How's everyone doing with the SNOW

[MaineMark]

dragoneggs: Thank goodness another 'less than expert' operator.

I too had the ROPS problem with my garage THE VERY FIRST DAY! It was a harbinger of things to come.

I was so excited when the dealer delivered my Kubota. I'd been thinking about nothing else for days. You'd think I was 8 years old and it was Christmas. When it shows up, the sales dude spent about 2 minutes on 'familiarization'. That was OK, I'd downloaded the owners manual and memorized it already. I probably knew more details about the tractor than he did. I blew my driveway even though there was no snow on it, I poked the bucket into a few banks of snow and generally made a mess of things but had a ball. It was dark, so I had the rear work lights on thinking 'this is sooooo cool'. It was somewhere around 8 or 10 degrees, I was getting cold and I finally decided to pull it into the garage and park it. Uh oh.

I had moved the 'Vette over to make plenty of room. As I pulled in I was ever so careful to make sure the bucket stayed well away from the 'Vette. As I crept into the bay, the tractor started to slow down a little and it felt like a big hand pushing down on it, so I just gave it more pedal. That was probably not the smartest thing I've ever done. Then there was this huge CRACK sound right over my head and the tractor leaped forward almost 2 feet, causing the bucket to ram my workbench. My first thought was 'oh *****', followed by 'Oh man, I broke it already'. A few seconds later I thought 'OH GOD THE ROLL BAR'.

Yep, I discovered you can't fit an 85 inch high roll bar through an 83 inch high opening, unless you break something.

To my credit, I checked the tractor for damage before I checked the garage. A little rubbed paint on top of the ROPS was it. I gave a 3 second look at the garage opening and didn't see any obvious cracks in the trim or anything. I tested the garage door and it opened and closed just fine. To this day I don't know what the huge crack sound was. I can't see any damage on the outside or inside of the garage, at least from this incident. And the garage door isn't bowed down in the middle or sagging. It's a mystery.

-Mark

 

[WaxMan]

dragoneggs: Thank goodness another 'less than expert' operator.

I too had the ROPS problem with my garage THE VERY FIRST DAY! It was a harbinger of things to come.

I was so excited when the dealer delivered my Kubota. I'd been thinking about nothing else for days. You'd think I was 8 years old and it was Christmas. When it shows up, the sales dude spent about 2 minutes on 'familiarization'. That was OK, I'd downloaded the owners manual and memorized it already. I probably knew more details about the tractor than he did. I blew my driveway even though there was no snow on it, I poked the bucket into a few banks of snow and generally made a mess of things but had a ball. It was dark, so I had the rear work lights on thinking 'this is sooooo cool'. It was somewhere around 8 or 10 degrees, I was getting cold and I finally decided to pull it into the garage and park it. Uh oh.

I had moved the 'Vette over to make plenty of room. As I pulled in I was ever so careful to make sure the bucket stayed well away from the 'Vette. As I crept into the bay, the tractor started to slow down a little and it felt like a big hand pushing down on it, so I just gave it more pedal. That was probably not the smartest thing I've ever done. Then there was this huge CRACK sound right over my head and the tractor leaped forward almost 2 feet, causing the bucket to ram my workbench. My first thought was 'oh *****', followed by 'Oh man, I broke it already'. A few seconds later I thought 'OH GOD THE ROLL BAR'.

Yep, I discovered you can't fit an 85 inch high roll bar through an 83 inch high opening, unless you break something.

To my credit, I checked the tractor for damage before I checked the garage. A little rubbed paint on top of the ROPS was it. I gave a 3 second look at the garage opening and didn't see any obvious cracks in the trim or anything. I tested the garage door and it opened and closed just fine. To this day I don't know what the huge crack sound was. I can't see any damage on the outside or inside of the garage, at least from this incident. And the garage door isn't bowed down in the middle or sagging. It's a mystery.

-Mark

The best part of this story is "You'd think I was 8 years old and it was Christmas." There are not too many things in life that can capture that feeling. First getting your Kubota is one of them, enjoy the moment.

Same thing when I found my neighbor sleeping in my bucket.

 

[RaydaKub]

Here's a tip: Pick up a bunch of those reflective driveway marker sticks and mark all the obstacles in your yard next fall before it starts snowing. That way you'll know where they are hiding under the snow next winter.

And if you do, grab your leather gloves to pull them back out in the spring. The little fiberglass slivers can really sting.

 

[Mendonsy]

And if you do, grab your leather gloves to pull them back out in the spring. The little fiberglass slivers can really sting.

Yes, they certainly will!! I went to using the cheap plastic ones that TSC carries. They don't last very long but at a buck each it's not too painful to replace them.

 

[Mendonsy]

And if you do, grab your leather gloves to pull them back out in the spring. The little fiberglass slivers can really sting.

Yes, they certainly will!! I went to using the cheap plastic ones that TSC carries. They don't last very long but at a buck each it's not too painful to replace them.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Same thing when I found my neighbor sleeping in my bucket.

Is that what one would call a "good neighbor"?

 

[MaineMark]

Hey WaxMan: I've got a serious question about your 'neighbor in the bucket' picture... What model is the tractor? I gotta get one of those if they attract that sort of neighbor. So far my tractor has only attracted old farts from my neighborhood.

-Mark

 

[Gcorron]

I can't say if that is a good neighbor, or not, but Karnac says gunplay AIN'T that far behind!

Of course, at this point in life, I can still remember why I was chasing it, but MAN I wish it would turn me loose!

"Shoot, shoot NOW" ah can't, I might hit you, "well then just shoot up here amongst us, one of us GOT to have some relief!"

 

[vtsnowedin]

When she's good she is Very Good! But when she's Bad she's Better. "MW"

 

[Thomas]

One just never knows what treasure you find in frontloader....dang.