The B2650 count down has begun!

[Rock Crawler]

I'm totally and fully in love with this thing.

 

[Dan33Klein]

Looks fun!!
Sean said you were out playing in the snow this morning!

 

[Rock Crawler]

Heck yes! Using the tractor is a horrible slow and inefficient way to do this... So it's perfect! I spent 3 hours on the tractor doing what my UTV and Warn plow could go in 20 minutes. But, I got to have tractor time! Always great fun.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Listen, I might kind of suck at the whole video making thing... But I try. Here is my first YouTube video with the B2650.

Kubota B2650 Day 1, Loader Snow Removal - YouTube

 

[BX23S-1]

Listen, I might kind of suck at the whole video making thing... But I try. Here is my first YouTube video with the B2650.

Kubota B2650 Day 1, Loader Snow Removal - YouTube

EXCELLENT VIDEO LARRY...! Love your black lab, absolutely adorable. I subscribed to your youtube channel too.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Thank you. I see videos produced so awesome, I know that mine are bad compared to most. I don't really know how to do much with that stuff, and honestly... It takes a lot of time to sit down and work on videos. Those folks that do such professional looking videos must have some tricks that I don't know. I try...

 

[Rock Crawler]

By the way, this morning I dropped the backhoe and put the 3 point together and mounted the 72" rear grader blade. I ran to a neighbor's place a mile away and plowed their driveway with it. It actually worked really well. I was impressed with the rear blade, it's not as good as using my UTV and Warn plow, but it gets the job done just as well, but much slower.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Oh, and I wanted to test the traction of those big meaty tires in snow and on a hill. That shocked me the most! The amount of traction it has its beyond anything I could imagine.

I was able to drive right up along the side of the house.

Also, ran to the local Walmart for some Power Service winter additive and saw that the shelf is wiped out of the 911.... They have the summer and the winter mix, but they are cleaned out of the emergency blend.

 

[Milo]

Oh, and I wanted to test the traction of those big meaty tires in snow and on a hill. That shocked me the most! The amount of traction it has its beyond anything I could imagine.

I was able to drive right up along the side of the house....

No problem going forward or back but be a little careful with R4's on side slopes I found them to let the tractor slide sideways down hill pretty easily, say in snow, ice, wet grass etc.

I had them on my previous B7500 but after a few years I ordered a set of wheels with turf tires mounted because the R4's were nicking up the yard where I turned when mowing. Anyway come late Fall I always took them off and put the meatier tread Industrial's on for dealing with snow. One year snow came before I swapped the wheels so I went out and plowed with the turf tires still on and low and behold the tractor did a lot better in the snow and ice with the turfs. Actually surprised me. So I ordered my B2650 with turf tires, if my use includes a lot of loader work on bare dirt or mud I'd probably have been better off with R4's. I still may pick up a mounted set if I can find them for a good price.

 

[Rock Crawler]

For me, I have a couple miles of fairly steep logging trails that are clay, this is going to be a common place to use the tractor. Then I'm using in the nearly 3 acre side yard, but not using around the house on the sod yard.

While in sure that the turf tires are great, I wanted the heavy carcass of the industrial with the bar tread that will support harder digging. I guess it's like anything else, there is no right or wrong, there is only what is right for the individual set of conditions.

 

[mljenkins]

Oh, and I wanted to test the traction of those big meaty tires in snow and on a hill. That shocked me the most! The amount of traction it has its beyond anything I could imagine.

I was able to drive right up along the side of the house.

Also, ran to the local Walmart for some Power Service winter additive and saw that the shelf is wiped out of the 911.... They have the summer and the winter mix, but they are cleaned out of the emergency blend.View attachment 535785View attachment 535786

My wife found the same at Walmart last week when it was super cold, no 911. Advanced Auto had it. AA was out yesterday when I got the winter treatment bottle I use but the guy said he ordered 15 cases that would be there in the evening. Guess a lot of other people were cussing too.

My R4s have shocked me with the snow. Absolutely no issues, much better than my previous tractor with R1s in the snow. Granted in the thick mud I already noticed what others said about sliding sideways when steering. I would have never done as much as I have with the driveway this year.

When you attach your 3 point does it pin up quick or do you have to manually bolt it on?

I hear you on videos. I hate editing. I’d rather be sitting on the tractor. I guess some folks have more patience. I can’t stand to hear let alone see myself more than once so the editing drives me insane. Thankfully some of these other folks are good at it as there are a lot of good videos online these days.

 

[Rock Crawler]

My wife found the same at Walmart last week when it was super cold, no 911. Advanced Auto had it. AA was out yesterday when I got the winter treatment bottle I use but the guy said he ordered 15 cases that would be there in the evening. Guess a lot of other people were cussing too.

My R4s have shocked me with the snow. Absolutely no issues, much better than my previous tractor with R1s in the snow. Granted in the thick mud I already noticed what others said about sliding sideways when steering. I would have never done as much as I have with the driveway this year.

When you attach your 3 point does it pin up quick or do you have to manually bolt it on?

I hear you on videos. I hate editing. I’d rather be sitting on the tractor. I guess some folks have more patience. I can’t stand to hear let alone see myself more than once so the editing drives me insane. Thankfully some of these other folks are good at it as there are a lot of good videos online these days.

It pins on in seconds. You have the 2 pins/clips at the tractor end of the sway bars, the 2 clips at the end of the lower arm shaft (and the 2 spacers), 2 pins/clips at the upper hydraulic.... I'll call it the cast wishbone thing?, And then the pin/clip on the top center link. Total time... After building it all... About 3 minutes on or off. No big deal.

 

[Dan33Klein]

Rock crawler,
When your out admiring that beast would you mind measuring the width of your rear wheels?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[BX23S-1]

Thank you. I see videos produced so awesome, I know that money are bad compared to most. I don't really know how to do much with that stuff, and honestly... It takes a lot of time to sit down and work on videos. Those folks that do such professional looking videos must have some tricks that I don't know. I try...

Outstanding buddy, awesome job!

 

[Rock Crawler]

Rock crawler,
When your out admiring that beast would you mind measuring the width of your rear wheels?

Thanks in advance!!

60.5" at the sidewalls.

 

[Dan33Klein]

Thank you. So I would be at 57.5 without the spacers.
60 tiller and box blade would barely cover the tracks

 

[Rock Crawler]

I put my 60" Titan box blade on tonight and you can tell looking back that your tires are wider... I should have bought a 72". It's brand new, I bought it a few months ago for my BX25D but never used it before I sold my BX.

 

[Rock Crawler]

I also measured 58.5" outside corner of tread blocks across the back tires. So that would be the track you leave in the dirt, but to physically fit it into a space it's almost exactly the 60.5" at the sidewall that you would need to have space for.

 

[Dan33Klein]

Do you think a 72 box
Blade is to much for a 2650?

 

[dragoneggs]

Looking good, RC. Not sure if available for your B but if you are wanting to a bunch of 'tearing into earth', you should look into a Piranha Tooth Bar for your bucket. I can't recommend it enough. Best mod I did to my BX.