What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[S-G-R]

Ready to give the driveway a scrape. I did it a couple of weeks ago and we got a lot of rain in the past few days. Got the front PHD on to poke a few fence post holes.

 

[RMS]

Planted some winterberry bushes today. The mini-ex sure makes removing sod easy.

 

[DaveFromMi]

That forward/reverse handle is something else! The 7hp kohler is a damn good engine too.
This place has mostly all the parts you may need.

Custom Parts, Inc.

Selling parts for Troy-Bilt Horse tillers and other lawn and garden equipment.

www.custompartsinc.com

And clean cutter tines are very good and cheap!

Troy Special!

Shoot me a PM with serial, I can date it and I have parts breakdowns, manuals.

Thanks for the offer, but it is in pretty good shape. Although forward tine only, it does a great job.

 

[Brown]

I've been noticing that my rear grass box on my STV36 is getting feeble. To empty it you've got to actuate two rams, one to raise it and another to open it. Hmm - could it be the hydraulic oil is low? When I bought it, I pulled all the dipsticks to see a) if there was any oil in and b) what colour it was. The transmission dipstick didn't seem to show anything at all and the vendor assured me that there was some in there, it was just very clear. Gearbox, back axle and hydraulics all appear to share a common sump. I think I was right after all - there's not much in! Filled up with the recommended Kubota UDT and I've actually got some hydraulic services now. It is indeed very clear, but you can still see it on the stick. That was a nice easy fix!

 

[KubotaHawg]

Been busy past two weekends getting son and niece married, finally got some diesel therapy.

Carried tractor out to the cabin yesterday and easiest bush hog hookup ever—gonna be a good day. Greased all the points on bush hog and mowed the lower pasture, trail up to the cabin, acre around the cabin, and main trail up into the woods. Brought bush hog back home with the tractor.

This morning jacked the bush hog and sharpened badly dinged blades then mowed grown up briars along the quarter mile driveway. Checked gear box oil, all good. Swapped bush hog for straight blade (since rained last night) and graded our steep driveway shared with one neighbor.

I don’t know what I would do without a tractor…

 

[KubotaHawg]

Been busy past two weekends getting son and niece married, finally got some diesel therapy.

Carried tractor out to the cabin yesterday and easiest bush hog hookup ever—gonna be a good day. Greased all the points on bush hog and mowed the lower pasture, trail up to the cabin, acre around the cabin, and main trail up into the woods. Brought bush hog back home with the tractor.

This morning jacked the bush hog and sharpened badly dinged blades then mowed grown up briars along the quarter mile driveway. Checked gear box oil, all good. Swapped bush hog for straight blade (since rained last night) and graded our steep driveway shared with one neighbor.

I don’t know what I would do without a tractor…

Should have taken a before but this is after grading and packing with truck

From bottom

From top
It’s steep—heavier tractor would help a lot but feathering blade carefully can get it done with a 2500 lb 28 hp tractor.

 

[Bearcatrp]

My oversized garden tractor (aka 1880) moved some large branches I cut off some trees. My back tires were tippy toeing on a fairly large branch. You could have heard the pop when my arse got off the seat.

 

[pokey1416]

Ready to give the driveway a scrape. I did it a couple of weeks ago and we got a lot of rain in the past few days. Got the front PHD on to poke a few fence post holes.

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Oh what we wouldn’t give to be able to get front fenders here in the states!

I talked via email to a Canadian dealer who said they couldn’t even ship them to a local dealer here in US.

 

[Jsjac]

Oh what we wouldn’t give to be able to get front fenders here in the states!

I talked via email to a Canadian dealer who said they couldn’t even ship them to a local dealer here in US.

Are they factory fenders or an aftermarket setup?

 

[S-G-R]

Oh what we wouldn’t give to be able to get front fenders here in the states!

I talked via email to a Canadian dealer who said they couldn’t even ship them to a local dealer here in US.

Check with https://www.btmacfarlane-kubota.ca/ I saw a video where they make their own front fenders. I would of went with them if I had known they had them.

 

[S-G-R]

Are they factory fenders or an aftermarket setup?

Factory Kubota. They have two styles. Fixed and turn with the front wheels. These Nokian tires grab and throw a lot of rocks. I wanted R14's but they weren't available on the 60 series in Canada. Just these, R1, R3 & R4's. I probably wouldn't of needed them with the R14's.

 

[McMXi]

I made up a template for the rubber mat I'm going to cut out for the M6060 that will live under the seat. I also painted over some of the scratches on the floor using Kubota grey paint and a roller.

Later this afternoon with the aid of some cool stuff from @Kennyd4110 I modified one of the M6060 drawbars by adding pad eyes, a gusset and shackles to provide two good, solid tie down points as near to the rear of the tractor as possible. I have D-rings up front but nothing great at the back until today.

 

[McMXi]

Factory Kubota. They have two styles. Fixed and turn with the front wheels. These Nokian tires grab and throw a lot of rocks. I wanted R14's but they weren't available on the 60 series in Canada. Just these, R1, R3 & R4's. I probably wouldn't of needed them with the R14's.

They look kind of goofy! I've never seen fenders that aren't somewhat concentric to the wheel.

 

[S-G-R]

They look kind of goofy! I've never seen fenders that aren't somewhat concentric to the wheel.

They're more for snow and slush vs mud. Maybe that's why they're different.

 

[S-G-R]

I made up a template for the rubber mat I'm going to cut out for the M6060 that will live under the seat. I also painted over some of the scratches on the floor using Kubota grey paint and a roller.

Later this afternoon with the aid of some cool stuff from @Kennyd4110 I modified one of the M6060 drawbars by adding pad eyes, a gusset and shackles to provide two good, solid tie down points as near to the rear of the tractor as possible. I have D-rings up front but nothing great at the back until today.

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Thats a nice setup.

 

[McMXi]

Thats a nice setup.

Thanks. There are two holes at the end of the drawbar closest to the front of the tractor so I made sure that I can still use either hole, although they're so close together I don't really see the point of two holes.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Have you lifted the tractor via the drawbar?
That sucker gotten a little tweaked.
Sorry I just notice weird details.

FYI: If i were to posted any pic's of my K's in comparison, you could spend a week pointing out all the tweaked bits.

 

[McMXi]

Have you lifted the tractor via the drawbar?
That sucker gotten a little tweaked.
Sorry I just notice weird details.

FYI: If i were to posted any pic's of my K's in comparison, you could spend a week pointing out all the tweaked bits.

I noticed that at least a couple of years ago but still can't account for how it happened. I've never lifted the tractor via the drawbar, at least not that I recall. I've looked at photos from July of 2022 and April of 2023 and it's factory original, but a photo in May of 2023 shows the top plate tweaked. How it happened, and when it happened remains a mystery. I think it might have something to do with pulling the big dump trailer around and having the 3-point receiver chained to the drawbar. I stopped doing that a long way back but I don't know how else it could have happened.

I don't know if I could straighten that top plate out using the Dake press and/or the two US Jacks that I bought recently. I'm sure I could figure something out though. I could make up a bracket that bolts to the bottom plate via bolts that pass through the holes in the top plate, and use one of the 12 ton bottle jacks to drive the top plate downward. I'll look into that idea once I'm done with the boat trailer upgrades.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I noticed that at least a couple of years ago but still can't account for how it happened. I've never lifted the tractor via the drawbar, at least not that I recall. I've looked at photos from July of 2022 and April of 2023 and it's factory original, but a photo in May of 2023 shows the top plate tweaked. How it happened, and when it happened remains a mystery. I think it might have something to do with pulling the big dump trailer around and having the 3-point receiver chained to the drawbar. I stopped doing that a long way back but I don't know how else it could have happened.

I don't know if I could straighten that top plate out using the Dake press and/or the two US Jacks that I bought recently. I'm sure I could figure something out though. I could make up a bracket that bolts to the bottom plate via bolts that pass through the holes in the top plate, and use one of the 12 ton bottle jacks to drive the top plate downward. I'll look into that idea once I'm done with the boat trailer upgrades.

Dump trailers and chains to the three point can both do that.
It's not too bad, I've seen way worse!

 

[S-G-R]

Picked up my rear finish mower at my parents. For those wondering how big of a trailer to buy here is the L5460 and FDR2584 on a 20' trailer. Odd. The trailer was a lot bigger with the LX3310






Moved the trailer with the buggy afterwards.