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#32 Kubota B2601 Compact Tractor Front End Loader FEL Harder Than It Looks. outdoor channel.
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2018
- Took advantage of the weather to use the Front End Loader ( FEL ) on the Kubota B2601 Compact Tractor. I think I need a little more practice. :)) It's definitely a learned skill. Join me in the outdoors, here at the cottage. Cheers!
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Great video. I am learning how to scoop and it is a bit harder than it looks. Thanks for the video.
Good morning Liam. LOL. So true - it's been 3 years now and I still struggle with it. Lots of practice. Good luck and all the best!
When you are in position to make your run at the pile, tip the bucket downwards until you feel the front end start to lift. Drive into the pile and level the bucket as you lose momentum. When you lose momentum again, start curling the bucket upwards. You'll be digging deeper into the base and get fuller loads.
I am envious of that grapple of yours. :)
Later,,
William
Good day William. Thanks for the key pointers! I will give it a try for sure. Yes, that grapple has come in pretty handy. Definitely a good purchase. I have had it on the tractor more than the bucket. Cheers and all the best!
Good work. I spread a lot of gravel with my B2650. I find it super useful to put the loader in float and tip the bucket forward when back dragging. You can slowly curl the bucket back as you drag leaving the loader in float. The gravel levels really nice over a long run. Takes some practice but you are only dealing with the bucket curl and not the up and down with the loader as well. The more you have the bucket curled forward off the start the harder it digs in. Tilt back to pull less gravel and slowly curl until you the the desired result.
Hey that's great advice Andrew- thanks ! I noticed a few times I didn't get it into float and saw the difference. As well I was not sure which was best - using the front or the heel of the bucket but appreciate the comments above and will try it that way the next time. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Cheers and have a great week!
Andrew Sharpe you've got the right idea!
I probably moved about 30 yards of topsoil and over 100 yards of wood chips this past year as a brand-spanking-newbie with my B2601, and boy was it rough in the beginning! Getting half-scoops, slamming the bucket down, lifting the bucket up too high and having it all blow back in my face, knocking the control lever with my knee and dumping the whole load where I didn't want it... you get the idea (some of it I captured on video and shared... but some I edited out, LOL). And then I had to learn it all over again with the dozer blade this winter! Haha, nice job though, and thanks for sharing!
LOL. Thanks Joe. I feel a lot better now :)) Heh..heh. Thanks for sharing and all the best!!
you may be a "newbie" but your videos are very well done! and you are just what i need, because I will be a "newbie" come this spring. thanks for the effort!
Thanks kindly Urbano! I am glad they are helpful. Good luck on the tractor choice. I am sure you must be eager to have it delivered! Cheers!
Thanks for this video.... better learning it the hard way..than knowing it all the easy way
Thanks Eric. Yup, harder to forget too. Cheers and thanks!
I learned some we are getting the FEL in spring a lot to master we got a new neighbor he grew up on a farm he will give me pointers
Thank You
PaK
Hey good evening Peter. That's good news. Opens up a lot of possibilities. And fortunate to have a neighbour who can help out as you learn. Cheers and thanks !
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It's really not that hard.
You definitely did great! We all have to remember you were scooping in a mostly frozen pile of gravel. It would have been much easier if it was not frozen. And I seriously think you would have gotten full buckets each time if it was not frozen. In that situation, you had to shave the pile, to loose small frozen gravel layers at a time, which you did. One trick by the way. When you want to spread gravel near the shed's wall, you may want to scoop with one side of the bucket into the gravel pile (given much more loose gravel, not frozen!). So let's say only the left half of the bucket will fill. Then you will dump gravel only and mostly near to the shed's wall (that would be on your left). Thanks for posting this video! I see a lot of editing time to make the video even more enjoyable!
Good morning Joe. Thanks for feedback and the ideas above. Good trick to get more close to the edges. I was a little unsure about getting too close to the sides until I get more proficient at it. And yes, as you know, editing takes quite some time but I do enjoy it and am glad you and the folks like watching them. Have a great week!! All the best to you and your family!
Next time you have to dig from a pile try working the pile from different sides . So take one bucket from the front then one from the back and so on . What happens is as you dig from the same spot you actually compact the pile and it makes digging harder and moving around prevents that compaction. Nice video stay safe.
Good morning Anthony! Thanks very much - I will try that the next time. I will be ordering more gravel this spring. To be honest, I am still pretty bad at using the bucket into a pile of material - still trying to learn how to curl and lift etc properly. Need a lot more practice. This was helpful. Have a great week!
Thanks for sharing. If I can do as good as you on MY first try, I'll call it a success. ;)
Thanks also to all who sent in suggestions... kind of like Tractor School. :)
Hey thanks! but don't worry, you'll do great!! Let me know how it goes! Cheers and enjoy the weekend!
Have to admit, that had me laughing pretty hard. But hey, I learned on a BX, and anyone who’s ever operated both a BX and a B can tell you they’re two very different machines as far as loaders, despite their similar size. The BX is much softer to control than the B. You’re doing great. One tip I have is to practice curling and lifting/lowering at the same time while in motion. That helps me cover both of the areas in the video where I could see a wee bit of improvement possible. First one, when you were switching from grapple to bucket (and by the way, you are DEFINITELY getting your money’s worth out of that grapple) when you drop the attachment from your loader try curling forward and lowering while reversing, all very slowly. It works great, and that way you don’t scrape the bottoms of your quick attach. Obviously to put a different attachment on do the opposite, but that’s just my advice. I still haven’t mastered it either, so we’re learning together, buddy. The second one was when you were taking bucketfuls, take your time and watch the top of your bucket to make sure it’s level or relatively level, then ram into the pile at full speed (in Low, ideally) and lift/curl back as soon as you hear the machine bog down a little. That should help with your “empty bucket” situation. Like I said, the loader on the B is pretty jerky. For the plow I’ve learned to just slowly feather the back of the joystick with the palm of my hand and that way I don’t get a huge jerking motion when I drop the loader. Once again, you’re doing great. You’ll be better than me in no time. Once again, awesome video. All the best from MN. Take care.
Good morning Jackson. Hey thanks for all the help above. Some great info there and I appreciate you taking the time to write it out. I will definitely use it for sure. I laughed as well when I reviewed the video and saw my expert bucket work from the camera looking down. LOL. I may also take Bo's advice and rig up some kind of level indicator as I cannot tell when the bucket is level. Thanks again - have a great week!!
Jackson K adult when entering the pile tilt the bucket down slightly. Then as it us pushed downward into the pile curl the bucket slowly while raising it.
Practice, practice, practice..learning can be fun
Hey good day Bobcat. You bet. I need a lot of practice but I am working on it. :)) Thanks for checking in. Have a great weekend!
I don't have much experience ..my boss use to let me go on his cat 380 back hoe, and I could operate a skid steer enough not to crash it..haha..it's hard to get that rhythm going with the sticks..but with enough hrs behind them it will become muscle memory..( so I'm told).. nice tractor by the way
I have the B2601, great tractor. I use the top steel on the bucket to level...when that is flat the lower blade is level.
Hey thanks 297! Thanks for the info above.This is really helpful. A friend had just mentioned that to me this week as well so that should make it easier. Thanks for watching and for the comment above. Love the tractor as well. Cheers and have a great weekend!
Won’t be long you’ll be an expert lol , sure did loose a lot of snow in a short time , unfortunately like you said Mother Nature has a few more tricks up her sleeve for us .
Cheers till next time 👍🇨🇦
Hey thanks Mike! Yup. Already dropped down overnight to -7C. Thanks again - have a great week.GP
You would be amazed how much a pirahna tooth bar makes in getting full buckets. Great video!
Hey good day. Yes, I have thought about it a few times after watching your channel. It looks like it may help a lot. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend!
Thank You for uploading these videos! There aren’t that many B2301/2601out there like what the BX series has.
I have just traded in my BX23S for the B2601 a week ago and am quite happy so far.
What size loader bucket did you go with?
Hey Congrats on the new tractor Andrew. I have a 60". I also bought a 60" grapple . Enjoy the new tractor and thanks for subscribing. Glad you like the videos. Cheers and let me know how it goes with the new tractor!
Nice videos! Note, while you are using the FEL, you don't need to run the RPMs of the tractor so high. No need.
Hey good evening Phil. Thanks for watching and for the advice. I thought I did, but over the last few weeks I noticed that it lifts very well at low RPM"s. Thanks for the help! Cheers and have great week!
Convince guy to come over with his explosives kit and you could experiment with the difference between the grapple and explosives! Maybe not practical, but it would be a great video.
LOL!
Love the videos. What rpm do you like to use when using the fel? How about when using the tractor in general? I’m usually around 1200 rpm and think that I’m probably too low.
Good morning and thanks Brian! My RPMs idle around 1100 -1200 on the B2601 and top range is about 2900. In general I use the FEL around 1800-1900 or so. It goes slow enough that I can learn how to use the motions of the joystick etc and enough power to do almost anything I do. Very seldom do I ever have to rev higher to get that extra little bit of power to lift. I usually run the tractor in that range in general. I got some good advice a little while back ( because I didn't know any better and would always run the tractor at top rpm which makes everything respond too fast for me to learn). Since you have been using it at 1200, bump it up a little - maybe to 1800 - and use that for a bit and see how that feels. While you do work always listen to the engine and sounds of the hydraulics. Its hard for me to explain but you will soon start to recognize the sounds it makes when it starts to labour too much. Then just keep adjusting and using at different levels until you are able to use it 90% of the time without hearing it "labour'. When it does labour, just pop up the rams a bit till it stops and continue doing your work. What I understand is that you could run the engine at full out RPMs all the time if you want , or at any level, but you want the tractor to be at an RPM where it can lift and do things without hearing that straining (labouring) sound, most of the time. I hope that helped a bit - sorry if it was a long answer. Good luck and let me know how it turns out!
Makes total sense. Your videos helped me decide to get one of these models. Using it to clear 4 acres of brush. The grappler you have would be an ideal attachment. Keep up the great work!
GP Outdoors what a difference in power! I thought I was going to break it at 2000 rpm so I never used it that high but it feels like it can handle most tasks that I have. My neighbor showed me how to use the joystick slowly even with high rpms. I am practicing moving the joystick slightly to make it move as slow as I want. It takes a very light touch but I won’t have to worry about moving the bucket so fast that I drop something too fast. Thanks for your help!
Good morning Brian. Happy to hear! That's great. I am still trying to get smoother with the joystick but getting better each time. It seems to be quite a skill to be able to curl and lift at the right times and in the right proportions but with practice I am sure I will get the hang of it. Glad it is going well for you. Have a great weekend!
the grappler is not really a gravel implement. The bucket would have more success. Get some teeth for your bucket because a straight blade really doesn't break stuff up when frozen. And they are easy to take on/off. Next time you get pile of sand, dirt, gravel put a tarp over it to the rain/snow off of it an d you'll be able to use it year round.
Hey thanks Rick! I appreciate it. A few others suggested to tarp it as well. I should have thought of that before the winter but will for sure in the future. Have a good week and thanks for the help! Cheers!
Float that bucket!
You bet! I will next time. Cheers!
If you push all the way forward on the control... the bucket will 'float' and auto level,,, a lot of people don't know it will do that.
What size bucket are you using 54 or 60?
Good day Brad. It's 54". All the best!
Great video! Mud season is right around the corner eh?
LOL. Oh yeah. There's no getting away from the mud. That driveway will be a mess for a while. Cheers Defend!
what size gravel is that or what exactly did you order? I need to repair our gravel driveway but I'm not sure what size stone would be best.
Good morning Charles. I am not sure of the exact size of the gravel but we call it "Crusher Run" up here. It has small gravel (probably less than 1/2") and includes the dust in it. My excavator friend has always recommended it because it has the gravel dust in it so as you continue to drive on it and it goes through rain etc the gravel will pack in hard. He says if you use it , try to put it down before September, so it has a chance to go through rain multiple times etc before the temperatures start to get cold. Hope that helps. Cheers!
@@GPOutdoors Down in the Carolinas, it's called 'Crush N Run'
Hope that wasn't a cold start, certainly no time for the glow plugs to work.
Hey good day Greg. Thanks for watching. No, I never use it unless it has warmed up for about 10 minutes. I put a block heater on it as well which was a huge help during the winter. Have a good week and thanks again! Cheers!
Where in “central Ontario?” Ontario is huge...
Good morning Mark. I am in the Haliburton area. Beautiful country up here. Cheers!
Neat. My Dad's ancestors are from Hull, so I have a remote connection to Ontario. There's a Proulx Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park that I've always wanted to find.
That's pretty cool. I snowmobile through Algonquin in the winters and will look for it too.:)) Where do you live now?
That's pretty cool. I snowmobile through Algonquin in the winters and will look for it too.:)) Where do you live now?
Des Moines, Washington (about 15 miles south of Seattle). We inherited my wife's family farm near Bellingham (100 or so miles north of home), so we spend a lot of time up there. It's 20 acres, mostly hay and rich with opportunities for tractor use - hence my interest in Kubotas. In 2019, I'm looking to buy an L4701 - I have brush to hog, trees to skid, post holes to dig, shrubs to pull, and can use it to cut and bale the hay.
Pull into that pile then close the grapple and then open - will be like sifting through it
Great idea. I will definitely remember that the next time for sure. Thanks for watching and for the comment Chris! Cheers!
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Hey thanks Michael!
This was tough to watch. 😆
Hopefully you watched your own video & learned some.
Just a matter of time & you’ll have to down.
Hey good evening Kevin. Well, 2 1/2 years later now, I am a little better I think but still have a bit of a challenge coordinating the lift and curl. But I think better than back then. Have a great week!
Read over the loader instructions. They explain the proper way to cut into the pile. You are doing it wrong which makes it seem difficult.
Good day Wayne. Yup, I was pretty sure I was but got a few helpful pointers now. Thanks I will take a look at it. Cheers and thanks for watching! Have a great weekend!
Squirrel!
LOL!!