BX25D. Mod #1 and continued.

4shorts · Jan 7, 2014

512high said:
Great work Paul! Just go to Kubota corporate and show them how its done!!!!! (Philip from NH)

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:laughing: Thanks Philip. Glad you like it.

dragoneggs · Jan 7, 2014

Hey Paul... I keep poking around your website and trying to find the 'ORDER' button.

4shorts · Jan 7, 2014

dragoneggs said:
Hey Paul... I keep poking around your website and trying to find the 'ORDER' button.

Look no farther :laughing:

ericdube · Jan 7, 2014

The workmanship on your Kwik Con is just spectacular! Paul, your talents never cease to amaze me. Excellent job and thanks for sharing your work with everyone!

farm88 · Jan 7, 2014

4shorts said:
Look no farther :laughing:

The link does not wrok.

Kubotafan · Jan 8, 2014

farm88 said:
The link does not wrok.

It doesn't "wrok"? Try again. You will make 4short's day!

4shorts · Jan 8, 2014

ericdube said:
The workmanship on your Kwik Con is just spectacular! Paul, your talents never cease to amaze me. Excellent job and thanks for sharing your work with everyone!

Thanks Eric. Hey how's the new machine and that great Arctic blade? Nice set up buddy. It would get a good workout here. We have had the snowiest December since 1901. Over 100 cm's. :shocked:

Glad you like the Kwik-Con :dance1:

ericdube · Jan 8, 2014

4shorts said:
Thanks Eric. Hey how's the new machine and that great Arctic blade? Nice set up buddy. It would get a good workout here. We have had the snowiest December since 1901. Over 100 cm's. :shocked:

Glad you like the Kwik-Con :dance1:

It's good to hear from you and happy new year!

The Arctic blade has been working *really* well for me. I'm extremely happy with it, and I would recommend it in a heartbeat to anyone. I'm really glad I learned about it after seeing the Arctic installed on your L40, otherwise I probably would have never known about it. I also posted a few pictures in the snow removal forum of TBN in case you haven't seen them yet. Hopefully, I can take a video of the blade in action during the next storm (been meaning to, but I'm usually in too much of a hurry that I never get around to setting up the camera.)

As for the L4760, it's a been really great (I've put just under 40 hours on it now.) There are a couple minor issues that I'm dealing with at the moment. The new bucket level indicator system on the L60 is prone freezing the rod in the sleeve assembly if not *well* lubricated (I should probably create a thread about this to warn folks.) I ended up finding out about this the hard way and broke the pivot bracket in two places during the first snow storm we had. Luckily, I still had my welder setup in the barn, so I able to quickly remove the bracket and repair it so I could keep plowing. I have a new bracket on order since the original bracket was badly deformed from the LA1155 loader, but it's backordered until end of Feb.

The other issue I've been dealing with is a low voltage problem where the alternator appears to be only putting out < 11 volts at idle. The tractor is at the dealer now, but they haven't been able to reproduce it. In all fairness, the issue has been intermittent for me as well. Although, I'm really hoping they can figure it out what's wrong since it's been driving me nuts while I'm out plowing at night. The radio either cuts-out (when the flashers are on it goes on and off in sync with them) or just stops working altogether when too many things are powered on at the same time. Otherwise, I still really like the L4760 and I'm very glad I decided to move up to the L-series.

I'm sure all the snow fall has been keeping you very busy. Do you still have a lot of snow removal contracts this season? Glad to see you still have time to work on these cool mods. It's still one of the main reasons I keep coming back to TBN to see what else you've come up with! :thumbsup:

aczlan · Jan 8, 2014

ericdube said:
The other issue I've been dealing with is a low voltage problem where the alternator appears to be only putting out < 11 volts at idle. The tractor is at the dealer now, but they haven't been able to reproduce it. In all fairness, the issue has been intermittent for me as well. Although, I'm really hoping they can figure it out what's wrong since it's been driving me nuts while I'm out plowing at night. The radio either cuts-out (when the flashers are on it goes on and off in sync with them) or just stops working altogether when too many things are powered on at the same time. Otherwise, I still really like the L4760 and I'm very glad I decided to move up to the L-series.

Is that 11 volts at the alternator output bolt, or in the cab? Sounds almost like a ground or hot wire with a corroded connection that gets worse as it heats up...

Aaron Z

ericdube · Jan 8, 2014

aczlan said:
Is that 11 volts at the alternator output bolt, or in the cab? Sounds almost like a ground or hot wire with a corroded connection that gets worse as it heats up... Aaron Z

It's 11 volts measured between the alternator output bolt and the chassis. While I realize the alternator will put out maximum voltage at throttle, I don't know what it should be at idle. However, 11 volts doesn't sound right to me (wouldn't I be essentially draining my battery with my accessories powered on?)

Thanks for the help!