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Richard · 07-05-2005, 07:41 PM

I got rid of the Kubota because the rental time was up.

My 2 cents to you would be (if you have a number of decent projects) rent a full sized loader/backhoe so that you don’t have some little thing slow you down like those stumps did for me. There is ZERO doubt in my head that Brutus could have snagged those stumps out in 2 to 5 minutes each instead of 20/30 minutes each. The plant was probably 5 or 6 inches in diameter at the trunk so these were not large.

I’d put the Kubota WAY above the Terramite. Now, I only used the L-35 and you are looking at the 39. The L-35 had VERY “twitchy” controls for the backhoe and my understanding is they’ve tamed that “all on or all off” tendency. I hope so. Also, with the L-35 I rented, it was TERRRRRRRRRRRIBLE on our hills during gear changes. It scared the Be-George out of me when I was on a slope and changed gears (can we all say freewheel backwards). To fix it I had to put INTENSE pressure on the brakes to hold the machine still during the gear change. I quickly learned to hate the brakes of that machine. And just so it’s pointed out, it was a VERY new machine as I recall…only a couple hundred hours so brakes had to be within tolerances.

One thought for you given my understanding of the price of a L-39… maybe get something used like a full sized industrial that’s ugly but mechanically sound (Like Brutus), and get a different tractor for the tractoring.

There have been times that it was GREAT bringing buckets of dirt over from the other side of farm using Brutus… hop off onto tractor with box blade already attached and get working on that. (used backhoe to collect/dig the dirt, loader to carry it and then tractor/boxblade to spread it out)

I’d think if you did something like I (specifically) did with a single machine, it would take a LOT longer with all the equipment changes. You could probably get a larger industrial AND have it work better/faster for those tasks at hand.

Just my 2 cents. Bet you’re glad you didn’t ask for a nickel’s worth [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

(I might also add I QUICKLY learned to not do any more gear changes on the hill even though the place was a mild slope and it slowed me way down)

07-05-2005, 07:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Richard Elite Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 2,542	Re: Terramite T-7 on the job I got rid of the Kubota because the rental time was up. My 2 cents to you would be (if you have a number of decent projects) rent a full sized loader/backhoe so that you don’t have some little thing slow you down like those stumps did for me. There is ZERO doubt in my head that Brutus could have snagged those stumps out in 2 to 5 minutes each instead of 20/30 minutes each. The plant was probably 5 or 6 inches in diameter at the trunk so these were not large. I’d put the Kubota WAY above the Terramite. Now, I only used the L-35 and you are looking at the 39. The L-35 had VERY “twitchy” controls for the backhoe and my understanding is they’ve tamed that “all on or all off” tendency. I hope so. Also, with the L-35 I rented, it was TERRRRRRRRRRRIBLE on our hills during gear changes. It scared the Be-George out of me when I was on a slope and changed gears (can we all say freewheel backwards). To fix it I had to put INTENSE pressure on the brakes to hold the machine still during the gear change. I quickly learned to hate the brakes of that machine. And just so it’s pointed out, it was a VERY new machine as I recall…only a couple hundred hours so brakes had to be within tolerances. One thought for you given my understanding of the price of a L-39… maybe get something used like a full sized industrial that’s ugly but mechanically sound (Like Brutus), and get a different tractor for the tractoring. There have been times that it was GREAT bringing buckets of dirt over from the other side of farm using Brutus… hop off onto tractor with box blade already attached and get working on that. (used backhoe to collect/dig the dirt, loader to carry it and then tractor/boxblade to spread it out) I’d think if you did something like I (specifically) did with a single machine, it would take a LOT longer with all the equipment changes. You could probably get a larger industrial AND have it work better/faster for those tasks at hand. Just my 2 cents. Bet you’re glad you didn’t ask for a nickel’s worth [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] (I might also add I QUICKLY learned to not do any more gear changes on the hill even though the place was a mild slope and it slowed me way down)