Custom options on B26

[gotcha]

I leave brakes off, tractor in N and use the hoe to do all my moving short distances. It works great for me as I push/pull it into position and also left the rear up to move it side to side.

 

[MarkV]

With the L39 if you can live with diableing the saftey switch lever under the flip seat it is easy to do a creep type of feature. Leave your column shifter in forward, put your gear shifter in neutral, lower your trottle to idle, when you want to creep raise the FEL and stabilizers then shift to 1st gear at an idle. It will give you a very slow controled forward movement. Shift back to neutral after you have moved the few feet you need to creep. Naturaly some common sense would tell you not to do this on steep terrain.

MarkV

 

[dfkrug]

I turned each TBN Project into a pdf file so I wouldn't lose them.

How do you do that?!

As for longevity of web sites, that concerns me, too. TBN has evolved into
the largest tractor-oriented website, and its future looks good.

ISPs and the website space they include with their service has been
somewhat less reliable. My first crude website was in the mid 90s and the
ISP got out of that business. Now with Verizon, I don't want to pay
extra for more space, and what happens when/if I go elsewhere? I don't
want to pay for my own domain if I do not have to.

Anyway, thx for the support. I am working on making my JD into a TLB....
perhaps my best one yet.

 

[powerstroke444e]

I leave brakes off, tractor in N and use the hoe to do all my moving short distances. It works great for me as I push/pull it into position and also left the rear up to move it side to side.

That works good but when loading broken concrete and in mud it I wanted a way to drive the it? But thats just me.
The guys have a clean up job next week to break the grapple in on so I hope it works as good as planned.

 

[jlrsn]

How do you do that?!

I used to use Adobe's Acrobat Writer but since pdf files became a standard used by governments, businesses, and many others including myself I researched and found that there are many pdf converter programs available. I use Nuance PDF Converter Pro 5.0 that I've had since version 3.0. Every time they upgrade it gets better! It allows you to not only save anything printable as a pdf file but also go into existing pdf files and edit them, etc. When you have a thread that has say 5 pages I hit Ctrl P and print every page to a separate pdf file. Then I strip (edit) out all the garbage and starting with the first page I insert the rest of the pages to make one file that has no advertising or other stuff that I don't want but includes all the pictures, and TBNs URLs, etc that I want. I then make a sub-directory for that thread under my Tractor Mods directory and then also include the pictures that are in the file that I opened and copied as full size jpg's in that sub-directory.

With hard drives so cheap nowadays I save and also backup my files to my "1 Terabyte Hard Drives" (1,000 GB) (1 gigabyte = 1000000000 bytes). Right now you can buy 1 Terabyte Western Digital Hard Drive for less than $100. Next come the Petabyte Drives! In 1996 I bought a whopping 30MB CDC Hard Drive for $1,750.

Back in the late 70s I started building computers and writing programs as a hobby. Years ago in the 90's I also started writing web pages using HTML and started to make computers from quality components and then websites for friends. Yesterday I just set up a friend with her own domain name for $14.95 for two years. She has a new Real Estate Office and I set her up with her own dedicated server @ Premium Web Hosting Package Comparison - WestHost

There is too much valuable info on TBN that I don't want to lose. There are many tractor web sites but none compare!!!

Jim

 

[dfkrug]

I use Nuance PDF Converter Pro 5.0 that I've had since version 3.0. Every time they upgrade it gets better! It allows you to not only save anything printable as a pdf file but also go into existing pdf files and edit them, etc. When you have a thread that has say 5 pages I hit Ctrl P and print every page to a separate pdf file. Then I strip (edit) out all the garbage and starting with the first page I insert the rest of the pages to make one file that has no advertising or other stuff that I don't want but includes all the pictures, and TBNs URLs, etc that I want.

That's a great idea, Jim! I checked out the Nuance product, and it is only
$29 at Amazon. I might have to try that.

 

[jlrsn]

Wow Dave,
I've never seen that price!!! If that is for a legal copy of 5.0, or even 4.0, I'd jump at it!!! I usually pay 4 times that just for upgrades. I got burned once on Amazon buying Photoshop 2.0 from what I thought was a legal copy. Then I had problems and Adobe wouldn't touch it!! I later bought a copy direct from Adobe and have since upgraded to 3.0 but I see no need for 4.0. Try Nuance PDF Converter Pro 5.0 and you'll see how you can edit or extract whatever you want from what many think is a locked file.
Good luck,
Jim

 

[Carl Bert]

Most used item, I had someone ask about how to reposition the tractor while trenching or using the backhoe. I made a lever out of an old jack handle, i.e. and bent it to fit and added a piece of angle iron to make it stay on the foot pedal. It stays on very well and makes it easy to reposition the tractor and it priceless when moving brush or broken concrete with the backhoe and thumb.
I also built a grapple and have not gotten to use it yet but I would advise purchase not making one as it took twice as long as I thought it would to build.
The second best thing is the pallet forks that have side shift. They are a little heavy but are used all the time.
I also built a 29 mud/sand/grading bucket which is priceless for cleaning up a yard as you can scrape the dirt and leave the grass.
I also built a scraper blade out of a blade off a front mount Kubota mower but have not added hydraulics to it yet.
Comments are welcome and if you can think of something else to build I have AWA(I am a welding addict) or have question ask away.

Welding is a newly found hobby of mine, which I very much enjoy. Problem I am finding is that the price of steel is so **** high, that in some cases it almost isn't worth building it yourself. This is a perfect example, I recently purchased a rear suitcase weight bracket for my John deere. I paid $55 for it , new. The steel to make it myself would have cost me over $40, not including the cutting cost and hardware. Is steel this high all over or is this just a New York thing?

My other question is, how do you bypass the safety cut off switch, which allows you to operate the hydo pedal when using the backhoe on the B26?

 

[powerstroke444e]

My other question is, how do you bypass the safety cut off switch, which allows you to operate the hydo pedal when using the backhoe on the B26?

My advice would be look under the seat. All Kubota safety switches have continuity when the operator is present. If you wanted to get fancy and stay safe you could wire in a toggle so it was only by passed when needed.

 

[dfkrug]

Is steel this high all over or is this just a New York thing?

What I do is try to get what I need at a steel yard that also sells surplus,
which can be just as good as new. Sometimes, it is just steel that is sold
to the yard as scrap. Just last month, I got some nice 1/2" thick plate
and some galvanized sheet for 0.35/lb. Regular price there is 45-55c.
New can run 75-95/lb and that's often in 20-ft sticks. Sadly, the cost of
doing biz in NY may be even higher than here on the left coast.

Your B26 has a rotating seat like the B21, correct? I don't know how
they handle the operator presence safety device, but when you DO
find it, you will most likely need to short the two leads. Does the owner's
manual talk about running the tractor PTO when not on the seat? There
may be a special switch for that, like on some JDs.