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  1. keith204

    B2601 Warranty Expiring ($500 to extend for a year?). Pass, right?

    Dealer mailed me a "special deal" offer on a 1yr warranty extension for $500 instead of $750. Has anyone regretted passing on the 3rd year warranty extension? 2022 B2601 w/ 150 hours.
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    It’s About Dang Time… for Gray Pencil Findability.

    File this in the “shouldda done this a long time ago” category. Any other usability hacks I’m probably overlooking?
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    Multi-Metal Rust Risk? Should I just weld this sucker?

    I'm welding together a bolt-on receiver & hook widget for my box blade. This began as a willy-nilly project, and as such I planned on it being bolt-on in case it didn't work out as expected. (of course, I'd paint it first.) But, today's research binge indicates dissimilar metals create...
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    First Breakage! What'd I break? B2601 (peg on loader arms?)

    Whelp, I hit a piece of limestone pretty hard and a few minutes later, I noticed a thingy swinging below the bucket arms. Didn't seem normal... I propped it back up, barely, and the bucket somehow still seems to work....which begs the question "what the heck is it for then?" The peg is bent.
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    6' Rock Rake for B2601?

    I got our sloped yard all fixed up & grass planted before vacationing in Italy. While vacationing in Italy, a massive wind+rain+hail storm came through, damaged house/cars/etc, and more grievously - washed away the loose dirt & seed, leaving a bunch of rocks on the surface. I can rent a 5'...
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    New B2601. Thanks for the advice!

    My main concern was stability. Though wider, it's quite a bit taller than the BX I had previously borrowed. But, I think the R4 tires must help quite a bit. They don't have any bobble/wobble (bwobble?), and I feel quite a bit more stable w/ this machine. Also, per your advice I got the 5'...
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    B2601 w/ R4's: Getting 2" wheel spacers for back. Get them for front too?

    Seems like front spacers may improve stability a bit when using the FEL. Thoughts? Considerations?
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    $500 for Quick Attach Bucket? Buying B2601 in a few hours)

    Figured it may be handy to attach skid steer style attachments at some point, but can’t figure out which ones I’ll ever actually need. Maybe pallet forks, but clamp-on pallet forks can be bought for a couple hundred $$. Any opinions on if I should spend or splurge?
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    Horsepower aside, is the BX2680 an upgrade over the BX1870?

    Dealer said the 2380/2680 frame is larger than the frame of the 1870 I'd been borrowing from a friend. Is the BX2680 notably different than the 1870 in any important ways?
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    B2601 Wheel Spacers: Where'd you get them? (Dealer says Kubota doesn't love the idea)

    Getting closer to buying something soon. Thanks for the advice on the last thread. When I asked about the rear wheel spacers, the salesman thought I'd have to get advice on the forums, as Kubota doesn't like doing that. Is it a 3rd party thing? Or do I press him to look?
  11. keith204

    Considering B2601 w/ FEL & BB (borrowed BX1870 long-term) - Tips?

    Got a small backyard mountain bike park and we're always moving around rocks & re-working things to create new challenges, reshaping the yard, etc. I borrowed/rented a BX1870 for about 5 months and it was quite nimble, yet barely hydraulically under-powered for some of the rocks I'd like to...