BX1880 50 hour review

[5030]

Actually, not for enjoyment at all. Necessary tools for what I do with the ground. Just tools to me, like a hammer. I take good care of all my tools, hammers included.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Bad choice of words I guess. Moving on...

 

[5030]

Don't matter at all. Heck I'd rather have a compact unit than what I own but a compact don't work. My first Kubota was a B7100 Hydro. In a way, wish I still had it. Was a dandy little tractor. All economy of scale actually. I find myself hamstrung sometimes by what I have. I'd love to buy a large square bailer but I don't have the suds (pto power) nor the tractive effort (tractor weight) to have one and at my age (71), new tractors are out. Besides, I'm not overly fond of payments anyway. Even the new round bailer I just purchased is borderline on required (recommended pto input power. Hard to pass up the 0 percent financing and my dealer gave me more than I was planning on asking for the old one.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

AI2 quick attach has come in. I'll install it tomorrow!

 

[JWR]

Boy it sure is purty. Now what is it?

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Boy it sure is purty. Now what is it?

It's a quick attach for my loader. According to Kubota, you lose 126 lbs at the pins of lift capacity with the SSQA. With this quick attach I (supposedly) only lose about 50 lbs.

In practice I don't think I'd notice a difference between either but I wanted to avoid that extra weight lost when I was purchasing the tractor, before I had really used it.

 

[check]

It's a quick attach for my loader. According to Kubota, you lose 126 lbs at the pins of lift capacity with the SSQA. With this quick attach I (supposedly) only lose about 50 lbs.

In practice I don't think I'd notice a difference between either but I wanted to avoid that extra weight lost when I was purchasing the tractor, before I had really used it.

Be careful with those calculations. They may say that you lose 50 pounds (maybe because they simply subtract the fact that the quick attach weighs 50 pounds), but I bet they do not factor in the lifting capacity that you lose due to the pins being farther away from the loader arms. And this can be quite significant.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

It's a factor, but that's partly why this loses less than the factory SSQA. He's designed it to keep the load in closer to the pins than the factory SSQA.

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm glad you enjoy your tractor also 5030. I wouldn't even have room to turn it around.

A tractor that big makes it's own room.

 

[5030]

A tractor that big makes it's own room.

...and can easily do property and dwelling damage if one isn't careful with it.