The Rock, Ecobust & The BX25D Part 2
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- Well this one is a few days late. Tried four times to do the upload and it didn't work so I had to compress the file more. Hope it works this time. There will be a difference in quality but at least you'll get to see if I win the battle with the rock.
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Thanks Paul and Kathy, you folks are rock stars of home video in my opinion. I always am delighted when you have a new video. I picked up our new BX25D1 a couple of weeks ago and am still waiting for some of the accessories to arrive, we will be putting our BX22, first year unit and 25th off of the line, up for sale soon. These have been excellent machines. Thanks again for sharing your work, your fun and your wonderful family with all of us!
Hey thanks Cat. We really appreciate that. Congrats on the BX25D1. Great machine. Did you know that I actually turned a BX2200 into an ice resurfacer? Works great too. Hope you do a video on your new BX. Now you got me excited. Thanks for your kind words and stay safe.
You are a lucky man, all those toys to play with. You know what they say, "he who dies with the most toys wins". I used to need my wife's permission to buy toys then she ran away with my best friend. I really miss him. Best wishes from The Land Downunder.
hi there Kathy and paul love your vids and your cool ideas on bx tractors used a few of them myself on my tractor .thanks for all the good info and keep up the good work..thanks dave from bc
Yes SIR! What wonderful package. Still in awe.
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!
Thank you again my friend.
Hi Paul & Kathy you did a good job on the rock. Used the ecobust last year on my rock at home. Got more to do this spring. Take care.
You are a multi talented man, your videos should be watched by all you tube makers as to see what its like to be proud of what you do, super great job Paul, keep it up you are a inspiration for all of us.
Walter Herrick
Thank you very much Walter. I appreciate your kind comments and I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed the videos. Thanks for taking the time to watch them.
Oh goodness that is so satisfying to watch. I have quite a rocky yard (red clay) and this gives me hope that it can be easy excavated.
Man that thumb is the cat's meow. I gotta get one on my Mahindra. As always...great video, love your sense of humor...(warm air from the mainland...cracked me up). Keep up the good work.
Mark Donaghy
Thanks Mark. I'm seldom serious lol. Ya the thumb is a wonderful addition to the BX especially now that it's hydraulic. Sure worked out well with that rock.
Thanks for watching!
I feel the same way every time I put that machine to the test it passes with flying colors and I've put it through just about everything I can throw at it and I always end up smiling because it does exactly what you ask it to. Then you tuck it away In a tiny corner and it takes up zero space and your like man that things awesome haha great job Paul tell wifey great angles on the vid to
Ya you see the advantages of the BX as we do and you well explained it too. Thanks from Wifee and me ;)
really glad that stuff worked and looks like it worked well nice job thanks for the video great job the both of you
namvetseabee
That hydro thumb is a monster! lol Great video can't wait til the next and what else you have up that sleeve.
Thanks. Next video in a day or so. ;)
Hi Paul. I have been watching your videos for some time now, and have really enjoyed them. I live pretty close to you in shearstown and gave tempted to drop by. Great job
Well hello neighbor. Great to hear from the locals lol. Tempted is good but take it to the next step and drop in some time ;) Great to hear your enjoying our videos. Thanks for watching and commenting.
hi, Paul & Kathy One rock gone last year. Just drilled fourteen holes in a big lime stone rock Sat. The Ecobust really works. My home is in maryland. Take care.
Paul and Kathy I'm still waitig for the reality tv show haha. The show could be called Short television lol just kidding however I would definitely watch it. Thanks you two, loving the property enhancement vids good luck with everything as always Tim
Thanks Tim. Glad your enjoying our videos. We try and make it as much fun as possible but we are like that all the time anyway so it's easy to tape lol. A new video will be up in a day or so. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Keep well my friend.
VICTORY!!!!
Wish I could come and help.
Was planting a bunch of trees in my backyard on the weekend...ran into clay that must have been as hard as your rock. That God for the BX25D, I'm not as young as my wife thinks I am.
Oh man I feel your pain. Great machines but they do make us think up jobs to do with them. Hope you got your project completed.
Paul, I watched this video pretty late but I still liked it. And yes the air down here is very warm we've been getting 80 and 90 degree weather here in Bon Jovi Land! But it sucks, you want to open the windows in the truck but the air is so hot it just isn't worth it.But hey it's better to tow cars in the cold rather than the heat, at least your chains don't freeze to your hands. I'll watch the new video later, Another busy day ahead of me, grass to cut and cars to tow.
Oh man I do not like heat. Id rather cold any day. Get some rest and take it easy and stay off of TH-cam lol.
well done guys.....look forward to the finished parking lot.
Thanks Jim. Hope all is well on your end.
That's an incredible little backhoe.
I like the articulate thumb.
Kubota makes a great machine. The hydraulic thumb is my design and get works perfectly. great little tractor. Thanksfor watching.
Wow looks great 👍🏻
Awesome job on the removal of the rock , strong tractor .
Thank you very much.
Great video, you realy showcase how good that thumb works
Thanks Jamie. Great machine and works well with that hydraulic thumb. I'll be in to see you before long. Need a hydraulic and HST filter for the 5740. Keep up the great job your doing my friend.
Kathy, didn't you want some rocks for garden decoration? Lol. Your BX would have run for its money here in Oregon. :) Have a great week Mr. & Mrs Short.
Thanks buddy. Ya she kept a few for her garden. Did you get your package?
I just tried this stuff at my buddies cottage up in the kawartha lakes in Ontario, drilled the holes in the rock, cleaned them out with a long tube hooked to an air compressor then out this stuff in, checked it this morning before we left (like 16-18 hours after we did it) and didn't see much happening hopefully when we go back it'll be ready. The lake were on is all stone, even the trees have no dirt but still grow in the stone lol
How fast it works is dependent on the outside temperature. You could wait 20 hours then all of a sudden it cracks in a dozen places. I would put a tarp over it and get it warmer. That will help.
Great vid Paul!!
Thank you!
Great video again Paul!
Thanks bud!
I just picked up a great waterproof kubota baseball cap from my dealer it's great you should see if your dealer has them if you don't already own one haha. With all that rain you have at least you could be out there drilling with your head dry haha look forward to the next vid
Ha!. Don't think I've seen the cap. I'll have to investigate that one for sure. Kubota has given me some really nice caps but I never checked to see if they were waterproof. I'm hoping my drilling rock days are behind me now but one never knows ;)
Hey, I finally got caught up on the vids. 'Puter was down for a week or so and I missed out on the last 3. Not cheap getting a 'puter fixed. Glad you and Kathy won out on the rock. I learned something again from you. Thanks! All's well that ends well, right. Guess there are some more mods for my JD on the waiting list so I can pay for this computer being fixed. Worst part is I wanted to do some mods on the mustang. Oh well, it's all good. Have a great day and a better week. Levi~~
Oh man sorry to hear about your puter issues. We've all had that happen and it's not nice. Nice to have toys but they do come with a price. Mods on tractors, Mustangs.....oh I fully understand lol. Ya the rock is history so we are moving forward full steam ahead at this point. Glad your back.
Thanks for your videos, I see you always lift the back tractor wheels up when using backhoe, is that normal? I thought only you use the levelers just to keep tractor stable, not lift entire tractor?
No one can say your machine is just for looks..... great job! Just picked up a Kubota BX25D with 69 hrs and a bunch of attachments. They wouldn't sell it unless I took all of them. I have a snow plow that's never been used. Any takers? $I don't know what its worth, but its for sale.
Hi Paul and wife,
Looks as if you have cracked it, no pun intended. Well done!
+mrbluenun
Yes sir. It's cracked. Great stuff.
Thanks sir really appreciate the info.
+Guy Snow
Your kindly welcome.
LOL re hot air from mainland - send some over to me. The thumb is just amazing!
Well considering the winter we had I got up yesterday and opened every bag at the one time. We sure had a great day yesterday but I ran out of bags. More on order ;) Glad you like the thumb. It sure is nice to operate with it.
Impressive work for a small piece of equipment.
Sure is. Great little unit.
Nice work Paul.
+Phil B.
Thanks Phil.
To be honest I gained a lot of respect for the BX after watching this. Pound for pound the little tractor is probably on par with the 5740! You were lifting out pieces of rock that probably weighed a couple hundred pounds easily. It's a true mighty mouse for sure!
I think you just stumbled onto the reason Atlantis sank...somebody there bought a BX and a bucket of Ecobust, split the bedrock, scooped it out with the BX and the whole island sunk!! lol
Truck Shackley That little BX is about the coolest little thing I've ever owned. We were only supposed to keep it for one year to gain access to our back property but then I got interested in it. Developed a multitude of accessories for it and decided to keep it. I think of it as a Swiss Army Knife. I have over 20.000 operating on heavy equipment. Some of the machines I've been on we're worth over a million dollars but the small BX is the machine I enjoy the most.
Truck Shackley Ha. You might have solved the puzzle on Atlantis lol
These drills are very good on solid rock, but when drilling into a stone house wall, (which are normally filled with loose rubble), the loose infill drops down behind the larger end of the drill, preventing it coming back out, with my 1 Mt drill I have to go right through and out the other side to get my drill back!
It would have been nice to see how well that new bit worked on that granite.
So nice... I'm from Norway so I wonder how much did you give for the hot air? Is the price in psi?
Need some of that here too.
Love your videos
christoffer1973
Ha. Hot air cost a lot here. Not much of it here so we ship it in ;)
We see a lot of you great people from Norway on our channel and we love having you here. Thanks for watching.
Hey, Wait ! How did you clean it up? Did you pick it all up by hand and put it in your front end or what? I hope you show me more on how you 'walk' the tracker. I know this is over 3 years old, so I will just just watching, lol. Thanks. sign me out as Old Lady with first toy in OHIO
Hay Paul love your vids, A little advice with running your backhoe, don't jack your machine up with the stabilizers, instead run stabilizers down enough to support machine lock your four-wheel-drive in, set parking brake fully, that will keep you from dragging the machine when you're pulling on heavy objects, I realize the smaller machines with back hoe don't really have enough weight to keep the machine from dragging to what you're pulling on, but this will keep a lot of stress off your stabilizers
Thanks. Sometimes going by the text books don't always work. I have over 20.000 hours operating heavy equipment and many many times I had to do things very differantly than we were trained to get the job done.
Hi Paul and Kathy, big fan and just recently purchased your Sure-Footers for my BX 25.
I’m also trying to breakdown a very large granite rock. I don’t have a large drill so wanted to ask what type of drill should I rent? Did you use a hammer drill? Thanks
David I’m sorry for the slow response. We get hundreds of questions every week so it’s hard getting to them. You can rent a Hilti hammer drill. They are good. So are the Bosch drills with a 1” drill bit. That will get it done. Hope you like your Sure Footers. Thanks.
I knew you would win! Boy that hydraulic thumb is the stuff!
Thanks for your vote of confidence ;) oh ya. I enjoy that thumb. Thanks for watching!
Good good video!
Any chance of a workshop tour?
Thanks. Yup. Planning on a workshop tour in a future video.
haha nice vid paul, was wondering when the next part was going up, i passed by your house last weekend!!
You should have stopped in. I would have given you some rock lol.
hahaha as long as you would of signed it! lol i wanted to stop in but the garage or nothing was open, so we were like naw, so we went down to the flea market in spaniards bay
We were gone on Sunday but were there most of Saturday. Heck. I would have signed all the rocks if you were going to take them lol. So. Did you buy any fleas ? ;)
yea thats probaly why then, we passed sunday, and i didnt think you were home cause the garage was closed and the van was gone, and no lol but there was some cool stuff like, old coke and pepsi bottles and stuff
Talk about making a guy jealous...I couldn't stop staring at that HYDRAULIC thumb in action LOL....Fabricate one up for my B2320 will ya ;)
It's only lately I've had the opportunity to actually use the hydraulic thumb since it was winter when I did the mod but I much say I'm impressed with it. Not having to get off the machine to set the mechanical thumb now is a blessing.
Hello Paul love the videos BTW. I purchase a new 2016 BX 25D, What should the working RPMs be? ThanksGuy Snow Fort Erie OntarioFormer Newfoundlander
+Guy Snow
Guy run it for the first 50 hours at 2000 rpm and then after that I run ours at 2600 and some times a little higher. Congrats on your new BX.
We have exactly the same problem here in France with bedrock jutting up in the garden, that which we cant turn into a rockery, we have to get a large hydraulic pecker in for, this Ecobust looks like the thing we want, it works very well.
Kathy did a heck of a job!
You did alright also.
Gee if I tell her that it will go to her head lol.
Just kidding. Great video!
Oh man. I know you were kidding and thanks for the laugh. I needed one today.
Paul. How do you feel about the BX25d as a decent home owner machine, with an acre lot in NY? Might have some mild trenching work to do with it. As a man that can have anything and makes anything he needs, I think you're the best resource for an honest opinion. I've been stewing on a Kubota B2920 or JD 2032R also.
Nick Herron
Thanks Nick. I don't know anything about the JD. we don't have any dealers here on the island but I realize your not asking me about that one. As for the Kubota BX25D. Well we bought it just to open up our back property and only intended to keep it for one year but fell in love with the thing. It's a great machine and perfect for one acre. the larger B modle is nice too but maybe a little over kill for your needs but I do like to buy larger than I need but in my case I already had the Kubota Grand L 5740. Unless the JD is something out of this world you can't and won't go wrong with a Kubota BX25D.
Hope this helps.
Hello I would like to know do you know how deep you can go? is it possible to go 5 or 6 feet down I have a very larg rock in the drive way that is the size of a semi truck and im having a hard time trying to get it up have a 250LC-7 Excavator and cant do anything with it but if i can get the Ecobust to work that deep i think I can bust it up and get in to the property a lot easier Let me know if you have time and that was a great video thanks and have a good day.
+Robvanvie3 Hill
Ive only used the stuff on the rock you seen in the video. You can go as deep with the solution as much as you want as long as you have a long drill bit, powerful drill and good strength in your arms. temperature is an issue this time of the year as well. Go to their site and research it. www.ecobust.com
That little machine can do so much
Ya I almost feel guilty asking it to do some of it.
Paul I loved your video & you stuck to your guns & beat that rock! Hooray!
Beside the hydraulic jack-hammer mod I suggested, there was another way (a old 1800's way) of cracking that rock. The method was to build a very hot fire on top of it, & then when the coals were cold, you would douse it with lots of cold water. From a safe distance of course. This would pulverize the rock into almost powder.
Paul, whatever you do, please keep posting your videos on TH-cam, no matter what happens, because they keep changing their software, & it keeps having problems, they will finally realize what they did wrong & get it fixed.
Hey!
I could go for a shout-out too!
You're far away friend,
Kurt
Hey Kurt. Great idea on the rock splitting but I think I'll pass on it. My luck it would take out half the town when it split lol. Don't worry. I'll keep posting vids. This week the shop picked up to a crazy pace and on top of the I caught a bad cold. The property is starting to look very nice at this point and the final grading is done. Just waiting on some more material to be delivered from another company but things are moving fast on this project now. I have to do two more parts to this series and it will be completed. Stay tuned. Should have another video up by weekend. Thanks for your encouragement my friend.
I'm fixing to look at your latest upload now.
BTW
You Sir are a excellent video host!
I really like your videos, you can tell?
iflyhelis
Thanks my friend. I sure appreciate it. Hey it's people like you that keep us doing the videos. Stay safe my friend.
I Thank-You for putting up with long upload times/gremlins in the TH-cam software/& your wonderful Wifey Kathy for putting up with you. ;-)
Kathy you do great video!
Kurt, from afar....
do you think the bigger pads on the BX are worth the extra time and materials.
Brian Hughes
One of the best mods on the machine. I'll never go back to those stupid small pads.
Aw man paul you scratched the bucket! Atleast you put that beast to rest
I think it will buff out lol
It would have been easier todig around the stone first then break it. But why wash it tomake it pretty before breaking it?
I called New Foundland Kubota & told them I was in Florida & I bought a 2014 BX25D which I'll get next week as they are puting my Grappler & third function on for the grappler but I talked to a parts guy about a Ripper for my back hie & he said you made it as they don't have them so I'd like to know if you would make me one & tell me how much as I'd love to have one on mine & I don't have the tools to make one. Thanks for your wonderful viedos as I love them
Bob I'm very well known at Newfoundland Kubota. I even work for the owner of the dealership. Great people. I'm planning on building some of my designs later on. Right now my day time job takes up all my time. Happy to hear your enjoying our video's. It's folks like you that keep us wanting to keep doing them. Check out our web site at www.specialtyrepairs.ca
now all you need is to build a rock chrusher and you got rock for your yard
namvetseabee
Great videos, that Kubota sure does the job. Where did you get that hyd thumb? Is that a kubota option?
CDNinKS
Thank you. Kubota don't offer a hyd thumb for their BX series. When we bought this little tractor it came with the optional machinical thumb and after a few months I got tired of that so I designed a fabricated the hyd one. It's been great.
Paul Short Excellent! Have you thought about marketing it?
CDNinKS
Yes I have but my day job takes up all my time.
Paul Short I can imagine that "spare" time is not something you have too much of around there by the looks of your shop, it looks there is just about nothing that you won't tackle. I've got a lot of good friends from the rock, better people you will not find anywhere. I went to check your website and in the text you mention a link in the top right corner for Kubota stuff....I don't see that link on my Mac, just wondering if I'm missing something there. I was going back and forth between the JD 1025R and the BX25 but after watching your videos I think I have my choice. Keep those videos coming, really waiting for one that shows all 48 mods.
CDNinKS
Thanks. Well I worked all Saturday and into the late evening to get the light mod started. Took Kathy shopping in the city then came back and worked late last night to complete the job. Crazy busy this week and we have a contractor starting at 7am this morning doing some shop improvements. If a job is interesting I'll take it on. I think it's the challange more than anything. Some say I do what other don't want to do. I'm ok with that. I had to remove everything Kubota related for two reasons. The first reason was everyone was calling and emailing wanting to buy the stuff. I only put it on the site to show what I've designed and built then we signed a contract with another tractor manufacture and we took it off the site to honor one of the requirements of the contract. The contract ends this week but I'll keep the Bota stuff down off the site so we don't get harassed to death again. Appreciate your kind words. The BX is a fantastic machine.
Biggggggg rock !!!!
Yup!
Whats the name of the tractor forum that your on also? I can't remember the name of it.Thanks alot
jj1479 Well there's actually two regular ones that I'm on. The first one is www.tractorbynet.com I go by the name 4shorts there.The other one is www.orangetractortalks.com I go by the name Wildfire on there. Your kindly welcome :)
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If you bury those now, they will keep coming up, so what's your plan to get rid of the rocks
I'm going to bury them deeper lol.
Glad to see you won the battle but a would it not have been easier to make the rock into a feature lol..........
It was essential to have that rock gone. It was right in the way to getting into the BX's shed plus we wanted the area for our outdoor fire pit and room for chairs.
Well done i would have got a contractor in lol....
I'm to stubborn for that but it would have been the logical thing to do lol.
I think it's a good thing that was shale.
They say it will split any rock as well but I too am happy it was shale.
You should have gotten the big tractor out with bucket and loaded rock with backhoe into it
+Jake Schisler
Na. Too much fun the way I did it ;)
its not suffering for me because im not up in those cold tempatures lol
quietmale00101 For me it's the heat we've been having that makes me suffer. Come on cooler weather ;)
Paul I don't know if you know it or not TH-cam just had a rating survey on your rock Ecobust & BX25 video I gave it the highest rating that they had. 2-11-17 at 12:34 est
when you were picking up the broken pieces, i got to think that you should see if the department of earth sciences at the Memorial University would do a carbon dating of one of the piece of rock, to see how old is that rock, mind you i donno of they would charge any money for that
Good idea. I actually know someone in there. I'll check it out.
Paul shorts like your videos of your Kubota bx25d in the Kubota 5740
Great to hear. Hope you enjoy the others.
That tractor could have been a John Deere as well
+Jake Schisler
It could have been IF there had been a agricultural Deere dealer here.
That rock was screwed!
Yes sir lol.
I would love to add a hydraulic thumb to the bx.
Great video!
Paul and Wifey 1
Rock 0
Thanks. I like that score lol
They cost more than the drill bit hahahahahahaha
***** That's so true :)
hey Paul short you wouldn't be happy with John Deere equipment just keep your Kubota equipment you will be a lot happier with Kubota
I agree. Thanks 👍
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