Kubota grass catcher question
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milkman
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I've got a thread here somewhere that deals with exactly that, I'll see if I can find it for you. Didn't have to extend the pipe.
OK, found it. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/87494-bagger-install.html
OK, found it. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/87494-bagger-install.html
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YotaBota
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Milkman thanks for the reply. Nice job on your mods. Kubota has made some changes to how the bagger hooks up now. First, the 3 ph isn't used. On each side of the trailer hitch is a hook as part of the frame, then above that are 2 pins with sleeves, and then of course is the center link. I'll put some pictures together tonight (try). So maybe I'm going backwards with my thinking...
Stradbash
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That is a nice solution for that tractor and that bagger.
The bagger for the BX25 however drops into the BH cradle and also uses the upper BH mount points. The only part of the 3PH it normally uses is the top link. Converting to a 3PH mount may well make it easier to mount, but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. I think the mounting system is OK but do agree that getting it there is a big pain in the neck. From time to time I give thought to some sort of dolly that could be made to help with moving and mounting, but I've yet to have the right storm in my brain...
I used to fight with mine. With time, I learned not to. I "walk" it by sliding one side, then the other, to tractor (my barn runways are asphalt, so it slides fairly easily). Rock it back on its stands and ease it over bottom BH mounts. Then attach toplink and adjust to raise catcher toward top mounts. For me, hardest part was getting PTO to line up as I tightened toplink. The trick, thanks to a board member, is to make sure splines/yoke are well oiled. After I learned that, getting the PTO shaft on and top mounts attached has been a matter of adjusting the toplink...no more manhandling. When not in use, I store pins and those @#& spacers in place on the catcher...helps me remember to slip the upper spacers into top mounts before starting install...
ModMech
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YotaBota
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Hey ModMech, you must have had to do some mods to put it on that 2410-or do you have it on a z turn? I considered somethng similar, but thought that I was doing the right thing going with a factory unit....but things are not always as they should be, so some sort of modifications are in order. I've considered a dolly as well. And I think that the dolly would have to have hydraulics on it like a floor jack. What I have done is used my auto hydraulic jack to manuver and jack up to get it into place, then just ease it off into the BH hooks, then pump it back up into the BH pins, then attach PTO and centerlink. Its still a bit of a production, but fortunately its not something that gets taken off every week. Maybe the answer is just s l o w d o w n
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MOdtech did you get the ProVac18 or the DumpandGo unit. The dont list Kubota on any applicatipon charts. Did you have to make your own mount or did they supply it??
ModMech
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They were not 100% sure that no modifications would be needed, but as luck would have it, none were. Simple bolt-on set-up that is removable in 2 minutes, install is a little linger due to alignment but under 5 minutes.
I did get the ProVac 18, looks like the ones pictured in the link but is mounted to the 3pt arms so it lowers and raises with the deck
I did get the ProVac 18, looks like the ones pictured in the link but is mounted to the 3pt arms so it lowers and raises with the deck
