First time BX25 backhoe removal and 3pt hitch install

[4shorts]

I'll get some fresh photos of the shed today for those interested. As for the battery tenders. I have one on everything that has a battery. It gets cold here and the battery tender takes good care of the batteries. As an example. I have had our 2003 Honda GoldWing since new. It's parked 80% of the time but has always been on a tender and it's still on its original battery to this day. As a matter of fact I haven't purchased a battery in ten years. I do use the battery tender brand name but I do also have tenders that have the " Automatic Full floating mode" and that what you should be looking for in any tender.

 

[check]

My bx25 battery on my 2009 has lived through Canadiian winters up at the cottage where it goes down to 30 below at times. Always started up right away, and last winter I didn't even plug in the block heater. Very impressed. (I use it for snow blowing every 2-3 weeks.)

 

[4shorts]

Very nice shed. Any pictures of the outside?

Here you go Tom. The two guys built it on site this summer. 16' x20'. It's exclusively for the BX. Lots of room in it. The wife got her shed right next to it. Where the new shed is was all woods until this spring. Full of stumps, rocks..... The BX was great for this project. We'll be expanding on the project this coming spring. More back filling and a large steel building. Sorry Draggoneggs for butting in here

 

[TomSeller]

Here you go Tom. The two guys built it on site this summer. 16' x20'. It's exclusively for the BX. Lots of room in it. The wife got her shed right next to it. Where the new shed is was all woods until this spring. Full of stumps, rocks..... The BX was great for this project. We'll be expanding on the project this coming spring. More back filling and a large steel building. Sorry Draggoneggs for butting in here

Very nice. Thank you, gives me some ideas.

 

[varmint]

For those of you who may be thriftier than Paul, like me, I will toss in that I have had good luck for 3 or 4 years with Harbor Freight's little $5 (on sale) battery tenders. I use them for my Kubota and my garden tractor, and I will say both have the batteries they came with. Now that I think about it, the Kubota's is at least 13 years old, maybe more, since it was with the tractor when I got it. Knock on wood, eh?

 

[AStanton]

You are right about the bad instructions. When I got done installing the 3-pt hitch on my BX-25, I wondered what to do with the shiny brass bracket that held up the top link.

 

[4shorts]

Very nice. Thank you, gives me some ideas.

Your kindly welcome

 

[dragoneggs]

Here you go Tom. The two guys built it on site this summer. 16' x20'. It's exclusively for the BX. Lots of room in it. The wife got her shed right next to it. Where the new shed is was all woods until this spring. Full of stumps, rocks..... The BX was great for this project. We'll be expanding on the project this coming spring. More back filling and a large steel building. Sorry Draggoneggs for butting in here

No problem at all 4shorts! I am trying as we speak here to figure out a good locale and how I might build a shed for full protection and storage. Right now the tractor and implements (other than the BH) are sitting under my deck covered patio in the back. I did put the metal roofing up under the deck to keep the whole patio dry but I want sides and some security. Thanks for showing the framing/in process pics.

I think the key is to have not only enough space but some well thought out maneuvering room for implements and hook ups.

 

[4shorts]

No problem at all 4shorts! I am trying as we speak here to figure out a good locale and how I might build a shed for full protection and storage. Right now the tractor and implements (other than the BH) are sitting under my deck covered patio in the back. I did put the metal roofing up under the deck to keep the whole patio dry but I want sides and some security. Thanks for showing the framing/in process pics.

I think the key is to have not only enough space but some well thought out maneuvering room for implements and hook ups.

Cool. I needed a place for our BX. The problem I had was that I had no time to build it. Those two guys that built it came to the site and did it. That's all they do is build sheds. They built ours in one day. They sure didn't stop but I'm happy with it.
I have all my implements on castors so I can roll them to the door to the tractor. I like the fact that I can pull the tractor out without moving the ZTR and vice versa.
It's nice to keep it in out of the weather.
When I start phase 2 in the spring things will really look good and like the outstanding work you've done on your property I'm looking forward to getting back at it.

 

[94BULLITT]

I prefer the Noco Genius battery charger/ maintainer. The one I have does 6v and 12v. It also will do gel cell batteries. It has a cold mode for temps below 32* to help keep the battery warm.

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