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01-20-2013, 02:22 PM #51
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- NH T-1520 HST, JD 5210 2WD, Case DX26 HST, Terramite T5C
Re: Smaller John Deere out pulls bigger Kubota
Oh, wait .... isn't this the semantics forum????
My neighbor wanted to move his derelict school bus. A 4.3 Jimmy in lo-loc wouldn't budge it. My <30hp NH 1520 HST with turfs got it going and 150 ft down the driveway at 1400 RPM before I realized I was in med-range and had left the brake locked on. I've been a Chevy guy for 40 yrs+, but can I now conclude that the 'Ford' is more er' efficient? (there's 4 letters vs 5 in the name, too) IMO brand loyalty is like hair color preference, and others might miss a point to be made somewhere. (anywhere?) Ford/Chevy=JD/kubota? C'mon, guys. My point would be 'different streaks for different freaks', ie: apples ain't oranges.
At the simplest level weight, hp, & traction aren't proportional. The OP's Kubo also had to pull itself, & it looks a tad bigger than his JD .... Couldn't hp or tires be the emphasis, and tractor brand not relevant?
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01-20-2013, 02:32 PM #52
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- Washington NC (Inner Banks)
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- Kubota L5740HSTC, MF 2615, MF 1230, IH Super A
Re: Smaller John Deere out pulls bigger Kubota
Now we are all curious. My very first drive up the hill to the barn with my brand new Kubota was a learning experience. Empty ballast box in the rear, 2wd, and a heavy FEL with grapple in the front.
At one point, I simply ceased forward motion and I looked behind me to see the ground roughed up by my new R4s. That Kubota was so light in the rear that without any
ballast, it wouldn't even go up the hill until I put it in 4wd. Hmmmm. Seems like the same issue of unloaded rears, if the backhoe was off.
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01-20-2013, 02:38 PM #53
Re: Smaller John Deere out pulls bigger Kubota
Lets see, I pulled a JD 4450 tractor with loader weighing around 20000lbs with kubota B2620 weighing 2000lb on a loose gravel road. I win.!
L5740 LA854 loader
L3130 LA723 loader sold
B3200 LA504 loader
B1550 sold
B2620 sold
B4200 sold
F2680E
ZD1211
GF1800 sold
Kubota RTV900
JD 850D Gator sold
JD F935 x 2 sold
Case 590SM-2
JD 310D TLB sold
Ford 555D sold
Gehl 602 excavator sold
JD317 sold
JD323D
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01-20-2013, 02:43 PM #54
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01-20-2013, 02:56 PM #55
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- St.Albans,Maine
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- TYM T451,bolens G214.John Deere 440CID,Shaver sc25 stunpbuster,woods750 backhoe,wallenstien splitter,woods bb60 mower,woods 60"tiller,countryline tiller,99 international 4700 car carrier
Re: Smaller John Deere out pulls bigger Kubota
Jeeeez after reading this. I think I need to paint my tractor green and look at it thru the wrong end of a pair of binoculars.
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01-20-2013, 03:00 PM #56
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- Ohio
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- Kioti DK-40, MF-135, Ventrac 4500Y
Re: Smaller John Deere out pulls bigger Kubota
Everybody knows REAL tractors are RED...
Murph
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01-20-2013, 03:10 PM #57
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- Missouri
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- Kubota M8540HDC, L5740HSTC, BX2200, BX2660, John Deere 425&1025R, Case, Massey Ferguson, Ford
Re: Smaller John Deere out pulls bigger Kubota
Actually I am afraid to check again; not sure I can handle the truth. Communicating on an Internet forum and getting across the proper emotion is a real bear. In person, "Oh come on Carl, that is the..." can be presented in so many ways, humorous, chiding, angry etc. This is not the first time Carl was fussing about his kubota, thus why I asked why he doesn't just sell it. There is another poster who complained about his Kubota until no one could hardly stand it and then he bought, you guessed it ANOTHER KUBOTA and has complained about it ever since, even advertising it for sale, he still owns it and posts; sometimes good and sometimes bad; can't figure it out.
Yes, traction is a combination of a lot of things such as you mentioned. Some have experimented with siping Industrial tires for better traction in snow. We have tractors with Ag, Industrial and Turf, some weighted, some not, one weighted with cast centers and fluid. Sometimes weight can be your friend and sometimes not as you are also pulling the weight of the machine along with your tow load. We have seen light machines go places on slopes heavier ones wouldn't come close.
And sometimes the ability to do something depends on the skill of the operator. In snow without ice underneath, our Ag tractors out perform our Industrial tires, but with ice underneath none of them do much without chains; fortunately we don't get much snow.
A couple of years ago, we got a nice snow and I took my Rhino out to play with the grand kids. It had stock tires on it which had done fine previously, but with a foot of snow, unusual for our area, it would do fine on level ground, but wouldn't do squat on hills. My Grizzly did fine with the same tires. Was the Grizzly better than the Rhino, no not really. I ordered a set of Bighorn Originals for both and now both work great in snow.
I don't know why some have a problem praising one tractor without knocking another.
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01-20-2013, 03:11 PM #58
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- Maine
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- '09 JD 5105M Cab & '05 JD 4720 Cab
Re: Smaller John Deere out pulls bigger Kubota
JD 5105M & JD 4720 Cabbies w. Shoule reversible snow blade/Shoule rear snowblower; Pronovost blower; backhoe and some attachments I have no idea what they are for.
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01-20-2013, 03:14 PM #59
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01-20-2013, 03:27 PM #60
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