Comparing the orange forums to the green forums.

[Superduper]

I just find this all pretty funny because I had been doing the exact same thing for about two months before making my decision and I had seen the exact opposite - lots of complaints and problems in the Kubota forums, and not nearly as many in the Deere forums; mostly "how do I do X" posts. Of course my survey had no scientific validity either, but that's what I saw earlier this year.

Yeah, what he said.

 

[art]

When did Kubota put the power shift in? Ford had a Select-O-Shift hydraulically controlled transmission in 1958 for the famous "hundred series" tractors.

the slect o speed was actually the very first rendition of the legendary power shift used in JD tractors and I don't count the ford series used as a compact or a reliable tractor and it didn't have any type of a shuttle for forward to reverse! Drop a grand or more off any of them for trade-in allowance if you find someone brave enough too much less buy one!!!!!!!!!!!

Deere hired the guy because ford didn't want to build it the way he thought it should be! Needless to say neither did deere want to put the money into till the second attempt!!!! At a seven percent loss of power it wasn't till the late 4020's that they actually added nearly ten horsepower to overcome the power loss.

 

[vrman]

the slect o speed was actually the very first rendition of the legendary power shift used in JD tractors and I don't count the ford series used as a compact or a reliable tractor and it didn't have any type of a shuttle for forward to reverse! Drop a grand or more off any of them for trade-in allowance if you find someone brave enough too much less buy one!!!!!!!!!!!

Deere hired the guy because ford didn't want to build it the way he thought it should be! Needless to say neither did deere want to put the money into till the second attempt!!!! At a seven percent loss of power it wasn't till the late 4020's that they actually added nearly ten horsepower to overcome the power loss.

Whoa whoa whoa!! Don't start putting actual information in the thread now!

Good grief, why is this thread in this forum anyways?!

 

[Ob1kubota]

Thank God for JD, its been great meeting my neighbors in their fields and towing their Deere ( with my Kubota ) over to my Barn/shop to repair a failed component. Deere has a great parts network ( compare them to the CAT house) and engineering to back them up too. Funny, I've got Deeres to left, Deeres to the right and I'm stuck in the middle with 6 Kubotas'.

 

[john_bud]

the slect o speed was actually the very first rendition of the legendary power shift used in JD tractors and I don't count the ford series used as a compact or a reliable tractor and it didn't have any type of a shuttle for forward to reverse! Drop a grand or more off any of them for trade-in allowance if you find someone brave enough too much less buy one!!!!!!!!!!!

Deere hired the guy because ford didn't want to build it the way he thought it should be! Needless to say neither did deere want to put the money into till the second attempt!!!! At a seven percent loss of power it wasn't till the late 4020's that they actually added nearly ten horsepower to overcome the power loss.

Well,..... I half agree with you. An 801 tractor is about the same size as a kubota L3710 or L3830. Weight was about 2800# to 3200# depending on how you configured it. Hundred series not reliable? Come back in 10,000 hours of clock time... That at least what my 4 cyl 4000 has - hard to tell the proofmeter was broken at 8500 hours and that was probably decades ago. The face of the meter was sun burned black.

As for dropping a grand due to the SOS - used to be true. But the "old guys" are dying off. The "new guys" aren't as biased (jaded? experienced?) and are buying up SOS tractors at the same or higher price as 5 speeds. Sort of a goofy deal, but I have heard that SOS tractors may be the collectable ones everyone wants in the future. If true, who knew?


So, do you actually know the year Kubota put a powershift in a compact?

jb

 

[art]

Well,..... I half agree with you. An 801 tractor is about the same size as a kubota L3710 or L3830. Weight was about 2800# to 3200# depending on how you configured it. Hundred series not reliable? Come back in 10,000 hours of clock time... That at least what my 4 cyl 4000 has - hard to tell the proofmeter was broken at 8500 hours and that was probably decades ago. The face of the meter was sun burned black.

As for dropping a grand due to the SOS - used to be true. But the "old guys" are dying off. The "new guys" aren't as biased (jaded? experienced?) and are buying up SOS tractors at the same or higher price as 5 speeds. Sort of a goofy deal, but I have heard that SOS tractors may be the collectable ones everyone wants in the future. If true, who knew?


So, do you actually know the year Kubota put a powershift in a compact?

jb

Is your 4000 series a slecto? What they are doing with the slecto's? collecting, is a very safe thing to do with them,`as I wouldn't want to try to use one for the chance of a repair bill on one. I know the engines normal life was good on the gear drives.


I look at compacts as a tractor with mid pto and availablity of attachemnts that hook up differently then the three point hitch. There are smaller farm duty tractors like the 2800 or 3400 series.
We;ve looked at variations of past here of so to speak compacts like the cub and lowboys.

Kubota came out with it in the mid eighties with the glideshift.

 

[milkman]

You expect what??? In an internet forum?
Surely you jest...

I've been hanging around here a little while and I've never seen this "forum" as comparable to any other "chat" forum I've looked at. This has been and still is head and shoulders above the rest and I hope it stays that way. I suppose I am saying I have come to expect more here than CB chatter.

 

[RoyJackson]

I've been hanging around here a little while and I've never seen this "forum" as comparable to any other "chat" forum I've looked at. This has been and still is head and shoulders above the rest and I hope it stays that way. I suppose I am saying I have come to expect more here than CB chatter.

It's a nice forum...typical of most forums I view, but I don't view too many (3 or 4). With rare exceptions, TBN is more civil then many forums I've viewed (thanks to the rules and ever vigilant moderators).
Some folks in forums take 'em too seriously and some of the topics are a bit....strange.

Of course, on the gun forums I view, folks bring up "zombie" threads ("What kind of semi-automatic rifle should I have if my home is suddenly attacked by blood thirsty zombies...").
I'm serious...this kind of thing comes up...

Maybe I could start a thread: "I'm on my tractor brush cutting a field...suddenly a mob of brain eating zombies come rushing toward me. What would be the best brand of bush hog should I have to chop them up? And, would I be better with a gear or hydro (in case I need to back up quick...").

 

[milkman]

It's a nice forum...typical of most forums I view, but I don't view too many (3 or 4). With rare exceptions, TBN is more civil then many forums I've viewed (thanks to the rules and ever vigilant moderators).
Some folks in forums take 'em too seriously and some of the topics are a bit....strange.

Of course, on the gun forums I view, folks bring up "zombie" threads ("What kind of semi-automatic rifle should I have if my home is suddenly attacked by blood thirsty zombies...").
I'm serious...this kind of thing comes up...

Maybe I could start a thread: "I'm on my tractor brush cutting a field...suddenly a mob of brain eating zombies come rushing toward me. What would be the best brand of bush hog should I have to chop them up? And, would I be better with a gear or hydro (in case I need to back up quick...").

I used to hear some of those topics on late night talk radio, sure would keep a fellow awake, just knowing strange folk like that are out there, then there are times that I need someone to just slap me up side the head and tell me it's time for another pain med, you're gettin' cranky again.

 

[RoyJackson]

I used to hear some of those topics on late night talk radio, sure would keep a fellow awake, just knowing strange folk like that are out there, then there are times that I need someone to just slap me up side the head and tell me it's time for another pain med, you're gettin' cranky again.

I don't think they're crazy or strange...just bored and an over active imagination.
Also (at least for the zombie threads) horror/Science Fiction fans.