New Kubota owner has question......

Rustyiron · Feb 27, 2018

Welcome to TBN deserteagle, I have about 1050 hrs. on my tractor, and up until Richard's reply above didn't know I even had this:cool2:
Make sure to send us some pics of your high desert snow removal. Looks like a pretty place.

oosik · Feb 27, 2018

Well Teg - all I can say is - - your tractor OP manual will tell you: 1) how to switch from trip function to total hours of operation function and 2) how to zero out the trip function.

Mine has a small rod sticking out of the dash that you push to change function and/or zero out the trip function.

deserteagle71 · Feb 28, 2018

teg said:
So I wonder if he is looking at the tripmeter (179 hours) vs. the real hour meter!?!

I saw this post late last night and thought boy, I wonder if TEG is correct. So at dawn this morning (10 warm and wonderful degrees showing on my thermometer) I walked out to the barn and checked. Both hourmeter and trip meter read exactly the same - 181.4 hours now. Looks like the previous owner never reset it and neither did the dealership - guy told me that's who did the first service. Got to play with the tractor just a little bit yesterday afternoon! What a change from the old John Deere! But now I have another question. When I was tractor shopping I noticed that some of the other tractors with cabs had a provision to operate the 3-point hitch while standing at the rear of the tractor. There is a major winter storm predicted for the next few days so yesterday afternoon I dismounted the box scraper that came with the tractor and mounted up my rear blade in case I need to move some snow. I could see no way to raise/lower the 3-point hitch other than to walk around the tractor and reach into the cab. Does this model Kubota not offer some way to operate the 3-point hitch from the back of the tractor?

oosik · Feb 28, 2018

I know how you must have felt. Go out - punch the button - find out there was really thousands of hour on the new tractor. What a relief - right.

I've seen the "rear rocker switch" that allows operation of the 3-point from the back. Its a rocker switch mounted on the back of the rear fender. Don't know if its standard or optional on the M7060.

raptorterry · Feb 28, 2018

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deserteagle71 · Feb 28, 2018

oosik said:
I know how you must have felt. Go out - punch the button - find out there was really thousands of hour on the new tractor. What a relief - right.

I've seen the "rear rocker switch" that allows operation of the 3-point from the back. Its a rocker switch mounted on the back of the rear fender. Don't know if its standard or optional on the M7060.

It was a relief!
Most of the tractors I looked at had that rocker switch. The New Holland had an actual lever on the back that apparently worked the same as the lever in the cab. I would have liked that feature - and I would have liked to have a New Holland simply because they are the nearest dealer - about a half hour away. Next closest was the Kubota dealer at 130 miles. Guess I'll just have to suffer living with my Kubota.......

oosik · Feb 28, 2018

Yes - we BOTH would like to have a fender mounted rocker switch. It wasn't so bad when I had the Ford 1700 - the implements were considerably smaller and a well placed "hip thrust" would move just about anything over enough to make connection.

I tried that just ONCE with my 1000# Rhino rear blade and the baseball sized bruise on my hip lasted a month.

I've found that a stout 'ol garden shovel works about best for moving implement that necessary inch to make connection.

Also - you will learn to REALLY APPRECIATE the extendable ends on your 3-point arms. They help a lot.

ovrszd · Feb 28, 2018

Somewhere on here is a thread about adding a lever at the back of the tractor for 3pt. I think it was actually a rod with a bent end handle protruding out the rear of the cab. Push/pull the rod for 3pt adjustment. It was homemade and very practical.

JB13502 · Feb 28, 2018

ovrszd said:
Somewhere on here is a thread about adding a lever at the back of the tractor for 3pt. I think it was actually a rod with a bent end handle protruding out the rear of the cab. Push/pull the rod for 3pt adjustment. It was homemade and very practical.

This might be that....

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/220047-anybody-add-rear-3pt-hitch.html