Kubota Modifications

[AU247365]

New owner of L2800 with Loader. Looking for ideas for adding work lights and mods for the bucket

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

Welcome.

This is what I did for lights on my B3300SU



Tons of stuff in the Customizing section that would work for you. Doesn't matter the brand of tractor for these mods, any colour will still give you some more ideas

 

[WaxMan]

Nice work Farm Boy, the switches look factory. Nice placement.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

New owner of L2800 with Loader. Looking for ideas for adding work lights and mods for the bucket

What all do you plan on doing with the tractor? Mowing, grading, clear brush, this will help us to give you some ideas, some cheap, some not so much.

 

[94BULLITT]

Welcome to the Forum.

Here are some light brackets I made for the BX out of a piece of angle, flat stock, and carriage bolts.







I added the switches to the light. There is a link in my signature on how to do that. I like the color that LEDs put off.

For your bucket mod's start by adding some weldable grab hooks to it.

 

[Ken45101]

I agree that the bucket hooks are the most useful mod. It only took me a dozen years to learn to weld and put them on!

 

[LD1]

Some opt for a tooth bar @ $300+

I went with bolt on teeth for inder $100

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/199977-my-new-bucket-teeth.html

Teeth are nice. Great for digging, and for lifting things, and pushing brush.

I cant help with the lights...

 

[kcender]

A spill guard is nice for the bucket,allows for a place to add hooks.This is what I did on my previous L3240.

 

[Ken45101]

A tooth bar provides a thick edge to strength the bucket, something you don't have with bolt on teeth. Of course, it depends on how you will be using it. I hit a lot of rock with my digging (skid steer) and ended up with a dedicated tooth bucket. Of course, everyone's needs are different.

 

[bandaidmd]

Welcome.

This is what I did for lights on my B3300SU

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Tons of stuff in the Customizing section that would work for you. Doesn't matter the brand of tractor for these mods, any colour will still give you some more ideas

I thought of mounting my lights low like yours, my concerns

I wear glasses, any glare/reflections with lights at eye level behind your head?

When turning to look rearward don't they shine in your eyes?

I see you have a little bit of shielding ,was that enough?

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

Nice work Farm Boy, the switches look factory. Nice placement.

Thanks, that was the intention. Took some work to find the right ones.

I thought of mounting my lights low like yours, my concerns

I wear glasses, any glare/reflections with lights at eye level behind your head?

When turning to look rearward don't they shine in your eyes?

I see you have a little bit of shielding ,was that enough?

I also wear glasses. The shielding was needed for two reasons.

When I first mounted the lights, I didn't have the shielding and couldn't even use the front light. It would reflect off my glasses while driving forward and obviously blind me when I turned to look backwards as I was looking straight into it. I knew I'd need the shield before I mounted them but needed them mounted to figure out the size of the shield. It's about 4" wide and covers from about the 10 o'clock position to the 4 o'clock position, held on with a stainless hose clamp. Another 1/2" of coverage would have been good but works well enough as is. I made it thru all last winter's snow removal with it like this. I'll probably play with it a bit when I get around to mounting the other pair of lights on the other ROPS post.

With the hyd valve also now mounted, I can raise the valve another 1.5 - 2" which I plan to do

 

[Gordon Gould]

All you guys do some nice work :thumbsup:
Mine is a little rougher.

Your L2800 is similar to my L3010. The flat rear fenders make it easy to add a big (or small) tool box. I also added a grapple with the grapple control lever beside the loader lever.

 

[WaxMan]

All you guys do some nice work :thumbsup:
Mine is a little rougher.

Your L2800 is similar to my L3010. The flat rear fenders make it easy to add a big (or small) tool box. I also added a grapple with the grapple control lever beside the loader lever.

Very nice, I like the extra teeth on the sides of the bucket. and the second lever looks factory. That tractor is ready for WW III

 

[AU247365]

Use will be bush hogging and land clean up. Maybe a little on the small side of tractor size for now. Working to clean underbrush on 20 of 40 acres

 

[C4Ranch]

Best mod ever..... Spinner knob for the steering wheel! :thumbsup:

 

[ritschner]

Rear 3-point lever