Compact Tractor Guide

[Phillip w]

Well, I've been around tractors all my life, learned alot from the generation ahead of me. However, using a little common sense as you go, you just have to jump in and get your feet wet. With a loader, you may want to put some counter weight (s) on the back of the tractor to counter balance the load in the bucket. Travel with you bucket low to help prevent upsetting the tractor.( A loaded bucket traveling high makes the tractor vulnerable to upset). You kind of got to take it easy with the little tractors, they are not near as rugged as the old tractors from the 50's 60's and 70's. People disagree with me, but the old tractors took a whole lot more than these new ones. If you try to use these new tractors like the old ones, your going to break something or tear something up. As for a brush hog, set it up so when it is down it is pretty level. Start your pto with the tractor at about 1000 rpms. Then gradually put the throttle to it until you are at about 2200-2500 rpms. If you want to take out wild rose bushes or sprouts, raise your brush hog and slowly back onto them. Gradually lower you brush hog and grind them up. This makes it easier on.the brush hog and reduces the chance of damaging the underneath of the tractor because you ran over some sprouts. Hope this helps.

 

[DieselBound]

I'd put my Kubota B7800 up against most anything as an example of something that is nearly indestructible. I've done stuff with this tractor that I doubt other tractors would have survived (because I haven't really broken anything on it I'd say that it hasn't been "abused"- if I did the same with other tractors it would most definitely be abuse. But, in general, I do believe that the newest stuff is not as robust: I have no plans on subjecting my NX5510 to some of the stuff I've done with that B7800!