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I've been noticing my outdoor hydrant is getting harder to open when it gets cold. I have all the joints lubed, the shaft, etc, but I'm wondering if there is a way to lubricate the plunger down in the bottom of the hydrant. I know it's lubed when installed, but it's been probably 15 years now...

Hey all! After a terrible experience with a "Quick Hitch" I returned it and got a Pats Quick Hitch. Installation on my BX2860 went smoothly, but I have a question. When lifting an implement the arms (and pat's hitch) angle inwards. I guess I never noticed if it did that with just the 3 point...

Hello all! Last year I traded my BX1860 for a 2680. Love it! But, when mowing and doing a turn around (fairly sharp, but not pinned) I can feel grinding through the steering wheel. 4wd is off. Fluid is fine. I never felt this on my 1860. The amount of vibration/grinding varies a little...

I have a landpride blower for my bx.. Rear mounted. https://cdn-lp.greatplainsmfg.com/cdn/farfuture/KImKBMoX-NFoL_-E4WYsIRkRebl4qOAu2rMz5S0UUbs/mtime:1539037087/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/sb1064_1612.png?itok=oJtjJl4j It's got those nice feet on the side that allow you to glide...

I am in the market for a new chainsaw.. my old Stihl 025 is starting to show it's wear.. still a nice saw, though. I'm looking at a Stihl 362 at a local dealer and noticed it's listed as a 2012 model. But, they're still asking full MSRP ($750 or so with 18" bar and chain). This doesn't look...

I've also sent this to Fimco for help but I thought I would ask here too. I have a 30 gallon pull behind sprayer I purchased at TSC. It has one of the 12v Gold Series pumps on it. The issue I'm having is the pump seems to be losing pressure after a few minutes of spraying. It starts out...

Hello! Last year I purchased new a Stihl FS56 RC stright trimmer. Worked great for the last couple months I used it. Probably ran 2 tanks through it total. For winter storage I did what I always do, fill up with fresh fuel mix, add some sea foam and let it run for a few minutes to get the...

Hi all! Today I was helping a neighbor move some dirt. It was quite wet and heavy and about 12 yards. Well, when we were almost done I noticed drops on the ground. I thought maybe a sprinkle of rain started but noticed that wasn't the case, then saw the leak on the bucket (the "yellow" line...

Ok, we have a deck that is on top of a flat roofed garage on our house. A couple years ago we ripped out the old deck. On top of the garage was asphault. It was replaced with styrofoam and rubber. Then a floating deck was placed on top (a new one since the old one was rotton). We are...

Hello all! I live in a small subdivision outside of any major city. There are about 50 houses in total in this subdivision/coop. Each house is on about an acre or more of land, and most driveways are two/three car width and anywhere from 30-200 feet long (mine's the longest at about 350...

Hi all! At our place we have a 25x36 heated and insulated pole barn/shop. I am getting quotes on adding onto it and adding an office (so when done it will be 50x36 with an office of about 10x16). It would be nice to add a toilet and sink. But, it's downhill and about 200 feet away from the...

I've been using my new rear 3ph snow blower now and have a little question. It seems when I lower it down and blow now, it likes to "float" around... Not because the links are loose, but it looks like it's moving around on the pins for the bottom links. There is about 2" of space on the links...

This may sound like a weird question, but here goes. :) We live in a 3 story stucco house (basement, main level and upper level). Basement and main level are heated and cooled by forced air unit. The exhause (2"pvc) runs out the south side of our house. Now, in the spring and fall (and...

Hello! Above our garage we have a 25x25 wooden deck that was just redone last year. Last winter we got a LOT of snow so I like to keep it cleaned off mainly because of the weight on the roof. Of course, after large storms it takes 3-4 hours to shovel it all off and is quite exhausting, so I...

Today was a good day... dealer delivered my new blower. Everything looked good except the bottom wear bar seems to have been forgotten to get installed. No worries... I'll pick it up sometimes soon. Bring on the snow!

Here in southern MN we've received quite a lot of snow. First 14" of heavy wet stuff, then a few inches of fluffy stuff. Then another foot or so of medium stuff, and a couple days ago another 4-5" of fluffy stuff. Needless to say the ATV plow simply can't push the snow up and over the berms...

I asked this in another question because it came up, but I thought I'd make a new thread for it. When moving snow with my FEL on my BX1860 I have my box blade on the rear for counterweight. But I notice on float on the FEL I have virtually no steering. SHould I remove it for the winter when...

Ok, I recently picked up this tiller for my BX1860. The dealer said it was used once by an employee and he would give me a good deal with full warrenty. I thought great, it's been used, tested, etc. Well, I was doing some light tilling and must have hit a root or something and it basically...

Filled up my jug today and wound up filling with premium diesel instead of regular diesel. Is this ok for the Kubotas? I would assume so... but I want to double check. I know with regular gas the premium is usually a higher octane specifically for higher compression motors. Is premium...

This ever happen to anyone? It's on a BX1860 with just over 50 hours. I've put it back on at least 5 times now. I check it often. Coolant level is ok. Temp guage never really gets much higher than the middle (except when mowing on a hot day).

Well, I've started a project of pulling up about 300 feet of chain link fence in our front yard. I started on the smaller side today and got them all up. About 10 in total. I have about 15-20 on the other side I'll start soon. I found that just pulling them my BX1860 couldn't quite do the...

Well, I did the 50 hour service. Oil, filter, HST filter and cleaned HST screen. I swear it too longer to remove the front grill and remove the MMM than it did to do the rest. lol.. The cork (rubber) for the HST screen plug worked flawlessley. Maybe a cup of fluid was lost. Not much...

Hey all! I have been clearing my lot of overgrown trees and shrubs for a few years and would like to tackle some stumps. I found a Vermeer SC130 walk behind on CL for about 2k. It's about 3 years old and in "great" shape. From all the reading I've been doing on them, they seem to work ok...

Last winter mice got into my old cub mower engine and basically chewed one of the coil wires to the nub and another wire that was obviously used for charging (don't ask me how I know.) Fixing required actually pulling the engine to get to the coil. I fixed it and later traded it in on a...

So I'm getting ready for my 50 hour service already! And was reading again through the long post on doing this. I double checked my manual and it does not call for a fluid change, and it doesn't call for a filter screen cleaning either. Just oil/filter change, and hydro filter change (and a...

I had a busy day with the BX today. Up till now I've just left the MMM on but where I was working (digging and box blading) I didn't want roots/rocks etc banging up the MMM. So I decided to take it off for the first time. Got it off in less than 5 mins. When all done I even got it back on in...

Last year I purchased a DR Rotohog pull behind tiller as seen here: DR Rotohog Then I had a Cub mower that I pulled it with. It's a really great tiller. Now that I have a BX1860 I'm wishing (I think) that I had a 3pt tiller for my BX... but, I want other opinions. I can't find definate HP...

Well, with all this talk of the new kbota orange paint conspiracy, I thought I'd ask... How often do you guys touch up things like your FEL, backhoe, etc? And do you use spray or brush on? Or do you just leave it be? I could see if the FEL was pretty scraped up using a brush might be easier...

Well, I decided to go ahead and make the purchase of a pine straw rake for dethatching. I do also have many pines on my property that I could rake, but that wasn't the intended purpose. It was mainly for raking up twigs and dethatching. I tried it today and it seemed to do a really good job...

Been a pretty hot and dry summer here in MN. I've noticed most lawns, including mine, is getting overtaken by what appears to by quackgrass or crabgrass, but I'm not sure which. Here's a picture... the grass on the left is the normal (and yes, very dry), the right light green stuff is what...

IT's probably normal, but I wanted to check. I noticed when driving my new BX1860 it sounds like there is some noise (not quite grinding... but just gear noise) from the rear. Under load (like with a FEL full of dirt) it's more pronounced. I am going to check the rear diff oil today as well...

Quick question and first post (just found this site! Nice!) When using my 3PH to tow a tiller, aerator, etc I put the MMM in TOP mode. But when I lower the 3PH I see the MMM does drop a couple inches at least. So I want to clarify that this should happen and TOP isn't necessarily snug up...