What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[fried1765]

Yes! It pains me to leave it outside but carpenter friend expects we can finish lean-to by Thursday. Then move the splitters, generator, chipper, etc. out of shed and new baby gets to be covered and dry.

Good........because I am guessing that the trusty groundhog will be forecasting extra weeks of Winter in NH.
There will also be one extra day in February!

P.S. Don't forget to leave the hood UP, while stored.
Mice just love to chew wiring, and make a home in dark places.
Leaving the hood up helps to deny them that cozy hiding spot.

D-con or similar, ....is the best option,..... if domestic animals do not have access!

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Did a first run of the snowblower. Only 4-5 inches, but all worked well.

I leave almost 2” until a good base is built up on my stone driveway.

Shows how well the LED lights work on my ROPS. Got same lighting pointed backwards.

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Last couple days here, have been amazing nice. We have about another week with highs in the 70's, then temps drop for about 5 to 6 weeks. Then back up in the 70's then back frying pan weather for the summer, lol.

 

[mcmxi]

Loved that stove and miss the heat of a wood stove. They are a fantastic stove.

I have a wood stove burning all winter and it does a great job of keeping this crappy house warm.

I plugged the block heater in a couple of hours ago and will be clearing snow this morning.

 

[mcmxi]

Talking of wood burning stoves, they do a good job of repurposing books that I get given. Read it, hated it and put it to good use!

 

[mcmxi]

It should be a law, that EVERY Kubota be kept in a proper building!

Yeah right. A stored tractor that never gets used is better than one that's used almost daily but stored outside.

 

[Trapper Bob]

Talking of wood burning stoves, they do a good job of repurposing books that I get given. Read it, hated it and put it to good use!

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[DustyRusty]

Yesterday I got my weight box installed on the tractor and it was already prefilled with "silver bars" There are over 650 lead ingots in there and each weighs approximately 1 1/4 lbs. or approximately 730 pounds of weight plus the weight of the ballast box itself. This gives me enough traction to both snowblow and plow all winter with turf tires.

 

[DustyRusty]

Last night, everything is ready for the first snowstorm of the season. On the side of the tractor is my snow plow for cleanup after I blow off the majority of the snow, the snowblower (BX2816 that is looking for a new home) that I used before I got the BX2822, and the snowblower V5265 that I purchased this summer hoping to find an RTV to use it on.

 

[fried1765]

Yeah right. A stored tractor that never gets used is better than one that's used almost daily but stored outside.

EXACTLY CORRECT !

 

[Gaspasser]

Good........because I am guessing that the trusty groundhog will be forecasting extra weeks of Winter in NH.
There will also be one extra day in February!

P.S. Don't forget to leave the hood UP, while stored.
Mice just love to chew wiring, and make a home in dark places.
Leaving the hood up helps to deny them that cozy hiding spot.

D-con or similar, ....is the best option,..... if domestic animals do not have access!

Thanks for the tip... would not have thought to do that. @$#@$%& mice!! They have taken residence in my chipper, truck, cars previously. I have a variety of traps and poisons set up. I have the most success with peanut butter as bait and the old fashioned wooden spring traps. Sticky traps work best in warmer temperatures. in winter, the sticky traps harden and don't seem to be as sticky. I have an ozone generator and use chlorine dioxide tabs for removing odors. That and changing air and cabin filters as well. I've also noted that dashboard components/duct work often have a cloth or foam lining ( vibration or noise suppression?). I wind up stripping that out where I can reach it.

I typically respect all life and try to be humane. But when it comes to those destructive rodents, it's war.

 

[trueg50]

Ground finally froze for a bit a week or two ago so I was able to get out and skid some logs. Managed to get a chance yesterday as well to pull some more out from a steeper part of the property (before we get too much snow for it to be inaccessible). Not is good as a winch, but it beats cutting it to length, loading on a trailer etc.. Instead I pull them to the road, cut to 80" (5x 16" lengths) then push to the side for when I have the grapple on and can move them to the woodyard.

 

[DustyRusty]

Peppermint oil on cotton balls is one of the best repellants that I have found. I also use whole cloves to place on paper plates when the cars are in storage. Some people have told me that they use rubber caps on the exhaust pipes to keep the mice from building nests inside the mufflers, but I have never had that problem. The peppermint oil on cotton balls is a must in the engine compartment.

 

[mcmxi]

More fun blowing and pushing snow today. Only a little over an inch but still worth moving.

 

[mcmxi]

EXACTLY CORRECT !

Some buy tools to look at whereas others buy tools to use. I buy a drill because I want to put a hole in something, not because I want a drill.

 

[fried1765]

Peppermint oil on cotton balls is one of the best repellants that I have found. I also use whole cloves to place on paper plates when the cars are in storage. Some people have told me that they use rubber caps on the exhaust pipes to keep the mice from building nests inside the mufflers, but I have never had that problem. The peppermint oil on cotton balls is a must in the engine compartment.

I am away for the entire Winter, every year!
A 294 year old house, and two (much newer) storage barns.
D-con, D-con, D-con.....lotsa D-con !

I also have a strobe light on a timer, in the old house root cellar, to discourage the #&%@*^, raccoons.
They have hit me hard twice, and they do not touch the D-con!
They also do not like radios!

 

[Jsjac]

I have the flu,and we got a foot of snow.
I helped our daughter get the snow blower on the tractor yesterday.
She is out doing the driveway now.
I have to just let her go at it on her own. She is super safety conscious so I don't worry about her much.
Not as good of a picture as MCMXI but I had her park it near the house.

Usually park it in the tractor shed.

 

[RMS]

Just finished clearing the 9 inches of snow that we got today. This was the primary reason to buy the cab lx. All of the other stuff I get to use it for is all a bonus in my mind!

 

[Old_Paint]

Moved some concrete debris from other projects with the grapple to Cluckingham Palace to break up into rip-rap for critter proofing the run. Lined the inside perimeter with chunks that’ll slide into the hole if something digs in, and will do the same on the outside after I get the mesh installed.

Pity I wasn’t angry about anything because beating on concrete with a 4 pound hammer is very therapeutic. The concrete is bits I cut out earlier this year when I built a gravel parking area and put a drain under the existing driveway. So far, the only cost in this project is the sheet metal on the roof and the fasteners to assemble the whole thing. All of the lumber is from 2 deck rebuilds, Might have to call the ties purchased, but they were actually purchasedfor the parking area project, so I already had them. Used a lot of scraps I had laying around serving no other purpose besides termite food. I still have nearly 1000 bricks that I might line the coop floor with.

 

[Nomore67]

Couple of simple additions to the LX4020... Added a little extra weight to the box blade for more traction, . And, added an ammo box toolbox onto the slow moving vehicle bracket, .

Finally a little snow to try out the LX4020 !
I added some more rear weight for traction, it's working very well with the new R4s!
*Rough numbers- about 300lbs for box scraper, about 530lbs in suitcase weights. For just over 800lbs off the back to reduce spinning.

 

[L35]