What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[GrumpyFarmer]

It was a post pounder and a bunch of t-posts that did my hands in for the first time. One day my hands were fine, then after a weekend of pounding posts both of my ring fingers were messed up. They've been fine ever since surgery 8 or so years ago. It was a weekend a few months ago using an angle grinder that did my thumbs in, but no doubt they'll be good to go in a few months.

Surgery this afternoon and a bill of $6,500 if my insurance won't cover it ... still waiting on them to respond, but I'm not worried.

Good luck. With your procedure.

If you are not able to take care of the tractors or boat, please ship the here and I will see that they are looked after (please make sure to send keys for each and full of fuel…I am worried in the Midwest climate that the fuel might evaporate and be empty when you get back and or spontaneously adjust the hour meter due to barometric pressure or altitude differences)

anyway I hope all goes well…if you get a cute nurse don’t be afraid to ask for a sponge bath regardless of what you are in for.

 

[McMXi]

Stopped by the local dealer yesterday before surgery to see one of the sales team who has recently been diagnosed with ALS and took a few photos of the mini excavators on the lot. Standing next to a KX080-5 makes me wonder if "mini" makes sense with that machine. Also, I learned that a 6-way blade isn't available on a KX057-5.

What a beautiful sight.

 

[Chanceywd]

Stopped by the local dealer yesterday before surgery to see one of the sales team who has recently been diagnosed with ALS and took a few photos of the mini excavators on the lot. Standing next to a KX080-5 makes me wonder if "mini" makes sense with that machine. Also, I learned that a 6-way blade isn't available on a KX057-5.

What a beautiful sight.

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Those mountains in the background are beautiful too!

Bill

 

[S-G-R]

Stopped by the local dealer yesterday before surgery to see one of the sales team who has recently been diagnosed with ALS and took a few photos of the mini excavators on the lot. Standing next to a KX080-5 makes me wonder if "mini" makes sense with that machine. Also, I learned that a 6-way blade isn't available on a KX057-5.

What a beautiful sight.

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Which one is yours?

 

[McMXi]

Which one is yours?

None of them unfortunately. I can't justify $110k for the KX057-5 that I'd want to order. It's going to have to be used if I ever buy a mini excavator. A cabbed, fully-loaded, < 1,500 hour model for around $50k is my reality. That might mean a different brand than Kubota.

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

None of them unfortunately. I can't justify $110k for the KX057-5 that I'd want to order. It's going to have to be used if I ever buy a mini excavator. A cabbed, fully-loaded, < 1,500 hour model for around $50k is my reality. That might mean a different brand than Kubota.

Oh my…I believe they cost that much is because they are awesome. My buddy just picked up a used one last year and loves it. It’s been a game changer for him for for property maintenance specializing in clearing shooting lanes and branches and he also has an attachment that lets him split large rounds of cut trees (sort of an auger). It’s impressive.

next I hope everything went well for you…I suspect one way or another you are texting, typing or whispering to Siri, so hopefully positive outcome.

I think you are looking at this all wrong…I’d look at the mini as part of a wholistic physical therapy process for the procedure you underwent. If you find a doctor to prescribe occupational therapy, perhaps this could be a qualifying deduction. I honestly can’t believe what doctors write notes for for accommodations and treatments and time off work. I don’t think it a stretch after some of things we’ve seen prescribed over recent history. You. Really do need some therapy and I think boom controls could help the recover process. I am half or mostly serious in this one, but understand it might be a stretch. Sure would look good on your trailer behind the duelly.

 

[Bee-Positive]

At least three hours on BX23S today. Hauled mulch, heavy cement blocks and gravel. Love my orange tractor!

Welcome Dlancaster!!!
If my Corporate Financial Officer (wife) would have let me I would have gotten a 23S. She just didn't have the same enthusiasm as I did when we got the 1880.

 

[NordTrac]

Got to 675 hrs on the MX5200 today. That means I put 150 hrs since I got it about 13 months ago.

 

[NordTrac]

Got delivery of a 40' high cube tunnel shipping container today. It was delivered roadside as my driveway entrance is too narrow for a semi to back into. Got one of my farmer neighbors to come over with his large JD and pull it about 350 ft over packed snow. Got to help with the MX by using the forestry winch to "steer" the back of the container around bends.

This will be very helpful while we build the heated shop.

 

[Papadiver]

None of them unfortunately. I can't justify $110k for the KX057-5 that I'd want to order. It's going to have to be used if I ever buy a mini excavator. A cabbed, fully-loaded, < 1,500 hour model for around $50k is my reality. That might mean a different brand than Kubota.

I tell you they are sweet to have around! It’s in the shed ready to go for when ever I need it. If it’s and hours worth of work right before dark, no worries just do it. It came off of lease from a reputable company. 2020 235-2 1800hrs. Got it for under 30K

 

[L35]

I tell you they are sweet to have around! It’s in the shed ready to go for when ever I need it. If it’s and hours worth of work right before dark, no worries just do it. It came off of lease from a reputable company. 2020 235-2 1800hrs. Got it for under 30K View attachment 170626

Nice mini, great brand too!

 

[mdhughes]

We recieved 3.08" of rain in the last 72 hours and our driveway and a section of the private road needed a little work. Both problems were caused by leaves blocking drainage ditches.

I used the L3901DT and box-blade to drag the rock back into place. Our driveway wasn't too bad, but the private road had a pretty deep cut in it from the water running across it. Took about 45 minutes to get the private road patched up. Cleaned out the ditch, so we should be good to go for awhile.

 

[biketopia]

Haven't touched the tractor in about a month. We have had snow and then rain & snow melt for the last month, it seems. Supposed to warm up and dry out starting today and over the weekend. Hoping to get the land plane on the tractor and drag the driveway a few times. Also need to spend some time with the loose material broom on the Milwaukee power head and move gravel back into road way from where the snow piles melted.

 

[NCL4701]

Our little private road needed a little grooming. Just starting to get wheel tracks in it, which isn’t good being it’s a long downhill run and needs the crown to get water off the sides to keep it from washing. Even shallow wheel tracks act like ditches to keep water on the road headed down the length of the road: not good. The one downside of the crown is the gravel tends to migrate toward the ditches on the sides.

About once a year, I get the old Leinbach backblade out of the shed, put the sidelink on the float valve, and windrow the gravel from the ditches and sides of the road back toward the center.

One pass on each side and we now have some more material to work with.

The part near the public road gets much more traffic and was looking much more bare. Somehow what gravel there was had migrated toward the right side. One pass with the backblade pulled it back toward center. One more pass pulling it to the left got it more even, but that also left it thin over the whole of the span.

Swapped the backblade for the boxblade. Started at the bottom of the road and pulled uphill toward the public road on both sides. That spread the gravel pulled from the ditches, pulled up some additional from the center part of the road, and added some material to the top end of the road where a bit more was needed. Not “perfect” but MUCH better. Should be good to go for at least another year.

Next, got a few bucket loads of chips from the pile created by a couple chipping sessions at our bigger brush pile a while ago. Top dressed a couple walking paths and a seating area by the pond. The pic below, it still needs some final touch up with a rake and leaf blower but the tractor isn’t around for a photo op at that point.

Ever since that chipping was completed, the ground has either been muddy or frozen. Seems like it’s been about two months. Today was the first day the ground had been dry enough for either of these little projects so I felt like I needed to get them done while conditions were cooperative.

 

[S-G-R]

Great job on the road. I envy how dry your property looks, we're probably a month out from that here.

 

[dirtydeed]

Moved 3 large bales of hay into the muddy slop of a "pasture" this am. Looking at it I thought I'd be needing a tow from the owners bobcat UTV. Fortunately, I think the ground was still frozen 5" below the slop to keep me from sinking to China.

It's a roll of the dice with R-4's. But, this time they went on through without needing the diff lock. I'll take that as a win.

 

[McMXi]

Playing in the dirt for a few hours today with the rock bucket and box blade. The rock bucket seems to be fairly useless in these conditions. I was hoping to sift out a bunch of rocks but it's not proving to be effective given the wetness of the dirt.

I have the luxury of time so I tend to let nature do it's thing with the second driveway. I've already removed a staggering amount of dirt, and this weather is ideal for seeing how far to dig down. During the summer months it all turns to powder and it's hard to know if it's ready for gravel. But now with some moisture, the stuff that needs to come out is dark and wet. The transition to crushed/powdered rock is easier to see.

Tomorrow I'm going to remove the snow blade from the MX and get the bucket on so that I can move a bunch of dirt that I piled up near the upper end of the driveway. Also, I'm happy to report that the rear of the tractor is clean and dry after swapping out the Faster leak fest couplers for Summit Hydraulics Ag couplers.

 

[KubotaHawg]

Our little private road needed a little grooming. Just starting to get wheel tracks in it, which isn’t good being it’s a long downhill run and needs the crown to get water off the sides to keep it from washing. Even shallow wheel tracks act like ditches to keep water on the road headed down the length of the road: not good. The one downside of the crown is the gravel tends to migrate toward the ditches on the sides. View attachment 170723
About once a year, I get the old Leinbach backblade out of the shed, put the sidelink on the float valve, and windrow the gravel from the ditches and sides of the road back toward the center. View attachment 170724
One pass on each side and we now have some more material to work with. View attachment 170725
The part near the public road gets much more traffic and was looking much more bare. Somehow what gravel there was had migrated toward the right side. One pass with the backblade pulled it back toward center. One more pass pulling it to the left got it more even, but that also left it thin over the whole of the span. View attachment 170726 Swapped the backblade for the boxblade. Started at the bottom of the road and pulled uphill toward the public road on both sides. That spread the gravel pulled from the ditches, pulled up some additional from the center part of the road, and added some material to the top end of the road where a bit more was needed. Not “perfect” but MUCH better. Should be good to go for at least another year. View attachment 170727 View attachment 170728 Next, got a few bucket loads of chips from the pile created by a couple chipping sessions at our bigger brush pile a while ago. Top dressed a couple walking paths and a seating area by the pond. The pic below, it still needs some final touch up with a rake and leaf blower but the tractor isn’t around for a photo op at that point.

Ever since that chipping was completed, the ground has either been muddy or frozen. Seems like it’s been about two months. Today was the first day the ground had been dry enough for either of these little projects so I felt like I needed to get them done while conditions were cooperative. View attachment 170729

Nice job on your road—some hate it but I actually enjoy grading our 6/10 mile shared driveway/road. If yours is shared I hope your neighbors appreciate it more than mine. I don’t drag ours nearly as much as I used to because 2 of my 4 neighbors on this road drive like idiots and washboard it again and then get irritated that I don’t fix it—at least ruts and washboards slow them a little.

 

[rh74]

Added a Fasse Multiplier and tilt cylinder to my LX4020. Also replaced the original rear remote couplers that used a snap ring to mount them to bracket with a bulkhead fittings. I typically don't have anything bad to say about Kubota, but the use of snap rings to hold the rear remote couplers to the bracket is the worst design ever. The snap rings popped out every time I used the tractor with or without a hose connected to them.

 

[S-G-R]

@McMXi We're not quite there yet...