Kubota HP needed?

[powerstroke444e]

Go with a gear shift not a hydro on that hill as your will be in low range mowing a hill like that. We have a M5400 on a large 7' brushhog and really should have gotten a 6' but it is similar to landpride Rcf3672 a real heavy cutter. Look at a mx or grand l with gst transmission.
And get R1 tires

 

[PHILIP8N]

I run a 6' bush hog behind my L3940, would not want to go with any less horsepower or any less weight. Most of the time the hp is fine to run a decent speed, occasionally have to slow down if weeds get thick or tall. I do not run front weights or FEL when I bush hog, so the L3940 weight is about the minimum I would want to be at. Philip.

 

[motownbrowne]

Go with a gear shift not a hydro on that hill as your will be in low range mowing a hill like that. We have a M5400 on a large 7' brushhog and really should have gotten a 6' but it is similar to landpride Rcf3672 a real heavy cutter. Look at a mx or grand l with gst transmission.
And get R1 tires

Why gear shift? Your reason: "you will be in low range mowing a hill like that" doesn't favor gear or hydro. For me, having a hydrostatic machine makes mowing super easy and efficient because I can always be in the perfect gear to match changing ground conditions and sward density. A geared machine may have one gear that's just a touch too fast forcing you to use a gear that's considerably slower than necessary.

 

[motownbrowne]

Go with a gear shift not a hydro on that hill as your will be in low range mowing a hill like that. We have a M5400 on a large 7' brushhog and really should have gotten a 6' but it is similar to landpride Rcf3672 a real heavy cutter. Look at a mx or grand l with gst transmission.
And get R1 tires

Why gear shift? Your reason: "you will be in low range mowing a hill like that" doesn't favor gear or hydro. For me, having a hydrostatic machine makes mowing super easy and efficient because I can always be in the perfect gear to match changing ground conditions and sward density. A geared machine may have one gear that's just a touch too fast forcing you to use a gear that's considerably slower than necessary.

 

[Fallon]

FYI: MX series with r4s can definitely be widened with stock wheels by flipping.

The base L's 00 & 01s R4s can't be adjusted, unlike the Grands & apparently MXes. Duno about the Ms.

 

[motownbrowne]

The base L's 00 & 01s R4s can't be adjusted, unlike the Grands & apparently MXes. Duno about the Ms.

I think the MXs and basic Ls have 2 positions that you achieve by swapping wheels side to side. We're talking about R4s here. R1s will have multiple positions achieved by swapping side to side, changing the dish of the wheel, and how it bolts to the rim, regardless of the model. The Grand L series has R4s that can be adjusted to multiple positions similar to how R1s work.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

FWIW: At least for the MX4800 and MX5200 I can say for certain there are 4 wheel widths for R1 AND R4 (only 2 with turfs). I suspect all the MX models are the same.
Not sure this matters to the OP but just wanted correct info out there.

Attached is from the manual.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Also FWIW, I regularly run a 6' brush hog through stuff I'd have a hard time walking through with out any bog down and hills appear to make no difference.

 

[motownbrowne]

FWIW: At least for the MX4800 and MX5200 I can say for certain there are 4 wheel widths for R1 AND R4 (only 2 with turfs). I suspect all the MX models are the same.
Not sure this matters to the OP but just wanted correct info out there.

Attached is from the manual.

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Oh, good to know. I knew they had at least two positions for R4s, but I didn't know they had 4. That's a nice feature.

 

[powerstroke444e]

Having spend a whole day running a tractor mowing I would not want to use hydro as your leg will be tired. Also working on hills you will be losing a lot of HP to hydro on the hills. If your spending 100% on loader work hyrdo is great, field work power shift(gst) or gear.