First 5 hrs on the B7800

[logan97]

and how are you accelerating ?

For me the right and left brakes are for use with ground engaging equipment like a plow or disc. With these things stuck in the ground steering with a steering wheel is minimal or not at all. The tail is wagging the dog so to speak. The steering brakes overcome this with ground engaging equipment. You can make corrections to maintain a straight line that a steering wheel can't do.

 

[whistlepig]

I rarely use the brakes to steer these days. The only time I do is when using a seven foot disc to plant my food plot. A seven foot disk on a B7800 is pushing things a bit. But the plot is only one acre and I only disc it every three or four years. I can push the hydro pedal and feather one of the brakes at the same time by rocking the brake and hydro pedal with my right foot. But this is tedious to do. Not something one would want to do all day long. Some people rely on steering with the brakes. For sure the big farm tractors with ground engaging implements. The Kubota set up wouldn't work for them. For what little I steer with the brakes I can get by. I wouldn't even think of giving my B7800 Kubota up. I love the tractor.

 

[logan97]

Gotcha do you have a picture. How did you connect the chains ?

On my B7800 I replaced the vertical links on the 3pt with pieces of
chain. The rear blade can now float over the surface and doesn't
dig into the driveway. Works better than I thought.

Bill

 

[Bill Hoffman]

From the two "lift arms"of the 3pt., I removed the vertical links, and using bolts and a u-shaped pieces of steel, replaced the vertical links with chain. The 3pt still lifts the back blade as usual, but if the tractor and what you're plowing don't match, both sides of the blade are free to float and match the terrain. No more gouging the driveway.

Bill

 

[Verticaltrx]

I have a B3200 which is basically the same tractor as yours with newer sheet metal. I spent several hours plowing snow this past weekend as well, both for my self and some businesses.

As for the brakes, I've been using larger tractors out the in field for years, so using the 'cutting brakes' (individual brakes) as we call them is something I had come accustomed to. It took a little figuring out with this new Kubota, but what I do is push the hydro pedal with the heal of my right foot, and use the toe of my foot to use the individual brakes. You can't push either the hydro or the brakes completely this way, but it does work. If I need to use the individual brakes in reverse, I use my right foot on the brakes, and reach over with my left foot to press the hydro pedal. There are a lot of situations where individual brakes are needed IMO, I wish they were easier to use on this tractor.

As for your 3pt hitch, it will float. I just push the lever all the way forward (down) and leave it there, it should stay by itself. It is free to go down as far as it needs, and since there is no downforce on the 3pt it can go up as well, so therefore it floats.

There is also a little 'tab' on the linkage that goes from the 3pt lever to the top of the rockshaft assy that you can set to limit down travel. This is nice if you are using something like a bush hog and want to keep it a couple inches off the ground and not have to keep lifting it back up every now and then. Kinda makes up for not having position control.

 

[Franko]

I think the chains were installed to allow the blade to adjust its height side to side to areas with different crowns. Floating straight down frequently results in ripping off the crown or digging up the edge of my gravel drive. It never seems right until I have essentially flattened my drive and removed the drainage crown. Then water runs down the center of the drive and erodes it. So I build up the crown again in the Spring. It is a pain on the B7800 to get off the tractor and adjust the tilt of the 3PH with that screw on the right side. Also, I noticed that when the tractor tilts a little, the blade tilts too and digs in. There is not really one setting that works for everything.

If you had some pix of the chain mod it would help us match it. I think this is a wonderful idea that I could really use for both my landscape rake and the blade. If I could get that blade to conform better to the gravel drive it would dig snow instead of gravel!

 

[KubieTwo]

As for the brakes, I've been using larger tractors out the in field for years, so using the 'cutting brakes' (individual brakes) as we call them is something I had come accustomed to. It took a little figuring out with this new Kubota, but what I do is push the hydro pedal with the heal of my right foot, and use the toe of my foot to use the individual brakes. You can't push either the hydro or the brakes completely this way, but it does work. If I need to use the individual brakes in reverse, I use my right foot on the brakes, and reach over with my left foot to press the hydro pedal. There are a lot of situations where individual brakes are needed IMO, I wish they were easier to use on this tractor.

Verticaltrx,

Try keeping your right foot on the hydro pedal and use your left foot for brakes. I have a B7510HST that I do this on frequently when dragging logs out of the woods. The front end gets light, the turns get tight, and this is the only way to steer. I have complete control and range of all pedals this way. I weigh over 200 pounds and wear a size 12 boot, so I am not small. This has worked very well for me for over 4 years.

Hope it works for you.

 

[logan97]

If you had some pix of the chain mod it would help us match it. I think this is a wonderful idea that I could really use for both my landscape rake and the blade. If I could get that blade to conform better to the gravel drive it would dig snow instead of gravel![/QUOTE]

maybe Bill Hoffman would post some pix

 

[Franko]

Well, I am no machinist, but I put a chain on one side of my B7800 (the non-adjustable side) today, using what I had laying around. I made it about 2 inches longer than the original arm. When I lift the blade, it sags a little on that side, but when I lower it, the blade conforms to the slope of the drive really well. I should have done this a couple of years ago! Here are a few pix.