pattern change on bx25 backhoe

DT86 · Apr 3, 2015

All you have to do is swap the hoses around..
From this very thread...

axo938 said:
well i was able to change the pattern, only took about an hour to switch hoses. its more like a 10 minute job but it is so tight to work on it took a little longer but its a pretty simple switch. kubota has all the hoses color coded, i thought that was a nice feature. they do a good job building these machines.

flienlow · Apr 3, 2015

DT86 said:
All you have to do is swap the hoses around..

Where? On the hoe? if so, which ones?

DT86 · Apr 3, 2015

flienlow said:
Where? On the hoe? if so, which ones?

On the valve block, where your control levers connect.

dragoneggs · Apr 4, 2015

CHDinCT said:
The only BH controls that don't make sense to me on my BX25 are the stabilizer sticks. Push out (away from you) to raise them and pull in to lower them. That is 100% wrong in my mind. Sitting in the seat, pushing away from me feels like the stab's should drop, not raise. Same with pulling them in. After 20 months of ownership, I still have to stop and think about the stabilizer controls and get it wrong about 30% of the time. Maybe some day I'll reverse the hoses on them. Everything else is second nature at this point.

Chris, I missed this but good bump from our new BX friend, flienlow! I too feel like this is counterintuitive.