The B2650 count down has begun!

[Rock Crawler]

Thanks Gents,

I just got home from watching the Eagles stomp the crap out of the Vikings. Congratulations Eagle fans.

Your picture and videos gave me the answer. My indicator does nothing because I have the standard bucket...i.e. there is no place to install that lower lever to the bucket. Why would the dealer deliver such a feature which is inoperable on this model? The mechanic simply zip tied the lower lever to get it out of the way

Cheers,
Mike

It's all metal, can't you weld a nut or whatever you would need to the bucket to attach?

 

[oldballs]

It's all metal, can't you weld a nut or whatever you would need to the bucket to attach?

Thanks, RC. That's the answer, but will see what the dealer has to say since I'm not a welder.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Thanks, RC. That's the answer, but will see what the dealer has to say since I'm not a welder.

If you need me to get you measurements so you know where to place the connection point compared to the pivot point on the loader arms, I can do that. Everything would need to placed correctly at that starting point to get the rod end linear motion ratio to match up with the bucket rotational motion. That is what I can see being the challenge, my bucket back wall is likely forward of your back wall because the SSQA plate is taking up space. But even that is not insurmountable with a calc-you-ma-later and an engineering degree.

 

[oldballs]

Thanks again, RC. The dealer is picking it up today to fix it, along with another minor issue. May his cal-you-ma-later be as accurate as yours.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[Rock Crawler]

Thanks again, RC. The dealer is picking it up today to fix it, along with another minor issue. May his cal-you-ma-later be as accurate as yours.

Cheers,
Mike

Lets hope that get you all squared away and your happy with the results. I am happy that I was possibly able to be of some help to you.

 

[oldballs]

Here's the dealer fix promptly done.

Cheers to B2650 owners,
Mike

 

[Rock Crawler]

Sweet! You got what you wanted.

 

[Dan33Klein]

Glad you got it figured out.
Got a text from the dealer on Wednesday saying the 3rd function kit and the 3ph parts shipped. And he thought that was a good indictor that everything else would be following soon. But have not heard anymore..

 

[Rock Crawler]

Man, I was almost able to feel physical pain while I was waiting for my B2650.... Like a kid at Christmas time

 

[oldballs]

Glad you got it figured out.
Got a text from the dealer on Wednesday saying the 3rd function kit and the 3ph parts shipped. And he thought that was a good indictor that everything else would be following soon. But have not heard anymore..

I don't know why (never asked) the dealer said that this model doesn't have rear add on hydraulics. I had hoped to get power to the Top Link.
Some critiques mention that the factory installation has a poorly designed mounting on the ROPS.:confused3: Maybe it has been discontinued.

May yours, Dan, be what you want.
Cheers,
Mike

 

[Rock Crawler]

It's still available for a rear set of hydraulics as far as I'm aware? It's kind of dorky looking, but who cares at the end of the day. If putting a second and third pair of lines out to the rear means that you clamp to the left vertical ROPS bar.... You get your hydraulics to perform your work.

To me, if I wanted rears, I'd get over the aesthetics of it purely because of the functionality of it.

 

[Dan33Klein]

I wouldn’t go with the factory setup. It looks terrible out on the ROPS. Not to mention th want over 1000$ for them. For 350$ you can do them yourself and make them look a lot nicer and more
Factory looking than out on the ROPS. I will make a thread when I do mine. I am going to do 3 spools. I may even spend the extra money and do electric over hydraulic. 3 spools on 3 rocker switches. No levers to pull.

 

[oldballs]

You guys with mechanical skills are above me. My degree was in philosophy.

Yet, I have since learned to bust my knuckles, get dirt in my eyes and burn my hands....the newbie way.

 

[Dan33Klein]

I am going to mount my valve down along side of the transmission and have hoses coming back to 6 couplers.(3 sets of remotes). If I can’t figure out a nice way to route the levers up to the operator station then I am going to go electric over hydraulic. Definitely more money but easier. Just need to figure out where to mount the 3 switches. Either way it will be less than half the cost of the kubota kit and won’t look hideous with hoses running up to the ROPS and that valve sticking out there. Even my dealer said he is embarrassed of kubota thinking that’s the “correct” way to do it.

 

[Rock Crawler]

This past weekend I added large D-Rings and 3/8" weld on chain hooks.

The chain hooks will be strictly for attaching to the trailer, the D-Rings will be for lifting/moving objects.

I'm going to add 2 hold to the rear on the horizontal plate that is part of the backhoe frame, then 2 more on the vertical plates that are the backhoe subframe. That way I can chain it down with or without the backhoe.

 

[Dan33Klein]

Looking good rock crawler

 

[Dan33Klein]

Dealer called and tractor is on its way! He said the tires have not shipped yet and are coming from another warehouse because they couldn’t be ordered as a package with the tractor. Hopefully it gets here soon and they can have it setup and ready to go and the tires come soon. Can’t wait much longer

 

[Rock Crawler]

Are you getting spacers behind the 15" wide as well, or just doing the rims and tires? I did the spacers, my sidewall to sidewall width is 60.5".

I did check total length of the B2650, bucket flat and bucket rolled in tight.

 

[Dan33Klein]

I decided to hold off on the spacers for now. Just went with the bigger tires. I sure hope the tires do not hold up the tractor. I just finished the fabricating on my snow plow for it last night and it’s getting sandblasted/primes today. Calling for snow in the forecast.

 

[Rock Crawler]

I back blade plowed snow when we got a heavy/wet 8" a couple weeks ago and just used mid range. There was zero stress on the transmission in mid range. I was using a 72" blade.