Recent content by splotkin

Hi All, Looking for some suggestions. I have had a hydraulic leak in the area of the loader Coupler for a while now and sort of ignored it as I keep the tractor in a shed. I would add some SUDT a couple of times a year to keep it topped off. We are finally getting a garage and I did not...

My tractor has about 300 hours. A few weeks ago there was a vibration when mowing so I shut it down and pulled the belt covers. All of the four bolts on the pulley were loose and two were missing. It is a royal pain to get the bolt into place from under the pulley and then get a wrench on the...

I just purchased a Harbor Freight Cat 1 Quick hitch. The bottom spread is 27 inches and my Country Line 60 inch rear blade is about 27 3/8 inches wide. It will not fit the quick hitch. According to the quick hitch manual the spread should be 27 1/2 inches. Has any-one else seen this? I am...

Well, I have a smart cell phone and like to listen to music etc. while mowing the lawn on my BX-1850, but more important, so if my daughter or wife need to call me I can hear and answer them. Also a nice safety blanket if I do something stupid while alone. I tried "in the ear canal" noise...

Well, I wish I could describe better what happened. I was using the MMM on my BX 1850 in High range about 2800 RPM two wheel drive. All of a sudden it felt like some-one pushed the pedal up against my foot. I tried to push down and it felt like someone was under the tractor pushing back at...

Well, I went out to change the oil and filter on my BX 1850. I was sure that I had the correct Kubota filter. It was a HH150-32094. I hate to try and get the front guard off the tractor so I am able to reach under the side panel to loosen the filter with a really slick filter wrench that...

Well, we had some pretty bad flooding in the stream behind our house last winter due to what seemed to be an Ice Jam. It dislodge a very large boulder from the stream bank and dropped right into the middle of the stream. It turns out the real cause was a friend had her kids over to play with...

I just got a CountyLine 5 ft rear blade from tractor supply for my BX1850. It is the same as King Kutter. It took a while to decide between the five and six foot blade. After reading the pros and cons about the different sizes on this forum, I finally went with the 5 footer as I am using it...

Well, It happened today. I was driving on the street and there are still some sticks along the side of the road from the Ice storm we had in December. I am not sure how it happened but a stick got into the hst fan and crunch!!!!! I have looked at most of the posts about this happening. I...

I have provided a link to the harbor freight web site for a quick hitch. I know that the spread on my BX-1850 3-point hitch is 20". Has anyone bought one of these quick-hitch? There are three models on this page. Harbor Freight Tools I am not sure what the difference is between the top...

I have the B8160-BALLAST BOX which I just installed on my BX1850. I had to put the ballast box on a couple of 2x4's. otherwise the 3-pt hitch arms would not go low enough to hook it up. Is the hitch installed by the dealer or the factory? This is the same dealer that installed one of the...

I just mounted the Kubota ballast box to my BX1850. The tractor shed is just shy of 12 feet long. With the Ballast Box installed the only way to fit the tractor all the way in is to raise the bucket almost all the way to the roof. In the past when I had to do this I placed a 4x4 post cut...

I was pulling my tractor out of the shed and my 6 year old daughter pointed to the left front tire and said the bottom was flat. I raised the front tires off the ground with the loader bucket to see were the leak was. To be able to see better I pulled the tire off the ground on the left side...

I just finished installing some front and rear work lights on the ROPS of my BX1850. Here are some pictures of the installation and links to the components I used. The two switches, one for the front and one for the back were from West Marine. They are pretty heavy duty and are waterproof...

I have a BX 1850 with a FEL. I have used the FEL to grub out some of the roots but it really makes a mess out of the rest of the lawn. Sure wish there was a 12 inch wide FEL bucket, or is that what a backhoe is for? Well, no backhoe but was thinking of using a subsoiler on the back and slowly...