What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[6869704x4]

One bale of hay....and a cat, coming right up!

 

[mcmxi]

Started to prep mower deck for season.

Obvious it was a dry summer with little mowing.

Blades are in good shape. Will hit them with an angle grinder, but won’t take much.

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Not sure if it's an optical illusion but it looks like there's a lot more material removed from the blade on the right (top). What's the purpose of those notches? Are they for mulching? Nice looking edges by the way, and clearly no stones in the field.

 

[mcmxi]

I got the hydraulic snow blade and rear snow blower off the MX and put them on pallets ready to move to a spot for summer storage. Now we're bound to get a 12" snow storm!

I'm planning on getting the crappy 50 gallon sprayer with 10ft boom sorted out this weekend. I bought it six or seven years ago but have never actually used it for spraying. I've only ever used it for irrigating trees and such. I'm going to be spraying about 12 acres next week or next weekend so I need to figure out ground speed and flow rates so that I can mix and apply Roundup for someone.

 

[RCW]

Not sure if it's an optical illusion but it looks like there's a lot more material removed from the blade on the right (top). What's the purpose of those notches? Are they for mulching? Nice looking edges by the way, and clearly no stones in the field.

Those are Oregon Gator G6 (?) mulching blades for a lawnmower deck. Have quite a bit of contour to them.

I do still catch stones on occasion.

They’re okay. Not going to say great, but overall been happy with them. They are cheaper than OEM and pretty stout.

Hold an edge pretty well. Been using them a few years now. I think this is my second set. First ones took a licking and kept on ticking…..

 

[dwrice0]

Another satisfied customer of Ken's Bolt on Hooks. Easy and quick install and had plenty of time left before dinner to move that hunk of wood from the front yard that's been there since we bought the place in November. What do people paint their hooks with that can withstand the wear and tear?

 

[Outnumbered]

Took the last load (for now) of fence wire and old gates from the ole farm. I had a nice suprise when the shredder material price for scrap had jumped to $8 per 100lb. Nice to get a little money to offset my fuel costs for cleaning up the old farm.

 

[S-G-R]

Another satisfied customer of Ken's Bolt on Hooks. Easy and quick install and had plenty of time left before dinner to move that hunk of wood from the front yard that's been there since we bought the place in November. What do people paint their hooks with that can withstand the wear and tear? View attachment 99809

I have a black HLA bucket and just used regular spray paint on mine to kill the shine.

 

[mdhughes]

Changed the engine oil and filter today. 522 hours on the clock so far. The tractor looks really funny to me without the loader on it.

 

[Trustable]

Another satisfied customer of Ken's Bolt on Hooks. Easy and quick install and had plenty of time left before dinner to move that hunk of wood from the front yard that's been there since we bought the place in November. What do people paint their hooks with that can withstand the wear and tear? View attachment 99809

I don’t have those hooks but some hooks I welded on. They were not painted before so I did the base primer and paint coat. I find that no matter what I do the paint comes off. Not sure if Bedliner would work. I may have to try that.

 

[fried1765]

I don’t have those hooks but some hooks I welded on. They were not painted before so I did the base primer and paint coat. I find that no matter what I do the paint comes off. Not sure if Bedliner would work. I may have to try that.

Bedliner paint will also come off those hooks when you use chain.

 

[S-G-R]

Scratches on the hooks are pretty irreverent when the whole bucket gets marked up with use.

 

[Trustable]

Scratches on the hooks are pretty irreverent when the whole bucket gets marked up with use.

Very true! First time I used the bucket I sprayed the underside where it was scraped up, I quickly realized that was not worth the time or money long term.

 

[Kennyd4110]

What do people paint their hooks with that can withstand the wear and tear?

The plating on them is better than any paint...leave them AU NATUREL

ETA: We do have a FAQ on this topic. One question we ask is "What other hardware is painted on your tractor?"

 

[Trapper Bob]

I filled the tubes with concrete (60lb bags mixed in a bucket) for the dock. I hope the calves left them alone last night.

 

[mcmxi]

I don’t have those hooks but some hooks I welded on.

The local dealer welds two hooks on all of the buckets on the tractors they sell. They do such a nice job that I assumed it was a factory installed feature, but learned through this forum that it's not. Turns out the dealer in Sheridan, WY doesn't weld on hooks, so I still need to buy and weld on hooks on the bucket that came on the M6060.

Here's a bucket on an MX6000 that was sitting out front around the time I bought my MX6000 open station that I sold after a year.

 

[mcmxi]

I'm a pack rat with photos and here's a photo that I took on May 31st, 2016 at the local dealer. I bought a BX25D in early June of 2016 and can't say if the one in the center of the photo is the one I bought, but you can see the welded on hooks on the bucket.

 

[Kennyd4110]

Many dealers won't weld hooks for liability reasons, the same reason OEM's don't add them.

Remember we sell the only forged in the USA weldable grabs too, for all the DIY'ers.

 

[fruitcakesa]

Winter has finally faded away [I think/hope] and the driveway mud has dried up enough to tractor again so took off the plow and the chains and put the bucket back on for some spring clean up.

 

[mcmxi]

Many dealers won't weld hooks for liability reasons, the same reason OEM's don't add them.

Remember we sell the only forged in the USA weldable grabs too, for all the DIY'ers.

I just looked at your weld-on products. You have some nice stuff and at very reasonable prices too. I'll be ordering some parts from you this spring for sure.

 

[Kennyd4110]

I just looked at your weld-on products. You have some nice stuff and at very reasonable prices too. I'll be ordering some parts from you this spring for sure.

Thanks!