 10 second delay is awesome when using the cd player. I'm waiting for the baler to finish another field, so in the interim I wrestle with my Beagle.