Kubota BX- Plowing Deep Snow (FEL Snow Plow!!) -First Use!! 2022 

Haha great comment and very true, you can watch lots of videos where people struggle using sub compact tractors, whether it’s plowing, digging, moving logs or what have you, but often it’s not the machine that’s the problem it’s the operator. I’m just glad I’m able to showcase what a sub compact can really do for anyone who has one or is interested in buying one some day. Thanks for your comment!

Hey Barry thanks man I appericate that! Glad to hear your new snowblower setup is working out good! They really do Huck some snow attached to a Bx! Your gonna be sitting pretty once you install that cab this winter and I hope my videos can help assist you with all that as their instructions on the install aren’t great. I’m not very far from Canada myself, I’m about 45 min west of Niagara Falls on the American side! Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Thanks Gary! Had a lot of fun making it also! Hope your having a great week!

Hey thanks buddy I appreciate that. Yah the plow should be a great addition for those larger snow falls, I still plan to use the pushbox I built for lighter snow falls just for ease and simplicity sake but for heavy wet snow falls like these I feel the angle blade is the better tool, specially once I get the skids dialed in. Thanks for stopping by!

Dealing with sheer pins sure can be a pain in the butt specially during a snow storm, thanks for the comment!

Haha yah we sure did! I had a feeling we would get 3 months of snow in one week that’s how it usually goes when we get winters like this haha. Yah the Bx does a great job for sure, having proper ballast on it allows it to push very heavy material to its full ability’s with out getting pushed around. It really is a great machine. Thanks for watching!

Thanks buddy! Sorry I’m just answering your comment I thought I answered it already, I should have a new plow video coming soon, just recorded it tonight actually. Thanks for the support!

@@BiffsEquipment Morning Biff ! Happy Saturday ! No problem haha ! Looking forward to the new video ! enjoy your weekend !

Haha that makes more sense now! Thanks for watching Todd, did some snowmobiling today, gonna go out towards cherry creek tom morn while I have the time to actually ride it haha.

@@BiffsEquipment have fun

Thanks man I totally agree! We have a hydraulic angle plow on the very front of a John Deere 2038R I use at work and it works great but the plow gets in my way in tight areas as I can only raise it so high, also I can’t push the snow into nice tall piles and instead the piles get pushed out farther and farther after awhile.. I agree you have much more versatility with a plow on a loader and I will always choose and loader plow vs and tractor plow at least for where I live. Somewhere where you don’t get as much snow tho a regular tractor plow would be fine. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Kevin, had fun making the video even tho I was so tired. Have a great week!

Thanks Jason I was glad to finally get some snow though I didn’t think it would be this much haha. Appreciate you stopping by, stay safe out there buddy!

Sure thing buddy!

Thanks Rich! Artillian makes some fantastic products for sure. I agree if you don’t get the snow volume that other people do then having an angle blade may not be worth the added expense. For light snow a snow pusher is best IMO.. very efficient, simple, and effective.. the snow pusher will always be my all time favorite just for its simplicity and effectiveness alone but Using a plow adds another level of fun and technique and it’s great to be able to put the snow exactly where you want it with the hydraulic angle. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Joe I appreciate the kind words buddy, We will get some more jobs together this summer for sure!

Hey Frank, yah I have had that Happen before, back in a video I kade last year using the bucket this happened and I used the tractor to knock the snow off before grabbing the bucket.. the bucket is pretty light so the snow can easily interfere but with something as heavy as a plow it won’t be as large of an issue but it’s still best to get the snow out of there just to be sure your pins are fully seated. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Absolutely! I appreciate my subscribers watching as I wouldn’t be doing it if it weren’t for you guys! Stay safe and God Bless!

Awesome man! Having a 3rd function is super useful! You’ll have so many uses for it with that grapple you’ll be glad you got it! It was one of the best upgrades I ever did to my tractor. Very cool he’s gonna share his implents with you!

Hey thanks Mike, glad you enjoyed! Yes I agree it (almost) looked like Alaska for a bit here… not quite 😂 appreciate you stopping by, stay safe plowing out there!

Hey Larry! Yah we really did get hit good huh? I had a feeling we would get 3 months of snow in a week and sure enough it happened haha. We shall see if we have anymore large storms this year but I’m suspecting we will. Glad to hear your 23s handled it with out issue! They are an amazing tractor and with the right amount of ballast there isn’t much they can’t do or handle. Good to know on the cab, it is a big decision I agree and it’s a lot of money to spend if your not dead set on thinking you’ll need it. Let me know if you do and I’ll be happy to help if you have any questions. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Andy glad you enjoyed! Yes I totally agree it def takes some getting use to with that auto float. I’m use to floating only the loader and being able to take the weight on and off my front wheels manually. I’m also use to lifting the plow when my front tires start to spin which is tricky with the auto float as it changes angle when you relive pressure but with some time and the right skid placement I’m sure it can be mastered. Thanks for watching!

Haha thanks man. Yes I totally agree!

Thanks Bob, it really does a great job being able to angle it at will whenever you need to square up to a pile or what have you. It’s also great for directing the snow exactly where you want it. You should think about adding your own hydraulics to your plow as it would be super easy to do since your plow already angles. Stay safe out there and thanks for watching!

Thanks Fred I really appreciate the nice comment! Sounds like your plow is gonna do a great job as well! Being that yours doesn’t auto float you can just throw your loader in float more often than not as long as you have a good base benieth you where the plow isn’t gonna want to dig in.. typically I like to use a manual float like your plow has as that’s what I’v always been use to. When you feel the snow is pushing you around a bit just get in the habbit of picking up a touch on the plow to relieve some snow and help out a little more weight on your front wheels, this will help a lot.. eventually you’ll get the hang of it, dropping the loader down, going to float, then picking up slightly on the loader before putting it back into float all in a few quick motions. Land pride makes some great equipment as well. Best of luck with your plow this year, tbanks for watching!

Thanks Dave! Yah we got quite a bit all at once, we just ended up getting some more too but when I made the video one of my cameras wasn’t on so idk if I’ll post the footage. Hope you have a great week, tbanks for watching!

Thanks buddy! I appreciate you guys watching them as if it wasn’t for you guys I wouldn’t be doing them. Stay safe out there!

Thanks buddy! Glad you enjoyed, hope your having a good winter so far with lots of fun uses for your Bx, stay safe and god bless!

Thanks Paul, I totally agree, tilting the plow left to right on demand is a very nice feature of this hydraulic plow. I found myself constantly using it to put the snow exactly where I wanted it which was a lot of fun and tile saving as well. There is a bit more finesse required to use thus Vs. the simplicity of a pushbox but both have their positives and negitives. I think once I get the skids set just right it’s gonna be awesome especially when I start to get a nice hard packed base above the stone on my driveway. Thanks for watching!

Thanks buddy I appericate it. It did a great Job for how much snow we got and for being my first time using it, I def made a couple mistakes I saw after re-watching my video but I was also exhausted and was rushing a bit too in the making of this. Thanks for stopping by 👍🏻

Thanks man, yah it works well once you dial the skids in and get use to that auto float. The hydraulic angle on the go is the ticket for sure! Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Thanks man, the cab Iv had for a few seasons now, been really happy with it. Thanks for watching!

Very cool Jeff, a snow blower up front and a blade in the back is an excellent combo able to handle nearly any type of snow between the two of them. Your using the correct tools for the Job giving you have nowhere to push your snow. For guys who have areas to push it a plow or pusher can get the job done well and what I do is when the piles start getting too large I’ll throw my bucket on and have some fun Re-arranging the piles and moving them around. Some day I’ll do a pusher Vs. plow comparison. Thanks for watching!

Yah that’s one thing about a plow is you will get Wind Rows you have to clean up after doing your initial passes.. this is common tho I also have 8” wide rubber sides I can add to this plow which helps to cup the snow and keep it Infront if the plow. Also I made some mistakes myself as I shoulda been angling the snow towards the unplowed side not towards the plowed slide in some areas where I could have. I realized this after watching it as I was very tired the day i made this video and was in a rush to get it done so I wasn’t totally thinking clearly. Also remember it was a TON of snow.. had it been even half of that I belive I wouldn’t have been plowing the same areas so many times. Thanks for watching !

Thanks buddy, right on! Bet you had fun getting out there to plow some snow, it’s been a very odd winter here this year, hoping for more snow but then hopefully an early spring so I can get back to doing landscaping as I already miss moving dirt haha

That’s a damn good idea 👍🏼

That’s a great idea Ben, iv seen this method being used on bucket edges as well where people use a PVC pipe with a cut through the center and slide it over their cutting edge. I wouldn’t mind trying that but the only bad thing is if it’s really wet/heavy snow or ice you need to cut through the rounded edge is just gonna want to ride over top of it instead of cutting through it. But I can see this being helpful for certain situations or gravel driveway that are still very soft and mushy 👍🏻

Look forward to your video. I want to go electric on my plow too.

Awesome Rick glad you finally ordered it! I look forward to seeing your video buddy! Let me know how you make out

Hey Mike, thanks a bunch I’m glad youv been enjoying the videos! You have a nice setup there with a rear blower on the back and a snow pusher on the front.. allows you to plow in any situation! As for the rear window you shouldn’t have any issues I wouldn’t think, the rear window is angled a bit downward tho so you may have a little issues seeing exactly where your blower is throwing the snow at all times.. you’ll be able to see it come out just fine but if you have the shoot set really high you may not be able to always see exactly where it’s landing.. but worst case you can easily lean your head down slightly and I think you’d be just fine. I havnt had any complains myself with the back window but I havnt had a snow blower on the back yet.. hope this helps! Thanks for watching/supporting the channel!

Thanks buddy, yah it did a really nice job, it def has its benifits over the pushbox for sure, tho I pusher also does a good Job too. I plan to use the plow for deep/heavy snow and I’m gonna keep my pusher for the lighter snow falls we get. That way I can change it up every now and again for you guys so you can see them both in action and it will hopefully help people to see the pros and cons of each style plow. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Ross, I was a bit concerned myself with it pushing the tractor around but I also have a ton of ballast on my tractor which thag extra weight goes a LONG way when plowing or doing any type of heavy pushing with a sun compact tractor.. if I didn’t have the ballast I had I’m sure it coulda pushed me around but with proper ballast it really unlocks the full potential of a sub compact tractor. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Jon! Yah some day for sure I want to blacktop my driveway.. if not this summer then hopefully next summer, it’s gonna make such a huge difference once I do in every aspect of my work out there. I also plan to build a new/bigger garage this summer so stay tuned for that also!

Your welcome. And thank you for the ❤you gave me I appreciate it very much

@@jonathanerickson2007 sure thing buddy, I appreciate you watching my channel!

If we got snow this deep often then a snow blower would be a must have I agree, but thankfully it’s not very often we get this much in this short of a time .. some day I would love a snowblower tho but they are damn expensive. Thanks for watching

Thanks buddy! I have always wanted a snow blower but never got one for 2 main reasons.. for one they are just sooo damn expensive, even a used one can run $2,000 sometimes around here, and for Two I like to keep my FEL on in the winter because often I’ll need the forks or grapple or even my bucket if a job comes up or a tree falls in my yard or what have you and I feel it would be a pain to keep switching back and forth from the blower to a loader especially with my cab on ad accessibility in removing the loader isn’t as easy once the cab is on. That being said I do think a snow blower would do a better job specially on my driveway and would handle deep snow like this much better also. Thanks for watching!

That woulda been awesome on that machine! I would have loved to see that video, hope your doing good buddy!

@@BiffsEquipment It sure would have…..I am fine, abroad and attending a really tough high voltage training but I hope I will succeed(50% failure rate)

@@NilsKall damn buddy well beat of luck! Your a smart guy so I bet you’ll succeed!

@@BiffsEquipment thanks!

I have debated doing this even back when I used my bucket to plow only with PVC instead, only I was afraid that with these really heavy and wet snowfalls once you drive over it or the snow gets even a little bit compacted the rounded edge of the pipe will surely ride over top of the snow I feel and will not cut through it.. because of this I never ended up trying it but maybe I’ll give it a shot some say. Thanks for watching!

Thanks man, I debated doing this but the only reason I didn’t was because I didn’t expect to get this much snow, had we gotten even just 6-8” it wouldn’t be an issue as it normally isn’t. Also my shed is so tight for space I would have to pull the plow out each time I wanted to work in there which isn’t the biggest deal I suppose. Next time we get a big storm coming I’ll see if I can do this as getting to the plow was a bit difficult lol. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Funny you say that cuz I had posted pics of my new plow on a Facebook group and people said “your gonna need more tractor to get any actual plowing done” I said “Haha, that’s what you think”

That is a problem many homeowners face, but they just keep using a plow and wonder why their driveway continues to get narrower with each snow storm LOL. Most people can't get whatever their plow is attached to going fast enough to get the snow far enough away from their driveway so it just slowly encroaches on their most commonly already narrow driveway, pretty soon you are just driving on top of the berm of snow anyways so may as well have just left it where it fell. I have a snow blower for my lawn tractor, I can blow it over to the neighbor's yard if I wanted to LOL. Or across the road into the field...or what I'm very tempted to do is blow it through the window of the plow truck when it goes by seems how they can't seem to figure out how the hell to operate a snow plow....no houses across the street yet they throw all the snow into the driveways of everyone on this side of the street, rather than angling the plow blade the other way, or going up the road on the left side of the road, coming back down and making a 2nd pass up the road and pushing the snow off into empty fields. Most of the town I live in you can't plow the roads because there isn't any place to plow the snow too...yeah this town is still stuck in the 19th century it seems. So they plow the snow into the middle of the roads...if we get enough snow they have to bring in dump trucks to haul the snow out with...usually they dump it in the irrigation canals or into the river. Even in town a snow blower wouldn't do any good as there's no place to blow the snow too, but for many homeowners they could at least blow the snow far enough away from their driveway into the woods, or whatever rather than having no place to put it after a couple of storms.

Hey Philip you would be correct! If you have millings you could put kerosene in a weed sprayer and spray the driveway and it will make it almost like blacktop if you do it right.. I have spilled diesel fuel on my millings before and it’s made them hard as concrete only it didn’t last very long and eventually they loosened back up over time. Be careful tho as I think it’s illegal these days.

Thanks I actually ended up doing this in my two most recent videos, I also explained why I didn’t do that at first. I appreciate you watching!

Haha I totally agree! Then you’d be covered for any type of snow fall! Your right no matter what you do plowing a gravel driveway almost always leaves you with a mess to clean up in the spring, lucky that’s what they make tractors for! 😁

Haha yah it can be a struggle at times when you have a smaller shed, I would leave the plow in there and set the loader arms on top of it but then any time I want to do something in my shed I have this big plow I gotta trip on or move before I work so I felt it was hurt easier to leave it outside until my new garage gets built next summer. I always try to keep as many things off the ground as I can when I have limited space and it’s served me well so far haha. Best of luck and stay safe!

Hey Sean, the cab heater has been perfect since I topped off the coolant in the previous video, nice and warm again and now that I added that vinyl on the radiator screen to cover it I’m able to keep much much more of my heat in the cab. It made a huge difference this year and I’ve been very happy with it. I also did that in the previous video if you havnt seen it yet

Hey Joe, the cab I have is an “original tractor cab” google “original tractor cab” their website will be the first one to pop up. Click on their cabs and select Kubota in the drop menu and you should see the cab for your model. It’s one of the best cabs you can get for the money, the price is extremely fair IMO as cabs are typically very expensive and being so cheap it still has some quality features like double doors on both sides as well as lots of accessory options if you choose to buy them later down the road. The cab also can be installed and removed in just under 20 min once it’s assembled for the first time out of the box. If you go to my “playlists” tab on my RU-vid channel you will see a playlist I have that is called “original tractor cab” in that playlist I show every single video I ever made relating to the original tractor cab.. you’ll get a ton of info from that playlist. If you can’t find it let me know I’ll give you a link 👍🏻

@@BiffsEquipment thank you very much! I just went over to their site and found it 😎. I will check your other videos.

@@joe00camaross sure thing buddy and please do, lots of great Kubota BX content, I make sure to give mine a good work out so everyone can see the capabilities of this machine. Have a great week!

@@BiffsEquipment you absolutely do!! And incredibly thorough instructional videos. 🤩

Hey Ron, it was actually previously cracked as I hit it last year with the pushbox and when I went by it with the plow It pulled the siding back out showing the crack again.. I never fixed it from last year I just tucked it back so the crack wasn’t showing and I didn’t tuck it back after I got done plowing this time.. it’s been getting worse I have to replace that corner. I actually hit it the first year I moved in also with the bucket if I remember correctly so it’s been hit more than a few times as I round that corner plowing over all these years

I agree that would be a cool project and has always been something on my bucket list haha. Tbanks for watching!

Thanks man, I debated doing this but the only reason I didn’t was because I didn’t expect to get this much snow, had we gotten even just 6-8” it wouldn’t be an issue as it normally isn’t. Also my shed is so tight for space I would have to pull the plow out each time I wanted to work in there which isn’t the biggest deal I suppose. Next time we get a big storm coming I’ll see if I can do this as getting to the plow was a bit difficult lol. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

You bucket will work just fine for you for a smaller driveway and that’s what many people use. Just drop the bucket down in float and curl the lip of your bucket up lightly so it’s not digging in and you’ll be all set. Also you may want to buy some Edge Tamers for the front lip of your bucket to make things a bit easier for you, they are basically skids for a bucket for plowing. If you go back to my way earlier snow plowing videos you’ll see that all I use to plow with was a bucket myself

Hey Grant, I do but only a few of my naibors .. I try to keep my BX off the road as much as possible to keep the road salt off it.. and trailering it to plow a driveway isn’t all that practical but I’v done it before when people need a hand. Thanks for watching!

I have the same setup on my BX23S and didn't notice any added pressure on the loader arms.

Hey Glenn, I’m not sure what you mean by added pressure, do you mean because it pushes heavier snow so the resistance is more pressure or do you mean the weight of the plow being more pressure on the loader arms? I’m any event no I don’t think this plow adds anymore pressure than anything else you’d throw on the FEL. Also when the plow is on the ground it auto floats so there is almost no pressure being applied to the loader arms accept for the resistance of the snow that your pushing against. This plow has an auto float function so the plow itself will float up and down vs having your loader do it manually.. so all you gotta do is set the plow down on the ground to relive some tension on that chain and away you go. As for the loader your correct. I believe the bx2370 comes with an LA243 loader where as mine is an LA344 loader which comes on the new BX80 series tractors. I bought my tractor used with no loader on it so when I purchased the loader for it I asked for the Bx80 loader instead as it was easier to get and a much better loader with the quick Attach frame and front skidsteer coupler. So far Iv been really happy with this loader and it works just as well on an older Bx as it does on the newer BX80’s. Thanks for watching!

@@BiffsEquipment yes I was wondering if you felt if it gave added pressure to the left or right while plowing with the blade was angled.

@@AndrewJohnson149 thanks

Hey John, great question. Your correct each style will certainly get the Job done there is no doubt about that! I mainly got the plow for a few reasons, one reason was because the pushbox was always a bit difficult to open up that first pass when we would get a ton of snow like this, I would have to Ram at it for awhile till I finally got through to the end so because of this I felt an angle plow being able to angle the snow to one side or the other would be better for these really heavy snow falls mainly better with those first opening passes. I also got it so at some point I could do a comparison video of a snow pusher vs plow and to show something a bit different for this winter on my channel to keep things interesting. The snow pusher is and will always be my favorite type of snow removal equipment as it’s insanely , simplistic, effective, and efficient for what it is but I do also enjoy using other types of plow equipment and the angle plow certainly has its benefits like being able to square up to any pile from any angle. That being said I still have my snow pusher and plan to still use it on lighter snow falls, keeping the angle plow mainly for heavier snow falls. Hope this helps explain it a bit. Thanks for watching John!

Hey Mike thanks for watching. As for increasing your relive valve pressure to increase loader lift capacity it to my knowledge has zero affect on your transmission or speed as the hydrostatic trans is internally regulated with its own relief valve. As for the independent brakes I 10000% agree with you! It’s always been my biggest issue with a sub compact, they really need to start offering a more expensive model with this option as it would be INSANELY helpful. I use the independent brakes plowing on any tractor that has them so I know I’d use them on my BX just as much. As for if you can make it independent that would be a big no because the brakes are setup inside the hydrostatic transmission so you wouldn’t be able to make them independent unless you split the transmission and did some insane modifications. These tractors are equipped with a “wet disk” and on a BX the single disk is controlling both left and right axles at the same time internally

That's what I do. Helps a bit, but not a huge amount.

I tried that already haha, that’s how I knew it wouldn’t fit, I couldn’t get enough curl on the blade and the hydraulic hoses were becoming really tight so I curled it as far as the hoses allowed me to and it still wasn’t even close because I have a chair and a shelf that’s also Infront of the plow keeping me from coming forward anymore. Was a good thought tho! I would just rest the loader arms on top of my plow but then anytime I wanna work in my shed I won’t be able to get around the tractor with out removing the plow first so I scratched that idea too :/

I’m sorry man for some reason your comment didn’t show up till just now, I use an “Original Tractor Cab” if you go to www.originaltractorcab.com you’ll be able to choose your model tractor to find which cab fits your tractor and which acsessories they make for it. If you go on my channel and click the playlists tab you’ll be able to find an entire playlist dedicated to this cab and all the things I’ve done to it. Let me know if you need anything else 👍🏻

Yep it’s a 2013 BX2370 with a BX80 loader on it that I bought new for my used tractor. The loader is an LA344 model. Bought the tractor used with 300 hours I now have almost 900 hours on it 👍🏻

Possibly but they don’t come up for sale very often.. also the big reason I don’t run a snow blower is because I like to leave my loader on in the winter, as often I need my pallet forks, grapple, or bucket for other work around my house or side jobs during the winter so a front snow blower just really doesn’t work well for me. I wouldn’t want to have to remove the snow blower to install my loader every single time I needed to use one of my other front attachments you know? That’s mainly why I havnt tried to get a snow blower aside from cost and used availability

Very cool! I’m sure it does a great job! I’m assuming your talking about a rear blade that you have?

Yes the plow is on my back of my tractor

Nice man rubber cutting edges work great, I use them on our pushbox at work which I converted from steel to rubber. On my driveway tho it wouldn’t matter, if the plow had a rubber cutting edge I’d still be plowing up just as many stones since the stone never freezes.. if they stone froze u agree a rubber cutting edge would def be more gentle and slide over top bs digging it up like a sharp metal cutting edge would. They also are making hard plastic poly cutting edges now which I hear work really well too. Thanks for watching!

Nice man, mahindra makes great machines! I have a bunch of subscribers who watch my channel who own the Mahindra 20s , they seem to really love their Mahindras and I havnt heard any complaints about them. For the price you can’t beat them!

I love My Mahindra tractor it does a good job

@@jonathanerickson2007 awesome man, that’s great to hear!

Meant to say 2’ drifts.. I was tired from plowing all day and it was EASILY 1’ no where close to 6”

Sorry I meant to say 2 foot drifts. I caught that in editing but it woulda been hard to edit out in mid conversation. I was really tired when I made this video. It was roughly 13” give or take with 2’ drifts

Snow pusher is the same way, all you end up doing is building up a bunch of snow in front of the tractor that eventually you cannot push any farther, plus you can't angle it in order to push it aside....this is the same case with most people doing snow removal with their fancy equipment, they can't go fast enough to get it out of the way far enough to not cause issues with snow removal from future storms, so their driveway keeps getting narrower and narrower....having a blower would be the best option, and even at that you have to have a place to blow it to. In so many of these terribly designed subdivisions with no room between houses you still have no place to put the snow, and a snow blower would be a poor choice to as where the heck do you put the snow, unless you can get the snow blown into your yard and not into the neighbor's driveway, or onto their cars LOL.

@@wildbill23c yah , I’ve got 3 acres to plow, have had a blower and plow, snow pusher is way faster, I have no problem pushing without stopping, blower is way too slow, and involves maintenance, now your using your pto, snow pusher , no maintenance and a hell of a lot cheaper.