Recent content by Ugarte

I'm thinking about doing something like this: It's a 12X20 foot 6x6 grid on compacted gravel. My tractor weights about 4500 pounds and the current base where I want to put it is comprised of stone dust, like our access road and driveway. Should I remove the stone dust to earth or can I just...

An older thread, but thanks jeff9366 and others for your generous posting of just the type of info a newbie with a new toy needs. Bought a single bottom 101 off of CL this morning, also with a sprung spring-trip mechanism (I'm slightly ashamed of how little I paid; had to dig the plow out of the...

I'm preparing an old farm field--50 years dormant--for a small tractor-cultivated vegetable plot. The sod is intact and the field is now mowed with a lawn tractor once a week or so. Should I sample the soil by plowing the sod back with a middle buster and taking the sample from below the sod or...

Thinking about either a King Kutter II or King Kutter Professional ordered from Rural King and factory shipped (same price, can't find definitive info on which model is "better"). Or a new Taylor-way GDT60 of unknown age off the lot of my local JD dealer (which tiller is the same as a King...

I have a L2501 and plan to prepare sections of a long-fallow farm field for a vegetable and flower garden. This field is presently mowed once a year, with a somewhat bumpy surface and, I think, a moderately rocky soil underneath. Do I need to invest in a one bottom plow or can I get away with...

Thinking about building a 12x20 shed on skids for my 3400lb tractor/loader/snowblower. I already have a 12x16 gambrel roof shed that rests on 4 4x4 skids. I thought I might just copy that one and add on the addition 4 feet and beef up the floor framing. I like the framed floor idea to keep out...

Kubota L2501. Here in a week. 10'x30' off backside of existing saltbox garage. Shed roof tying into pitched roof. 6' headroom at low side. 6x6 posts buried below frost line. Gravel floor. Solo job--well, just a man and his tractor, anyway. Do I need to remove the grass or can I simply spread...

The BB I'm considering is 60". The rear tire width on my L2501 with spacers is 63-64". Big mistake? Minor annoyance? Won't even notice? (Light duty BB for light duty applications.)

I'm considering buying a 5' County Line box blade from TSC as rear ballast for my soon to arrive L2501. (BB is light duty, I know, about 400 lbs; L2501 has loaded rears with R4's, LA 525 loader, 66" bucket with ssqa.) Is 400lb the correct rear ballast weight for this rig? I'd rather use an...

I'll be buying a new tractor before the snow flies primarily for snow removal use--probably Kubota B2601 or L2501. Loader bucket on front; 3pt pto snowblower on rear; front mount blower too complicated and too expensive, imho. I'll be blowing the snow from from about 100 feet of crushed stone...

I'm planning a shed roof addition to our saltbox garage--about 15 x 30, gravel floor, pole or pier-and-post construction, attached to the back of the garage, pitched roof to pitched roof, to house my new Kubota B3300--and I have a few questions: 1.) Do I need to remove the sod, or can I simply...

Here's a picture. The quick attach and forks are great. I'm glad I decided to go with them instead of the clamp-ons. A very nice little machine, just right for our two acres, I think. The R4's have not been too rough on what passes for our lawn (luckily it's been very dry lately). Tomorrow...

Just searched "delivery checklist." Tons of great advice. Thanks.

Presently awaiting delivery of B3300su with LA 504 FEL and BH 77 Backhoe. Dealer threw in Rimguard in rear tires as part of deal. Owner's manual says to remove liquid tire ballast when using the backhoe. Not a practical option, to put it mildly. Tires are the larger R4's. Cancel free...

The larger size R4's. I want them. Tell me that I can use a 3ph finish mower and not rut and muddy the one acre of old farm land that passes for our front lawn. Woods BH80x backhoe. "Looks" huge slung off the back of the B3300. Too much hoe for this tractor? 16" bucket too big for light...