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Read articles →This isn't a BX2680 review or walkaround, it's Messick's answering a specific customer question about mystery rubber blocks found on a used tractor. Neil explains factory shipping artifacts: O-rings on loader cylinders, clutch-pedal spacer blocks on gear-drive tractors, zip ties on backhoe outriggers, and transport hitch plates. Useful for owners puzzled by odd hardware on a newly acquired tractor, but it covers no BX2680 specs, performance, or maintenance procedures.
Posted by Messick's Farm Equipment, a dealership channel answering a viewer's question rather than reviewing the tractor itself.
Neil is not certain of their exact purpose but believes they relate to shipping, possibly isolating parts from vibration or holding components apart, like other shipping artifacts he describes.
It is rolled up against the cylinder during painting to keep paint off the wiper seal, and is not a popped seal or sign of a problem.
It holds the clutch pedal pushed open during storage or shipping so clutch plates do not seize together from being pressed for months.
Outrigger cylinders can leak down if unsecured, and since there is no way to lock them, zip ties hold them up during shipping and should be removed during prep.
