jeff9366
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- Kubota Tractor Loader L3560 HST+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3,700 pounds bare tractor, 5,400 pounds operating weight, 37 horsepower
All the MX series have a straight Cat 2 hitch.
Kubota supplies several bushings to "fatten" Cat 1 pins to fit Cat 2 fittings in the MX toolbox.
Kubota describes this combination as a Cat 1/Cat 2 hitch. I like it because it is simple.
Some older tractors have hitch fittings which swivel between Cat 1 and Cat 2 fittings. Some current model Mahindra tractors have swiveling bullseyes. Too complicated.
Cat 2 hitches are considerably more robust than Cat 1 hitches and adjustable parts typically extend further. Parts are not interchangeable.
L3560 implements are usually 60" or 66" wide. MX implements tend to be purchased 72" wide because of bigger MX wheels. Therefore you may show tire tracks behind implements borrowed from your neighbor.
An open station Kubota L3560, lightest and smallest of Kubota's Grand L tractors, weighs within 200 pounds of an MX bare tractor. Because of modest horsepower, L3560 tires are sometimes inflated with air, sometimes filled with liquid. My L3560 tires are inflated with air. MX tractor tires are almost always liquid filled. MX5800 often carry iron wheel weights and have liquid filled tires to apply 61-horsepower to ground without losing traction.
In common tractor-speak these fittings are called bullseyes.
Kubota supplies several bushings to "fatten" Cat 1 pins to fit Cat 2 fittings in the MX toolbox.
Kubota describes this combination as a Cat 1/Cat 2 hitch. I like it because it is simple.
Some older tractors have hitch fittings which swivel between Cat 1 and Cat 2 fittings. Some current model Mahindra tractors have swiveling bullseyes. Too complicated.
Cat 2 hitches are considerably more robust than Cat 1 hitches and adjustable parts typically extend further. Parts are not interchangeable.
L3560 implements are usually 60" or 66" wide. MX implements tend to be purchased 72" wide because of bigger MX wheels. Therefore you may show tire tracks behind implements borrowed from your neighbor.
An open station Kubota L3560, lightest and smallest of Kubota's Grand L tractors, weighs within 200 pounds of an MX bare tractor. Because of modest horsepower, L3560 tires are sometimes inflated with air, sometimes filled with liquid. My L3560 tires are inflated with air. MX tractor tires are almost always liquid filled. MX5800 often carry iron wheel weights and have liquid filled tires to apply 61-horsepower to ground without losing traction.
In common tractor-speak these fittings are called bullseyes.
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