L6060 finally gets here.

[dbchaplin03]

Havent noticed that particularly with my L4060 & it will lift near capacity (medium loader unlike the bigh loader you can spec on the bigger Grands) with little to no 3pt ballast.

On my old L3200 I was moving a maybe 150lbs gate on the pallet forks. No 3pt ballast because it was just a light gate. Go down the gentile slope & cant stop. HST diest stop me, brakes dont stop me. Finally the barn stops me. Luckily only a pair of fork holes in the already beat up tin. If you have anything on the loader you need 3pt ballast and/or to be in FWA so you get braking on the front tires. It's not just a Grand thing, although they are heavier & a little less effected by the issues.

I agree on the ballast. I was thinking that the Grands had a function built in that when you hit the brakes it automatically engages 4x4 for this exact reason? But ive watched and read dozens of hours of reviews on so many different tractors from all makes that it all blurs together. Safest thing is obviously to have ballast so you arent relying on electronic safety functions.

 

[SDT]

I agree on the ballast. I was thinking that the Grands had a function built in that when you hit the brakes it automatically engages 4x4 for this exact reason? But ive watched and read dozens of hours of reviews on so many different tractors from all makes that it all blurs together. Safest thing is obviously to have ballast so you arent relying on electronic safety functions.

I once had a NH T4050 Deluxe that had such features but Grand Ls do not.

Difficult to implement such feature with a dog clutch FWA engagement. The NH was electric over hydraulic. It would also engage if incline angle exceed a certain threshold or wheel slip was detected. The front differential, also electronically controlled, would lock upon wheel slip.

SDT

 

[Fallon]

I once had a NH T4050 Deluxe that had such features but Grand Ls do not.

Difficult to implement such feature with a dog clutch FWA engagement. The NH was electric over hydraulic. It would also engage if incline angle exceed a certain threshold or wheel slip was detected. The front differential, also electronically controlled, would lock upon wheel slip.

SDT

Correct, Grands are a manual lever for FWA. It would be nice if the premium machines had auto 4wd for the brakes. But with HST I rarely use brakes except for turning brakes or parking brakes.

 

[kthompson]

Strongly advise not using with a grapple until you have a screen to protect front end of the tractor. Tore the metal in the front grill, over $340, wow. That is the screen only. Have looked on line for options and found nothing.

I have failed to find a cab light, am missing or is Kubota missing it?

Having about 10 hours maybe few more on it using grapple and Phoenix Flail mower from Carver Equipment that is offset and tilts. Like both implements. Both need experience and require paying attention when using. My 16 year old grandson who learned to steer when 2 or 3 years old on my Kubota M6800 but about 6 lost interest in them has found at least a new "LIKE". Find the operation of certain features very different than my other two Kubotas and JD 5525. The rear remotes feel like toys compared those have used on my other tractors and excavator. Short little things and little feeling to them. My other tractors can feel the operation of the remote implement.

 

[Popgadget]

I have failed to find a cab light, am missing or is Kubota missing it?
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My L6060 has a “dome light” just right of center on the ceiling, the switch is on the light itself.

 

[Fallon]

Not sure if you are talking about inside or outside the cab. The grands should come with lights on the front outside of the cab. They are pre-wired for the rear lights. You just need the lights & a switch. I highly recomend against the $150 Kubota light kit though. A switch is only $20 & $60 gets you a pair of LEDs that are WAY brighter & use less lower. The halogen lights Kubota still uses are just cheap & pathetic for output.

 

[dbchaplin03]

L6060 owners, can one of you help me out.. I looked at an L6060 last fall but ordered my new one without having seen one in about 7 months. The brochure says it has a Cat 1/2 3 pt. Can one of you tell me what size the pin is that connects the top link to the tractor? Is it Cat 1 or Cat 2? Not the end that connects to the implement, but the tractor side of the top link.. I have a few weeks before my tractor gets in and I decided to build a top and tilt kit for it.

Prior to joining the Air Force 16.5 years ago i worked for a company that manufactured and built dump trucks and I welded and did the hydraulic work. I also grew up farming and have been tinkering with fabrication my whole life. I have all the tools and everything Ill need so figured why not?

Ive read countless articles and discussions on here and absorbed a tremendous amount of advice from other members and Brian at Fit Rite. Thanks to his recommendation Ill also be welding on Euro style 3 pt quick hitch hooks and the top link quick hitch. Im really excited about this project.

I know the total length of the top cylinder from reading some other forums so I think Im safe to build that I just need to know which size end the ball for the top link is that connects to the tractor so i can buy that weld-on end For the cylinder.

Im waiting on the side link until have have the tractor delivered because I dont know the exact length of that one and Ill need to measure before cutting and welding the cylinder. For that though i went ahead and bought an OEM piece to cut for the ends So there is no mistaking their fit. I know i could have fabricated those pieces but figured it would be cleaner and easier to buy the oem part and cut the ends off. It was $90 and will save me a little fabrication time.

 

[kthompson]

My L6060 has a “dome light” just right of center on the ceiling, the switch is on the light itself.

I sure have missed seeing it. Have a JD tractor with cab the dome light is like a auto's. You can set it to come on with door or stay on or off. Only find manual off or on. The JD also has illumination lighting for controls also. Seems for the price of the "GRAND" cab it would have such lighting.

 

[SDT]

L6060 owners, can one of you help me out.. I looked at an L6060 last fall but ordered my new one without having seen one in about 7 months. The brochure says it has a Cat 1/2 3 pt. Can one of you tell me what size the pin is that connects the top link to the tractor? Is it Cat 1 or Cat 2? Not the end that connects to the implement, but the tractor side of the top link.. I have a few weeks before my tractor gets in and I decided to build a top and tilt kit for it.

Prior to joining the Air Force 16.5 years ago i worked for a company that manufactured and built dump trucks and I welded and did the hydraulic work. I also grew up farming and have been tinkering with fabrication my whole life. I have all the tools and everything Ill need so figured why not?

Ive read countless articles and discussions on here and absorbed a tremendous amount of advice from other members and Brian at Fit Rite. Thanks to his recommendation Ill also be welding on Euro style 3 pt quick hitch hooks and the top link quick hitch. Im really excited about this project.

I know the total length of the top cylinder from reading some other forums so I think Im safe to build that I just need to know which size end the ball for the top link is that connects to the tractor so i can buy that weld-on end For the cylinder.

Im waiting on the side link until have have the tractor delivered because I dont know the exact length of that one and Ill need to measure before cutting and welding the cylinder. For that though i went ahead and bought an OEM piece to cut for the ends So there is no mistaking their fit. I know i could have fabricated those pieces but figured it would be cleaner and easier to buy the oem part and cut the ends off. It was $90 and will save me a little fabrication time.

Might want to wait until it arrives.

The top link pin is an odd one. It's both stepped and sleeved.

Cannot provide any more details from memory but do recall that it is different than any other top link pin that I have owned.

SDT

 

[dbchaplin03]

Just looked it up on Messicks. Looks like the side connecting to the tractor is Cat 1 and the side connecting to the implement is Cat 2. Really hoping one of y’all L6060 owners can confirm. It looks like a standard top link end by the pictures with a ball socket and standard pin connecting it to the tractor.

If anyone could confirm and/or take a picture I’d really appreciate it. It can wait obviously but I’m itching to do something since the weather here’s been cold, rainy and we got some snow today.

Btw... Just so you know the OEM toplink is $290 and that one threaded end is over $100... Kubota must have some precious metals embedded in these things.. Wow... I was just looking at top links at TSP and Rural King and they are $20-30.