k0ua
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I just now read your reply.. you may be right. I guess time will tell.
Opinion On Price Quote Kubota L3800
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I just now read your reply.. you may be right. I guess time will tell.
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I just went and spent the afternoon playing with a L3800 that is about a year old. The guy who owned it told me to come and find the jerky 3 point.. I have to say that yes you can jerk the 3 point and I suppose you can make it bob if you move it quick. Just like he said " compared to all the older types I have owned it's next to nothing " . The blade he had on there was a heavy 7' JD 6 way of ancient origin and very heavy. I drove it around and couldn't see where the jerky entered into anything I could think of to do with a blade just as he said.
His has a dial under the front of the seat which controls the hydraulics speed. He said it came set wide open and he dialed it down a bit. It seemed ok by me . Overall I liked the tractor in all respects. The one strange feeling was that it wasn't as stable as my old T0-20 when I was climbing around banks on a diagonal. Everything else seemed about 65 years better though. I think I'll see just how far down I can get him from that initial quote tomorrow
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His has a dial under the front of the seat which controls the hydraulics speed. He said it came set wide open and he dialed it down a bit. It seemed ok by me . Overall I liked the tractor in all respects. The one strange feeling was that it wasn't as stable as my old T0-20 when I was climbing around banks on a diagonal. Everything else seemed about 65 years better though. I think I'll see just how far down I can get him from that initial quote tomorrow
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k0ua
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The dial below the seat controls the lowering speed of the 3pt only. Think of it as an adjustable needle valve that lets the fluid in the cylinder escape back into the tank at a specified rate. What that rate is depends on how much weight is on the 3pt. If you put a heavy implement on the 3pt you will need to adjust the lowering valve to prevent the implement from lowering too fast and hitting the ground hard. If you then put a light implement on you will need to adjust the lowering speed valve again, or you will grow old waiting for it to lower. If you adjust it all the way closed, the 3pt will never lower. We get a lot of those complaints.. "my 3pt will not go down".. because someone has accidentally tightened the 3pt lowering speed control. This control has nothing to do with how fast or how smooth the 3pt comes up. Remember that the 3pt lowers simply by gravity only. There is no hydraulic down power.
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Ok, so that's all the valve does. I'll go kick him in the head. I don't think I ever found need for power down on a set of arms anyways myself. It certainly seems to have plenty of down pressure at the end of the 3 pt's control lever arc. I went and plowed the mud around in his driveway and it seemed to be capable of really digging in.
As for the jerky I could see his point of how it would jerk a lot if you yanked the lever. Still, when I ran it up and down slowly it was fine and dandy by my standards. I even managed to plow slush snow around leaving increments of it behind me at various depths and do it well.
I'm going to give him a call this AM and see how much I can get him down. Unfortunately he doesn't have one on the lot so has to try to locate one which I'm sure complicates things a bit. Oh well.
Now a couple hours later: The tractor / loader at $20K I can live with but he won't budge below the $8700 for that precious back hoe. I forgot to ask him if the thumbs are manual or hydraulic. Just what is so special about that 4 pt QD hoe rig that makes it so excruciatingly expensive anyways?
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I missed this post and started a different thread...my mistake. Here is what I was quoted yesterday:
- 2013 (no phase 4 emissions) L3800 HST 4x4, R4 tires ($21.2K)
- LA524 Loader, L2256 66" QA bucket (included)
- BH77 Backhoe & sub-frame, 16" bucket, mechanical thumb ($8.4K)
Rebate of $1.5K. Total before taxes and fees is $29.6K. The dealer also recommend against filling the rear tires because the weight of the BH already provides ballast and any more weight could cause problems.
This sound about right? I'm in WA. Would anyone recommend Barlow's given the distance?
- 2013 (no phase 4 emissions) L3800 HST 4x4, R4 tires ($21.2K)
- LA524 Loader, L2256 66" QA bucket (included)
- BH77 Backhoe & sub-frame, 16" bucket, mechanical thumb ($8.4K)
Rebate of $1.5K. Total before taxes and fees is $29.6K. The dealer also recommend against filling the rear tires because the weight of the BH already provides ballast and any more weight could cause problems.
This sound about right? I'm in WA. Would anyone recommend Barlow's given the distance?
