Recent content by bp fick

Mine came in last night at the dealer and i picked it up this evening. Just happy to have slid in under the wire.

These wheel weights are not "brand" specific. Fitment is assured across many, many brands as almost all these sub-cuts buy and use virtually the same wheels and tires. They mount with two threaded rods that make a mounting stud. They use two of the square holes in your wheel. They are cast...

Agree whole heartedly. The wetter or deeper the snow, the more the angle allows you to keep momentum, which is your friend in moving snow. I've pushed snow, tons and tons of it with a front blade, double hydraulic, for a decade up here. Only way to go. Not saying a pusher isn't right for...

I "split the difference" as my old pappy used to say. LOL My first BX, we had just moved north and the snow talked about was true, so I splurged for the top grade, Kubota 60" heavy steel dozer blade, lift and tilt hydraulics, front QH mount, etc. That was $2200 back then. It was positively...

This type of drain plug is very familiar to those who've had to block drain an inboard/outboard marine motor in your boat. If you look carefully, the brass alloy drain plug has water tight sealing gasket which holds a rubber inner ring. Mine stuck to the block and I had to encourage it off...

OK, here's the photographic documentation long awaited. Again, I do not believe having heard of this plug's existence in almost a decade here on TBN. This has been an interesting thread and I personally will make use of this heretofore unknown to me, block drain plug. I'd venture to say not...

My mod idea is install a simple 1" pipe extension and a pit cock. There's plenty of room to do so. That this bolt is "marked" with red paint is tell tale. It's appears to be a brass alloy type cap screw, as a drain plug would be. It is not painted engine grey, though somewhat hard to see in...

I was so encouraged by wotalota's post, I went out to have a look. Took my camera. Granted, I am in a weakened state, just home for the hospital and anesthesia, but that famous/infamous bolt wasn't hard to locate. It is on the port, (left when sitting on the tractor) below the hydraulics...

thaval, a platinum member here at TBN, has not posted for awhile. I pm'd him for more information regarding his post above.

Got to digging through some older posts, after failing to find the answer to my mind's question through other searches. The BX particularly, perhaps because of it's "reversed" engine position, has THE most ungodly placement to drain the coolant/anti-freeze. I came across this photo and I...

JWR thanks for the write up. Good stuff there. Yes, the unit has everything except the deck, the PTO shaft and the two brackets that make up the front system. I will mow with my front brush guard on so I believe there's no interference in that regard. I do dread getting that PTO shaft into...

May as well go clean up the few inches of snow today. No plowing or pushing for the near future.

I changed the oil on the BX today. The unit has been well maintained and always garage kept. It's worth, what? $9K to sell? I still need it for firewood in spring and fall and especially for winter snow pushing. With low hours and perfect functionality, it makes no sense to me to get...

Similar mentality I would guess as the brain trust over at Kubota or any other big Japanese equipment builder. Great products, by good golly, sometimes the rationale for things is hard to figure.:D For reasons known only to the Good Lord and the Toyota middle management, the "convenience...

Finished my other project too!!!! Installed my Christmas present. Yes really. I've bemoaned the lack of delay wipers in my truck for the last two years and my wife bought me the replacement switch for Christmas. Sweet. Nice gift. Kinda goes with the new gas range I bought her for...