Kubota B3300SU Pricing

[Verdemont]

Hey Verdemont, if you plan on leaving the BH off for a while, be sure and place some blocking under the main center, to keep it from drifing down. This will allow you to mount it back on the tractor better.

Done the day after the picture was taken. It's got a stack of 6x6's front and back.

Tom

 

[Proline Fisher]

Delivered. Now let the fun begin. The tractor now lives just outside Westcliffe, Colorado. Those are the Sangre de Christo mountains just behind our little country cabin.

Tom

Congrats on the new tractor, looks good. That is a beautiful area, my Uncle built a place in Westcliffe.

 

[Verdemont]

Okay, got the PHD off today and the BH77 back on. Not as bad as I thought and next time it will be easier. I learned that if I line the tractor up perfectly it should take < 5 minutes. But it is back on and the PHD is put away for a few months. The hydraulic hoses went on both ends without any issues even though it was decently hot and sunny and almost 3 PM in the afternoon when I went to put the BH on. Whew, I kind had that uncertain feeling I would not be able to do it.

Here's a pic of my spouse with the 5 1/2 foot White Fir tree chained onto the bucket. I had just dug the hole for it with the back hoe and now bringing the tree from the trailer to the yard. The hooks I had welded on the bucket and a sturdy chain make planting heavy trees an easy task.

Tom

 

[bota4life]

Verdemont nice pics! It looks like you are pretty busy! I'm waiting to close on a construction loan for my house and will be buying a B3300su after we close. I was just wondering what you thought of the FEL lift capacity?

 

[Verdemont]

Verdemont nice pics! It looks like you are pretty busy! I'm waiting to close on a construction loan for my house and will be buying a B3300su after we close. I was just wondering what you thought of the FEL lift capacity?

The FEL is great. My only comparison was my older B7610 that has a smaller FEL. Some specifics for the B3300SU:

1. There have been a few large rocks (boulders?) that I could not lift. But only because they were too wide or long to get into the bucket enough TO lift. But I was able to push them around with the loader to where I wanted them.

2. The 60" "Light Duty" bucket seems sturdy so far. I have used it to lift and move a lot of materials. I even mixed some concrete in it yesterday after I used the PHD to dig holes for some 4x4"x8' pressure treated posted I am going to mount blue bird boxes on. I just mixed up four 80lb cement bags into the bucket, added water, mixed it around, and then drove to the four holes and shoveled it into the holes. Then rinsed the bucket with the hose. No issues.

3. There is only one rock so far that I wanted to lift up, that fit in the bucket, that I had an issue. Even with the backhoe on, I got one really big rock almost all the way into the bucket but when I went to lift, the rear wheels came off the ground. This is with the backhoe (1400 lbs) on.

Overall very happy so far. In my first 7.5 hours of work I used about 4.5 gallons (US) of diesel. I am keeping the revs low most of the time (< 1500) as I break in the engine. I had to add maybe 5-6 oz of oil yesterday at the 10 hour mark to top the oil off.

With the backhoe back on, today we (wife and I) are going to plant some shrubs and move some big rocks around in a garden area.

Photo of me.


Tom

 

[bota4life]

Tom,
Thanks for all the info! I'm going to get the quick coupler, 60" bucket, and pallet forks on my b3300. I have a good number of large rocks I want to move on my property and thought it would be easier with the pallet forks. I also wanted the BH but I would not use it enough to justify the extra cost. Reading your thread makes me impatient for the construction loan to close.

 

[marxman]

Delivered. Now let the fun begin. The tractor now lives just outside Westcliffe, Colorado. Those are the Sangre de Christo mountains just behind our little country cabin. Over there on the side is 300' of split rail fence materials just waiting. We used the FEL and the hooks welded to it to lift the 6' blade and the PHD off the trailer and over to the place where they will sit for a bit. Right behind there will be a new 3 car garage/barn by the time the snow flies later this year.

Could not be happier with my local dealer, Rusler Implements in Pueblo, CO. They are a class act.

Tom

These pictures are simply AMAZING!!! What a beautiful part of the world you live in!

 

[Verdemont]

These pictures are simply AMAZING!!! What a beautiful part of the world you live in!

Thanks. The Kubota has been working like a dog every weekend planting trees. I am actually semi-competent on the backhoe now and I don't have to "think" about what to do. My hands just do it now and most of the time I'm moving both levers and such.

We had a forest fire near us over the last week (google Duckett Fire) and I used the tractor a lot to help neighbors make defensible space. They would cut trees down and I'd use the BH/Thumb to lift/drag large sections to a wood pile away from the house. Some of these pieces were very heavy and w/o the tractor we'd have had to spend hours cutting them up a lot more. The Thumb made quick work of the project. Having a Kubota is like having a nice pool in your backyard. All of a sudden everyone is my friend.

Here's what I do a lot. Planting trees. Here's a 10' White Fir going in. Chained to the hooks on the bucket when I lift it off my trailer and into the hole I dig with the BH77.

 

[ChuckinNH]

You sure have been busy with that B of yours, and I'm glad you had it to help the neighbors out.......... that is a good feeling all the way around. For that kind of work, you might want to think about adding the Kubota quick change or a skid steer quick change to your loader arms, and getting a set of forks. I added them to my B2620, and found them more useful than I ever imagined for handling logs, brush, rocks, and even pallets on occassion. I thought they were a bit expensive when I bought them at $200 + for the QA, and around 1K for the forks, but I never thought about the price again once I started using them.

Oh yea, you guys don't have rocks.......... wanna buy some?

 

[Verdemont]

BH77 Maintenance Notice

My dealer called me today and informed me that Kubota has notified them that my BH77 needs to get a new pin installed in one of the points on the backhoe arm. I recall a thread here with someone with a BH77 that had a problem with a metal pin. So I assume this is now working it's way through the system and the dealer has been notified to update mine.

Anyone else here had the same news? And any issues during or after the fix? Should I ask to keep the old pin as a memento?

Tom