Just awesome, I was gonna build my own auger for the front of my bx with a super low GPM motor.. everyone told me I was nuts but I knew even at 6 GPM that the bx has it would still be able to run on.. yes it’s not fast but you don’t need speed you need torque and 6GPM is still plenty of torque with the right motor to drill through ground with an auger.. beats the HECK out of the 3-pt one any way you slice it. Thanks for the video! Now I know I don’t gotta build one 👍🏻
I have a BX23s and was planning on doing something similar. What was your plans for hooking up the hydraulics since these don't come with anything up front. I was going to run them off the back but haven;t really figured it out.
Steve Redmond awesome man, you would have a couple options.. you could either buy a 3rd function kit from land pride like I was gonna do or you could buy yours from a Kubota dealer which is what I would do if I were you since you have a 23s you could buy a factory diverter valve kit which would work just as good I assume and would be a much cleaner install onto your 23s. Lastly if you wanna spend the least amount of money as possible you may wanna just buy a rear remotes kit from Kubota.. these kids are roughly $400 you can pick them up from your local dealer and what you would need to do is run a couple of rubber hydraulic lines from the rear remotes up to the front on your loader or near your quick disconnects.. you would then attach the auger hydro lines into those 2 new fittings which are going to the rear remotes and then could operate the auger forward and backwards by the leaver down on the right fender that the rear remotes kit would give you... this is what I planned to do as it’s the cheapest rout to go to be able to run an auger or a grapple.. it’s not ideal but it WILL work. And for $400 it’s well worth the hassle to me, most 3rd function kits you’ll find will cost you easily twice that price
thats the nice way for post hole digging i like the loader mount better then 3 point hitch wich is real hard on the neck looking behind digging post holes
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I've been told by all the Third Function manufacturers or retailers that I've called that the 3rd function was not capable of running an auger without the solenoid overheating and seizing up. I was told the Third Function was meant for intermittent use, not constant like an auger but both of those holes only took between 1 minute and 1 minute and 20 seconds. Of course it might be double that for a bigger bit or very rocky soil. I wonder if by the time you dug the hole, cleaned it out and at least dropped the post in before moving to the next one if that would be enough time to cool off if it built up any heat. A minute to dig a hole and say two minutes to move to the next one would only be a 33% duty cycle.
I was told the same thing by Kubota, but they made it right and ran the hydraulics, off the the hitch and gave me an on off control valve with plenty of flow.
I just punched 20 holes a couple of day ago with Kubota MX5100 and a twelve inch bit on a Danuser low flow unit using a WRLong third function. No issues so far
@@TractorTread that looks like a perfect speed for post hole digging any faster speed it would get jamed up like the t5.115 newholland does no slow speed digging on the rear of the tractor wich the kubota is best
If ur dealing with rock in the ground, go down & up in small increments. If u need rock auger u need features added to ur tractor. Still go down then up until u reach ur desired depth.
@itsmancini thx, great question. They adjust the hydraulic lines and add a pto (i think, if i understood correctly) The adjustments r made at the sales/dealers shop. For me, the tractor sales people will install the rock auger to my front bucket arm. (I know u know, they remove my bucket but leave that arm.) I usually call my local kubota sales and ask for details. Thanks for understanding that I'mnot a mechanic just a small farm, wish i could be more detailed.
The problem with all these videos is that they're going into ground without any rocks. Were I live it's two rocks to every dirt and some substantial sized rocks too!
I think you got the wrong model. It should have been a low flow motor. The 8.7 Gpm is total flow from the pump. That is still lower than the 10 recommended. It looks like there is a flow diverter in the Kubota giving you only 5 Gpm actual for the auger.
Why do you say that? I see a distinct advantage in being able to reverse the auger as well as having power to raise the auger. My experience with a 3-point PHD on a B2400 was not delightful as I got stuck once and almost stuck several times getting the auger out of the hole. I'd rather not invest in a hydraulic PHD as I already have a 3-point.
I’ve put in 1000s of holes with mine a $500 one from TSC and never once had it get stuck, soil plays a big part, I also have a 55 hp tractor, so maybe that’s why
@@normd2004 cause you corkscrewed that auger right down into the ground. If it got stuck,you'd be there for a while diggingit out. You go down a bit, clean out the hole, go down some more, clean out the hole, repeat until you get the hole dug. By cleaning out the hole, you pull the auger out, spin it above ground and let the dirt fly off of it and put it back in the hole. You can overheat the hydraulics by corkscrewing it like that. Especially using the tractors hydraulics.
