Recent content by bpattie

I have an L2800, had it about a year and though much lighter than I was used to in the past, love it and it does seem to do what I need. I have noticed though that with the 3pt raised all the way it robs HP and also lowers the cycle time of the front loader. backing it off slightly from fully...

i had an older JD 2WD that served well for a lot of years, never had chains but wish I had. 2WD presented some challenges more than a few times, especially with big wet snows like we get in Spring and Early Winter. bought a Kubota L2800 late Spring and today was it's first real taste of Winter...

I have never had a tractor with a backhoe. Have been thinking about them lately and sort of have an itch. There are obvious uses and I have a couple projects I can think of to apply it. Digging out my pond some, running a water line. But to buy one for that limited use it would be cheaper to...

i have heard you should store your tractor with the front bucket fully curled to avoid cylinder exposure to the elements. I have seen plenty of tractors with the bucket lowered so to keep snow and rain from accumulating in the bucket. thoughts?

i recently got a new kubota tractor, the L series. I did not get canopy but am considering. I have looked at tons of 3rd party after market ones and gotten some clues from the forum. My question is that Kubota seems to offer 3 version, good to best kinda thing. does anybody know the...

I have a question. I am not new to tractors, had on living rurally for 20 years. My old tractor had a ROPS, but no seat belt. I just got a new 4WD Kubota and really love the it so far, a little smaller tractor but so far has done what I need and the Hydro makes the work/fun faster to to...