Clearing Land With The FEL, Digging Up Hard Ground For Topsoil + Backfilling Huge Stump Holes!
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2022
- #KubotaBX #FEL Clearing a small Patch of wooded land with the FEL to make room for a log pile. Digging up hard ground with FEL to use for fresh topsoil + Grading/Backfilling some very large stump holes!! #Digging #Grading #TopSoil
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I've said it before but you are the most talented bucket operator I've ever seen! Wow.
Hey thanks man I really appreciate that! Your a good man, I hope all is well in your neck of the woods and hope your staying healthy buddy!
Yes sir, all is well! Thanks buddy. See you soon :)
Another job well done. The BX does make quick work when you are experienced like yourself.
Thanks Paul! The Bx really is such an amazing machine, I truely don’t know where I’d be with out my little tractor. It’s made me so much money over the years and had done so much work for me it’s just mind blowing.. plus I woulda never started this UA-cam channel if I didn’t have one so I’m very thankful for my BX. I hope you had a great 4th and thanks for watching!
I can absolutely watch you run that Kubota bucket forever you are the best I’ve seen using it, another excellent job and video biff!!!
Hey thanks buddy, I appreciate it! Hopefully some day you guys will be able to watch me use more equipment than just the Bx too.. some day I want to expand equipment wise but I plan to hold onto the BX prolly forever haha. She’s my first love
That thing looks so fun to operate !!! I can watch it all day, I gotta get me one!! Great video my friend!!
Thanks buddy! I hope your doing well, glad to hear you enjoyed the video!
💥 Great video! I like your editing on this one and the upbeat music.
*Keep on tractoring!*
Thanks Jon, glad you enjoyed! Had to dig pretty far back in my wound track collections to find those ones but every once in awhile I find a gem in my folders packed full of music haha. Hope you had a great weekend 👍🏻
Best part of your videos is watching Diesel inspect your work lol
Haha yah he’s a little trooper man, stays right by me and Certainly does inspect things after.. tho I think he’s more after the roots he can rip out of the ground 😂
Another day, Another good Biff video ;)
Thanks buddy, Hope your doing well! I’m just glad I’m not plowing snow 😅😅
It's nice to see an operator who realizes you do need to get out of the seat every now and then to do the best job.
Thanks Edwin, you got it man, not enough people wanna get off their machine to do hand labor.. sometimes you just have to if your want a job well done and I’m not afraid to hop off to remove bigger branches/bark, or larger rocks from the material I’m grading as this helps the grading process. I also don’t mind going back over things with a rake when I’m done ..tho many times I don’t even have to. Thanks for watching!
That pup is very patient. My dog would have brought every stick and root back! Nice work, back to the building now!
Haha yes he is! Tho he was going back and forth looking for roots he could grab ahold of with his teeth so he could attempt to rip them out of the ground haha. He’s a good dog, very well behaved and knows how far he needs to stay from the tractor at all times which makes me happy. Sounds like you have quite the dog too! Thanks for watching 👍🏻
This is where it’s nice to have a tiller to pulverize everything before you move it! Great video, gotta love the bx!!
Haha yes I agree a tiller woulda been great to break loose that sod specially some of the larger chunks of fine roots! Thanks for watching!
Your place is really coming along
Thanks Jason I appreciate it, felt great getting out in my back yard finally for the first real time this summer! Been so darn busy lately I havnt had a chance to do the jobs I wanna do.. more so been doing everything for customers. Hope your doing well!
Great FEL work again! I loved the regular speed work because I could see more how you do the little movements which gets these great results. Time lapse is always fun but the regular speed gives me the clues how I can get better. :)
Haha thanks Tekker! I hear that a lot from guys so I try to put in the regular speed FEL work as often as I can.. or whenever the job is small enough to allow it.. others love the time lapse too so I try to do a fair bit of both in each video now a days. Glad you enjoy my videos and thanks for watching. I hope you been doing well man, I always try to remember who each one of my commenters are and i know you’ve been watching my channel for awhile now so thanks for the support!
I really appreciate your videos. I bought my first tractor in my early 70s and knew nothing about operating one. Your videos have helped me learn many techniques for operating a front end loader. Thank you!
Thanks Mike, I’m glad to hear that! Sometimes all you need to do is see it be done a few times first and I know I’m like that myself for a lot of things.. if I can see it being done I know I can do it. Nothing wrong with that and I’m glad to hear your picking up some helpful techniques from my videos! Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Little tractor does great work! Great video!
Thanks David, it sure does! The little BX impressed me every single time I use it, it never lets me down and ALWAYS does what I ask of it! Thanks for watching!
Nice work..You give the BX a good work out each time.
Thanks Ron! That little BX has certainly done a TON of work for me, and made me a ton of money in the process.. I seriously don’t know where I’d be with out it! Hopefully I can keep it around forever 👍🏻
Great job as always
Thanks Todd!
Great video, looking forward to the pole barn build.
Thanks Mike! I hope to start on it in the next week or two so I’ll keep you guys updated!
Looking good at clearing up the property. Nice finding that dirt, I have a few secret stockpiles around my property, but it's nice to find them eh?
Thanks Ross! Haha your right it’s Always nice when you can find a few secret piles of hood topsoil on your property. Sometimes when your doings project all you need is a bucket or two to finish it off nicely so it’s always good to have extra dirt/fill laying around for instances like this. Thanks for watching!
Always impressed with your loader work. Many of my customers would question if my little b tractor could do the work and end up being surprised how much these little tractors can get done with a skilled operator. Keep up the great content.
Thanks man I appreciate it, your right a lot of people just have no clue how much work can really be done with such a small machine like this, compact and sub compact owners get that comment often but surprise people when they actually see them in action! Thanks for watching! Some day I plan on buying a B2601 or a B2401 (if I can ever find one.. the B2401 is rare
@@BiffsEquipment I ran a b2601 for 5 years, great machine. I worked it hard and was always pushing it past what it was really made to do. I had the backhoe and a few other attachments. I only had issues with the rear diff lock. I've since upgraded to an m59
@@InspiredCraftsman very cool! Glad to hear your keeping it in the family, Kubota makes some incredible machines.. tough as nails, glad to hear you had the same Expedia experiences I have!
@@BiffsEquipment I bleed orange, lol. My buddy put 6,000 hours on his b7500(not kind hours either) tough machines and great motors. I'm sold on the hydrostatic transmissions. Resale is great too, the retained value of my b2601 made it possible to upgrade to the m59.
Thanks for another video sowing what the BX is capable of doing. What RPMs are you running at when doing landscaping digging? Are you maxed out or running a few clicks down on engine speed, yet getting max PSI from the pump? I know gas powered machines have different attitudes about max. RPM usage. One of my neighbors wants me to do a practice basket ball court and I am leaning towards doing the job digging with a mini excavator instead on digging the pad out using the FEL on my machine. Always enjoy watching your projects.
Thanks Wayne! As for the engine RPM I usually run around 2600-2800rpm as I find that full rpm from 2800 doesn’t add much hydraulic pressure it only really adds more flow.. it also becomes louder the more RPM you run. I find I rarely ever go above 2800ish unless for certain situations
I watch all your videos. Great work. I am a bx owner also. Was wondering do you have protective plates under your tractor?
Hey Micheal! Glad to hear you also own a BX, they are sure incredible machines to own! As for protective plates I have none.. it’s absolutly mind blowing that I have not broken my HST fan yet with all the land clearing I do, I always planned on buying the bxpanded under armor kit but never have yet. Just have to be careful and watch the branches or saplings you drive over to make sure one isn’t poking up in such a way that it can take out your HST fan and drive accordingly. Happy Easter and sorry I just saw your comment!
Another great video. I was kind of hoping I’d see you preparing you pole barn building site
Thanks Scott! Yah me too but unfortunately it’s gonna be another week or two before my builder has time to come help me.. we plan on doing the posts, framing, and roof all in a single weekend so hopefully it goes to plan.. then the rest I plan on doing myself with friends and or family 👍🏻
Another good one!! Made short work of that pile! When does the new garage/workshop/studio start going up? Can't wait to see it put together. Thanks
Yah Andrew, the bx did make quick work of it ! As for the pole barn it’s prolly gonna be another weekend or two till we start on it.. hoping to get the poles set, framing finished, and roof done all in one weekend.. I may hold onto the video tho untill it’s at least 80% complete tho I havnt decided yet, I know you guys are excited to see it and so am I! Thanks for watching!
Saw you had a new video and was looking forward to seeing you break ground on the new shop. This was some decent work that shows very well what our little Kubota's are capable of. I was wondering if you had the BX Expanded Underbody shield to protect everything underneath including that ridiculously located plastic fan. I had a stick jammed up there once but it missed the fan just barely so I immediately ordered the shield and feel much better when I'm clearing brush.
Thanks man, the BX certainly does a lot more work then most would think or give it credit for thats for sure! As for the body armor I have not purchased it.. I never ran any protection and some how I have never broken my HST fan like so many others.. and I’ve cleared acres of land with it unprotected.. BUT I have had sticks lodge up into the fan before, Iv heard them hit the fan and have had to shut it down to rip out the stick before.. since then im just very cautious and look to make sure im not driving over a stick that’s pointed towards the fan and I try to be careful.. thankfully all my fins are still on my fan and it’s still in great shape .. the bxpanded body armor is excellent protection for the price and I been meaning to pick one up since i got my bx 3+ years ago but never got around to actually ordering it.. tho I still would like to get it some day as you can only get lucky for so long!
@@BiffsEquipment It comes off in just seconds to put your mower deck back on but with 2 acres of grass I bought a Cub Cadet Zero Turn and will never cut grass with a tractor again.
How does it feel being the best in the world at using a subcompact bucket?
Haha 😂 I’m not sure I’m the best in the world but I really appreciate the kind words! What helped me get really good with the bucket was clearing acres of land when I first got my Bx .. this will help you learn quick. Thanks for the support buddy 👍🏻
I would like see how it feels riding in a Second Gen Dodge Ram Cummins truck like yours.
Thanks Jeff, I’ll see if I can send you some videos sometime 👍🏻
You gotta find yourself a nice Cummins 2nd Gen sometime man, you’d love it. I know you like these trucks as much as I do
Are you floating the bucket when scrape? I have the same thing I have to do and only need to go a couple inches in one spot the dig a deep hole to bury my left over rocks
Hey Chris. No I usually never use float when I’m digging like this.. float will cause the bucket lip to dig further down into the ground on you than you want to go, sometimes I’ll use float to drop the bucket to the ground but then I pop it out of float before I start moving forward.. out of float the loader will maintain its height and won’t be sucked down into the earth like it would be in float.. as for digging the holes deeper to burry the stumps,. This works with rocks like you said but I don’t like doing it with stumps because as they rot away the ground will continue to sink for many years to come so I always remove the stumps completely and burn them. Thanks for watching!
Does your bucket have float ?
My bucket doesn’t float, nobody’s does. The loader on the other hand has float, most tractors do have that. Why?
Hey Biff, did you have any dramas getting the La344 on the BX2370? I recently picked up a BX2370 with a mower deck and want to put a FEL on. My local Kubota dealer (Northern NSW in Australia) has quoted me $7k (AUD) for an LA243SGBA but I'd love to copy your set up with the newer LA344 FEL. PS thanks for the inspiration!
Hey Andrew, as for the loader we had no issues what so ever. The only thing that needs to be done is they’ll need to remove the hydraulic quick manifold from the new loader and instead install 4 regular pioneer fittings.. the hose lengths that were on the 340/344 work just fine as long as they replace just the manifold with the 4 standard pioneer couplers. I would absolutly buy the 340/344 over the older 246 because not only is it a better loader with the quick park but it also can have a loader level indicator and Lastly it may even be cheaper than the older loader since the 340/344 are more readily available. Best of luck lmk how you make out 👍🏻
@@BiffsEquipment legend! Cheers Biff
Alright so shit is getting real... Kubota has 0% financing till the end of June and I'm thinking about buying new so I can finance. You ever run a BX1880 or other generation of 18hp? An 1880 is $17k vs $20k for the BX2380 the way I'd want it setup... I keep feeling like I'd regret getting the 18hp instead of the 23hp. Not having regrets is worth $3k right?
Get the one you want. You’ll be dead in 50 years! Enjoy life now!
Hey man sounds like it is about to get real! Hopefully things work out for you in purchasing your new BX! Let me know which model you end up going with.. the 18hp model has a few key differences.. the biggest being the engine HP obviously but the other is the fact that it has smaller tires which a lot of people don’t realize… just be sure your aware of that before purchase.. the smaller tires will make it so it’s got a bit less ground clearance, it will also make it not put the power down quite as well as a 23-26hp BX but it will still do an astounding amount of work and many of my subscribers have 18hp Bx’s and have been very happy with them! Another thing to note is that with the lower HP comes alot lower PTO HP.. so if your planning on doing alot of heavy mowing with the belly mower, or alot of use with rear PTO implements then yes the extra 3k is absolutly worth it.. not only that but the 23-26hp retains its value a bit better so there is that too.. but kubotas in general have really great resale value so I wouldn’t worry about that so much as the PTO HP and smaller tires. If all your really doing is loader work and attachments that don’t use a PTO then the 18hp BX is for you.. but if you plan on doing other things like I stated above then you’ll prolly wanna spend the extra money..
PS.. If the smaller tires is the only big con for you then check out some articles/threads online as you can add bx23-bx26hp tires on your 18hp BX which will give you the same ground clearance and power to the ground as the larger HP Bx’s.. as the rest of the tractor is damn near identical aside from the HP and prolly the seat. Best of luck and lmk how you make out! 👍🏻
@@BiffsEquipment damn dude that's some invaluable information. I knew about the smaller tires but didn't realize you could change them out. Resale is something I never thought about either. I got 3 acres to mow so the 60" deck and bx23 would be better.
I did some honest number crunching and all I can say is screw this economy. If I was making money with the thing on jobs like you do I would be at the dealer now... I might have to wait till the next 0% sale though. I think about buying used but then I don't get great financing options, and I kind of want to break the thing in myself. I got a pair of wheel horses each with 1500+ hours on them so I'm all about making shit last...
@@balconio1172 very good man glad I could help! Yah the economy is not good right now. It’s a sellers market not a buyers market.. both used equipment and new is going for insane prices right now. I just spend over 14k just in materials for a 24x32 pole barn But it was something that had to happen so I’m ok with it but wasn’t happy. Iv been wanting a mini excavator but ever since COVID hit I havnt been able to find one at a decent price like I could before COVID.. so now I’m also waiting. Don’t be afraid to wait a bit but also keep your eye out on the market and auction sites as you may get Lucky and find a nice machine with only 300 hours. Buying new is nice cuz you can take care of it from the very beggining so I’m with you there, and it’s fun to go through the break in process and all that If your spending the money but if you find a machine with 300 hours or less you can pretty much assume it’s like new so long as it wasn’t beat on or trashed. I got my bx used with 300 hours myself and you see what a great machine it’s been for me.. it came with only a belly mower and nothing else and I slowly bought and installed everything else to it including the loader. A farmer owned it while only used my bx for mowing a 6 acre field .. so I knew it couldn’t have been abused just being on lawn duty.. these are the deals you wanna find. Best of luck with your search! Wheel horses are great, they have always been one of my favorite garden tractors
@@BiffsEquipment yeah man I can't wait to hear more about the barn... That's the other thing, I know once I have a tractor with payments on it I'm going to need a decent place to store her and it'll spiral into a barn build. Keeping the horses on the dirt in a harbor freight tarp shed is okay but no way I'm doing that on a new Kubota that's worth more than my truck. The bitch of it all is prices might never go back down to normal...