jix
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- Joined
- Sep 16, 2014
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- Location
- Fredericton, New Brunswick. CANADA
- Tractor
- 2015 Kioti CK2510HST/CAB?loader/bush hog,front blower
We get a lotta snow here, My previous blower was a BERCOMAC on a 650 KAWAI 4x4 ATV. It is not satisfactory, so I picked up a used B7100D with a rear blower and a front blade. 
I am having a custom ROPS cab made, with a heater and wipers, plus a few mods to make more room for my feet. I am a gimpy older man with pretty poor mobility and weak muscles from diabetic complications.
The Kubota B7100D is a good compromise and it has a strong 5' rear blower. With 4x 4 capability I forsee no problems with dealing with the darn snow that the government plow shoves across my highway access and the mailbox.The Kubota is small but very powerful in standard transmission model D. My tractor has only 400 hours of use on its meter, so iot should last as long as I will.
Good, used, small Kobota tractors with cabs are very scarce around here...and surprisingly expensive.. maybe I got lucky.:laughing:
My custom-made, steel, insulated cab will have 8 safety glass windows, full width doors, seals, lights and wiring, and with a port-side boarding step and the seat re-mounted further aft, plus hot water, forced- air heater and safety lights, flood lights. Also included were mods to train the blower chute electrically from inside. Another bonus was installing a joystick hydraulic control console beside the seat.:laughing:
The custom ROPS cab will cost $3500 Canadian, all in.
My research tells me that is a bargain for turnkey installation hereabouts. All in, the tractor, attachments, mods and cab will cost me $10,300 (Canadian).
Heh, Heh..now I am farming SNOW!:laughing::laughing:
I am told that it will use about 4 imperial gallons of diesel per winter, plus oil and filter changes.
I have already used the tractor grader blade (which has down pressure and twist hydraulics) to remove some pretty gnarly well established lilac roots. That little tractor surprised me with its power. I think I am going to like it for landscaping and driveway grading.... but not riding into town...lol.
Jix
I am having a custom ROPS cab made, with a heater and wipers, plus a few mods to make more room for my feet. I am a gimpy older man with pretty poor mobility and weak muscles from diabetic complications.
The Kubota B7100D is a good compromise and it has a strong 5' rear blower. With 4x 4 capability I forsee no problems with dealing with the darn snow that the government plow shoves across my highway access and the mailbox.
The Kubota is small but very powerful in standard transmission model D. My tractor has only 400 hours of use on its meter, so iot should last as long as I will.Good, used, small Kobota tractors with cabs are very scarce around here
...and surprisingly expensive.. maybe I got lucky.:laughing: My custom-made, steel, insulated cab will have 8 safety glass windows, full width doors, seals, lights and wiring, and with a port-side boarding step and the seat re-mounted further aft, plus hot water, forced- air heater and safety lights, flood lights. Also included were mods to train the blower chute electrically from inside. Another bonus was installing a joystick hydraulic control console beside the seat.:laughing:
The custom ROPS cab will cost $3500 Canadian, all in.
My research tells me that is a bargain for turnkey installation hereabouts. All in, the tractor, attachments, mods and cab will cost me $10,300 (Canadian).
Heh, Heh..now I am farming SNOW!:laughing::laughing:
I am told that it will use about 4 imperial gallons of diesel per winter, plus oil and filter changes.
I have already used the tractor grader blade (which has down pressure and twist hydraulics) to remove some pretty gnarly well established lilac roots. That little tractor surprised me with its power. I think I am going to like it for landscaping and driveway grading.... but not riding into town...lol.
Jix
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