What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[BBFarmer]

I'm probably going to use the MX with pallet forks to hang the bumper for final prep and painting, and to install it on the truck. It weighs a little over 300lb.

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That's exactly how I do it when I have to pull them off. I inch the forks up ever so gingerly just under a center bar, unbolt, then slide the whole deal back onto the forks. They are impressively heavy as you know.

But because of the weight and how they'll usually angle themselves when putting back on, ill often have a strap hook on the bumper and other end in my hand so I can give her a little if she trys leaning back towards the "painted surfaces".

She's gonna look mean as hell when you're finished. You paint matching or fogging it black?

 

[McMXi]

Oh my…that looks a lot like my ARB (minus the winch mount) on steroids!

I could have added the winch mount option for $300 but that's something I can add myself for a lot less. I passed on the light bar tabs ($20/$30) and front receiver ($175) options because these are features I can add later as well if I want. At some point I'll most likely order some lights that TDK sells, and that's why I opted to have two sets of light holes added. TDK sells Baja Designs Squadron Sport or Squadron Pro that match the bumper.

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[McMXi]

She's gonna look mean as hell when you're finished. You paint matching or fogging it black?

I'm going to paint the bumper Kubota grey. I like Kubota paint products and think that it'll look awesome in that color. If I decide to weld on tabs for a light bar or do any other modifications it'll be easy to touch up the paint.

 

[JonM]

putting in scratching posts for the horses in their dry lots going to cover them in scratchy doormats and bristle brushes

 

[nerwin]

I had to listen to my neighbor mow his lawn with a non greased tractor. ‍

I should sneak over there at night and grease all the fittings. The neighborhood would thank me

 

[McMXi]

putting in scratching posts for the horses in their dry lots going to cover them in scratchy doormats and bristle brushes

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That post has me wondering why you can have a backhoe on an L6060 with cab but you can't on an MX6000 with cab.

 

[JonM]

That post has me wondering why you can have a backhoe on an L6060 with cab but you can't on an MX6000 with cab.

prolly has something to do with the subframe

 

[McMXi]

I installed a Blue Sea Systems dual USB outlet in the MX last night. The first attempt before my trip was an epic failure due to my using blue Loctite on the nut that holds the outlet in place (see first photo). This is a vastly superior outlet over the Amazon special I purchased a few years ago and it works as intended. I shouldn't have waited 3-1/2 years to do this very easy upgrade.

 

[McMXi]

I also installed four flow restrictors last night (ORB/SAE Female to ORB/SAE Male .031") into the Summit Hydraulics 3x multiplier on the MX so that I have more control over the Del Morino flail cutting head. There's a lot of hydraulic power and some decent sized cylinders that move a relatively light cutting head around, so fine control involves some finesse with the remote levers in the cab. They definitely work as advertised, but I might open the orifice up a bit to get a bit more speed and less noise from the hydraulic pump.

@Kennyd4110, what do you recommend in terms of step size when opening up the restriction? Also, out of interest, what is the smallest restriction (size) in a "typical" hydraulic circuit? I would imagine it's at the poppet in the connectors but haven't put too much thought into it.

I bought the restrictors from @Kennyd4110 and I have nothing but good things to say about the purchase and Bolt On Hooks. I meant to check the USPS shipping option when I placed the order but somehow checked a more expensive option. I sent an email to Ken and he took care of it in a flash. He also included one of his cool "stay away from my tractor" stickers too. I need something similar for my F-450.

 

[PHPaul]

Hispanic gent (citizen...) has a mowing business, plus general handyman service. I've kept his mowers running for several years.

Contacted me a couple of days ago, wanted to know if I was interested in a job helping him turn an old garden back into mowable lawn. Paid, of course. Sure, why not? Went over today.

BIG garden and hadn't been used in many moons, owner getting on in years. Overgrown and rougher than a cob, looks like the feller liked raised beds.

First pass, got tangled up in some of that black weed barrier cloth. Turns out the whole garden was that way: Strip of cloth, raised bed, another strip of cloth, raised bed - rinse, repeat. All sunk into the ground with grass and weeds growing up through it so you couldn't see it. So, make a pass, stop and cut that crap out of the tines, make another pass...

First time, I went after it with a pocket knife, but my shoulder wasn't long letting me know that wasn't going to be an option. I bet Reynaldo and his helper cut 100 yards of that crap out of my tiller tines.

Looks good tho, pretty much all leveled out after three passes at 90° to each other and a bit of back-dragging with the bucket here and there.

 

[Old_Paint]

Beetles took out another pine behind the shop, so yesterday I put the pine on the ground. The 30 degree rotation was due to contact with a scrub oak that made it spin a little while it was falling exactly where I wanted. I made my back cut and left almost 3 inches of hinge wood, and started to the trailer to get the wedges and hammer. Turned around just in time to see it started over. So I dropped the saw and got away from it and let it go. I couldn’t have asked for a better felling.

Bucked six 10+ foot logs below the first limb and the rest was busted up. This heifer was 24” at the stump and at least 75’ tall when it was healthy. Had a little lean in the wrong direction, so put 3 passes through snatch blocks with a 3/4 sisal rope and pulled it tight with the LX. Perfect landing with damage only to a small water oak that has a date with the chain saw soon enough. I knew it was going to happen and was counting on it to be a safety to keep the dead pine off my shop. Put the logs on my ever growing pile with the grapple. Didn’t need ballast because it was pretty dried out after being dead for about 6 months, and I have oversized loaded tires on the LX. Then I put the WC68 on the tractor and put the top on my little yard trailer, in very small pieces.

Feeding short chunks and bark from a dry dead pine aint fun, but it beats the heck outta waiting for them to rot. Never mind it’s a great way to mitigate the beetles from spreading. Gotta clean out a chicken coop this weekend and the clean pine chips with an occasional wiggly borer larva will make a nice deodorized filler in the coop and a tasty snack for the girls. The WC68 and the grapple are two of the most useful implements in my collection, rating right up there with the bucket and box blade.

Still have another brush pile to mitigate, but it’s a hodgepodge of stuff that will make better mulch than coop filler. I think I may wind up losing every pine. We had extensive drought conditions about 6 years ago which stressed the pines, and there’s no stopping them now unless the tree can encase them with sap. We’ve had the right weather for that so far this year.

 

[g_man]

Beetles took out another pine behind the shop, so yesterday I put the pine on the ground. The 30 degree rotation was due to contact with a scrub oak that made it spin a little while it was falling exactly where I wanted. I made my back cut and left almost 3 inches of hinge wood, and started to the trailer to get the wedges and hammer. Turned around just in time to see it started over. So I dropped the saw and got away from it and let it go. I couldn’t have asked for a better felling.

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Bucked six 10+ foot logs below the first limb and the rest was busted up. This heifer was 24” at the stump and at least 75’ tall when it was healthy. Had a little lean in the wrong direction, so put 3 passes through snatch blocks with a 3/4 sisal rope and pulled it tight with the LX. Perfect landing with damage only to a small water oak that has a date with the chain saw soon enough. I knew it was going to happen and was counting on it to be a safety to keep the dead pine off my shop. Put the logs on my ever growing pile with the grapple. Didn’t need ballast because it was pretty dried out after being dead for about 6 months, and I have oversized loaded tires on the LX. Then I put the WC68 on the tractor and put the top on my little yard trailer, in very small pieces.

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Feeding short chunks and bark from a dry dead pine aint fun, but it beats the heck outta waiting for them to rot. Never mind it’s a great way to mitigate the beetles from spreading. Gotta clean out a chicken coop this weekend and the clean pine chips with an occasional wiggly borer larva will make a nice deodorized filler in the coop and a tasty snack for the girls. The WC68 and the grapple are two of the most useful implements in my collection, rating right up there with the bucket and box blade.

Still have another brush pile to mitigate, but it’s a hodgepodge of stuff that will make better mulch than coop filler. I think I may wind up losing every pine. We had extensive drought conditions about 6 years ago which stressed the pines, and there’s no stopping them now unless the tree can encase them with sap. We’ve had the right weather for that so far this year.

Nice shot felling that tree - not much leeway left or right there !

gg

 

[g_man]

I hope I can pass off grungy yellow for faded orange here and it was Tuesday not today........


Over the years the frost has pushed up a large rock in our road/driveway.

Tuesday was the day to remove it. I used my 1990 70 hp TD7G to push it out and off the road. I set my camera out and made a video.

After getting the rock out I recovered the displaced gravel and used it to fill the crater best I could. I packed it as I went with the tracks then smoothed off the area and packed it some more.

Here is the video link. I work slow and easy.

Then I raked a yard of new gravel off the one-ton and packed it with the truck.

gg

 

[Old_Paint]

Nice shot felling that tree - not much leeway left or right there !

gg

Yeah, the pucker factor was up a bit, but I took every little step one detail at a time. I took my time and aimed it pretty carefully. Probably had a little too much tension on the rope, but it worked out. I didn't have to stand under that dead canopy and drive wedges because the hinge held it and didn't snap. Probably helps that we've had torrential rains for the past 4 months and the stump was still very wet making the grain still tough. It went EXACTLY where I wanted it to, just missing the larger pine in the background. I had one green pine limb come down with it, but I still haven't found where it came from. It certainly wasn't on this tree because it didn't have green needle on it. Didn't care if it hit the water oak because the top was already mangled from a tornado that hit my yard 20 years ago. I'm the only one on this side of the street that has cleared this much of the wooded lot (2-2/3 acres). Having the LX has made MUCH shorter and easier work of that. I was just tired of all the ticks, poison ivy, and who knows how many nope-ropes crawling around back there. The tornado was my inspiration and I've been chipping away (pun intended) at it for 20 years. Slowly but surely I'm finding ways to deal with all the ground water that runs across my property. Eventually, I'll have a nice yard, assuming I live that long.

 

[Kennyd4110]

@Kennyd4110, what do you recommend in terms of step size when opening up the restriction? Also, out of interest, what is the smallest restriction (size) in a "typical" hydraulic circuit? I would imagine it's at the poppet in the connectors but haven't put too much thought into it.

I would try .035, then .040. A little can make a big difference!

I too would guess the poppet in the QD, but like you never really though about it.

 

[S-G-R]

I installed a Blue Sea Systems dual USB outlet in the MX last night. The first attempt before my trip was an epic failure due to my using blue Loctite on the nut that holds the outlet in place (see first photo). This is a vastly superior outlet over the Amazon special I purchased a few years ago and it works as intended. I shouldn't have waited 3-1/2 years to do this very easy upgrade.

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Nice! Was it plug and play?

 

[S-G-R]

Planted another 36 trees

 

[RMS]

Planted another 36 trees

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Wow, how many have you planted so far?

 

[S-G-R]

Wow, how many have you planted so far?

Probably 225-250 in total. These were replacements for last years batch. I'll,probably end up doing the rest of 5hem in the fall.

 

[Jim in La.]

I removed the loader from my new L3302 for the first time then disked the garden spot for the fourth time hoping it will dry out( love that FWA ). Then I dropped the disk and put the quick hitch on (heavy sucker) and hooked up my 5 ft. light duty rotary cutter. It was 92 with 60% humidity this afternoon so I stayed in and then went out around 7 and cut grass for an hour or so. I now have 15 hours on the tractor and should be getting a regen soon. I've been running 2500(PTO) to 2700 RPM (disking). I replaced the plastic toolbox with a 16"x4"x4" steel one Last Friday. Mounted it right where the plastic one was. I've got to modify my tiller,hipper,box blade, and disk to work with my quick hitch. I have the forked top link adapter and was successful connecting the rotary mower. The rest of the stuff needs the A frame top link braces relocated to allow the hook to be used so I can just pick up and go. I love this tractor.