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:) re garage door. In general, being retired, I am usually in no rush to get the snow cleared out so probably won't bother with a snow box. I agree, no way would I be without both the FEL and the blower. Only way to go for the snow we get here. Speaking of that we had a fairly major dump...

I know the blower type you mean. Trouble is I would have a hard time getting out of the garage with that kind of blower due to the high snow levels that sometimes occur.

I see your point fortunately my neck is doing fine... but. At any rate for the snow and ice conditions that we get here I really would not want to be without either the blower or the bucket. As I type and look out the window I see a mound of hard ice/snow that was plowed up by the city machine...

You're welcome. More coming up.

Here's the second video about clearing plowed up snow at the driveway entrance. This video made with the security camera.

Here's one of two videos I made about clearing out plowed up snow at the driveway entrance.

Here's a video of my BX pushing back some heavy wet snow with the bucket.

This was a few days ago.

Here's a switch from my snow clearing videos. Took the video clips on a trip in 2012. Just put this together for Youtube.

Here's the latest video from here:

Earlier I did a video taken with a camera placed across the road (you can see that camera/tripod in this video)

I found these video clips on an older SD card. Best guess is 2013 (subject to change).

Just finished editing this set of 6 videos of my soil screener.

My new Axis P5655-E has been up on the tower in front of the house for a few weeks now and I am still in the process of checking it out. I was scanning and panning yesterday and saw this helicopter so I continued to follow it with the camera. Nothing that dramatic.

Same location as above

A few days ago looking out over Conception Bay in Newfoundland

Here's the third video in my series on getting bar oil to flow in the chainsaw.

This summer I installed 16 "road" signs that represent our 14 grandchildren and 2 great grand children. Lot of development work left to do in each area (like raising the "mountain" and planting the orchard.) Here's my video showing the signs.

In this video I am changing the transmission oil, installing a new filter and checking the HST strainer. The video also shows two homemade tools that I use for this procedure.

Here's my latest video showing how I made an inexpensive dethatcher attachment for my Ryobi garden tiller.

Could be the isolation... anyway here's the video :)

Still working on getting my winter snow related videos out there. Here's the latest one.

In this video I mounted the GoPro camera first on the frame of the snow blower to get a view of the auger (need a wiper for any future tries) and then on the deflector part of the chute. That worked out pretty good. Kubota BX snowblower mounted camera action views (after blizzard) - YouTube

Here's the latest video on snow clearing at my house. I had a camera mounted on the ROPS to see the bucket work and the other views are from the security camera set to Auto Track mode.

That's pretty well exactly what we got overnight - wet and heavy and it will give the BX blower a good workout later. Still over the 6 foot fence out back

Catching up on my snow clearing video footage. Expecting another 30 cm (1 foot) of snow tonight (Mar 24/25)

This video recorded a couple of weeks ago.

Took this video a few weeks ago.

This was yesterday March 8. We had high winds and drifting snow. At times we were in whiteout conditions and that's probably why the driver didn't see the snow drift. Anyway I recorded the action that took place after he got stuck. Here's the video.

Here's my latest video on snow removal with the Kubota BX. In this video I set my security camera to AUTO TRACK and it worked out very good.

Here's my new video on the BX

I've had the panels mounted for some time - just getting around to making videos on the project

In the video I show how I tested the float function of the BX. The video also shows how to make a simple Float Indicator for the tractor.

Here you go

Here's a video that I just finished.

I cleared out just enough snow to get the truck out. Will deal with the rest tomorrow.

Happy New Year diplodock - and everyone else too

Just some additional info on the video. The video camera is about 1.9 miles from the airport snow clearing equipment. Here's runway details... our longest runway is 8502 ft.

Our local airport is in the line of sight from home so this video shows me using the BX and also shows equipment clearing snow at the airport at the same time.

Wind speed is the most important bit of info that I need but I've had a heck of a time getting anemometer system that will give what I need over long periods of time. Just took this photo showing just some of the units that have not made it. I've had the Vantage Pro 2 for about 7 years and it...

Princess Auto had the tool holding magnets on sale when I was working on the project so was fairly cheap for me.

Got another attachment to add to my bucket list, (I posted several other DIY bucket attachments over the last few years on TBN).

I bought this some time ago but forgot where. I am using it in a DIY gadget and I need to know what it is and ideally what it is normally used for. It's about 3-1/2 x 6 inches and fairly heavy galvanized sheet steel. It looks like a Simpson strong-tie product but I checked and it doesn't appear...

We had 2-4 cm yesterday but it's all gone now. Current temp 6C These photos taken yesterday at 8:52am, 2:55pm, 4:25pm and today at 11am

Here's a pretty easy build it yourself project. Made these today and they work fine.

Couldn't get ahold of the nail so took this approach... it worked.

I've been playing around with slug control for a while and have made up a number of videos. So far the electric fence works best but some people try other approaches. Here's the latest video.

Here's another way to get the chainsaw bar oil flowing. (I have another video on Youtube showing how to do the same thing using a shop vac. Here's a link to that video Fixing chainsaw bar oil problem with shop vac - YouTube)

Most winters the BX gets a good workout but not so this year. Here's a set of photos taken each day from Feb 11 to Mar 11. Temperature each day (in Celsius) is included. This is the most easterly city in Canada - St. John's, Newfoundland.

Here's my latest video on replacing the upper shear pin in the rear mounted snowblower.

I bought this windmill kit years ago and finally got around to putting it together and modifying it to have overspeed control (I paid about $50 for it at the time). On the first test the rotor and yaw bearings failed so I installed new rotor bearings and upgraded the yaw bearing. I used a well...

Just put this video on Youtube.

I resubscribed to Home Power magazine about a year ago. Before that I was subscribed up to about the mid-nineties. Costco.ca has a Sunforce brand 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter for about $300 so will probably go with that. Don't think I have to worry much about generating too much power for...

Here's a video on a Low Temperature Difference (LTD) that I assembled from a kit. I tried to put in a little bit of humour in the video to make it different from the existing videos that are out there. I ran across this video about Jim Tangeman's homemade tractor powered by his homemade Stirling...

It took me two sessions to get rid of the snow after the 2nd blizzard of the season. I posted a video (on TBN) of the first clearing effort earlier but I'm late getting this video out.

Nice blizzard to stay inside and watch the action.

This video covers clearing out the two driveway entrance areas with the BX snow blower. I posted a video on clearing out the deeper snow in the central area of the driveway earlier.

In this video I'm clearing the central area of the driveway with the snow blower and fel (bucket work near the end of video)

During the blizzard yesterday I posted on TBN two videos of the blizzard taking place (mainly morning time). Here's some clips taken during the afternoon of the blizzard. All together we had about a foot of snow. Big factor was the wind that gusted up to about 100 km/h - 60 mph.

Keeping an eye on the blizzard today. Probably won't get the BX out until tomorrow. This video taken with the security camera.

Picked up some of the activity on the security camera and the rest (clearing my driveway) with the regular camcorder. We had about 34 cm of snow last night and got some drifts over 2 feet.

Good to have a backup operator available.

We had snow and fairly high winds yesterday so I cleared out the driveway this morning getting ready for some family arriving from the mainland (by truck).

Video shows how I replace the snowblower shear pin on my BX - the video finishes up with some snow clearing with the new pin in place. This is the second of two videos I've done on shear pin replacement.

OK... I took a another look at the can and on the very front in large letters it says "for gasoline and diesel engines" Losing faith in one of my favourite brands.

Just finished this modification.

Main point of the video is the homemade cover to protect the joysticks and stabilizer controls - this makes it easier to install the tarp and reduces accidental activation of the controls. Also the cover improves safety with kids around.

Video shows clips of past and present.

The chair was blown over by high winds a few weeks ago. The 4x4 legs were broken off at ground level so I made splints to join on new leg lengths. I also installed a ground anchor to prevent future wind damage. The structural improvements and anchor were supposed to be done long ago but just got...

A family of moose came by after we went away and munched our good stuff. Caught them on camera when they were leaving.

Here's the video on my new water fountain.

Here's a video showing how I installed fake stained glass and led lighting in my kitchen.

You're right and it's always good to see a machine operating on its own in high winds. It makes for a reality check in terms of reliability and survivability. My aim for this machine is have it operate and survive in high winds using only aerodynamic speed control. That's what the "power plate"...

I've been keeping my cards (SD and MicroSD) in baggies. I usually include a note relating to the content, camera used, remaining space and anything else that is relevant. Cheap and reliable backup for my good stuff.

Spent more time managing the drone than building the fence sections but ended up OK without any major hassles. Actually working on the fence was kind of secondary as I wanted to get more familiar with shooting video and editing the video with the drone and other cameras. Learned a few things...

Here's an idea I've worked on to help flip eggs and other stuff with the fry pan. Obviously needs work :) https://youtu.be/m3dgXBV0H0Y

Been playing around with different ideas to help fill up Ziploc bags for freezing. This video shows my best idea yet. https://youtu.be/JhRluAzQhtA

All very well coordinated. Real foggy morning with flights cancelled, etc. but took the video anyway. (Video made with my security camera)

This video was taken late evening and sky was overcast so didn't get that nice bright video that I hoped for. But lots of footage of the mass of capelin swimming to shore to spawn.

Here I suspend my GoPro camera from the drone (along with a styrofoam float) to take video of capelin (a small smelt-like fish) rolling in on the beach to spawn. Have more footage of same idea in another cove (here in Newfoundland) that I hope to get edited soon. The video includes shots from...

Made two road tests so far and nothing conclusive re operation yet. Most noticeable was the "tail wagging the turbine" effect. So I increased the size of the two yaw pieces and reduced the wagging somewhat. Yesterday I extended the tail arms and installed aluminum yaw and tilt pieces (original...

Can't argue with any of your comments. I expect to be capable of lighting a few LED's (should I install a little generator). Idea is to check out new concepts. Here's a photo taken a min ago showing how the tower will be situated in the pickup.

Been making some progress on the horizontally oriented Savonius wind turbine. Took this short video today with my tower mounted security camera. I'll post more info as the project progresses. The idea is to see how an "augmenter/overspeed" feature will work.

I was in England and managed to get a quick trip to a farm museum. I took a bunch of still pictures and combined them into this video. A bit long so you can speed up the video if you want by clicking on the little gear icon in the lower right of the Youtube video screen. I found the trench...

Here's my son and grandson operating a DJI Inspire drone on a beach not too far from my house. I also have a drone and hope to get some tractor footage this spring and summer.

My son was out on the road to the Cape Race, Newfoundland light house (that's where the Titanic made radio contact after iceberg hit) with the intentions of getting some drone shot video footage. He got stuck in the snow and with no cell phone coverage in that area he set up a makeshift antenna...

This post follows my earlier introductory video on a simple drone delivery system. I show a delivery failure at the end of this video. It's all in fun but you never know :)

Here's the video I just posted to Youtube. Will be doing up a how-to video on the delivery system asap :)

First day of Spring here - good to see the sun again!

Spent about an hour doing what's shown in the video. About two hours left including the neighbours place.

Earlier I posted a video on how to setup the homemade trencher on the tractor bucket http://youtu.be/nh_mYjWfJeY. I found this "new" footage while working on another video related to installing a security camera. This video shows the trencher getting bent up going through the rough ground. I now...

Current display from my weather station here in Newfoundland

A simple little project from a kit. The transmitter cost just $30 or so and takes a few hours to assemble. But to use it you need to have ham radio qualifications. Just putting it on here to show another pastime for the slow months. In making the video I had to do a little bit of faking to get...

This is kind of a companion video to "My back deck building story" that I just posted on Youtube. Here's the front deck story video.

Just posted this video on Youtube. Made up over some time and wish I had a few more pictures to get the "alignment frame" idea across but wasn't thinking video at the time. I will post a video on the Front deck building story separately.

:) A bit more info on the seal - his name is Twitter. Here's a picture of my followers on Twitter :)

Took a while but at the time I was building decks, shed and a pond, etc. :)

That's a John Deere logo on the back window :)

Just got this on Youtube a few mins ago. Not in season but editing was seriously delayed :laughing: (By my old computer)

Here's a short video showing my kitchen cabinet corner drawers. Made these as part of an overall inside and outside house reconstruction/renovations project. I wasn't into making videos at the time (now I make a lot) so I don't have much in the way of step-by-step instructions to offer.

Just uploaded this video. My old computer couldn't handle large file sizes so that why this is late getting on (totally out of season :))

This is a follow-up video of one I posted earlier today. This video was taken about 5 or 6 days after the other one here http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/snow-removal/330085-kubota-bx-some-heavy-snow.html We actually enjoy lots of snow and even like power failures as long as we are prepared...

Late getting this one together but here it is. If you get to near the end of the video (nighttime part) you will notice I switched to FEL only. That was because the snowblower chute got damaged running up against that pile of fairly hard snow. (That snow was plowed up when I was away)

Had a bit of fun with this. Got the idea from seeing videos of the garlic being shaken by hand while in a glass jar.

EW and the electric fence helped me identify where they were getting in (hole around the cold water pipe in the kitchen) but my biggest problem is the large attached mouse hole shown here.

Just posted this video on Youtube. Tried to make the video light but in reality I tried pretty well every way I could think of to get rid of the mice but nothing worked. Took many hours of video trying to figure it all out. It was a very smart mouse.

So I was clearing up snow early yesterday morning and ran over a garbage net that was hidden under the snow. Just up loaded this video of the situation and the resolution.

Here's a video showing how to install a rear mounted snow blower on the Kubota BX. The video has built-in links to other videos covering snow blower driveline shield installation and repair of the snow blower electric chute linear actuator.

Here's a video of how to install a new pto driveline shield (guard) on the Kubota BX rear mounted snow blower. I've included links in the video to installing the snow blower and adapting a different sized linear actuator on the snowblower chute.

This is how I adapted a non-OEM linear actuator to work on my BX rear mounted snow blower. Have some more raw footage on fixing up the snow blower and hope to get a video done up over the next little while. The next video will concentrate on installing a new driveline shield (with a safety...

Working on installing a new linear actuator on the snowblower and doing other maintenance so cleared up the driveway with the bucket this morning.

Most of the trees were blown down during wind storms over a few years. Took the footage a while ago so just got the editing done. I cut all the wood up and gave it to a wood burning neighbour :)

Here's a pic of my old and new linear actuators. I bought the new one a week or so ago at Princess Auto for $70. It has a stroke of 4 inches and max load of 270 pounds. As you can see the new one is somewhat different in physical size but should fit just fine on my BX25 rear mounted snowblower...

These wild ducks drop by once in a while. This morning they got a surprise as the pond had a thin layer of ice...:)

A relative wanted me to give this a try. It worked ok but next step is to get a jack hammer.

Didn't find the video of my original bucket brush yet but here's a picture. Turned out to be mediocre performance.

Just finished this video and working on a follow-up video showing build details. Hope to get the next video done over next day or two.

Here's added containment panel... same done on the other side of the screener. I decided to go less than full height so that I get a sidewise view of the screened soil.

Any idea what 2003 Kubota BX 2200 with fel and backhoe is worth? Also John Deere skid steer 2001 in good condition. No other details.

Without referencing any particular comment here's three pictures that give some idea about clearances with the new ROP dimensions (on my BX). There is one foot clearance between top of my head to inside top of ROPS while in the "driving" position. I'm set pretty far back from the ROPS while in...

Thought that viewers would like to take a gander at videos that Paul (4shorts) made during the work he just finished on my Kubota BX. Here's a list of the work done: Full service, including all filters and fluids Fixed slow leaks in both front tires by installing inner tubes Completely...

I mounted the GoPro camera on the wall in one corner of the room and set it to take a photo every minute. Ended up with about 900 photos and edited what I had down to about 180 photos. Forgot to turn the camera on/off a few times but overall it worked out pretty good. :)

I'm trying to get a small potato garden ready so I can plant asap. Beside dealing with lots of rocks I had to remove a pretty big tree stump at the corner of the proposed garden. The video tells the story.

The video and related instructable tells the story pretty well. Here's the Instructable link - another tip or two there. Chainsaw bar oil repair with shop vac

Checking my tractor videos that might be suitable for TBN - here's one that looks pretty good.

I took this video after our last big snow storm. The video show me using my Kubota BX clearing snow from my neighbours driveway. I posted separately in the TBN Build-It-Yourself forum on how I made the magnetic camera mounts for the ROPS or any other magnetic mounting surface.

I make a lot of tractor related videos but the problem is mounting my camera(s) on the tractor. I came up with this magnetic camera mount idea that I now use to mount my GoPro cameras. The video was taken using 2 of the homemade magnetic mounts - one on the ROPS and one on the snowed-in car...

Just posted this video on Youtube. It's a followup project on a science fair project that I did with my grandson a little while ago. Big snow falls probably finished here now but snow still too deep out back to get my BX25 through. Projects like this keep me busy in the meantime :)

I helped my grandson build this motor. Just got the video work done and put it on Youtube. Teacher very pleased with the project.

I made this video some time ago and have been working on the road off and on since. Hope to get more videos edited as time goes on. Here's section 1 video:

This video has gotten more than 60,000 views on Youtube so far. Pretty sure I posted this in reply to a TBN post some time back but couldn't find it here so here it is. It's only short.

Ok got ya...I have a water fountain that is supposed to be covered up during the winter. So I cover it with a large garbage container to give it the protection. As this looks ugly out in front of the house I made up this wooden structure to look something like a tree. The tree fits over the...

Very insightful comments old grind! Here's a photo of the three turnbuckles (belt tensioners) that have failed. This has been the only failure on the machine so far. The second photo shows a top link, that if it were small enough, would be the ideal replacement for the turnbuckles that I have...

Here's a closeup. I made it so that the weight can easily be adjusted.

Sections of tires take the place of regular springs and hinges to suspend the screen on the main chassis. About 100 tons of material screened so far. Just posted a video on Youtube. I'm also working on a video showing more details on the build. Found an old galvanized table at scrap metal yard...

My BX25 has lost its "go". This is especially noticeable when in low gear. Let me explain: this was with about 90 hours or so on the machine. I was doing some work for about 2 hours or so moving muck/soil/gravel, using the bucket, from point A to B. That's when I noticed that the speed...