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Thanks Chief. Will keep this in mind.
Mike

Kubota tractor tire leaking only some of the time
Kubota Tractors
Replies 21 Post by gball7

Brian, thanks for your reply. Your idea about the hydraulic speed control makes sense. I'm going to try opening her up all the way next time I'm on the tractor. I have the valve closed about half way always, just because I have a fear of totally dropping the tiller or boxblade hard. But I'll readjust it just for this MMM operation and see if it helps. Thanks,
Mike

MMM question Position 4 vs Top lock- much difference
Kubota Tractors
Replies 4 Post by gball7

Thanks KT, I received other comments on this (possible trash preventing it from seating all the way) and this explains it well. I see what you (and others) mean. I will try to check for this. Might be a simple fix. If not, I'm assuming I can get this weekend's mowing done with this stem, and then have it restemmed professionally if it comes to that.

Nail in the tire during second mowing
Kubota Tractors
Replies 12 Post by gball7

Mine made that kind of sound the other evening when I was letting the wife take the new BX2350 for her first testdrive. She leaned forward to bump up the engine speed /hand throttle and the seat switch shut the engine down- but it made that jakebrake kind of noise as is was sputtering to a stop-- smoked a little too.

Kubota Tractor Engine noise
Kubota Tractors
Replies 14 Post by gball7

Birdman,
We own 4 acres and I just bought a brandnew BX2350. Love the machine!! I run the 60"MMM, FEL, Befco Box Blade and the Landpride rototiller. The tractor is awesome. You turn the key and just hearing it crank and turn over is music. I'm mowing for my second time tomorrow evening and can't wait! It poured this weekend, and the grass is real high. You know you've got a real tractor (albeit smallest of this crew) with that 3 cylinder diesel. I've only cut once, and some of it was pretty thick(our grass is scrappy NC pasture grass), and the engine didn't bog down at all.
I'm running the engine only around 2400rpm during this first bit of breakin period. I'm fixin' to get a four foot bushhog for our back acre (which is a rear paddock that's just unruly pasture/grass) and I've checked the area and have no concern about ground clearance. And I'm going to be digging some fill out the backside of the property and don't have worries about that area either. Folks with really wild land and stumps/trees will tell you that the BX just doesn't have the clearance of the 7800 and larger compacts, and then up into the regular tractors...but that's natural I guess; I mean the BX was made for a specific market and it kicks butt in that market. I didn't testdrive the JD 2305 or MF2300 when looking-- more casually looked at them-- sort knew I wanted orange, basically since I was a kid, so that's what I got. I haven't pulled logs but I'm betting if the logs weren't ridiculously large, the BX would do it no problem. Mine was delivered with the 4WD engaged, but I haven't used it at all yet. The traction is very good. I will use 4-low with serious fill/dirt digging. The FEL is awesome. I've used it to haul woodpile stuff and to knock down a small stump when a tree in the front yard went down in one of our rain/wind storms. I think that BX price you show looks pretty good. My dealer priced in the boxblade and tiller for about 2K above what you were quoted so that's pretty close.

Go with Kubota for sure, and specifically I'd highly recommend the 2350 in your acreage. It's awesome. My neighbor has two JD lawn/garden tractors and a Farmall and remarked that my little Kubota would probably do more than his three tractors combined... and I think he's right.
Mike in NC

Kubota BX 2350 B2620 B7800 Prices implements and which to choose
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by gball7

Good point KT. I do have a couple of those Sure-grip things that I use for light woodworking. I could use those to vise the blade flat to the edge of my workbench. I do think, as you note, that working the blade on horizontal angle could be easier than working on the vertical. It might be rainy here Saturday, but sunny and drying out Sunday, so I'm planning to take the deck off and touch up the blade Saturday, then mow Sunday! Will be two weeks Saturday since I did my first Kubota mow job, so the grass is getting really ready for another cut. The back paddock has that pink flowered heather or whatever it's called up to my high ankles. We've been blessed with such good, steady rain here in central NC lately. Lovin' it.
Mike

How do ya ll get at your large MMM blades 4 sharpening
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 39 Post by gball7

Happy Easter, gents,

Wanted to report that I mowed yesterday for the first time with my brand new Kubota BX2350. Some of our property was ready for a cutting, and some wasn't, so I'd say I only cut about 2 acres. The fuel gauge moved perhaps only 1/8 of a tank, so I think I'll like this lil diesel's fuel economy. The 60"MMM works awesome, and I mowed at 2400rpm, as the book says don't run full speed when breaking-in. I was mowing some deep patches, so for those I just eased off on the HST continuing in 2-high and just let the blades get a little more swipe time on the thick stuff. I did manage to (not paying attention) shave a rock, making a heck of a racket (understatement) before I disengaged the PTO. The score was rock 0, center blade 0, as the rock looked to be shaved down/missing about a 1/4" of mineral off the top, and the center blade now has several quarter inch barbs/malformations on its leading edges. Since the center is gear box, direct-drive, the blade apparently wasn't slowed at all while widdling on the rock. The tractor's engine didn't even blink, but the deck shut off instantly once I disengaged the PTO... didn't spool down like normal.

So now I seek suggestions on hopefully grinding out these rough spots. Yes, the cut of the center blade suffered slightly after this collision, so I do want to, I suppose, benchgrind the blade as much as I can. Thoughts on the best way to go about it? I can always order a new blade for the center if it won't temper back into a smooth, sharp surface. I honestly don't think the damage is that bad that I can't 'recondition' the leading edges with enoguh grinding. I just don't want to lose temper, going at it for too long.

Thoughts? Again, hope all's holiday was happy,
Best,
Mike (in NC)

3 point rotary tiller PTO spline question
Kubota Tractors
Replies 20 Post by gball7

You said it they're nice. The salesman was straight up trustworthy and friendly start to finish. No mysteries (if there would ever be any in buying a tractor) and no hassles. Apparently they do alot of out of state sales of new Kubotas also, although they might be seeing a few less lately with hauling costs/diesel prices going up. Great dealership. Very well-recommended.

Review of Kubota BX2350
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by gball7

Thanks alot guys I reversed the pins on my boxblade this weekend and it fits same as my LandPride rototiller's lower link pins now. Good stuff. I had to use liquid-wrench to get the 1 1/4" bolts loosened in order to reverse the pins- but smoothly sailing beyond that!
Mike

Kubota BX2350 box blade question
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by gball7

Good responses once again, guys.
Re: Off road diesel---- any online resource you know of for finding the stuff in one's own state/area? I'd been thinking about this, vs. just buying at the corner store/gas station for a higher price, but wondering the best resource for finding out who sells the stuff.

Also, another 'newbie' question: Can you guys give an assessment, regarding the machines you currently own, on hot weather performance? We just moved from FL to NC, and it's beastly hot in FL during summer mowing season, but NC is basically as humid/hot as FL too in the summer, which sort of surprised me-- being 'north' by a good piece compared to Florida. It's still the south I guess.
So could you guys let me know how your machines do during the summer mowing operations, heat/overheating-wise? Do they pretty much function like a good car in hot weather- that is radiator/thermostat handling the heat regulation?
I'd read on another site that the 2305 (due to fwd placed radiator) can overheat, due to debris accumulating in the grill/radiator, and that the Kubota BX series, and the MF GC series may not have this problem as much, as their radiators are placed by the operator's area, drawing air from back to front. Thoughts on this, and real world observations?

Thanks,
Mike

Newbie advice between JD2305 BX2305 and GC2300
John Deere Tractors
Replies 25 Post by gball7