What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[6869704x4]

Apologies for this late reply... Neither the filters themselves nor the boxes they come in show any country of origin. They are original Kubota though: I got them from the dealer, and all filter openings are sealed with plastic foil, something I've never seen on cheap stuff.

Last batch of filters I got from the dealer were a mix of made in China, Indonesia and Mexico. It was printed on the filter itself.

 

[SAR Tracker]

Removed snowblower and subframe, installed FEL. Pretty much cinched it to snow heavily in the next week or so.

 

[imnukensc]

Mowed a little patch of grass in the back yard before it started rain, but finished it up since the downpour hadn't arrived yet.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Started maintenance on the Old/New L305DT. Installed a new 3pt QH, changed filters and engine oil. The hydraulic fluid is less than 200hrs old and has very little color change from new. I will probably change it out later to be on the safer side.


Bought this from the outlaws/N laws.
He was going to give it to me, but he is a control freak. So I declined and said it can sit at thier house. Plus I didn't want him to have open access to my farm or him thinking he has hunting rights etc. .. I made a solid offer with no strings attached, and a couple days later he reached out to me after I said the tractor can stay put at their house.
Trust me, he is a butthole!

I bought this farm 3 years ago, I didn't inherit nothing. I bought it because I got tired of all the family drama from the previous family homestead farm and ranch(numerous other family elders thar have divided intrest in).

This tractor was my wife's grandfathers tractor, it's been sitting for almost 3 years with no use. And apparently my FNL didn't bother to clean the air filter when he was using at the ranch and prior to it being parked. The oil was very dirty and many years old. Gonna run a cleaner through the radiator and flush and replace the coolant.

L305DT compared to the Mx5200HST
I love the amount of steel on the older Kubota's. The tire size is only 3in small compared to the MX. The size of front loaders are very comparable in size.

 

[S-G-R]

The weight tray material on my CA1564 was pretty flimsy so I cut 1/2" plywood for the bottom.

Added 732 pounds of weight and gave it a test run. Nothing moved but the ground is still too wet. I'll try again in a few days.

 

[johnjk]

Tore up the pot holes in the drive today. Three hours of seat time and I still suck at the box blade. Did ok tearing it up but leveling the material, not so much. I resorted to back dragging with the FEL and that got it satisfactory. Need to order up rock in the next couple weeks

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Tore up the pot holes in the drive today. Three hours of seat time and I still suck at the box blade. Did ok tearing it up but leveling the material, not so much. I resorted to back dragging with the FEL and that got it satisfactory. Need to order up rock in the next couple weeks

It's a fine art to learn.

There is no reason why Kubota can't design/engineer to make that 3pt with a float option, there is no down pressure anyways.

 

[fried1765]

Landing after a aborted breakfast flight to Afton WY, the light was so flat that on short final I had a hard time seeing where the surface was. I pulled off a good landing however, but having got distracted I too late found I had drifted off to the side on my mountain strip, and it slopes off downhill in that direction. An approaching snow squall gust front (I now realize...) was making even full rudder/full power ineffective for preventing the sideways motion. I got stuck, no damage, just stuck in rotten snow, at a bad angle. Long story short: once I rigged about 350' of misc. rope, binders, old crane rigging, to a bridle on the landing gear, the L3301 pulled it up the hill in 30' snatches. Earlier, a rope comalong, also called a pass thru comalong, proved it's worth once again, MUCH better than a regular type, strongly recommended. In fact, all of my equipment performed as hoped for, including a Warn electric handheld winch, it, the tractor of course, and the comalong kicked butt.

Stress on the lndg. gear from pulling with the L3301?

 

[fried1765]

Last batch of filters I got from the dealer were a mix of made in China, Indonesia and Mexico. It was printed on the filter itself.

Nah.....simply can't be....
OEM Kubota filters are all made by Kubota!

 

[Siesta Sundance]

The weight tray material on my CA1564 was pretty flimsy so I cut 1/2" plywood for the bottom.

View attachment 100312

Added 732 pounds of weight and gave it a test run. Nothing moved but the ground is still too wet. I'll try again in a few days.

View attachment 100313 View attachment 100315

With all that green, your asking your Kubota to breakdown on you.

 

[RCW]

A small creature obviously went through seasonal moulting in the yard.

Lost it’s tracks in the driveway.

 

[mcmxi]

This morning I replaced the cheap non-liquid filled pressure gauge on the sprayer with a cheap liquid filled 2-1/2" gauge. The pressure gauge needle is almost stationary when the pump is running.

I also ran a 3/4" return hose from the manifold to the bottom of the tank. I'm chasing a couple of small leaks at various fittings but did do a 2-minute test of one nozzle at 30psi and I'm getting a rate of 1.1 gpm from all seven nozzles.

I'm basically ready for spraying now! I'm spraying 12 acres with a weak Roundup solution tomorrow. My first paid job using a tractor!

 

[S-G-R]

This morning I replaced the cheap non-liquid filled pressure gauge on the sprayer with a cheap liquid filled 2-1/2" gauge. The pressure gauge needle is almost stationary when the pump is running.

I also ran a 3/4" return hose from the manifold to the bottom of the tank. I'm chasing a couple of small leaks at various fittings but did do a 2-minute test of one nozzle at 30psi and I'm getting a rate of 1.1 gpm from all seven nozzles.

I'm basically ready for spraying now!

View attachment 100324

It must be annoying to have to put in the extra time and dollars to fix something that should of been set up properly from the factory.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

This morning I replaced the cheap non-liquid filled pressure gauge on the sprayer with a cheap liquid filled 2-1/2" gauge. The pressure gauge needle is almost stationary when the pump is running.

I also ran a 3/4" return hose from the manifold to the bottom of the tank. I'm chasing a couple of small leaks at various fittings but did do a 2-minute test of one nozzle at 30psi and I'm getting a rate of 1.1 gpm from all seven nozzles.

I'm basically ready for spraying now! I'm spraying 12 acres with a weak Roundup solution tomorrow. My first paid job using a tractor!

View attachment 100324

I'm trying to locate that vavle below the gauge.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

This morning I replaced the cheap non-liquid filled pressure gauge on the sprayer with a cheap liquid filled 2-1/2" gauge. The pressure gauge needle is almost stationary when the pump is running.

I also ran a 3/4" return hose from the manifold to the bottom of the tank. I'm chasing a couple of small leaks at various fittings but did do a 2-minute test of one nozzle at 30psi and I'm getting a rate of 1.1 gpm from all seven nozzles.

I'm basically ready for spraying now! I'm spraying 12 acres with a weak Roundup solution tomorrow. My first paid job using a tractor!

View attachment 100324

Would you send a closer picture of that label/part number that is on your valve.
Much appreciated.

 

[mcmxi]

It must be annoying to have to put in the extra time and dollars to fix something that should of been set up properly from the factory.

Absolutely. I bought this sprayer new in September of 2016 and paid $993 for it and that included the Delavan pump and PTO adapter. That 3/8" return line is moronic, and I have no idea why it was set up that way, but now with the 3/4" return line the sprayer operates at the pressures listed in the owner's manual. Of course, had I used the sprayer for spraying when I bought it I would have crossed this bridge long ago, rather than a few days before actually needing the sprayer to work properly.

The liquid filled gauge is a nice ($10) upgrade and makes setting the pressure much easier and certainly more accurate.

 

[mcmxi]

Would you send a closer picture of that label/part number that is on your valve.
Much appreciated.

You can see all the part numbers in the owners manual. This isn't exactly what I have but it's very close to the model I have.

https://www.fimcoindustries.com/userdocs/documents/lg-55-3pt_w_6500_-5301227-_11-18.pdf

TeeJet AA6B Poly Replacement Body

The TeeJet Poly Replacement Body offers precise liquid application. Replaces the polyacetal body on TeeJet AA6B DirectoValve.

www.fimcoindustries.com

 

[radas]

The dealer I had my BH77 reserved from didn't come through, I guess there was a bit of a miscommunication. After some hunting for a few days, I managed to find one dealer with BH77/BH4966 combo in stock... @ $13k! I kept hunting and found another dealer that would sell me the BH77 and keep the L subframe it came with and order me a BH4966 subframe. Right before I left the house today, I remembered to call the dealer I had bought my forks/box blade from last year and they had the exact combo I needed for thousands less than the other dealer. Left a deposit today and left with the elusive subframe today and am picking up the hoe next weekend.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

You can see all the part numbers in the owners manual. This isn't exactly what I have but it's very close to the model I have.

https://www.fimcoindustries.com/userdocs/documents/lg-55-3pt_w_6500_-5301227-_11-18.pdf

TeeJet AA6B Poly Replacement Body

The TeeJet Poly Replacement Body offers precise liquid application. Replaces the polyacetal body on TeeJet AA6B DirectoValve.

www.fimcoindustries.com

View attachment 100338

Thanks!!
I don't have the owners manual, bought it used, shortly later the handle broke.

 

[matt-m]

Small 10" double wall poly culvert install on our trail