The B2920 chronicles
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tractchores
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Thanks. Pretty interesting setup. I love the cab!
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deathtoblackberries
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I unleashed the B2920 on my foe!
Before - This mess of 10 vine maples, multiple trees, blackberries, and about a foot of dead limbs and brush was my back yard.
After - I got to work with the BH65 and only the three largest stumps survived the battle. I was able to rip out all their roots and wiggle the stumps about 1/4 inch but that's all the B2920 had. I'm leaving them for the stump grinder. I gave the battle field a taste of a 50 inch reverse tine Landpride tiller yesterday just before the rain started. Some smoothing and I'm going to hit it with grass seed and fert. Oh the blackberries they went AHHHHH AHHHHH, yeah die you mothers!
The next section of my property is cleared but clay infested with 1-7 inch river rock packed down hard from the house construction. It was too much for the tiller, beat up a couple of tines so I'm going to rip it with the box blade first after things dry out from this rain. See if I can clear the big rocks then till and plant grass.
Before - This mess of 10 vine maples, multiple trees, blackberries, and about a foot of dead limbs and brush was my back yard.
After - I got to work with the BH65 and only the three largest stumps survived the battle. I was able to rip out all their roots and wiggle the stumps about 1/4 inch but that's all the B2920 had. I'm leaving them for the stump grinder. I gave the battle field a taste of a 50 inch reverse tine Landpride tiller yesterday just before the rain started. Some smoothing and I'm going to hit it with grass seed and fert. Oh the blackberries they went AHHHHH AHHHHH, yeah die you mothers!
The next section of my property is cleared but clay infested with 1-7 inch river rock packed down hard from the house construction. It was too much for the tiller, beat up a couple of tines so I'm going to rip it with the box blade first after things dry out from this rain. See if I can clear the big rocks then till and plant grass.
tractchores
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Very nice! Any action shots?
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deathtoblackberries
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No action shots sorry. I nearly stopped to take a pic of the big stump when I had it all dug out that was about a 12 foot diameter hole with roots as big as some stumps I dug. I should have taken a pic of my biggest pit, that was about 6 foot wide by 18 feet long and 5-6 foot deep. I crammed a huge pile of stumps, roots, and limbs into that thing. Whacked the roots off the stumps with my chain saw and placed the stumps in the bottom then dozed the rest in and worked it hard for about an hour with the BH crushing with the thumb and curling the pile under and down until it was tight packed and crammed down as low as it would go. I probably have about close to 2 feet of compacted clay over the top of it. Its entombed. By brother thinks it will rot and I'll have a big depression but there's no life down there in that clay, no bugs, worms, plant life, nada. My guess is that won't decay in my lifetime.
tractchores
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Remember exactly where you burried it as you'll almost certainly have a void, but it may take 30+ years to show up. We just had some show up on my parents property from land clearing done in the 80s.
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deathtoblackberries
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Because I'm smarter than your average fool government nanny, it sits there and fills itself!
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deathtoblackberries
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I completed the 50 hour service this morning, zero issues.
Engine Oil and Filter: Removed the --> 2 <-- oil drain plugs, oil filter, all drained freely into the pan without making a mess and this is with the full compliment of BH, FEL, and MMM sub frames. I did remove the front grill and left side panel to gain access to the oil filter. Removed the right side panel and hosed them all off clean while I was at it.
HST Filter: For the HST filter you need a filter wrench that unhooks so you can wrap it around the filter open ended fashion. The reason is the sub-frame for the backhoe is in the way of slipping the filter wrench on over the end of the filter. I got my filter wrench at Lowes, luckily it was the type that unhooks. Also the tractor manual states to remove the drain plugs and drain the hydro fluid then remove the HST filter. This is not necessary (per my dealer), I simply removed the filter, unscrew it a bit and let the fluid drain into a clean pan. There was maybe 1 cup of oil that drained out. It drained freely into the pan without making any mess. I poured the remaining oil out of the filter into the pan as well. Put the new filter on and poured the captured oil back into the tractor.
Checked the clutch free play and it was fine, most of the 50 hours were backhoe and fel work so I have not used the clutch much. Overall an easy maintenance, I can't see having the tractor hauled to the dealer for this. Kubota is kind of proud of their 2 filters and 4 quarts of oil, with tax it was $84.
Engine Oil and Filter: Removed the --> 2 <-- oil drain plugs, oil filter, all drained freely into the pan without making a mess and this is with the full compliment of BH, FEL, and MMM sub frames. I did remove the front grill and left side panel to gain access to the oil filter. Removed the right side panel and hosed them all off clean while I was at it.
HST Filter: For the HST filter you need a filter wrench that unhooks so you can wrap it around the filter open ended fashion. The reason is the sub-frame for the backhoe is in the way of slipping the filter wrench on over the end of the filter. I got my filter wrench at Lowes, luckily it was the type that unhooks. Also the tractor manual states to remove the drain plugs and drain the hydro fluid then remove the HST filter. This is not necessary (per my dealer), I simply removed the filter, unscrew it a bit and let the fluid drain into a clean pan. There was maybe 1 cup of oil that drained out. It drained freely into the pan without making any mess. I poured the remaining oil out of the filter into the pan as well. Put the new filter on and poured the captured oil back into the tractor.
Checked the clutch free play and it was fine, most of the 50 hours were backhoe and fel work so I have not used the clutch much. Overall an easy maintenance, I can't see having the tractor hauled to the dealer for this. Kubota is kind of proud of their 2 filters and 4 quarts of oil, with tax it was $84.
CompactTractorFan
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Because I'm smarter than your average fool government nanny, it sits there and fills itself!
Good idea with the screwdriver!
tractchores
Veteran Member
I have one of those gas cans with the tab that rests on the fuel tank opening. I do the same thing, except just prop it on the rim of the tank and it works perfectly. Kubota really designed their hoods well for this purpose! Those stupid new gas nozzles are going to be the death of me!
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deathtoblackberries
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I tried to fill my chainsaw with one of those dumb *** government nanny gas cans and spilled gas all over the place.
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deathtoblackberries
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:mur: okay I finally have begun using the 3 point hitch...you push the lever forward to lower the hitch and it stays forward and does not spring back to neutral like it does when you raise the hitch. Already I have bumped that lever several times and had the implement drop to the ground unexpectedly, once gouging my brand new concrete driveway. I'm a handy guy I can rig a spring under there probably but is it supposed to work this way??
tractchores
Veteran Member
There should be 2 down settings. One lowers it slowly and should pop back to center. The other one (if you push to the right as you go down and go past the detent) lowers it all the way quickly and stays that way (I think it's like a float for ground dragging imlements). I'm 99% sure if you don't go into the detent it pops back to center (used it today), but will check next time I walk by the tractor.
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deathtoblackberries
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Yeah the first detent does not spring back up, further when raising it will spring back hard enough that it flips forward into lower position, not all the way forward. It clearly needs adjusting so I'll have to get under there and see what the problem is. I have the flow adjustment knob adjusted just right so that it lowers at a reasonable speed without taking all day to lower or lowering too fast so I'm good there.
kcender
Platinum Member
Mine doesn't spring back from the lowering position either,don't know if it supposed to.
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Neither does mine????????
tractchores
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Ok just confirmed that I was mistaken, mine doesn't spring back from either position (up or down). It has very little resistance when in the position, once it's in the down detent it has more resistance to move back to center. It's one of those things you do so often that you forget exactly how you do it. In the non-detent lower position it should be possible to adjust it so it doesn't slam things down, the detent is 'float', so it falls with whatever the weight of the implement is.
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deathtoblackberries
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Took the tractor out today to haul some irrigation gear to the back of the house, had to drive over this small root mound up next to a tree to get around an implement (yeah they are starting to pile up in the yard lmao) anyway foot to the floor and the tractor isn't moving forward, rut roh. I'm like dang something wrong with the tranny? Remember I just did the 50 hour service so I'm thinking fluid leak or something. Backed up and pulled forward a couple times, seemed weak but then took off normal. It sat parked at the back of the house all day, then I'm pulling the tractor back around to the garage and go over the same root mound on my way back, stop to test it out and sure enough its not moving again what the heck? 
...wait for it...yeah then I noticed the rear wheel was spinning, that root mound was just enough to pull the rear tire off the ground and lose traction. Feeling very much like a tractor noob knucklehead I hit the diff lock to get moving and quickly pulled into the garage before a neighbor noticed the spectacle and hurt themselves laughing. :laughing:
...wait for it...yeah then I noticed the rear wheel was spinning, that root mound was just enough to pull the rear tire off the ground and lose traction. Feeling very much like a tractor noob knucklehead I hit the diff lock to get moving and quickly pulled into the garage before a neighbor noticed the spectacle and hurt themselves laughing. :laughing:
kcender
Platinum Member
Had a look at my 2620.The lever springs back to neutral from the raise position,either at the detent or all the way up.It doesn't spring back from lowering,either at the detent or all the way down.
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