Hello everyone,
Just bought house 4.5 acres with a lot of lawn. I Pondered on what to buy to cut the grass move the snow and do yard work. After reading lots of good reviews reguarding trouble free usage I bought a used clean 2004 Kubota bx2230 with 60 inch belly mower 315 hours for $5700.00. I think the price was good but I might have made a mistake.
First thing I did was to read the owner manual and do some basic service checked tire pressure oil levels and changed the engine oil, filter, and air filter. I used it for all most 6 hours and felt the Kubota did well for what it is a compact tractor.
My first issue started when I ran over a fence wire with the mower It stooped the engine as it should have. Running over a fence wire is not a good thing to do. I disengaged the mower pto restarted the tractor drove in reverse back to the garage to cut out the fence wire. When I changed direction and drove forward all the sudden I had no steering Like a motor boat with no ruttier.
First things first I cut the wire out from under the mower deck and the mower works.
Now the steering problem. I have found on this site and others that the Kubota has steering issues such as wandering or only steering one way or the other. Seens like most complaints are on Bx2200 models and the blame was quality control of the steering cylinder and a service bulletin PSB-2001-048 Some people say O rings or seals go bad due to heavy weight loads from FEL.
My tractor just stopped steering in one moment. After it cooled down the steering has develped some steering resistance it feels like a rotary resitance I am hoping it is not the dash steering pump about $700.00 I am going to block off the front steering lines and see if it locks the steering wheel. That way I might just need a steering cylinder abiut $200.00. i think I have broke something worse. Anyone know how much Hydralic pressire is susposed to feed the steering pump???
Long story short I think I have bought a Yuppie tractor Maybe I should have bought a 1986 Ford 1510 with a rear mower deck.
If anyone has any good Ideas pleas let me know.
Just bought house 4.5 acres with a lot of lawn. I Pondered on what to buy to cut the grass move the snow and do yard work. After reading lots of good reviews reguarding trouble free usage I bought a used clean 2004 Kubota bx2230 with 60 inch belly mower 315 hours for $5700.00. I think the price was good but I might have made a mistake.
First thing I did was to read the owner manual and do some basic service checked tire pressure oil levels and changed the engine oil, filter, and air filter. I used it for all most 6 hours and felt the Kubota did well for what it is a compact tractor.
My first issue started when I ran over a fence wire with the mower It stooped the engine as it should have. Running over a fence wire is not a good thing to do. I disengaged the mower pto restarted the tractor drove in reverse back to the garage to cut out the fence wire. When I changed direction and drove forward all the sudden I had no steering Like a motor boat with no ruttier.
First things first I cut the wire out from under the mower deck and the mower works.
Now the steering problem. I have found on this site and others that the Kubota has steering issues such as wandering or only steering one way or the other. Seens like most complaints are on Bx2200 models and the blame was quality control of the steering cylinder and a service bulletin PSB-2001-048 Some people say O rings or seals go bad due to heavy weight loads from FEL.
My tractor just stopped steering in one moment. After it cooled down the steering has develped some steering resistance it feels like a rotary resitance I am hoping it is not the dash steering pump about $700.00 I am going to block off the front steering lines and see if it locks the steering wheel. That way I might just need a steering cylinder abiut $200.00. i think I have broke something worse. Anyone know how much Hydralic pressire is susposed to feed the steering pump???
Long story short I think I have bought a Yuppie tractor Maybe I should have bought a 1986 Ford 1510 with a rear mower deck.
If anyone has any good Ideas pleas let me know.
