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It\'s Like Getting a New Tractor (BX23)
Well, the BX23 had 40 hours on it.
Tuesday AM I was taking a break with a cup of coffee when I noticed a flat bed truck backing up the driveway. Picked up the binoculars (wife is a birder) and read, "M_______ Equipment Co." -- Oh, it's my new box blade, rotary cutter and tiller (plus two nice Kubota "camo" hats)! /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif We unloaded them in the barn lot, then I went out and finished a trenching job that I have been doing with the backhoe. About 5:00 PM I decided to look over the BH removal procedure so I could "sleep on it" and give it a try the next morning. Ha! Ten minutes later the BH was sitting on the barn floor. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Ten minutes more and I had the BB hooked up -- wow, it's like an entirely different machine! Really sporty looking with a Midwest brand BB20-48 blade in Kubota gray. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I finished the day by placing an order for a load of gravel for the driveway. (Pretty gutsy for a guy with a new BB, and who has never run one before!)
The next morning (Wednesday) I was going to test everything out and move them into the barn, but owing to a strong, cold, north wind I decided to just put everything inside and come back another time.
Today (Thursday) the gravel arrived -- 14 tons. Gosh, how many days is it going to take me to spread and grade this stuff? Answer: three hours, after which I go next door and grade the neighbor's driveway. (He had gotten a load of gravel last week, and had tried to level it with my old 72-inch RB on his Ford 3000.) Thanks to the many past discussions I have read here on TBN, I had a good Idea as to how to get started using the BB, and it worked just great.
Now the BX23 has 45 hours on it, and to finish off the day a pickup truck comes up the driveway with my new post hole digger! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Tomorrow (Friday) promises to be warmer -- a good day to go out and spin the tiller and cutter. Looks like we may be doing the 50-hour service before the weekend is over. Will this fun never end? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif (Yes, it will, as soon as I get way too far behind on the indoor projects!)
Well, the BX23 had 40 hours on it.
Tuesday AM I was taking a break with a cup of coffee when I noticed a flat bed truck backing up the driveway. Picked up the binoculars (wife is a birder) and read, "M_______ Equipment Co." -- Oh, it's my new box blade, rotary cutter and tiller (plus two nice Kubota "camo" hats)! /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif We unloaded them in the barn lot, then I went out and finished a trenching job that I have been doing with the backhoe. About 5:00 PM I decided to look over the BH removal procedure so I could "sleep on it" and give it a try the next morning. Ha! Ten minutes later the BH was sitting on the barn floor. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Ten minutes more and I had the BB hooked up -- wow, it's like an entirely different machine! Really sporty looking with a Midwest brand BB20-48 blade in Kubota gray. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I finished the day by placing an order for a load of gravel for the driveway. (Pretty gutsy for a guy with a new BB, and who has never run one before!)
The next morning (Wednesday) I was going to test everything out and move them into the barn, but owing to a strong, cold, north wind I decided to just put everything inside and come back another time.
Today (Thursday) the gravel arrived -- 14 tons. Gosh, how many days is it going to take me to spread and grade this stuff? Answer: three hours, after which I go next door and grade the neighbor's driveway. (He had gotten a load of gravel last week, and had tried to level it with my old 72-inch RB on his Ford 3000.) Thanks to the many past discussions I have read here on TBN, I had a good Idea as to how to get started using the BB, and it worked just great.
Now the BX23 has 45 hours on it, and to finish off the day a pickup truck comes up the driveway with my new post hole digger! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Tomorrow (Friday) promises to be warmer -- a good day to go out and spin the tiller and cutter. Looks like we may be doing the 50-hour service before the weekend is over. Will this fun never end? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif (Yes, it will, as soon as I get way too far behind on the indoor projects!)
