Kubota BX- Installing a Grill Guard!! + Tips, Updates, and Subscriber Questions! 

Hey no problem Roger! It was a fantastic video, I also linked it in my video description as well for anyone who wants to find it there. I agree it makes life so much better being able to have that darn hood out of the way, I never felt it opened quite high enough for me.. it was always getting in my way and shadowing my engine bay making it tough to see what I was doing. Now in under a min I can have all that out of the way and back together in under a min. As for the front hitch I agree they are extremely useful, I also use mine for my front weight bracket when I mow in the summer.. I know you have a front weight bracket also that you custom built, im assuming this is why you can’t install a hitch on the front?

Hah I’m with you there Rick! This winter has dragged on long enough!

Haha thanks man! I’d sure say so, it was really nice of Tony to send me such an expensive item for a gift. He’s a great guy. Plus we all know I needed one BAD haha. Like you said it’s a great Insurence policy to give that exes protection out front. Thanks for watching hope your doing well 👍🏻

Thanks Don! I’m with you there buddy, it’s been a long tike coming! I hope it all works out, it’s gonna be awhile yet and it’s gonna be a slow process till it’s totally finished the way I want it but the first step is getting the bare frame up so I can at least start moving equipment in there and freeing up some space. Plan to pour the floor sometime later Hopdully before the fall

Very cool man! Thanks I’m very excited too! Still working on getting a few things lined up but I’ll be sure to update you all when I have things ironed out with more certainty on what’s going on with it this spring/summer. I hope to do a time lapse of the build process too. Your gonna love having a new shed, extra storage is always a great thing when you have equipment like we do! Thanks for watching!

Haha thanks man, me either! Sometimes RU-vid doesn’t always show the channels your subscribed to when the release new videos and idk why that is. Glad you found it tho, new video today as well, just uploaded it at 3pm 👍🏻

Hey Gary, yah your right man prices are just insane right now! Def is NOT the time you wanna build a dang garage that’s for sure and it has me worried.. this garage is gonna be built all out of metal/tin tho so I’m hoping the prices havnt jumped up quite as bad as the rest. The company told me the prices are changing every day so they are getting me an updated quote soon. Garage is prolly gonna be a 32x22x14 is my hopes. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Tekker Thats good to know.. I thought it could possibly interfere if I ever got a snow blower but I havnt gotten one yet so I didn’t know for sure. New video coming in about 45min or so.. stay tuned!

Thanks buddy! Yes I agree, it’s been a long time coming and last year I def had some close calls almost taking out my hood bonnet haha. This should add a nice level of protection for me when I’m giving her all the beans 😂

Thanks Jon, it sure was nice of Tony to send it to me! Now at least I won’t have to worry about smashing my grill out every time I tear a stump or tree out haha. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Thanks Joe I appreciate it buddy! I agree I can’t wait to get some more good jobs going this summer, should be a lot of fun! See you next weekend maybe 👍🏻

Thanks buddy! I hope so! Hope to really give the BX a good workout this summer, wanna find out if I can actually break it this season lol (or maybe I don’t) 😂

Thanks Rich same here, it gives the whole tractor a “tougher” feel IMO. Very happy with it!

Thanks Jason, it’s def gonna make a huge difference having that on there this summer, no more worrying about smashing the front of my tractor off stumps, logs, and trees haha. Hopefully I’ll have a garage built by mid summer I’m stoked but it’s gonna be a very long process before it’s completely finished the way I want it.

Hey Ryan thanks for your comment, I agree in the video it looked like it was gonna hit, but as you saw when I lowered my loader down after the install it did not hit the grill tho it came very close (I was watching it the whole time I lowered it) I shoulda mentioned in the video that you/I could easily slide the 3rd function bracket down a touch to the left if this does become a problem for you .. so it’s easily avoidable and not a big deal. I didn’t worry about it because I plan to remove that 3rd function valve hopefully in the next video to replace it with something else. Thanks for watching!

Hey thanks Jeff, I appreciate you telling me how you feel. I totally get that, iv always felt the same way about certain channels I watch too, it’s nice when a channel you enjoy has the same tractor/equipment as you. I did for awhile plan on trading in for a B series Kubota just because I often wonder or worry when I’m gonna actually break something big on my BX but so far that hasn’t happened.. it’s one TOUGH machine! At some point that was my plan was to go with a B series but if I ever did Iv debated still keeping my BX if I could. None the less I don’t think you have to worry as I don’t plan to get rid of my good reliable BX anytime soon! Hope your doing well and thanks for your input!

Haha yah buddy you got it! Only thing is I am gonna be limited on the money I can spend unfortunately.. and my second issue is the property lines I have up in my front hard, my yard is like a pie shape and I need to stay at least 5’ minimum off that line. When I measured it out I came up with a 32x22x14H.. I can’t go much longer than 22’ because I’ll either go too far into my driveway or I’ll go to close to the property line. Only way i can go bigger is if I move the garage somewhere else but I really don’t want my garage out back and if I did I’d have to build a road back there.. and I can’t have it next to my main driveway because I have that massive tree there and I like that tree as it gives me shade in the summer.. my plan was to do 2 bay doors in the front so I could easily shuffle things around or work on multiple projects at a time; I wanna do 14’ ceilings because I also Plan to install a 2 post rotory lift some time

Thanks man, I’m glad my videos help give you ideas to what you can do/add to your tractor next! Working on tractors and customizing them can be almost as fun as actually operating them. Thanks for watching!

Hey congrats man! Sounds like your really loving it so far and giving it a good work out already too that’s what I like to hear! Glad it’s doing the job well for you. They are really amazing little tractors with a lot more grunt than most would ever think. Iv also been waiting for things to warm up and dry out Iv been dying to get back out in the lawn with it and back to side jobs. You’ll pick up all kinds of work this summer with it and it will pay for itself in no time to flat, Stay safe!

Haha yah buddy I totally agree with you! And the plastic they used was terrible! But hey if that’s all we can complain about I guess that’s not too bad haha. Yah I agree the new bx80 has a great design, both with the single piece hood design as well as the pivoting front grill. I debated trying the bx80 grill on my bx70 to see if it would give enough clearance to slide the bonnet out the proper way with out having to unbolt it but I never got around to purchasing one to try it. Thanks for the comment hope your doing well 👍🏻

Damn man, thanks a bunch for letting me know that! RU-vid really does screw things up sometimes.. Iv had it happen to me with other channels too. It often happens when you don’t upload a new video for over a 2 week period and youtube throws you out of the recommendations list to your own subscribers which isn’t cool. I always shoot myself in my own foot by not uploading videos consistently enough and it def puts a damper on growing your channel and getting views but it’s hard working a full time job + side work and always keeping up on videos even tho I’d like to…. Sometimes I just can’t but I’ll never stop making videos so long as I know my subscribers enjoy it because I enjoy connecting with you guys! Thanks for watching!

Awesome! Max is a good dude, he’s been watching my channel for years now! As for the loader install, I did not have my channel when I first installed my loader though it is very straight forward. Just bolt the loader brackets on, remove the hydraulic manifold that the La340 loaders come with and instead install the 4 standard pioneer hydraulic couplers.. from there you’d plug them into your existing hydraulic ports and attach the loader to your tractor like you would with any other loader/tractor. Best of luck!

Thanks Tony! Really appericate you sending your old one to me. The ones with the removal pins is a nice upgrade over the original. Does it vibrate or rattle at all? Sure does save you time not having to use any tools to remove your hood bonnet so that’s a great feature. Hope your doing well!

@@BiffsEquipment I haven't noticed any vibration or heard any rattles from it.

@@tempboy99 good to know! That was one concern I had with the pin-on version, glad to hear that 👍🏻

Thanks buddy! Damn that’s crazy to hear they still havnt got it right! Total bummer too because they make such amazing equipment. I wonder if maybe you just got a hood built on a Monday or a Friday? Lol Hopefully that’s all it is tho that’s still no good for you the consumer so I hope they get it figured out and that it isn’t an issue with all newer models. If they can just fix a few of these simple things they would really have a perfect unit IMO. Thanks for the info and glad you enjoyed the video!

Thanks Norm, the garage I have measured out to be 22’ deep x 32’ wide x 14’ high.. I want 14’ ceilings because eventually I plan to add a 2 post rotory lift in there to work on my cummins some day. The concrete I’ll have to do myself after once it’s built .. prolly won’t be able to do the concrete tho till fall if everything goes to plan 👍🏻

Yah man, this time of year is just brutal.. I always get depressed when I have no real work I can do haha.. it’s hard for me to make any decent content this time of year .. it’s like I either need the ground to just freeze and stay that way or dry up and stay that way but it hasn’t been doing either! Lol. Thanks I’m excited about the garage for sure, hope it all works out this summer as it’s WELL needed thanks for watching and lmk which garage you end up going with yourself 👍🏻

Thanks Cal, it’s definitely gonna make a big difference when removing stumps and dropping trees that’s for sure, plus I feel it makes the whole machine look that much tougher 👍🏻

Hey Todd, hope your doing good buddy! The garage I have measured out to be 22’ deep x 32’ wide x 14’ high.. I want 14’ ceilings because eventually I plan to add a 2 post rotory lift in there to work on my cummins some day. The concrete I’ll have to do myself after once it’s built .. prolly won’t be able to do the concrete tho till fall if everything goes to plan 👍🏻

@@BiffsEquipment I'm doing good Thursday I had a stent put in I had a 70% blockage so I'm doing real good now. In the meantime since I talk to you last I put a cylinder on the back of my tractor I put a grill garden kind of like you have but mine has a little bobcat on it and I did some welding on my weight box so I'm doing some stuff I clean up the garage a little bit more. I i've been getting a lot of chips from our friends I have tree companies and I use them throughout the year for my pig pants to keep the smell down so I've been stockpiling those almost every other day. I turned one of my sheds into a half a chicken coop. So I feel good right now so I feel like I'm motivated that I'm gonna get more stuff done so I like that I was there's so many days that I could've done shit but I just didn't feel like it And I just laid in the couch and took a nap. Make that other biff help pour your floor , lol thanks for asking. Todd

@@BiffsEquipment oh my suggestion is to put headers on the outside so it's easier to add a lean too. I think you would eventually put some on for all your equipment storage . But if you don't it can still be done . Take care be safe and give bro a hug from me lol

Thanks Jeff, once this weather warms up ajd I can wash her up and get her lookin good I plan to do a video explaining all the upgrades I have done to it along with maybe some burn out footage

Thanks Mike I really appreciate that, glad you enjoy them! As for the plastic welding, I was watching those videos about a year or so ago and was fascinated with what all can be done with a plastic welder! I also looked at buying one of those plastic printer pens or whatever you call it, I watched a dude on RU-vid who walks around town fixing stuff with his cordless plastic pen it’s pretty cool and I wanna say Iv seen some or sixty five Ford’s videos too but now that you said that I’ll have to go check him out again. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Mike glad you enjoyed! As for the rear remote kit I would go with a genuine Kubota kit ANY day over a summit kit because the Kubota Kit is gonna be built specifically for your tractor and the leavers for the valves will actually come up through the slots on the fenders like they are suppose to instead of having this big ugly valve to mount somewhere where it’s gonna look hideous and in the way. Now when it comes to the 3rd function I Belive the summit is one of the best for sure! Also if you owned a tractor that didn’t offer a true manufacturer rear remote kit then I again would go with the summit as not all tractor company’s offer one like Kubota does for the Bx. Not sure on the cylinder length I havnt measured it in awhile, I’ll have to measure it sometime and get back to you on that.

Hey David, great question, if you have a regular muffler/exhaust on your BX you will still be able to do what I did with my Hood Bonnet no problem at all.. when the bonnet slides forward it allows it to clear the exhaust tip and you stretch it and pull it up and out.. now if you have the exhaust tip upgrade you’ll prolly have to remove it first to be able to slide the bonnet up and out. Thanks for watching!

Yah I do still plan to add the turbo, I bought one but havnt showed it in any of my videos yet, Iv been waiting for the right time to talk about it and bring it up.. waiting to get my new garage before I start building/designing the turbo kit for it so I have more space to do it when I get to it. Thanks for watching!

Waiting to see what you come up with. Should make for a good video.

@@sixgun2719 thanks buddy

Yep that should be it! I love that girl Guard I feel it makes the entire tractor look better and more beefy. I’m mad I didn’t install one sooner. Thanks for watching!

@@BiffsEquipment I ordered one for mine. It will be here tomorrow. Yours looks awesome.