M59 questions

[natem]

Yeah, The same on the L45, drives me nutts.

 

[gwdixon]

Don't forget the L48. And it has a brake light on the dash as an alert!

 

[rScotty]

Don't forget the L48. And it has a brake light on the dash as an alert!

It does? Well, I'm impressed with the L48 all over again. How much more intelligent of Kubota in the L48 design to put a warning light right out in front of the operator's face....a location one might expect to be obvious because it matches where most people have their eyes located. Instead of which, the M59 designer located his brake warning light just aft of the operator's right ear. Makes one wonder about the poor guy's own anatomy.
rScotty

 

[Charlesaf3]

OK now. This one is for every M59 operator....
How many times last month did you drive off with the parking brake still on? Darn, I just did it again yesterday.
rScotty..

Do I actually have to admit that in public? 700 hours on the machine, and I still do that a couple of times a month... maybe more. I wish there was a buzzer...

where the toolbox comes mounted isn't bad, though it could be waaay bigger. Baileys sells nice rubber mounts to clamp tools on with - I've got a hatchet, a 3 pound sledge (essential tractor tool) and I'm going to mount a shovel.

I have logging chain wrapped around the front grill (rough on the paint) and hoisting straps wrapped around the FOPS.

Shovel will get mounted to roof I think. Trying to find someplace sufficiently out of the way

700 hours and I love it still. I just wish I had the trunk.

Hey scotty did you reverse the foot pedal on the thumb? easy, and I like it a LOT more.

 

[ManAtArms]

OK now. This one is for every M59 operator....
How many times last month did you drive off with the parking brake still on? Darn, I just did it again yesterday.
rScotty..

I'm a little late here...but I do it all the time and it drives me NUTS!

-Mark

 

[rScotty]

Do I actually have to admit that in public? 700 hours on the machine, and I still do that a couple of times a month... maybe more. I wish there was a buzzer...

Hey scotty did you reverse the foot pedal on the thumb? easy, and I like it a LOT more.

Nope, I confess that I've not changed that hydraulic line. Either I need to do that before I get anymore used to the way it is now or else do it. Probably just do it. It's time to change the hydraulic fluid on mine anyway.

While I'm at it, I'll put on a warning light on the dash for the parking brake. Maybe several...

That hollow end of the FEL support keeps catching my eye. It ought to be good for something...

What I did do was to clamp a 2x4 to that grab rail just aft of the backhoe levers. That gave me a convenient place to hang a couple of "BucketBoss" Gatemouth bags. One bag holds chain and the other holds hand tools.

Haven't yet got around to making a tool rack for shovel, hoe, rake, and tree trimming shears. So those things tend to ride in the backhoe bucket until the handles get broken. Sure gotta fix that.

I did adjust the inching lever so that it now inches in fwd as well as reverse. Very handy feature. Took about 5 minutes to adjust. Moving the parking brake to the right hand side of the seat and adding an upright exhaust will both take longer - but are still on the list.
rScotty

The M59 continues to impress me with its power and convenience.

 

[Chuck K.]

Nope, I confess that I've not changed that hydraulic line. Either I need to do that before I get anymore used to the way it is now or else do it. Probably just do it. It's time to change the hydraulic fluid on mine anyway.

While I'm at it, I'll put on a warning light on the dash for the parking brake. Maybe several...

That hollow end of the FEL support keeps catching my eye. It ought to be good for something...
What I did do was to clamp a 2x4 to that grab rail just aft of the backhoe levers. That gave me a convenient place to hang a couple of "BucketBoss" Gatemouth bags. One bag holds chain and the other holds hand tools.

Haven't yet got around to making a tool rack for shovel, hoe, rake, and tree trimming shears. So those things tend to ride in the backhoe bucket until the handles get broken. Sure gotta fix that.

I did adjust the inching lever so that it now inches in fwd as well as reverse. Very handy feature. Took about 5 minutes to adjust. Moving the parking brake to the right hand side of the seat and adding an upright exhaust will both take longer - but are still on the list.
rScotty

The M59 continues to impress me with its power and convenience.

Scotty while I cant take credit for coming up with this idea it works great.. I dont know who posted it but I made one holds my chain, a small sling and a some synthetic rope.. I have yet to fab some sort of retainer but it seldom works its way out..
Its there in the middle of all that soot from the exhaust..

 

[rScotty]

Scotty while I cant take credit for coming up with this idea it works great.. I dont know who posted it but I made one holds my chain, a small sling and a some synthetic rope.. I have yet to fab some sort of retainer but it seldom works its way out..
Its there in the middle of all that soot from the exhaust../quote]

Chuck, that's a great storage area. Thanks for the picture - I hesitate to ask what you are carrying in the bucket. I'll start using that tool area on the GP (Great Pumpkin). Yeah, I know carrying things in there isn't original with either of us, First I saw it was in about 1980 when Yanmar made the arms on their removeable loaders that way so that they could carry their loader support legs in there. That was when Yanmar was mostly building big industrial diesels and only a few tractors - back before Yanmar was a corporation.
rScotty

 

[gwdixon]

Here is how to use that FEL space if you REALLY want to do it right.

Kubota mod #1 FEL storage - OrangeTractorTalks - Everything Kubota

 

[Chuck K.]

Scotty while I cant take credit for coming up with this idea it works great.. I dont know who posted it but I made one holds my chain, a small sling and a some synthetic rope.. I have yet to fab some sort of retainer but it seldom works its way out..
Its there in the middle of all that soot from the exhaust../quote]

Chuck, that's a great storage area. Thanks for the picture - I hesitate to ask what you are carrying in the bucket. I'll start using that tool area on the GP (Great Pumpkin). Yeah, I know carrying things in there isn't original with either of us, First I saw it was in about 1980 when Yanmar made the arms on their removeable loaders that way so that they could carry their loader support legs in there. That was when Yanmar was mostly building big industrial diesels and only a few tractors - back before Yanmar was a corporation.
rScotty

Scotty those there are watcha call "mudbugs" or crawfish:thumbsup:. I got tired of purging them in a kiddy pool so I threw the strainer together so I could dump out the water without dumping the crayfish..
They are not simply plugs but a length of pvc pipe as long as the loader is wide.. I capped the ends (PVC cap's OD is too big) I cut a large section out of the middle where I store stuff and you can slide the storage tube out to access chain, rope, etc then slide it back in..

I finally found a picture: