Kubota dragon soft underbelly

[RickOliver]

My new BX2230 had all of 6 hours on it when the fuel line was severed by...a stick. That's right a stick, and not a very big one. Luckily the rip was near a connection point and there was enough slack for me to just cut off the bad part and reconnect, but a lot of diesel fuel got dumped on me and the ground in the process.

While I was under there poking around I noticed that there seemed to be a lot of very exposed lines. I guess they wouldn't be so exposed if I had a mid-mount mower, but I didn't buy a tractor to mow the lawn. In fact, I don't have a lawn. Any thoughts on attaching a metal plate -- or even a piece of wood -- to the mid-mount brackets to protect this creature's inordinately soft underbelly?

 

[btolle]

Do a search on "skidplate" and/or "skid plate" and you will find several threads including some pictures of skidplates folks have built.

Ground clearance was my primary reason for buying a B7510 rather than a BX2230.

Bill Tolle

 

[tjkadar]

We had a dozer that was put out of commision by a very small twig of a tree. The dozer had skidplates, a protected operator's station, and lots and lots of shielding. However, there was a very small hole near the underside of the operator's station where a fuel line fitting went. The part was about 69 cents, but the labor to take everything apart to reach where the stick had gone... $400! Sometimes its the small stuff that gets you, not the big ones.

 

[milkman]

Do a search on "skid plates", also here's another one. Soft Underbelly

 

[gsganzer]

Here's my take on the BX2200. It was designed for a primary task of cutting grass very well and secondly to do other tasks adequately. It's low ground clearance and "tender underbelly" is a hinderance to "off roading".

As opposed to the B7500, that is designed to do other tasks very well and secondly cut grass adequately.