What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[Mak65]

I backed my Lands Pride RCF 2060 into some small brush (short and see through and no thick limbs) and the tractor started shaking violently. Shut off PTO and all calmed down, pulled forward and engaged PTO, same result. Headed back to barn, lifted it up so I could glance under expecting to find blades intertwined. Instead found both blades bent - one severely. I guess I will be replacing blades.

I took the SxS to look at what I may have hit and there is nothing there. Even brush I was mowing was gone.

 

[Old_Paint]

I backed my Lands Pride RCF 2060 into some small brush (short and see through and no thick limbs) and the tractor started shaking violently. Shut off PTO and all calmed down, pulled forward and engaged PTO, same result. Headed back to barn, lifted it up so I could glance under expecting to find blades intertwined. Instead found both blades bent - one severely. I guess I will be replacing blades.

I took the SxS to look at what I may have hit and there is nothing there. Even brush I was mowing was gone.

You bent the blades on a rotary cutter? I’ve heard of blowing up gear boxes, shearing pins, bending housings, and even breaking the blade pivots or more rarely warping the stump jumper/flywheel, but bent blades is a new one on me, even on a cheap cutter. You take them off yet to check the pinion bolts? Did you wrap a big vine or something when you were cutting? RCs work mostly on inertia, and beat stuff down more than they cut. They’re designed to take a beating on the blades and give some back. Very concerning. Hopefully it’s still got some warranty left, but if your luck is twice as good as mine, the warranty expired two days ago. Good luck with it, and hopefully it won’t cost you too much to repair. Pics might help identify what happened. At the very least, you’ll get lots of input.

 

[Deleted member 47704]

I backed my Lands Pride RCF 2060 into some small brush (short and see through and no thick limbs) and the tractor started shaking violently. Shut off PTO and all calmed down, pulled forward and engaged PTO, same result. Headed back to barn, lifted it up so I could glance under expecting to find blades intertwined. Instead found both blades bent - one severely. I guess I will be replacing blades.

I took the SxS to look at what I may have hit and there is nothing there. Even brush I was mowing was gone.

Maybe you hit a UFO, them things are tough.

 

[Mak65]

Shredder is 2 hours away now. Won’t get back to it until Saturday at the earliest. Unless I was seeing things one was severely bent which surprised me as I would assume it would break before it bent.

it was an UFO - unknown foreign object.

 

[Bri-Guy-GA]

Finally got to install my Kens Hooks on the BX.

 

[michigander]

im almost ready to start scraping the paint off the bucket, just need tooth bar to arrive and then its into the woods!

Please post a picture when the Garage Princess gets dirty

 

[TomRC]

Sprayed yesterday with the carry-all I just built. Thanks DIY My Way for the carry-all plans!!

 

[Cgrayiii]

Installed magnetic side mirrors. These are almost a safety issue and should be on every tractor in my opinion. Low cost and so beneficial.

 

[dirtydeed]

Installed magnetic side mirrors. These are almost a safety issue and should be on every tractor in my opinion. Low cost and so beneficial.

I get what you're saying but not sure just how much it would help in this situation that happened last night up the road from me...poor young 23 YO was hit on his tractor from behind while slowing to make a turn...really sad.

I suppose that mirrors sure couldn't have hurt the situation in any way.

Man dies after crash involving farm tractor, 2 other vehicles, coroner’s office says (UPDATE)

The wreck happened late Tuesday night and the 23-year-old was pronounced dead early Wednesday morning.

www.lehighvalleylive.com

 

[Cgrayiii]

I get what you're saying but not sure just how much it would help in this situation that happened last night up the road from me...poor young 23 YO was hit on his tractor from behind while slowing to make a turn...really sad.

I suppose that mirrors sure couldn't have hurt the situation in any way.

Man dies after crash involving farm tractor, 2 other vehicles, coroner’s office says (UPDATE)

The wreck happened late Tuesday night and the 23-year-old was pronounced dead early Wednesday morning.

www.lehighvalleylive.com

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear about this. My main concern has been more of an around the farm issue. My wife is bad about walking up behind me when I'm on the tractor and I have no clue she's there. Not that this is a safety issue, but I did some brush cutting this past weekend and it was helpful to see what was going ton behind me while I was cutting.

 

[Old_Paint]

Finally got to install my Kens Hooks on the BX.
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Good hooks those ones. I have the same on my LX.

 

[Deleted member 47704]

Ripped out more landscaping material.

 

[B737]

Ripped out more landscaping material.

taking that stuff out is THE WORST! esp if it has been in the ground long enough to have like inches of soil and growth all over it.

 

[Russell King]

taking that stuff out is THE WORST! esp if it has been in the ground long enough to have like inches of soil and growth all over it.

And you might get your tractor dirty!

Lol sorry I couldn’t restrain the “pile on the guy with the new tractor” comment

 

[Deleted member 47704]

taking that stuff out is THE WORST! esp if it has been in the ground long enough to have like inches of soil and growth all over it.

Its bad. Its 3-10 gallon pots side by side,roots are one continuous mat, some good sized trees with wild roses all over and bittersweet vines.Some of it has been there 10 years.

Thinking about a stump bucket.

 

[Deleted member 47704]

And you might get your tractor dirty!

Lol sorry I couldn’t restrain the “pile on the guy with the new tractor” comment

I have old tractors too.

 

[B737]

And you might get your tractor dirty!
Lol sorry I couldn’t restrain the “pile on the guy with the new tractor” comment

got it dirty today but only spreading a few truck loads of wood chips was not enough to scrape up the bucket! Im on the look out for the nearest pile of rocks

 

[Newaterman]

More like what did you do on your kubota the last two weeks. Busy time at home and not much time on here, back at work now, tons of extra time .

cleaned up some storm knock downs including a handful of large apple branches, and pruned some more of the apple trees to make mowing easier.

Then more stone for the doggy pool pad.

of course I needed some way to lift the firewood to stacking height that didn’t involve my back.

 

[Old_Paint]

Its bad. Its 3-10 gallon pots side by side,roots are one continuous mat, some good sized trees with wild roses all over and bittersweet vines.Some of it has been there 10 years.

Thinking about a stump bucket.

Stump buckets are the bees knees. I've torn up some serious undergrowth with mine. Not very expensive, and the performance talked me outta gettting a backhoe on my LX.

 

[Deleted member 47704]

Stump buckets are the bees knees. I've torn up some serious undergrowth with mine. Not very expensive, and the performance talked me outta gettting a backhoe on my LX.

Got a Pirahna tooth bar coming, who knows when. Debating on waiting and trying it or getting a Titan