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- Kubota LX2610 Compact Tractor. Kubota LX2980 Front Mount Snowblower. First Time Out - but much too soon!
My excitement got the better of me. But I just couldn't wait. I fire up the Kubota LX2980 front mount snowblower for the first time. Let's get together for a trip up the driveway through the forest. Cheers!
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Nice hot cup of Java in the cup holder in a warm cabin while blowing off snow. Life doesn't get better than this.
Very high quality video well done sir!
I hope you get a lot of snow can't wait to see what it can do thxs for sharing
Another great video. Cheers
Thank you! Cheers!
Another great video! Got a little information for you from AK... Got a friend that owns a gravel pit and makes all kinds of different stone and gravel... Ive been learning alot. He helped me with our property... He recommend three quarter minus... It has alot of fine material in it with stone no bigger then three quarters of an inch... The stuff is amazing and my driveway is like cement now. I built a big roller out of an old tank... No gravel comes up when plowing now. Trouble is with the round stone or pure stone, it gets pushed all over... My tractor is an older L275. Been thinking of a blower but we havent been getting enough snow... Cheers!
Nice equipment and yes the view was awesome!
Have the same fogging on my Kioti the odd time. Have to use defrost a lot, until the tractor really heats up I keep a rag to clear especially the side windows. Agree once the cab heats up its like a furnace even with the temp turned down. The first few times with the blower are a pain until you have a nice frozen base. Even with it higher it's easy to skim a bit of the gravel. I have a rear blower because I need the fel as well so I try and use it for the first few dumps of snow. Love the videos.
Thanks , Kubota!! Hmmmm
Good to see you throw snow again. Kind of a tease with the amount of snow
Yeah you're cutting it close here, leave 5 inches or so even if it doesnt look all that nice, just drive the rest down with your car everywhere you can!
Do that with a couple of snowfalls, then you get a nice, hard, compact layer of packed snow/ice so you wont dangle up the paintjob inside the snowblower and it'll give you at least a decade of faithful service before you start having any issues!
The problem is when paint is worn off the fan blades, the fan housing and the funnel, snow is gonna stick to that and bungle up everything and then you're looking at spending just as much time stoking the stuck snow out of your blower as you do clearing out the snow! :)
Good morning T87! Thanks for the great advice. Makes alot of sense. Thanks again for sharing with us - have a good week out there! Stay warm!
You sir, seem to be a real humble man. You got yourself a new subscriber! :) stay safe
Thanks very kindly. And welcome to the channel- I appreciate the support. Have a great week!
Lol I'm out sunning on our farm pond while watching this! But love watching snow throwing with a tractor any time! Cheers!
LOL! Great to hear you sneaking in a little R&R Kap. You are always working hard out there!
GP. I have a B2601 with front blower and rear blade (may sound familiar...) for my gravel driveway. I have clear crush not road mulch like you because I don't like tracking sand all over my house. I had road mulch.... now I don't. House is way cleaner now.
I sucked a ton on rocks first snowfall. Took half the paint off the impeller in no time... so now the first couple snowfall falls I just run a home made drag over it to pack it down with no removal. Its a pallett with a 4x4 across the front and one across the back with a rope in a vee in the front to tow it by. Just tow it around and it will pack the first couple snowfalls down and make them absolutely smooth. When I have a packed base a few inches deep I run the blower all the way down with no rocks. There are also larger after market shoes that don't dig in.
I use the drag to smooth the snow out mid winter if it starts getting uneven too.
good video that works really well very nice setup good to test things out before you get a big storm thanks for sharing stay safe
ON massive winter here.. all I had were chains for the front of my L3901. Made all the difference. I probably didn't need the rear chains I eventually installed.
Can't wait to see it work when you get more snow. I would have done the same as you tho and used it and not waited
Great job Gord, got to get use to those new things. You’re doing a great job and explaining things as you go along. Your winter wonderland is looking better, won’t be long now. Continue to play safe. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred 👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you GP for another great video. Living in mid lower Michigan, we have the mud, soft gravel season at the beginning and end of winter also. What I do with my back blade is turn it around, and effectively drag it backwards. By turning it around, the angle of attack on the road surface is not nearly as sharp and aggressive. That works great for not digging up the soft gravel, at least it works good for me. Also, I added to the width and length of my snow blower shoes, and covered the bottom (ground contact) area with 3/4 inch thick plastic. For my application, that was enough surface area increase to allow the shoes to stay on top of the soft gravel. The large plastic lined shoes glide over the soft gravel and snow easier than the steel. If you care to see photographs of the enlarged modified shoes, I can post them if you ask. Thank you for sharing your videos, I enjoy them so much. God bless.
Thanks to your videos I got the wheel spacers on a couple weeks ago and put on a similar chain this weekend. I went with the Trygg studded chains. Had to use an angle grinder to cut off a few links to get them to fit the wheels of my L4060. I have a similar set up to yours with a front blower and rear blade. Used it for the first time this weekend. Had to finesse the height of the blower between float and raising to avoid kicking gravel and finesse with the blade as well. Yes, my cab is quite toasty as well and no issues with fogging. Let it snow!
When my windows fog turning on the a/c takes care of it
Good point. In my car, the a/c comes on when I turn on the front windshield defroster. It helps with dehumidifying the air and keeps things from fogging back up in cold weather.
Cheers!
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Great to test out the new blower. What festive scenery you have there !
Yes sir definitely a drawback to gravel, I remember that well. Best of luck bud! Great scenery.
Cheers Kap!
I start the snow season by replacing my skid shoes with 7in wheels that hold my blower 1.5 in off the surface and they roll over the soft ground rather than sink in after I have a good base the skid shoes go back on
Dang GP !! Life is good, is it not...!!? Too hot in there ??...LOL. Be my luck to have a piece of gravel pop my camera dead center !! I'm betting a good steaming cup of coffee would contribute to a little fog on the interior. LOL. I'm sure they've done air flow dynamic testing to direct adequate quantities where it needs to go to minimize interior fogging. Its all evolution...today's cabs probably are tenfold better in design. But...that's totally conjecture on my part. Good video GP and I sure hope you guys get hit with about 20 inches pretty soon. We need to see another episode of: Man and Machine vs. Canadian Winter !! ..... A GP Outdoors Production LOL.
LOl! Man, I am just dying for a good heavy snowfall. But we keep getting nothing. The forecast calls for it, I get excited, but then it comes as rain. LOL. Geez...it is December, right? :))
Exactly right the A/C Evaperator will remove the humidty which is causing the issue
Looking good GP still had enough snow to play !! have a great weekend ! Kioti Curt :-)
I'm having cab envy!
I always enjoy your forrest videos...the snow is just an added bonus. Cheers
Nice rig!
I wanted to try out my front mounted snow blower so bad the first time, I drove it thru a big drift between 2 houses.
Good first run with the blower, Gord! On the fogging issue, it sounds like the LX doesn’t have a fresh/recirc button like cars/trucks have. The Grand L series has it, so you can use recirc to heat the cab up quickly and then switch to fresh to bring in outside air, thus exhausting the moist air and vastly reducing the propensity to fog the windows. As has been mentioned, cracking the windows a bit to let some of the moist air out really helps.
And as for the heat in the cab, you will eventually realize that you don’t need a coat on when you’re blowing snow for that long! I usually fire up the L4060 with only a hoodie or light jacket on, and then am typically down to shirtsleeves within 15 minutes! I end up with my temperature setting around half way between heat and cool, even with the recirculated air.
Sure us pretty up there!! Cheers!
Everyone has mentioned either turn on your a/c, or cracking a window, but another trick is to clean the windshield with shaving cream, just like the mirror in your bathroom! This was a trick I learned with my old Chevy truck, because the heater/ defroster was bypassed in the engine compartment ( bad heater core) and I was waiting for parts, my mother suggested it and I figured what could it hurt, it would beat clearing the windshield with a damp glove!
@Claudio Kanoon that is not being nice or kind, please stop hacking accounts, before you get in trouble!
I put a set of double cross link straight chains on the front of my L3200. I'm running the same or very close to the same tire you have. Very nice for backing up a incline, with all that weight out front I would think they would be very effective. Compared to the rear chains they were inexpensive like less than 100 usd. No snow in south east PA yet still grabbing logs wherever we can find them. Tree companies are rightly starting to charge for hauling away large trunks. Craigslist free stuff is providing another source of wood. I prefer the forest but it's hard to ignore trailer loads of big red oak all ready limbed and waiting for pickup.
Your set up looks fantastic, nothing more satisfying than having the right tool for the job! Makes snow much more enjoyable.
G P great to the tractor and blower in action we mostly concrete but about 100 feet of lawn between shed and house so keep some up pressure on blower till all lawn is frozen then works great thank you no snow here yet maybe by weekend
God Bless All
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Beautiful scenery Sir, I love this channel, for all reasons!
Thanks kindly SD! Have a wonderful week out there!
Got my blower shoes set on 3 the highest for now. Ground has no frost.
Too hot in the cab... Sweet.
The heated cab is a nice feature
yeah the kubota GR series has the same cab options too even the f series mowers
Hi G.P. you sound like an old pro describing the video. The forest is beautiful to. I was hoping as well you would have more snow the first time. The snow you got is about average for what I get on a normal basis. Occasionally we'll get a deeper one but not often. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful week
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Make sure you have a few cans of matching paint for your blower to repair the chipping.
Love the cab. Plow 3 miles to my camp in upper michigan helps to drive over the gravel after the first snow if you only get a few inches.
How's she goin'? So I'm guessing you like plowing with a cab!!! LOL It sure makes a big difference eh!! I find the same as you when plowing at the first of the season. The ground isn't frozen and you dig into a lot of dirt and gravel. Not much we can do about that tough, other than take precautions like you have done by raising the blower or blade. Thanks for posting GP and take care!!
LOL! I sure do Grampie! Such a big difference. Hope you are keeping well!
Don t worry Gord, the snow is coming.
Hi Gord. Two things you mentioned in the video that possibly could help. Regarding the rear blade tilt angle, I turn my blade 180 degrees and drag it during the early snow packing stage. Doesn’t dig that way. Second, regarding the turning issues with the front wheels you had or may have with the snowblower. When trying to turn with the blower attached, the shoes become the “steering direction” and tend to pull you out of the direction you want to turn. Once the base is packed remove the shoes altogether so they don’t interfere with turning. Happy winter
Get a sham-wow to wipe the sweat of the windows.......... and yourself........... how do you feel about ice coffee ?????? CHEERS !
Coffee in the cupholder next time please... as warm as the cab gets it might have to be ice coffee... LOL. Cheers!
Good day Seather. I didn't want to point them out on video but some young people (aka my kids) seem to have taken all my insulated mugs!! I was so looking forward to enjoying one out there and then could not find a single mug. Kids! LOL. Next time though. :)) Cheers!
Don't take this the wrong way, but I hope you get a lot of snow. That is so you can make a great snow blow video.
LOL!
Glad the camera is ok! LOL! You really got your new tractor well set up for winter GP! It should do you a good job this year. You just couldn't wait to play with the new toy. I know the feeling! lol Have a good week! See ya in the next one!
You looked as excited to get that snowblower out as the kids are when a snowstorm has cancelled school. :))
You had me ducking for cover! I can tell that blower is a beast. We got only about 0.5" of ocean effect snow last night. Just enough to cover things up. I only had to use the hand held broom! Best Regards, Jay
I have the same tractor and I haven't had any issues with the heat yet. Can't wait to get my blower out as well. It's coming soon in Northern Vermont. I can feel it
Okay, just a little fun here.
You have been so safety conscious and used your flashers on all the videos I can remember and on this video, no flashers/hazards. What's up with that!!!! ;-)
Ugh!!! LOL! Busted ! Forgot to turn them back on between video shots. LOL! Good eye Tom. Cheers!
Ordered my chains a week ago,Also needed kubota wheel spacers for the R-4 industrial tires to give inner fender clearance for the chains,something to keep in mind if your adding tire chains on a wider rear tire.Bring on the snow.
Good stuff MD! What type of chains did you decide on?
I know the excitement feeling. I'm waiting to use my new snowblower as well. So long, I had to take it off again so I can use my bucket. I'm hoping the forecast for next week is accurate, and I will reinstall it this weekend. I was at my dealer yesterday, picking up shear pins (I have a dirt/gravel driveway as well), and I was joking with the parts guy that my snowblower purchase guaranteed a light winter. He called it "snow insurance." I told him that for a $7500 policy, I better get a great payout! :P
Greetings from Wisconsin!
Loved the laugh while talking about the heat in the cab. I get home tomorrow my wheel spacers and tire chains are waiting for me. I'm converting my old semi truck chains to fit my L2501. I've got 8 sets I'm not using so gonna make em and a new pattern also. Be safe buddy!
Good stuff IHB! Have a safe trip home and good luck getting it on tomorrow - hope it is not too cold out. Cheers!
Ouch! Those rocks hit me right in the face! :) Nice work. If you don't need that Eastonmade for a while. . . .I know a home/channel in Pennsylvania that could put it to good use. We'd even store it indoors! :)
LOL!
That kind of snow I turn back blade around and let it float on the snow to start that snow base that we all want.
Looks like a great setup for commercial work.
yeah kubotas has 4 different front mount kit options such as flat quick attach , k-connect, front pto 3 point hitch ,auto connect
When I get the first snow on my gravel driveway I drive the truck over it and make a packed base. After that I use the blower on the highest setting (shoes all the way down.
Me too Scot! Truck, and snowmobile if there is enough. Helps to pack it down for the base, for sure. Cheers and thanks!
drive on it and throw some sand down, unsalted sand if you have it. It's hard to resist pushing/blowing gravel but you'll save raking the gravel out of the lawn next spring.
Nice blower GP! I love the sound of gravel knocking that new paint off. Can't wait to see it in some real snow. 🍺.
Beautiful views GP. Still,waiting for snow here.
I reckon you had a big smile on your face in that warm cabin. I find it relaxing watching you blowing the snow. Are we going to see a GP Outdoors snowman this year?
LOL! Now there is an idea - I just might take you up on that if I get lots of good packing snow. Cheers Mark!
I do the same and just turn off the heat usually run it just above center point on heat control
Hi Gord on the first snowfall of the year I drive drive up and down on the driveway and pack it down to get a good base. If there is a lot of snow I use the blade but backward so it doesn’t dig in leaves a nice smooth surface.
I was going to sugest turning the blade around and drag it which will help pack the snow and gravel so it can freeze. I have a B2650 and am not happy with the wine. I now use blue tooth head phones to listen to the radio.
Beautiful views GP. Snow on the forest...it just doesn't get much better. Have a great week, Cheers. By the way you better adjust your camera placement measurements. The blower was really chucking that gravel. lol
Hi Gp , I guess you are probably as much excited as I am lol,
having a front blower witch is the best option for you, leaves you without the front loader that you could use to compact the first snow falls down on your driveway but you do have a long driveway,,, , maybe something in the rear to do that ?
You probably already know this trick regarding the front tires not trying you. Unlock your brakes so they can be used independent of reach other and then just apply the brake in the direction you want to turn. It will bring your front end right around. It does a nice job turning you turn the front tires fail to do the job.
Greetings Gord, Lee here, just watching you come out of your tractor. equipment shelter and was wondering if it is possible to make the shelter a little longer to cover all your tractor and maybe add an other bay on the side and put 3 garage doors on it. Then you would have your 3 bay garage attached to your house. Just a thought, you and your family keep well, Later.
Thanks GP! I’ve been waiting for the first snow video of the winter on your channel for a while!
LoL, instead of being in high ctton, your ready for some high snow. I could see your new tire chains giving you a smoother ride. Glad everything is working out for you GP. Leave a little bit of snow for old Saint Nick.
Nice video. When it gets really cold, you still need good boots as there is no heat to the floor. You'll be cooking and feet will get cold, at least here in Sask.
Hey GP. We got about ten inches of wet heavy snow last weekend. I got the rear snow blower with my LX2610. Was the most fun I have had cleaning up snow in a long time haha. Hope u get plenty of snow this winter
Hi gp that snow blower looks like it would be fun to drive we don't get much snow here in Dallas
That's a nice looking set up you got there. Sounds like you got exited and forgot the coffee. If I forget the coffee I always stop and go get it. That cup holder has to have some in it when tractoring lol. Check out my snow pusher I made for my tractor. You will get a kick out of that. and it works perfectly. Have an awesome week
Gordy- that blower does a nice job of throwing stones.....maybe you could use it to mix your concrete for your shed pad next summer, 😂 Lol
2+ feet of snow here today in New England. I think that snowblower may be a better option on my B2601. I still haven't finished pushing the snow off my driveway.
GP sounds like you love having that cab all ready lol
The first and second snow, I use the rear blade on back side so I keep the gravel on the road
I have been waiting for you to have a snow deep enough to give a good demonstration of how your tractor/blower combination works. I take it that the model tractor you have is a LX 2610 HSDC with the mid pto? I am looking to purchase a tractor in the future and am unsure of Green or Orange at this time. I find myself leaning in one direction for a while then, switching back. I think I should take each for a 'test' drive. I can really appreciate the hydraulic control of both the chute rotation and the deflector position, it would seem like that would be the finest control. Not to mention that it would seem like it would be the easiest to maintain. Keep up the good work, and 'be kind to one another'.
Hey thanks Joe! I will issue out a 4 month review on this tractor in a few days. Definitely please take a test drive of each of the different tractors you are narrowing down on. So important - trust me. Not only from an overall feel, but when you sit in the operator's station, you need to be totally comfortable with the distance between your feet and the pedals, the steering wheel, as well as the reach to the FEL joystick and the suspension of the seat. They all fit differently and when you spend hours at a time in that seat, you want the most comfortable feel you can get - orange, or green, or blue or red - doesn't matter. Best of luck in your search!
Didn't your Mother tell you to "stop throwing stones!" hahaha..
There at about the 3:00 mark I actually ducked as the snow/stones started flying towards the camera ( and me! ) . I don't like this time of winter, as you pointed out, this is when the wet snow
sticks to the gravel and stones and get's thrown out of the chute,.. hopefully, and doesn't jamb the auger and impeller/fan enough to break the shear pins hey!
I usually clear out the snow from the blower, then set it running at very slow R'sPM while it's running I stand clear and give the auger chain a good spray coating of 'Open Gear & Chain Lubricant'
I find it keeps the drive chain clean and rust free.
I hope you get some snow to 'play in' soon Gord,...happy snow clearing!
Excellent video GP, all my questions were answered! For you I wish more snow! Happy Holidays! Cheers!
Wish i could hang out with you i love blowing snow all i got is a kimpex snowblower on my atv and i love cutting firewood i just bought a husquvarna s427 log splitter 26 ton .
For fogging in the cab, try some small fans to move the air around, I had to use some in my Jeep when plowing snow.
You don't need a fan, all you need to do is open rear window a small amount
The tractor has air-conditioning all I do when I run my tractor B2650 is turn the ac on while the heat is on and it dehumidifies the air going through the heater core.
Good evening GP, 😊 What I do before using my blower is I snowpack the road with the tractor only until I have a good snow ice pack so I do not trough anymore rocks !!! I put the RMP very low on the snow blower too. We were doing that also to skid out the lumber or with the wood trailer 👍Do you have to grease that front chain on your snowblower ? Great video GP keep warm Cheers !!!
Wow GP that thing really blows some serious snow. I know cameras don't show distance very well but at the beginning when you first started at your shed it looked like it was going 100'. Have fun this winter.
LOL. I was very happy to see it- especially during the parts when I think I was throwing more gravel than snow. :)) Can't wait to see it with a big deep snowfall. Cheers Doug!
GP !!!! Tee shirt weather ?! LOL
Stay healthy!
Tip top, hey Gruß aus Germany
Thanks !
As someone else mentioned turn on the A/C to remove moisture. 👍
There are 3 settings, heat, cool and defrost/heat.
I think some of these tractors have a vent configuration/connection issue. There seems to be little air from some of the vents.
It’s picking up a few rocks. Lol. That would clear a crowd that’s for sure. :) you happy with the cab? Nice setup. Stay safe!
Hi GP! in case you do have an issue with cab fog/condensation I am a big fan of RainX anti-fog. It goes on interior glass much like traditional RainX products and for about $8 at Canadian Tire you can't go wrong. Cheers!
The trick is to pack the first snow down not move it away. You have a snowmobile use that to pack the area first. They are fast and cover a lot of ground quickly. Something else I do on my long driveway is pack it down by following a different track coming and going in my truck. 5" of snow is perfect to pack down to form the base.
Hi Claude, do you sand/gravel when the base ices up?
LOL. That's exactly what i usually do as well, Claude. I keep packing and driving in different tracks etc. I have to be honest, the little boy in me made me fire up that blower, I was 99% sure I wouldn't get too far. But also realized it may be helpful for new tractor owners to see by example what I have always talked about. Thanks for the great ideas!
@@sherpa972 my driveway is flat so sanding is not needed. If your tractor has chains on it that breaks up the hard pack enough to last a few days by scarrifing it.
Another thing I used to do as a welder was sharpen my rear blade like a knife and that took all the shinny ice right off. This was only good to do when you had a good thick base.
@@claudenormandeau9211 Thanks, will need to keep that in mind. I have a few hills to contend with.
My driveway is 1/2 km gravel I have an old oil tank on its side I tow behind tractor to pack snow until I have the desired base I need,I hate raking stones off the lawn in spring!
I got the same problem with my rider. Digging dirt
Maybe park your tractor nose first into your carport to offer more protection from elements instead of tarping the blower. Yes may be more cumbersome reversing first, but better protection for the front end. Love your videos. Thanks. CHEERS!
Thanks Ross! Not a bad idea - I have thought about it a few times but haven't tried it yet. Cheers!
Thanks for the demo. I’m a new user on a 1/2 mile gravel driveway. Not that hilly but will build a base first. Where is the snow?
LOL. Good question BR! Maybe it's building up for a huge dump soon. :))
With my rear blower I’m thinking of buying another set of shoes and weld on a wide plate on the bottom. They are only maybe 2” wide and cut into the unfrozen ground causing it to scalp and pick up stones.
The heat in my cab works really well also, most times I'm driving with the heat on and the rear window cracked open. That also helps the windows not to fog up. I find if the cab is all closed up I get fog in the inside.
Same here.
I wish the door had operable windows in it, like the BX Curtis cab.
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