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Really? I know this is an old post but I’m really surprised at your comments. If you removed the money from YouTube there would only be about ten channels Left. That said I guess you do your job for charity. Your didnt seem to mind me doing a video on your Click Bond did you? We haven’t made a...

I've seen this set up on many of the GL 40 HST series tractors. When I service them I simply remove the hose with out removing the guard. It will drain like that. On the HST units you'll need to remove the drain plug on the bottom of each rear Axel housing as well to get it all drained off...

And I'm sick of it already. :laughing:

I think it is anyway :)

One thing about a good forum and that is the ability to learn from others and in this case and project I owe a big thank you to Dragoneggs. Mark told me about this product and actually is a representative for the company called Click Bond. After I installed Land Prides Third Function Kit on the...

I have to wonder why do some items get put into production some times. I bought a Land Pride grapple for the BX a few weeks ago along with the third function valve kit. Included in the kit was the FEL 3rd function control switch. When I took it out of the bag I figured it was for a Kenworth...

We stopped by our Kubota dealership the other day and was surprised to see a Kubota beer dispenser on display. Put you beer keg below and you have an instant bar. Kinda cool. I'm almost wishing I drank beer :o

Well I had my attempt at doing a fuel filter conversion on the BX. I used a filter assembly from the Grand L. You'd never believe what came out of my filter at 70 hours use. I show what came out of the filter in the video. Here's a few photos.

After I did the install install on Land Pride grapple and third function valve my little brain got to thinking and I've decided it was time for the mechanical thumb to go on the BX. Yes it worked well but it was a royal pain having to get on and off the machine to set the thumb up. I decided...

So last week wifey and I are sitting at breakfast and she says " what am I going to get you for Valentines Day". I'm thinking to myself as I'm looking at Land Prides new grapple on the iPad that this is to easy lol so I replied " get me one of these grapples and a 3rd function kits for the BX"...

Feast your eyes on this :shocked: http://www.chonday.com/Videos/snowblowvch1

Last spring when we finally got the BX I spent about two months modding the things I could see I needed to change. After I got using BX and put 70 hours on it I got to see the things that really needed to be changed. The Kwik-Con on the back hoe was one and there are a few more that I'm working...

On being the member of the month. Looks good on ya :D

Here you go folks. Just completed another mod for the BX. We'll call this one the "Kwik-Com" :thumbsup:

Well I'm usually a Miller guy BUT been looking at a little bigger tig unit than the Miller Dynasty 200DX. The Miller gear has had zero problems over the years but I like the looks of the Everlast Powertig 255 EXT. My question is. Why do the Canadian Everlast units have a 3 year warranty and...

Well Monday started out with some roller repairs to do for the local farm plus we had three vehicles out by the door to be repaired so all was lined up for a busy week. There is some much needed road work being done in front of our house and all along the main road. It's been going on for three...

Every now and then I have to go on a service call and I don't mind as long as it isn't raining, snowing or too cold. Well this week started out sunny and I got the call to head to the farm to look at a mower that had somehow became detached from the new Kubota and dug into the ground and bent up...

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I'm calling this mod #1 although I already got a few others done but I'll post on them later. This is a ripper tooth I fabricated. It's pretty well built from scrap around the shop. It weighs 36 lbs so that's not to bad considering the bucket weighs around 40 lbs. As you can see I also added a...

Today Newfoundland Kubota delivered our new BX25D. They had the QC system on it, The thumb and the tool kit. Cool little machine. My wife actually bought it for me for my birthday back in January but I asked the guys at the dealership if they could leave it on the show room floor until I was...

So the other day wifey and I are talking about the chipper/shredder that will soon be delivered with our new BX. I told her that we're going to need some protection on our heads using it with flying chips, noise and the like so off I go to our local Stihl dealer where I ordered a new Stihl saw...

You can't go out on that new tractor when it arrives wearing T shirts with all the holes in them(caused by welding :o) and then she showed me this. She made it herself. Yep the graphics and all. I think it's pretty cool especially the last photo :D Just got to worry about the copy right lawyers...

We had 120 plus kph winds. 50-70 cm's of snow then later in the day started to drizzle. I seen drifts up to five feet high. Spent almost nine hours in the seat and heading out again tomorrow :cool2:

Simple, the dealership and the people who work there. This morning Mrs. 4shorts and myself headed into the city to buy our fourth Kubota product since 2008. I'll admit that the first Kubota (Grand L 4240C) was purchased because of the Kubota name BUT the next three machines were purchased...

Ok guys here's the situation. Picking up a little BX25D and I need to get your opinions on a wood chipper for it. PTO driven. Hydraulic feed or none hydraulic feed? Brand? Is it even worth putting a chipper on a Bx25? Can't see needing anything that will chip anything over 4" and the average...

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This winter it looks as if I'm going to be doing more snow clearing than normal. I got two more contracts and considering most of my seat time is in complete darkness I wanted to have the best possible lighting I could find. After much research I found a company in the US called Exploration...

One thing that always bugged me owning the two Kubota's that I had was the 4X4 leaver. I had to try and remember if 4X4 was down or up. Sometimes I'd leave it in and sometimes I'd leave it out. Why didn't Kubota put an indicator showing with the system was in 4X4? Well I decided to do it...

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I did four new mods to my 5740 this past week. I'll start off with the easiest one. I'll post two this evening and the other two tomorrow evening. When I had my 08 4240 Cabed Grand L there was a door post switch on each door. Last year when I got the 2011 5740 Grand L there was only one door...

Our TBN member (RFB) asked me to show him the poly skin I have on my blade so rather than post it on someone else s thread I'll post it here. This is a poly plow I had on my old pick up that I later modified to fit my Kubota 4240 and now my Kubota 5740. The poly skin can be purchased at a...

Not often I get to use it in the summer months because It's used only for snow clearing. Wifey said the front fence had to go and she ordered 67 Hedge plants to go in it's place. Problem #1. No back hoe attachment but I decided to dig it with the front bucket. Actually worked out pretty good...

Hi guys. Kubota Canada got a contest on the go up here in Canada via facebook and who ever gets the most votes In for their photo will win a trip to the Super Bowl so if you could take a few seconds and cast a vote for me it would be greatly appreciated :) I could use a little trip after this...

This week we had a 1989 Zetor 7745 brought into the shop. The farm that owns it have been complaining about it's brakes for some time now. Everyone that's been working on it has been just adjusting the brakes and it hasn't done much for the braking of the machine. I don't have any manuals at...

Yep we had a blizzard and I got the proof :laughing: Blizzard March 2012.wmv - YouTube

OK I'll admit this isn't a tractor related thread and to be honest it isn't even one that I did BUT if you think about my TBN handle "4shorts" it means that my last name is "Short" and there are four of us and this thread is about one of the other "4shorts" so I hope you don't mind a proud...

Yesterday the Grammer air Ride seat I ordered from Montreal showed up. I decided to take the day and do the 50 hour service on the tractor even though It's only up to 42 hours I figured it's close enough. After I got the service work done I decided to tackle the seat. I knew there was going...

Yesterday we had high winds and plenty of snow with it. I spent the full day in the tractor and out again this morning. For laughs I put together a little video of part of the day using the tractor, snow blower and the snow bucket. If you'd like to see it go for it. :D Snow Clearing...

Well I've learned a valuable lesson. Yep. If your going to buy a gauge of any kind, find a reputable US or Canadian company that manufactures them. The Chinese just can't make them to last. I bought a digital one from an American vendor that lost one of the sectors on the display about four...

He's one of the guys I look up to on here and I'm proud to see him as Member of the Month. Congrats my friend. It's well deserved :thumbsup:

Working away at a project for the feds on one of there FRC's. One of the officers says to me, "What are you going to use for pins"? I tell him I'll make them out of some 1/8th stainless welding rods so he stays around and watches me make them. He really enjoyed watching it so I thought...

Ya I know they come with two cup holders but did you ever try and use one? Not deep enough and you need to be doubled jointed to reach them. Yesterday I needed some "ME" time so I went out to the shop, turned on the tunes and gathered up some scrap aluminum I had kicking around and after some...

I figured I'd post a few photo's of the Kubota fork attachment I put on the tractor yesterday because when I went to purchase these I couldn't find a photo of them anywhere so in posting these I hope it helps others when looking for a Kubota fork attachment or a photo of it. The forks are 42...

Well I removed the custom storage box/quad flashing LED lights off the 4240 just before I traded it and intended on installing it on the 5740 but wouldn't you you know it. The box wouldn't fit the new tractor so rather than chop it up to make it work I went a different route and started a new...

I get guys asking me "Whats involved in making a part" or what tools do you need to do this or that ? So seeing I haven't posted in this section for awhile and i had a small hub to make for a lime spreader I thought I'd document not all but a few of the steps it takes along with the tools...

Here's a little job I did last winter for a customer of mine. I purchased a old Kubota BX1800 that was used at a airport to pull luggage out to the aircraft. Got it back to the shop and ordered up an Olympia ice re-surfacer and modified the tractor to take the unit.Had to shorted the rear 3 pt...

Cause: Well I had the soot issue with the Grand L 4240 and now the Grand L 5740. The problem is or should I say was the design of the exhaust pipe on these tractors. The problem wouldn't exist If we didn't have an FEL on the machine but some of us do and like mine I was getting soot all over...

When can a grown man feel like a kid again? When his new tractor arrives. This will be the third Kubota in as many years from Newfoundland Kubota so It speaks volumes about the product and the dealer. Thanks to Todd and Darcy for another great purchase. Pictured is Todd who is one of the best...

She's at the dealer. Just arrived. Grand l 5740 HSTC with 3rd function valve and rear wheel weights. I'll post more pics later.

Been awhile since I've been on here. Shop has been busy plus we've had a lot of snow. Now that winter is over I figured I'd get ready for next winter. I ordered in a new light material/snow bucket for the tractor. I've had to move a lot of snow this past winter and with the smaller bucket that...

Drift meaning Drift HD 170 Stealth camera. I thought this might be an interesting way to mount the video camera so I did it. I had the mic turned down a bit because of the high winds so you might need to turn up the sound a bit. In some parts you can hear the freezing rain hitting the...

That's what I kept asking myself while in the tractor. Yes the new stereo has a clock but I have to go through a dozen menu's to find it so I found these great people on Ebay that sold motorcycle clocks and along with that they had thermometers as well so I went out to the tractor and measured...

Well this week I've put over 20 hours on the tractor and we got another storm on the way for tomorrow. This week I noticed one of my factory speakers was starting to make some distorted noises so I knew it was time to get them out of there for an upgrade. Although the factory Kubota stereo is...

I've had a few guys ask me to post a thread on a rear PTO guard I made over the holidays for my tractor. I did most of the bending and cutting on the ironworker and the rest was done on my Miller equipment. I did machine and knurl a stainless pin that will pull up to hold the guard up if I need...

As some already know. I use my tractor strictly for snow clearing. That being said I've only been out once so far this winter plowing snow and there's no snow on the ground here now at all. Over the holidays I managed to get some time to myself in the shop so I fabricated a PTO guard for the...

Ever buy something that you weren't really sold on until you got it. Well that's the way it was with this Jawhorse I bought. When I bought this thing I also bought it with the welding clamp attachment. After using it a few times I've come to realize just how handy this thing is in the shop...

Today we had a customer come in the shop dragging a 6 foot roller asking if I could repair it and right away. Seeing he is one of our best customers I said sure and dropped what I was doing and started in at it. The end piece was completely off and it looked as if something jammed it up because...

The best thing about Kubota is owning one and equally as good is a great dealership like the one we have here in Newfoundland, Canada. The wife and I dropped in to view the new Kubota Skid Steers and see the Kubota Rodeo Truck and what a treat it was. The guys at the dealership made us feel at...

I bet your all saying "what in the heck is a work bench adapter"? :D Well it all started this past summer when I put in a new milling machine. I had my work bench out in the area where the mill is now and I could get at my manual Ironworker and the bench vise easily at that time but when the...

Today I had to fabricate two guards for some piece of farm equipment. As you can see in the first photo the original guard was pretty bad. All the cutting of the 3/16 plate was done with the ironworker and you'll notice that all the bends were done on the ironworker as well. They were painted...

Had a few guys asking me how I cut the hols in my plate with the plasma. Well yesterday I had to cut a 3" hole in some 1/2 " plate. the smaller the hole the harder it is for my circle cutter because it don't have that short adjustment on it but I frigged with it enough to get it to work. A few...

We got to head out to the farm and weld a pin on a rock picker. I'll even let you look out the window on the way. Never mind the boys there. They get a little camera shy :laughing: There's 12 pics so please be patient :D

So this old guy drops off this old rake or what ever it's called and says that he had a fellow do a repair to the top of it and he hated the job and asked me if i could do something with it. I felt bad for the old guy so I said I'd try. Seeing there were a few different stages to this little...

OK folks lets try this. It might be easy, it might be tough but I'm sure some will learn from it. No it's not a ruler :laughing:

OK guys. Lets have a little fun. Here's a little tool that's welding related and I'm curious to see how many or you have seen it before. For those who haven't I'm sure you'll be looking for one when you realize what it is and what it does.

Here's a little project I'll share with you. It will take me up until the weekend to complete it but some of you might find it interesting. I won't say what it is right now but as time goes on you'll probably guess it. It is an accessory for the Ironworker and a useful one. I'm using 1/8th...

Well I had just left the shop yesterday and got in the house when I heard the pissh of an air brake so I knew it had to be the new Edwards Ironworker I ordered three weeks ago. This one is the 60 ton model. I ordered it with a set of punches, a heavy duty gauging table kit, pedestal die...

Well I finally got it. Took awhile but it was well worth the wait. I got a Fagor 40i 3-D DRO, everything power including draw bar. Coolant system with chip tray. I added another light to the beast and made a new bracket for the draw bar switch because I didn't like the way the one was installed...

Hi folks. A buddy of mine has a BX2200. He's looking to install a tachometer on it. Has anyone done this with there BX2200 and if so what type of Tack did you use and where could I get one. Thanks for your help.

Tonight I got the opportunity to try out our new Millermatic 350P mig welder. In regular mig mode was great but holy smoke when I switched over to pulse mode the world changed and for the better. In regular mig mode it's sounds like your typical bacon frying and does a great weld but when you...

Had a few PM's come in asking me what I'm up to these days so I figured I'd post. I'm into the busy season here but I'm also replacing some of my welding gear. There's noting wrong with any of it it's just that I have another company owner that buys up all my old welding gear each time I replace...

It's been bugging me since I bought the tractor last year. :mad:Every time I start the thing up the soot blows all over the FEL. Every time I use It I have to get the Spray Nine out and then clean it up.:mad: Some times it's hard to even get off so I needed to do something about it.:confused: I...

Here's one that you guys might be able to help me with. I'm working on a friends BX2200 and I've noticed two holes in the HST that I would think should have something in them. The question is, what's missing?

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About a month ago we purchased a new Kubota ZG222Z. Love the machine. I put a few custom goodies on it to make it got faster. I ended up installing the mulching kit on it as well. I custom built a rear bumper to pull my cart and seeing I mow a little down by the highway I put a rear quad LED...

Some of you already know that I use my tractor only for snow clearing. I've made every attempt to make it safe for both me and the general public. To add to the safety factor I installed a reverse camera with a 7" LCD monitor. I've added LED lights to the top of the cab along with a top of the...

Does anyone know the aprox cost of a new floor pan for a BX2200. Our local stealer quoted me a high price and before I buy it I would like to know what they go for. Thanks guys!

Well it's been awhile since I posted anything on here in the way of my work so I thought I would post this little project. Last week our local Kubota dealer delivered our new ZG 222 Z. This is the second machine we purchased from them in less than a year and I have to say it's because of the...

Last summer I purchased an old Toyota forklift to use around the shop. It was rough but I got it at a good price compared to everything else around so I spent some time, OK a lot of time restoring it. Basically everything had to be done. I had to remove all the paint, rust and crap others had...

This winter I've been doing a few driveways along the main road close to where I live. In one situation I have to back into the driveway and use the snow blower. The problem I have doing this is that the guys driveway always has a tall snow bank out by the side of the road and when I back into...

OK I'll admit this is not an essential option to have on the tractor but there's an ambient temp gauge on my GoldWing so I kind of liked that feature so I wanted to put one on the beast. I ordered the digital temp gauge and it cam with the sensor. some don't so watch for that if any of you ever...

This is a project that I did last spring. I came out to the shop with nothing in mind but a cart to build for a new Miller Tig welder I had just purchased and stared in cutting and welding. You might say it evolved into what it is now. Took two weeks in my spare time to complete and this is how...

Just in case anyone have missed it. I found a solution to not having a wiper delay for our cabed Kubota's. I posted it over on the "Custom" section of this site. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/135641-rain-tracker.html

About the only thing I didn't like about this new Kubota tractor I bought was the fact that it didn't have intermittent wipers. It got cruise control, ac/heat, tilt, CD/radio player but no intermittent wipers. I know that I'm being picky about this but operating this tractor requires one hand...

Last summer I purchased a new Miller 302 Trailblazer welding machine. I was going to plant it in the bed of the truck but decided to build a trailer instead to tow it around. Anyway I got it done. Tows great and it features some extra storage compartments and all led lighting. Here's how I did...

Here's a little video I did of some plowing tonight. The snow was a little wet and it was a little dark but hey, It's something to watch. I'll do one in the daytime next :D YouTube - Kubota at night

I'm a firm believer that the more lights you have on a vehicle the better the chance you'll be seen. The same rule applies to my tractor. It's going to be used on some very busy streets in less than idea weather conditions so I figured I would add a few lights to the snow blower. Rather than...

Well I finally found a back up camera that I'm happy with. Called Cab Cam it has a LCD 7 inch monitor. Comes with an inferred camera and a bunch of other stuff. Hooked it up last evening and tried it in the dark and was surprised in how well it worked. Today I had to travel the tractor up the...

These days it seems there's never enough accessory outlets in the vehicle we drive and my Kubota was no different. I found a really nicely designed accessory outlet at my local Canadian tire store and decided to install it. The new outlet is all plastic with a waterproof door on it not that I'll...

When I got my Kubota L4240 they had a ballast box laid in the bucket because the blower was attached to the 3pt hitch. I've looked at the box a number of times and don't see how it attaches to the tractor. Anyone know how this thing attaches? Thanks for your help.

I was looking for a way to mount a small telescopic shovel on the tractor along with a stainless steel poker I made just in case I need to use it to unclog the blower some time in the coming winter. Problem number one was not having any room in the cab to store the stuff and problem number two...

Seeing I'm not using my truck for plowing anymore I decided to adapt the plow to the Kubota . I've had the poly plow new and it was ten years old so it needed a little work to bring it up to snuff again. Took me about 25 hours from start to completion to do the modification but It's all done and...

Well considering I'm going to be plowing snow and snow only with my tractor I've never liked the fact that the back side of the bucket wasn't very high. All the equipment I've ever operated that had a bucket always had an extension on the top of the bucket to reduce the chance of snow falling...

I've had a few guys email and ask me what the other buttons were on my joystick so I figure the bast thing to do is post it in a separate thread and that way if anyone else wants to see it they can. I'm getting my new tractor ready for the coming winter. It has a quick change system on the FEL...

Everything starts with an idea and today was no different. My head is full of ideas and the wife says I'm nuts and she's probably right. Anyway my new Kubota Grand 4240 had this tube on the loader attachment. I said to myself that seemed to be a terrible waist of space and seeing I needed a...

For those of you that own a L series Cab model and was needing to install an emergency light on it and didn't want to put it directly on top of the cab I did it a different way. Here's the link. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/128798-emergency-light-mount-kubota.html

Well considering I'm using my new Kubota L4240 strictly for snow clearing I figured I'd better get the strobe light off my now retired plow truck and adapt it to the tractor. The roof of those tractors are plastic so I didn't want to mount the light up there plus I didn't want to drill any holes...

Well I received an email from a fellow member asking to see the in-cab mirror I planted in the beast last night so I'll attach a picture of that along with a few hooks I mounted on the bucket. I also removed the ugly rear round top cab lights and replaced them with ugly round LED lights.:D...

Just got back from the dealer and tested my 4240. Had them install the third function valve as well as the LA854 loader and Blower. I'm still waiting on the deflection thingy for the chute. They had the cutting edge on the bucket and the beast got front fenders. Do they all have front...

Well I took the plunge yesterday and purchased a new Kubota L4240 Grand Cab series tractor with HST plus. It has 42 net HP and 35 hp at the rear PTO. I also got the Kubota L2674 rear snow blower with it that includes all the hydraulics's to move the shute. The 3rd function valve will be...

Hi everyone. I'm in need of a few opinions. I've been snow clearing with my 1993 GMC truck doing the same two parking lots now for 13 years. The lots are located right accross the street from me so there's no traveling time. I also do my own driveway which is about 500 feet long so I've been...

Looking to see if anyone knows what a good price would be for the L4240 Grand Cab series with a LA854 loader? Is the new model year for these tractors soon coming out? I was talking to the salesman at Kubota and he quoted me $1100. to install third function valve. Don't know if that's good or...

Hi all. I've been looking at the Kioti DK45hst with cab but the local dealer for Kubota stoped in this morning and showed me there L4240 Grand cab series with a LA854 loader . I really like the look of the tractor but there trying to sell me a wallenstien gx720 backhoe attachment with it. I was...

Hi all. I'm going to be purchasing a new 2009 Kioti DK SEH 45 HP tractor and was wondering what you other Kioti owners were useing for service info. Can a factory service manual be purchased from the dealer for these machines. When I purchased my GoldWing I purchased a factory service manual...

Hi everyone. I have never seen a Jinma other than on the net so I haven't a clue what there like. I would like to but a 30-40 hp tractor for snow clearing so it would need a loader attachment plus I would like to have a backhoe for it. Would Jinma be worth looking at? I know there are folks who...

Hi Everyone I'm new to this site. I'm located in Newfoundland, Canada I have a question that I'm sure someone would be able to help me with. I'm thinking about buying a Kioti tractor for the main use of snow clearing. I have a 500 ft driveway & also have two small parking lots that I do for...