k0ua
Epic Contributor
I have never been much of a rear blade person, having always been a "master" of the FEL and have moved and spread lots of dirt, gravel, and rocks with the FEL. Yes I have a small rear blade, a left over from 2 tractors ago (my much smaller B7500), but I never even put in on the Kubota L3400hst, and today was the first day I put it on my Kioti. Well it is a bit small, at only 5 foot, but I will tell you what, it made the job of scraping off the gravel on a driveway that the wife wanted to reclaim in grass and flower beds much easier and more precise than using the bucket. Now what I learned was how valuable a top and tilt and even a power angle WOULD have been, if I had it, which I don't. The getting off and on the tractor lots of times to adjust the blade angle, and also the side tilt adjustment about wore me out. Of course I could have done better with a box blade instead of the angle blade, but the old angle blade "got-er-done". I can really appreciate why guys that do a lot of this type of work would really want this convenience. I knew all of this before of course, but nothing like getting on and off a tractor a bunch of times and making manual adjustments.to bring it to your attention. A few good things, the crank adjuster on the side link helped a bit, and the rear 3pt lift control to allow you to "unweight" the side and top links as you adjust it was nice, and the Kioti having a nicer, smoother 3pt position control than the Kubota L3400 was a help Anyway a nice day, and I had some fun in the dirt.:thumbsup: Oh, did I mention, how much I love the HST transmission?
James K0UA
James K0UA