B3200 BX2660 SIDE BY SIDE...NOT BETTER....DIFFERENT

[chub380]

Pretty sure the 3200 is inching also

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Well john that is a nice b3200 in the first picture. About two years ago I bought my first tractor a b2320 I love it but don't like the art inching valve. I have been thinking of trading for a b3200. Does the 3200 run at a lower rpm for pro speed than the b2x20 series? I was thinking of email Brady as a matter of fact

I think I ran the B7800, B3200, B2320 and now the B2620 all at about the same RPMs for moving from place to place (1500 to 2000RPM) and working at around 2100 to 2300RPM.
Believe all also have the 1/4 inching valve which has never been a problem for me with the type of jobs/implements I use. I had an L3240 with position control and it was nice but no big deal for me. I drop implements and adjust back up to desired level and go.

 

[TripleR]

As John says they all have the quarter inching valve until you get into the Bxx30 or other higher priced, later models like one of the B3000 etc.

Some have no problem with quarter inching while others such as myself hate them and some who don't like them initially learn to live with and like them.

Here are a couple of threads by the late ChuckinNH which might help:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/212121-quarter-inching.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-buying-pricing/180412-eat-my-words-about-1-a.html

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I used a rotary mower one time so the 1/4 inching valve hasn't been something I've used much. I'm even going to try and sell the Rotary Mower, a 4' Taylor Way for $500.. With my tiller I just drop it which I'm also going to sell it for $750, it's a Kubota and my plow is a single bottom plow which I also just dropped it to the bottom since the wheel kept it spaced but alas $300 will take it away from me to never use again and my Ferguson Overseeder just dropped to the ground and rolled and dropped the seed/fertilizer but also $450 will find it a new home. So, with no implements other than the BH the valve doesn't bother me.:laughing:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Seems the BX or B question is a never dying one. Here are some insights from different owners to help make the decision a bit easier or at least a bit more/better informed.
I've traded a fe times since this was originally posted and now use 2 Kubota F mowers for all of my mowing.

 

[AStanton]

Did you ever finish that stone wall you started back in 09? Or were you too busy riding those tractors?

 

[bp fick]

As one who also has worked BX1860, a BX2360 and a B2320, there is indeed a difference. They're aimed at different owners each have strengths. Kubota makes lots of models of BX's to meet the needs of people, as well as a plethora of B models, both "Basic" and "Deluxe" to also meet the desires and needs of other people. Same with the L's and M's.

No one tractor can be "Super Man" tractor and do all things equally well. But, somewhere within the Kubota Orange line is probably a tractor that will meet MOST of one's needs. Prioritize your needs and pick yourself out one. If you can afford it and have the space? Pick out a couple! :laughing:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Did you ever finish that stone wall you started back in 09? Or were you too busy riding those tractors?

:confused3: 09 was 5 years ago and I've "finished" several low stone walls and torn them down and redone them several times since then.:laughing: That's one of my main reasons for have a tractor with FEL and BH. I do continues and changing landscaping.
I sit around during the winter and come up with ideas and plans of what I can move, redo or do something new to Wow my Grandkids (9 and 9, twins, boy and girl and 2 1/2 grandson) and keep me busy and entertained.
I did finish the wall beside the tractor pics and then tore the center down a couple of years ago when I built another garage on the upper side of my car garage and then this past summer tore the edges of the center opening back down and made the edges curved.:dance1:
I don't farm, log or maintain mile long gravel roads so my needs are for mostly landscaping a hillside 5 acres home site plus keeping an old mountain logging road maintained enough to drive my RTV on it which is just mowing and trimming overhanging limbs/briars/weeds and occasionally moving a fallen tree. I do also maintain 4 or 5 acres of flat rental property with 6 septic tanks.
I've went thru lots of implements and most of them worked for their intended purpose but I've sold/traded almost all of them off except for some chain attach bucket forks, one set of cheap quick hitches, RatchetRake and a drawbar. I still use the forks and of course the RatchetRake.
I'm mostly at the maintain stage so my needs have changed from 11 years ago when I was attacking a 5 acre hillside on which I wanted to build my final home.
Along the way my needs have changed thru the different stages of "construction/creation"
and I've changed equipment, also changing to different equipment has given me a sense of what equipment will do a better job for "MY" purposes. I mostly see downsizing or keeping where I'm at now but I've said that several times in the past as some of my "friends" are quick to bring back one of my old posts where I've said I've done my final and last trade. I would trade my current B2620 FEL BH to a BX25 if/when the right deal comes along but I can be satisfied with the B.
OK, that's a really long answer to the stone wall question.:laughing:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Question has risen again. B or BX so here's some input from some TBNers.

 

[bigpinwheel]

Thanks JohnThomas somehow I missed this one in my searches.