Any one heard of the new M62 coming out?

[huntalot]

pardon the shadow, but here are some pics

 

[Morning Wood]

Do you have any pics of the whole machine?

 

[Hersheyfarm]

Do you have any pics of the whole machine?

I'm sure you will find it, but messicks just put out a whole video on it. In owning and operating..

 

[Piston]

Any new M62 owners out there? I still haven't seen many pics of this unit yet (not surprising).

Huntalot, how is your new M62 working out for you?

 

[Wormwood]

Piston,
I picked up my M62 today but I'd like to hear from anyone else with an M62. I only know of one other local guy with an M62 & he's loves his...This 14ft. backhoe is deceiving how big it really is. Kubota's got a good approach with all the emissions systems. They give the customer some control regarding how and when the exhaust filter gets cleaned.

Wormwood

 

[Piston]

Congrats Wormwood! Nice looking machine! What options did you get with it?
Do you plan to use it strictly for yourself, or a business?

 

[Wormwood]

Piston, thanks!!! We just closed on 50 acres of rolling hills that open to 20 acre field. For now, this machine will have to do everything until we get settled on the property, so went ahead & got an 84" brushcutter, box blade, grader scraper, and pallet forks. There weren't really any options except I got the hydraulic thumb for the backhoe. I read somewhere that Kubota is offering a breaker attachment for the backhoe, dunno who opt for something like that but it's an option nonetheless.

The M62 fits on my bigtex 22GN and balances out close with the FEL flat on the deck touching the gooseneck & the backhoe boom lowered on to the ramps. It ain't light and in the heat we've going on right now, my oil temps peaked at 238°F pulling it down the highway.

Wormwood

 

[wmonroe]

Congrats! That is a beast. Be sure to let us know what you think after you get a few hours on it.

 

[Piston]

That sounds like the perfect setup (almost) for the land you described. The one thing missing is the FEL grapple.

You didn't happen to check the price on the cab option did you?

 

[rScotty]

Piston, thanks!!! We just closed on 50 acres of rolling hills that open to 20 acre field. For now, this machine will have to do everything...SNIP
Wormwood

My compliments on your new tractor as well. May it treat you well. My wife and I were talking about our M59 last night and we agree that if aliens took it away we'd have no choice but to replace it with something as nearly just alike as we could find. It gets used for one thing or another nearly every day. You are lucky to have another M62 in the area to compare notes with. I haven't seen one yet.

Most of our use for the M59 is with the backhoe....and most of that has to do with the thumb. In fact, the backhoe combined with several different backhoe and FEL buckets gets so much use that even though we did get the the optional 3 point kit with the M59, it's never even been unwrapped. Still, we do have 3 pt implements and work that needs doing so are glad the M59 has that option.

What we did to make changing implements easier was to buy an older farm tractor specifically for using with 3 point implements. It has worked out well and surprisingly minimal maintenance Locally there are lots of older tired but still good farm tractors in the 35-50 hp range can be had for almost scrap price. I think I paid more for the post hole drill than I did for the farm tractor.
luck,
rScotty