What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[Outnumbered]

Was out working in the yard and decided to till the one of the garden spaces for my cool weather crops which I will plant this weekend. Garden was crusty dry on top but still a bit damp underneath but worked up pretty good. I also had a bit of a pucker when my loader stopped working correctly moving some dirt but once I stopped for a moment realized the loader lock had moved to the middle out of the slot. Once I reset it all was good. Thought I would mention it as it is easy to overlook from the operator seat.

 

[ajschnitzelbank]

This afternoon I turned some compost between storms…then this evening we had a bit of excitement. now that our sap season seems to be finished, the new evaporator just arrived as tornado touched down about 30 minutes from us…still in a tornado warning here. Sure was glad to have the new light bar on the rops. I could hear sirens while unloading so I checked the contents closed up barn and tucked tail back to the house.

Excellent! Who’s the maker of the evaporator? Looks nice and rugged. Glad to hear you’re safe, hope your neighbors near the touchdown are as well.

 

[fatjay]

Went down the shed to get my new holland ready for the garden. But disaster had befallen my little garden tractor. Two flat tires, a dozen wasp nests, and the engine and cooling fins were packed with mouse nests.

I did not feel like dealing with it in the shed so out comes the kubota. It's a hydro so I couldn't tow it flat and the free wheel lever has to be held in while moving. So I just lifted the back end and drug it to the shop.

Once safely in the shop, I was able to inflate the tires, charge the battery, clean the rats nests and mud wasp nests out, squirt a little ether, and had it running like a top.

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[rc51stierhoff]

Excellent! Who’s the maker of the evaporator? Looks nice and rugged. Glad to hear you’re safe, hope your neighbors near the touchdown are as well.

Thanks. I sure hope everybody ok. The couple pics/clips I saw don’t look good for those where it came through. From the news it’s sounds like there were buildings destroyed west of us.

As far as the evaporator it’s a Bassett Maple Co (Grand Rapids, MI area). From initial inspection it seems very well constructed.

 

[mcmxi]

I'll be using the MX and pallet forks this afternoon to get the frame shown below out of the bed of my truck. The local Kubota dealer manager sent me a text yesterday asking if I wanted a steel frame that has been on the lot for a few years. Is that a trick question? Heck yeah! I stopped by this morning and picked it up and it is one stout beast. Those 5"x4" rectangular tubes for forks have a 3/16" wall thickness. Not sure about the rest of the tubing but it looks to be fairly heavy stuff. It was used to display a rotary cutter at some point, so that potential customers could see underneath.

I'm a pack rat when it comes to steel so initially had the idea to cut it up as needed. After looking at it closely I'm not sure what I'll do with it, but it's got some good steel in it. It's funny how things work out. I just added the pop up D-rings a couple of days ago, and the ratchet straps were purchased a couple of weeks ago to secure a fuel storage tank in the bed but I decided to go in another direction. I hadn't realized how well they work with the D-rings.

And as luck would have it, it looks like it'll be easy to slide the forks in from the side and lift the frame off the truck. I even scored four little logs that were laying near the frame. I used them to sit the frame up off the Decked floor so that the forks on the front end loader (dealership owned) could slide out easily.

 

[rc51stierhoff]

I'll be using the MX and pallet forks this afternoon to get the frame shown below out of the bed of my truck. The local Kubota dealer manager sent me a text yesterday asking if I wanted a steel frame that has been on the lot for a few years. Is that a trick question? Heck yeah! I stopped by this morning and picked it up and it is one stout beast. Those 5"x4" rectangular tubes for forks have a 3/16" wall thickness. Not sure about the rest of the tubing but it looks to be fairly heavy stuff. It was used to display a rotary cutter at some point, so that potential customers could see underneath.

I'm a pack rat when it comes to steel so initially had the idea to cut it up as needed. After looking at it closely I'm not sure what I'll do with it, but it's got some good steel in it. It's funny how things work out. I just added the pop up D-rings a couple of days ago, and the ratchet straps were purchased a couple of weeks ago to secure a fuel storage tank in the bed but I decided to go in another direction. I hadn't realized how well they work with the D-rings.

And as luck would have it, it looks like it'll be easy to slide the forks in from the side and lift the frame off the truck. I even scored four little logs that were laying near the frame. I used them to sit the frame up off the Decked floor so that the forks on the front end loader (dealership owned) could slide out easily.

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Looks to me like it has the potential to be the base of one hell of a carryall or ballast box. Or maybe a gang box to set on the trailer when you take your big orange monster for a ride. Definitely some options. That’s a great score for sure!

 

[Old_Paint]

I'll be using the MX and pallet forks this afternoon to get the frame shown below out of the bed of my truck. The local Kubota dealer manager sent me a text yesterday asking if I wanted a steel frame that has been on the lot for a few years. Is that a trick question? Heck yeah! I stopped by this morning and picked it up and it is one stout beast. Those 5"x4" rectangular tubes for forks have a 3/16" wall thickness. Not sure about the rest of the tubing but it looks to be fairly heavy stuff. It was used to display a rotary cutter at some point, so that potential customers could see underneath.

I'm a pack rat when it comes to steel so initially had the idea to cut it up as needed. After looking at it closely I'm not sure what I'll do with it, but it's got some good steel in it. It's funny how things work out. I just added the pop up D-rings a couple of days ago, and the ratchet straps were purchased a couple of weeks ago to secure a fuel storage tank in the bed but I decided to go in another direction. I hadn't realized how well they work with the D-rings.

And as luck would have it, it looks like it'll be easy to slide the forks in from the side and lift the frame off the truck. I even scored four little logs that were laying near the frame. I used them to sit the frame up off the Decked floor so that the forks on the front end loader (dealership owned) could slide out easily.

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I don't know how you can stand to look at those views. (Tongue firmly in cheek). Looks like a beautiful day up there.

 

[mcmxi]

I don't know how you can stand to look at those views. (Tongue firmly in cheek). Looks like a beautiful day up there.

Yeah, it sure sucks having to look at mountains, trees and big sky all day long. Yes, it's a beautiful day for sure with more great weather on the way this weekend and into next week. I'll be able to start my shop build if this continues, but it's Montana and we're only half way through March so I'm not taking the snow blower off the MX just yet.

This was the start of the day this morning, and the end of the day a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Chanceywd]

I'll be using the MX and pallet forks this afternoon to get the frame shown below out of the bed of my truck. The local Kubota dealer manager sent me a text yesterday asking if I wanted a steel frame that has been on the lot for a few years. Is that a trick question? Heck yeah! I stopped by this morning and picked it up and it is one stout beast. Those 5"x4" rectangular tubes for forks have a 3/16" wall thickness. Not sure about the rest of the tubing but it looks to be fairly heavy stuff. It was used to display a rotary cutter at some point, so that potential customers could see underneath.

I'm a pack rat when it comes to steel so initially had the idea to cut it up as needed. After looking at it closely I'm not sure what I'll do with it, but it's got some good steel in it. It's funny how things work out. I just added the pop up D-rings a couple of days ago, and the ratchet straps were purchased a couple of weeks ago to secure a fuel storage tank in the bed but I decided to go in another direction. I hadn't realized how well they work with the D-rings.

And as luck would have it, it looks like it'll be easy to slide the forks in from the side and lift the frame off the truck. I even scored four little logs that were laying near the frame. I used them to sit the frame up off the Decked floor so that the forks on the front end loader (dealership owned) could slide out easily.

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Steel pack rat! I can relate to that, it has to be really scrap- junk for me to part with it. But I do need to take a load to the scrap yard sometime, usually in the spring I do some clean up so coming up!

Bill

 

[mcmxi]

It doesn't get any easier than this. I've mentioned before that if I had to give up a tractor it'd be the MX first, but I sure would miss it. On to the next!!

 

[g_man]

It doesn't get any easier than this. I've mentioned before that if I had to give up a tractor it'd be the MX first, but I sure would miss it. On to the next!!

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Hard to believe someone at the dealership didn't grab that. I would have in a heart beat. Good score !

gg

 

[L35]

I bit the bullet today. Ordered a WC88 chipper. There is just too much dead wood that needs to be gone as well as a bunch of trees that have to come down.
@L35 need more firewood?

I need to replenish what I burned this winter, I’ll send you a pm.

 

[billrigsby]

Apparently, burned up the hydraulic pump!

Been moving snow all morning after the 36" dump we got.
Lost all hydraulics and the pump is hot and smoking.
(cannot find a way to upload a FB Video)

Has any one used Reliable Aftermarket Parts?
They have one for $194.99

 

[Jim’sMX]

 

[RMS]

Hopefully I didn't jinx myself, my SIL and I swapped out the blower for the loader. I had him do all of the tractor work to get him some much needed seat time so he feels comfortable to use it if I'm not around (not that I'm planning on anything soon).

 

[rc51stierhoff]

Well, somehow I managed to get myself mixed up in a straw purchase. Then I brought the B to bale me out.

last year we experimented with planting into straw bales vs adding another garden and buying soil…it worked really well so today we rotated last year bales to new location and will get another year of planting into them before we spread and till under / compost or use as mulch. We put the 1 yr used around perimeter of a small hillside patch that has a cache crop in it(that will be tilled under this spring). We plant into that this spring and then till/mulch with what will be 2yr in the fall. Soon we’ll get the new ones conditioned and do it again.

Next on the agenda, started painting a new hive on a pallet(makes it lot easier to shuttle in / out of the barn between coats).

 

[fried1765]

Well, somehow I managed to get myself mixed up in a straw purchase. Then I brought the B to bale me out.

last year we experimented with planting into straw bales vs adding another garden and buying soil…it worked really well so today we rotated last year bales to new location and will get another year of planting into them before we spread and till under / compost or use as mulch. We put the 1 yr used around perimeter of a small hillside patch that has a cache crop in it(that will be tilled under this spring). We plant into that this spring and then till/mulch with what will be 2yr in the fall. Soon we’ll get the new ones conditioned and do it again.

Next on the agenda, started painting a new hive on a pallet(makes it lot easier to shuttle in / out of the barn between coats).

The two deep supers I understand,..... but what are the other two?
Never seen anything quite like 'em.

 

[mcmxi]

Hopefully I didn't jinx myself, my SIL and I swapped out the blower for the loader. I had him do all of the tractor work to get him some much needed seat time so he feels comfortable to use it if I'm not around (not that I'm planning on anything soon).

Ha! You're screwed now!!

 

[Trapper Bob]

I have been playing with fire. It took some doing, but finally got the brush piles burning. A little breeze came up & the brush really took off.

 

[MOOTS]

I lit off some piles too. Nothing like @Trapper Bob though!

Then stacked some logs for firewood.

Then wrestled this monster around and smoothed the hole it left.

Got a little too close while stirring a pile.

Damn fine unit.