#76 Kubota B2601 Compact Tractor BECO Box Blade : Final Grade
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Getting one more chore checked off the list. I use the Kubota B2601 Compact Tractor and BECO Box Blade to finish grading the last part of the driveway I needed to get done before fall. Enjoy! #boxblade #kubotab2601 #compacttractor
I sure do enjoy going back and watching your videos again
Thanks Shaun!
G P learning something new is always a blessing keep us posted on your uses of the Kubota and equipment
God Bless
PaK
I just got a box blade and this video helped a lot . Well done sir
Good morning! Happy it helped a little. Funny thing, that blade is probably the most simplest looking attachment I have, and it took me forever to eventually learn how to use it ( I'm still learning). LOL. Best of luck and all the best!
Good job. Box blades take a bit of practise to use. “A few minutes to learn, a lifetime to master!” Lol
I know with mine, at the end I like to lengthen the top link as far as I can so you are only dragging the rear blade
on the ground and it does a great job for the final grade instead of dragging your bucket around.
Great quote Keith - I like it!! So true. Thanks for the advice, I will give that a try next time. Thanks for watching and always appreciate comments. Cheers!
GP, That came out nice! When you have a driveway long like yours a box blade is a great implement to keep it up and smooth!
Good morning LA. Yes, worth its cost for sure. Plus, I enjoy doing it myself. Cheers!
Good Job! Looks like you are getting the hang of it.
You bet Rick. Getting a little better each time. Thanks for saying hi! Have a great week.:)
Nice job GP! Not only getting better. You are good at it! Now I want a box blade.... Maybe I'll make one! Thanks for sharing!
LOL Joe! I know you can make one if you wanted to. If you need me to send any detailed pictures and measurements to you, just let me know! Perhaps a good project over the winter time. Cheers!
Quick question for you. If you want your blade to dig more or less, do you tilt the box blade by increasing or reducing the length of the top link? Thanks!
Good morning Joe. I was told by several subs that if you want it to dig more , you lengthen the top link, so I always shorten it to tilt the top of the box towards the tractor. It seems to work well for me as it never digs in too much, but always just enough. Cheers!
Thanks GP!
Gp i love my box blade. When I got my tractor about 3 months ago, one of the empliments I ordered was the box blade. After the second day when the wife was out of town I decided to try it out on my drive way. When she got home she thought I had ordered a load of rock and re-graveled it.
I was surprised myself at how good it looked as I had never operated one before. They sure make an old drive way look good. Take care bud, you did a good job too. Looks nice.👍👍👍
Hey good day Dean! LOL. I'll bet she was very impressed at your handy work. Sorry for the delay but I seem to have missed a whole bunch of comments last week. That box blade does work great and save a lot of $$ to have someone else come in to grade it. Thanks for the support as always - have a good weekend!
Awesome looking property!
nice job looks good, i see you have read the book about "practice makes perfect"
you're on the way to being there with this tool. the CHAINSAW you still scare the heck out of me but it will also come in time.
thanks for sharing
LOL Mean Joe!! Thanks.:)) Wait till the next one that I fell. I have been getting expert help from my neighbour Guy. Hey also, I tried to respond to your last comment you sent over a week ago, but you included a website URL, and the way I set up the channel, it blocks comments with URLs. I found it in the Held file but when I tried to release it, it disappeared. Have a good week and thanks again!
Great video for me to learn from! can't wait to pick up my machine because I really need to get working on my driveway!
Hey Jeff! You must be pretty excited- hopefully you are able to sleep. LOL. Only a few more days :)) Cheers!
Yes I'm very excited! I could've picked it up tomorrow but we're still waiting on the 3rd function kit to arrive so I opted not to pick it up until everything was ready. That way I can bring everything home in one trip. My dealer is 90 minutes away and I don't want to make unnecessary trips.
Good call. Hard to wait but you'll be happy to have it all done once. Have a great weekend and let me know how it goes!
The driveway looks nice. It will look even better after a light rain.
Nice! Thanks Roger!
Great video GP. Unfortunately, I'm out of coffee, so I guess I'll get ready for work! Peace.
LOL! Good morning HH. Always keep an extra cup in the pot here for ya! Cheers and hope you have a great week!
Nice job
Have a nice week !
Cheers!
Very nice. You are catching on
Thanks AKdad!
You are getting good with that tractor! When you are grading with a box scrapper you ideally want to have your scarifiers set below your deepest hole. It will give you a much better job that will last a long time. I know this can be difficult in rocky ground. I live in coastal Maine, I have an intimate knowledge of rocky ground.
Thanks dp! It certainly is- some spots are one rock after another as you know. But that makes sense. I will try doing that the next time. Thanks again! Have a good one.
dp pmm, I really like your saying: " intimage knowledge of rocky ground". I know what you mean, I live in a mountain...
looks great!
Great job G.P. your videos never disappoint my friend and I've realized that I can give a thumbs up before even watching.
I've never really graded with my boxblade, you make it look easy. I usually loosen up things with it then just use the loader. I found for smoothing and not really pulling much material I leave my bucket level with slight down pressure and adjust as needed. Then at the end of the drag I roll the bucket back slowly and it helps spread it evenly so there's no hump where I stop. Hard to explain with words, and everything finds stuff that works best for them. I look at it this way, it's just basically dirt. You can't hurt it and there are many ways to the same outcome.
I wasn't saying any negatives, I hope it didn't sound like it. I'm not good with wording. Drives looking great and can't wait for the next video.
Sorry about writing a book here.
Hey good evening Bill! No, not at all negative - all good. I am glad you explained it. I do similar things now. I started doing the same thing towards the end of the drag with my bucket, I rolled it back slowly because I found out, by accident, that it eliminates the hump I used to get. So now I do it every time. After I use the box blade, I start dragging the bucket in float but sometimes it doesn't level it so I go back and use down pressure just as you are saying. You are right, we all figure out our own way of doing things and we learn a little from each other - all good my friend. I feel more confident now , knowing that you also do those things. Thanks! See you on the next one!!
thank you
Nice job JP
Thanks Teddy!! Have a great week!
Your getting the hang of it Gp and Now you know your tractor to .
Thanks Leo!! Cheers!
Dropping a LIKE on your video sir - this was impressive to watch! I want to smooth out twenty acres of field - but this was a solid demonstration!
Hey good morning Ray and thanks! 20 acres? Now that is going to be a good project. Let me know how it goes! Have a great week!
Good technique. It looked like you had the box blade tilted forward a bit so that it rested on the front blade when lowered. This allowed you to evenly spread most of the material collected when you pushed it back. I will give that a try next time i work my driveway. Thanks.
Good catch Terry! That's why I always push backwards all the material I pile up at the end of the run. It leaves just a little gap on the rear blade which allows me to return the material evenly back over the area I dug out. Cheers and good luck!
Great video's. You can make videos longer, they are great to watch.
Good morning and thanks! I am happy you enjoy them. Have a good weekend!
That’s it GP. I’m putting your name forward to get hired on grading all the construction work that’s constantly going on, on the 401 corridor. Not sure what it pays but it will be lots of steady work and you’ll be having fun at the same time
LOL Darcy!! I think it pays pretty good. Plus, I'll get the winters off. Cheers!
GP looks like you’re getting the hang of it, but I have one suggestion for 💭 thought 💭if you have the funds you might want to look into getting a hydraulic cylinder for the top link on your three point hitch. It will make life so much better.
Hey Don. Thanks - A few folks have suggested the same thing. I think I will put it on the wish list maybe for next year. I can see how it would make a lot of jobs much easier. Thanks!
nice job, I got a new l3901 and I'm saving for a box blade,
Hey congratulations on the new tractor Keith! That's great! Hope you are enjoying it. All the best!
Best tractor
Thank god you have your hazards on 😅
It's funny you have the flashers on
Habit ( and a shared driveway...):)) Cheers WD!
Hey hey.... Safety first 😉
Enjoy your video, question is your BB in neutral position when or you slightly tilt blade forward. Getting ready to grade gravel driveway first time.
Excellent video I'm waiting on delivery l2501 with BB1260 can't Walt question what tires on you have on tractor I've order R14's on mine. Thanks
You did a really good job. Is your box blade a five foot wide model? Also, what type of stone are you putting down. Thank you! Cheers!
Good morning Darrell. Thanks! It turned out pretty good I think. I am glad I took the advice to drop the scarifiers down lower as it did work much better having them dig a little deeper into the ground. Yes, it is a 60". The outside width of the B2601 is 49" and I was told it is always good to make sure it is wider than the back tires. I always use crusher run now. We originally dropped B or C gravel way back when but now always put the crusher on it as it hardens up great over time. The last time we dropped crusher on it was 6 years ago. Thanks for watching and for the kind comment. Cheers!
Looks beautiful. I like how you let us know that your bucket was on float. Was your box blade on float too?
Hey Chuck! Yes, I was . Sorry about that. I meant to put a note on that as well but then got caught up in other editing and it slipped my mind. Hope you are having a great week! Cheers!
Thanks for the video. I'm still learning my box blade and love the difference it made in your driveway.
You are most welcome. Still learning myself but getting a little better each time. You will too! Cheers Chuck!
Great job! You’re getting better every time! Probably doesn’t hurt that you have a small army’s worth of advice coming in, does it? Lol. How many hours are on the tractor now? I think I’m still only at 43.2. Did you see that Paul and Kathy got that B2601 in finally? Gonna have to watch closely, might be a few items worth putting on your Christmas list if ya know what I mean ;) I’m hoping for a bucket level indicator, ditch lights and a step. We’ll see about that, though. You’re doing such a good job you should come down to MN and grade our road for us, lol! The city is doing a pretty awful job right now to be honest. They only grade it when it’s already flat and perfect, but don’t grade it when we have washboarding five inches deep... fishy. Anyways, hope you’re having a good week. Don’t work yourself too hard now, that’s what the tractor is for. Cheers!
LOL. Some good stuff in there Jackson, as always. Yes, pretty fortunate I have you guys helping me out this last year - I have learned a ton! I will check out what new things P&K have going on. September already! not much time to get things done before the snow flies - be well and all the best!
I have to ask why have the empty prop cup? 😂 it’s 4:52 am and I’m drinking coffee.
LOL! Good morning . It's not a prop. It started off full but after too many re-takes it eventually gets empty. Sometimes i go back in for another cup full and sometimes I just go with the flow. :)) Have a great day!
@@GPOutdoors 😂 I know the feeling. UA-cam ain’t as easy as it should be. I just stopped doin retakes and run with it how I film it. All original! Haha
What does that whole set-up weigh
GP what material is your driveway made of? Thanks
Good morning Adam. Well, it is basically a path cut through the woods decades ago - no base or foundation. Just a bunch of different types of gravel dropped on it here and there as needed over the previous decades. Since I have lived there, I have primarily been dropping crusher run on areas as needed. So it's a big mix of earth, sand, C gravel, A gravel, crusher etc. Hope that helps. Cheers!
IS THAT WHAT A BOX BLAND DO, I WAS THINKING ABOUT GETTING ONE BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I COULD USE IT FOR. TKS.
Good day Skip! Yes, it can be used for a few things and to be honest, I am still learning how to use it properly - takes a little while. But it works really well. Have a great New Years!
Can I ask what camera you use and what software you use to edit? Thanks.
Good evening Will. Yes, a GoPro 5 and Final Cut Pro. Hope that help. Cheers!
I have to ask, how you put the tractor into float for the bucket?
Good evening Erick. When you push the joystick forward and then give it a little extra shove, you feel a click ( they call it a 'detent') and that puts it into float. It allows the bucket to follow the ground up and down without any down force or lift force from the hydraulic cylinders - its kind of like the hydraulic cylinders are turned off (just my attempt at describing it). Hope that helps!
Hello bro !! How much for your box blade
Was the box blade in float?
Good morning - sorry for the late response, I must have missed your comment. Yes, I had it in float the whole time. I tilted the unit slightly forward ( towards the tractor) to help make sure it didn't dig too deep. Thanks for watching - Cheers!
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Finally had to unsub smh