Price Check L3940

[moored4]

Buster57, Have you checked with sunset tractors in St hellens, Or. They gave me a real good deal on a L3540

 

[Grateful11]

I'm kind of surprised there's still some -1's still out there. Our L3940 is a -3
we got it last April, he still had 1 -2 at that time. We got the -3 with a Loader,
and filled R4's for $25,200. I would imagine if it's been out in the weather all this
time there's going to be some fading and hardening of the seat.

 

[crazyal]

Do you have any experience with the old style PTO lever and if so what were your impressions of the differences. I am old school and like the lever. We have the knob on our John Deere and it does not engage as smoothly as the lever on our Kubotas.

I don't have any experience with the older style lever but the knob would be great if it was easier to grab with gloves. The plastic is a little too smooth. It could be just because it's winter and there's snow on it.

However it's great to turn off. It's like an EMO button, just tap it and it rotates to the off position. The only thing I wish is that instead of shutting off the engine the tractor would just cut off the PTO when you get off the seat. Since it's electric now it would be easy to do. I suspect Kubota went to it because of the added safety factor.

 

[crazyal]

The lever will not wear out? I am sure the switch under the knob will.

The lever uses a cable and linkage, the button is electric. How often do switches in your car go bad?

 

[Buster57]

I'm kind of surprised there's still some -1's still out there. Our L3940 is a -3
we got it last April, he still had 1 -2 at that time. We got the -3 with a Loader,
and filled R4's for $25,200. I would imagine if it's been out in the weather all this
time there's going to be some fading and hardening of the seat.

That is a great price-where in the country are you located?


Thanks !

 

[Mpking]

Just got a quote from a Portland area dealer on a L3540 with R4's, LA724, quick couple HD bucket, sun shade and 3rd fuction valve for $26,571.00. Maybe that will help you guage how your quote compares to others in the area. Seems like they are both right in line with each other given that my options of 3rd function valve, sun shade, and HD bucket about make up for the $2k difference in base price.

 

[PHILIP8N]

What is the difference in HSTs?

To the best of my knowledge:

1) Swivel seat as stated before. No big deal to me.
2) PTO knob. I like my lever. More mechanical feel and less shock when engaging and disengaging. I did have to replace the pto knob on my 1997 Deere.
3) How the FEL control lever goes into the tractor. The rubber and placement is improved on the -3. The rubber is alway popping out of mine, drives me nuts.
4) 'L3940' decal on hood. -3 is more block and slant style.

Philip

 

[SixHoeBob]

The lever uses a cable and linkage, the button is electric. How often do switches in your car go bad?

The majority (I'd say 60%) of my problems are electrical. Mechanical things wear out over a long time. Electrical problems can be like chasing ghosts.

 

[crazyal]

The majority (I'd say 60%) of my problems are electrical. Mechanical things wear out over a long time. Electrical problems can be like chasing ghosts.

Each has it's weak points as well as it's strengths. Philip says he likes his lever because it's less of a shock. I always push the clutch in so that's a non issue for me. A stick could get lodged in the linkage or cable and disable it or that same stick could break a wire. Personally I'm not worried about the switch breaking, how many 80's kubotas out there still have working headlights?

Like I said before. I think Kubota switched to it for safety. If a wire gets broken then the PTO will not work. If the PTO needs to be shut off in an emergency a simple bump will do it. With the lever it could break stuck on. As to which is better, I guess it's more personal taste than anything else.

 

[TripleR]

Each has it's weak points as well as it's strengths. Philip says he likes his lever because it's less of a shock. I always push the clutch in so that's a non issue for me. A stick could get lodged in the linkage or cable and disable it or that same stick could break a wire. Personally I'm not worried about the switch breaking, how many 80's kubotas out there still have working headlights?

Like I said before. I think Kubota switched to it for safety. If a wire gets broken then the PTO will not work. If the PTO needs to be shut off in an emergency a simple bump will do it. With the lever it could break stuck on. As to which is better, I guess it's more personal taste than anything else.

If it was a safety issue, it should have also been adopted on the other models, but our new M8540 has the lever rather than a button; who knows.

I liked the lever on our Case CX80 as it had a place about halfway through engagement where you stopped and let it start to spool up before full engagement.

I don't use the clutch on my L to engage the PTO, so I like the lever.