The B2650 count down has begun!

Dan33Klein · Mar 4, 2018

I can get a parts list together. Ron’s thread is really good at showing the build.

Dan33Klein · Mar 4, 2018

Had to do a little work to get the quick hitch going but works now.
Have a line up on two tillers so
Hopefully I can come up with something soon

Rock Crawler · Mar 11, 2018

I went out with the B2650 this morning with the box blade to play with. It was still frozen when I went in, then everything started to grease. I tried coming out my normal in/out trail and that clearly was not going to happen, so I used a cross trail called V Ditch trail to get to another trail that was more solid, but I got hung on V Ditch and had to phone a friend to get my Rhino to come winch the tractor up V Ditch with the Warn RT 4.0 (4000 lb) winch. Thankfully the Rhino danced into woods and had no trouble pulling the B2650 up the hill. Picture is while I waited for my BIL too get here, get my Rhino and come find me. It's still too sloppy for tractor play, this is still UTV weather here in Western PA.

Rock Crawler · Mar 11, 2018

Oh, and I went to a farm estate auction and paid $400 for a Greenline EM5000 post hole digger. I have no idea if I over paid or not, not do I know if that unit is considered good or junk. Let's hope it's decent.

Dan33Klein · Mar 11, 2018

Looks like an eventful day.
I still have not pulled the trigger on a tiller yet.

But the kubota decals you suggested getting and the rubber grips for my rear remote levers came in at the dealer.

Need to work on the levers this coming week.

Rock Crawler · Mar 13, 2018

I had some clean fill dropped today. It's always a great day when I get an excuse to pull the tractor out to play!

I love my B2650 Crazy Larry Edition

EverythingAttachments · Mar 14, 2018

This YouTube channel will probably be interesting for you B series owners. Brian and Terry, who are new to tractors, recently purchased a B2650 and they're sharing their projects and experiences during the journey of transforming a forest into a farm. Check out the Forest to Farm Project and follow along. Brian is very talented when it comes to making videos!
One video is about their trip to Everything Attachments and Ted makes a cameo appearance. They purchased an EA Xreme box blade as their first 3 point attachment.
Travis

Rock Crawler · Mar 14, 2018

Travis,

How wide of a box did they go with? I have a 60" box and loaded 15-19.5 rear R4 tires and I really wish I had went bigger! The only time I get stopped is in thick/wet greasy clay or if I drop the teeth and catch a good sized root. Otherwise I don't really feel the full loaded box back there. Just wondering if you tried a 72" behind this machine to see how it reacts?

Dan33Klein · Mar 14, 2018

Rock Crawler said:
Travis,

How wide of a box did they go with? I have a 60" box and loaded 15-19.5 rear R4 tires and I really wish I had went bigger! The only time I get stopped is in thick/wet greasy clay or if I drop the teeth and catch a good sized root. Otherwise I don't really feel the full loaded box back there. Just wondering if you tried a 72" behind this machine to see how it reacts?

Larry,
We have the same tire setup and I went with the 66” box blade. Little more room than the 60 but not as much cut as the 72. My dealer said it will be about everything the b2650 can do to pull that 66” loaded up. I would not want to go bigger

EverythingAttachments · Mar 14, 2018

Rock Crawler said:
Travis,

How wide of a box did they go with? I have a 60" box and loaded 15-19.5 rear R4 tires and I really wish I had went bigger! The only time I get stopped is in thick/wet greasy clay or if I drop the teeth and catch a good sized root. Otherwise I don't really feel the full loaded box back there. Just wondering if you tried a 72" behind this machine to see how it reacts?

They went with our 60" Xtreme Duty Compact model, which has 4 ripper shanks with 3 hole adjustments to maximize traction for small tractors ripping and grading in hard/difficult soil.

For those not as concerned with traction, our 60" and 66" Xtreme 30-70 box blades have 5 ripper shanks with 4 hole adjustments. The 30-70 is also heavier, which increases counterbalance for loader/Wicked Grapple work!

To me, 72" seems awful wide for a B series, but, as always, width is up for debate because different people have different circumstances.
Travis

Here's a 30-70. Pretty sure it's a 60" on a B2650.