only1chief
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I lost my L245DT in a recent wildfire (California) and I need to replace it. It had a FEL and TnT Gannon . It served me well and I've got to find a replacement.
I drove 120 miles to look at a nice L3130 (2004) with LA723 loader, Gearmore 25272" box w/ full hydraulic top & tilt ripper, bucket mount Gearmore X450 McMillen digger and two augers, Gearmore 1000#c clamp-on forks. 640 hours. always stored inside. Owner told me it has "Geostatic" trans but it is a Glideshift. R4 tires. Told me it cost him a little over $30,000 and he is asking $21,500, firm price.
It is definitely bigger than what I had and I could sure use the bigger bucket and wider scraper. The other stuff I could use occasionally but I suppose I could also rent when I needed it.
There were times when the L245DT would fit (4 ft. wide bucket) where a larger tractor wouldn't so I have some concern. Maybe I'm worried about nothing because it wouldn't be very often anyway and the larger bucket would be an advantage.
I stopped by a Kubota dealer on the way home and looked at what he had.
The L2800 looked similar in size to my L245DT, The L3240 looks like the L3130 I just looked at. A new 3240 w/ HST, 724 loader with the quick-disconnect bucket feature, box scraper w/ TnT is $25,344 before taxes. 3240 w/ GST is $24,244 before tax. Prices not that far off from the used 2004 L3130.
I don't know what transmission I would want as all I've ever used was my L245DT "gear grinder" trans. and sometimes it was a pain when loading.
Any advice or opinion are appreciated.
How big of a bucket will fit the L2800?
Chief
I drove 120 miles to look at a nice L3130 (2004) with LA723 loader, Gearmore 25272" box w/ full hydraulic top & tilt ripper, bucket mount Gearmore X450 McMillen digger and two augers, Gearmore 1000#c clamp-on forks. 640 hours. always stored inside. Owner told me it has "Geostatic" trans but it is a Glideshift. R4 tires. Told me it cost him a little over $30,000 and he is asking $21,500, firm price.
It is definitely bigger than what I had and I could sure use the bigger bucket and wider scraper. The other stuff I could use occasionally but I suppose I could also rent when I needed it.
There were times when the L245DT would fit (4 ft. wide bucket) where a larger tractor wouldn't so I have some concern. Maybe I'm worried about nothing because it wouldn't be very often anyway and the larger bucket would be an advantage.
I stopped by a Kubota dealer on the way home and looked at what he had.
The L2800 looked similar in size to my L245DT, The L3240 looks like the L3130 I just looked at. A new 3240 w/ HST, 724 loader with the quick-disconnect bucket feature, box scraper w/ TnT is $25,344 before taxes. 3240 w/ GST is $24,244 before tax. Prices not that far off from the used 2004 L3130.
I don't know what transmission I would want as all I've ever used was my L245DT "gear grinder" trans. and sometimes it was a pain when loading.
Any advice or opinion are appreciated.
How big of a bucket will fit the L2800?
Chief
