Mowing Kubota B2650 not enough power for FDR2572 mower?

[kthompson]

I live on basically flat ground, however my mother in laws side yard had good slope to it degree wise, not length. I have a B2710 with a Bushhog brand RFM, 72 inch wide. It will climb it fine in mid range but no fel or loaded tires or any thing else other than me to the base tractor weight. I think you need more hp for that grade for with my B2710 on flat ground in my thick places of lawn grass have to run slow just the mowing load which I doubt is more than the weight you are pushing.

Do try running up the hill with all that wTeight with the pto off to be sure no issue with the mower such as with gear box or a spindle or pulley. Or even the pto shaft. Have you done any hard work with the tractor, even heavy work with FEL? Did it drop rpms as easy with that? If not tells me the tractor is fine, however if it is might have a fuel supply issue or air intake issue. Machines come from new with bad filters or trash in them from time to time. Had new pickup in 1973 that about whipped dealer to find out the fuel filter on new truck was bad. Another had new large truck come with defective fuel pump. Different brand and dealer but both had hard time finding the issue.

Good job on the video and nice looking place. Just wondering if you said I missed it, did the dealer recommend this combo knowing anything about the slope of your place? If so think I would be upset with them.

 

[JWR]

I run a 72" rfm wirh my 20 hp (16hp pto) massey. I go slow up my steep hill.

Yes, but you also have a 6 speed gear tractor , not an HST hydrostatic. Your MF 205 is not the ideal rig for using a 6ft mower either but you just gear down.

I'm sure you'd agree your L3940 is much more suited to the 6ft finsih mower than is the MF-205.

 

[MossRoad]

What's this about a 7% gear reduction? I missed something. :confused3:

 

[Rock Crawler]

What's this about a 7% gear reduction? I missed something. :confused3:

I run the wheel and tire package that is optional when buying the B3350SU.
According to a Kubota engineer response, it costs me 7.?? Percent of the designed gear reduction.

But, it adds a lot more fluid fill weight for my hills, it takes my width to 60.5" in the rear, it gives more aggressive tread design and it has much greater surface area... So it has at the least, equal or possibly less ground pressure per square inch to allow for less damage the grass.

Oh, and it looks cool as heck

 

[SDT]

What's this about a 7% gear reduction? I missed something. :confused3:

The optional tire package includes no changes to the basic tractor but the increased volume of liquid ballast adds weight and the increased circumference of the tires increases speed, which is the same effect as an increased (lower, numerically) gear ratio.

SDT

 

[beckmurph]

Since cutting up hill is a problem, have you looked at changing your pattern and cutting down hill?

 

[Citydude]

With the fat tires filled with rimguard, why not mow side hill and not climb the hill?

 

[goeduck]

With the fat tires filled with rimguard, why not mow side hill and not climb the hill?

I was wondering if that would be an option as well. Such a nice looking machine.

 

[Davisburg Cowboy]

The Link below takes you to a Facebook group of Kubota owners.
It is just like this group full of friendly helpful people but
focused on Kubota.


Kubota Tractors & Equipment Public Group | Facebook

 

[diesel85]

You need a bigger tractor for that hill or get a smaller implement.

If that was my issue, I'd just buy a smaller mower.

That is one heck of a hill!