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Re: I\'ll go first. . . . . .
When you set the parking brake on a slight incline, get off and turn off the tractor, remember to put the HST back in slow or fast BEFORE taking the parking brake off. Learned this one the hard way too, FEL into my barn.
When you set the parking brake on a slight incline, get off and turn off the tractor, remember to put the HST back in slow or fast BEFORE taking the parking brake off. Learned this one the hard way too, FEL into my barn.
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Remember to shut the cruise control off before you get to the 8' tall pile of brush - I can attest to the fact that the tractor will try to climb the pile... not good. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Remember to shut the cruise control off before you get to the 8' tall pile of brush - I can attest to the fact that the tractor will try to climb the pile... not good. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Boone
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If you are backing up the brush hog into a wooded area don't let the crazy wheel go between two tree trunks and then pull forward.
If you are brush hogging into tall grass with tree stumps about a foot and a half high. Don't get a front tire along side the stump and turn the tire into the stump if you have power steering. This destroyed my tie rod on the B7500.
If you are brush hogging, just pull the pin and remove the draw bar, before you lose it and then find it again with the hog's blade.
If you are backing up the brush hog into a wooded area don't let the crazy wheel go between two tree trunks and then pull forward.
If you are brush hogging into tall grass with tree stumps about a foot and a half high. Don't get a front tire along side the stump and turn the tire into the stump if you have power steering. This destroyed my tie rod on the B7500.
If you are brush hogging, just pull the pin and remove the draw bar, before you lose it and then find it again with the hog's blade.
Boondox
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Re: I\'ll go first. . . . . .
Check your lug nuts after a few hours of use
Check your lug nuts after a few hours of use
chucko
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When you put the mmm back on make sure the PTO shaft goes "click" or give it a good pull to be sure it will not come off
When you put the mmm back on make sure the PTO shaft goes "click" or give it a good pull to be sure it will not come off
hillslider
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You can roll over a tractor using a post hole digger if you get tangled in some wire!!!! In my case I was able to shut her down before it did.....but some good pucker factor. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
You can roll over a tractor using a post hole digger if you get tangled in some wire!!!! In my case I was able to shut her down before it did.....but some good pucker factor. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
slowrev
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Don't forget to put one of the drain plugs back after draining your transmission fluid and then wonder why the shop floor is getting slick while refilling. Worked fine till it got up to the other plugs level /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Don't forget to put one of the drain plugs back after draining your transmission fluid and then wonder why the shop floor is getting slick while refilling. Worked fine till it got up to the other plugs level /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Don't assume that you can go anywhere you want, I have had my BX2200 stuck three times now, so much that the tow truck driver knows where I am if he hears "Kubota" from his dispatch.
Don't bother with an extra set of turf tires, the bar tires work just fine for turf (2wd only).
Your wife is going to become very crampy about your tractor when she hears about it, only someday to admit that "this thing is pretty handy".
Steering wheel knobs are cool.
Get a Mr. Funnell to keep bad bad things out of your diesel fuel.
Take off your FEL to mow. (10 minutes vs. the time it takes to fix your garage and barn)
Get an extra set of blades and sharpen often during mowing season.
Ponder the mulcher kit, grass clipping are no fun at all.
Get a box blade, and a toothbar. I think my Woods box is nicer than the Kubota box by far.
Watch your fingers!
Don't take off your loader or implements on slopes, makes it a living hell to get back on.
Resist the urge to have the rims chromed.
Get a stash of extra pins, your're gonna need them.
Don't back into a tree going full speed with the grader box(slow gear thankfully) unless you would like to purchase and install new lift bars ($180 for the pair)
If you get a box, the adjustment for it's angle is pretty sensitive, you can go from level scraping to digging in, in about three turns of the upper arm.
Install a hitch ball on the tractor (rear) and install couplers on all your attachments like the roller, dethatcher, etc. The hole and pin deal is for the birds.
Pull out the rubber drink cup holder , you can then place a 1 liter AquaFina bottle securely in the hole.
If the tractor is straining when you take off, you have the parking brake on.
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Don't assume that you can go anywhere you want, I have had my BX2200 stuck three times now, so much that the tow truck driver knows where I am if he hears "Kubota" from his dispatch.
Don't bother with an extra set of turf tires, the bar tires work just fine for turf (2wd only).
Your wife is going to become very crampy about your tractor when she hears about it, only someday to admit that "this thing is pretty handy".
Steering wheel knobs are cool.
Get a Mr. Funnell to keep bad bad things out of your diesel fuel.
Take off your FEL to mow. (10 minutes vs. the time it takes to fix your garage and barn)
Get an extra set of blades and sharpen often during mowing season.
Ponder the mulcher kit, grass clipping are no fun at all.
Get a box blade, and a toothbar. I think my Woods box is nicer than the Kubota box by far.
Watch your fingers!
Don't take off your loader or implements on slopes, makes it a living hell to get back on.
Resist the urge to have the rims chromed.
Get a stash of extra pins, your're gonna need them.
Don't back into a tree going full speed with the grader box(slow gear thankfully) unless you would like to purchase and install new lift bars ($180 for the pair)
If you get a box, the adjustment for it's angle is pretty sensitive, you can go from level scraping to digging in, in about three turns of the upper arm.
Install a hitch ball on the tractor (rear) and install couplers on all your attachments like the roller, dethatcher, etc. The hole and pin deal is for the birds.
Pull out the rubber drink cup holder , you can then place a 1 liter AquaFina bottle securely in the hole.
If the tractor is straining when you take off, you have the parking brake on.
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