What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

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Finally got to the place up north and hilled potatos…today was first pass with second set of discs…I tried several different orientations but it’s not quite where I want it…he rain convinced me that I should get out of the dirt and that I was done for the day. I did not bring a tape with me me, but you can use the can as a guage (I did not forget fluids😉). It’s about a foot high plus or minus an inch or so. The pins I ordered so I can use the bedder with QH20 worked 👍(cat 1 to 2 with a shoulder so works on the cat one bedder).
 

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Yeah, I get what you are saying now.
We are fortunate enough to be 62 miles from a major river with a well drilled 200' below sea level. The water is very good (but hard) out of the ground. Old rock, but it's on a fault line. Didn't take much to turn our tap into nearly pure H2O.
@trial and error - our well is 9gpm. It far exceeds what we would get out of the hose bib. Far beyond that is the pressure washer. That puts out 1.9gpm on the highest setting. It uses less water than the sprinkler or shower. What would be bad is filling a pool with a standard well pump. That is a crap ton of cycles. A couple neighbors have pools they fill from the house. The one family that Jason the variable speed pump is the one that Jason not replaced their pump 😄
Bypassing the system pressure switch would mean only ONE cycle to fill a pool, no matter how large the pool.
 
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A half cup of Hydrogen Peroxide will take care of any problems and will not hurt wildlife if they come to drink the water at night.
I use it in the old bathtubs I use to water the deer. It kills the algae and doesn't harm the gold fish I keep in there.
Today, in Central Alabama, according to the very conservative Weather Channel, 98F, feels like 112F. Hey, you Texicans can have your weather back. When the temperature matches the RH (relative humidity), that's brewing some serious ugly weather. I'm seeing clouds outside now, so it might be a good time to find s a small rock to crawl under.
 
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Happy Fourh weekend everyone

Split the b7100 in two to do the clutch . Having a fun time trying to get the pilot bushing out anyone got any tips or tricks? and also wondering how crucial the grease seal for the pilot bushing is? The old one wasn't in great shape and less great after I removed it. Since I didn't order one with the clutch kit and I have no idea what the part # is I'm hoping I can get by without replacong it (I know dangerous game) but TBH I haven't greased the throwout bushing stuff in the 3 years I've had the tractor (didnt know there was a zerk in there accessible through a cutout in the casing) and I've had no excess noise
 

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Bypassing the system pressure switch would mean only ONE cycle to fill a pool, no matter how large the pool.
Until the well said "ENOUGH!" and the pump informed the owner that it doesn't do air as well as it does water.

I'm probably one of the few people in this forum that has been at the bottom of a dug well that was just large enough to have holes cut in the opposite sides for a ladder to climb out in limestone rock. It's an interesting emotion to have a 1 inch stream of water coming into the same hole you're standing in, knowing "if that sump pump stops, I'm treading water until someone lowers a rope."

I've seen a lotta things, and I've done a lotta things for an expat country boy turned engineer. There's a lotta reasons I left the farm, most of which are the same reasons I wish I'd bought my folks' property when my mother died. There's also a lot of things I'd rather let someone else do on that farm. Farm life ain't easy, and I laud every farmer that does it because they want to.
 

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Happy Fourh weekend everyone

Split the b7100 in two to do the clutch . Having a fun time trying to get the pilot bushing out anyone got any tips or tricks? and also wondering how crucial the grease seal for the pilot bushing is? The old one wasn't in great shape and less great after I removed it. Since I didn't order one with the clutch kit and I have no idea what the part # is I'm hoping I can get by without replacong it (I know dangerous game) but TBH I haven't greased the throughout bushing stuff in the 3 years I've had the tractor (didnt know there was a zerk in there accessible through a cutout in the casing) and I've had no excess noise
Oof! I hate to see good old iron broke in half. Somethin tells me you shoulda got a book on that thing a long time ago. Wish I had some advice/experience to advise, but generally speaking, a seal is probably one of the most important parts of mechanical things that require grease.
 

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Got the darn BH92 cover back on. I imagine this cover is installed to tension the bolts so there’s no rattle or loosening bolts but wow, it was tough for me to reinstall. Oversized the bottom holes a tad to help. My simple projects to major deals never ceases to amaze me.

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Oof! I hate to see good old iron broke in half. Somethin tells me you shoulda got a book on that thing a long time ago. Wish I had some advice/experience to advise, but generally speaking, a seal is probably one of the most important parts of mechanical things that require grease.
It's not "split in half" in the sense that it broke, it was intentionally taken apart, for clutch replacement.hope that clears it up. But yes the grease seal is something I wish I knew about beforehand. I did download the wsm at kbooks but printing it has been a challenge.
 

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Today, in Central Alabama, according to the very conservative Weather Channel, 98F, feels like 112F. Hey, you Texicans can have your weather back. When the temperature matches the RH (relative humidity), that's brewing some serious ugly weather. I'm seeing clouds outside now, so it might be a good time to find s a small rock to crawl under.
Meh 112*

Tell Greta that Death Valley needs to take its heat back.

10 days ago it was a feels like temperature of 127*! We had many days /weeks above 120* heat index.
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Until the well said "ENOUGH!" and the pump informed the owner that it doesn't do air as well as it does water.

I'm probably one of the few people in this forum that has been at the bottom of a dug well that was just large enough to have holes cut in the opposite sides for a ladder to climb out in limestone rock. It's an interesting emotion to have a 1 inch stream of water coming into the same hole you're standing in, knowing "if that sump pump stops, I'm treading water until someone lowers a rope."

I've seen a lotta things, and I've done a lotta things for an expat country boy turned engineer. There's a lotta reasons I left the farm, most of which are the same reasons I wish I'd bought my folks' property when my mother died. There's also a lot of things I'd rather let someone else do on that farm. Farm life ain't easy, and I laud every farmer that does it because they want to.
For those folks deeply into well scenarios with pump systems, there is a product on the market called a "pump saver", that will automatically shut a pump down if it should run dry.
 
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I have been in the bottom of several hand dug wells. No ladder just climb down the rock walls.
I did one that the over flow drain clogged up with silt. I was standing in 2' of water using an army shovel filling a bucket that was pulled up and emptied. When I got the drain open I just had to stir the silt up in the well bottom and out it went. We had a 2" pump from the fire department running until that drain was opened. That was about 35 years ago. Now I am stiff getting out of the car after driving an hour.
Too many years milking cows.
 
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Went "Beast Mode" with the min this afternoon and decided to pluck a tree that toppled over on my road to the range. This maple blew over (completely) last year but was still going strong since the bottom half of the root ball was still sucking swamp water.

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Stump busting (hornets weren't thrilled, but Karma's a bitch...you'll see).

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Ok...this here is the idiot that didn't put the front blade down when he attempted to toss the root ball over the side of the tracks. Machine tipped hard and fast and operator smashed his noggin on the front glass. Turns out safety glasses are a bit sharp. Whodaththunk? Luckily this goof had the front glass down or he would've ended up outside of the mini. Maybe next time he should wear the seatbelt?

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I'm getting a bit of a headache as I post this.
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That was your Grandmother, right?

I smiled when you first posted that picture years ago and still do….:)
Yes Sir. You have a good memory. This was taken a couple of months before her 100th birthday. She passed about a year later. I really miss her. I've never known anyone like her.
 
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About 1:00PM the power went out, just as I had started sweeping as my daughter and family are arriving from Florida this evening. Waited about an hour, the neighbor behind me called and said the utility company's help line said it would be at least 4:30PM until power would be restored. Drat!
Went down to the shop, hooked the BX up to the genset, pulled it up to the house and was just plugging it in to the house when the lady that lives to the south walked up with a couple of dozen eggs for me from her flock. She said the power had just came back on. :confused::confused:
Unplug the cord, drive back to the shop, back it in, drop the genset, close up the shop and walk back to the house.
At least the genset got a few minutes of idle time.
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Bypassing the system pressure switch would mean only ONE cycle to fill a pool, no matter how large the pool.
Except that the output of the pump is more than that of a hose. Pressure would have to go somewhere. Pipe fitting, washing machine hose....T&P valve on the water heater if you're lucky.
 
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Except that the output of the pump is more than that of a hose. Pressure would have to go somewhere. Pipe fitting, washing machine hose....T&P valve on the water heater if you're lucky.
Yes bypassing a pressure switch wothout watching it closely is a terrible idea