B3200 Question

[Krink545]

First post here.
A little back ground. I own a mobile home & RV park here in Texas.
It's on 8 acres and my father built it from scratch. Meaning he put in all the water and sewer tanks(48) and drain fields. I purchased the park from my parents in 2000. We have been in the city limits for 7 years now and the city hasn't said anything about hooking on to the city sewer yet but I'm looking at having some plans drawn up it see how much were looking at. Luckily there is a sewer line that runs the length of my place on a city easement 5 feet from my fence line.

Ok on to the tractor.
I'm looking for a TLB that would work for my project.
It has to be small enough to get between houses yet be strong enough and big enough get the job done. A friend of mine bought a B2920 TLB a few months back. Paid $23,000 out the door TLB 4' shedder 4' box. I haven't had any seat time on it yet but looking at the digging specs I think it would be too small. I went to my dealer (3 miles away) Monday and looked at a B3200. Very nice looking piece. He quoted me $16,500 tractor & loader.
Does that sound about right? How much would the BH76 set me back?
5' shedder $1,000, 5' box $600.

Thanks for your time.
Great forum.

 

[Charlton John]

BH76 installed probably around 7k

 

[medicshawn]

I had a B7800 with a hoe. i think you would be better renting or hiring someone to do your digging work. Even though the bh75 will technically do what you want I'm not sure it will work out as easy as you think. If you have alot more projects to accomplish after hooking up the sewer then maybe it will be worth it.

 

[LBrown59]

I had a B7800 with a hoe. i think you would be better renting or hiring someone to do your digging work. Even though the bh75 will technically do what you want I'm not sure it will work out as easy as you think. If you have a lot more projects to accomplish after hooking up the sewer then maybe it will be worth it.

If you have a hoe you'll find the task.

 

[PUSHINDIRT]

Up here in NY you can rent an ex for $400/ weekend. It has tracks making it easy to dig and move, however if money were no object I would get a hoe w/thumb.

 

[Krink545]

Thanks for the help guys.
The city sewer hookup will be a slow process it will be done I little sections at a time as extra money is saved up. There will be a lot of work for the tractor when I get it so it will be a good investment for the park.
Does anyone here know for sure if the swing on the BH76 is 180 deg.?
Is there any other model I should be looking at?
Is there any advantage the B26 or B3030 has it I知 missing?
I know the B3030 has a few features but I like the single seat setup of the
B3200 with BH.

Just doing some estimating.
B3200 w/FEL-16,500
BH76- 7,000
5' Sherreder-1,000
5' Drag box-600
Total= 25,100

Does that sound like a good deal?
I知 going to my dealer Monday AM to get a quote on paper.

 

[ChuckinNH]

Ask the dealer for sure about the backhoe swing........ does look like it's 180 degrees.

 

[Krink545]

OK here's the pricing from my dealer.

B3200 W/FEL=16,500
BH76= 7,450
5' Shedder= 1,100
5' Box Blade= 725
Sunshade= 400
Total= 26,175

Price is everything shipped and installed.

Shedder and Box Blade are Modern Ag Products.

State and County= 257
Kubota Ins= 1,161

 

[Ace Power Equipment]

Krink,
I think the B26 may work a little better for you. Reading your post, backhoe work seems to be the main job. Areyou in rock or sand? The first spec to look at is the digging force diffrence between a BH76 and BT820 backhoe. 4211lbs on the B26 and 3339lbs on the B3200 at the bucket cylinder, this speeds the job up plus you get another 8" in depth. Put a hydraulic thumb with quick disconnect and you can lift the pipe w backhoe on those hot summer days.The B26 Loader lift capacity is 250 lbs more, plus you get another 12 inches in height. A set of pallet forks will help you move picnic tables and unload some light deliveries. B26 comes with front Skid steer coupler so you can make something up to move trailers from the front w/o backing in. Kubota offers the thumb as an option on the B26. Down side is a lttle less PTO HP for brush hog apps. It'll be some more $ but worth it.

Brian

 

[Ace Power Equipment]

Krink,

PS Definitely has 180 degree swing!!


Brian

 

[FTCKUBOTA]

I second the B26 being a better choice. It is still small and more designed for backhoe work. Even a good used B21 would work good you can pick the up fairly cheap now since they are getting older...

 

[Krink545]

OK I'm looking at a B26 and have some questions.
How big of shredder will it handle?
What size of box blade?

 

[Ace Power Equipment]

Krink,

Land Pride makes a Box Scraper Model BB1560. This will cover your tire tracks and work perfectly. A b26 has 19.5PTO HP and this model requires aminimum of 15 PTO HP.

The Brush cutter a little different. Land Pride requires a minimum of 20PTO HP for their RCR1860 60 in cut. My concern would be you may overheat the tractor using this model. When brush hogging you load the engine down from the transmisson and the PTO at the same time. If you choose the RCR1548 you shouldnt have any problems. Only requires 15 PTO HP and 1 foot smaller cut. See if you can find other B26 owners that are Brush Cutting and see what they are using.

Brian