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Grown cold wimpy with aging and our new warmer winters. Actually not real cold and not a real long stretch relative to the "good old days". But I'm a wimp. 6th consecutive night with below 0F lows. Forecast is for sub 0F nights until Sunday. Oh yeah! Today is sunny and single digits above...

Truck's Flex fuel sensor was detecting water. Poured in one bottle of Red HEET. Got home and read the info on the bottle It noted "safe" for 2 cycle gasoline and diesel motors. 32 gallons tank that I just filled up a day before the check engine light went on. The stuff seems to have worked...

Take extra care not to turn my snowblower into a gravel thrower. Skids set to max height. Box cutting edge set to orientate slightly upwards when in float position. Blaming our schizo weather. Nothing new. It now rains almost every month of the year. Late Sunday's precipitation first...

What are the ball shaped thingy that you can attach to your steering wheel called? The thing that allows you just grab and spin the steering wheel. Yesterday when clearing snow with the 3pt mounted snowblower my leather choppers that I treat with NIK leather conditioner and waterproofer...

Tried to get one more winter out of OEM blades. 2017 Silverado 1500 4x4. Never have had wiper blades last more than maybe 3-4 years. The OEM have been treated nicely. Truck parked either indoors or in the shade of a car port. No use until all ice is off the windshield. Never used when...

Assuming the Euro diamond or H pattern chains have improved side grip and steering? If so, wonder regarding steering on front wheel mounted chains if the spiked/studded 2 link ladders are more or less effective than those. Even with the ballast of the FEL and bucket, the R4s front tire...

On the old NH used yellow top Optima since purchasing new in '01 . Used their "smart" charger after the first Optima died. Only issue I had with the charger was the low end of the working temperature range IIRC was -10C/14F. Not practical living in the North. For the BX purchased the Noco...

One of my neighbors I allow to hunt on the property. When he stopped by to set up his blind he took a look at my new BX. He has a SCUT similar in size to the BX. I use to tell him his tractor looks like a toy. Now I have a "toy" tractor. He first just added fluid to both front and rear...

Do not think there is a thermostat on the BX block heater that prevents on at warmer temperatures. Tested the newly purchased BX's block heater a few days ago. It works. It was above freezing. Similar to the old '01 NH. I use to plug that one in for 30-90 minutes before starting on days...

Back blade is not QH compatible. Never got around even if possible to extend the lower arm pins by the few inches needed. Today, removed the QH05. Light weight makes it an easy and quick to do. Replaced the stock toggle stab with sliding bar type. Even then a bit grunting and fiddling...

Ready for the snow. Ordered a set of heavy duty 2-link ladder chains from tire chain dot com. Fast delivery. Did inflict some body damage. Stood up when under the tool box rack. Luckily slowly stood up. Bonk. See image. Just hurt a bit. Then the drip, drip. 5C/41F. Wasn't sweat. Had to...

Replaced the factory toggle style "bar" with a set of sliding bars for easy quick adjustment. Decided I should finally do a test attachment and run of the 3pt snowblower now v. the first snowfall. The pto connecting shaft was cut by the dealer for use with the quick attach. The width of the...

Decided to jack up the BX to see if I can just spin the wheels without needing jack stands (they are all bit too tall) to install winter tire chains. Worse case just use some of the odd lengths of treated 4x4 siting around and stack a up couple like building a crib. Rotated one wheel and...

The SB1051 purchased with the BX2380 came with the outer skid shoes. The ones that look like a skid plate. Sort of double duty function. Outer wear bar and skid shoe. Relatively small surface area. Old NH 3pt snowblower was 100lbs heavier. Had similar style skid shoes double the surface...

Have the necessary hardware on the Kubota to use a STB0560. On the old NH I use to just use the loader box and rear blade for light snow until the snowbanks became an issue. Then the 3pt snowblower was attached for the rest of the snow season. Which can be some years be the first snow dump...

Completed for this firewood season hauling lengths to eventually be cut, split, and stack. Firewood for the '28 heating season at the earliest. Grapple claw makes the task quick and easy. Old trailer used on the NH is a bit too large a capacity for the little BX. Don't feel comfortable...

49.8hrs. Only averaging 10hrs/month of seat time. Time for the 50hr maintenance. Roller board and I are too thick to slide around under the BX2380. Another "tool" that has lost its usefulness. Purchased ~25 years ago at the local NAPA store. Solid product. Out came some chunks of carpet...

Time to decide on studs v. chains. Chains on rear only. BX2380 with 2" spacers and R4 26-12-12 tires. Checked out tirechain.com. Price was good relative to e what I recall for much larger and heavier chains need on the NH. So cost v. better quality studs is not a factor. Might still stud...

Cold front blew in. Reminder of what is coming. Went to the iGrip stud site. Was consider the SS-08 model. Measured the depth of ribs on the R4s. Not the thickest. SS-08 are shouldered to reduce the chance of pushing in to deep when driving over rocky, gravel surface and have the same size...

On another thread a forum member posted an image of the Radiator Genie set. One for wand for attaching to an air compressor and one for attaching to a garden hose. BX2380 for those unaware is sort of "backwards". Radiator in the rear. Bit tight space around the radiator for cleaning beyond...