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Neil from Messicks here.
We're out today with the
Kubota BX28:16 50 inch
front snowblower for the BX80 series tractors.
This is a unique piece that we have out here today
typically we get a little frustrated
when our vendors don't give us
a whole lot of good information about
front attachments and those kinds of things.
We're going to spend some time on this one
and hopefully be able to give you
a little bit of information
it might be hard to come by
when flipping through a piece of literature.
To get a little bit of history in context
on the BX Series snow blowers
as years has gone by
as we've gone from a BX00 series
to the 30 to the 50 to the 60, the 70
and now the 80.
For the most part,
snow blowers have been backward compatible
through a lot of little product line.
That has changed this last year,
there's a lot of differences
down here in the mounting
and the way that the tractor
and the snow blower attached to each other
because of those mounting differences
we don't have backward compatible options anymore.
This is a new snowblower
for a new series tractor.
If you'd like to see exactly
how that hitch works
I'm going to do another video here
showing exactly how to mount
and remove these pieces
or any of the other front attachments
that might be in this series
but right now we're going to focus
on the snowblower itself.
This is a 50-inch snowblower
and in case of the snowblower here
there's actually some commonality
between BX80 series
and the larger B series tractors.
Because they're using similar mountings
this snowblower is also used
on a B2301 or B2601,
giving some commonality and allowing this
to fit on a lot of different things.
Because of that relationship,
there's also a 55-inch
heavy duty version snowblower as well
that could be mounted to both of those models.
Now we would typically see
that larger 55-inch blower
used up to 1 to B series tractor.
Well, this one would typically be used
down on the BX
but they can actually cross back
and forth if you'd like to put one or the other
for a particular application,
say on your B series tractor
you needed a narrow snowblower
50-inch snowblower to do a 48-inch driveway.
For instance, you wouldn't want the bigger blower
and so the small BX Series
one can carry up to that.
There's a surprising number of options
available for snowblowers believe it or not
this could be done in a very
inexpensive economy configuration
or a very deluxe hydraulic configuration.
That's how this one here is set up.
When you go through and you want to
operate the rotator
to spin this thing from left to right
typically in the economy configuration
you're going to have a screw with a handle
coming back here to the side of the tractor
that you would crank
in order to move this thing back and forth.
A very cheap and easy way of accomplishing that.
If you'd like a more deluxe
nicer to use setup though
a hydraulic motor
can be mounted right down here
at the base of the spout
with hoses that are going to come back
here to your load of control valve
in order to rotate the spout
that makes it really nice to use.
Since we've got third function kits
now on BX's as well
a hydraulic cylinder can also
be rigged up here on the spout as well.
Typically in your more economy configurations,
this is going to be done in a set it and forget it
type solution
where you're not really able
to control it from the tractor.
It can also be done
with an electronic actuator as well
if you don't want to spend the money
on the hydraulic third function kit.
You're going to have an extra button
back there on your loader stick
and then a diverter down here
at the bottom to switch between the rotation
function and the spout function.
I can make all the adjustments
on this snowblower from the seat of the tractor
and you're going to find that
being a very nice option
for a cab for instance.
These things say the screw
coming back the side
aren't really compatible with the cab
you need hydraulic motors to do those
functions and they can be really convenient
to operate from the seat of the tractor.
We're going to start the tractor up here
and show you how the different
hydraulic functions work.
We start the machine up
typically no matter how you set
these things up,
up and down on the loader stick
are going to raise and lower your
front hitch for any attachment you may have
about there in the front.
That's that guy right there
got to spin my spout from left to right,
I can take left and right on my loader stick
and point this thing where I want it to go.
Then if I want to switch
to adjusting my spout
I have a button up here on the loader stick
to activate the third function.
I'm going to push the button
and it's going to trigger a diverter
that's now going to cause
my left and right function
to point the spout up and down.
You can see I'm doing this
in idle so I don't make a whole lot of noise.
If I speed this thing up
I get a lot of really
fast action out of these things.
You can be very very productive
if you have a large area to clean,
a lot of passes
that you need to be back and forth
rather than sitting there and cranking the screw
to bring the spout back and forth
the hydraulic actuator
for this can make this a lot more efficient
for you and a lot nicer to use.
Another nice change has happened
with the single lever quick coupler down here
that's used on the loader
is that we're now using flat faced couplers
for all these connections.
If you've not seen flat faced couplers before,
they're commonly used in the construction industry
because they keep the couplers cleaner
and they're a lot easier to attach
and detach than what pioneer couplers are.
This isn't using the single lever manifold
that's used on the loader
rather you take that manifold off
and you just come over here
at flat pace couplers now
and attach them right onto these connections.
That's the front snowblower
for the Kubota BX80 Series.
We can help you with any of your
parts of service needs
or you're in the market for a piece like this
give us a call at Messick's.
We're available at 800-222-3373
or online at Messick's.com.
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