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08-26-2014, 08:33 AM
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#18
08-26-2014, 09:40 AM
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I have an old '96 Kubota B7100 4x4 HST. Love everthing about it but the Thermo-syphon cooling. Gotta take the air hose and blow out the radiator before each use or it overheats. I think some of the slightly bigger one have a water pump and thus no overheating. This model has a 3 cylinder diesel 16hp. Came with a 60" belly mower. Needs new/better blades but cuts fine.
Half my land is sloping and the other half is near vertical (<40 degrees actually except for a couple spots-but it FEELS like 90 when you are mowing sideways on it!). When I bought this one I had just missed out on buying a larger B7200. Search craigslist thru searchtempest or something for best deals.
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08-26-2014, 01:17 PM
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My wife's uncle has let me borrow his Kubota L-something. It's got 40-45 hp and a FEL. That orange bad boy is a beast and super reliable. I could find nothing about it that I didn't like except for maybe the grease fittings hunt the first few times. The FEL was strong and quick. I pulled a turning plow with no problem through bahia turf. It turned a 6 ft bush hog-type mower with ease and power. Yeah, I liked it a lot.
But the dang thing costs $5K more for the same config! Folks I know who have Mahindras (not many) like them as much as Kubota owners like Kubotas. The 5 yr warranty is no extra cost. I'm also looking at the Mahindra 4025. A bit bigger and heavier. I like heavy.
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08-27-2014, 10:08 AM
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From the dept of fwiw, I’ve used a couple of mid sized smaller tractors in the Kubota and smaller Deere size and also a larger one in the name of a Case 590. Hafta say that the Case vastly outperformed the smaller ones. I’m sure they cost more as well but can do about 3x the work in the same time.
I used them mostly for digging, pulling stumps, transporting and grading, and in all events the Case was way more efficient, i guess due to size and brute force. The Case was also more entertaining to use because it is such an amazing bit of very capable machinery.
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#21
08-27-2014, 02:51 PM
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I have a 4x4 Case backhoe/FEL with a shuttle shift and torque converter. It is a hoss. I can stand it on the loader bucket and drive the bucket into the ground. Get a good strong transmission, mine is a Carraro Transmission.
It takes me a long time but I can grade with it like a bulldozer. Look at what it takes to work on it too. I can take out my transmission without splitting the tractor. Here's to praying I never have to, but ...
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