Recent content by B7510

In the past I have seen posts regarding some very nice pto driven leaf blowers and vacs that were either off the shelf or home made rigs. I know you guys (and gals?) have some toys you are proud of. Lets see what ya got. Looking for photos and details.

Uncle Kenny\'s Backyard Forge I needed to bend some 5" x 1/4" plate today and quickly realized that my trusty plumber's propane torch was not up to providing the amount of heat needed. It was a bit more complicated by the fact that I needed to put a curl in the plate instead of just a straight...

re post: PTO Shaft Keeps Falling Off Well folks. I thank you all for your input but it turns out that the shaft was not properly machined. The grooves that the ball bearings snap into were not deep enough. My dealer, Greg Mouser, Kubota Central, Clare, MI, called me Monday just after...

Back in February/March of this year I purchased a mower deck as part of a Kubota package (B7510, FEL, 60 blower & mower). Well spring up here North of the 45th has finally progressed to the point where I needed to mow the lawn for the first time this year (May 16). Shortly after starting to...

I just started into the realm of "make it yourself" and ran into a problem. I had a couple of 3-point impements that I wanted to build. I wanted to know how the dimensions between the 3-point connection pins on an implement affected the way the implement tilts when lowered and lifted. I...

I've seen a lot of posts regarding 3-point carry-alls and bucket forks. Both look very handy. So, when I got my new welder I had to decide which to build for my second project. (First project was a welding table, of course.) Well, see what you think.....

I need to haul some large (1 1/2 - 2' diam) rocks from the back 40 so I can rebuild the old timber retaining wall thats starting to loose it. Was thinking of welding up something shaped like a 3-point bucket, but made up of series of pipe, sort of like a manure bucket. The ground is a bit...