What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

rc51stierhoff

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It was brutally cold this morning at around -30F. With the wind, I think today has offered the coldest and most dangerous conditions I've ever encountered. I made the mistake of plugging in the block heater at around 7:45am and trying to start the tractor at 10:00am. It wouldn't start after many attempts. I was concerned about how many starting attempts the battery had in it. The fuel is fine (I add Stanadyne), water separator is clear, simply not enough energy from the glow plugs to overcome the very cold engine block.

I went into town, came back around 11:45am and the tractor started fairly easily after being plugged in for close to four hours. I learned my lesson this morning. Leave the block heater plugged in overnight when it's going to be as cold as this if there's a good chance I'll need to use the tractor the following morning. I used to run a hot water heater timer down in the barn that collapsed, but haven't hooked it up to the panel in the garage. That was a mistake since it worked well for turning block heaters on and off.

Anyway, this was the view from the office this afternoon. I'm still having great success running the blower with an engine speed of 2,200 rpm. I reduce the rpm to 2,000 heading down the lower driveway where I push snow. I get way better fuel efficiency and I can't remember the last regen. Did I mention that it's brutally cold?

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Oh my…where’s the global warming when you really need it?

Good call on the fuel supplement. (I treat all my diesel year round with Hot shots…not sure brand matters…I hope I don’t find out).
 

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When you get a chance please post a picture when the blower is off of the castors. Looks like something I should do for mine.
Do you mean the blower with castors off and skid shoes on like this photo?

Or, do you mean photo with castors still attached but blower lifted? The brackets are at the powder coat place...I should have them back middle of next week. I'll take other photos then if needed.

BTW, I did also originally make a wooden dolly that is custom sized. But is bulky in the garage when blower not on it. The castor brackets are small and a bit easier to store when not in use. The mounting holes on the brackets are not square/parallel to the ground, they are drilled to match the angle that the blower is at when connecting to the tractor...seems to be a little easier to attach.

Dave
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Do you mean the blower with castors off and skid shoes on like this photo?

Or, do you mean photo with castors still attached but blower lifted? The brackets are at the powder coat place...I should have them back middle of next week. I'll take other photos then if needed.

BTW, I did also originally make a wooden dolly that is custom sized. But is bulky in the garage when blower not on it. The castor brackets are small and a bit easier to store when not in use. The mounting holes on the brackets are not square/parallel to the ground, they are drilled to match the angle that the blower is at when connecting to the tractor...seems to be a little easier to attach.

Dave
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That is one shiny tractor and snow blower! :ROFLMAO: Awesome shelving system too, not to mention the lift.
 
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Oh my…where’s the global warming when you really need it?

Good call on the fuel supplement. (I treat all my diesel year round with Hot shots…not sure brand matters…I hope I don’t find out).
-33°F (-36°C) this morning and the power went out for about an hour. The joys of winter, but made all the more bearable with a good wood burning stove.

Here's a fun fact. -40°F = -40°C. Almost at parity this morning.

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That is one shiny tractor and snow blower! :ROFLMAO: Awesome shelving system too, not to mention the lift.
Yeah, it’s not a healthy emotion, but if I’m honest i’m seriously jealous of this garage/shop/barn whatever ya call it.
 
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Thursday I blocked up and split the 3 logs from the other day. Used the L3901DT and grapple to move the logs to the splitter.

Hope everyone is stay warm! We had a low at 07:35 of 14.2F.
 

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Yeah, it’s not a healthy emotion, but if I’m honest i’m seriously jealous of this garage/shop/barn whatever ya call it.

Agree, a bit anal. My fun hobby stuff. Generally, if I'm not exhausted I'll cleanup and put stuff away at the end of the day. Five minutes with the leaf blower and hose before backing into the shop keeps it shiny.

I built the shop/RV storage a couple of years ago...~1,700 sq ft. 16' tall walls so I can work on RV inside. 14' tall X 12' wide RV door. 10' tall X 20' wide other door. Had to match the other exteriors of the woodshop/hobbyshop building and the house...because of silly HOA rules.

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Yeah, it’s not a healthy emotion, but if I’m honest i’m seriously jealous of this garage/shop/barn whatever ya call it.
I'm with you there. A nice shop with a heated space to work on projects in the winter would be wonderful. Hopefully this year for the outside. @dbertheau has an incredible shop for sure.
 
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Do you mean the blower with castors off and skid shoes on like this photo?

Or, do you mean photo with castors still attached but blower lifted? The brackets are at the powder coat place...I should have them back middle of next week. I'll take other photos then if needed.

BTW, I did also originally make a wooden dolly that is custom sized. But is bulky in the garage when blower not on it. The castor brackets are small and a bit easier to store when not in use. The mounting holes on the brackets are not square/parallel to the ground, they are drilled to match the angle that the blower is at when connecting to the tractor...seems to be a little easier to attach.

Dave
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Picture of the dolly without the blower on it please.
 
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dbertheau

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Picture of the dolly without the blower on it please.
Sure thing. I'll post photos next week when the brackets are back from powder coat.

It's not really a dolly, just two brackets. I had about 54" of scrap 1 1/2" by 1/4" thick angle iron. Cut in half and cut each of the four vertical square corners off at a 45. On each of the two 27" angle iron pieces I drilled two castor mounting holes and two snowblower mounting holes (mount each to the existing two skid shoe holes.) So, just two 27" long angle iron brackets with two castors on each...

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Me I aint done nuttin but hang around the heater for the last couple days trying to keep warm !
 
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Me I aint done nuttin but hang around the heater for the last couple days trying to keep warm !
I'm with you on that Skeets, we've been in single digits since Fri. afternoon. Going colder tonight, but once it's that cold measuring doesn't make a difference, just bragging rights!
 
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Yeah cold here too, but that freekin wind hasnt let up for 3 days!
 
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After reading a thread about a K-connect coming apart, I removed my snowblower and K-connect just to make sure the bolt in question was still there. Bolt present!. Then as I was re-installing the blower, I noticed the augers weren't clocked 180 off, so I fixed that. Then proceeded to shoot the foot+ of snow on the driveway into the neighbors yard. <JK>
 
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Getting a chill in the air around here in the evenings. Made me start thinking about snow. Had some slippage with the R4’s last year so decided to groove the tires. I based the pattern off of the new TracLoader II design.
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Grooving the tires made a noticeable difference.
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