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L3240G B2320H B5100D G5200H

Before you try to assess the asking price, try to estimate what it would cost to replace it with a tractor of similar capability and condition. Start by pricing out a new L3560 (the model that replaced it) on Kubota's website, . Add a loader & backhoe. Sit down before you check the price...

I have purchased 2 sets from Mark Hodges over the past dozen or so years. The first set was for our B5100 and a few years later a 2nd set for our B2320, based on how well the first set worked. They completely erased my dread of swapping implements on both tractors and they are both still going...

That's brilliant! I guarantee the welders in that shop really appreciate you doing all the heavy lifting. You also remove the burden of insuring the fit-up is right, which can be risky when the rest of the assembly (tractor) isn't there. They get to do what they do best. You avoid having to...

Xfaxman - thanks for posting that. I bought one of those about 40 years ago to pull and replace the engine & gearbox on my second car, a '68 Volvo wagon. After that it got a lot of use with a Peavey, un-hanging trees and moving/rolling logs which made limbing a lot quicker. That helped keep...

From a former boss (who was a fantastic manager): It's like peeling back the layers of a tomato. As Muhammad Ali said, "I'll be back". My guys have entramanureal spirit! Bugs Bunny always beat Elmer Fudge. Penn State Nifty Lions. Curve your dog. That file cabinet is full of vanilla folders on...

I missed the Datsun/Nissan connection completely. Geeze .. I miss those Datsun cars. Sidebar: Around 1970 - 1973 I had a paper route that supported my airplane model kit addiction, and after 2 years of pedaling, a 10 speed bike for my hilly route to replace my old red Schwinn and it's rapidly...

Very cool article, Shawn! Thanks for putting that up. The tractor behind the PX2100 looks a lot like our G5200H - except for the shiny paint. I went cybersnooping the internoodle trying to find an article with more photos of the restored tractors, but to no avail. So here's a consolation...

Plus 2 on Cyclone Rake. Had one that MIL gave us when she got too old to do leaves. She had it for about 5 years and we put another 10 years on it and it was still working well. We replaced it last year with a bigger one to handle the large volume of leaves that we get every fall. Makes...

The choker chains that came with my Fransgard logwinch are really nice. A slip link on one end and a "needle" on the other. Can't find similar anywhere. They're also smaller than 5/16", maybe 1/4", but must be high grade steel and plated. Strong and light, so I can lug all 3 to the logs...

Great photos, Gordon! The respect you have for your land and how it supports a web of wildlife is greatly appreciated. Since getting an NH451 a few years ago I haven't put much time on the brush hog. The sickle mower cuts our field much faster at lower power, using less fuel. It also lays...

Ding-ding-ding! Just added a "helper relay" to our G5200 and also removed the flywheel to inspect the gear teeth. Some of the teeth had substantial raised burrs. I used an abrasive wheel in my Dremel to deburr the teeth and now it starts on the first or second crank. I believe that low...

Our L3240GST open station has been bulletproof since I bought it in 2007 - around when you got the B7800? Just regular grease, hyd fluid and oil service and filters. It has the LA724 loader and handles a BH92 hoe well. About 5000 pounds with the loader on and the bh subframe - another 1000#...

Aeroquip, if they still exist. Used them with 3" straps on a DM600 Mack flatbed with a Prentice Series G boom to secure dimension lumber, pallets of asphalt roof shingles, shakes, large glue-lam beams, siding, oak flooring and sheetrock, lotsa sheetrock. I was on the road 5 or 6 days a week in...

Another KK 60" owner here. Bought it in 2007 and it has been a great value. Our soil is a mix of glacial river delta sediments - sandy with occaisional cobbles - and consolidated glacial lake bottom clay - like you can make bricks out of. One observation: if you intend to till heavy clay...