Recent content by Jim_in_PA

My experience from when I had a similar PHD years ago for my BX22 is that you will be happier if you have something on the tractor like the Pat's quick attach system as it extends the 3pt arms a little bit and that helps with a fixed configuration device like the PHD and getting it high enough...

That makes sense. If you already have the QuickOn setup, the local shop should be able to use that to adapt the rake of your choice.

See if BExpanded can modify an appropriately sized rake from the mini ex world to fit the quick change setup if you buy it and send it to them.

I have a BX22 that's still kicking after all these years, although I'm only just over a 1000 hours. Some of them were pretty hard in 2022, however, because I used the machine to do the ground prep for my new shop building at this property...removing about 30 ton of soil and putting in about 60...

Even with my old BX22, removal of the FEL is a simple process, done mostly from the seat behind the wheel. Lift it up, put down the support feet, lower it down, pull the pins on either side, manipulate it off the mount with the loader control. Turn things off, disconnect the hydraulic hoses and...

I seem to remember a couple of fuses on the end of a bundle on (I think) the right side of my BX22 in addition to the regular fuse block. Check for something like that on your BX25. The location is down toward the frame, maybe partially hidden by the FEL mounts.

Final bill at the local dealer I used for the rebuild... $179. I have zero issue with that. I suspect the combo of the parts and tools I would have had to buy would have been at least that much.

I've already dropped it off, Henro, but will keep that in mind for any future needs. There's not much in the way of "hydraulic shops" nearby, to the best of my knowledge but I'll be sure to look into it.

Just to bring closure and after reviewing the excellent tutorial and checking with one of my three local Kubota dealers, I'm going to let them do the rebuild. The parts are about $55 and given the need to buy a bunch of tools that I'd never use again, their $200 estimate for labor is reasonable...

They also have an excellent quick attach setup that makes changing buckets easy, not to mention a nice narrow bucket if one needs to do trenching for utilities, etc. Oh, and a mechanical thumb. Great company who happens to sponsor this discussion area.

I'll take a look at that newbury. Thanks for the reference.

If anyone has replaced a BX22 (or BX2200) FEL bucket curl cylinder, I'm interested in knowing if you were able to acquire one that matched OEM 1.25" pin size (and from where) or if you opted to go with a readily available 1" pin cylinder and implement bushings? All these years with moving nearly...

I've replaced the switch twice on my BX22 over the nearly 22 years I've owned it...weather does get to them. It's not a super difficult job.

Finding a compatible FEL for a 20 year old machine might be a tough row to hoe as they were re-designed a few years later. (I own a BX22 which is the same machine as yours but issued with a FEL and BH..'had a BX2200 for a year or so before I traded for the BX22 and the extra utility) I see to...

Even with the evidence of dry rot, tubing them can let you continue using them for a bit longer if the tread is good. I'd never do this with an on-road vehicle, but for my Big Orange Power Tool (BX22) and my (other brand) ZTR, it's been a cost effective way to deal with this. The one time I did...