#48 Mowing Tips - Kubota B2601 Compact Tractor

Be careful mowing on hills or grades. Today I'll talk about some best practices for mowing in situations like this. First, always keep your ROPS in the upright position. Mow at full throttle. Use hearing protection. Use 4 wheel drive. Tractors don't have front brakes, so engaging 4x4 can help use your gears as brakes. Never mow parallel with a hill, but rather mow perpendicular to the hill. Also, wear your seatbelt. There are other safety concerns but these are my top tips.
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[@MyClutteredGarage]

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[@joerarey8496]

I'm not saying i would EVER listen to music while on a tractor, but i bought me a pair of those headphones

[@wds6900]

Thanks Ed. A million years ago when I first learned to operate heavy machinery my boss told me, "Kid, don't get in a hurry to get killed." Hey look, I'm still here.

[@chesbaycruiser]

Another great video and yes, it IS a great shot pointing backwards too! Also, it's important to mention that the ROPS is only 1/2 of the safety equation, the other being the seat belt which keeps you inside the protection zone of the ROPS in the event of a roll-over. If you're thrown out of the seat the ROPS is as likely to crush you as save you. Buckle up!!! 👍👍

[@MyClutteredGarage]

You’re so right about the seatbelt. I thought of that point afterward. Thanks so much!

[@MJADoingStuff]

ROPS UP BUCKLE UP!👍

[@chesbaycruiser]

@@MJADoingStuff I love it!

[@OrangeismyNewGreen]

Like a dance...ballet...good one Ed 😂 great tips also 👍🏻

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks much! 😄

[@chesbaycruiser]

The "pose" sealed the deal for me!!! 😂

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

I love your videos Ed. You have me cracking up, yet great information as well. I like that you gave the stats early on in this video. I know of several people that have been killed on tractors. 2 of them were people that I was pretty close to.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks very much Gary. Very sorry to hear of those losses. -Ed

[@RossOnTheLand]

Love the ear muff muffling! Good stats, and safety practices. very well done Thanks for posting.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks for noticing that edit! :)

[@mnleber]

Don’t forget to advise against using the seat belt when the ROPS deployed. Per manual!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Hi Mike. Absolutely. Thanks for watching and for your comment. -Ed

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Good morning Sir, I'm sorry that I miss some of your livestream's and video's but I have a good excuse ( I had to buy a new house last week ! ) Yes in deed the hearing protection are great for all you said and I do listen to music but not loader that the sound of the engine ! Yes in deed Sir ROPS are very important and using with the safety belt too is THE BEST combination protection that you have 🧐👍 Keep up your great sence of humor Sir is one of the many reasons that make you so good 👍😉 You should do a video of you cameras that you are using ? 😊 I realy like your floating mower deck dance move and again your sence of humor is a great moral booster Sir 👍😉🤣 Do NOT FORGET TO USE YOUSAFETY BELT IN Hill's Sir 😉👍 Great camera angle Sir 🧐👍 Cheers 🍻😊👍

[@WichhartAcres]

That opening shot was sick! Stable, great audio, Focused on you with the background slightly out of focus, all while in motion! Nice work! The parallel and perpendicular scene made me chuckle too. Great info in the video!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Much appreciate your kind comments. Thank you! -Ed

[@caydensoutdoorlife4547]

Very nice video Ed! Thank you for showing us this!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Cayden!

[@caydensoutdoorlife4547]

@@MyClutteredGarage thank you!

[@TheRonald6524]

Excellent advice!!! It really doesn’t take much to get yourself in a jackpot !!!!!!!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you, Ron.

[@wolf0994]

Appreciate the data, good simple video. Great tips. Love the ballet. We use the same concepts in our ATV riding, never parallel or diagonal up or down, just straight up.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you!

[@DIYMyWay]

Hi Ed! Great job on presenting great mowing tips! BTW, I think the video has great entertainment value too. Thanks for sharing!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks so much Martin. I appreciate your support. Hope you can join us on a livestream sometime!

[@AD-hr4is]

Short but good info. Also never turn around on a hill.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you. That's definitely a good point!

[@MrDarcy-OlMan]

Great advice buddy

[@garyhoward2726]

Great video, like your parallel mowing example

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Gary!

[@deanbarr5740]

Some very good tips there Ed. Couldn't agree with you more. When I bought my tractor which is green in color I ordered it with a fiberglass canopy. Therefore I can't put my ROPS down unless I take the Canopy off. So, in the three years I've owned it, the ROPS have always been in the upright position. I live in West Virginia, the Mountain State, and I had a 4x4 tractor run off with me while mowing on a Steep hill about 20 plus years ago. Very scary, and I wouldn't want anybody to add this to their Bucket List of things to do. I was very lucky/Blessed as when I was scooting down the the hill i just missed a Concrete wall on a Dehy Plant for a gas company that was about 4' tall and 20' long at the foot of the hill. I narrowly missed this wall by inches. Thanks Ed for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Wow that's scary stuff that you will never forget! Thanks for sharing! -Ed

[@HamiltonvilleFarm]

Good video Ed👍

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Hank!

[@jimdandy7772]

Thank you for the video Very informative

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks for watching, Jim Dandy!

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Great video, Ed. Mowing up a grade in reverse is how I prefer also. Especially on the Ford 8n without 4 wheel drive. I don’t like when the front tires get light due to the mower or brush hog on the rear.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Chad. My first tractor was a Ford 9N. Fun little tractor!

[@AkDadStuff]

Good advice Ed. I have a really steep slope to mow( Not for a month or two though) I always try to to follow that advice. Take care my friend

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Still pushing snow up there? 😄

[@AkDadStuff]

@@MyClutteredGarage yep moving piles around but it's all melting

[@MJADoingStuff]

Another cool 😎 camera angle Ed👍 Hard to tell how steep the hill is I know it’s steeper than it looks on camera I can hear the RPMs drop as you we’re climbing it thanks for all the safety tips. 😁👍mowing season is almost here

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Mitch. It's definitely steeper than it looks on camera. That's a hard thing to capture on video.

[@turdferguson5300]

Very important if you do tip your tractor after righting it DO NOT START IT for 24 hours. This lets the fluids that may be on top of the pistons leak back down. If you can remove the glow plugs and turn the motor by hand that would be best. You can do a lot of damage by starting it immediately after a rollover. Six things to remember, #1 set the tractor upright #2 remove the key from the tractor #3 change your underwear #4 grab a beer #5 wait till tomorrow #6 hope nobody saw ya shit yourself. PS Axle extensions are great for stabilizing on grades. Jeep extensions fit the BX series but you'll need to drill out the lug holes to 30mm so the socket can tighten the bolts. I found a 30mm bit on Amazon. Jeep extensions are $50 while tractor extensions are $175 -$200. The distance from the mid mower to the back wheels will determine the size of extensions you can use. I have a 54" deck so I used 1 1/2" extensions on each side. That's only 3" but it made quiet a difference on some serious grades. Jeep extensions may fit a B2601 also but IDK?

[@MyClutteredGarage]

#3 🤣

[@HuserHelpers]

I've got a video in the works where one of the test shows side mowing a ditch bank with a BX vs my old G1800. Spoiler, I won't do it with the BX. Great Video Ed!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Awesome! I look forward to seeing it! Thank you.

[@richardzicarelli3193]

Great tips

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you, Richard.

[@wlsteffen]

I noticed you don’t have a hand bolt I purchased at the dealer so your ROPS don’t vibrate. The nut is welded on the right side of the ROPS fits the threads perfectly. The Kubota comes with them from the factory on the BX models but not the B 2601. Thanks for the informational video! Wayne

[@HAXMAN]

Great job Ed! I could really tell a difference when you put those headphones on. 😂 Also, is it weird that I was trying to determine your camera setup from the shadow it cast on you. I definitely recognized that Rhode wireless go shadow. 👍

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Adam. And thanks for catching that audio edit :) You definitely spotted the Rode Wireless Go! I was thinking of commenting on the "camera cameo". There's a shot of the setup on my FaceBook page. Oh, and it's a Canon M50.

[@daveknowshow]

very good information

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Dave!

[@ronbeckett67]

I always take my FEL off its super easy and really changes your center of gravity mowing

[@jamesyates5191]

Thanks Ed. Perhaps as an added safety issue use Bora wheel spacers or similar products. It widens your wheel base. Merry Christmas.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks James. Great point. That’s something I’d definitely like to install. Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@SandyMasquith]

Great stuff, Ed, and well presented. How do you like the rear mower deck? I have a fairly hilly lot, and the belly mower is turning out to be troublesome. I like the way you can raise and lower the rear mower deck.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Sandy. I definitely prefer the rear finish mower for my situation. Mostly for the reason you mentioned. I actually made a video about it (go figure). Check out #23 if you’re interested.

[@orlandogajardo1992]

Great video. New tractor owner. Do you have a video showing how to install the rear finish mower on the tractor.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you. You can see me connecting the finish mower in this video. Be safe and enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKOnhoeKg96rm7M

[@roadrunner3563]

That's an extremely narrow tractor. Mine has spinout rims out to 80 inches for greater stability. That particular "hill" may or may not cause me to change my mowing technique given the much wider stance. For a very steep hill, I might resort to a different machine altogether.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

They are VERY narrow.

[@seanwahl1000]

I just ordered up some 2 1/2 inch bora wheel spacers because I was getting tired of the puckerd effect every slight slope or hole my wheel would go in. Can't wait!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

That will be nice. I'd like spacers just because I think the tractor would just look better proportioned.

[@seanwahl1000]

@@MyClutteredGarage I'll let you know how they work out. I hope they are wide enough. Bora will make them any size you want.

[@MJADoingStuff]

@@seanwahl1000 Do you think 🤔 it the spacers would make it harder to load on a trailer?

[@seanwahl1000]

@@MJADoingStuff Not if your trailer is wide enough for it.

[@stephencarney477]

I just put 2” spacers on my BX and the difference is remarkable. It’s still a tippy tractor, but it feels much more stable on humps and slopes.

[@rodjewell934]

Get you a set of Bora wheel spacers for the rear it will increase the stability like you cannot believe. Safety is very important.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you. I’d like to!

[@jpjp3873]

I get the demo, but is the hill in the video really too much to handle horizontally? I'm getting my first tractor in a few days and that hill doesn't look too bad. I don't want to over estimate what I can drive on!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Hi JP. It’s hard to convey on video but that hill is pretty steep. I can’t offer much more than to say wear your seatbelt, keep your ROPS up, kept your loader low, and listen to your internal pucker factor. Generally, I try to hit almost any hill perpendicular rather than parallel. Thanks for watching. -Ed

[@kaseycasece1340]

YOUNG MAN , FOR MY KUBOTA TRACTOR , I USE 1 ST HIGH RANGE , I HAVE B7500 WITH FINISH MOWER

[@TheHuff828]

He's funny

[@robbyddurham1624]

what was the slope of that hill, rise over run? it's hard to tell on a video.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Sorry I can’t really answer that question. Probably about 15 degrees. Thanks for watching!

[@michaelwooster8898]

Do you think the tractor wood tip if you went parallel to the road?

[@seanwahl1000]

That tractor, there'd be a good chance it would.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

I definitely think it would at that section where I was mowing. Thanks for watching.

[@faulltw]

Even on a slight incline I feel like I am going to flip over.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Pucker factor. ;)

[@wildbill23c]

If you are hitting tree branches with your ROPS, its time to trim the trees. If you have a tractor large enough to have a ROPS, you should have a pole saw handy to trim those low lying branches because most likely if those branches are hitting your ROPS, they're probably really close to hitting you in the head as well so trim those tree branches up out of the way and leave the ROPS alone.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks William. I agree! I got a Ryobi pole saw last summer. I like it, and will probably get a better one at some point. Thanks for watching. -Ed

[@wildbill23c]

@@MyClutteredGarage I just have the el-cheapo pole saw from Harbor Freight, it works really well...the Ryobi is probably a few steps up from the one I have HAHA!!!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

@@wildbill23c check out video #28 if you want to see it in action. Thanks.

[@richardweihert6233]

I can't help but wonder why you do not back to the top of the hill with the mower up, drop the deck and mow down the slope. This puts added weight on the rear tires, you have a rear discharge mower that is intended to be pulled forward while mowing. It would seem that mowing while backing impacts the flow of grass from the deck.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Cuts fine in both directions, but good point! It does a great job just mulching up the grass when you mow in reverse too. Thanks for your comments. -Ed

[@christophergallagher531]

You said it's a dance. Be care full what music you put on!

[@kaseycasece1340]

YOUNG MAN , I HAVE GEAR DRIVE TRANMISSON KUBOTA B7500 4X4

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Gear drive is great for mowing! Thanks for watching.

[@markunderwood6162]

Manuel ok but HST beter constant drive PTO and you can very speed constantly with out having to change gear in heavy grass or up hill.

[@domenicmaiani3795]

LOL, "ballet like"... keep dancing, Ed - just don't want to see you in a tutu, no offense (I'm just more of a Carhart kinda guy)! 😉

[@MyClutteredGarage]

No worries. You’ll never see that 😂

[@pddpup7767]

what the hell is with the youtube safety police? If you are on your property and smoke a joint what would I care