Recent content by TimRice

I use a B2650 on several properties that total about 150 acres. They are mostly wooded with some medium sized pastures and small food plots with trails to maintain. I mow, harrow, maintain the road into the property, put of fence and gate posts where needed, haul bags of corn, and spread...

Sounds like something I should consider next time I service my Kabota B2650. I already have a can of touchup paint for the bottom of the bucket and other high wear areas. (And I WISH I had a cab every summer, and every time it rains!).

My Dad bought us a B2650 because it was as large as he could go without Emissions equipment. In the years since, he has learned that the Re-Gen cycles are not that bad on the midsized tractors and they don't even drop power while doing it. He regrets not getting a larger tractor at the time...

After you get a hitch and a trailer, you will want to practice in an open space where you can lay out some cones or other items to act as the "edges" of your imaginary roadway. Steering is "reversed" when dealing with backing a trailer. The easiest way I found to deal with it is that when...

After the video played through, it offered one of a similar shop making Hydraulic cylinders. Interesting side note, the video looked like it was flipped. All the bolts were threading on Lefty Tighty and Righty Loosey.

I spent a summer working in a Machine shop. The only difference between that shop and the "facility" in the video was the volume of space we had around our tools. It was just as dirty and noisy.

A quick Google search for High Cube Shipping Container Dimensions brought me to a page describing the container dimensions. It seems to indicate that while the Height of the Container is 8 feet, the door is still only 7 feet 5 3/4 inches tall.

I changed the Oil and Hydraulic filters on my B2650 and in the "excitement of the moment" I forgot to put the fill plug back in (I had set it on my harrow) and drove away. I realized what I did just as I was going to sleep that night (horror). I'm unable to find the plug (need to get a new...