Brought home another L series on Friday!

PJSprog · May 3, 2017

Congrats, Soldier415. That looks like a great find. Cabs with heat and AC are going to make us all a bunch of softies ... and at 50-years-old, I'm perfectly fine with that. :thumbsup:

Soldier415 · May 3, 2017

TripleR said:
Soldier415, indeed that is a very nice looking Grand L3430HSTC. When I traded my L5030HSTC with 1400 hours in on my GL5740HSTC, it sold before the dealer had time to prep it. You sure are lucky to have found such a nice tractor. k0ua converted his pin on to SSQA, so he might be able to tell how and cost. Enjoy your machine.

I'm assuming you are current or former military, if so thank you and all the others for your service.

Yeah, they had just taken it in on trade. It is perfect for my needs.

And yes, still serving. I'm a Sergeant First Class (E-7) in the Army National Guard. Thanks for letting me serve.

Soldier415 · May 3, 2017

The dealership's trade offer was way too low on my 2001 L3010, so until it sells I have twins!

TripleR · May 3, 2017

I'm surprised, our dealer loves trade ins as they are a quick turn over, good used ones are hard to come by.

Soldier415 · May 3, 2017

They offered $7,500 for a 2001 L3010GST with heated sims cab, one winter old euro style studded ice chains custom fit to the tires, and pallet forks attachment for FEL. Tractor has 2,380 hours

TripleR · May 3, 2017

Soldier415 said:
They offered $7,500 for a 2001 L3010GST with heated sims cab, one winter old euro style studded ice chains custom fit to the tires, and pallet forks attachment for FEL. Tractor has 2,380 hours

Good grief, I was offered that much on a 2003 BX2200 with FEL and MMM. You'll surely be better off with a private party sale.

Soldier415 · May 3, 2017

TripleR said:
Good grief, I was offered that much on a 2003 BX2200 with FEL and MMM. You'll surely be better off with a private party sale.

I have the package listed at $13k, and will probably end up getting $12k. Not necessarily in a rush to sell

D2Cat · May 3, 2017

Looks like R4's on one tractor and R1's on the other. Which one do you prefer and why?

buckeyefarmer · May 3, 2017

TNhobbyfarmer said:
Great looking tractor. I have a 3430 open station with 750 worry free hours. I notice you don't have quick attach. Neither do I. That's the one thing I would really like to have. I know it can be added, but the loader on mine, LA723, was modified mid production by Kubota which somewhat complicates the process.

I have a QA for a LA723 loader I need to get rid of. I bought my L3130 without QA, then bought qa pallet forks. Never modified my bucket for qa, I traded it pin on as I bought it.

Soldier415 · May 4, 2017

D2Cat said:
Looks like R4's on one tractor and R1's on the other. Which one do you prefer and why?

The R4s are too wide for my uses. To extend the wheels out far enough to run chains for the winter it made it so the wheels were way wider than my snowblower. I have drop offs and ditches on each side of my steep driveway and had to hang half the tire off the edge of the road. No thanks. The plus side is that being that wide they don't rut up the rain soaked lawn.

I priced out a set of R1 wheels and tires for the L3010 to go narrower and it ended up being almost $3k all said and done. Thats when they mentioned they had just taken the L3430 in on trade. Made more sense to put the money into a newer and better tractor.

I like the R1s so far, but I had to drive out on the lawn to change implements and the R1s left ruts. Will see how it does once the ground dries out from the spring thaw.