What a ride...
1998: First home and a 1981 Kubota 5100E. Such a pretty little machine, but a little machine she was.
2001: B7500HSD. Never thought I'd be happy with an HST but all it took was one short ride around the dealer lot to convince me otherwise.
2007: I can't believe it took 6 years to cave in and get a loader. It was such a large expense that would have put the upgrade from the B5100E on the backburner had we decided to do it back then.
2018: Time flies. A
BX23s replaces the
B7500 and it didn't take long to realize that I was missing the larger tractor's features: dual brakes, bucket curl speed, 3pt height.
2019: A
B2601 with loader and backhoe displaces the BX. This one is very similar to my old
B7500. We decided to change-up our firewood strategy and introduced IBC totes. It lifts them, but it's precarious. Wouldn't a cab tractor be nice, too...
And here we are - 27 years later and still in the same 1890s red brick farmhouse.
I (naturally) returned to my Kubota dealer (who has since moved from 10 minutes away to 45) for a quote on an LX2620 cab, loader, backhoe, mower, snowblower. Wow - not what I was expecting. And upon further investigation, it would only have marginally better lift capacity than the 2601.
Enter Kioti - local dealer, established 5 years ago, small town... He asked an existing client if he'd mind demoing me his CK2620 Cab. I thought that said something. Anyway, I asked for pricing configured identically to the LX. 22% less for what I'd guestimate to be 30% more tractor.
Cool summers and warm winters for me!
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