BX25D. Mod #1 and continued.

farmgirl19 · Sep 6, 2013

Thanks, once again, 4shorts, for ALL of the info that you share!

4shorts · Sep 6, 2013

trihounds said:
Paul - I don't know what you have for a generator connection - pony panel / sub panel / backfeed (illegal here) etc - but my Hydro company allows the use of a product called "Generlink", which is an adaptor that goes onto the meter that accepts a special plug from a portable generator. It is essentially a transfer switch right at the meter that allows the use of any circuit in your home, recognizing the wattage limit is about 7K from the gennie. Since I put it in 2 years ago, my gennie has run a grand total of 4 hours on it, lol!!

I'm very interested in seeing the box you make for your unit...thanks for sharing your work with everyone.

Hum. Don't have anything like that on our poles. We usually just add another lock out panel next to the house panel. I like your way though. My buddy who is an electrician is always trying to do something for me so I'll let him do that part. Well you know how it is. Once you prepair for a disaster it will never happen :laughing:
I've checked everywhere for the right box to run the generator in and there's no such beast so stay tuned. I'm going to fabricate it. :thumbsup: Thanks for the info and commenting.

ericdube said:
I have the same exact Honda generator. I bought it a 1.5 years ago after we lost power for an entire week. Ironically, I haven't lost power since!

Also, the wireless remote works really great - the only trouble I ran into was installing it. While it's easy to install, Honda had incorrectly packaged the wrong instructions with ALL of their initial kits so it left me scratching my head for a bit trying to figure it out. Took a call to tech support to finally get a hold of the correct directions, otherwise, it was simple to install. (They even sent me a Honda hat in the mail reporting this issue to them!)

Very interested to see what you come up with for a shelter. I looked at doing something a while back, but never followed through with it.

Finally, I ended up going with the L4760 - just waiting on everything to arrive at the dealer and get setup. Should be a fun first project using it to install the ShelterLogic.

Nothing worst than bad instructions

Glad you got it worked out. I picked up my remote today and it only took ten minutes to install it (right instructions thanks to you

) I did discover I had to leave the key in the ON position for it to work but it works well.

Seeing you have the same generator I wanted to show you these cool little lights that I found at Princess Auto. They are LED and stick on with a built in battery. Great when your fumbling around in the dark and needing some light. Here's a few pics. They could be used for basically anything and for less than $3.00 it was a nice find.
Congrats on the tractor. Pictures? I love pictures

Thanks for posting.

Sorry about the picture quality folks. Taken with the iPhone

farmgirl19 said:
Thanks, once again, 4shorts, for ALL of the info that you share!

Oh my gosh girl. It's me that need to thank you and the others. If no one chimes in there's no point in me posting

PapaPerk · Sep 7, 2013

Those decals with the clear coat are really cool! Nice work!

dragoneggs · Sep 7, 2013

4hshorts... I am looking forward to your enclosure. I want to do the same for my Honda 3K... I have it on a mechanical interlock at the main service panel. I assume you will make it more or less standalone or as an appendage to the house? Also curious as to how it will be ventilated but secure? :confused3:

4shorts · Sep 7, 2013

PapaPerk said:
Those decals with the clear coat are really cool! Nice work!

Thanks. They look really nice up close. Wifey did a set for my buddies custom truck and loved them. She did two more tonight for me and a custom bunch tomorrow. Adding the clear gives them an expensive durable look.

dragoneggs said:
4hshorts... I am looking forward to your enclosure. I want to do the same for my Honda 3K... I have it on a mechanical interlock at the main service panel. I assume you will make it more or less standalone or as an appendage to the house? Also curious as to how it will be ventilated but secure? :confused3:

Yup I'm doing it just for the house as a back up system. The inclosure will be built out of 1/8th and 1/4 steel plate. It will be very secure with a custom cooling system, it will put the fear of God in some and other parts of it will make some laugh but it will be very functional and perfect for our needs

dragoneggs · Sep 7, 2013

Those decals are first class... lucky guy that wifey keeps up with you... or is it the other way around???

4shorts · Sep 8, 2013

dragoneggs said:
Those decals are first class... lucky guy that wifey keeps up with you... or is it the other way around???

Thank you sir. Well our friends tell us that one is as bad as the other so we are very capable people. She just did a few more for upcoming projects.

farmgirl19 · Sep 8, 2013

I wish I had one of your wife's decals for one of my rigs! :thumbsup: Maybe one summer, I'll get to travel again, and see some of y'all's work, firsthand!

4shorts · Sep 8, 2013

farmgirl19 said:
I wish I had one of your wife's decals for one of my rigs! :thumbsup: Maybe one summer, I'll get to travel again, and see some of y'all's work, firsthand!

Well that's a wish we can make come through. I'm sending you a PM

lovemytoys · Sep 8, 2013

what did the remote start run??can it be pick up online? thanks im also looking foward to seeing the venting

4shorts · Sep 8, 2013

lovemytoys said:
what did the remote start run??can it be pick up online? thanks im also looking foward to seeing the venting

Up here the remote from the dealer retails for $257. My price $220. I could have got it online for $187 but by the time you factor in shipping and duty it would have worked the same or a little more. I could have adapted an automotive remote start to it but it wouldn't have been a clean install and the OEM was basically plug'play. I have a Battery Tender on it so there's also a slight mod that needs to be done to the auto start to be able to use the tender on it other than that it was a breeze. Starting the generating operating shelter this week. Should be fun :thumbsup:

BelarusBulldog · Sep 8, 2013

Great little lights on your gen.

Looking forward to your next build! :thumbsup:

4shorts · Sep 8, 2013

BelarusBulldog said:
Great little lights on your gen. Looking forward to your next build! :thumbsup:

Somehow I remember someone giving you a set :laughing: Drop by and see the remote start. I'll show you the little mod that needs to be done to keep the Battery Tender on.

4shorts · Sep 8, 2013

Yesterday was the perfect day to get a few tractor chores done. Wifey and I decided that we would not do anything else with the property for the rest of this year because we just have to many projects to right now. As some will know, the 5740 is used exclusively for snow clearing but this summer we got to use it in conjunction with the BX25D so It really needed to be serviced and cleaned up which I did in great detail including any paint that needed to be looked at.

I also did the BX as well. It's now in it's stable and the only time I'll see it is to fetch it to fit the newest mods to it. The 5740 has it's snow blade back on and it's cleaner than new and in it's stable as well. The next time I place my butt in it there will be snow on the ground.
So these are a few photo's of the day. I did end up mowing the grass in the dark lol but I got it all done. :cool2:

dragoneggs · Sep 8, 2013

What a beautiful day! I figure I have about until Halloween to continue outdoor projects. Just gets way to wet after that. Problem is the number of available days are much less due to my heavy business travel in the next two months. Looking forward to your generator mod... Hope to be right behind you on that one!

PapaPerk · Sep 8, 2013

4shorts said:
Yesterday was the perfect day to get a few tractor chores done. Wifey and I decided that we would not do anything else with the property for the rest of this year because we just have to many projects to right now. As some will know, the 5740 is used exclusively for snow clearing but this summer we got to use it in conjunction with the BX25D so It really needed to be serviced and cleaned up which I did in great detail including any paint that needed to be looked at.

I also did the BX as well. It's now in it's stable and the only time I'll see it is to fetch it to fit the newest mods to it. The 5740 has it's snow blade back on and it's cleaner than new and in it's stable as well. The next time I place my butt in it there will be snow on the ground.
So these are a few photo's of the day. I did end up mowing the grass in the dark lol but I got it all done. :cool2:

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/4sh...740 C3hst/Winterizing/w1_zpsb447dc0d.jpg.html

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/4sh...740 C3hst/Winterizing/w2_zps48036682.jpg.html

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/4sh...740 C3hst/Winterizing/w3_zpsc8ed7f28.jpg.html

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/4sh...740 C3hst/Winterizing/w6_zpse808fc20.jpg.html

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/4sh...740 C3hst/Winterizing/w5_zps1398181c.jpg.html

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/4sh...740 C3hst/Winterizing/w4_zps49fc79a0.jpg.html

Looks good 4Shorts. Feels good to have clean and serviced machines. I have to do my 700 hour service on the 3830. Not looking forward to it. I believe it's time for hydro fluid change. Blah!

What brand led lights are those on your backhoe? I'm planning to add some to my zero turn when I get it. I'm usually mowing into the night as well! Lol

2Bad4u · Sep 9, 2013

Love those decals and the tractor pixs - thanks for sharing.

-- Bill --

4shorts · Sep 9, 2013

dragoneggs said:
What a beautiful day! I figure I have about until Halloween to continue outdoor projects. Just gets way to wet after that. Problem is the number of available days are much less due to my heavy business travel in the next two months. Looking forward to your generator mod... Hope to be right behind you on that one!

Saturday was fantastic but Sunday was crazy with record amounts of rain. On the way into the city we seen vehicles off the road including tractor trailers. People just won't slow down. In a 45 minute drive we seen five machines destroyed. Haven't hear if there were any injuries yet.

Ya this having to work for a living sure is a royal pain so I know what your talking about when it comes to time and lack of it. I'll have all the steel on site by tomorrow to start the gen shelter. I'm still waiting on some hardware but that shouldn't be long. I need to pour a cement pad to place it on so there's plenty to do. Now the evenings are getting so short

I don't think I'll do progress photos on the gen shelter. Not sure if there's enough interest to justify that. I may just do a video of the final completed project but you will get to see it :thumbsup:

PapaPerk said:
Looks good 4Shorts. Feels good to have clean and serviced machines. I have to do my 700 hour service on the 3830. Not looking forward to it. I believe it's time for hydro fluid change. Blah!

What brand led lights are those on your backhoe? I'm planning to add some to my zero turn when I get it. I'm usually mowing into the night as well! Lol

Oh ya. Clean is good. Got the two of them like new again. The hydro change is the worst. Trying to get the right container under the drain and then making sure it will hold enough fluid but it has to be done.
The rear lights are 3" Cree. Nice lights. The front ditch lights are Rigid. They are nice but not cheap. I really don't see a lot of difference in the two and I like them both. Rigid has nice packaging but that don't matter once on the machine. I usually never now at night. I just had so much to do Saturday I got caught in the dark.

2Bad4u said:
Love those decals and the tractor pixs - thanks for sharing.

-- Bill --

Welcome Bill. Glad your enjoying it all.

ultrarunner · Sep 9, 2013

My unlce had an old military surplus Winco generator for his cabin.

He built a small "Concrete" bunker into the hill which eliminated any noise reaching the cabin...

Used the set up for about 30 years till the county ran power to the area.

PapaPerk · Sep 9, 2013

Paul... Great video on the exhaust, camera and wiring! Excellent information.

Its funny you mentioned zip ties not cut smooth. I started a post in Kubota buying forum about new Kubotas having zip ties sticking out. It would be awesome to get your comments on there.