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Hopped in the truck to go get some underlayment for a project, turned the key and....clickety-clickety-click. Did manage to convince it to start and had NAPA test the battery. Bad, way down on cranking amps, charge state iffy. Well, after 11 years (OEM) I guess it don't owe me much. Swapped in a...

I just ordered 250 gallons of #2 Fuel Oil. That'll set me back $950 OTOH, that's a year's supply for my shop heat and tractors, so I guess it could be worse.

The Birch trees are leafing out. :D

I have a 2015 B2650 with cab and ordered it with a single rear remote. I'd like to add a second remote for a top 'n tilt. I'm a decent mechanic, is this something I'd likely be able to do myself? I'd get the valve from Kubota, what else (other than hoses) would I need?

We're pretty good friends with the semi-Summer Folk neighbors next to us on the South side. They run a seasonal antique shop and we keep an eye on the place when they're not around. They'll occasionally drop off little gifts by way of appreciation and neighborliness. Yesterday, they gave us...

My daughter knows me well...

Grandson just traded for a new John Deere (I know, I know...) 3039R and the 3 point travel isn't what it should be. If he adjusts the lift arm links long enough to get the tiller in the ground, he can't lift it high enough to get it on the trailer without dragging. Conversely, if he adjusts...

After not getting enough snow to bother with all Winter, we've gotten about 8 inches spread out over 3 days. With rain predicted later in the week and an oil delivery scheduled for today, I fired up the Cabota and blew out the drive, a path to the oil tank for the shop, and a path for the fuel...

I have a hydraulic sicklebar trimmer (Sabre Samurai) that clamps to the side of the bucket on my loader. Not terribly stiff. In fact, due to the leverage of the mount and the thin sides of my bucket, it flops around like a wounded duck. Plus, clamping it to the bucket puts the weight...

Grandson Jarod (23) running the excavator. Grandson Casey (31) supervising. (Seems fair, it's his excavator...) Grandpa (71) running the Idiot Spoon! To be fair, we traded off while digging a trench to run power to my daughter's chicken coop for a heated water bucket. Casey just got the John...

Paint job and sign are all her. There are those that claim I contributed to her sense of humor, don't see it myself...:ROFLMAO:

With the pump on that free Porter-Cable compressor. I picked up two 80 gallon two-stage 5HP compressors off Craigslist for free. I was able to scrounge enough parts off the P-C to fix the Ingersoll-Rand which is a MUCH better unit - all cast iron vs. the aluminum throw-away junk on the...

After spending literally years looking for an inexpensive yet effective way to mow ditch banks, I finally stuck a crowbar in my wallet and sprung for a Sabre Samurai. I have a B2650 with a rear remote and hoses plumbed to the front for a thumb. The immediate plan is to use that to power the...

After a cool wet start, it's come off hot and dry and the garden is starting to show it. Rather than buy (ouch...) 300 feet of hose and beat up my well, I take advantage of the fresh water stream that is my back property line. I have a little Homelite 2 stroke pump that I use to... Fill...

Daughter came by just about dark last evening to pick up the birds I've been chicken-sitting while we build her a coop. She noticed the brush thrashing in the lower corner of what used to be my sheep pasture. Investigation reveals this little fawn hung up in the fence. I grabbed some welding...

I spotted a coolant leak on my 2015 B2650 yesterday. The lower radiator hose is routed behind this bracket under the alternator and behind the fan belt. I assume it's to keep the hose from touching the belt. Unfortunately, over time vibration and the square edge of the bracket will wear a...

Back Story: In an effort to save some money, I crossed the Kubota filter numbers to NAPA/Wix numbers and used the NAPA filters last time I serviced the tractor. Worked fine, but it felt like the noise level was higher and the hydraulics for the loader, 3 point and steering took NOTICEABLY...

To pick up a pair of filters and a bucket of UDT2 (ouch...) The lot was absolutely packed with new Kubotas in every size. Commented to the parts guy that they seem to have their supply situation under control. He said "Tractors, yes, but we're having an awful time trying to find loaders."

I scatter some scratch feed for my chickens twice a day - morning chores and evening chores. I use a Wild Bird Mix for scratch feed, sunflowers, cracked corn, oats, millet and various other seeds. Double benefit, what the chickens don't eat (they don't appear to care for millet) the mourning...